Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Demo Update

+ Posted by Chris Kramer // Sr. Director Communications and Community - Capcom Entertainment

The multiplayer demo for Lost Planet: Extreme Condition is temporarily being removed from the PlayStation Network in order to address issues that have come to light. We will be working overtime to correct the issue and expect to upload a new version to the PlayStation Network as soon as possible that accurately reflects the incredible [...]

Tagged // lostplanet capcom, psn

Filed: PlayStation Network, Statements

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Revenge of the PS3!

+ Posted by Patrick Seybold // Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media

We spend a lot of our time (well, nearly all of it really) explaining why the PlayStation 3 is the most powerful, best value video gaming console you can buy. Well, the March issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly helps further the cause and explain what’s in store this year, with a cover story [...]

Tagged // ps3

Filed: Statements

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Releasing Two WordPress Plugins

+ Posted by Patrick Seybold // Director, Corporate Communications & Social Media

First off, we heart WordPress, it’s been a great platform for us to develop and run PlayStation.Blog. However, like most software, it never does exactly what you want it to do. That’s what makes the WordPress plugin system so sweet. We’ve used a number of plugins to tweak the functionality of this blog, but once [...]

Tagged // psb, wordpress

Filed: Statements

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Responding Directly

+ Posted by Jeff Rubenstein // Social Media Manager

Starting today you might notice something different in the comments of the blog. We’ve created a plugin for WordPress that allows our blog authors to reply directly to a comment and have that reply appear next to the original comment. This should minimize many of the “@username” responses in our comments.

Currently, this feature is only [...]

Tagged // blog, comments, psb

Filed: Statements

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You Can Change Your Password!

+ Posted by Jeff Rubenstein // Social Media Manager

When we upgraded the WordPress install on the blog last week, one of the things that many of you asked about was changing your own password. As I said then, we’ve been working on this feature - and now it’s ready.
If you’re an existing user, you can click here to change your password. You’ll need [...]

Tagged // playstationblog, psb

Filed: Statements

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Friday Upgrade for PlayStation.Blog

+ Posted by Jeff Rubenstein // Social Media Manager

UPDATED: The upgrade to the latest version of WordPress is complete. You’ll notice a few slight changes to the blog, one of which is the new “What’s Hot” sidebar item. We would have used “That’s Hot” but I think Paris has that trademarked. “What’s Hot” will provide links to posts or [...]

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Filed: Statements

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And The Winners Are …

+ Posted by Jeff Rubenstein // Social Media Manager

Despite only recently shaking off my tryptophan-induced Thanksgiving stupor, I wanted to give thanks once more to those of you who participated in the first-ever PlayStation Schwag contest. Hundreds of readers submitted answers to 10 fairly-difficult questions, and it’s time to announce the winners. I personally graded all the tests (we’re going to have to [...]

Tagged // contests, schwag

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Ever Wonder Who’s Reading All Those Comments?

+ Posted by Jeff Rubenstein // Social Media Manager

Hey gamers! Response to this here PlayStation.Blog has been so impressive, that SCEA decided that someone needed to be brought in to help keep an eye on it full time. I’m that person. Really, I’ve been lurking behind the scenes here for over a month, but it’s time to come out and say hello.
Among other [...]

Tagged // blog, psb, scea

Filed: Statements

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More PS3 Ad Spots Now Airing

+ Posted by Kim Nguyen // Marketing Manager, PLAYSTATION 3

By now, there’s an excellent chance you’ve seen at least one of our new PLAYSTATION 3 television spots during your favorite programming in the last two weeks.
You guys have all been really great about letting us know how much you like our ads and we really appreciate it, so we just wanted to [...]

Tagged // advertising, ps3

Filed: Statements, Title Spotlight

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Incoming from Insomniac! Resistance: Fall of Man Patch

+ Posted by Greg Phillips // Producer, SCEA

We interrupt the final Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction dev diary post for a special announcement
As some of you may have heard, a new patch for Resistance: Fall of Man will be hitting soon.
How soon you may ask? As soon as this afternoon!
Major changes are listed below and full patch notes can be [...]

Tagged // ps3, resistance

Filed: Statements, Title Spotlight

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