May 28, 2009May 28, 2009

Attention European Readers!

You’ve been asking for it, and today we’re happy to announce: Europe now has an official PlayStation Blog.

This morning, our friends over at SCEE launched their site, bringing you pertinent, region-specific news like local PlayStation Store updates, release dates, prices, and more. Also, they have charming accents.

We encourage you to drop in, subscribe to their feed, and drink in the European flavor (flavour?). Paris in springtime is wonderful, no?

We’ve been more than happy to serve our readers across the pond for the past two years or so (has it really been that long?), and we’ll still be here for you in the future, doing what we do. We hope you’ll still drop in on us from time to time. And, when you do, please bring us Jaffa Cakes.

We love them.

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102 Comments

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JordanBlack68
May 28, 2009 at 5:32 am PDT

How cool. Thanks SCE, excellent job. I’ll still visit here too!
enormhi
May 28, 2009 at 5:33 am PDT

Jippie! Won’t leaf you guys! :p
Muggles
May 28, 2009 at 5:36 am PDT

Awesome. Nice job SCEE!
PirateThom
May 28, 2009 at 5:36 am PDT

I’ll probably read both because I JUST CAN’T QUIT YOU, BABY!
- Jeff Rubenstein
  May 28, 2009 at 8:20 am PDT
  
  lols
Audioboxer
May 28, 2009 at 5:41 am PDT

It’s looking great! (Scottish PS3 owner here).

However I’ll still visit you SCEA guys from time to time of course ;)
jonarob
May 28, 2009 at 5:41 am PDT

Finally!
OmieeZF-LIVE
May 28, 2009 at 5:42 am PDT

Jeff can u please explain to me how i can subrscrib to this feed and the one for EU, i got vista and this little thing on the right that says something like RSS so could u please explan to me how i can subscribe to both of them.
- Jeff Rubenstein
  May 28, 2009 at 8:22 am PDT
  
  I don\’t have Vista (this is not an accident :-)) and so I can\’t say exactly how that will work, but you\’ll probably click (or right-click) the RSS button and it should offer you the chance to subscribe.
  
  Personally, I recommend Google reader…
TailsTheCat
May 28, 2009 at 5:43 am PDT

UK dictionary is correct. US is WRONG.
Andrefpvs
May 28, 2009 at 5:43 am PDT

Amazing!

But we’ll never leave you Jeff and co.

We just have a new place to go. Sweet :)
TailsTheCat
May 28, 2009 at 5:44 am PDT

Everything in eu just looks better. the u.s. blog sucks compared to uk.
morris1129
May 28, 2009 at 5:45 am PDT

Now all the whiners can go on the EU blog and whine about why Canada doesn’t have a video store. Hopefully they will leave our us blog alone.
CoNTRAKToR
May 28, 2009 at 5:46 am PDT

it’s bright and shiny!
Sekoku
May 28, 2009 at 5:50 am PDT

EU blog looks 20x better than the US blog.

Europe: Leading the world in pretty webdesign.
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Jeff can u please explain to me how i can subrscrib to this feed and the one for EU, i got vista and this little thing on the right that says something like RSS so could u please explan to me how i can subscribe to both of them.
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If it’s like Safari on OS X: Click the RSS icon. You’ll get a new window/look that is the RSS feed. Now save it as a bookmark on your bookmark menu bar (or in a bookmark folder) and whenever the RSS feed updates an (N) (with N being the number of new updates since the last time you looked) should pop-up when it updates.
Alex_Assassin_08
May 28, 2009 at 5:54 am PDT

FINALLY HUZZAH! :D

and Jeff, like we’ll ever leave you, I love the US blog! I’ll use both ^^ let’s see some love <3

also, @11, Canada isn’t in Europe…dumbass.

And yes, OUR dictionary is the RIGHT one ;)

rock on…dudes.
cc_star
May 28, 2009 at 5:55 am PDT

Jaffa Cakes are on there way Jeff
- Jeff Rubenstein
  May 28, 2009 at 8:23 am PDT
  
  Thank you.
Ackers11
May 28, 2009 at 5:58 am PDT

you gotta love jaffa cakes
sparced
May 28, 2009 at 6:01 am PDT

Why does the European site still use the website design the US abandoned nearly six months ago?

The co-operation between SCEE and SCEA is in dire need of some stronger tires.

Where is the PlayStation brand continuity? You get a so much cleaner experience here and much better sleek general layout.
DKShadow
May 28, 2009 at 6:01 am PDT

Great job guys, this certainly makes being a games journalist a whole lot easier – thanks!
SabbathRider
May 28, 2009 at 6:03 am PDT

Awesome! I love the different look, its nice that it has kept the same style and featurs as the us blog but not just copied it!
rAdIOhEad73
May 28, 2009 at 6:04 am PDT

Good! I hope this put an end of Europeans whining and crying here that they get the games 6 months later and that they pay more.
So Europeans from now on go and whine there please.
There’s nothing SONY of America can do for you.
Darkos87
May 28, 2009 at 6:08 am PDT

Jeff! you have been so awesome with all ps3 owners, you did a very good job… I hope there are people as competent and as willing to reply to reader’s comments in the SCEE blog.

Farewell my friend. All the best.

P.S. do make some guest appearances on the Eu blog, we’ll WELCOME YOU THERE!!!! :)
- Jeff Rubenstein
  May 28, 2009 at 8:24 am PDT
  
  We\’ll work something out :-)
mlataupe
May 28, 2009 at 6:10 am PDT

awesome!
except that Paris in spring has sh***y weather!
- Jeff Rubenstein
  May 28, 2009 at 8:25 am PDT
  
  The one time I was there was in Spring, and it only rained once in 8 days.
  
  Then again, they did note that it was unusual…
SoYoung
May 28, 2009 at 6:22 am PDT

now bring the videostore and other promotion in Canada because Sony thought the Canada isn’t a part of North America.
Jem_Alexander
May 28, 2009 at 6:23 am PDT

It’s going to be a Jaffa Cakey E3…
- Jeff Rubenstein
  May 28, 2009 at 8:25 am PDT
  
  :-D
tearsofash
May 28, 2009 at 6:25 am PDT

Yay! Europe gets a blog!

I’ll add it to my RSS feed reader as well. ThreeSpeech was a good semi-official blog, are those guys still going to be a part of the fun?
Cutz0r
May 28, 2009 at 6:27 am PDT

I’ll read both! :)
SeventhAxes
May 28, 2009 at 6:28 am PDT

Congrats to Europe.

I wish it had a similar layout. My eyes kinda hurt from switching between the two…
l3lackjax
May 28, 2009 at 6:35 am PDT

Now I wish Sony would redirect Canadian users to this site so we can actually discuss things on the forums and read the PS Blog without having to do a Google search or save a link to the US site. Only thing I hate about Sony.
- Jeff Rubenstein
  May 28, 2009 at 8:26 am PDT
  
  You mean from the Canadian PS.com website? I can put in that request.
RobRoks
May 28, 2009 at 6:40 am PDT

Finnaly lol :P Oh well i’ll probably end up reading both or mainly just US one because you seem to get news quicker generally plus i have my mac widget for your one :P
Powie
May 28, 2009 at 6:42 am PDT

Yay for our euro friends…

Now when is Sony America going to finish web to console integration, you know better gaming cards, the euro’s have a much better gamer cards, and the ability to view friends trophies via web, send/read messages to console friends, etc.
Valthyr
May 28, 2009 at 6:43 am PDT

Yes! Glad to hear this :)
Carl-G
May 28, 2009 at 6:48 am PDT

Cool :) I’ll still read and comment on this one to.
- Jeff Rubenstein
  May 28, 2009 at 8:26 am PDT
  
  And you are welcome to do so.
EmpireNO
May 28, 2009 at 6:49 am PDT

Great news, finally! Thanks.
tretle
May 28, 2009 at 6:50 am PDT

Canada is not in europe and @ 30 we dont have all those features, only the gamer cards. When you click on them you just get brought to a sign up page for psn and we cant send messages over the site only on ps3.
Nice that we finally have an eu blog but I will still pop onto the US one from time to time.
GGCAN
May 28, 2009 at 6:55 am PDT

Already got the RSS feed added and waiting for the first item from the EU blog.
Silent_Gig
May 28, 2009 at 6:56 am PDT

Now i can stop bugging you guys!
Phuquit
May 28, 2009 at 7:00 am PDT

Love all the european references.

Now, back to my tea and scones
hyperslug
May 28, 2009 at 7:01 am PDT

Sweet i can complain directly to SCEE now :P
FFObsessed
May 28, 2009 at 7:12 am PDT

Thank you.
X201
May 28, 2009 at 7:15 am PDT

@34 The only features we don’t have are the web messaging features.

We have the Gamercard and view your/friend’s trophy history via web options.
toology01
May 28, 2009 at 7:19 am PDT

Wow, im actually in the US but I think I actually like the EU page layout and aesthetic better. I think Ill be visiting both too as I like seeing what goes on over seas and also it will give me another bookmark under my games tab.
- Jeff Rubenstein
  May 28, 2009 at 8:27 am PDT
  
  That\’s what I expect many people will do, even in the US. As time goes by, our content will likely become more and more different.
remanutd5
May 28, 2009 at 7:26 am PDT

hey jeff i just visited the european playstation store and it has an inFAMOUS background on it , can you guys do the same on the U.S. one??? looks pretty neat
Viper7
May 28, 2009 at 7:30 am PDT

Will continue visiting both, there are still plenty of Playstation games that take a lot longer to arrive(if they arrive at all) to EU than US so its nice to get some information on these games as well.

Long live the region free gaming!
(also thank god for HD-tv:s that seem to nullify all the NTSC PAL problems!)
nweasel
May 28, 2009 at 7:39 am PDT

How come theirs looks better than ours? ;)

Seriously, it does. That is a sexy site. I’m kind of disappointed with SCEA now.
mixedkidbx
May 28, 2009 at 7:39 am PDT

Nice to see they got their new Blog now. Happy Bloggin’ SCEE gamers!
Vengeful-Chaos
May 28, 2009 at 7:46 am PDT

It looks as if they have a universal login…ahem Jeff where is ours?
Enforcer_X
May 28, 2009 at 7:55 am PDT

YAY SCEE stepping it up a notch!
richUK
May 28, 2009 at 7:58 am PDT

This is great news – I picked it up on twitter before I saw it on my RSS feed – so many avenues to get the same information – brilliant! :)

nice to see SCEE catching up with the US finally! ;)
StalkingSilence
May 28, 2009 at 8:04 am PDT

Glad to hear it! Will the feedburner also deliver news in other languages? I only want EU blog info in English.
guitain
May 28, 2009 at 8:15 am PDT

Yay! Looking forward to some EU-based release dates and interviews, not to forget! =] Got a bit confused about the inFamous-date…