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Nov 24 2010 Locust_Star's Avatar

This Week in PlayStation Home: Spelunker & Konami Game Spaces + Castlevania, Zombi...

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Hot off the heels of the highly-anticipated 1.4 core client release (and a long line of massive content publishes) comes yet another PlayStation Home update jam-packed with new games to play, spaces to explore, items to collect, and special videos to watch. This enormous update is the reason why I’m dropping in to formally invite [...]

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Nov 10 2010 Locust_Star's Avatar

This Week in PlayStation Home: 1.4 Client Update details, LittleBigPlanet, and More!

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This Thursday, November 11th, PlayStation Home will update to client 1.4. In addition to the features we announced last Friday – wardrobe management, grouping, and voice chat – there are several other noteworthy additions, such as the new “Character Status” settings, improvements to the Menu Pad and Navigator, and cross-game invite support (finally, you can [...]

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Oct 26 2010 Jeff Rubenstein's Avatar

No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise Announced Exclusively for PS3 and PlayStation Move

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Our friends at KONAMI wanted PlayStation fans to be the first to know – Travis Touchdown is making the leap into high definition exclusively for the PS3 with No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise. In 2011, North American PS3 owners will get their first taste of the No More Heroes universe, and KONAMI’s making use of [...]

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Oct 20 2010 Locust_Star's Avatar

Exclusive Halloween Event Comes to PlayStation Home + Saw, Bleach, Heavy Strike

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On Thursday, October 21st, Lord Pumpkinhead (aka “the Demon Gourd from Hell”) will appear In the middle of PlayStation Home’s Central Plaza, his gigantic glowing face sneering like an intolerant king at his unworthy subjects, rotating so that all can bear witness to his glorious image. As an offering to your pumpkin overlord, you and [...]

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Oct 05 2010 Sid Shuman's Avatar

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Hits PS3 Today, Celebrate with Boss Battles

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Not long ago, Konami Producer Dave Cox dropped by the PlayStation.Blog to set up the premise of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, a re-imagining of the classic whip-cracking, vampire-slaying series PlayStation fans know and love. In many ways, Lords of Shadow is a radical departure from previous installments. The combat is more visceral, the visuals are [...]

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Sep 23 2010 Dave Cox's Avatar

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow for PS3: Getting to Know Gabriel

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When designing Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, I often looked back at the original Castlevania for inspiration. I would remember the feelings I had as I traversed the dark, gloomy landscape and recall the wonderful music that would create an atmosphere quite unlike any other game of the time. For me, Castlevania was always about lone [...]

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Aug 12 2010 Naoki Maeda's Avatar

DanceDanceRevolution: Comes to PS3 with Move Support – Demo it Today in LA

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My name is Naoki Maeda, and I’m the Music Composer and one of the creators of DanceDanceRevolution! If you’re not familiar with DanceDanceRevolution, it’s the cult favorite arcade game and pioneering dance game that started it all! If you followed the franchise, you know that we’ve been a part of the PlayStation family for years [...]

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Apr 16 2010 Sid Shuman's Avatar

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker – a Field Guide

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Since completing Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots a whopping three times — once for each difficulty setting! — I’ve been positively fiending for a new Metal Gear fix. Luckily, series mastermind Hideo Kojima has been busy cooking up a new chapter exclusively for the PSP, and this time, it’s a story-centric adventure [...]

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