Posts From July, 2011
Challenge of the Week #20 is an NL Central duel, as the Cardinals Ace faces first-time All-Star and center-fielder for the Pirates. Climb the leaderboard and get as many hits as you can for a chance to win your choice of a signed ball from one of six MLB stars – Hamels, Reyes, Posey, Upton, McCann, and Matsui.
Week #20 begins on Monday, July 18th at 5:30am PDT and ends Monday, July 25th at 4:30am PDT.
To play, simply select the “Challenge of the Week” option in the main menu of the game.
(Average: 3.70 out of 5)
I’m writing for our small game development start-up Candygun Games based in Hamburg, Germany. We’ve just finished our first original game: Dead Block – A 1950’s Horror B-Movies inspired action defense game. I’m very happy to bring Dead Block to PS3 gamers via PSN on July 19th in the U.S.!
Dead Block is a zombie game set in America’s 1950s during the birth of rock ‘n roll music — a music so bad, so evil that it summons the dead from their graves to eat brains! Luckily, you are protected inside a building and you know how to defend yourself with blockades and traps.
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I recently discovered a fun user-created track Meteor Base Attack by OnePoppa) only days after the release of the new Alien Invasion Mini-Theme DLC in which the following happened…
- I jumped through the rear end of an alien space ship (always fun)
- Avoided an alien ship shooting its destructive laser beam at me in hopes of frying my kart (succeeded)
- Had a disembodied glass-enclosed alien head shooting fireworks at me from an Army tank
- Escaped yet another alien spaceship trying to warp me up into its belly for who knows what “scientific reason” (this also happened in my early 20s)
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We’re gearing up for a full slate activities at San Diego Comic-Con 2011 and we wanted to give you a sneak peek at our schedule for the show, since we’re hoping you’ll be a part of it.
As you might expect, we’ll be demoing the latest content from our upcoming titles at our booth on the show floor (#4237). Come check out our booth and go hands-on with games including Resistance 3, Starhawk, UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception, Journey, Twisted Metal and more.
For a special treat, we’re busy putting the finishing touches on custom arcade cabinets for Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One that we’ll be unveiling at our booth this week.
That’s a 40″ Sony Bravia 3Dtv with 3D glasses, custom artwork from Insomniac Games and a set of illuminated custom DualShock 3 controllers painted with the colors of Ratchet, Clank, Qwark and Dr. Nefarious! We can’t wait to set this and the 2D model up on the floor. If you’re going to be at the show, be sure to let us know how the cabinets look and tweet a picture to @PlayStation.
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The Danish game developers that make up Playdead bring their monochromatic 2D side-scrolling puzzler Limbo to PSN this week. Its game mechanics thrive on “trial and death,” so expect to be treated to a gruesome untimely death after failing its addictive puzzles. Who knew saving your little sister could be such a burden?
Sega brings Captain America into the third dimension with Captain America: Super Soldier on PS3 in 3D. You play as Ben McCall in Ubisoft’s vision of the Wild West hunting down the Cartel in a lawless Los Angeles in Call of Juarez: The Cartel. PSone Japan imports return, and minis dishes out 10 unique digital titles for your PSP and PS3.
Quench your summer thirst with this week’s The Drop.
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The gaming release schedule is still in Summer Mode, but events season starts to pick up this week. We’ll be holding a media event in New York this week, so expect some updated previews to come from that. San Diego Comic-Con kicks of Wednesday night; we’ll have a full rundown of PlayStation panels here on the Blog tomorrow, as well as a preview of the booth. Don’t worry if you won’t be down in San Diego – we’ll be filming the panels and bringing highlights to you.
The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of July 11, 2011)
- ‘BioShock’ creator talks bringing franchise to PlayStation Vita – USATODAY.com
- PlayStation Vita PSP All Over Again? Hardly. – Business Insider
- Catherine: The Final Preview (Yes, it’s easier!) – Destructoid
- There’s More To Catherine Than Block Puzzles And Love Triangles – Siliconera
- Goodbye, Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta, You Taught Me Plenty – Kotaku
- What Makes Demon’s Souls So F@#$ing Amazing? Video – PS3 – IGN
- Insomniac brings killer atmosphere to Resistance 3 – Destructoid
- Resistance 3 preview: Hurry down doomsday – Joystiq
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Lots to discuss this week, with a long-overdue update (our bad) on White Knight Chronicles II’s North American release date (tentatively scheduled for September!), a new behind-the-scenes Starhawk video and a Comic Con update, a slew of inFAMOUS 2 tutorial videos that will help you get started with the game’s extensive user-created mission tools, a new look at the visually stunning El Shaddai, and a first look at a new PlayStation Move title with Fast Draw Showdown.
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Sadly, the UNCHARTED 3 Multiplayer Beta came to an end earlier today, racking up over 1.53 MILLION unique players participating! This makes UNCHARTED 3 the LARGEST online beta to appear on the PS3. I cannot describe how awesome everyone in the Naughty Dog studio feels about hitting this milestone – we couldn’t have done it without you, our fans and community!
Below, we’ve collected some jaw-dropping stats from the Multiplayer Beta. You guys were busy!
-Total unique Beta players: 1.53 million people
-Total kills: 1.9 billion
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