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Posts From August, 2009

Aug 20 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. Please note: New and improved video extras are on the video store, so head on over to view the latest theatrical trailers, movie bonus footage and free TV episodes. Downloadable Games Smash Cars ($14.99) Real-time physics, innovative stunts and next-generation graphics combine into a [...]

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Aug 20 2009 Chris Morell's Avatar

Gamescom Virtual Booth Tour: MAG

+ Posted by Chris Morell

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On day one of Gamescom Cologne, even the jet lag of a 40-hour day couldn’t keep me from stumbling my way over to MAG in the PlayStation booth. There, I found Seth Luisi, Director of Development at SCEA, who walked us through a 128-player “Acquisition” mode Valor map that’s playable on the show floor. Check [...]

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Aug 20 2009 Zsolt Kigyossy's Avatar

Street Fighter Hadoukens Zen Pinball Today

+ Posted by Zsolt Kigyossy

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Get your flippin’ fingers ready! It’s my pleasure to announce that today ZEN Pinball Street Fighter II Tribute is making its worldwide debut as the first expansion table for ZEN Pinball. That’s right, we’ve coordinated our launch efforts with our friends over at Sony to make sure that our fans on both sides of the [...]

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Aug 19 2009 Locust_Star's Avatar

PlayStation Home v1.3 Coming This September

+ Posted by Locust_Star

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As announced at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany, PlayStation Home’s core client will be getting a serious upgrade this fall. And when we say serious, dear readers, we’re talking excessive and impressive in quality, extent, and degree. This is the for real deal upgrade! I got three words to start us off: Universal. Game. Launching. That’s [...]

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Aug 19 2009 Taylor Kurosaki's Avatar

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – the New Gamescom Trailer

+ Posted by Taylor Kurosaki

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Hello from Naughty Dog! All of us here are working feverishly to apply the final polish to Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. I think I can speak for the whole team and say we’ve never been more proud of anything that has come out of this studio. One word we throw around here quite a bit [...]

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Aug 19 2009 Tsubasa Inaba's Avatar

Introducing LocoRoco Midnight Carnival

+ Posted by Tsubasa Inaba

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Helloooo PlayStation Bloggers! Long time no speak, Tsubasa here with breaking news! We have a spin off of our favorite LocoRoco franchise coming down the pipe real fast! LocoRoco Midnight Carnival just made its world premier at gamescom going on in Cologne, Germany this week. The product will be for the PSP platform via the [...]

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Aug 19 2009 Grace Chen's Avatar

Digital Comics Store for PSP Coming in December

+ Posted by Grace Chen

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Hi Everyone – You may have heard the recent announcement out of gamescom that digital comics for the PSP are coming to PlayStation Network (for the U.S.). This December, you will be able to purchase and download from over 1000 digital comics on PlayStation Store (on the PSP and Media Go). We’ve partnered with one [...]

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Aug 18 2009 Jeff Rubenstein's Avatar

PlayStation 3 now $299, slimmer version coming September 1st

+ Posted by Jeff Rubenstein

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News just in from gamescom… It’s confirmed! The PlayStation 3 is now available for $299. Yes, NOW! Today, Kaz Hirai also announced a new, slimmer form factor 120 GB PS3 (available September 1st). SCEA President and CEO Jack Tretton shows off the new hardware in this video. Itching for a closer look at the new [...]

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