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Posts From June, 2009

Jun 11 2009 Grace Chen's Avatar

PlayStation Store Update

+ Posted by Grace Chen

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Hi Everyone – It’s time for the weekly PlayStation Store Update. Downloadable Games Heavy Weapon ($9.99) Mount an assault on the enemy like never before with Heavy Weapon and the PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system! Launch your mission as an atomic tank to collect power-ups from friends and engage the enemy! Choose Mission or Survival [...]

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Jun 11 2009 Sebastian Downie's Avatar

Killzone 2 “Flash & Thunder” Pack Out Today – How to Survive a N...

+ Posted by Sebastian Downie

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With the release of the second Killzone 2 downloadable content pack “Flash & Thunder” on PlayStation Store today, we have been able to uncover Helghast documentation on their movements in the newest maps: Southern Hills and Beachhead. These two maps might be familiar to veterans of the first Killzone on PS2, but they have been [...]

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Jun 11 2009 David Varella's Avatar

Xi: The Secret is Out!

+ Posted by David Varella

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The mystery behind Xi has finally been revealed. Today, for the first time, all visitors to PlayStation Home can discover the full truth about Xi, Jess and the alpha zones beneath our virtual world. All the Xi spaces will stay live for a few weeks yet, so if you want to finish off any of [...]

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Jun 11 2009 Michael Santora's Avatar

Heavy Weapon – Coming to PSN Today!

+ Posted by Michael Santora

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Hey everyone, I’m Michael Santora, an Associate Producer from PopCap Games, bringing you all of our titles in association with Sony Online Entertainment. So far, the response to our classic titles, Zuma and Bejeweled 2, has been fantastic, so we’re excited to bring you another favorite, Heavy Weapon. Having grown up on classic arcade shooters [...]

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Jun 11 2009 Jeff Rubenstein's Avatar

Happy 2nd Birthday PlayStation.Blog!

+ Posted by Jeff Rubenstein

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With all the shock of an alarm clock jolting us out of our sleep in the middle of the night, we’ve been informed that today, June 11th, is the PlayStation.Blog‘s 2nd birthday. We’ve been very busy with E3 and stuff, but “Yay!” PlayStation.Blog launched 2 years ago today to a pretty huge reception. In that [...]

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Jun 10 2009 Eric Lempel's Avatar

PSP Firmware (v5.51) Update

+ Posted by Eric Lempel

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A new PSP firmware update, v5.51, will be released soon. System software stability during use of some features has been improved.

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Jun 10 2009 Chris Morell's Avatar

E3 09 On the Show Floor: Soulcalibur Broken Destiny

+ Posted by Chris Morell

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Well, technically it was behind closed doors on the show floor (PSB = VIP!). Technicalities aside, we were lucky enough to get some private time with Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny Director Noriyuki Hiyama to talk about the first PSP version of Soulcalibur. And perfect timing it was, considering Kratos was announced as a playable character at [...]

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Jun 10 2009 Jeff Rubenstein's Avatar

E3 09 Virtual Booth Tour: Heavy Rain

+ Posted by Jeff Rubenstein

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Here we present our fourth and final E3 09 Virtual Booth Tour, this one for Heavy Rain (click to watch God of War III, Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time, and MAG). In this piece, Quantic Dream‘s Guilleaume de Fondaumiere walks you through the “Mad Jack” scene, showing off a number of elements [...]

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