Posts From April, 2011
Howdy! Nick Suttner here. Whether you remember me from my time at 1UP.com and EGM, 55th place at the 1989 World Beard and Moustache Championships, or simply find yourself wondering who in blazes is wasting their precious intro paragraph, it matters not.
The important part is that myself and a group of other SCEA folk are busy ramping up our Pub Fund program, helping independent developers to bring their games to PSN without the restraints of a traditional publisher. There are no specific criteria, outside of selecting games that we think are interesting and that we’re dying to play ourselves: Joe Danger, Hoard, Explodemon! and Tales From Space: About a Blob are recent examples that came to fruition with the aid of our program.
And that brings us to Eufloria, which we’re thrilled to announce as our next Pub Fund title! Omni Systems are hard at work wrapping up a gorgeous new PS3 iteration of their ambient real-time strategy game, scheduled to hit the PlayStation Store in the latter half of June for $9.99.
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If you haven’t seen Kratos do his thing in the new Mortal Kombat, the 4/19 edition of PULSE features a sweet clip of him slinging those blades (Exile or Chaos?). The goth world of Dungeon Hunter Alliance and the whimsical Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes are also featured along with another title you might have heard about: SOCOM 4: US Navy SEALs.
Host Christina Lee’s also got the DL on the recent Top 10 PSP titles. And for you Patapon 3 fans, keep an eye open for a special offer. As for new video releases, The King’s Speech and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 are featured.
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We’re very excited to announce the first ever KZ3 online tournament- the Get Your Edge KZ3 Challenge. PlayStation, Edge Shave Gel, and Virgin Gaming are looking to crown a champion, and we are offering up a $40,000 prize pool to find out who is the best of the best.
This is a 3v3 tournament, so round up two of your best buds, sign up here (virgingaming.com/kz3) and start practicing.
Click here to stay up to date on the latest tournament news and updates, including start dates and official rules.
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SCEA can confirm that we are officially delaying release of Ico/Shadow of the Colossus Collection as well as The Last Guardian from their respective launch timeframes of Spring ’11 and Holiday ’11. We will provide more information regarding release timing at a later date.
Here are a few words from The Last Guardian Director/Game Designer, Fumito Ueda:
I announced at last year’s Tokyo Game Show that the release timing of The Last Guardian which is currently being developed would be holiday 2011.
However, to provide more challenging and better quality of content to users and to fulfill First Party Studio’s obligations, I decided to postpone its release timing.
PlayStation Home will be taken offline this evening for our weekly content publish. When the doors are re-opened on the morning of Wednesday, April 20th, you’ll find that PlayStation Home will be updated to version 1.5 and will, in turn, be bigger and better than ever before.
PlayStation Home v1.5 was developed with one singular goal in mind: high-quality games. The 1.5 update will introduce a suite of new technology for developers with tools that will provide their future games with real-time multiplayer, improved physics, as well as more realistic graphics and animations. PlayStation Home v1.5 is packed with tools and features that will enable developers to expand the types of games possible on the platform – from first-person shooters with real-time, peer-to-peer multiplayer to racing games and more.
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A bit later today, The Fancy Pants Adventures will make its way to PSN! This is a pretty huge occasion for me. I’ve been making Flash games for a few years now, but this time, EA and Over the Top Games are helping to bring Fancy Pants Man to you, and I couldn’t be more excited. For those who are unfamiliar with the series, The Fancy Pants Adventures is an old-school platformer with some new twists. The environment and your momentum play a large role in how you move through levels, but there’s no point in me talking too much about it, download the demo on PSN and check it out!
What I wanted to talk about was how it feels to be a Flash developer moving up to the PS3. To me, having a game on consoles really means something. To me, that’s just where they’re supposed to be played. It’s just an entirely different feeling, lounging back on a couch, especially when you’re surrounded by friends or family.
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PlayStation Store Update
+ Posted by Grace Chen
Another Tuesday and that means great new content for the PlayStation Nation. New releases for PS3 include Arcana Heart 3, Fancy Pants Adventures, Sonic the Hedgehog 2 & Puzzle Agent. For PSP, our releases are Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection, Puzzle Guzzle, & Neutopia (same file also playable on you PS3).
To celebrate the release of SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs, we collected all past SOCOM titles and put them together in a Franchise Collection Page. As a bonus, we’re offering limited time discounts on all SOCOM PSP titles & the SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs Official Soundtrack. Take advantage of these special offers today!
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SOCOM 4 Deploys This Week
+ Posted by Jeremy Dunham
On behalf of everyone at Zipper Interactive, we’re pleased to announce that SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs is available for purchase in North America starting today! Expect to see it released in other territories all over the world throughout the remainder of the week.
In the SOCOM 4 solo campaign, players will guide the Operations Commander and his combined squad of U.S. Navy SEALs and Korean Special Forces across 14 missions set in war-torn Southeast Asia and a country on the verge of civil war. But SOCOM 4 doesn’t stop there – fans can also expect exciting competitive multiplayer with all-new maps, original gametypes and numerous modes of play in addition to user-defined custom cooperative campaigns that change every time you play them! Check out our launch trailer above to see what we’re talking about.
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