Inside Syphon Filter: Combat Ops

+ Posted by Chris Reese // Technical Director, SCEA Bend Studio

Hi everyone. I wanted to let everyone know that Syphon Filter: Combat Ops was recently released on the PLAYSTATION Store for PC, where you can now download it to your PSP. Hopefully many of you were able to see a sneak preview of Combat Ops that we included on the UMD release of Syphon Filter: [...]

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Thanksgiving Wishes from Slant Six

+ Posted by David Seymour // Design Director, Slant Six Games

Happy Thanksgiving from Slant Six! While we celebrated our Canadian turkey day earlier in October, we hope that you all have a great holiday. I have actually taken the week off to spend time with family and to play some games. I finally have some time to dig into my fearsome PS3 backlog, including Uncharted, [...]

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PlayStation Store for PC Update

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

Here is the initial content release for the PLAYSTATION Store for PC. To download these games to your PSP, navigate to http://store.playstation.com. There, you’ll find descriptions of the content and directions on how to get started. For more on the PLAYSTATION Store for PC, please click here.
Downloadable Games
* Syphon Filter Combat Ops ($9.99)
UMD Legacy Titles [...]

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Filed: PlayStation Network

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Introducing the PLAYSTATION Store for PC

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

I’m excited to share some breaking news with you, our loyal PlayStation.Blog readers. In his last post, Peter Dille promised a major focus on the PLAYSTATION Network and exclusive gaming content available on the PLAYSTATION Store. Today, we take the next step in its continued evolution.
The PLAYSTATION Store for the PC is a free service [...]

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Filed: PlayStation Network

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PlayStation Store Update

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

Hey, everyone. Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, this week’s update is a couple of days early.
In addition to the new content in today’s Store update, we’re also running a Thanksgiving special on 4 PLAYSTATION Network titles: Calling All Cars, fl0w, Pixel Junk Racers and Everyday Shooter are reduced to $4.99 each until [...]

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New PLAYSTATION Eye Games Available Today

+ Posted by Greg Lutton // Assistant Producer, SCEA

What’s up PS3 fans? By now, you’ve probably tried EyeCreate and made some pretty impressive videos. But now you’re wondering what else is out there for the PSEye? Well, I’m pleased to let you know we’ve got 2 more cool titles coming out later today: Operation: Creature Feature and Aquatopia.

In Operation: Creature Feature, you control [...]

Tagged // playstation eye, ps3

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Firmware Update (v2.01)

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

The latest System Software Update is now ready for download for the PLAYSTATION 3. Here are the details of what this firmware accomplishes:
• Stability during playing some PLAYSTATION 3 format software has been improved.
• Stability of System Software including Internet Browser and Information Board has been improved.
• Stability of the upscaler for PlayStation 2 format software has been [...]

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Filed: Hardware

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Time Crisis 4: From Arcade to PS3

+ Posted by Takashi Satsukawa // Director, Time Crisis 4

While our team was in the process of creating the Guncon3 for the PLAYSTATION 3 release of Time Crisis 4, we were simultaneously working on the arcade version of the game. There are considerable differences when creating a game for arcade and home release. While the Time Crisis series has been a huge success in [...]

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PS3’s First Birthday: We Felt the Love

+ Posted by Kim Otzman // Sr. Manager, Corporate Communications, SCEA

Celebrating this past Saturday: Goodfellas director Martin Scorsese is 65, Actor Danny DeVito turned 63, Milton from Office Space (Stephen Root) is 56, former MTV VJ Daisy Fuentes is 41, and PLAYSTATION 3 turned one year old!
It was on November 17th of last year that gamers put their lives on hold, camped out on sidewalks, [...]

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Sneak Preview of New PS3 Ads

+ Posted by Kim Nguyen // Marketing Manager, PLAYSTATION 3

Hello everyone. When we last spoke, I posted some ads for PS3 third-party heavy hitters Assassin’s Creed and Call of Duty 4. Well, as promised, we have more up our sleeves and have a couple more spots to debut for you all before they officially air the week of November 19th.

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Tagged // advertising, ps3, video

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