PSP Preview: Pursuit Force

Scheduled to be released in the second quarter of 2006, Pursuit Force should be a rockin good police chase game. It received the Gamespot “Editor’s Choice” award for the best PSP game at E3 2005.
In the game, you play a rookie cop in the fictional Capital City. Your job is to clean up [...]

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[Source: Playstation Update]

Preview: Unreal Tournament 2007

Unreal fans rejoice. Epic Games announced that Unreal Tournament 2007 will be coming out for the Playstation 3. Featuring the massively improved graphics of the new Unreal Engine 3, the game should be impressive. If it’s good enough, and it should be, this has the potential to attract “serious” first person shooter [...]

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[Source: Playstation Update]

Over 40,000 XBox 360�s Sold on eBay

If you’ve had trouble finding an XBox 360 for Christmas, I have someone for you to blame: eBay scalpers. Games Digest reports that over 40,000 XBox 360 consoles have already been sold on eBay. This amounts to about a tenth of all systems sold in the US. Most of these have gone [...]

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[Source: Playstation Update]

PSP Review: Grand Theft Auto - Liberty City Stories

The PSP version of Rockstar’s tremendously popular Grand Theft Auto series has to be one of the best games available for the PSP. As always, plenty of sex, swearing, and wonton violence round out the picture. Ok they are the picture. If you don’t already have this game, you must get it.




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[Source: Playstation Update]

Nintendo Revolution to Sell for Under $300

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has just confirmed that Nintendo’s next generation console, the Revolution, will sell for less than $300 when it’s released here in the US. Rumors had been flying for quite some time that the new system would undercut both the XBox 360 and PS3 in price. Seemed to make sense, [...]

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PS2 Preview: Final Fantasy XII

It’s currently not scheduled for release in the US until August of next year, but it’s still not too early to start talking about the next installation in the massively successful Final Fantasy series. Final Fantasy XII, which will be released in Japan in March, looks to be the next big thing in console [...]

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MotorStorm: Pacific Rift - Can You Beat Us?

So MotorStorm: Pacific Rift has been out a couple of weeks, and we’re all back from our vacations, rested, refreshed and ready to give you a run for your money on the online leaderboards in Time Attack.

If you’re not familiar with Time Attack in the MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, it’s a game mode where you attempt [...]

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Win a Free Playstation 3

PS3Forumz.com has annouced that they will be giving away at least one free Playstation 3 console to a lucky user on the day it is released. They’re busily trying to recruit sponsors to secure a second or third PS3 prize as well. All you have to do is register on the forum, if [...]

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PS2 Review: Soul Calibur III

Soul Calibur 3 is being called one of the best fighting games around. That’s impressive, considering the previous title of “best fighting game” went to none other than Soul Calibur 2. The third game in the successful franchise introduces some really interesting features. Most notable is “Character Creation Mode”, in which you [...]

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Phantasy Star Universe

Gamebrink has released a very detailed review (including 11 hours of video) of Phantasy Star Universe, the new multiplayer online followup to Phantasy Star Online. Sounds like it will be a fantastic game, and includes a full 30 hour single player mode. Release is currently set for October 24th in the US.


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PlayStation Store Update

Price Promotion
The Last Guy, PixelJunk Eden, echochrome (PS3), Novastrike, and Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 are temporarily priced at $4.99. Promotion ends 12/4/08.
Downloadable Games
Brain Challenge ($9.99)
Boost your brain and relieve stress through 25 Visual, Memory, Logic, Math, and Focus mini-games. Choose your favorite coach and get detailed evaluations of your performances in personal training [...]

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PS2 Review - Call of Duty 2: Big Red One

Call of Duty 2: Big Red One should not be confused with the game bearing nearly the same title, released for PC and XBox 360. “Big Red One” has been released for PS2, XBox, and Gamecube. Yet another WWII first person shooter, Call of Duty 2: Big Red One doesn’t quite do enough [...]

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PS3 Launch Date Still Set for Spring 2006

According to PS3Portal.com, the Playstatition 3 is still on track to launch in 2006. Or at least Sony says it’s working hard to make it so. As far as we know, Spring 2006 is still the target. Whether this is a Japan-only or a combined Japan and US launch is still unknown. [...]

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[Source: Playstation Update]

Share your Black Friday finds here!

I love my routine on Thanksgiving: get the paper, then plan my Black Friday attack while watching football all the way until Turkey Time. And then: a huge pile of dishes, but that’s kind of irrelevant for this conversation.
Back to the Black Friday deals - there are a lot to be found this year on [...]

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Microsoft �XBoy� Portable Rumors

According to a recent article in Business Week, Microsoft may or may not actually be doing anything resembling working on a portable media and/or gaming device.
The official line from the company: “We’re not either confirming or denying or whatever we generally say.”
Some earlier rumors had stated that the external hard drive of the XBox 360 [...]

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PS2 Review: Gauntlet - Seven Sorrows

If hack and slash interests you, Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows is the perfect game. There is hacking, there is slashing, and then there is some more hack and slash thrown in for good measure. It’s really a love it or hate it sort of game. If you need engaging story lines to make [...]

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[Source: Playstation Update]

Get Your Own PlayStation Credit Card

You may have seen the mailers, and it�s true. We�ve introduced our very own PlayStation credit card to offer fans a new way to show off their PlayStation pride and earn reward points towards the purchase of PlayStation and SONY products.

We�ve even sweetened the pot with a special introductory offer. Starting today until December 31, [...]

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PS2 Games to Watch in 2006

IGN has just posted The PS2 Games of 2006, a feature on games to keep an eye on in 2006. Looks like despite all the focus on PS3 development, there are some really good games in the pipeline. In case you’re too lazy to read the article, here’s the list:

Ape Escape 3
Atelier Iris: [...]

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[Source: Playstation Update]

PS2 Preview: The Godfather

As you may have heard, Electronic Arts has recently pushed back the release of “The Godfather” to March 21. According to David DeMartini, executive producer of the game, this gave the team enough time for the game to evolve from a “good game” into a “great game”.
And it had better be a great game. [...]

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[Source: Playstation Update]

PSP Review: Prince of Persia Revelations

Last week, Ubisoft released the first Prince of Persia game for the PSP: Price of Persia Revelations. A good part of the game is simply a port of Warrior Within, but there’s also a good amount of new content. Prince of Persia series executive producer Yannis Mallat says that a good 1/3 of [...]

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LittleBigPlanet Weekly Download Update - Thanksgiving Edition

Well, it�s Thanksgiving week and there isn�t a better time than now to give thanks to our avid fans with more FREE downloadable costumes for LittleBigPlanet. Just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday, we are offering FREE Turkey Heads for your Sackboys and Sackgirls beginning TODAY. Gobble this �

Of course, that�s not all! [...]

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100 Million PS2�s Shipped

Sony announced recently that as of November 29th of this year, they had shipped 100 million Playstation 2 consoles worldwide. The breakdown looks like this:

North America: 40.65 million
Europe: 37.14 million
Asia: 22.22 million

The PS2 accomplished this feat in a mere 5 years and 9 months. For comparison, the previous record was held by the [...]

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[Source: Playstation Update]

Amazon PS3 Black Friday Deals

It's Saturday but the deals are still around. Here are Amazon's Black Friday Deals for the PS3. Keep checking the page as deals change without notice.

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New Video Releases on the PlayStation Store

Hi everyone. The holidays are upon us and that means it’s a great time for blockbuster movies. Available on PlayStation Network today are the following:

Hancock
Fred Claus
Meet Dave
Space Chimps
24: Redemption
Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull


I’ll be back with more updates of some great new movies and [...]

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[Source: PlayStation.Blog]

Street Fighter HD � It�s Finally Here

First off, I want to say that my PlayStation pals are the best around. Nothing�s gonna ever bring you down. I mean that, I really do. Lol.
Joe Esposito once eloquently proclaimed that �History repeats itself� and it�s an honor for me to announce that Street Fighter returns today on the PlayStation Network. On a personal [...]

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Square Enix: Final Fantasy �Potion� Drink

Square Enix has unveiled their first official Final Fantasy food tie-in: the “Potion”. It apparently has some nice relaxing herbs mixed in, to recover any HP you might lose during the course of an average day. It also reportedly tastes “mystical”.
It should be on sale March 2006 in Japan to coincide with the [...]

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[Source: Playstation Update]

PS2 Review: Prince of Persia - The Two Thrones

Released last week, Ubisoft’s Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones has been well received. It’s the third and final installment in the Sand of Time series. It’s basically more of the same great platforming and puzzle fun, with a few new tricks thrown in for good measure.
Oh, and you get to play as [...]

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[Source: Playstation Update]

PSP: Talkman

Sony has been trying desperately since its launch to sell the PSP as more than a portable game system. You can of course play music and video on it. With the 2.0 firmware upgrade they introduced a web browser. The latest and greatest use for the PSP is Talkman, an “interactive phrasebook”.
Using [...]

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New Peripherals Update: Wireless Keypad and AC Adaptor

Hey everyone, we wanted to provide an update on the new Peripherals we are launching this holiday. First, the Wireless Keypad for the PS3 will be available in stores starting the first week of December. Fans excited about PlayStation Home should definitely consider picking one of these up. The Wireless Keypad enables lightning quick [...]

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New Video Releases on the PlayStation Store

Hi everyone. The holidays are upon us and that means it’s a great time for blockbuster movies. Available on PlayStation Network today are the following: Hancock Fred Claus Meet Dave Space Chimps 24: Redemption Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull I’ll be back with more updates of some great new movies and [...]

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[Source: PlayStation.Blog]

Gran Turismo Online Contest Winner at the Drifting World Championships!

Hey, all you racing fans! A month ago, pro drift and rally racer Tanner Foust put out a challenge to find the fastest racer in the US. Thousands answered the call, but only one rode away with the prize, a trip to Formula Drift’s premier event, the Red Bull Drifting World Championship to meet Tanner [...]

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Super Stardust Portable Coming Soon

Hi, my name is Kimmo Lahtinen and I was the programming lead for Housemarque on Super Stardust Portable. Super Stardust Portable is the PSP version of our previously released PS3 title Super Stardust HD with some nice additions we think you’ll enjoy. And you’ll be able to enjoy them very soon.Super Stardust Portable will be [...]

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Get Your Own PlayStation Credit Card

You may have seen the mailers, and its true. Weve introduced our very own PlayStation credit card to offer fans a new way to show off their PlayStation pride and earn reward points towards the purchase of PlayStation and SONY products.Weve even sweetened the pot with a special introductory offer. Starting today until December 31, [...]

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[Source: PlayStation.Blog]

Ask the Developer: Prince of Persia

Hi all, my name is Ben Mattes and I’m the producer for Ubisofts Prince of Persia video game. We’re just about a week from the launch of Prince of Persia and all of us on the team are anxiously awaiting player feedback, monitoring all of the message boards and blogs we know of - we [...]

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PlayStation Store Update

Price PromotionThe Last Guy, PixelJunk Eden, echochrome (PS3), Novastrike, and Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 are temporarily priced at $4.99. Promotion ends 12/4/08.Downloadable GamesBrain Challenge ($9.99)Boost your brain and relieve stress through 25 Visual, Memory, Logic, Math, and Focus mini-games. Choose your favorite coach and get detailed evaluations of your performances in personal training [...]

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Street Fighter HD Its Finally Here

First off, I want to say that my PlayStation pals are the best around. Nothings gonna ever bring you down. I mean that, I really do. Lol.Joe Esposito once eloquently proclaimed that History repeats itself and its an honor for me to announce that Street Fighter returns today on the PlayStation Network. On a personal [...]

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MotorStorm: Pacific Rift - Can You Beat Us?

So MotorStorm: Pacific Rift has been out a couple of weeks, and we’re all back from our vacations, rested, refreshed and ready to give you a run for your money on the online leaderboards in Time Attack.If you’re not familiar with Time Attack in the MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, it’s a game mode where you attempt [...]

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[Source: PlayStation.Blog]

LittleBigPlanet Weekly Download Update - Thanksgiving Edition

Well, its Thanksgiving week and there isnt a better time than now to give thanks to our avid fans with more FREE downloadable costumes for LittleBigPlanet. Just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday, we are offering FREE Turkey Heads for your Sackboys and Sackgirls beginning TODAY. Gobble this Of course, thats not all! [...]

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[Source: PlayStation.Blog]

Killzone 2 - On The Spot Today!

Hello again! The Online Beta for Killzone 2 is in full swing, and the floodgates have been opened for the press with their Online impressions. It’s been getting really good coverage so far, but there’s something very cool we’re happy to bring to you today. Later this afternoon, on GameSpot.com’s “On the Spot” [...]

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PlayStation.com Continues to Evolve

Early next week, well be integrating additional community features into PlayStation.com. We are excited to roll-out the first phase, which includes the ability to sign-in to PlayStation.com and, soon after, PlayStation.Blog with your PlayStation Network ID. Of course, your PlayStation Network ID gets you access to all the good things on the PLAYSTATION 3 and [...]

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New Urban PSP Ad Campaign Launches

By now youve all seen Peters post from yesterday that introduced the new PS3 ad campaign. I wanted to give you some details on the two PSP ad campaigns that also kicked off recently. One campaign focuses on the new PSP-3000 and the other on the big games that are available this holiday season (or [...]

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Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix Cometh!

Its a great time to be a Street Fighter! Its with great pleasure that I announce that HD Remix will arrive on the PlayStation Network real soon! Now you have the chance to debate which legs are more appealing, the turkey leg youre about to have or the ones on Chun-Li.Here are the details:Release date: [...]

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Burn Baby, Burn!

Its Friday, which can only mean were back on the blog with more news on Burnout Paradise content for 2009.Today, were announcing the incredible new Carson Extreme Hotrod.If you caught our recent announcements, youll know were bringing more content to Burnout Paradise through 2009. Weve talked Party, Ultimate, Legendary Cars and Toys in recent weeks. [...]

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Heavenly Sword with Olivia Munn

Here's Olivia Munn taking on the role of Nariko from Heavenly Sword for Halloween.

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The PSB & Killzone Recap

And Were Back- How do you like the new look of PlayStation.Blog?Happy Birthday, PS3!- There will be nothing terrible about these “twos.”LittleBigPlanet Weekly Download Update - “Sack in a Box” is actually a Sackboy with a TV on his head. What did you think it meant? Get your mind out of the gutter [...]

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PlayStation Network Video Content Update

Hi again! The weekends here time for your weekly update of new movie & TV shows on the PlayStation Network.This week weve added new video content from the following television series:American Dad, Season 4Ax Men, Season 1Bones, Season 4Chuck, Season 2Fringe, Season 1Ice Road Truckers, Season 2Prison Break, Season 4Rumbling Hearts, Season 1Sons of [...]

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PlayStation Around the Web: What We Read

Here’s what stood out from our monstrous RSS reading list this week. Now that I look at the whole list, it was strangely book-ended by White Knight Chronicles stories from Siliconera. Good work over on that site, btw.So here’s the plan for the abbreviated week to come. Since Thursday is Thanksgiving, the PlayStation Store will [...]

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PlayStation: Entertainment Unleashed

PlayStation Nation, This is one of the fun parts of my job, when we get to unveil our TV commercials and give you, our loyal fans, a preview of our spots before they hit the airwaves. This years campaign is dubbed Entertainment Unleashed and for good reason. The campaign actually began quietly a few [...]

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PlayStation Store Update

Hey, everyone. Its time again for the PlayStation Store weekly update. Add-on Game ContentLittleBigPlanet Sack in the Box Costume (free)A community costume for SackBoy!File size: 1.04 MBLittleBigPlanet LocoRoco Costumes ($2.99)A costume kit for SackBoy! Contains 5 different costumes.File size: 1.04 MBBioShock PS3 Challenge Rooms ($9.99)Experience the intense, terrifying world of Rapture like never before with [...]

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And Were Back

Here it is, the redesign of PlayStation.Blog. In addition to being more attractive, we feel that readers will find more of the PlayStation information you’re looking for with less of that tedious “looking.” Please click around, search for older posts through our new category drop down menus, and indulge with the new, super-convenient “All Posts” [...]

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The PSB, SOCOM & Killzone Recap

Your PlayStation Election Results - Thanks for voting!New Department at the PlayStation Store: The Capcom Storefront - Now available.Insomniac Games Opens its Doors for Fans - see what the inside of your favorite game studio looks like.INFINITI G37 Wins the GRAN Prize - I want one of those…Hoff Launches PAIN: Movie Studio Tomorrow! - You’re [...]

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Every Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe Fatality

Here is a video showing every "Fatality" and "Heroic Brutality" from Mortal Kombat VS DC Universe. Where are the babalities?

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PlayStation Around the Web: What We Read

Tomorrow’s the big day for us - the debut of PlayStation.Blog 1.5. Once we’re live, I’m hoping to count on you readers as my own personal QA team. So click around, try the menus, use the search, etc. If something’s not working… let us know! In the meantime, here’s what I read this week and [...]

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Happy Birthday, PS3!

November 17 is a special date for us at SCEA because, as many of you fans know, its when we launched PLAYSTATION 3. Two years ago today, we delivered our next-generation console, providing consumers with a gaming and home entertainment system unlike anything in the market the power of the Cell Broadband Engine, out-of-the-box [...]

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PlayStation Network Video Content Update

Hi again! The weekends here time for your weekly update of new movie & TV shows on the PlayStation Network.This week weve added new video content from the following television series:American Dad, Season 4Family Guy, Season 7Gene Simmons: Family Jewels, Season 3, Episode 21Gossip Girl, Season 1MonsterQuest, Season 2My Name is Earl, Season 4SWAT, [...]

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PlayStation Store Update

Hey, everyone. Its time again for the PlayStation Store weekly update.Downloadable GamesAge of Booty ($9.99)Fight for pirate supremacy in this game of strategy and cannon-blasting action that’s fun for all ages. Sail the high seas alone or with friends as you build your pirate empire by plundering villages, sinking ships, and sending your enemies to [...]

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Criterion Announces Burnout Paradise Toy Cars Pack

Another week, yet another announcement from Criterion!* As regular readers of the blog should know were really committed to keep supporting Burnout Paradise through 2009, so this week were so pleased to tell you about ANOTHER DLC pack thats coming. Two weeks ago we told you about our Burnout Paradise Party Pack giving [...]

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Hoff Launches PAIN: Movie Studio Tomorrow!

It’s The Hoff again…coming to you from Korea, where I am filming a new movie. Now that the elections are over, let’s concentrate on the real nitty gritty … PAIN: Movie Studio! With only 1 day left before the Hoff invades your PS3, I had to make a call into the Ryan Seacrest [...]

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Age of Booty Sets Sail for PSN Today

Hey PS Fam! Long time no blog. Its my pleasure to announce that Age of Booty will finally become available today on the PSN for only $9.99. I know there was a delay bringing this title to you, but we had to make sure we fixed all the bugs before we deliver one of the [...]

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INFINITI G37 Wins the GRAN Prize

Gran Turismo had a big presence in Las Vegas last week at the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) show for the sixth annual Gran Turismo Awards. The Gran Turismo Awards gives exhibitors the chance to have their car immortalized in a future installment of Gran Turismo as a drivable vehicle, with Gran Turismo creator and [...]

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Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds - Now with Voice Chat!

Happy Friday Hot Shots Golfers! Its been a while since our last HSG post, but weve been busy testing new features, new costumes and some very special items for a holiday surprise!As you might have noticed, weve started to roll out some new costumes for the wonderful cast of Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds. [...]

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Insomniac Games Opens its Doors for Fans

The release of the critically lauded Resistance 2 didn’t mark the end of a journey for Insomniac Games. With a couple of fan-based events last week, the Burbank-based developers renewed their relationship with their biggest fans. Just a few days ago, Insomniac threw open their doors to the whole of Southern California, and close to [...]

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PS3 vs 360 vs Wii Useless Comparison

If you're going to be playing during an earthquake, which console can you depend on?



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GamePro Wins LittleBigContest!

Hi everyone! With the media being all over LittleBigPlanet, we couldnt resist but to have a LittleBigContest among the editors to see who really knows what they write about! And after weeks of looking through the levels, playing them and deciding which one we felt was worthy of the bragging rights and the grand prize [...]

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Changes Coming to PlayStation.Blog

Hello, faithful PlayStation.Blog readers. We appreciate the hundreds of thousands of you that come to visit us every week … and we listen to what you say. To that end, we’re getting ready to make your blog-reading experience better with a radical re-design.Well it’s not *that* radical (internally we’re calling it “PSB 1.5″), but it’s [...]

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