- PlayStation Network Status Update — Thanks for bearing with us. We’re back to business as usual.
- Latest info on PlayStation Network Status — Did you follow us on Twitter for news Monday?
- PlayStation Network Service Restored — And we’re back! Commence marathon MAG and Heavy Rain sessions!!
- Score Tickets to the Final Fantasy XIII Launch Event in San Francisco! — You wouldn’t even believe how many submissions we had for this. Seriously, you really wouldn’t. Apparently Square Enix has a popular game on its hands. Who’da thunk?
- Media Molecule Officially Joins the PlayStation Family — And we welcome SackBoy with open arms! In all seriousness, how could you not be stoked about this? Mm does some absolutely amazing work.
- It Only Does The Show — This is definitely one of my favorite Kevin Butler segments yet. My question: What do you have to do to get banned from Mexico?
- LittleBigPlanet: This Week in DLC — The Canyons costumes and pack hit LBP PSP, plus a couple last chance offers that you don’t want to miss!
- God of War III Blood & Metal EP Out Now — I’ve got less than a year left until I hit the big three-zero. But until then, I can destroy my ears with a little metal.
- New PlayStation Pavilion at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex Provides the Ultimate Gaming Experience — Get your PlayStation fix at the PlayStation Pavilion in Orlando, FL!
- Pillar of the Skies – A New World of Topatoi on PSN Tomorrow — Topatoi expands into a completely new world. Take a gander at the gameplay video for a peek into the new episode.
- Patching You Through – Patchwork Heroes Demo Out This Thursday — Free demo? Where do I sign? Check out Patchwork Heroes, another incredibly unique title out of Japan.
- Coming to PSN Next Week: Rocket Racing PSP mini — Phil Larson from Halfbrick drops by with all the details on Rocket Racing, hitting the PlayStation Store this Thursday.
- New Star Wars Content Comes to PlayStation Home + IREM Seaside of Memories, Two New Personal Spaces + More! — Locust_Star knows that opening with Star Wars is a smart move. But that’s not all that’s new to Home. You also get a couple new personal spaces and more!
- God of War III Interview with Design Director Todd Papy — At the God of War III media event in LA, I sat down with the incredibly cool Todd Papy to talk “wow moments,” collaborating with Naughty Dog, what it’s like to be done with the game and much more.
- Naughty Dog at GDC – We Want Your Questions! — Naughty Dog is all about GDC. So much, in fact, that they’re going to take your questions during a Thursday, March 11 session!
- The Tester Episode 3 Available Today — Things are heating up in the game-testing battle. Jaffe returns this week!
- PlayStation Comics Store Update — Over 50 new comics hit the Comics Store this week including Star Trek Nero and much more.
- SOCOM 4: It’s Official! — You’ve been waiting. Well, here’s the official word from Zipper on SOCOM 4!
- Want to Play God of War III Early? Come to our GDC San Francisco Meetup! — As of today, well over 200 yes’s. Wednesday will be a very fine day, indeed. See you on Wednesday!
- PlayStation Store Update — The Tester Ep. 3, Just Cause 2 demo, MLB 10: The Show add-on content, RE5 add-ons, new Pulse, The Show on PSP, 5 minis and a lot more!
- PlayStation Network Video Content Update — Another huge update of TV shows, trailers and movies, including Where the Wild Things Are. Anybody catch it? Started slow for me, but really picked up in the second half.
- Coming to PSN: Joe Danger — I am really, really impressed with this gameplay trailer. Seriously, looks right up my alley.
- God of War Unearthing the Legend Winners! — Here is the official list of winners and the video proof that you’re forever stamped on the God of War franchise.
- SOCOM 4 Teaser: Director’s Commentary — If you didn’t catch the SOCOM 4 teaser trailer, you can watch it here! Plus, Zipper does a special bit of developer commentary over the trailer.
- Gran Turismo Does NASCAR – Polyphony Digital At Texas Motor Speedway — NASCAR coming to GT5. Plus, video proof that Kazunori-san and company do their research in the real world!
- Become the Ultimate MAG Solider on GameBattles.com — Pwn in MAG? Head over to gamebattles.com and sign up for the MAG tournament!
- Lights, Camera, Play Ball! Create Your Own Highlight Reel with MLB 10: The Show’s Movie Maker — Psh, Sportscenter…that’s so yesterday. Make your own highlight reel wit this amazing feature in MLB 10: The Show!
- ModNation Racers PS3: Dynamic Props – More than Just Speed Bumps — United Front Games’ Mark Riddell is back! This time he’s talking about dynamic props. And oh yeah, a new trailer…
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- SOCOM 4 – It’s Official – The world’s great tactical shooter is back, and Zipper’s making it!
- SOCOM 4 Teaser: Director’s Commentary – Creative Director, Ed Byrne, drops some inside information.
- MAG on GameBattles.com – Become the ultimate soldier, win prizes!
- MAG.com Leaderboard Beta – Start tracking your status as a killing machine right now.
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- UNCHARTED 2 Title Update 1.06 and Multiplayer Updates – We released an update to the multiplayer modes of UNCHARTED 2 earlier this week. The Title Update and live updates we pushed performed some additional balancing to player hitboxes, some weapons and one Booster that we felt was warranted after Title Update 1.05 was released. As part of these updates, we also pushed some geometry updates to prevent intentional glitching.
- “Unleashed: The Art of Naughty Dog” art show opens this weekend – Twenty Naughty Dog (and UNCHARTED 2) artists are doing a group show of their art work at the Gnomon Gallery in Hollywood, California. The opening reception for the show is on the evening of Saturday, March 6, and will run for at least a month.
Hey Chris, can I get you to ask someone at SONY to acknowledge and make a statement about all the older model PS3’s that have failed with the blinking red light in the past 48 hours. Just look at the forums, there is no denying there is a problem going on here.
yeah last week was a little bit scary for early adopters that still have their consoles with them.in “view” of that situation i’m kind of glad that my 60gb died a few months ago. because i’m pretty glad that the slims werent affected by the bug. btw, you guys gotta give credit to neogaf because they were the ones who narrowed down the issues before you guys had any idea as to what was going on…
not only we had that insidious bug but also i couldnt log on to this site for about 3 days or so nor could i log on to the forums either, speaking of which the forums are still slow and are somewhat ugly to the eyes. but, i suppose that i will adapt to them in time :0
lastly, any words on the next firmware update?i’m pretty anxious to know what the next firmware will bring..hope that the gdc event will bring a couple of megatonz for the console XD
O_O @1 Fat Systems are starting to Fail?
yes a lot of the older systems are failing with a blinking red light (mine included)and i have yet to see a bloody thing about it anywhere in the plastation site heck the email i got in reply to my question about it was simply send us $150 and get a replacement of the same modle… now tell me what good is it going to do to get a replacement when it will in all likelyhood die when i get it
hmm thats really Odd i hope we dont have a Widespread of dead PS3 Systems like Microsoft did.
With the 360.
Friday evening about 8:45pm CST, my PS3 (motorstorm bundle) was on for maybe 20 min. I then started a demo I downloaded/installed the night before. As soon as the actual game started my system cut off (just like on Sunday with the leap year bug) with a flashing red light. Unlike on Sunday, I could not restart my system, instead I get a green light, a flash of yellow and then a blinking red light…..nothing else
Is the new Bioshock 2 DLC releasing on March 11? IF SO will I be able to buy the online code on Amazon?
It’s kind of weird, before 2/28/10, error code 8001050F was deemed a hardware failure and you had to send it in for repairs. Anyone affected by the LY bug got the same error, only a day later we could connect to the PSN. Now, those affected machines are starting to drop like flies – what’s going on here?
My phat wasn’t affected, but I still couldn’t play anything multiplayer with friends since almost all were out of commission.
I resorted to getting my ass kicked in Demon’s Souls though.
Anyways now that SOCOM 4 has been announced…
***CUE Cheers and Wild Partys***
What does this mean for CONFRONTATION? I know Slant 6 is the developer but are they still going to support it? It would be great if they could fix a bunch of issues the community still has with the game. Could you get any info on that Chris? Thanks.
Anyways awesome week, got my preorder for FFXIII in, and can’t wait until Tuesday!!
Good god if Systems are dropping like Flies that could be bad for Sony :O
Cant wait for next week!!!
When will Heavy Rain get patched?
While seeing YLOD issues on the forums is nothing new, the blinking red light is, and the sudden number of people having this issue is alarming. I have had the YLOD before, and it was a steady yellow light then. This blinking red light is new and has only been seen since the clock problem this week. There is a new problem here and it needs to be addressed.
So, Chris, where’s that PlayStation Podcast that Jeff has mentioned a couple of times? I’m pretty sure that the last time it came up late February was thought to be when we might see something. Any updates?
Also, really, I can’t wait for FFXIII next week, then God of War III (Ultimate Edition pre-ordered :)) the week after that. Then Yakuza 3 and Resonance of Fate (2 SEGA games, funny enough) down the road after this insane month is past us.
The podcast is in the works, so we\’re definitely not blowing smoke! We are just making sure it goes off with a bang. We\’ll be sure to update you when we have firm details.