PlayStation Around the Web: What We Read

Now that I’ve finally had a couple of days in between business trips to relax, I’m starting to appreciate how good this January’s games are. I’ve poured several hours into Mass Effect 2 for PS3 this weekend (pushing me to Trophy Level 14, I might add ^_^), and I’ve gotta say that it’s worth the hype. Also: it’s nice playing it with a fully functioning d-pad :D

Dead Space 2 (and Extraction) are out on Tuesday – and IGN’s Greg Miller likes it better than the first one. And the 50-hour LittleBigPlanet 2 record-setting marathon (that I co-emceed with Veronica Belmont) has only made me want to play the game even more. Of course, I’m back on a plane tomorrow.

There’s always February!

The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Weeks of January 10, 2011 and January 17, 2011)

• Review: LittleBigPlanet 2 Is Good For The Greedy Gamer – Kotaku
• Slam Bolt Scrappers seeks naming counsel – Joystiq
• LittleBigPlanet 2 trounces LBP records PlayStation 3 News – Eurogamer.net
• What Disgaea 4 Picked Up From Z.H.P.: Unlosing Ranger Vs. Darkdeath Evilman – Siliconera
• New Mortal Kombat Makes Merry On April 19th – Siliconera
• Yakuza 4 leans on retailers in mid-March – GameSpot
• L.A. Noire emerging from shadows May 17 – GameSpot
• Dead Space 2 Review – IGN
• DC Universe Online: The Coolest Characters – IGN
• Killzone 3 Might Make Me Try PlayStation Home – IGN
• Elite Gamers Set Marathon Record by Playing Video Game for 50 Hours – Aol News
• PlayStation Universe 2010 Game Awards
• Sony Going For the Core with Motion Games – WSJ
• LittleBigPlanet 2 Review – Strengthgamer
• LittleBigPlanet 2 review – Games Radar.com
• Review: A brave new `LittleBigPlanet’ for Sackboy – Yahoo! News
• The Divnich Debrief: 2011 – The Year of the PS3? – IndustryGamers
• Show About Games Show : Kinectimals & Big Planets (skip to 3:45) – The Escapist
• PC, PS3 Owners Can Play Portal 2 Together – GameLife | Wired.com
• Final Fantasy Agito XIII Reborn as Type-0 – PlayStation Portable News at IGN
• Is NHL GameCenter Worth It? – PS3 Feature at IGN
• Tetris Review for PlayStation 3 – GameSpot
• LittleBigPlanet 2 Review for PlayStation 3 – GameSpot
• Mass Effect 2 Review – IGN
• See “NBA 2K11” in 3D With New Update – Time
• Playstation Move Heroes gets release date, pre-order goodies – Examiner
• LBP2 world records being set next week – CVG
• New ‘MotorStorm’ title arriving April 12 – USA Today
• PS3 Mass Effect 2 Available As Digital Download At Launch – Gamasutra
• 7-Eleven doing promotional PlayStation 3 Slurpees again – Destructoid
• Tales From CES ’11: The “It Won’t Stay In Vegas” Party! – Nukezilla
• ‘Little Big Planet 2’: A worthy successor – CNN.com
• In-Game – ‘LittleBigPlanet 2’ gets bigger and craftier – msnbc