Happy Holidays from SCEA!

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Merry Christmas and 5th night of Hanukkah!

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It’s been a tremendous year for us here at on the SCEA Social Media team. For instance, I know that nearly 3 times as many of you will read this message than our last holiday wishes post. And like Tim Tebow after the Ole Miss game, I promise you that nobody will work harder for our fans than us in the next year. (Go Gators, btw)

Personally, I’m really excited to be rolling out new, fan-requested features for you blog readers in early January, and that’s just the start. We’ll be redoubling our Facebook and Twitter efforts, as well as introducing new ways for you to communicate with us.

But before we get to 09 – we rest. I hope that, like us, you’ll take the next week+ to relax, spend time with friends and family, and get caught up on the deluge of games that has washed over us in these past few months. I’ll consider it a success if I finish Dead Space, Mirror’s Edge, Fallout 3, and Prince of Persia by January 5th. Hopefully I’ll have time to leave the house.

Over the next week, we’re turning over the reins to Kristin Neirinckx, who’ll be sharing some tips for you new PS3 and PSP owners, as well as some of our favorite PSBlog contributors. They’ll be sharing their own holiday best wishes and top PlayStation picks of 2008.

To get things started, here are my Top 5 PlayStation faves from the year (a nearly impossible task!):

  1. Valkyria Chronicles – This game took up my entire month of November, which is why I’m way behind on games like Fallout 3 and Call of Duty: World at War. Not that I minded. I’m a huge tactical RPG fan, from Shining Force to Fire Emblem to Final Fantasy Tactics – and this is my favorite from the genre… ever. An absolute must-play. At least download the demo – you won’t be disappointed.
  2. LittleBigPlanet – The game that keeps on giving (see MGS pack this week). I’ve been playing this since early code, and to see the game grow and polish over that time was an awesome experience. Also, I love slapping people.
  3. Rock Band/Rock Band 2 – the official game of Roommate Relations, we’ve played this for, no kidding, hundreds of hours. The tally: we’re on our 4th guitar, 2nd set of drums, and have downloaded nearly $200 worth of DLC.
  4. Metal Gear Solid 4 – reviewers seemed to be handing out “10s” like cheap candy this year – but MGS4 actually deserved it. Have any of you *not* played this?
  5. Hot Shots Golf Out of Bounds/Open Tee 2 – I’ve been a huge fan of the series since Hot Shots Golf 2, and my love has not waned at all. No matter how many PSP games I bring on a plane, I still end up playing HSG the most.

I hate to leave anything out, because I was also in love with Patapon, Street Fighter II HD Remix, Burnout Paradise (still playing that one after all these months!), Devil May Cry 4, Resistance 2, MotorStorm Pacific Rift, and PixelJunk Monsters and Eden, but those are my Top 5. So what were your favorites?

See you in 2009!

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  • At least PlayStation blof wishes their Fans merry Christmas,I was quite shocked at how many Developers didnt even bother. Thanks Sony for an awesome year…. Merry Christmas all

  • Nice top 5 Jeff

    mine is
    1. Metal gear solid 4 (i never been a fan of the serie but this game was just wow, an amazing game with amazing story)

    2. Little big planet (this game is just so fun, unfortunately my bluray cracked i dont even know how it happened and i bought the MGS pack but cant even play it :()

    3. Resistance 2 (even if the game disappointed me from some aspects like the campaign, the multiplayer was amazing)

    4. Prince of persia (its a good game with great artwork but i hope the 2nd will be a little more than this one)

    5. PixelJunk games (they are just amazing and great fun)

    Theres Socom i really liked too but i didnt play it much because im waiting for the new patch for the better servers, this game has really great sound too

  • So speaking of site upgrades, are we ever going to see that official podcast? That’d be great. :)

  • Happy Holidays!!

    ~ Holiday Hermit

  • Nice, but i think it would be really awesome if there was a killzone 2 bundle. Now that would be a really good marketing decision. Either way i’m buying another ps3 i just hope there would be a killzone 2 bundle.

  • I think the PSB needs a suggestion box :)

  • I got some questions one i have a psn ID icecold101to10th but when i registered for this blog i cold not use that info so i made new one is that going to matter? two i got 60gb HHD and i was going to upgrade to a 500gb but dose the brand make a difference the one i looked at is a sata i heard it an older kind so what kind can i use?

    P.S. sony you are doing a graet job keep up the good work and remember you can’t please everyone just do your best to get in what relly matters to the massess (thank you verey much love my PS3) best UINT ever!

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