Not a bad post-PAX week, all in all, with a solid PlayStation Store lineup and plenty of announcements to keep everyone on their toes. I’ve recently gotten some hands-on time with Tekken Tag Tournanment 2 (out next Tuesday). Based on what I’ve played, it’s – not surprisingly – the biggest and most comprehensive Tekken yet. I particularly enjoyed the Fight Lab mode that enables you to mix and match moves to build the ultimate Combot (combat robot) character. Good stuff!
Don’t miss Sony Santa Monica Studio’s God of War: Ascension PAX panel highlights (and a new HD video showing off the first Fury), the new dev diary and release date for Wonderbook: Book of Spells, new Sound Shapes community-made level picks from Queasy Games, new details on the freaky Horde enemies in LittleBigPlanet Karting, a new chance to win big with the EA Sports Challenge series, and first details on GT Academy 2012’s Spike TV series.
What are you playing this weekend?
Most-Watched Video of the Week: The Last of Us – E3 Extended Demo
The 10 Most-Viewed Posts of the Week
God of War’s Top 5 Epic Moments: Number Five — Destroying Zeus and Cronos — As chosen by God of War fans in a vote! Any guesses what will make the top slot?
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Cuts to the Chase — I went hands-on with Platinum Games’ and Kojima Productions’ 2013 action combat-fest and lived to tell the tale.
Watch The Last of Us PAX Theater Gameplay Demo in HD — Take a trip with Naughty Dog.
Remote Play Brings God of War, Ico and Shadow of the Colossus Collections to PS Vita Today — PS Vita owners can now remotely play four of the decade’s most celebrated games using their PS3 and a Wi-Fi connection.
Killzone Trilogy joins PlayStation Collection on October 23rd — I’m weirdly curious to try out the remastered version of the original Killzone, which now boasts 720p visuals and Trophies.
Sack it to Me: LittleBigPlanet PS Vita Goes Gold! — Mark your calendars, PS Vita owners — September 25th!
Behind the Classics: MediEvil — Creator Chris Sorrell discusses how this classic PSone series left its mark on gaming – and a spot for Sir Daniel in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
Plants vs. Zombies Shambles onto Zen Pinball 2 With New Table — Who are you to resist?
New PlayStation 3 + NHL 13 Bundle Coming to Canada September 11th — Flyers fans rejoice! @jeffrubenstein
PlayStation Home Update: Set Sail with Cutthroats, Get a Space Station Apartment — PlayStation Home brings a major update to the naval warfare game Cutthroats, new virtual items and much more.
Lazy Saturday indeed! Favorite posts this week were the God of War top 5 epic moments and The Last of Us 15 minute demo. Truly amazing work.
I’m Playing: God of War: Ghost of Sparta, God of War II and God of War III.
I’m Watching: The Hunger Games on Blu-Ray.
I’m Reading: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles micro series by Brian Lynch.
I’m Listening to: Official PlayStation Blogcast Episode 041: Blood, Sweat and Code: A PAX postmortem.
Thought i’d never wake up today. :-S
I’m playing: Zen Pinball 2 (PS3, Vita)
Not doing much of anything else, waiting for LBPV is driving me crazy and i can’t focus on any other game because of the anticipation.
I’m Playing: Final Fantasy IV Complete, Zenpinball 2 Vita, Crimson Gem Saga
I’m Watching: Slayers NEXT, Bamboo Blade, This weeks new Fairy Tail, as well as waiting for new Bleach dub in a few hours
I’m Reading: Nothing but info on LBP PS Vita, PSABR, RO, P4G & Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed Vita
I’m Listening to: Lloyd Banks Can She Live, Lloyd Banks Gettin’ By, Pac Div Posted, and a bunch more
I’m Anticipating: LittleBigPlanet PS Vita, Ragnarok Odyssey, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, Persona 4 Golden, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed and quite a few more. Can’t wait!!
Oh and I have to get 3 games Nov. 20th -.-
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale
Persona 4 Golden
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Thats $130 in a week unless i choose to just get the vita game for PSABR then that scratches a next 20 but dang
Glad to see the spike in P4G preorders. Higher then LBP which is bout to release
I am Playing: just about everything, ME3, God of War III, and pinball on my vita.
I am Watching: Doctor Who
I would like a AT&T app that lets me make phone calls and send and recieve texts. It would be a added bonus for us 3G users.
Also when can we get Doctor Who on the vita?
I was also disapointed by Madden for the vita, it was still the best portable version to date, but it was just madden 12, with new rosters.
I’m Playing: Ratchet & Clank Going Cammando (Collection)
I’m playing: Zen Pinball 2, Mass Effect 3-Leviathan dlc, MGS HD, PSOne Classics on Vita! yay!
I’m watching: Breaking Bad, Dinosaurs on Netflix-what???
I’m listening to: music on my Vita plugged into my car radio on the way to work-playlists are awesome!
I’m jealous of: Sid. I just saw videos TODAY on V/H/S and it looks Crazy! And you seeing one of the greatest movies on the big screen Reservoir Dogs…very cool.
I’m playing: Halo: Reach Multiplayer (can’t wait for Halo 4), Darksiders II (PS3, hopefully I’ll be able to finish it today), Zen Pinball 2 (Vita)
I’m watching: The AMAZiNG The Last of Us demo (This game looks like it can be the best game this gen. Very impressed with the AI and the sandbox-style gameplay), the new AC3 trailer (that was epic).
Lazy Saturday? more like lazy september! lol
I’m playing : ratchet and clank collection, Zen pinball 2, borderlands
I’m watching : nick Jr with my kid
I’m listening : to my wife complain
And no new quests for White knight Chronicles 2.
•I’m playing: Fallout 3: GOTY Edition, Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
•I’m watching: Without A Paddle on blu ray
•I’m reading: Blood Oath by David Morrell
•I’m listening to: Van Halen I
Any news on GTA III for PS3 yet? Did they get the issue with the one track resolved?
Are you serious? Is more like Lazy 2012 let me ask you something,Where are the
Psone titles? Where are the new apps or new updates for the apps? i know FW 1.8
has some nice things includes Psone support and a terrible browser worse than the
first one but come on,Whats the point of adding Psone support if u only get 26 titles
on the Psvit Store i dont have a PS3 so dont come to tell me to transfer them,and iam
only waiting for the Store to update but you dont even do that. 26 titles is nothing,hope
this week you release good Psone games,been waiting for Castlevania:SOTN.
Behind the Classics is my favorite Playstation Blog feature right now. Very cool. Looking forward to reading more of those. Hoping we see one about Final Fantasy 7 and another about Legend of Dragoon.
I also like the Playstation Plus updates now that I’m a Plus member. :)
Ok, so…
I’m playing: Ratchet & Clank HD Collection (love it), Uncharted 3 (first time playing through the single player! SO great), and Red Dead Redemption (amazing game).
I’m watching: Just saw Hell On Wheels & Copper tonight. Tomorrow I’ll be watching Warehouse 13. And on netflix, I’m watching Once Upon A Time, Sliders, X-Files, and Law & Order Criminal Intent.
I’m reading: Finishing out Midnight Nation by JMS. Thinking about reading Astro City by Kurt Busiek next.
I’m listening to: not much right now.
This coming week, I’m interested in playing Double Dragon Neon and maybe a couple of the demos.
Still hoping we hear something about the Playstation All-Stars Plus or Open beta soon…
Hey Sid, how V/H/S? I saw that up on the PS store and debated on whether to rent it or not.