Aug 06 2010

Flower Power: Art Contest Winners, New Demo

Hi everyone! I just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who spun their creative gears and submitted entries to the Flower fan art contest. We here at the Santa Monica Studio and the team at thatgamecompany really enjoyed seeing all the great pieces you submitted. TGC has chosen the five best pieces, which [...]

(Average: 4.51 out of 5)

May 12 2010

New Flower Contest: Artists Wanted!

+ Posted by Randall Lowe

When Jenova Chen and thatgamecompany came to us here in the Santa Monica Studio with the idea for Flower, it was fueled by his appreciation for nature’s beauty, his experiences of coming from China to California, and how the contrasting cities, landscapes, and coastline touched his emotions and creativity. Seeing his passion for the subject, [...]

(Average: 4.17 out of 5)

May 07 2010

Announcing the Flower Essay Contest Winners

+ Posted by Randall Lowe

Hello Everyone, I wanted to start off by taking a moment to thank everyone for their contributions to the Flower “Experience” contest we kicked off three weeks ago. During that time, a lot of really great stories were submitted, and we even had a few that raised some eyebrows, but were entertaining to read nonetheless. [...]

(Average: 4.23 out of 5)

Apr 15 2010

Stop and Smell the Flowers: Tell Us Your Flower Story

+ Posted by Randall Lowe

Hello, PS Blog readers. If you follow the blog much, you already know that Flower had its 1-year anniversary a few months ago, and we just released a Flower dynamic theme, plus the soundtrack from the game, to help commemorate it. Flower is widely recognized by fans and critics alike for being a game unlike [...]

(Average: 4.23 out of 5)

Apr 05 2010

Coming to PSN this Week: Flower Soundtrack

+ Posted by Randall Lowe

Hey, everyone. I’m excited to be back to talk more about the Flower soundtrack originally teased on February 12, the one-year anniversary of the game’s release. The soundtrack will be coming out this Thursday on PSN, and features eight tracks from the game and over an hour’s worth of music, all for $2.99. So be [...]

(Average: 4.47 out of 5)

Mar 18 2010

make.believe: thatgamecompany

+ Posted by Eric Koch

As many of you have seen, Sony’s got a new brand message that we all believe in here at Santa Monica Studio. The ethos of make.believe is simple: believe that anything you can imagine, you can make real. We’ve had the fortune to work with thatgamecompany, an incredibly talented group of young minds with fresh [...]

(Average: 4.58 out of 5)

Feb 12 2010

Flower Dynamic Theme Now Available, Original Soundtrack Announced

+ Posted by Randall Lowe

Hey Everyone. Randall Lowe here with a lot of really exciting Flower news and announcements. It is my honor to be posting on behalf of Jenova Chen or Kellee Santiago, the creative geniuses at thatgamecompany behind Flower. Today, February 12, we’re all very proud to be celebrating the one year anniversary of Flower’s release on [...]

(Average: 4.67 out of 5)

Dec 15 2009

Flower Wins VGAs Best Independent Game – A Huge Thank You from thatgamecompany!

+ Posted by Kellee Santiago

Hi, it’s Kellee Santiago again from thatgamecompany. This last weekend was…whoa, just totally surreal. Jenova, composer Vincent Diamante, and I met up at the event, where we got together with fellow indie nominees, Hemisphere Games (Osmos) and Twisted Pixel (‘Splosion Man) so that we could brave the great unknown of the red carpet together. Which [...]