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Guten tag! What. A. Show. This week’s PlayStation Blogcast comes to you by way of Cologne, Germany, home to the annual Gamescom videogame expo and countless meat products. Jeff and I made the 10-hour flight for good reason: We got hands-on time with loads of great games, from God of War: Ascension to Dishonored to Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified, not to mention sitting in on PlayStation’s well-received Gamescom press conference that introduced cool new games like Tearaway, Puppeteer, Until Dawn and more. Good, good stuff.
But perhaps more importantly, we finally got a chance to record a big fat Blogcast interview with Shuehei Yoshida, president of PlayStation’s Worldwide Studios. This conversation ranks among my all-time favorite Blogcast discussions for three reasons:
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1. Shuhei walked us through his vision for PlayStation’s internal software development, including its focus on creativity and original IP.
- 2. It was our first (and hopefully not last!) interview to include EU PlayStation.Blog manager Fred Dutton.
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3. At two points during the interview, Shuhei says…well, I probably shouldn’t spoil it. You’ll just have to listen.
But that’s just the beginning of this week’s double-stuffed, beer-battered episode. After talking shop with Shuehei, we shift gears to The Last of Us, Naughty Dog’s upcoming survival tale, with an eye-opening interview with stars Troy Baker and Ashley Johnson — or, as you might know them, Joel and Ellie. From there, we delve into the development secrets of Sleeping Dogs, United Front Games‘ highly reviewed open-world crime drama set in the mean streets of Hong Kong.
Oh, and we share full details on next week’s jam-packed North American PSN lineup, too. Listen in, let us know what you think, and we’ll see you back in the States next week!
Stuff We Talked About
Gamescom 2012 Sleeping Dogs Puppeteer Tearaway Dishonored Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time Need for Speed Most Wanted for PS Vita The Last of Us Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified Tekken Tag Tournament 2
The Cast
[Editor’s note: PSN game release dates are subject to change without notice. Game
details are gathered from press releases from their individual publishers and/or ESRB rating
descriptions.]
- Thanks to Cory Schmitz for our beautiful logo and Dormilón for our rad theme song and show music. Special thanks to Astro Gaming headsets for providing audio gear.
Action packed podcast! Just like the Gamescom conference ;)
I am Kyle from last weeks Bolgcast. I never got any codes. I am not one to complain about free stuff, but just fyi.
Shuhei is the man! Never in my life have I saw someone so high up in a company be so down to earth. Very honest, open, & approachable. That, & the info he relates to us is about the greatest brand out there, Playstation! I’m so looking forward to the future of gaming with Sony!
I hope there will be nba2k13 on ps vita :(
I’ll listen to this tonight. Thanks to SCEE I was able to watch the presentation & the panel discussion. Yoshida-san’s contributions made Gamescon more interesting than watching E3. Maybe add a panel discussion to E3 next year & stream it all?
Is Deep Black really coming out? I can’t find info on that anywhere else.
I’m still missing a code, and I’m the dude looking for “fiendishly replayable” Vita/PSP games back in episode 028…
I sent a follow up email, to no avail…
He was Beyond’s first.
Ha Jeff can you tell Sony that ever since the new update for ps vita I cant play co-op or do the daily missions on unit 13 .Also could you patch the youtube app for HD its currently in 480p and needs better performace
*facepalm*
ohh…. oh sony…. oh oh sony…. *sigh*…. What else did you let go that you’re going to end up kicking yourselves for later.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2012/08/16/remember-me-was-originally-a-playstation-exclusive
also this is very dangerous:
“Sony wanted to focus on a different type of game and we don’t really fit with that,”
Don’t ever do that. An expansive portfolio that handles the gambit of styles, genres, themes, and what players are just simply drawn to is the best thing ever. Otherwise we get stagnation and a loss of interest. It is the reason I stopped buying Nintendo First and started turning my attention to PlayStation in the 90;s.
Ah Awesome a video lets watch it!! ooops i forgot Psvita can’t
even play videos from your own website. Now thats sucks,Psvita
can’t play videos from Sony website hahahahaha XD lmao.
With a nearly 2-hour running time and featuring Mr. @yosp himself, this episode is definitely Farm Fresh™. Love it!
@GameOverGreggy BEYOND!
Kaz, Jack, & Shuhei are my Sony All-Stars. Honorable mention goes to Kevin Butler. The Sony Playstation brand is more exciting as ever under these 3.
BEST PlayStation Blogcast ever! Love his insight.
Hey Sid, I never got to thank you yet for answering my question in the comments last week about MotorStorm, unfortunately I have learned that Evolution Studios is no doubt one of the hardest studios to get in contact with – well contacting them is the easy part, but getting a response seems to near impossible. That’s why I went to the Blogcast as a last resort because you guys were good at getting in touch with other companies but even you guys didn’t get a response! Haha
No big deal though, although it does seem rather unfortunate that this platinum trophy will never ever be achievable again because of Evolution Studio’s lack of foresight on the matter, maybe PlayStation should set some rule for that sort of issue (Trophy patches in the process of your online servers being shut off)
Anyway, I will give it a listen tomorrow while working, can’t wait to hear it!!
lol@”Farm Fresh”
As great as that blogcast was, I’m pretty sure the highlight of it was when Mr. Shuhei Yoshida said farm fresh. It definitely made me laugh and smile. =)
Perhaps you guys could get Mr. Kaz Harai on the blogcast when TGS comes around? That would be pretty great too! =)
Mr President dont let Nihilistic take over the Resistance Franchise, you have some of the most talented game studios in the industry but those guys are as bad as it can get, as a long time playstation fan and vita owner i’m feeling very positive about the vita’s future because 2 of your ELITE studios are developing the next wave of Vita AAA titles, Tearaway looked absolutely amazing, you can clearly see that geniuses created that game, my respect to Mm they are as talented as it can get and Killzone Mercenary looks clean, spectacular, amazing i know GG will set up the standard on fps games on the little system ( yeap i have high hopes for Killzone Mercenary) now i still dont understand why you guys dont show Soul Sacrifice on your american and european conferences that game looks absolutely amazing.
And as psvita owner i would love to see Sucker, Sony Santa Monica and Naughty Dog creating new experiences on the little system as well, they are as talented as MM so i wouldnt expect anything less than amazing from them. oh and one more thing you guys really need a dedicated RPG studios to bring exclusive RPGs to the vita and ps3/ps4.
BEYOND! @GameOverGreggy
@11 Jvhellraiser
…are you stupid or something? The “blogcast” isnt a video, it is audio only; it is like a PODCAST.
Were you born stupid, or did you do too much cocaine as a pre-adolescent?
im happy with all these announcements but…. WHERE THA F#$% ARE THE NEWS FOR FFVS13!!!!???
Doesn’t look like Square is ready to talk just yet, sadly.