Inside the Developers Studio: Nina Kristensen

+ Posted by Nina Kristensen // Co-founder of Ninja Theory Ltd. & Chief Development Ninja

1. What game do you have at E3 this year?
Heavenly Sword - I saw that you, the readers here, have given us 3,700+ votes in the poll on this blog as one of the most anticipated titles of the year, so thanks!!!
2. Tell us more about your game. What’s the story?
The game is a [...]

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Blu-ray Summer Promotion

+ Posted by John Koller // Sr. Marketing Manager, PSP

I’m guessing some of you saw the announcement this morning, but I wanted to make sure you knew about the Blu-ray Summer Promotion that starts this Sunday, July 1st. Basically, you can get five free Blu-ray movies (from a predetermined list of course) when you purchase select Blu-ray players. And yes, PS3 is one of [...]

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Inside the Developers Studio: Felice Standifer

+ Posted by Felice Standifer // Sr. US Producer for MotorStorm

1. What game do you have at E3 this year?
The Eye of Judgment
2. Tell us more about your game. What’s the story? What did you do on this game that you couldn’t do on another platform?
First, it uses the next-generation USB camera for PS3, the PlayStation Eye. We’ve combined the camera and real, collectable [...]

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Resistance Map Packs Coming Tomorrow and Other Musings….

+ Posted by Greg Phillips // Producer, SCEA

I wanted to let you all know that the Resistance map packs are scheduled for release tomorrow (Friday) on the PlayStation Store. Normally, the Storefront only updates on Thursday, but we wanted to make sure you had something before the weekend with a special Friday release because you’ve been so patient with us and [...]

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Inside the Developers Studio: Erich Waas

+ Posted by Erich Waas // Sr. Producer for NBA 08

1. What game do you have at E3 this year?
NBA 08 on the PlayStation 3. It was the first franchise at 1080p and 60 frames per second when the PS3 launched and we’ve made great strides since and added a lot to NBA 08.
2. Describe it in five words or less.
Cooler than a [...]

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Firmware 1.82 Coming Soon…

+ Posted by Eric Lempel // Director, PlayStation Network Operations

Hey everyone, you told us you wanted to hear about updates a few days in advance, so here’s a quick heads up that we have a PS3 firmware update in the works. [UPDATE: it's available today]
Firmware 1.82 is an update that enables the playback of AVC High Profile (H.264/MPEG-4) files. As most of you know, [...]

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Inside the Developers Studio: Travis Williams

+ Posted by Travis Williams // Sr. Producer, SCEA

Hey everyone, I’m Travis Williams, I’m a senior producer for SCEA in San Diego and working on an upcoming title for the PlayStation Network called “PAIN.” In the spirit of this Q&A series, I, along with many other first party developers, were posed with the following questions from the SCEA PR team. Here are my [...]

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Final Fantasy Celebration Tonight in SF

+ Posted by Sonia Im // Senior PR Manager, Square Enix North America

So tonight we are holding our FINAL FANTASY anniversary celebration in San Francisco at the PlayStation Store… It’s going to be a big party and I’m pretty sure we’re ready, but when are you ever 100% ready for an event like this?
It’s been a while since Square Enix had an event at the PlayStation [...]

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Inside the Developers Studio: Follow-up; Cory Barlog

+ Posted by Cory Barlog // Creative Director, God of War: Chains of Olympus

What’s up PlayStation fans??? I know my earlier post was a bit thin…thin like one of the Olsen twins…so I thought I would come back and add some more of what you’re asking for. I love your passion and drive for God of War: Chains of Olympus info, so I’ll do my best to accommodate [...]

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Inside the Developers Studio: Cory Barlog

+ Posted by Cory Barlog // Creative Director, God of War: Chains of Olympus

Today we kick-off our Inside the Developers Studio series with guest author, Cory Barlog, creative director for God of War: Chains of Olympus.

1. What game do you have at E3 this year?
God of War: Chains of Olympus
2. Describe it in five words or less.
Kind of limiting, huh? Well I think the best description [...]

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