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PlayStation Around The Web: What We Read
Not sure how the year has moved so fast, but we’re now just 2 weeks away from E3 2012. Last week, many publishers (including us) held a sneak preview of some titles that will be featured prominently at the LA Convention Center. That’s why you may have seen impressions of games like The Last of Us (links below) and announcements such as Table Top Tanks. More will be coming over the next couple of weeks as well.
A number of people have asked me via Twitter if we’ll be planning a fan meet-up in LA around E3. I’m working out the details, but we’re aiming to be able to get a select number of people into our press event on June 4th. Please stay tuned for details, likely by end of this coming week.
The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of May 14, 2012)
- Review: Treasures of Montezuma Blitz – PSNStores
- Max Payne 3 Reviews – GameSpot.com
- Game of Thrones Reviews – GameSpot.com
- Selecting victims in Assassin’s Creed 3: These are real people, and this is where and when they died – PA Report
- Rock of Ages Has An Exclusive Obstacle Course Mode On PSN – PSNStores
- How Papo and Yo Was Inspired by Creator’s Childhood – WSJ
- Review: Datura forces you to figure it out for yourself – Ars Technica
- Dual-Wielding On The Roof With PixelJunk 4am – PSNStores
- ‘Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock’ release date announced for next week – Digital Spy
- CCP Now Accepting Beta Registrations For Dust 514 – PSNStores
- Full of Vita: A Look at the Handheld’s Hottest Upcoming Games – PlayStation LifeStyle
- The Last of Us: New Trailer, New Ellie – IGN
- Metal Gear Solid HD Collection dated for PS Vita – Gematsu
- Sony’s PlayStation Smash Bros. Has Won Me Over – Kotaku
- Konami confirms June 12 launch date for Metal Gear Solid HD on Vita – Joystiq
- With Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, Sony hopes to bring a classic character to the PS 3 – VentureBeat
- The Facebook IPO – Building PlayStation Nation on Facebook – CNBC
- Naughty Dog Explains the Reasoning Behind Ellie’s “Slightly Younger” Look in The Last of Us – PlayStation LifeStyle
- I Just Saw The Last of Us in Action, and It Looks Amazing – Kotaku
- Review: Awesomenauts – PSNStores
The PlayStation Recap –
Not a lot of time for game playing this week, as pre-E3 planning and a busy Blog publishing schedule) have kept me surprisingly tied up. What did I miss?
In other news this week, PlayStation’s cross-country tour has officially hit the road through November, Netherrealms dished out Mortal Kombat tips for you, Sorcery revealed members of its monstrous menagerie, the GT Academy competition moved to Round 3 and 4, PixelJunk 4am launched on PSN with a free viewer app, Lightbox Interactive showed a new Starhawk development diary chronicling the final hours of development, indie legends Superbrothers and Jim Guthrie announced their participation in the PS Vita musical platformer Sound Shapes, and the team behind upcoming Foosball 2012 revealed the nuances of their PlayStation Move support (Protip: It’s extensive).
What are you playing this weekend?
- I’m playing: Mortal Kombat for PS Vita, Mass Effect 3 Multiplayer,
- I’m watching: Homeland
- I’m reading: Borderlands 2: Your Questions Answered
- I’m listening to: Official PlayStation Blogcast 025: The Last of Us Explore the Future of Oddworld
Most-Watched Video of the Week: Smart As… for PS Vita – Developer Walkthrough
The 10 Most-Viewed Posts of the Week
Long Live Play PSN Community Spotlight
Hey everyone! It’s the latest edition of PSN Community Spotlight, where it’s your chance to get your PlayStation story featured on the PlayStation.Blog. By reviewing the dedicated space on the PlayStation Community Forums, we find compelling PlayStation stories and commentary, then deliver a $50 PlayStation Store voucher code to the winner every week.
Remember to read the posting best practices for more info.
This week’s spotlight is from PSN member renewman1. Stealing is lame, but read on to find out how this military man found a great way to rebuild his collection.
Thievery and Optimism: A Story!
Hi there PlayStation fanboys, fangirls, and fanpets (I know you’re out there!). My name is Renewman1. I am 22 years old, a veteran of the United States Air Force, a Computer Science college student, and a PlayStation fanatic. Akilleez Might (winner of The Tester Season 3) doesn’t have nothing on me! I wanted to start writing these entries as kind of a connection to my world and how I see all things Sony. However, like all good stories and police reports, we have to start at the very beginning.
My story begins back on June 6th, 2010. I was a fresh faced Air Force member on my way from Moody Air Force Base in Valdosta, Georgia going to Kunsan Air Base in Gunsan, South Korea. I was excited to be going to another country and like a good PlayStation fan, I packed my PS3 and my rather large collection of games in my checked in luggage and flew from Virginia (where I currently live now) to Seattle. Upon arrival I rechecked my luggage (never can be too careful) and resubmitted it to the baggage claim and went on my merry way. The next leg of the trip required us to fly to Anchorage, Alaska before finally making our way to South Korea.
As we were flying away from Anchorage, disaster struck. The left engine of our plane began to smoke! Fortunately, the pilot turned the plane around and we landed safely back in Anchorage. Since it was a malfunction of the turbine and needed a new part, we were grounded for the night in Alaska. Also unfortunately, we were not allowed to gather our luggage from the plane. After a restless night (I mean could you sleep with the sun beaming in your eyes at 12 midnight?), we jumped back on the plane and finished our journey to South Korea.
When I finally got to my base and settled in, I unpacked my luggage to assess my things. To my horror and amazement, a large gap of where my games and Blu-Ray movies were was missing. I thought that they had maybe shifted during flight but to no avail. Someone had come on board the airplane in Alaska and stole from my luggage. After doing some tallying of all the games and movies missing, I had hit the grand total of $1,300 worth of games and movies gone. Of course I was depressed. The culprit had managed to steal a whole bunch of brand new games and movies I had bought. Not only that, when the thief saw they could no longer fit any more boxes on them, they began to take games from cases and left the cases in my suitcase.
So as I sat there with my nearly empty collection of games I thought: “Well I don’t have any physical games, what can I play on PSN?” Apparently a whole lot! I started grabbing games I had never played before: Flower, fl0w, Everyday Shooter, just to name a few. My digital collection grew and I didn’t care anymore that my games got stolen. I never lost faith in Sony to be able deliver great content anywhere in the world online. Of course I went back and replaced all of my games and my PS3 game collection is now over 75+ games strong and that’s not including the slew of games I have on my PS3 from PSN. It definitely helped that this was right around the time PlayStation Plus was first being rolled out so I jumped on board and got even greater deals and games then I did before! When Sony says the PS3 “only does everything”, they really mean it.
Do you have more games on your HDD then actual physical games? How are the increasing options in the digital space impacting your decisions to buy games? Congrats to renewman1, who is now the recipient of a $50 voucher redeemable in the PlayStation Store! Send in your stories here, and feel free to read renewman1′s original post here.
Borderlands 2: Your Questions Answered
Hello again! You were so nice to me the last time around, I thought I’d come back for another visit. We at Gearbox were delighted to see the enthusiastic response to our recent Borderlands 2 posts. But that wasn’t enough. You see, Borderlands 2 is all about MORE. More weapons, more enemies, more story, more environments, and most of all MORE LOOT. A commenter on one of the previous posts said, “You’ll get my pre-order as soon as the collector’s / limited editions are revealed in full.” Well, “Baron_Von_Bonbon,” that day has arrived as we’ve recently announced our Borderlands 2 Deluxe Vault Hunter’s Collector’s Edition and Borderlands 2 Ultimate Loot Chest Limited Edition.
However, you also had more questions, and we have the answers! Character customisation options, voice chat, Mechromancer, a unique reward for Borderlands 1 players – I’ve done my best to answer as many of your questions about Borderlands 2 as possible. Read on…
Can we expect better more consistent framerate this time around? (via @Is_It_JustMe @Iantheausguy)
That’s certainly the plan! We’re entering the phase of development right now where we are focusing on framerate and stability, so it’s too early for me to give any final numbers, but you will see an improvement over the first game.
Can a second player on local splitscreen be logged in to a separate PSN ID and gain Trophies and stats? (via @frag123456)
We’re looking into this as well, but right now the answer is no.
The only important question: will voice communication be fixed? It was unusable in BL1. (via @keithschon)
Good timing – you’ll hopefully be pleased to know that a portion of our programming team is working on voice chat issues right now so they will be working for everyone when the game launches!
Will there be more character customization (individual skills, armor, etc) than in the first one? (via @justtom2012)
You’ll be able to choose from a large variety of swappable heads/hairstyles/headgear in addition to choosing from hundreds of unique color and decal themes, and both together offer a ton of options for customization. As for skills, each class offers a bigger quantity and more interesting variety of skills to choose from in the skill trees.
Will vehicle-based gameplay be enhanced? It was fairly basic in the original game.
We’re introducing a new vehicle, the Technical, which can hold 4 players at once and also has a few weapon configurations to choose from. Some are better than others depending on the types of enemies you’ll face and the environment you’ll be fighting in. On the other hand, Borderlands is mainly a game about weapons and loot so we don’t want to force people to stay in vehicles for too long.
Will there be a shortcut button for health kits? Going thru your backpack sucks, especially during battles! (via @TheVic82)
Yeah, that sucked. Pausing wasn’t really fun in combat. It was a tough decision, but we decided to remove carryable health packs and instead fill that need with new relics and shields that can help keep you out of that emergency state to begin with. The result is a more fluid combat experience since now you’re not worrying about when the best time to pause the game is and you still get that fun sense of preparing for a battle by choosing the right gear.
Health Packs will still appear and drop and they will now heal you up in the middle of battle.
What enhancements have you made to the weapon interface, inventory, and pickup system?
We have a completely new inventory screen and all of the other interface screens have received various upgrades. There’s a lot more useful data for gear comparison and also more descriptive text on the item cards as well. Having said that, the best way to know what a gun does is to use it – and some weapons are *very* special…
Money and ammo now automatically pick up if dropped from enemies as well!
Will the environments be more varied, instead of one big desert? (via @DoctorMous3)
Absolutely! We’ve shown a tundra, cavern, grasslands, and Hyperion tech environments so far, but there are many more in the game – I think you’ll enjoy the environmental diversity in BL2.
What are you doing to extend the variety of enemy types and combat encounters?
There are brand new enemy families in Borderlands 2, and the total count of unique enemies (including special elemental variants with unique AI) is in the triple digits. New environments + new enemy types and behaviours = much more varied combat encounters!
So when will we get the Mechromancer class and is it a exclusive to any version of the game ? (via @Tenkisin)
We’re hoping to release her to the world as soon as possible – but we have to get the game through the certification process as right now she only exists as a sketch and we need to finish up Borderlands 2! The good news is that the Mechromancer will be compatible with all versions of the game and she will be free if you preorder at participating retailers through the Borderlands 2 Premiere Club!
Is the story going to be more cut-scene based like UNCHARTED, or more audio log based like the original BL? (via @Ejsponge61)
We’re mixing it up a bit this time: few short cutscenes (and title cards) where necessary, lots of in-game moments, ECHO logs, missions, and environmental storytelling – not to mention the significant NPC improvements we made so it doesn’t just feel like a cardboard cut out of a dude is sending you on a quest.
What’s great is that we catered it towards both audiences that love story telling through NPCs and those who prefer to go kick some ass! If you choose to do the latter, you can run off as the NPC is talking to you and the discussion will appear as an ECHO transmission. No chains attached!
Will we be able to use custom soundtracks on PS3? (via @Nem0905)
No, but hopefully you’ll like the huge amount of new music we’ve composed just for this game!
Will there be any in-game bonuses in Borderlands 2 if you have a save file and completed the first game? via (@CFinalBlade)
Yes, if we detect a save file from the first game on your console then you’ll be rewarded with a unique swappable head and skin for every class!
Will the max level be past 69? (via @Martothedragon)
We’re balancing the game to cap at level 50; in the first game we ended up pushing the cap to 69 through post-launch patches and DLC. I don’t have DLC plans for Borderlands 2 yet but we tend to want to one-up ourselves each time, so… we’ll see what happens!
PlayStation Experience on Tour Now
I’m excited to announce that the PlayStation Experience is back on tour for 2012 and we have some awesome games and experiences planned for you, our community. For those of you new to the PlayStation Experience, every year we tour the country’s biggest concerts and festivals to show off all of our latest games and gadgets. This is your chance to meet other local PlayStation enthusiasts, compete in your favorite PlayStation titles, and most importantly, get your hands on unreleased games! I guess there are also the live performances to check out too, but who goes to music festivals for that? Especially when you can play:
- LittleBigPlanet Karting
- PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
- Starhawk
- Twisted Metal
- MLB 12 The Show
- PixelJunk 4am
- Journey
- Mortal Kombat
- Street Fighter X Tekken
- Soul Calibur V
- Madden 13
- FIFA 13
- NBA 2K13
- NHL 13
…and that’s just the list of games that I can share with you! To top it all off, we will be giving away loads of PlayStation prizes everywhere we go. Trust me when I say, if you love video games and PlayStation, you will definitely want to make your way to the PlayStation Experience. Here’s a list of our confirmed stops:
Date Event Location May 18 – May 20 Rock on the Range Columbus, OH May 26 – May 28 Movement Detroid, MI Jun 2 – Jun 3 Free Press Summerfest Houston, TX Jun 14 – Jun 16 Riverbend Festival Chattanooga, TN Jun 27 – Jul 1 Summerfest Milwaukee, WI Jul 6 – Jul 10 All-Star Fan Fest Kansas City, MO Jul 20 – Jul 22 Pro Football Hall of Fame Enshrinement Festival Canton, OH Aug 3 – Aug 12 Musikfest Bethlehem, PA Aug 17 – Aug 19 Pure Michigan Sprint Cup Brooklyn, MI Aug 31 – Sep 2 On the Waterfront Rockford, IL Sep 21 – Sep 23 DeLUNA Pensacola, FL Oct 11 – Oct 14 Albuquerque Int’l Balloon Fiesta Albuquerque, NM Nov 2 – Nov 4 FunFunFun Fest Austin, TXWe’re constantly adding new stops to the tour, so be sure to check the PlayStation Experience page regularly for updates. You can also follow @HeyPlayStation on Twitter for live Tweets from the road as well as other event updates and weekly giveaways.
I hope to see each and every one of your game faces out on the road!
Mastering Mortal Kombat for PS Vita
Mortal Kombat for PS Vita has come out of the gate strong after shipping on May 1st. In just two weeks, players have clashed in hundreds of thousands of online matches across the world. With the PS Vita system players can access a complete Mortal Kombat experience on the go, whether you’re on the bus, in the library, or hanging out with friends.
There are quite a few unique features with this Vita version of Mortal Kombat. While preserving the core gameplay elements, we’ve implemented a ton of new functionalities, such as touchscreen Fatalities and X-Rays, as well as an all-new Challenge Tower II that takes advantage of the diversity of features that the PS Vita system provides.
One question that we continue to see on our official @MK_MortalKombat Twitter is: “Netherrealm, I can’t beat Mission XXX in the new Challenge Tower! Can you help?” Why, yes we can! To answer, we decided to put together some Tips and Tricks videos to outline strategies for some of the more difficult missions within the Challenge Tower II (it’s not called Easy Tower!).
Check out our video here to see our design team spill some secrets on how to master new, exclusive characters and use the new PS Vita system features to their maximum potential. Once you’re done, please share your tips in the comments section below!
Superbrothers + Jim Guthrie X Sound Shapes
A message from a representative at Superbrothers, written in the midst of a spring thunderstorm in the hill country at the Quebec/Vermont border.
It is with immense pleasure that we are announcing our involvement with a video game project known as Sound Shapes. We are extra excited to be contributing alongside sworcery maestro Jim Guthrie. This represents the latest in a series of Superbrothers X Jim Guthrie a/v collaborations dating back to 2005′s musical film Children of the Clone and 2008′s Dot Matrix Revolution, but this will be our first a/v collaboration since 2011′s cult classic videogame Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP.
Much like Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Sound Shapes is a made-in-Toronto DIY videogame that is unusually collaborative and has a heavy emphasis on synesthetic audiovisual style. What’s more, the people making Sound Shapes are all basically our very best pals – they’re the folks with whom we play board games, drink the beers, go skating and play hockey. On every level it’s an honor and a thrill to be involved.
The Superbrothers + Jim Guthrie collaboration will take the form of a Sound Shapes ‘album’ – a series of thematically connected & musically-linked levels known as CORPOREAL.
Sound Shapes is coming to PlayStation Vita, and it’ll be available before too long. Get psyched!!!
The collaborative processAfter some initial discussion with Queasy, we chose to explore some of the concepts in prior Superbrothers films including Children of the Clone and Dot Matrix Revolution, so our levels are populated by computers, mainframes, office workers and water coolers. My mom was one of the first female computer programmers in Canada and my father worked as a mainframe computer salesman for decades, so it was nice to set aside the skeletons & space babies of sworcey and get to work on 20th century visual concepts. Meanwhile, the video game design takes the friendly platforming mechanics of Sound Shapes and stretches them in the direction of something like Impossible Mission for C-64 & Spectrum.
With this new collaboration the configuration is quite different. The game design, level design and sound integration are being handled by the Sound Shapes experts at Queasy. The order of operations was a little different this time around too. On S:S&S EP, many of the songs predated the project and I was able to create the world & concepts by listening to specific songs, many of them pre-existing compositions from Jim. In this case, the art assets were created without a specific soundtrack, and then it was up to Jim to craft his sounds to fit the look and concept.
Of course, the real work took place at Queasy & Capy, where a wide-ranging assortment of designers & creators – the Sound Shapes experts – put all the pieces together. Thanks so much for all your hard work folks, it has been a pleasure contributing to your efforts!
So, super excited to share this collaboration and can’t wait for you folks to check it out yourselves. If you’re going to be at E3, be sure to swing by the PlayStation booth for some hands-on time!
Foosball 2012 Dev Diary: PlayStation Move Motion Controls
In March, we announced our upcoming PS3 and PS Vita game Foosball 2012. And now we’ve returned to PlayStation.Blog to showcase a series of short developer diaries where we introduce you to some of the game’s coolest features, like PlayStation Move support, full cross-platform compatibility between PS3 and PS Vita and also the online multiplayer mode.
Our first video demonstrates Foosball 2012 and PlayStation Move motion controllers in action, showing that you can play this game exactly the way you are used from a real table football (“foosball”) game. Thanks to the precision and zero lag of PlayStation Move, even the slightest movements of your hands can be properly translated into the game, allowing you to precisely control the shot power, positions of your foosmen, and so on.
One or two PS Move controllers can be used by one player, or you can ignore motion controls and play with the time-tested DualShock 3 controller, where the left stick controls the poles and movements of the ball and the right stick is used to shoot, allowing you to accurately aim and control the shot power.
In our next video, we will show you how PS3-to-PS Vita crossplay and game continuation will work. Foosball 2012 will be released soon on the PlayStation Store, and both the PS3 and PS Vita versions will come together for a single price. If you want to know more about Foosball 2012, visit our official website here.
New on Music Unlimited and Video Unlimited
This week, Music Unlimited features new releases from Adam Lambert, Tenacious D, and Best Coast, as well as new singles from Pantera, Santana, Beach House, and Godsmack. Also, to celebrate the 2012 Billboard Music Awards, we’ve launched the 2012 Billboard Music Awards Premium Channel, which is stacked with hits from the finalists and performers.
New to the Video Unlimited Video Store this week is the mind-bending Chronicle. Also, The Devil Inside is available in Movies, and The Grey arrives in Rent Now. The Avengers and other comic book superhero animated features are available for just five buck in this week’s Own $5 Films.
Also, don’t miss the Collections & Sales section where you’ll discover 10-Minute Previews — yep, 10 minute previews of movies for free! Get the full details on this week’s highlights here.
PS Vita and Carmelita Revealed for Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time
It’s been too long since I’ve posted to PlayStation.Blog…but soon you’ll see why! We recently joined Spike’s Geoff Keighley on the latest episode of GTTV tonight to show off some cool new Carmelita gameplay in addition to a very special announcement: Sly Cooper is coming to PS Vita this fall!
First off, a look at new gameplay. As every Sly fan knows, Sly Cooper and Carmelita Fox have a long and torrid history — a history that’s destined to continue in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time. The game picks up where Sly 3 left off, and Sly is feigning amnesia so he can be with the love of his life, Carmelita. But when he rejoins the Cooper Gang on their time-traveling escapade to restore his family’s legacy, you can be sure Carmelita will quickly become embroiled in their wild adventure.
Carmelita is radiant on the PS3, and the powerful graphics hardware allowed us to make her much more detailed and expressive than in the past titles on PS2. She is, of course, a fully playable character in Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time and so we also spent a lot of time evolving her gameplay. We have gone with a more precise over-the-shoulder aiming technique that allows players to lock on the targets quickly and easily. You can see how this can be put to good use in the multi-layered boss battle.
Now for more big news! Ever since we revealed the game, fans have been asking me about PS Vita, arguing that Sly would be a great game to take on the go. I completely agree…and I can now confirm that Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time will be shipping this fall on BOTH the PS3 and the PS Vita, on the same day.
The portable version will contain all the same awesome Sly Cooper action you will find on the PS3 along with cool Vita-specific features that incorporate the front and rear touchscreens and motion controls. The game will also feature cross-save capability, so you’ll be able to save the game from either machine and then pick up right where you left off — whether you’re at home or on the go.
So there you go! We are thrilled to finally show Carmelita in action — she’s a big fan favorite and I know everyone will love how she looks and plays in the latest installment of the series — and to be announcing the PS Vita version of the game. It’s been a crazy ride over the last few months, but when we see the results we know it was worth it. :D So stay tuned for more PS Vita details including date and price coming very soon.
PlayStation Blogcast 025: The Last of Us Explore the Future of Oddworld
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With Jeff and Rey in L.A. for pre-E3 activities, and Nick still wandering the primordial plains of Africa, I preside over today’s somewhat more intimate show. Luckily, I roped in PSN Sr. Community Manager Matthew Harper to share his eye-opening Origin Story, which provides some helpful tips for those of you who have wondered how to break into game development.
We kick off with a late-breaking interview featuring Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley from Naughty Dog, the creative director and game director of upcoming PS3 survival epic The Last of Us. If you’ve wondered how the game will play compared to UNCHARTED, or how Naughty Dog is handling the game’s decidedly mature themes, today’s shows will provide the answers you need.
Then we shift gears for a detailed discussion with Oddworld creator Lorne Lanning and Just Add Water CEO Stewart Gilray. The pair provide insight into the upcoming PS Vita version of Oddworld Stranger’s Wrath HD, discuss how PSN’s indie-minded model has reinvigorated the seminal series, and lay out their plans for world domination.
And as always, we reveal next week’s PSN game lineup, share a selection of new user questions and tips, and provide a head-scratching new Mystery Theme.
Stuff We Talked About
[Editor’s note: PSN game release dates are subject to change without notice. Game
details are gathered from press releases from their individual publishers and/or ESRB rating
descriptions.]
- Thanks to Cory Schmitz for our beautiful logo and Dormilón for our rad theme song and show music. Special thanks to Astro Gaming headsets for providing audio gear.
Starhawk’s Final Days of Development
Warheads! Last Tuesday, May 8th, LightBox Interactive and Santa Monica Studio released Starhawk into the wild. Getting here was a real &*#%^# at times, but it sure as hell has been a fun ride! If you’d like to peek behind the curtains look at the final days of Starhawk’s development, check out this video. We shot it a few weeks before release and it’ll give you a nice glimpse into the inner workings of a game developer in crunch mode.
We’ll also be able to tell you more about some great downloadable items soon, including our first free map…Cypress. Stay tuned for details!
The Creatures of Sorcery
In this new behind-the-scenes video, our final installment of our four-part series detailing the making of Sorcery, we discuss what it took to create the game’s vast, magical universe. You’ll gain insight into the numerous creative decisions that we had to make, such as crafting the look and feel of the different environments — from The Realm of the Dead to the Faerie Forest — and the strange and dangerous beasts that inhabit them. You’ll hear from the development team on how we went about making a fantasy world feel otherworldly, details on the backstory behind places like the Endless Stair and the Faerie Forest, and some anecdotes on why the prettiest character in Sorcery is also one of the most dangerous!
Sorcery hits store shelves next week, Tuesday, May 22nd. For more info on this eagerly anticipated PlayStation Move title, visit our official site.
Table Top Tanks Bringing Explosive AR to PS Vita May 22nd
I'm Steve and I'd love to tell you about the latest great PS Vita Augmented Reality game Table Top Tanks, which we developed at Devil’s Details in Sheffield, UK. When we were asked if we’d like to develop Table Top Tanks by our friends at SCEE we couldn’t believe our luck: Who doesn’t like blowing stuff up with Tanks? And we got to play with and help develop PlayStation’s AR technology too. So, we said “Yes please!” and got down to work.
So, what’s in Table Top Tanks? Firstly, there are the tanks: They’re quite quick, nimble and fun to drive and you can choose from 10 different colors. Their main cannon is pretty powerful and you can upgrade its shell type by running over pickups; my favorite is the bouncing missile – they’re great fun to spray into the edge of the arena and watch them cause carnage and confusion as they bounce around. To get you started playing the game we’ve included a single player campaign, which will teach you how to play and challenge your tank skills.
But the real fun comes making your own maps using the simple editor. You pick a map size – small, medium or large – and then place virtual shapes around real world objects, so PS Vita can “see” the objects. You can also fill the shapes with water, smoke or fire and so that when they’re shot by a missile they’ll leak water, spill smoke or be set on fire.
Once you’ve crafted your level it’s time to play from a choice of capture the flag, last man standing or two vs. two game modes.
Table Top Tanks allows you to play with and against AI tanks (and you can choose how smart they are) but it’s much more fun to play against up to three friends over Ad Hoc. Share your newly created battlefield with your friends and duke it out from different angles. It’s really great fun, and because the levels are quick and easy to make go ahead and experiment by creating new maps.
With a little effort you can also move Table Top Tanks from the table top. If you print some new markers out but scale them up (we printed them so they filled A4 sheets, just make sure you keep the aspect ratio the same), you can upscale the awesome by playing Table Top Tanks on the floor rather than on a desktop. The Tanks become model car size and you can set up obstacles using the editor and get the whole house involved, blasting the dog or setting fire to the coffee table. We played quite a lot of large marker Table Top Tanks when we were developing the game and it’s serious fun; get some friends together and give it a go.
Finally, if you fancy a little extra twist on the tanks, we’ve got a tank pack DLC in the works which features our take on “toy” tanks. They’ve got a really distinct, bouncy shape and you also get a themed fighter jet too. They’re a firm favorite with us and we’re sure you’ll enjoy playing with them.
We look forward to hearing everyone’s feedback!
GT Academy 2012: Get Tips From the US Champion Today
Attention GT Academy competitors: we are now in the third week of the 2012 season, and the competition is heating up. Since May 1st, nearly 600,000 competitors have driven more than 51,000 miles and reattempted 52,000 times for their chance to become this year’s GT Academy Champion.
As you may already know, Round 3 and 4 became available this week – offering faster and more advanced technical driving challenges to prepare you for the final eighth round starting in June.
To give you a leg up on the competition, TwitchTV will be doing a live webcast with the first US GT Academy Champion Bryan Heitkotter today at 6pm Pacific Time. Be sure not to miss this as Bryan will be providing some inside tips for each of the round challenges and his predictions for this year’s winner.
Here’s a quick reminder for each of the challenges from Round 1-4:
Round 1: Nissan Leaf (Current Leaderboards)
- Simple Right-Hand Corner
- Simple Left-Hand Corner
- Simple Series of Corners
- Series of Blind Corners
- Driving with Opponents
Round 2: Nissan Silvia Spec-R Aero (Current Leaderboards)
- Long Banked Corner
- Hard Braking Before a Corner
- Series of Corners on the Rome City Course
- S Curves 1
- High-Speed Approach to a Series of Corners
Round 3: Nissan Skyline GT-R V-Spec II (Current Leaderboards)
- Rotary Corner in the Madrid City Course
- S Curve at Suzuka Circuit
- Continuous Corners and Elevation Changes
- Variations of Corners
- Maintaining Stability in High-Speed Sections
Round 4: Nissan 370Z (GT Academy) ’08 (Current Leaderboards)
- The Nurburgring’s “Kallenhard” Section
- Low Speed ‘S’ Curve with Changing Radius
- ‘S’ Curves 2
- Suzuka Circuit’s “Spoon Curve”
- The “Variante Ascari” and “Parabolica” at Monza
Remember, in case you haven’t started, GT Academy 2012 is available as a free downloadable through the PlayStation Store until the end of the competition on June 24th. See if you have what it takes to become the next GT Academy Champion!
More information on GT Academy is available through the official site and our Facebook page.
Smart As Brings Next-Gen Brain Training to PS Vita This Fall
Hello, PlayStation nation! As my first post on the PlayStation.Blog, it’s my pleasure to bring you news of a brand new mind-sharpening game for PS Vita: Smart As.
Launching this fall, Smart As is a social brain-training experience that will put your brain to the test with 20 unique, engaging, tactile and highly interactive puzzle games. This next-gen puzzle game will also enable you to share your stats with players from around the world using a robust set of social and connective features.
Produced by XDev Europe, Smart As takes full advantage of PS Vita’s touchscreens, cameras and Augmented Reality capabilities to deliver Daily Training challenges featuring fun arithmetic, logic, language and observation-based puzzles. Your scores from each puzzle are used to calculate your overall Brain Power and anybody at any skill level can get in on the fun. The more you play, the better your chances are of increasing your Brain Power score and unlocking new puzzle games.
The best part about Smart As is that it’s not just a brain training game; it’s a social experience. Once you’ve earned your daily Brain Power score, you can go online to see how smart you are compared to your friends, people that you’ve met through “near,” players in your city, country, continent and the entire world using the Smart As leaderboards. You can even post your Brain Power scores to Facebook to boast about your cerebral superiority. Using PS Vita’s “near” feature, you can also drop off puzzles for nearby users and pick up new challenges left by other players.
When you play Smart As on the go using PS Vita’s Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity, you’ll have the opportunity to unlock even more challenges in different regions with the Street Smart mode. Simply by competing in as many regional challenges as you can, you will get to prove that you are smarter, more travelled and better connected than your friends.
Watch on the video above for an exclusive sneak peek at Smart As in action, and check back soon for more Smart As news.
The Last of Us Cutscene: The Sky Has Turned Grey
It’s been nearly six months since we announced The Last of Us and development has been a bustling beehive of activity. If you picked up the March 2012 issue of Game Informer or saw any of the online coverage, you might have read about Joel and Ellie’s visit to an abandoned city. Today, we are excited to share a very fresh, very provocative video that should answer some of your questions about what went down inside those city walls. You’ll get an idea of what it takes to be a survivor in Joel and Ellie’s heartless new world.
Joel and Ellie won’t have an easy road ahead of them. Their path across the US will intersect with other survivors, some of whom won’t be friendly. In this scene set to the somber chords of Hank Williams, Sr., Joel and Ellie continue their journey west in a battered pickup truck. As they drive towards the next destination on their route, and hopefully a place to find critical resources, the pair encounters a group of hunters. What happens next is something you have to witness to understand. Check it out in the video above.
What you watched here is only a peek into how alone and forsaken this world has become. Be ready for things to get much worse.
If you missed any of Game Informer’s coverage of The Last of Us, be sure to dive in — we have so much more to show you and you won’t want to miss any of the backstory. Most recently, Game Director Bruce Straley and Creative Director Neil Druckmann spoke with IGN and answered some questions about the game. Be sure to read it! We can’t wait to share this genre-defining game with you.
The hounds have started to bay. Get prepared for E3 in early June and the growing news storm in the months to come!
PlayStation Store Update
Hi Everyone -
Our friends at Q Games are excited to deliver their latest PSN experience: PixelJunk 4am! This one-of-a-kind music creation tool lets you perform, create and share; all with subtle motions with the PlayStation Move.
With beats provided by world famous PixelJunk DJ Baiyon and the ability to share your creations with not only friends on PSN, but the entire world as well, you’ve got a world stage waiting to hear your performance. Read all the PixelJunk 4am PlayStation.Blog coverage right here for more info on the game.
If classic platforming is more your speed, Sonic The Hedgehog is back in Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode II! Continue the adventure as it left off from the first episode and find out what Sonic’s arch-nemesis Dr. Eggman was searching for in the Lost Labyrinth. Visit new locales, speed through obstacles and partner up with Tails in this exciting continuation!
Prototype 2 has been lighting up the gaming community since its release a few weeks back. If you haven’t picked up yet, you can now do so on the PlayStation Store! To sweeten the deal, this edition of Prototype 2 comes with the Radnet Access Pack which enables you to access over 55 unique pieces of digital content throughout the coming weeks. Other additions to the PS3 Full Game category include Goldeneye 007 Reloaded, as well as new Complete Edition bundles for games like Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, Far Cry 2 and Prince of Persia.
Those in the know will be happy to see Rock of Ages makes it way to PSN. The acclaimed mix of tower-defense strategy and rolling ball physics (trust us, it’s fun) will keep you in stitches with the game’s quirky humor and ultra-addictive gameplay modes. Even better news, if you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber, you’ll be able to download this title for free!
In other news, Ubisoft is having a massive sale on their content this week as well! Tons of Ubisoft PS3 Full Games, PSN games, Add-Ons and Ultimate Bundles are on sale this week. All the content will be 30% off with Plus subscribers getting 50% off the listed content. Check the details below for the full list of Ubisoft games on sale.
In addition to Rock of Ages and cool free avatars to download to your PSN profile, PlayStation Plus subscribers will also find sweet deals with a 50% discount on Goldeneye 007 Reloaded as well as a 40% discount on Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood: Complete Edition.
Keep a look out for other great content on the PlayStation Store this week including new PS mini Velocity, a new Dungeon Defenders Add-On and more. Make sure you check out all the details below and let us know your thoughts in the comments below and come back next week to see what’s new in the PlayStation Store, or join the discussion on the PlayStation Community forums in the Official PlayStation Store Update thread.
Here is the weekly PlayStation Store update:
PlayStation Plus
PSN Games
PixelJunk 4am Full Game ($9.99)
Mix tracks, experiment with audio effects, and stream live to your friends over the PlayStation Network by using 4am’s unique Virtual Audio Canvas to control your composition with the PlayStation Move’s full range of motion.
ESRB rated E
File size 279 MB
PS3 Full Games
Rock Of Ages ($9.99)
A rock-solid combination of rock-rolling action, deep strategy, and captivating art and music from different ages of history, this is a game of crush or be crushed!
ESRB rated E10+
File size 568 MB
Jam Live Music Arcade ($9.99)
JAM Live Music Arcade is a robust musical experience of creative freedom. Through your guitar peripheral or controller, you can compose your own genre-bending music by controlling all aspects of a song (guitar, bass, drums, vocals and synth).
ESRB rated T
File size 1.07 GB
Goldeneye 007 Reloaded ($59.99)
Play through all the iconic movie moments re-imagined and updated for today’s gaming standards. Experience stunning visuals, a unique blend of action and stealth, and upgraded multiplayer. In the new MI6 Ops, test your 00 mettle in various agent skill challenges.
ESRB rated T
File size 7.2 GB
Prototype 2 With Radnet Access Pack ($59.99)
WELCOME TO NEW YORK ZERO. Experience Sgt James Heller hunt, kill and consume his way toward the ultimate goal – to kill Alex Mercer! Includes RADNET Access Pack.
ESRB rated M
File size 7.57 GB
Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode II ($14.99)
The Sonic 4 Saga continues in Episode II! Metal Sonic has returned to form a formidable alliance with Dr. Eggman! Now Joined by Tails, race across four new Zones and take down fearsome new badniks with deadly combination moves in order to save the day!
ESRB rated E
File size 422 MB
Game Demos (free)
Batman Arkham City
No escape from Arkham City…the sprawling super-prison in the heart of Gotham City, home to its most violent thugs and infamous super villains. With the lives of the innocent at stake, only one man can save them and bring justice to the streets of Gotham City…The Batman.
ESRB rated T
File size 1.31 GB
PixelJunk 4am
Enter the world of PixelJunk 4am by downloading this free Trial. Watch and listen to performers across the world create and DJ their own music. Purchase the full game to unlock creation, performance, and song visualizer capabilities.
ESRB rated E
File size 279 MB
Rock Of Ages
Rock of Ages is a rock-solid combination of rock-rolling action, deep strategy, and captivating art & music from different ages of history, this is a game of crush or be crushed! As Ye Olde Story tells…Two castles stand opposed; yours and your foe’s. Their castle sucks, so you’re ready to roll over them in order to raze that unsightly tower using a huge boulder. But beware: A boulder heads your way, too! Download the Rock of Ages demo today!
ESRB rated E10+
File size 568 MB
Sonic The Hedgehog 4 Episode II
The Sonic 4 Saga continues in Episode II! Metal Sonic has returned to form a formidable alliance with Dr. Eggman! Now Joined by Tails, race across four new Zones and take down fearsome new badniks with deadly combination moves in order to save the day!
ESRB rated E
File size 422 MB
PS3 Add-ons
Asura’s Wrath – Lost Episode 2 ($1.99)
After his battle with Ryu, Asura is confronted by Akuma, the fighter who seeks to surpass all.
File size 256 MB
Dungeon Defenders: Quest For The Lost Eternia Shards Part III ($3.99)
Prepare to venture outside into the realms of Etheria in The Quest for the Lost Eternia Shards! Experience new missions, cinematics, enemies, and more:
File size 273 MB
Final Fantasy XIII add ons (x5) ($2.99 – $4.99)
Various add on content.
File size 2.5 MB – 740 MB
LittleBigPlanet 2 add ons (x5) ($1.99 – $5.99)
Various add on content.
File size 110 KB
Max Payne 3 – Gorilla Warfare Loadout Pack (free)
The Gorilla Warfare Pack includes the Gorilla Mask Item for extra adrenaline for melee kills from behind, Lucky Coin Item for extra cash when looting bodies and Booby Trap item that makes your corpse explode when looted.
File size 103 KB
MotorStorm RC add ons (x3) (free – $0.49 each)
Various add on content.
File size 100 KB
Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City – Echo Six Expansion Pack 2 ($9.99)
3 new missions. Spec Ops close in on Umbrella and the USS squad. New threats and challenges arise as they help survivors including Claire Redfield and Sherry Birkin. Zombies, Tyrants and Super Parasite Tyrants fight to overwhelm you as Raccoon City descends into Hell.
File size 1.24 GB
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13 add ons (x4) (free)
Various add on content.
File size 100 KB
Two Worlds II: Defense ($2.99)
See the world of Antaloor from a brand new perspective, as a valued enforcer of Emperor Gandohar and Lord Sordahon.
File size 22 MB
UFC Undisputed 3 – Contenders Pack ($2.99)
The future of the Octagon makes their presence felt with this bundle! Download the Contenders Pack to gain access to Nick Diaz, Jason ‘Mayhem’ Miller, Phil Davis, and Brian Stann.
File size 2.5 MB
Worms Ultimate Mayhem: Multi-Player Pack ($4.99)
The Worms Ultimate Mayhem “Multi-player Pack” features 5 fantastic new multi-player maps for use across the numerous multi-player modes. The “Multi-player Pack” also includes x6 brand new Trophies.
File size 212 KB
Yakuza: Dead Souls add ons (x2) (free)
This free pack includes bonus costumes for each of the main characters, including Kazuma Kiryu’s glorious “Stars and Stripes” outfit. Guaranteed to make you feel more manly just by downloading, this pack also includes bonus Karaoke modes for Majima and Kiryu, new cutscenes, and special items to help you hit it big in the casino and upgrade your weapons. Consider this pack a little gift from your friends at SEGA. Enjoy!
File size 708 KB – 721 KB
Rocksmith – Come Out And Play By The Offspring ($2.99)
File size 2.83 MB
Rocksmith – Gone Away By The Offspring ($2.99)
File size 3.28 MB
Rocksmith – Self Esteem By The Offspring ($2.99)
File size 3.29 MB
Rocksmith – The Offspring Song Pack ($7.99)
File size 9.4 MB
Rock Band 3
Build your Rock Band library by purchasing these song game tracks. For song credits, visit www.RockBand.com.
- “BRICK BY BORING BRICK” – Paramore ($1.99)
- “IGNORANCE” – Paramore ($1.99)
- “THE ONLY EXCEPTION” – Paramore ($1.99)
- “THE ONLY EXCEPTION (PRO GUITAR)” – Paramore ($0.99)
- Artist pack ($5.49) – Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game album: PARAMORE PACK 01. This pack includes “Brick By Boring Brick”, “Ignorance” and “The Only Exception”. By Paramore
File size: 29 MB – 35 MB (singles), 99 MB (track pack)
Rock Band Network v2.0
- “BEER, METAL, TROLLS AND VOMIT!” – Nordheim ($1.99)
- “OCEAN FLOOR” – The Bunny the Bear ($1.99)
- “SONG FOR THE BROKEN” – Close Your Eyes ($1.99)
- “TOCCATA AND FUGUE IN D MINOR (BACH)” – Johann Sebastian Bach ($0.99)
- “YOUNGER LUNGS” – Less Than Jake ($1.99)
File size: 18 MB – 32 MB (singles)
PS Vita Add-Ons
MotorStorm RC add ons (x3) (free – $0.49 each)
Various add on content.
File size 100 KB
Reality Fighters Soccer Fight Pack ($2.99)
Kick off a brand new battle by downloading this Soccer Fight Pack for Reality Fighters. Train hard and you will soon be able to volley your enemies back into the dressing room – there isn’t a referee in sight. Compatible with PlayStation Vita system only.
File size 100 KB
Ridge Racer add ons (x4) ($1.49 – $2.49)
Various add on content.
File size 3.34 MB – 76 MB
Updates
5-In-1 Arcade Hits – Minis (Sale) (PSP) (now $0.99, original price $1.99)
Assassin’s Creed (Sale) (PS3) (now $13.99, original price $19.99)
Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood – The Da Vinci Disappearance (Sale) (PS3) (now $6.99, original price $9.99)
Assassin’s Creed II – Sequence 13 + Secret Locations (Sale) (PS3) (now $4.89, original price $6.99)
Assassin’s Creed II: Sequence 12: Battle Of Forli (Sale) (PS3) (now $2.79, original price $3.99)
Assassin’s Creed II Deluxe Edition Digital (Sale) (PS3) (now $13.99, original price $19.99)
Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines (Sale) (PS3) (now $13.99, original price $19.99)
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Sale) (PS3) (now $20.99, original price $29.99)
Beyond Good And Evil Hd (Sale) (PS3) (now $6.99, original price $9.99)
Blimp: The Flying Adventures – Minis (Sale) (PSP) (now $0.99, original price $1.99)
Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood (Sale) (PS3) (now $13.99, original price $19.99)
Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood Old West Map Pack (Sale) (PS3) (now $6.99, original price $9.99)
Far Cry 2 (Sale) (PS3) (now $13.99, original price $19.99)
Far Cry 2 Fortunes Pack (Sale) (now $3.49, original price $9.99)
From Dust (Sale) (PS3) (now $10.49, original price $14.99)
Might And Magic Clash Of Heroes (Sale) (PS3) (now $10.49, original price $14.99)
Minisquadron – Minis (Sale) (PSP) (now $0.99, original price $1.99)
One Epic Game – Minis (Sale) (PSP) (now $0.99, original price $1.99)
Prince Of Persia (Sale) (PS3) (now $13.99, original price $19.99)
Prince Of Persia Classic (Sale) (PS3) (now $6.99, original price $9.99)
Prince Of Persia Classic Trilogy Hd (Bundle) (Sale) (PS3) (now $27.99, original price $39.99)
Prince Of Persia: Epilogue Dlc (Sale) (PS3) (now $6.99, original price $9.99)
Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time (Sale) (PS3) (now $10.49, original price $14.99)
Prince Of Persia: The Forgotten Sands (Sale) (PS3) (now $13.99, original price $19.99)
Prince Of Persia: The Two Thrones (Sale) (PS3) (now $10.49, original price $14.99)
Prince Of Persia: Warrior Within (Sale) (PS3) (now $10.49, original price $14.99)
Ricochet Hd (Sale) (PS3) (now $2.74, original price $4.99)
Scott Pilgrim (Sale) (PS3) (now $6.99, original price $9.99)
The Impossible Game – Minis (Sale) (PSP) (now $0.99, original price $1.99)
Magic 2012 Gold Deck Bundle (Sale) (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $9.99)
Magic: The Gathering – Dules of the Planeswalkers 2012 Gold Bundle (Sale) (PS3) (now $9.99, original price $19.99)
Outland (Sale) (PS3) (now $6.99, original price $9.99)
Scott Pilgrim – Knives Chau Add-On Pack (Sale) (PS3) (now $1.39, original price $1.99)
Game Videos (free)
Assassin’s Creed III Announcement Trailer
Darksiders 2: Death Strikes: Part I Trailer
Darksiders 2: Behind The Mask: Death Rises Trailer
Darksiders 2: Behind The Mask: Deaths World Trailer
Darksiders 2: Death Eternal Trailer
Far Cry 3 Dr. Earnhardt Gameplay Trailer
Game Of Thrones – The Wall Trailer
Game Of Thrones – This Is War Trailer
Game Of Thrones- Winter Trailer
Medal Of Honor Warfighter Announce Trailer
Medal Of Honor Warfighter Gameplay 1 Trailer
Sleeping Dogs Driving Trailer
Sleeping Dogs Undercover: Hong Kong Trailer
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Future Soldier: Ghost Recon Alpha
PS3 Themes
Dynamic Beautiful Girl 3 ($2.99)
Max Payne 3 Premium Theme ($1.99)
PSone Classics
Myst ($5.99)
Journey through stunning 3D photo-realistic graphics.Explore eerie worlds of starkly fantastic beauty.Experience a vivid first person perspective. Listen to the original soundtrack and sound effects that enhance the sense of realism. Combine keen observation and logic to unlock the secrets of MYST.
ESRB rated E
File size 349 MB
PS2 Classics
Red Faction 2 ($5.99)
Fight alongside an elite squad of soldiers to complete your mission to eliminate the corrupt dictator of the Commonwealth! Download Red Faction® 2 today!
ESRB rated M
File size 2.1 GB
Bundles
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Complete Edition ($24.99)
Call Of Juarez: Bound In Blood Complete Edition ($19.99)
Far Cry 2 Complete Edition ($19.99)
Prince Of Persia Complete Edition ($19.99)
Scott Pilgrim Complete Edition ($7.99)
Music
Sorcery Soundtrack ($4.99)
PlayStation Store for PSP
PSP minis (also available from PS3 Storefront)
Velocity- Minis ($4.99)
File size 77 MB
Ubisoft Sale: Deep Discounts on PSN Starting Today
The month of May brings some of my favorite times of the year. It gives me a chance to step back and look at the gigantic list of PS3 and PSN games that I want to dedicate time to before the end-of-year holiday onslaught. Even better, it’s a perfect time to pick up digital titles that I never had time to play earlier. All this plays perfectly into me saying that Ubisoft is having a huge promotion on our PlayStation Network catalog.
Starting today, you will be able to download a huge selection of our games on the PlayStation Store at 50 percent off for PlayStation Plus members and 30 percent off for all other users. The sale will end on May 22, so act fast!
Ubisoft has an extensive and high-quality PSN catalog. Last year, we saw the launch of some of our best PlayStation Network games to date – From Dust, Outland, Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes and Beyond Good & Evil HD – all which will be in today’s promotion. For those looking to hop into retail games, we have several of our Blu-ray titles available on the PlayStation Store as well.
Here’s a list of all the content that we will have on sale this week. All these items have been discounted 50 percent for PlayStation Plus members and 30 percent for all other users:
- From Dust – PlayStation Plus price $7.34; Sale price $10.49
- Outland – PlayStation Plus price $4.89; Sale price $6.99
- Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes – PlayStation Plus price $7.34; Sale price $10.49
- Beyond Good & Evil HD – PlayStation Plus price $4.89; Sale price $6.99
- Scott Pilgrim – PlayStation Plus price $4.89; Sale price $6.99
- Prince of Persia Classic – PlayStation Plus price $4.89; Sale price $6.99
- Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood – PlayStation Plus price $14.69; Sale price $20.99
- Assassin’s Creed 2 – PlayStation Plus price $13.99; Sale price $9.79
- Assassin’s Creed – PlayStation Plus price $13.99; Sale price $9.79
- Far Cry 2 – PlayStation Plus price $13.99; Sale price $9.79
- Call of Juarez 2 – PlayStation Plus price $13.99; Sale price $9.79
- Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands – PlayStation Plus price $13.99; Sale price $9.79
- Prince of Persia (2008) – PlayStation Plus price $13.99; Sale price $9.79
- Prince of Persia Classic Trilogy HD – PlayStation Plus price $19.59; Sale price $27.99
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time – PlayStation Plus price $7.34; Sale price $10.49
- Prince of Persia: Warrior Within – PlayStation Plus price $7.34; Sale price $10.49
- Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones – PlayStation Plus price $7.34; Sale price $10.49
- Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood – Da Vinci Disappearance DLC – PlayStation Plus price $4.89; Sale price $6.99
- Assassin’s Creed 2 – Battle of Forli DLC – PlayStation Plus price $1.95; Sale price $2.79
- Assassin’s Creed 2 – Bonfire of Vanities DLC – PlayStation Plus price $3.42; Sale price $4.89
- Far Cry 2 – Fortunes Pack DLC – PlayStation Plus price $2.44; Sale price $3.49
- Call of Juarez 2 – Old West Map Pack DLC – PlayStation Plus price $4.89; Sale price $6.99
- Prince of Persia (2008) – Epilogue DLC – PlayStation Plus price $4.89; Sale price $6.99
- Scott Pilgrim – Knives Chau Add-On Pack DLC – PlayStation Plus price $0.97; Sale price $1.39
- Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines (PSP) – PlayStation Plus price $9.79; Sale price $13.99
- Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Complete Edition (includes Da Vinci Disappearance, Animus Project Update 1, Animus Project Update 2 and Copernicus Conspiracy Missions) – PlayStation Plus price $14.99; Sale price $24.99
- Far Cry 2 Complete Edition (includes Fortune Pack) – PlayStation Plus price $11.99; Sale price $19.99
- Prince of Persia (2008) Complete Edition (includes Epilogue) – PlayStation Plus price $11.99; Sale price $19.99
- Scott Pilgrim Complete Edition (includes Knives Chau Add-On Pack) – PlayStation Plus price $4.79; Sale price $7.99
- Call of Juarez 2 Complete Edition (includes Old West Map Pack) – PlayStation Plus price $11.99; Sale price $19.99
There you have it folks. The promotion will be running until May 22. What are you looking to pick up?
More PSP Titles and Minis Coming to PS Vita Starting Today
Hi everyone! Gaming is the bread and butter of PS Vita, with titles such as Resistance: Burning Skies, Sound Shapes and Gravity Rush launching soon.
Starting today, you’ll have even more reason to never stop playing. We’re very excited to announce the following PSP titles and minis will be available on the PS Vita Store, with many more coming soon. These aren’t just the same games you might have played at one time in the past! Check out the full list below, and we’ll keep you posted as further titles are brought to PS Store.
Available TodayPSP Titles:
Cho Aniki Zero (Aksys Games Localization, Inc.)
Strikers 1945 Plus (PM Studios, Inc.)
Tom Clancy’S Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (UbiSoft, Inc.)
Tom Clancy’S Rainbow Six: Vegas (UbiSoft, Inc.)
Valhalla Knights 2: Battle Stance (XSEED JKS, Inc.)
Ys: I & II Chronicles Digital (XSEED JKS, Inc.)
PSP minis:
Aero Racer (Halfbrick Studios)
Age Of Zombies (Halfbrick Studios)
Blast Off (Halfbrick Studios)
Dynogems (StormBasic)
Echoes (Halfbrick Studios)
Me Monstar: Hear Me Roar (Cohort Studios)
Vempire (Impressionware Srl)
PSP Titles:
3D Twist & Match (Sanuk Games)
Aedis Eclipse: Generation Of Chaos Legacy (NIS America, Inc.)
Bejeweled 2 (Sony Online Entertainment LLC)
Beta Bloc (D3 Publisher of America)
Brain Challenge (Gameloft)
Dead Head Fred (D3 Publisher of America)
Field Commander (Sony Online Entertainment LLC)
Gods Eater Burst (D3 Publisher of America)
Groovin’ Blocks (Sony Online Entertainment LLC)
King Of Pool (Nordcurrent UAB)
Luxor: Pharaoh’S Challenge Umd Legacy (Mumbo Jumbo)
Major League Baseball 2K10 (2KGames)
Mercury Meltdown (Ignition Entertainment)
Mx Vs Atv Untamed (THQ, Inc.)
Peggle (Sony Online Entertainment LLC)
Prehistoric Isle (SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION)
Puzzle Quest: Challenge Of The Warlords (D3 Publisher of America)
Reel Fishing: The Great Outdoors Legacy (Natsume, Inc.)
Split Second (Disney Interactive Studios)
Super Pocket Tennis (D3 Publisher of America)
The Red Star (XS Games, LLC)
Unbound Saga (Vogster Entertainment, LLC)
Undead Knights Digital (Tecmo Koei America Corporation)
Uno (Gameloft)
Untold Legends: Brotherhood Of The Blade (Sony Online Entertainment LLC)
Untold Legends: The Warrior’S Code French (Sony Online Entertainment LLC)
Work Time Fun (D3 Publisher of America)
WWE All Stars (THQ, Inc.)
WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2010 (THQ, Inc.)
PSP minis:
5 In 1 Solitaire (Digital Leisure)
Alien Zombie Death (PomPom Games)
Arcade Air Hockey & Bowling (Icon Games)
Babel: The King Of The Blocks (StormBasic)
Bashi Blocks (Icon Games)
Bermuda Triangle (SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION)
Breakquest (Beatshapers)
Bubble Trubble (Creat Studios)
Card Shark (Laughing Jackal Ltd)
Carnivores: Ice Age (Beatshapers)
Cohort Chess (Cohort Studios)
Doodle Fit (Gamelion)
Doodle Pool (Big Head Games)
Duael Invaders (Laughing Jackal Ltd)
Enigmo (Beatshapers)
Family Games (Icon Games)
Farm Frenzy (Alawar Entertainment, Inc.)
Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain (Laughing Jackal Ltd)
Fly Fu (Invictus Games LTD.)
Galcon Labs (Beatshapers)
Gamocracy One : Legend Of Robot (AYEWARE / Bearded Ladies Consulting)
Gold Medalist (SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION)
Guerrilla War (SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION)
Hal 21 (SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION)
Hero Of Sparta (Gameloft)
Hysteria Project 2 (Sanuk Games)
Ikari Warriors (SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION)
Ikari Warriors Ii: Victory Road (SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION)
Jelly Pops (PomPom Games)
Karimogi (StormBasic)
Labyrinth (Bigben Interactive, S.A.)
Let’S Golf (Gameloft)
Marvin’S Maze (SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION)
Mecho Wars (Creat Studios)
Omg-Z! (Laughing Jackal Ltd)
One Epic Game (Grip Digital)
Ozma Wars (SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION)
P.O.W. – Prisoners Of War (SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION)
Pipe Madness (AYEWARE / Bearded Ladies Consulting)
Pix N Love Rush (Sanuk Games)
Psycho Soldier (SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION)
Red Bull X-Fighters (Xendex)
Rumble Trucks (Playerthree Ltd)
Street Smart (SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION)
The 2D Adventures Of Rotating Octopus Character (Dakko Dakko Ltd.)
The Impossible Game (Grip Digital)
The Marbians (Nordisk Film Distribution A/S)
Twin Blades (Sanuk Games)
Vanguard Ii (SNK PLAYMORE CORPORATION)
Wackylands Boss (Creat Studios)
Yetisports (Xendex)
Zombie Racers (Big Head Games)
It’s been almost three months since we launched PS Vita here in the U.S. and we’re continuing to find ways to add to your portable entertainment experience. With the recent launch of non-gaming apps such as Skype and Paint Park, and upcoming apps such as Treasure Park and Wake Up Club, all available for free, the PS Vita is an ever-evolving platform that keeps you connected to the content and experiences that are most important to all of you gamers.
What PSP games are you most excited to play on PS Vita?
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