May 18, 2014

PlayStation Blogcast 121: Highway to Helldivers

PS4/PS3/Vita co-op shooter Helldivers and PS4 indie Chasm take center stage on today’s tardy (sorry!) show. Listen in for first details on the new North American game releases for May 20th, new listener letters and the usual shenanigans.

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Stuff We Talked About

Transistor
Wolfenstein: The New Order
PS Vita
Driveclub
Helldivers
Chasm
Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition
Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn
Drakengard 3

Recent Episodes

Send us questions and tips: blogcast@playstation.sony.com or leave a voice message! 650-288-6706

The Cast

Sid Shuman – PlayStation Social Media Manager
Nick Suttner – PlayStation Account Support Manager
Justin Massongill – PlayStation Social Media Specialist
Ryan Clements – PlayStation Social Media Specialist

[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.

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Kueyo
May 18, 2014 at 3:37 pm PDT

I AM the first… Hunter of trophy
Matrix_Lion
May 18, 2014 at 3:45 pm PDT

Transistor
BlueBl1zzard
May 18, 2014 at 3:50 pm PDT

I can almost hear Sid’s voice when I read “Listen in” lol.
- Sid Shuman
  May 18, 2014 at 3:52 pm PDT
  
  LOL. Sorry for the late show this week – rough time of year!
RRlolhotdog
May 18, 2014 at 3:53 pm PDT

4th and its my birthday on may 20th hahahahahahaha just thought yall should from ur truly hotdog hahahahahahaha
RE_Player
May 18, 2014 at 4:11 pm PDT

Thank you guys for your continued good work. Carry on.
TitoVarela12
May 18, 2014 at 4:22 pm PDT

Hey Sid how are you doing? i have a question when will there be info on TLOU being released on the PS4?Naughty Dog said on edge magazine that the game was finished.And i bought the game digital on the PS3 and also pre ordered digital on the PS4 is there going to be an upgrade program for TLOU?it would be nice to get info on this game.
BlueBl1zzard
May 18, 2014 at 4:33 pm PDT

@Sid It’s alright, I can only imagine how tough this time of year must be for you guys with E3 around the corner.
ryan1701e
May 18, 2014 at 4:44 pm PDT

…..and you didn’t talk about Borderlands 2 on Vita. Too bad…it is a great game that i’m fully enjoying. Guess you took the negative reviews to heart, and put this on your ignore list.
davidxraw
May 18, 2014 at 5:09 pm PDT

Here are some of my suggestions for Sony
Can we see some more free minis come to PlayStation 3. We only have Jetpack Joyride.
When Puppeteer comes to PlayStation Plus can you switch it out for XCOM: Enemy Unknown?
Can we get a wish list feature for the PlayStation Store?
Can we get a search feature for the download list?
Can we have the ability to delete trophies especially the ones that are at 0%?
Are we going to see a Best of PlayStation Network Vol. 2 anytime soon?
Are we going to see more 99 cent indie flash sales especially for next weekend?
And most importantly When Limbo comes to PlayStation Plus can we please get it for the PlayStation 3 as well? Pretty please
Rezolution77
May 18, 2014 at 6:13 pm PDT

Nice, I can hear it now since it is Vita compatible.

My simple suggestion, other than mp3.

More Cross Platform support.

Tansistor looks interesting,though needed more for PS3 and Vita.
Waiting for Dead Nation to go on sale , to pick up the add on content for roughly same price.
Been looking toward Helldivers, and hope there is some serious strategy element combined with extra cool action not godlike.

Minecraft took my purchase for the two weeks, but Borderlands 2 was tempting although I can play it on PS3 (not sure what I want to).

Right now playing Soul Sacrafice (original).
Rezolution77
May 18, 2014 at 6:18 pm PDT

Oh and more PSP sales. Real ones.

Alot of great games being overlooked, swept under the bed.

Some ofthe older games although a little untextured, they still had better character with a little depth.
No too mention requiring less battery consumption.
ColonelOCorn
May 18, 2014 at 6:21 pm PDT

Gents, glad another show was in the works for the weekend. Listening in now.

Playing Golden AGAIN. JusTom, I appreciate the recommendations last week. My son has seen me play P4G and now he wants to get Persona Q when that comes out.

Really looking forward to what’s in store at E3. I’m obviously hoping the Vita or PS4 will see a Persona 5 release in the near future.. That would be a really cool surprise.

Have you guys seen the GAF thread on resurrecting the Vita at E3? My thoughts (and would love to hear yours)
My son wants Minecraft on the Vita. If Minecraft online worked as well as KZ:Mercenary, guys – gold mine. (rim shot) Bundle sales, Plus subscriptions for online play..
Please consider dropping the memory card prices to be comparable with their microSD counterparts. That’s such a huge drawback. 64GB = $100? Bitter pill to swallow. When Plus offers great prices on games, yet memory is so expensive… Where do we put all these games?

Do you guys play much on Vita? Since Golden it’s been my go-to device for a while.

Thanks for reading – you guys are titillating.
ElijahCuddlefish
May 18, 2014 at 6:32 pm PDT

BUY NAO!!!
GrafUlrich88
May 18, 2014 at 7:05 pm PDT

Hey Sid,

Great show this week!!!

I left voice message with the following question.

Can you guys find out the status of War Thunder for the NA PS Family. Our European PS cousins have had since January I believe and we are still waiting. I heard that Gaijin mentioned a few months back that Sony America has it and that was it. Why is this taking so long for us to get this game. It’s done it should be out already since PS Europe has been playing it for 5 months. Please if you can provide some info this coming week or next week via the PS Blog that would be great.

Thank you and have a wonderful week!

Cheers!!!

Rob aka Graf
MMaLuFII
May 19, 2014 at 6:08 am PDT

Please release Vita tv for us, I bought one but can only use Asian account, they recently release remote play for the device.
UC1993
May 19, 2014 at 6:15 am PDT

Love the show and just wanted to say that for a group of guys who aren’t supposed to talk about Dark Souls anymore, you still manage to work it into every blogcast. Come on Ryan lay down the law!!!! LOL

Keep up the great work.
Rezznak
May 19, 2014 at 7:00 am PDT

PLEASE GOD TELL ME HELLDIVERS RELEASES SOON! Seriously that game needs to release this or next month!!!!
SiloEyes
May 19, 2014 at 11:18 am PDT

Aw, no movie talk? Caught Godzilla Sunday at the Outlets in IMAX and ooooooh boy was that an awesome good time! I wanted to cheer every time he roared and the whole theater would just rock.

Justin! What XIV server do you play on? Is Archer your main?
SigEp_Raiders
May 19, 2014 at 1:10 pm PDT

I hate FFXIV… I have way too may backlog games that I need to play and it is preventing me from getting through any of them.
ferrers405
May 19, 2014 at 7:20 pm PDT

Guys, the quote said on the podcast is of course from Miyamoto: “A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad.”

Something that developers always should have in mind.
TheWhiteRobe
May 22, 2014 at 8:08 am PDT

Great show, guys. Loving Transistor! Having been waiting impatiently for it and it has not disappointed. The combat system is so unique, engaging, and surprisingly nuanced. Love how you manage functions in the sword. Beautiful to look at. Love the music. Definitely going to get the MP3 version of the soundtrack. I recommend it to everyone.