Nov Presenting this week’s PlayStation reading list, including stories on Heavy Rain, LBP PSP, Uncharted 2, Valkyria Chronicles 2, and MW2, plus reviews of God of War Collection, Buzz! Quiz World, Locoroco Midnight Carnival, and Braid. Add your stories to the list, and we’ll pick up with the news again tomorrow.
Make sure to return at 9am (PST) for an interview with Capcom’s Seth Killian on Super Street Fighter IV; you’ll want to see Deejay, Juri, and T. Hawk’s new Ultras in action.
The PS Blog weekly reading list (Week of November 9, 2009)
- Winners of LittleBigPlanet Art Game Jam Session announced – Destructoid
- Braid Review for PlayStation 3 – GameSpot
- Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Direct-Feed Walkthrough in High Definition – G4tv.com
- Reminder: Assassin’s Creed, too, on PSP next week – Joystiq
- Kill some time with Ratchet & Clank ‘Race Through Time’ – Destructoid
- God of War Collection Review – IGN
- The Memory Card .75: The blind fighting the blind – Destructoid
- Uncharted 2 Sales Topping One Million Units – IGN
- Modern Warfare 2 party patch releases a day early – Joystiq
- LittleBigPlanet 24-Hour Game Jam Session in progress – Examiner.com
- Look Who’s In Valkyria Chronicles 2 – Siliconera
- Heavy Rain – Abbey Road – IGN
- Everyone rush! Multiplayer returns to PS3 Modern Warfare 2 – Joystiq
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – Gaming’s First True Hollywood Blockbuster – VGBlogger.com
- LocoRoco: Midnight Carnival Review (PSP) – Gaming Age
- 24 hours of LittleBigPlanet PSP can only end one way… – Destructoid
- Naughty Dog Polling on UNCHARTED 2 Multiplayer Modes – 1UP
- Exclusive First Look at the PS3 Slim Dipped in 24kt Gold – ChipChick
- Autonomous Roombas do Pac-Man right (video) – engadget
- Europe’s PSN Video Store Opens Next Week – Kotaku
- Gran Turismo 5 Interview – Kazunori Yamauchi – IGN
- Review: Buzz! Quiz World – VGBlogger.com
- We’d Eat That: Noby Noby Boy Sushi – Bitmob
- Sony’s Secret Weapons: 9 New Games for PS3 and PSP – GamePro
- PSPgo Traveler Case Micro Review: Stylish and Sleek – Kotaku
- Sony Places PS3 In The Limelight – PSXExtreme
- Neflix Arrives on PS3: First Look – PC World
(Average: 4.26 out of 5)
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+ ZERONINETYNINE on November 15th, 2009 at 12:03 pm said:
Why no Final Fantasy XIII post or even info?
Also, why did SCEA supposedly block the U.S. release of Deadly Premonition for PS3, it is rated by the ESRB for it. Why did SCEA prevent Aksys Games from releasing Battle Fantasia and Record of Agarest War on disc? These things are not invisible to us you know, drop the stupid “no English dub, no release” rule, it does not make any sense and just makes releasing games for the system less inviting for publishers. Thanks for listening, I hope.
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+ bolbgt on November 15th, 2009 at 12:08 pm said:
Any idea when they are going to add a Universal Memory Manager since you can’t manage all your memory in one place and fix how you can’t delete individual DLC for each game.
How about a fix for how you the only way to organize photos and games in ALBUMS is to type in the cAsE-SeNsiTiVe album name for EACH file?
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+ drownedphoniex on November 15th, 2009 at 12:14 pm said:
http://kotaku.com/5403678/final-fantasy-xiii-hits-north-america-march-9
So happy to see this! And I can’t wait til Friday to play the Bad Company 2 Beta! Are you in it Jeff?
+ Jeff Rubenstein on November 15th, 2009 at 3:20 pm said:
I am, and so will many of you – we\’ll be giving some codes out for the beta on the blog this week.
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+ polo155 on November 15th, 2009 at 12:15 pm said:
Sup Jeff, PsP Ad Hoc Party and GT PSP gonna rock…
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+ Destiny89 on November 15th, 2009 at 12:37 pm said:
@ Jeff
Quick question, do you know or have any info if NISA will be coming to the PSblog before the end of this year? i have a couple of questions regrading a couple of games coming to ps3 and wanted to make sure if we’r going to see Nao from NISA on the blog.
Thanks
+ Jeff Rubenstein on November 15th, 2009 at 3:20 pm said:
I haven\’t heard from Nao recently. I don\’t believe they\’ve got anything left to release this year, but she\’ll be back when they do!
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+ Berae on November 15th, 2009 at 1:10 pm said:
Can we get answers from people who makes buzz quiz world… why post things here if you dont even bother to answer back
Is the game only in English?
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+ Zhi13 on November 15th, 2009 at 1:33 pm said:
I’m getting GoW Collection this week!
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+ KentoMaiku on November 15th, 2009 at 1:45 pm said:
any comment from square about FFXIII Japanese Voiceovers included in the Game Jeff?
+ Jeff Rubenstein on November 15th, 2009 at 3:24 pm said:
I believe they\’ve said that they won\’t be included in the NA release.
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+ Jon_Mclane on November 15th, 2009 at 1:50 pm said:
Any news on Persona 3 Portable getting a North American release? or the publisher of 3d dot game heroes?
+ Jeff Rubenstein on November 15th, 2009 at 3:25 pm said:
No news on the first one. You\’ll find out very soon on the 2nd one :-)
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+ Erniejpan on November 15th, 2009 at 1:51 pm said:
I heard the MAG beta is pre order exclusive now. does that mean only the ones that got the code by pre ordering are the only one who can log in the server? cause I got a code on a website and when I went to update it says I need to update to FW 3.1 and then download a huge patch. Can I still log in to the servers or not? cause I dont want to download the patches and find down I can’t log in lol.
+ Jeff Rubenstein on November 15th, 2009 at 3:26 pm said:
Currently it\’s for pre-order people only.
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+ KILLZONE79 on November 15th, 2009 at 2:18 pm said:
bring back PS3 game start up logo
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+ stennex on November 15th, 2009 at 2:18 pm said:
Netflix hitting internet-capable Sony BRAVIA sets today
Good news for folks who against all odds don’t have a home theater Netflix streaming option yet, and yet inexplicably own an internet-connected Sony BRAVIA TV: Netflix just went live. It just takes applying the latest software update and you’re in business. BRAVIA owners were promised the update back in July, and let us be the first to point and laugh insensitively at PS3 owners who have use a “DVD” to get Netflix working on their Cell-powered supermachines.
http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/14/netflix-hitting-internet-capable-sony-bravia-sets-today/
Why oh Why Sony?
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+ perrandy on November 15th, 2009 at 2:23 pm said:
wow its pretty strange that sony themselves have ignored the release of such a big rpg title as FF13 is…
anyways, while i’m looking forward for this game.i’m having seconds thoughts about it because of they way they’ll restrict your lvling up.so, i will wait for more info and reviews on how the game will pan out
so,next year is without a doubt the year of the jrpg for our beloved console :0) (finally!)
@chris morrel i also received my netflix streaming disc but i’m also curious about the series “weeds” is it good,chris?
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+ perrandy on November 15th, 2009 at 2:28 pm said:
@5 i dont think that nao will be here for the rest of the year. unless,she is gonna chat about sakura wars or badman2
i hope i’m wrong on this, though. because like you i also enjoy nao’s posts when she is here.yeah nao is a pretty cool lady :0)
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+ rsms70 on November 15th, 2009 at 2:53 pm said:
things are really getting hot in november 2009
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+ Erniejpan on November 15th, 2009 at 3:08 pm said:
@ Guys that make the Firmwares.
Love the Photo program in the PS3, Home, and all the other little stuff you guys have added in the Firmwares. But how about adding stuff that a gaming community needs first? Party System, something like Steam for example. The community features make the games even more awesome. Also, make firmware additions universal and not only in selected games.
Here’s your feedback Mr. Lempel
Make the PS3 IS about games first. ;)
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+ Matt_FireWire on November 15th, 2009 at 3:12 pm said:
Haha no mention of the leaked firmware pictures. Typical.
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+ BigBoss712 on November 15th, 2009 at 3:22 pm said:
Ready for the battlefield beta, can’t wait.
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+ xero93 on November 15th, 2009 at 3:47 pm said:
UK gets the Vid store. It’s only a matter of time for Canada, too. Can’t wait.
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+ Cagalli on November 15th, 2009 at 3:58 pm said:
Jeff, why has the US blog been so quiet with FFXIII while the European blog has been all over it? Disappointing.
+ Jeff Rubenstein on November 15th, 2009 at 4:26 pm said:
Until this weekend, we hadn\’t received much indication that any of you cared to hear directly from Square Enix on this site. And even then, it\’s less than 10 comments to that effect.
We hadn\’t been approached by SE to do any posts, whereas Ubisoft, EA, Capcom, Tecmo, and many others have gone out of their way to get in front of this audience recently. If they\’d like to do so, they\’ll be welcome.
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+ xplosneer on November 15th, 2009 at 5:06 pm said:
Can’t wait for the battlefield beta. I’m in, the previews look amazing. They reduced the health, the helicopters look to control very tightly, and the destruction looks even more detailed(making your own hole to shoot through-awesome!) I’m pumped.
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+ xplosneer on November 15th, 2009 at 5:09 pm said:
Oh, I forgot, go make your own achievement.. http://battlefieldbadcompany2.com/#/achievements-challenge
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+ ihatereading369 on November 15th, 2009 at 5:16 pm said:
@Jeff,
With the movie store finally coming to Europe and Vidzone apparently looking to expand, is there any chance of seeing the service in the U.S any time soon?
+ Jeff Rubenstein on November 15th, 2009 at 6:42 pm said:
Not that I\’ve heard.
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+ mafecto on November 15th, 2009 at 5:37 pm said:
-Final Fantasy 13 looks like a kids game.
-Looks like Facebook is coming to PS3…
-Any reason why Sony didn’t put it’s name anywhere near Modern Warfare 2?
-GOW collection dropping this week, and eveyone must buy so we can get more collections like this.
that’s all i got…
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+ Irock13 on November 15th, 2009 at 5:47 pm said:
in the next firmware update can you add some sort of an alarm ticker that can alert you when you receive messages,invites,friend requests etc. ?
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+ Kchow23 on November 15th, 2009 at 5:52 pm said:
Any word about MW2 Dynamic Theme or MW2 premium avatars?
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+ Cronnie on November 15th, 2009 at 6:05 pm said:
Modern Warfare 2: New MP Playlists – http://bit.ly/cvn7z
Just Cause 2 – “The Grapple” – http://bit.ly/1sOl7g
Dante’s Inferno Demo Announced – http://bit.ly/4wJZ4S
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+ AntiTidus on November 15th, 2009 at 6:17 pm said:
Any news of when tales of vesperia ps3 will be coming to the us??? Or could you ask them to make it for us. PLEASEEEEEEEE!!!!
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+ ZERONINETYNINE on November 15th, 2009 at 6:21 pm said:
@Jeff
The EU blog had a post up but it is not like the users there were asking for it either, so you are obviously deflecting the real reason.
But in any case, your response to 20 seems to indicate it, you could not have said anything even if you wanted to because a certain other company got the exclusive announcement details for North America. Same thing with Call of Duty, but instead you have Assassin’s Creed marketing. I understand that it’s all business deals, but I am just asking for the truth of why there is no info.
+ Jeff Rubenstein on November 15th, 2009 at 6:45 pm said:
I told you the truth. All that was announced was the date, which I knew would be posted on literally every other website known to man. There was no exclusivity on the announcement.
If we had gotten some exclusive content (or the devs wanted to write something up specifically for you), we\’d have run it. That\’s how we treat all 3rd party posts on this site.
Conspiracy smash!
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+ Cagalli on November 15th, 2009 at 6:30 pm said:
@Jeff, of course we would like to see it. FFXIII is a huge game for PS3, after all. Perhaps in the future? ;)
+ Jeff Rubenstein on November 15th, 2009 at 6:46 pm said:
I\’ll ring up SE and see what they\’re willing to do. Deal?
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+ gators625 on November 15th, 2009 at 6:32 pm said:
Any word on when PES 2010 (Pro Evolution Soccer 2010) will be available on the PSP PSN store? It released this week on UMD but sadly no PSN release. It’s arguably the best soccer game on the market, but why isn’t it on PSN? Very frustrating as this was one of the games I bought a PSPgo for.
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+ Cagalli on November 15th, 2009 at 6:34 pm said:
I can see why Square hasn’t approached you guys. Maybe you need to poke them… their PR seems very close-minded.
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+ gators625 on November 15th, 2009 at 6:36 pm said:
Also, someone at SCEA needs to sit down with Q Entertainment (and/or the publishers of Lumines I and II) to get some form of Lumines on the PSP PSN store for us PSPgo owners :)
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+ Cagalli on November 15th, 2009 at 7:19 pm said:
@Jeff, thank you! I’ll love you forever <3
Even stuff like the FFXIV interview (http://blog.us.playstation.com/2009/08/final-fantasy-xiv-gamescom-interview/) you guys did a while back is/was welcome. Would be happy to see more like it from them.
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+ AntiTidus on November 15th, 2009 at 7:44 pm said:
So is tales of vesperia ps3 coming to us???
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+ Zezzler on November 15th, 2009 at 7:56 pm said:
I agree. I really think we need some FFXIII coverage on the Blog. And what ever happened to versus XIII? i haven’t heard anything about that since TGS (and that was slightly boring to hear about), more or less why i’d like to see Squeenix on the blog.
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+ ZERONINETYNINE on November 15th, 2009 at 8:00 pm said:
@Jeff
Thanks for the answer and to be honest, I didn’t expect one nor was I demanding for you to say anything. Really, I just wanted to raise awareness as the competition is beating you in some areas that they very well shouldn’t be, i.e. Japanese developed games.
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+ Thunderpizza on November 15th, 2009 at 8:15 pm said:
^still recovering from being conspiracy smash’d.
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+ ZERONINETYNINE on November 15th, 2009 at 8:23 pm said:
@Thunderpizza
Notice how I got no answer for my first post? Wasn’t going to mention it, but that says enough for me, how about you?
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+ JohnAlden on November 15th, 2009 at 8:54 pm said:
Jeef, will you doing an White Knight Chronicles interview like you promised weeks ago anytime soon?
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+ Naths90 on November 15th, 2009 at 9:36 pm said:
Hey Jeff,
Are you aware of any PS3 iteration of Sly Raccoon? Could your avatar be some kind of hint perhaps *wink wink*?
I rate the stealth gameplay from the PS2 games higher than probably Assassin’s Creed and Mini Ninjas.
Anywho, if you know anything, are you obliged to tell?
Cheers!
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+ mikedo2007 on November 15th, 2009 at 9:42 pm said:
SO when will Facebook come to the PS3?
http://kotaku.com/5402466/rumor-ps3-adding-facebook-new-gamercard-options–more
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+ msenin on November 15th, 2009 at 9:44 pm said:
I’ve been watching Netflix movies for over a year on PS3 using PlayOn media server. But I guess now this software is obsolete, thanks to Sony+Netflix partnership.
I wrote an article about it on my blog.
http://www.maximovieblog.com/2009-11-06/im-watching-netflix-on-ps3-review
And I also wrote an article about PlayOn back in September:
http://www.maximovieblog.com/2008-09-04/more-media-servers-support-netflix-review
Enjoy and let me know what you think.
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+ NewYork214 on November 15th, 2009 at 10:02 pm said:
yes more square enix please. specifically FFV13
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+ remanutd5 on November 15th, 2009 at 11:21 pm said:
hey Jeff i know this is completely off topic but maybe you guys can help me , listen i bought Motorstorm Arctic Edge from psn on launch date and i still havent received the Mirage Rapide Rally Car yet , you know whats going on ??? , i did received the GT promotion but nothing on Arctic Edge yet , i hope i get my 6 little big planet costumes , please let me know whats going on with Arctic Edge rally car , thanks guys
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+ that-acmilan-guy on November 15th, 2009 at 11:28 pm said:
Well today is my birthday, can i get a coupon or something?
+ Jeff Rubenstein on November 16th, 2009 at 8:34 am said:
Yes, for a free dinner at Denny\’s.
Do they still do that?
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+ NYGTASD on November 15th, 2009 at 11:43 pm said:
will cod1 come to the playstation store?
+ Jeff Rubenstein on November 16th, 2009 at 8:33 am said:
I believe next month.
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+ EvoAnubis on November 16th, 2009 at 1:50 am said:
Gotta love the people with the conspiracy theories. Anyway, at this point I’m just getting ready for some Assassin’s Creed 2.
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+ Trey_Borbon on November 16th, 2009 at 4:24 am said:
I speak for every gamer when i say : ‘we dont care about FFXIII, bring more GT5 infor!’
Yeah… all of you ;)
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+ Trey_Borbon on November 16th, 2009 at 4:25 am said:
*Infor means Info of course :D