New Blog Features Arrive!

+ Posted by Patrick Seybold // Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media

Hey everyone, you may recall last month we wrapped up our reader poll asking what features you’d like to see added to this here blog.
Downloadable high-resolution images, a desktop widget and a subscribe-via-email option were the top 3 requests - and that’s exactly what we’re adding here today. Take a quick peek at [...]

Tagged // maintenance, psb

Filed: Statements

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Heavenly Sword Prequel: Episode IV - The Divine Birth

+ Posted by Mark Valledor // Marketing Manager, SCEA

With the launch of Episode IV of the Heavenly Sword Animation Series on the PSN, we wanted to provide a nugget to those asking about the production of the series. Let us know your questions and we’ll return with answers from Ben Hibon, the Creative Director of the series.

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Tagged // heavenly sword, ps3, video

Filed: Title Spotlight

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What’s New in the PLAYSTATION Store?

+ Posted by Grace Chen // Senior Manager, PLAYSTATION Store

Grace Chen here, senior Manager for the PLAYSTATION Store. It’s been a big week for the PLAYSTATION Store, with the launch of Warhawk on Tuesday and tons of great new content today. We know you guys want playable games and demos, and we want to get them to you. So with that said, here’s a [...]

Tagged // psn

Filed: PlayStation Network, Title Spotlight

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The Making of a PlayStation Game

+ Posted by Shu Yoshida // Senior Vice President of Product Development, SCEA

Hello, my name is Shu Yoshida, I’m a Senior Vice President of Product Development here inside SCEA, and I oversee the product development group in the US for SCE’s Worldwide Studio, headed by Phil Harrison. For a little perspective on the US portion of the Worldwide Studio group, you should know we have eight studios [...]

Tagged // ps3

Filed: Developer Corner

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Warhawk Launch!

+ Posted by Dylan Jobe // Game Director, Warhawk

Well…after staying up way too late last night playing, I’m here to say that Warhawk is LIVE and available on the PlayStation Store AND at retailers across the country!
There were some crazy intense games last night and it was great to see players having a great time, earning medals and ranking up. I did [...]

Tagged // ps3, psn, video, warhawk

Filed: Title Spotlight

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PAX 2007 Approaches

+ Posted by Sheila Bryson // PR Manager

PAX 2007 kicks off tomorrow and ends on Sunday. Is anyone here attending? This is my first year hitting PAX, so if you have any advice for a noob, let me know.
As John Garvin pointed out yesterday, we have Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow comic book cover signings scheduled with Greg Rucka. We’ll [...]

Tagged // events

Filed: Find Us

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Industry Sales Climb, PS3 Sales Climb Too

+ Posted by Mariam Sughayer // Analyst Relations Manager

Hey everyone, I’m Mariam Sughayer, analyst relations manager here at SCEA. I’m the gal who works with those guys you see quoted in newspapers and news sites all the time talking about the industry; folks like Michael Pachter and Billy Pidgeon.
Today, the much anticipated NPD numbers were released and we’re very excited about how [...]

Tagged // ps3

Filed: Statements

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Greg Rucka Appearing at Penny Arcade Expo

+ Posted by John Garvin // Creative Director, Sony Bend Studios

Hey everyone, I’m John Garvin, Creative Director at Bend Studio. I wanted to give everyone a heads-up that Greg Rucka is going to be at the Penny Arcade Expo this coming weekend in Seattle, signing promotional materials for Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow.
This guy is awesome. I’ve been writing Syphon for 10 years [...]

Tagged // events, syphon filter

Filed: Find Us, Title Spotlight

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Folding@home Update

+ Posted by Noam Rimon // Sr. Development Manager SCEA R&D

We are all very excited here for the release of the new Folding@home (FAH) client for the PS3! This latest update addresses issues in two major areas: user requests and improving the accuracy of the core that we have running on the SPU. In addition, we totally revised the rendering engine for the molecules and [...]

Tagged // folding@home, ps3

Filed: Developer Corner

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Ode to the Warhawk Public Beta

+ Posted by Mark Valledor // Marketing Manager, SCEA

Hey, all. I wanted to extend KUDOS and our thanks to all the Warhawk Public Beta testers out there who contributed to tweaking and balancing the game so it truly becomes a game for the gamers - which is what Incognito’s goal was all along, right Dylan?
With that said, as a nod to the top [...]

Tagged // warhawk

Filed: Title Spotlight

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