Making a demo for a large-scale open world game is a major challenge. We wanted to put together a snapshot of Most Wanted’s blend of exploration, connected competition and explosive, over-the-top police chase action to give you a taste of what to expect from the main game.

The action takes place in a locked down version of the city – you get to play in Fairhaven’s Downtown and Four Bridges districts. These areas are loaded with billboards, jumps, speed cameras and hidden cars.

The game kicks you off in Aston Martin’s beautiful V12 Vantage. Race to the first location, and we’ll bust out the classic Porsche 911 Carrera S.

Explore the city further, and you’ll find a “Jack Spot” with Audi’s flagship R8 Spyder. Park and hit triangle to instantly switch. It’s as easy as that. In the main game, it’s the same deal but on a grand scale. There are over a hundred Jack Spots to locate and discover cars.

Add a friend to Autolog, and we’ll bust out the final car of the demo, the fan-favorite Ford Focus RS500. And you definitely want to do this. Not only because the RS500 is a truly pimp car, but because just like the full game, our demo is all about Autolog.

Most Wanted is all about Speed Points. Everything you do in the game earns them — from online multiplayer, to escaping the cops, to cruising the city looking for cars and records to beat. Earn more than your friends to reach the top of your Most Wanted List.

Here are five easy tips for you guys to make racking up the maximum 50,000 demo Speed Points a breeze.

• Most Wanted is an open world game. When racing, keep an eye on the mini map in the bottom left of the screen to avoid missing crucial turns.
• Look out for gas stations. Drive through these to clean, repair and respray your car. If you’re taking a beating during a race or cop pursuit, these can make all the difference between first and last place, or escape and arrest.
• Win the “Keys to the City” event to unlock the Burn Nitrous modification. Equip it and then fill your nitrous gauge by driving against the flow, hitting jumps or taking down your opponents.
• The end of the second event finishes at a gas station. Behind it, you’ll find the R8 Spyder. It’s all-wheel-drive with a strong rear-wheel bias. Its planted, manageable handling combines beautifully with the AWD to give a little extra off road performance. Perfect for shaking the cops or hitting those billboards with a dirt run-up.
• With the cops on your tail, get out of sight and hit L3 to switch off the engine. You’ll enter Cool Down and reduce your Wanted gauge fast.

Pre-Order

LittleBigPlanet Karting ($59.99)

Sackboy returns in a completely new Karting adventure to save the Craftworld universe! Get behind the wheel to race through fun-filled tracks, battle in hectic arenas, and collect items in open-world environments. Compete in exciting mini-games and modes unlike anything you’ve seen, and enjoy endless levels created by the LittleBigPlanet community. If you can dream it, you can drive it!
ESRB: E – Everyone

PS3 Full Games

Assassin’s Creed III ($59.99)

The American Colonies, 1775. As a Native American Assassin fights to protect his land and his people he will ignite the flames of a young nation’s revolution. In Assassin’s Creed® III eliminate your enemies with guns, bows, tomahawks, and more! In development for over 3 years, the game features the new Ubisoft-AnvilNext engine.
ESRB: M – Mature // File Size: 11 GB

Assassin’s Creed III Gold Edition ($89.99)

The American Colonies, 1775. As a Native American Assassin fights to protect his land and his people he will ignite the flames of a young nation’s revolution. In Assassin’s Creed III eliminate your enemies with guns, bows, tomahawks, and more! In development for over 3 years, the game features the new Ubisoft-AnvilNext engine. And with the Gold Edition, take home the Assassin’s Creed III Season Pass!
ESRB: M – Mature // File Size: 11 GB

Assassin’s Creed III Gold Edition + ACIII Liberation ($119.99)

The American Colonies, 1775. As a Native American Assassin fights to protect his land and his people he will ignite the flames of a young nation’s revolution. In Assassin’s Creed III eliminate your enemies with guns, bows, tomahawks, and more! In development for over 3 years, the game features the new Ubisoft-AnvilNext engine. And with the Gold Edition, take home the Assassin’s Creed III Season Pass! This bundle also includes Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation for PS Vita.
ESRB: M – Mature // File Size: 13.7 GB

Need for Speed: Most Wanted ($59.99)

To be Most Wanted, you’ll need to outrun the cops, outdrive your friends, and outsmart your rivals. With a relentless police force gunning to take you down, you’ll need to make split second decisions. Use the open world to your advantage to find hiding spots, hit jumps and earn new vehicles to keep you one step ahead.
ESRB: E10+ – Everyone 10+ // File Size: 4.5 GB

Sports Champions 2 ($39.99)

Purchase before 11/20 and receive bonus Golf DLC! Become a sports champion and beat your rivals at bowling, boxing, archery, skiing, golf and tennis. PlayStation Move motion controller and PlayStation Eye camera required. This game is playable in 2D or 3D. To enjoy stereoscopic 3D features, you will require a 3D TV that supports 3D stereoscopic display and 3D compatible glasses.
ESRB: E10+ – Everyone 10+ // File Size: 3.5 GB

Twisted Metal ($39.99)

Twisted Metal returns with unhinged car combat destruction and action movie mayhem. Unique weapons emerge from demonic vehicles as players unfold the demented tale of a cast of characters, led by Sweet Tooth, in story, co-op and online modes. Up to 16 players compete in a killer-take-all back and forth battle royale on wheels.
ESRB: M – Mature // File Size: 12.2 GB

Toy Story Mania ($39.99)

Join all of the classic Toy Story characters in “Toy Story Mania!” as Woody, Buzz and the rest of the gang stage their own zany, fun-filled carnival. Inspired by the 4D attractions at Disneyland and Walt Disney World, “Toy Story Mania!” allows players to participate in 30 carnival-inspired shooting galleries. Includes a variety of addictive mini-games and power-ups that will enhance your overall gameplay experience.
ESRB: E – Everyone // File Size: 3 GB

PSN Games

Okami HD ($19.99)

You haven’t fully experienced the beauty of Nippon until you’ve seen it on an HD canvas! Okami painted vivid and colorful memories for many. Now it’s back to revive those memories, and create new ones for those who have yet to take up the Celestial Brush.
ESRB: T– Teen // File Size: 6.2 GB

PS Vita

Assassin’s Creed III Liberation ($35.99)

Introducing Assassin’s Creed III Liberation, the stunning new chapter in the Assassin’s Creed saga, exclusively for PlayStation Vita handheld entertainment system. The year is 1765. During the lead up to the American Revolution in the north, Spanish forces plan to take control of Louisiana in the south – but they have yet to reckon with Aveline, a deadly Assassin who will use everything in her arsenal to win freedom for her land and people.
ESRB: M – Mature // File Size: 2.7 GB

Ragnarok Odyssey ($39.99)

Explore an original world based on Norse mythology where a battle is being waged between humans and giants. Create unique characters from over 20,000 possible combinations and six specialized job classes. The ‘Fling, Fly and Smack’ battle system allows monsters to be flung skyward, followed into the air for gravity-defying strikes, and then smacked clear across the stage. Up to four players can fight together in online co-op mode.
ESRB: T – Teen // File Size: 1.1 GB

Need for Speed: Most Wanted ($39.99)

To be Most Wanted, you’ll need to outrun the cops, outdrive your friends, and outsmart your rivals. With a relentless police force gunning to take you down, you’ll need to make split second decisions. Use the open world to your advantage to find hiding spots, hit jumps and earn new vehicles to keep you one step ahead.
ESRB: E10+ – Everyone 10+ // File Size: 2.2 GB

LEGO Lord of the Rings ($39.99)

Explore Middle-earth in an epic LEGO videogame adventure for the entire family! Based on The Lord of the Rings motion picture trilogy, LEGO The Lord of the Rings takes players through the epic events from the classic story, reimagined with the humor and endless variety of LEGO play.
ESRB: E10+ – Everyone 10+ // File Size: 1.8 GB

Smart As… ($29.99)

Compatible with PlayStation Vita only. Use touch, tilt and camera controls to prove how smart you are in the first ever socially networked brain game on PS Vita. Face tricky puzzles and challenging questions as you climb online leaderboards and show off your scores on Facebook and Twitter.
ESRB: E – Everyone // File Size: 1.4 GB

Added to PS Vita Store

• NBA 2K13
• SOCOM Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 2
• SOCOM Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3

PSP Games

NBA 2K13 ($19.99)

Enter the New Dynasty with NBA 2K13, the latest installment of the top-rated NBA video game simulation franchise 12 years running. Executive produced by multi-platinum recording artist JAY Z, who personally curated this year’s soundtrack.
ESRB: E – Everyone // File Size: 971 MB

I Am An Air Traffic Controller Airport Hero Haneda ($19.99)

Let’s challenge traffic control of the sky! On this “Haneda” edition, the player can try both the old three- runway version and the new four-runway version of the airport. There are 16 stages that are very enjoyable.
ESRB: E – Everyone // File Size: 184 MB

PS2 Classics

Nobunaga’s Ambition: Rise to Power ($9.99)

Journey back to 16th-century Japan as Nobunaga Oda or a rival warlord, and unite the warring states or send the country along a different path!
ESRB: T – Teen // File Size: 3 GB

PlayStation Store Highlights

Assassin’s Creed III is finally here, and you can purchase multiple bundles, depending on what you want. You can purchase the standalone game, the game plus the Season’s Pass or the game plus the Season’s Pass PLUS the PS Vita game Assassin’s Creed III Liberation. Of course, if you prefer to burn rubber, Need for Speed: Most Wanted is out today on both PS3 and PS Vita. Also, if you missed out on the classic Okami, you can now play it in HD with Trophy support.

In addition to Assassin’s Creed III Liberation and Need for Speed, PS Vita is getting some good content this week including Ragnarok Odyseey, LEGO Lord of the Rings and the puzzle game Smart As….Street Fighter X Tekken released last week on PS Vita, and there’s a ton more costumes and gem packs for you to download, so get fighting.

Finally, if you’re a PS Plus member you’ll receive discounts this week on content including One Piece Pirate Warriors, Wonder Boy in Monster World and WWE 13 Fan Axxess, which is WWE 13’s fancy name for a season pass. Those on the fence about Need for Speed: Most Wanted will be able to try the game out with our Exclusive Timed Trial.

As always, please leave your thoughts in the comments below. You can also chat about this update in the PlayStation Community Forums.

PlayStation Plus

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PS Vita Game Demos (Free)

Smart As…

Compatible with PlayStation Vita only. Use touch, tilt and camera controls to prove how smart you are in the first ever socially networked brain game on PS Vita. Face tricky puzzles and challenging questions as you climb online leaderboards and show off your scores on Facebook and Twitter.
ESRB: E – Everyone // File Size: 1.4 GB

Soundtracks

• Resistance: Retribution – $9.99
• Infamous – $9.99

Price Change

• NFL Sunday Ticket – PS3 App (now: $149.95 original price: $299.95)
• Crazy Machines Elements – PSN Game (now: $4.99 original price: $9.99)
• Defenders of the Mystic Garden – PS Mini (now: $1.49 original price: $2.49)
• Homefront – PS3 Full Game (now: $19.99 original price: $29.99)
• Red Faction: Armageddon – PS3 Full Game (now: $19.99 original price: $29.99)
• Spy Hunter – PS Vita Game (now: $35.99 original price: $39.99)
• TNT Racers – PSN Game (now: $4.99 original price: $9.99)
• UFC Undisputed 2010 – PS3 Full Game (now: $19.99 original price: $29.99)
• Warhammer 40K Space Marine – PS3 Full Game (now: $29.99 original price: $39.99)
• WWE All Stars – PSP Game (now: $19.99 original price: $29.99)
• WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2011 – PS3 Full Game (now: $19.99 original price: $39.99)

Sales

• Catherine – PS3 Full Game (now: $19.99 original price: $39.99)
• Closure – PSN Game (now: $4.99 original price: $14.99)
• Knights in the Nightmare – PSP Game (now: $7.49 original price: $14.99)
• The Cursed Crusade – PS3 Game (now: $14.99 original price: $19.99)

PS Vita Add-ons

Street Fighter X Tekken

• SF Alternate Costume Complete Pack ($12.99) – Alternate costumes for the 19 Street Fighter characters. Characters Included: Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Cammy, Guile, Abel, Dhalsim, Sagat, Rolento, Ibuki, Poison, Hugo, Rufus, Zangief, Vega, Balrog, Bison, Juri, Akuma — Purchasing this content entitles you to both the PS3 and PS Vita versions!
• TK Alternate Costume Complete Pack ($12.99) – Alternate costumes for the 19 Tekken characters. Characters Included: Kazuya, Nina, Asuka, Lili, Heihachi, Kuma, Paul, Law, King, Marduk, Hwoarang, Steve, Bob, Julia, Yoshimitsu, Raven, Jin, Xiaoyu, Ogre Note: Please be careful not to purchase the same costume twice. — Purchasing this content entitles you to both the PS3™ and PS Vita versions!
• DLC Char Alternate Costume Complete Pack ($5.99) – This pack features the alternate costumes for the Street Fighter and Tekken DLC characters. The costumes for the 12 DLC characters are included in this pack. Note: This add-on is exclusive content for STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN. Please be careful not to purchase the same costume twice. This add-on content can only be used if the additional character pack has been purchased. — Purchasing this content entitles you to both the PS3 and PS Vita versions!
• TK DLC Char Alternate Costume Complete Pack ($3.99) – Alternate costumes for the 6 Tekken characters. Characters Included: Lars, Alisa, JACK-X, Bryan, Christie, Lei. This add-on content can only be used if the additional character pack has been purchased. Purchasing this content entitles you to both the PS3 and PS Vita versions!
• SF DLC Char Alternate Costume Complete Pack ($3.99) – Alternate costumes for the 6 Street Fighter DLC characters. Characters Included: Sakura, Blanka, Guy, Cody, Elena, Dudley. This add-on content can only be used if the additional character pack has been purchased. Purchasing this content entitles you to both the PS3 and PS Vita versions!
• Individual Alternate Costumes ($0.99 each) – Alternate costumes are available for the following characters: Abel, Akuma, Alisa, Asuka, Balrog, Blanka, Bob, Bryan, Cammy, Christie, Chun-Li, Cody, Dhalsim, Dudley, Elena, Guile, Guy, Heihachi, Hugo, Hwoarang, Ibuki, Jack-X, Jin, Julia, Juri, Kazuya, Ken, King, Kuma, Lars, Law, Vega, Xiaoyu, Yoshimitsu, Zangief, Lei, Lili, M.Bison, Marduk, Nina, Ogre, Paul, Poison, Raven, Rolento, Rufus, Ryu, Sagat, Sakura, Steve.

LittleBigPlanet

• Halloween Costume (Free) – On the store this week we will see the return of the first ever seasonal costume released for LittleBigPlanet – The Pumpkin Head Halloween Mask!

New Little King’s Story

• Monster Set ($1.99) – Download the ‘Monster Set’ to get a variety of monster items that will help you regenerate, increase life, damage and attacks! This includes Mummy Head and Outfit, Onii King Mask, Drunken Tengu Mask, Shishkebaboo Wig, Thunderbird Head, TV Dinna Head, Lord Sauvage Beard, and a Mechanic Onii Head!
• Outlaw Set ($1.99) – Download the ‘Outlaw Set’ and receive items that will increase your Attack and helps you defeat monsters completely! This includes a Metal Bat, Pompadour, Jumbo Crew Cut, Men’s Kamikaze Outfit, Ladies’ Kamikaze Outfit, Evil Combatant Mask, Evil Combatant Tights, Wood Sword, Mohawk, and Leather Jacket!
• Princess Battle Outfit Set 2 ($2.99) – Download the ‘Princess Battle Outfit Set 2′ to unlock different Armor sets for each of the princesses, including princess Shizuka, Kokomo Pine, Iris, and Corina!
• Supreme Ruler Power Electronics Set ($0.99) – Download the ‘Supreme Ruler Power Electronics Set’ for new electronic attack weapons and more life! This includes a Particle Beam Sabre, Super Gear Helmet, and a Powered Suit!

Pinball Arcade

• Pack 6: Elvira Party Monsters/No Good Gofers ($4.99) – This add-on pack includes the pinball tables Elvira Party Monsters and No Good Gofers. Every flipper, bumper, sound effect, and display pixel has been painstakingly emulated in astonishing detail. Purchasing this content entitles you to both the PS3 and PS Vita versions!

Pure Chess

• Halloween Treat Bundle ($7.99) – Pure Chess puts other chess games in checkmate! The Halloween Treat Bundle features the full game as well as the spooky Halloween game pack – a treat, rather than a trick for Halloween. You’ll have a frighteningly good time playing Pure Chess with this ghoulish set. Pure Chess is a game that can be played by everyone, at any age, but mastered by only a few. The question is…Are you a Grandmaster in the making?

PS3 Add-ons

Assassin’s Creed III

• Benedict Arnold (Free with every new copy of Assassin’s Creed III, $4.99 otherwise) – The PlayStation 3 system exclusive Benedict Arnold Pack adds over an hour of gameplay, with four bonus exclusive single-player missions. You’ll experience the betrayal that made the name Benedict Arnold synonymous with “turncoat.” Only for PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system.
• Season Pass ($29.99) – Join the revolution now and save on all downloadable game content with the Assassin’s Creed III Season Pass! The Season Pass provides instant access to all forthcoming downloadable game content.

Crazy Strike Bowling

You must download and install the latest Crazy Strike Bowling version patch to access this content.

• Advance Challenge Ball Set 1 ($2.99) – Unlock 5 bowling balls.
• Advance Challenge Ball Set 2 ($2.99) – Unlock other 5 bowling balls.
• Aiden Costume Set ($2.99) – Unlock 3 costumes for Aiden. (These costumes can alternatively be unlocked by winning some challenges.)
• All Costume Set ($5.99) – Unlock all costumes. Mina or Mr. Jenkins’s costumes are not available in-game unless the character for those costumes has been unlocked.
• Basic Challenge Ball Set ($2.99) – Unlock 6 bowling balls.
• Carnival Set ($2.99) – Unlock the Carnival costumes for every character!
• Chloe Costume Set ($2.99) – Unlock 3 costumes for Chloe. (These costumes can alternatively be unlocked by winning some challenges.)
• Halloween Set ($2.99) – Unlock the Halloween costumes for every character, as well as a special new Halloween themed bowling stage!
• Lance Costume Set ($2.99) – Unlock 3 costumes for Lance.
• Mina Set ($2.99) – Unlock Mina, one of the new characters, and her costumes.
• Mr. Jenkins Set ($2.99) – Unlock Mr. Jenkins, one of the new characters, and his costumes.
• Paris Costume Set ($2.99) – Unlock 3 costumes for Paris.

Darksiders II

• Abyssal Forge ($9.99) – Check out the Darksiders II Abyssal Forge pack. Featuring an all new environment and a raised level cap!

Dead or Alive 5

• Gym Class ($4.99) – The best looking fighters just got better with 4 new costumes for select characters.
• Special Set 2 ($4.99) – The best looking fighters just got better with 4 new costumes for select characters.
• Uniforms ($4.99) – The best looking fighters just got better with 4 new costumes for select characters.
• Round 3 Costumes – Full Set ($12.99) – Get the entire third round of costumes in one pack. Twelve costumes in all!

LittleBigPlanet

• Halloween Costume (Free) – On the store this week we will see the return of the first ever seasonal costume released for LittleBigPlanet – The Pumpkin Head Halloween Mask!

Max Payne 3

• Hostage Negotiation Pack ($9.99) – The Hostage Negotiation Pack brings four new maps to Max Payne 3 multiplayer: Club Moderno, Estádio Do Galatians, O Palácio Strip Club and Favela Heights. Equip the Explosives Burst, two new weapons, several new items and more. — Note: Add-on content, Max Payne 3 required to play. This content is part of the Rockstar Pass and will be available to Rockstar Pass purchasers in game upon release.

Mugen Souls

• Palpitation Coordination (Free) – Here is a set of equippable items! Let’s make some cute girls and some cool boys! Use these items to further customize your party!
• Undisputed God Prudence Pack 3 (Free) – This is a set of usable items for all you ultimate gods out there who are approaching true divinity! The set includes, healing, revival and hot spring use items.
• Jiggly Transmission and Equipment Pack 1 (Free) – Thank you for using the Jiggly Transmission! Here is a set of equippable items that will aid you on your adventure! This time, please find: a sword, a staff, a gun, a bazooka, knuckles and defense items!
• Jiggly Transmission and Equipment Pack 3 (Free) – Thank you for using the Jiggly Transmission! Here is a set of equippable items that will aid you on your adventure! This time, please find: a sword, a staff, a gun, a bazooka, knuckles and defense items!
• Jiggly Transmission and Equipment Pack 4 (Free) – Thank you for using the Jiggly Transmission! Here is a set of equippable items that will aid you on your adventure! This time, please find: gloves, a spear, a scythe, Dual Long and Short Blades and defense items!
• Combat! Super Weapon Pack 4 ($1.99) – Overwhelming destructive power! Here is a set of special weapons and armor! Power up your underlings further with these interestingly shaped weapons! Especially great for those who love card games!
• Devil! Super Weapon Pack 2 ($1.99) – Overwhelming destructive power! Here is a set of special weapons and armor! Power up your underlings further with these interestingly shaped weapons! Especially great for those who love magic hands!
• Dominance! Super Weapon Pack 1 ($1.99) – Overwhelming destructive power! Here is a set of special weapons and armor! Power up your underlings further with these interestingly shaped weapons! Especially great for those who love fans!
• Dragon! Super Weapon Pack 5 ($1.99) – Overwhelming destructive power! Here is a set of special weapons and armor! Power up your underlings further with these interestingly shaped weapons! Especially great for those who love silverware!
• Explosion! Super Weapon Pack 3 ($1.99) – Overwhelming destructive power! Here is a set of special weapons and armor! Power up your underlings further with these interestingly shaped weapons! Especially great for those who love lasers!
• G Up Fever Pack 1 ($1.99) – Show me the G Up! We made this set for those of you who feel that way!
• G Fever Pack 1 ($1.99) – Show me the money! We made this set for those of you who feel that way!
• Mugen Point Fever Pack 1 ($2.99) – Show me the Mugen Points! We made this set for those of you who feel that way!
• Point Fever Pack 1 ($1.99) – Here is the set that you have dreamed of a set that compiles all the points into one great pack! Here is a set that conains the currency G, the character strengthening Mugen Points, and the item strengthening G Up!

Naughty Bear: Panic in Paradise

• Jason Pawhees Costume ($0.99) – Jason Pawhees Costume contains a mask, overhalf, a pair of blue jeans and a machete.
• Chainsaw Massacre Set ($2.99) – This set contains: Bearskin Face, filthy wig, filthy apron, filthy trousers and massacring chainsaw.

Need for Speed: Most Wanted

• Online Pass ($9.99) – The Online Pass gives you full access to Need for Speed Most Wanted’s revolutionary Online Experience. With your Online Pass you’ll be able to earn Speed Points & progress your Speed Level to Unlock Cars and Mods in Multiplayer to get the edge over your friends and rivals.
• Time Saver ($9.99) – The Time Saver Pack provides instant access to all cars in Need for Speed Most Wanted’s revolutionary Online Multiplayer. You’ll also have access to All Cars and Jack Spots in Single player with the exception of the Most Wanted Cars. To get these exclusive Cars you’ll have to use your skills and take them down!

Pinball Arcade

• Pack 6: Elvira Party Monsters/No Good Gofers ($4.99) – This add-on pack includes the pinball tables Elvira Party Monsters and No Good Gofers. Every flipper, bumper, sound effect, and display pixel has been painstakingly emulated in astonishing detail. Purchasing this content entitles you to both the PS3 and PS Vita versions!

Pure Chess

• Halloween Treat Bundle ($7.99) – Pure Chess puts other chess games in checkmate! The Halloween Treat Bundle features the full game as well as the spooky Halloween game pack – a treat, rather than a trick for Halloween. You’ll have a frighteningly good time playing Pure Chess with this ghoulish set. Pure Chess is a game that can be played by everyone, at any age, but mastered by only a few. The question is… Are you a Grandmaster in the making?

Resident Evil 6

• Additional Stage – Rail Yard ($0.99) – This will add the Rail Yard stage to The Mercenaries in Resident Evil 6.
• Additional Stage – High Seas Fortress ($0.99) – This will add the High Seas Fortress stage to The Mercenaries in Resident Evil 6.
• Additional Stage – The Catacombs ($0.99) – This will add The Catacombs stage to The Mercenaries in Resident Evil 6.

Rock Band 3 – Build your Rock Band library by purchasing song game tracks. For music credits, visit www.RockBand.com.

• Wrong Way ($1.99) – Sublime
• What I Got ($1.99) – Sublime
• Santeria ($1.99) – Sublime
• Sublime Pack 01 ($5.49) – This pack includes ‘Santeria,’ ‘What I Got,’ and ‘Wrong Way’
• Fading Sacrifice ($0.99) – Chaotrope
• Majesty ($1.99) – Ava Inferi
• On Black Wings ($0.99) – Halcyon Way
• The Monster Stroll ($1.99) – Jocko of Sha Na Na
• Things That Make You Scream ($0.99) – Memory of a Melody

Rocksmith

• Afterlife ($2.99) – Avenged Sevenfold
• Beast and the Harlot ($2.99) – Avenged Sevenfold
• Nightmare ($2.99) – Avenged Sevenfold
• Avenged Sevenfold Song Pack ($7.99) – This pack includes ‘Beast and the Harlot’, ‘Afterlife’, and ‘Nightmare’

Sleeping Dogs

• Ghost Pig Pack (Free) – Grab four more free gifts in this fun headwear themed collection.
• Nightmare In North Point Pack ($4.99) – Fearsome gangster Smiley Cat has come back from Hell to take over Hong Kong’s entire criminal empire and Wei Shen with it.

Street Fighter X Tekken

• SF/TK Alternate Costume Complete Pack ($17.99) – Alternate costumes for the 38 regular fighters featured in Street Fighter X Tekken. Purchasing this content entitles you to both the PS3 and PS Vita versions!
• SF Alternate Costume Complete Pack ($12.99) – Alternate costumes for the 19 Street Fighter characters. Characters Included: Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Cammy, Guile, Abel, Dhalsim, Sagat, Rolento, Ibuki, Poison, Hugo, Rufus, Zangief, Vega, Balrog, Bison, Juri, Akuma — Purchasing this content entitles you to both the PS3 and PS Vita versions!
• TK Alternate Costume Complete Pack ($12.99) – Alternate costumes for the 19 Tekken characters. Characters Included: Kazuya, Nina, Asuka, Lili, Heihachi, Kuma, Paul, Law, King, Marduk, Hwoarang, Steve, Bob, Julia, Yoshimitsu, Raven, Jin, Xiaoyu, Ogre Note: Please be careful not to purchase the same costume twice. — Purchasing this content entitles you to both the PS3 and PS Vita versions!
• DLC Char Alternate Costume Complete Pack ($5.99) – This pack features the alternate costumes for the Street Fighter and Tekken DLC characters. The costumes for the 12 DLC characters are included in this pack. This add-on content can only be used if the additional character pack has been purchased. Purchasing this content entitles you to both the PS3 and PS Vita versions!
• TK DLC Char Alternate Costume Complete Pack ($3.99) – Alternate costumes for the 6 Tekken characters. Characters Included: Lars, Alisa, JACK-X, Bryan, Christie, Lei. This add-on content can only be used if the additional character pack has been purchased. Purchasing this content entitles you to both the PS3 and PS Vita versions!
• SF DLC Char Alternate Costume Complete Pack ($3.99) – Alternate costumes for the 6 Street Fighter DLC characters. Characters Included: Sakura, Blanka, Guy, Cody, Elena, Dudley. This add-on content can only be used if the additional character pack has been purchased. Purchasing this content entitles you to both the PS3 and PS Vita versions!
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Next week sees the keenly anticipated release of Need for Speed Most Wanted, the latest release from Criterion Games – the legendary UK racing specialist behind the Burnout series and Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, the phenomenal 2010 entry in EA’s long-running street racing franchise.

That the PlayStation 3 version is very, very good should come as no surprise, but somewhat more unexpected is the amount of care the studio has lavished on replicating the experience on PlayStation Vita. Producer Matt Webster and his team have squeezed almost the entire experience onto the handheld, and even found room for a little bit of extra content exclusive to the system.

We sat down with Matt earlier this week to find out exactly how Criterion has pulled it off.

PlayStation.Blog: What was your goal when you first started developing the PS Vita version of Most Wanted?
Matt Webster, Producer at Criterion Games: It was to make the same game – that was the goal. As much as we possibly could, we wanted to deliver all the great things about the console version of the game: an open world, freedom, choice, variety, highly connected. All those principles looked like they were achievable on the machine, so that was what we set out to do.

PSB: What were the main challenges you met during development?
MW: You just run across performance challenges. Some of those are fundamental, which you learn to overcome as development progresses, and others you have to make some compromises.

PSB: What kind of compromises are we talking about exactly?
MW: It is exactly the same game [as the PlayStation 3 version] apart from traffic density and number of players online. But I think that the asynchronous play is actually going to be more important.

PSB: How exactly does that work?

“I can push up my Speed Point level on PS3 multiplayer when I’m mobile with PS Vita, and vice versa.”

MW: So, if you play the single-player game, and then play muliplayer, any Speed Points you earn in SP also drive your MP progression, and that’s true when you play the game on PS Vita too. Anything you earn on PS Vita carries across to the console version. It’s a unified scoring system.

Everything you do in the game earns Speed Points. Speed Points determine your position on the Most Wanted list. Am I outscoring my friends; have I reached the necessary score threshold to take on one of the Most Wanted drivers in the solo game; what speed level am I at in MP; what have I unlocked, and so on. I can push up my Speed Point level on PS3 multiplayer when I’m mobile with PS Vita, and vice versa.

PSB: The easy option would have been to contract an external developer to work on the Vita version but you decided to keep it in-house. Why?
MW: It was something we wanted to do. It looked like the machine was going to be capable of delivering what we wanted to do. And the way that we work is very iterative – build, play, change, build, play, change – that’s how we work. When you go external it generally only works when you’ve got a finished game, otherwise there are too many moving parts.

So, it looked like something we’d be able to do and we were going to be able to push ourselves in some new directions. It was difficult, but we’re not ones to shy away from a challenge.

PSB: Do you think a massive open world racing game like Most Wanted is a good fit for a portable gaming device?
MW: I do. The game is about freedom and choice. We have a saying – ‘not playing the game is the game’. What that means is that not playing the authored experience that most games deliver for you actually is very important and a really significant part of the game.

The way that these devices are used – they’re picked up, they have some play, and they’re put down. It might be high frequency play, but not necessarily high amplitude, where I’m spending long sessions with it. Our game can work in either of those scenarios. I think the asynchronous part of it is going to be really powerful on that device – do something, have Autolog pick it up, and send it back.

“We have a saying – ‘not playing the game is the game’.”

I think it will turn out to be something that PS Vita owners didn’t realize was possible on that machine – it is quite a significant achievement to do an open world game to the level of quality that we’ve managed. And then to have something as highly connected as it is – that’s something fresh and new. I think it will find a really good home on PS Vita.

PSB: What kind of exclusive PS Vita content have you included?
MW: There are some exclusive PS Vita races and events in there for players to discover. It’s another way for players to earn exclusive SP – it’s an extra reward for having the game on multiple devices and it allows us to do something specifically tuned to that device.

PSB: Have you used the PS Vita’s unique features in any way?
MW: We’ll use the touch screen for changing music tracks and in some parts of the interface but the rest of it… you have to use those things where they serve a purpose, otherwise they’re just a gimmick. You run the risk of it not being taken seriously. We’ll absolutely use it when it makes sense to use it.

PSB: Presumably you’ll be supporting the PS3 version post launch with DLC. Will that also apply to the PS Vita version?
MW: Well, we’ll clarify that when the time comes.

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October 23rd PlayStation Plus Update

Need for Speed: Most Wanted

Pre-Launch Week Discount (Regular price: $59.99, PS Plus Price: $53.99)

It’s not often you get to save some cash on new releases, but with your Plus membership you can nab Need for Speed: Most Wanted for $53.99, as opposed to the usual new release price point. The discount is only applicable on preorders for Plus members, so get ready for its release on 10/30 next week and make sure your preorder is in to get the Limited Edition version of the game. (Note: Non-PS Plus members can still preorder to get the Limited Edition and exclusive theme, it just won’t have the 10% discount.)

Medal of Honor: Warfighter

Exclusive Timed Trial

Medal of Honor: Warfighter is set to deliver an aggressive, gritty and authentic experience that puts gamers in the boots of today’s most precise warrior, the Tier 1 Operator. Plus members will get to have their hands on the full game for 1 hour and get an enhanced peek into the action they can download when it releases at retail and on the PlayStation Store as part of the Day 1 Digital event with the 10/23 update.

Hell Yeah! – Pimp My Rabbit and Virtual Rabbit Missions

20% off for PlayStation Plus Members

If you snagged Hell Yeah! Wrath of the White Rabbit with a launch week discount thanks to your Plus membership, you can now save on the Add-Ons! The Pimp My Rabbit DLC comes with 50 new masks for Ash, plus 11 new driller skins and even some familiar SEGA faces. The Virtual Rabbit Missions will test your action and shooting skills while adding more than three hours of gameplay. If you dug Hell Yeah! get this new DLC at a steal of a price with Plus.

Wonder Boy in Monster Land

80% off for PlayStation Plus Members (Regular price: $4.99, PS Plus Price: $1.00)

SEGA shows off its old school gaming roots once again with the Master System classic action RPG Wonder Boy in Monster Land. Getting the PS Plus special price at $1 means you may not be able to pass up this sequel to the original Wonder Boy. Highly regarded as one of the best titles on the Master System library and playable on PS3, you owe it to yourself to check it out. And with nostalgic boxart like this, how can you resist?

That’s it for this week. Make sure you check out tomorrow’s PlayStation Store update post to see all the details for this week’s Plus update. Thanks for reading, and as always, I’ll see you in the comments.

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It’s a pretty exciting time for PlayStation fans, and we’re really excited to be able to talk not just about the PS3 game, but also our first for PS Vita. If you don’t know anything about Most Wanted, here’s the deal. The original Most Wanted was our favorite Need for Speed game. We loved the epic cop chases, hot cars, and most of all that unbeatable sensation of fast, reckless driving while on the run from the law.

So after finishing Hot Pursuit, we set out to create a game that brought you all these great elements, but fresh for 2012 and with a little Criterion DNA running through it. That means it had to be about online, friends and competition, with a Most Wanted twist.

There’s a whole lot of game to talk about, but here are four things you really need to know.

1. It’s about causing trouble

You get to drive amazing cars like a maniac through a big open city, get in massive chases with the cops and ditch them in style. The whole game’s pretty much designed so you’ll want to break the law. Restricted area? Bust into it. Speed camera? Rip past it. Jump? Hit it. Parked car? Steal it. Cops? Not an issue.

2. The world’s always connected

In Hot Pursuit, we introduced Autolog. We started tracking everything you did and comparing it with your friends in leaderboards called Speedwalls. Autolog turned your newest and most hotly contested events into play recommendations and notified you and your friends to reheat the competition.

This time, Autolog lets you leave your mark across your friends’ games. It displays record speeds, pursuits and jump distances throughout the city. Cruise past any speed camera, Jack Spot or jump to view its Speedwall, and then take a run up, hit the gas and see if you can top it. Hit the biggest air off any billboard jump, and we’ll display your face on the billboard. Your friends will need to beat you to get rid of it.

Everything you do earns you Speed Points and eventually increases your Speed Level. Earn more Speed Points than your friends to become the Most Wanted.

3. You can drive pretty much every car from the start

This is hard to get your head around, but bear with us. Grinding through hours of gameplay to get the cars you really want to drive doesn’t actually make sense, when you think about it.

So, most of the cars in Most Wanted are just parked up in hundreds of Jack Spots throughout the city. If you find one, you can just switch to it. Obviously, there are still great unlocks waiting to reward the most skilled and dedicated players, but if you want to drive a 918 Spyder, Evo X, RS500, V12 Vantage and many, many more, you’ve just got to get out there and find them.

Each car has a series of events, designed to showcase its unique qualities. Master each car in your own time, and you’ll earn Speed Points and rank up. Score enough and you’ll earn the right to take on 10 of the hottest cars in the game – the Most Wanted Racers. Beat them all one-on-one to become Fairhaven’s Most Wanted. Swing the odds in your favor by modifying your car with such pursuit-busting delights as: Reinforced Chassis, Reinflating Tires, Impact Protection, Powershot Nitrous or Track Tires.

4. Our multiplayer is way more than just racing

It wouldn’t be Need for Speed without killer racing, so that’s the heart of our online, but we also wanted to mix it up a bit. It’s still tight, competitive and fast, but there are some twists.

Every Race starts with a Meet Up. Race there, jostle for position, watch for the start and boot it. Time your move right for a headstart. Get it wrong, and you’re a sitting duck. In Speed Tests, you get 90 seconds to set a high score. Hit the longest jump or drift, be fastest through a Speed Trap or set the fastest time between checkpoints. In Challenges you do stuff like hit 5,000 yards of drift, accumulate 2,000 yards of jump distance, access a rooftop or jump over each other. Anything goes!

PlayStation Vita

PS Vita represents a huge step for us. We’ve managed to crowbar the entire PS3 game onto the system, including almost all the races and events, the online play (albeit with four players rather than eight on PS3) and the massive open world. It’s all right there in the PS Vita version.

That’s pretty cool on its own, but everything you do on your PS Vita copy earns you Speed Points, inching you closer to that top spot on your friends Most Wanted list.

PlayStation Move Racing Wheel

And that’s not all! We love to play with new hardware, from Burnout Paradise’s Mugshots (using the original PS Eye) to the full online multiplayer in Burnout 3: Takedown (in the very early days of PSN). So we thought we’d see what we could do with the PlayStation Move Racing Wheel.

You can use it to control the car, obviously. When you’re happily ripping through town, it glows green, but attract the interest of the cops, and it flashes red and blue. Hide out in a CoolDown spot, and it’ll glow cool blue.

We’re out on October 30th. Hit this link to pre-order from EA, or head over to the PlayStation Store to pre-order your Day 1 Digital copy now.

We’ll see you online soon.

God of War: Ascension’s single-player demo will be at New York Comic Con, giving fans a taste of what to expect next March. In addition, multi-player stations will also be available, where attendees will have a chance to check out the newest way to play God of War.

Ready for Battle? At the PlayStation All-Stars kiosk, you can get your hands on the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita versions of the game, and see for yourself what everyone’s been talking about.

You can also snag a voucher for a 30-day trial of PlayStation Plus if you swing by the booth (#1728). Why is that a big deal? ‘Cause that’s going to give you early access to try out the Beta when it goes live later this month. Stay tuned to PS.Blog, as the All-Stars team will have more news on the Beta front very soon. But, if you can’t wait until Friday to get your hands on PlayStation All-Stars, come out to our Community Meet-Up on Thursday, October 11th from 7:00PM to 9:00PM at Skylight West, where you can enter the PlayStation All-Stars tournament . Be sure to get there early to get your hands on All-Stars and practice your fighting skills. The final four fighters will win a free copy of PlayStation All-Stars for PS3 and PS Vita, and the tournament champion will win one of our brand new UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception Game of the Year Edition Hardware bundles for the new slim PS3 console.

And lastly, who isn’t excited about LittleBigPlanet Karting? Race over to the booth and give it a go! You can play a track, an arena, or even a dinosaur destroying a city (yep!) – this game has a ton to offer. We’ll be there all four days, and we’ve got four separate stations for you to play at, so be sure to stop by and test drive the fastest LittleBigPlanet yet!

If you’re looking for titles for your PS Vita, step up to the Vita Bar to play: Nico Nico, Samurai & Dragons, PlayStation All Stars: Battle Royale, Ragnarok Odessey, Soul Sacrifice, Rocketbirds, Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation, Need For Speed: Most Wanted, Persona 4 Golden, Lego Lord of The Rings, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, When Vikings Attack!, and Guacamelee.

Looking for fresh news about The Last of Us and Naughty Dog? Naughty Dog will be at New York Comic Con on a very special panel, where they’ll reveal some new information about The Last of Us. More details will be coming next week on the Naughty Dog blog and from other sources, so keep your eyes peeled. Additionally, ESC-Toy will have new, NYCC-exclusive UNCHARTED vinyl figures available for purchase at booth #3015. Be sure to check out Erick Scarecrow’s latest UNCHARTED creations.

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The month of October is an exciting one for PS3 gamers, with a plethora of AAA titles hitting store shelves over the next four weeks. I’m excited to announce today that eight of the hottest upcoming titles will be available on PlayStation Network the same day they hit retailers through a new program called PSN Day 1 Digital!

To celebrate the launch of this new program, we’re giving you access to participate in “digital game launches,” so you can get your hands on great games releasing in October, without having to leave home. We’re also giving you the chance to pre-order select games ahead of their release date and offering 10% discounts on a number of titles for PlayStation Plus members.

This new program aims to bring you the best PS3 titles digitally through PlayStation Network. Throughout the month of October, we will be offering the following titles for download on day 1:

* Available for pre-order
+ 10% discount for PS Plus members during first week of availability

We have more exciting info on all these titles to tell you about in the coming weeks, so be sure to check the PlayStation.Blog each week for in-depth posts on these games. And let us know in the comments which Day 1 Digital titles you’ll be downloading on release day!

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We wrap up our Gamescom 2012 coverage this week with a trio of scintillating new interviews with some of the the stars of the show. Self-proclaimed “teen horror” adventure Until Dawn brought the house down in Cologne, fusing immersive PlayStation Move-based exploration and immersive puzzle-solving. Executive Creative Director Will Byles joins us to share details on this thriller where the fate of the main cast lies entirely in your hands.

Then, Insomniac’s Shaun McCabe drills into the competitive multiplayer of Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault, complete with new details on the game’s PS Vita version and cross-play functionality. Finally, Criterion’s Executive Producer Matt Webster runs through the finer points of Need for Speed: Most Wanted and why the PS Vita version is the spitting image of its PS3 big brother.

Of course, that’s all in addition to the normal volley of weekly info: Next week’s North American PlayStation Store releases, new “player queries” and tips, a hand-plucked PSN Gem of the Week — Nick even busts out a tough new Mystery Theme. Listen in and let us know what you think!

Stuff We Talked About

Until Dawn

Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault

Need for Speed: Most Wanted for PS Vita

YouTube for PS3

Sound Shapes

Voice chat

Dishonored

Datura

The Cast

[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.]

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