Mar 09 2009

This Week on PlayStation.Blog

+ Posted by Jeff Rubenstein // Sr. Social Media Manager

Waking up this morning is going to be rough. But once we get rolling, here’s what we’re working on for this week:

This afternoon, we’ll be selecting (at random) 20 people who participated in our Killzone 2 Facebook Pic Collection to receive a free BradyGames strategy guide. I expect you winners to get those Field Agent and Iconoclast Trophies!
You’ll hear more about Patapon 2, Rag Doll Kung Fu, and this week’s Spring Fever PSN release.
We’ll be attending the San Francisco launch of Resident Evil 5 on Thursday night. Are you in the Bay Area? We’d love to meet you!
We’re setting up another live chat for Wednesday. Like last week’s Watchmen developer chat, this one will have a comic book theme – we’ll tell you who it is tomorrow.

And speaking of Watchmen, that’s our topic for Question of the Week:

Did you get caught up in Watchmen fever this weekend?

I braved the lines and saw the "unfilmable" movie.

I downloaded and played the Watchmen PSN brawler.

Both, of course! (and not a giant squid in sight)

So what's all this Watchmen business about anyway?

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See you again soon!

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+ DLB on March 9th, 2009 at 6:38 am said:

Good week for PlayStation

+ Tiller_jnr on March 9th, 2009 at 6:45 am said:

what happened to the Motorstorm: Pacific rift article that was supposed to land last week. I was waiting for it all week and it never appeared???

+ Jeff Rubenstein on March 9th, 2009 at 8:56 am said:

You\’re right – the announcement is still forthcoming. Looks like I got my date wrong – should be this week.

+ SOOPERGOOMAN187 on March 9th, 2009 at 6:46 am said:

Socom update is out but the LAG is still there. Been trying to join a room for the last hOur now.

+ StalkingSilence on March 9th, 2009 at 6:50 am said:

Good morning Jeff,
“this one will have a comic book theme”
DC Universe chat maybe? would be nice to hear more from them on it.

Also, would love to hear some more plans with trophy integration (saw there are some official PSN trophy cards from SCEE coming out). Maybe we can hear more news about those features (and the rumored FW 2.7) over the next month or so.

+ Thrasher20 on March 9th, 2009 at 6:59 am said:

Good morning guys,

Great week for PS Blog. Wish me luck on my anthropology test today ;)

+ Jeff Rubenstein on March 9th, 2009 at 8:56 am said:

Good luck!

+ tbisley on March 9th, 2009 at 7:02 am said:

The Watchman game really needed another half years worth of development time. I downloaded the demo and it has a lot of potential. However, the team making it really needed more time to flesh the game out a little.

What bothered me were the environments. They were very empty and graphics needed a little tightening up.

Such a shame really. Going to see the film this weekend coming and looking forward to it :D

+ nbnz on March 9th, 2009 at 7:10 am said:

I’d really like to hear some more about Fat Princess sometime. Any idea when we might get some info on that one?

+ Jeff Rubenstein on March 9th, 2009 at 8:56 am said:

Probably GDC, which is this month.

+ inveigle on March 9th, 2009 at 7:12 am said:

I second that Tiller_jnr, what’s what I was waiting for as well!

+ DryvBy on March 9th, 2009 at 7:20 am said:

Rag Doll Kung-Fu is such a fun Steam game. I just hope it’s not a port from the PC version as some of us would have already beaten that game.

+ Jeff Rubenstein on March 9th, 2009 at 8:57 am said:

It\’s not a port!

+ michaelja on March 9th, 2009 at 7:22 am said:

No post about upcoming Valkyria Chronicles DLC this week? Sounds like it’ll be out soon based on twitter.

http://twitter.com/ValkyriaTribune

I was initially hoping trophies would be out for it, but the DLC is good too I suppose. :-)

+ Tiller_jnr on March 9th, 2009 at 7:24 am said:

Jeff could you give us a reason as to why the motorstorm article was not posted???

+ Maverick_fox1 on March 9th, 2009 at 7:29 am said:

Looks like a good week, and that Spring fever release could be Fat Princess?

anyway i know this isn’t the place but, any chances to add the option to delete games from our trophy list? i tried PJ monsters and i don´t think i’ll be finish it, just didn’t like it. and i don’t wanna have that 0 % on my trophy list.

@5 good luck bro.

+ Ivan_Krazy on March 9th, 2009 at 7:32 am said:

I heard Firmware 2.70 will be released sometime this month! Lets hope so :D

+ Sk8boyP on March 9th, 2009 at 7:39 am said:

I kan haz Cross game chat nao? K thx bai ^_^

+ StrongerThanYou on March 9th, 2009 at 7:51 am said:

WHEN IS THE PS3 UPDATE OUT!?!?!??!

+ LincolnStein on March 9th, 2009 at 7:57 am said:

- reply to SOOPERGOOMAN187

I was waiting all week as well. I haven’t picked up the game because of the flood of games from the holiday and wouldn’t mind some motivation to pick it up

+ Seiven on March 9th, 2009 at 7:57 am said:

Both of Course…saw the film in Imax…awesome movie, but I could have done without the large blue nudity.

+ Jeff Rubenstein on March 9th, 2009 at 8:58 am said:

I have heard of such things…

+ Xulap on March 9th, 2009 at 7:58 am said:

I’ve gotta go to the cinema to watch Watchmen. Still haven’t!

And I really hope I’m one of those random people! Wish me luck.

+ hife on March 9th, 2009 at 7:58 am said:

“this one will have a comic book theme”

I’m calling inFamous! Those guys love to talk about how they are going for a comic book feel.

+ Jeff Rubenstein on March 9th, 2009 at 8:58 am said:

Ok, another hint: Marvel.

+ Hullucinate on March 9th, 2009 at 7:58 am said:

i dont even know what a watchman is..i do however know what a motorstorm pacific rift is…

+ Gorvi on March 9th, 2009 at 8:05 am said:

I just want the update from SEGA on the Valkyria Chronicles DLC. They started teasing it on their Twitter (or one for VC, rather) last week and I need more info! :)

+ Jeff Rubenstein on March 9th, 2009 at 8:59 am said:

I\’ve noticed that as well. If they want to spill the beans here, they\’re welcome to do so.

+ btz on March 9th, 2009 at 8:06 am said:

@11:
“i tried PJ monsters and i don´t think i’ll be finish it, just didn’t like it.”

I spent the most time on this title…countless hours… Best PSN investment. Give it another try :-)

+ acmilanboy on March 9th, 2009 at 8:07 am said:

awful week ahead. Why another chat with Watchmen devs? Also when is the firmware?

+ Jeff Rubenstein on March 9th, 2009 at 9:00 am said:

Sounds like someone\’s got a case of the Mondays. Shouldn\’t you be happy you\’re holding on to Beckham for the rest of the Serie A season??

+ LpSquall on March 9th, 2009 at 8:08 am said:

Thanks for posting what is coming up this week. I think this should be a weekly post to give the readers an idea of what to expect.

+ EvoAnubis on March 9th, 2009 at 8:16 am said:

Well, I’ve seen the movie twice, and beaten the game with Rorschach and am working on doing it with Nite-Owl as well (although he’s less fun to play as because he isn’t as brutal).

Can’t wait until Wednesday’s live chat with whoever it is . . . those things are fun!

How about you, Jeff? What did you think of the movie?

+ Jeff Rubenstein on March 9th, 2009 at 9:01 am said:

Haven\’t seen it yet – my friend who I was going to see it with couldn\’t wait, and caught the Friday morning showing. Probably this week though.

+ isolatebody on March 9th, 2009 at 8:24 am said:

The movie was great but I think the game is overpriced. I’ll be waiting for a price drop before I purchase it.

+ Ketchup on March 9th, 2009 at 8:24 am said:

Waiting for PSP Trophies … ^^

+ inveigle on March 9th, 2009 at 8:30 am said:

I’m with ya Ketchup. ;)

+ peevmyster on March 9th, 2009 at 8:37 am said:

The teasers are good and all, but you guys forgot some stuff last week, you were supposed to talk about motorstorm, and didn’t. And you were going to draw the names friday, and wasn’t the facebook thing for one of those replica guns?

+ Jeff Rubenstein on March 9th, 2009 at 9:01 am said:

The Facebook thing was for Strategy Guides – and those are going out today! The winners will be contacted via FB.

+ Letters2Kay on March 9th, 2009 at 8:37 am said:

I found out yesterday that my local Gamestop is having a Resident Evil 5 Midnight Launch. I’m so stoked! I’ll be showing up a few hours early so I’m first in line (as I did with GTA4) and bringing along my PSP and Phantasy Star Portable. I could wait for days… :)

+ LukaX23 on March 9th, 2009 at 8:54 am said:

I’d like to see “This week on PlayStation 3″ just to keep the fans from going crazy about the rumored firmware update(s).

+ Jeff Rubenstein on March 9th, 2009 at 9:02 am said:

This is why rumors suck. Don\’t believe *anything* firmware-related until you read it here. Seriously.

+ Wollan on March 9th, 2009 at 8:57 am said:

Watchmen was a great film. Looking forward to the 3 hour Blu-ray version.

+ Sneeches on March 9th, 2009 at 8:57 am said:

I downloaded the game, and am enjoying it but its way too expensive for what it is.

+ Jeigh on March 9th, 2009 at 9:03 am said:

I have barely even payed attention to this whole Watchmen thing. The commercials for the movie look pretty cool, but I don’t frequent movie theaters. Hell, I don’t even ‘rare’ them, if you get my drift.

Looking like a pretty like week at the blog, but Killzone 2 is keeping me plenty busy. I think I actually missed some articles last week because I was focusing on smoking 1000 Helghast.

+ whitwhit on March 9th, 2009 at 9:11 am said:

watchman was awesome for the 2 and half hours i was there lol. rhorshack is the man

+ Ketchup on March 9th, 2009 at 9:11 am said:

“This is why rumors suck. Don’t believe *anything* firmware-related until you read it here. Seriously.”

Every time there is “firmware” in an news, everyone gets excited … But it can be understanble :)

Let’s hope we’ll have a Eric Lempel post this week ^^

(and sorry for my poor english … i’m french :) )

+ Korbei83 on March 9th, 2009 at 9:17 am said:

This is normally the type of movie I like to go see with my dad. Unfortunately Im not sure how comfortable I would be sharing the experience of glowing blue, radioactive junk with my father.

+ Vengeful-Chaos on March 9th, 2009 at 9:26 am said:

I’m not much of a movie theater guy, I hate sticky floors, people who talk during movies, and who crunch their food loud. With that said i’ll wait for watchmen to hit netflix.

I really hope the PSP gets some much needed PSN support like a friends list, trophies, and something firmware related like a screen shot capture feature available when ever we wanted to use it. I know it’s possible since those who chose to go down the dark path can do it. My little angel of a PSP is anxiously waiting for the official version to come out if it ever does.

+ lcmnick on March 9th, 2009 at 9:26 am said:

What time do you have to get up Jeff.

+ Jeff Rubenstein on March 9th, 2009 at 9:35 am said:

6.45a

Which today was like 5.45. Ouch.

+ Blkant on March 9th, 2009 at 9:27 am said:

Personally I really don’t get all this watchmen stuff, just another failed attempt at re-creating a comic book. It seems all the movie industry can do these days is re-create a old movie, adapt a book, adapt a video game, or adapt a comic book series. They have gotten seriously desperate and the over all quality of movies have dropped dramatically. Though I suppose its been like this for some time now :/

Just hope they don’t adapt the book Enders Game or The Giver to a movie like they said they might. Every time they adapt a book it always ends up TERRIBLE (I.E. 1984).

+ jncasanova on March 9th, 2009 at 9:28 am said:

I wish the coming comic-book related chat is about Batman: Arkham Asylum!!!!!

But I guess it’s going to be the new Punisher game! I bet that’s the “secret spring fever release” of this week. It looks nice but I purchased Warhawk with the offer that expires this thursday and ran out of videogame money :$

+ Jeff Rubenstein on March 9th, 2009 at 9:35 am said:

That\’s a good guess with Punisher. It\’s not correct, but a good guess!

+ StonTemplePilot on March 9th, 2009 at 9:30 am said:

honestly watchmen sucked so bad i wanted my money back…. teach these people a lesson and do not go see this film! our hard earned money deserves better than this crap.. even hellboy2 was better…

+ Matsuiichi on March 9th, 2009 at 9:32 am said:

Sounds like a great lineup for the week! Can’t wait for Thursday as usual, but I’ve got Japanese Lit and History exams Monday and Wednesday.

Can’t wait! Great job on the blog.

+ Nynja on March 9th, 2009 at 9:35 am said:

On Killzone 2, I got my Valor Grand Cross trophy last night! Man it feels so good. Now I can actually focus on the offline campaign.

Anyone who is trophy hunting on KZ2, you should check out the Brady Games Video Guide on PSN. Great tutorials on how to get some of those trophies.

+ lakaiHIGH on March 9th, 2009 at 9:35 am said:

Watchmen was a pure popcorn film. it was hollywoods take on the best graphic novel of history and did what it could to be great. i praise Snyder for his adaptation and am perfectly fine with what he accomplished. its impossible to recreate the universe of Watchmen into film because it wont ever capture what the novel did. theres nothing quite like reading and visualizing it on paper compared to a movie with moving pictures. the film was fun and i suggest it to other Watchmen fans who are on the fence about seeing it. you’ll feel let down walking up but as soon as you’re out of the theater, you get the feeling like you want more. thats all i want.

peace,
Lh

+ Nynja on March 9th, 2009 at 9:37 am said:

“Jeff Rubenstein replied on March 9, 2009 at 9:02 am
This is why rumors suck. Don’t believe *anything* firmware-related until you read it here. Seriously.”

That makes me soooo sad :( I was really looking forward to the list of updates going around. /runs off crying

+ mikehc69 on March 9th, 2009 at 9:45 am said:

Jeff whats the deal with the U.S. version of the Unreal Tournament 3 patch?? It got released in Europe last week and has been stuck in certification by SCEA since! Killzone 2 and LBP get their patches pushed through lightning quick it seems..whats the hold up with UT3? We are dying for trophies and split screen!

Also you guys should really advertise this! Trophies can bring alot of people back to this great game!

+ Sephiroth on March 9th, 2009 at 9:45 am said:

Why my PS Blog account (Sephiroth) hasn’t merged with my PSN account (Santhiel) ?

Also, we want more updates about the Latin American expansion! I can help if you want, I’m a programmer living in Costa Rica and I’ll gladly help!!! ;)

Also, please more PS1 RPGs on da PS Store, any news about when White Knight Chronicles is arriving America?? I want that game really bad :D

+ rysamson on March 9th, 2009 at 9:48 am said:

i haven’t seen it yet. I want to, but just haven’t found the time. My brother said he enjoyed it, and he’s willing to watch it again if I end up going. Heard mixed reviews; mostly about blue junk plastered all over the screen (the commercials, I guess, are very misleading).

I loved the Watchmen Demo tho. Rorschach is much more fun than Night Owl, IMO. I’m just waiting on Bomberman though. Got 20 bucks in my PSN Wallet to burn!

And thanks for the clarification, Jeff, about firmware rumors. Like you said, I’ll only believe it when it’s from Sony ^_^.