‘recap’ Posts
We’re at the halfway point of what is for most of us a long holiday weekend. Early tomorrow, I’ll be on a jet to Chicago for one of five PlayStation Vita meet-ups to take place this week. We’ve never done social events in Atlanta, Chicago, or Miami, so I’m quite looking forward to meeting new PlayStation fans – even if it means I’m going to have to buy some gloves.
If you can make it to one of the events, be sure to RSVP here so we know much food to bring!
The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of January 9, 2012)
- Skyrim Set in 2012 Is a Lot Less Appealing – Wired.com
- Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Review in Progress – PlayStation 3 Feature at IGN
- The Most Exciting PlayStation 3 Games of 2012 – PS3 Feature at IGN
- “Sorcery” PlayStation Move Brian Upton Interview
- Uncharted 3 leads AIAS 2011 award nominations – Joystiq
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Much like Jeff and Rey, I’ll be racking up some some serious frequent flier miles this week. I’ll be heading to the US East Coast to help launch our PS Vita Social Clubs in New York City (on 1/17) and Boston (1/18). If you’re in the area, stop by to check out a wide array of PS Vita games, eat free food, and get a shot at winning PlayStation gear. If you want to go, be sure to RSVP…and arrive early!
In other news this week: Novus Prime: Vindication came to PlayStation Home, San Diego Studios detailed ModNation Racers: Road Trip’s new career mode, Netflix was confirmed for PS Vita, new Qore host Jesse Blaze Snider talked Twisted Metal, The Tester announced its Season 3 guest panelists (Nolan North!), Namco Bandai Games revealed the Prologue trailer for PS Vita launch title Touch My Katamari, Seed Studios released a sizeable free upgrade for PSN strategy game Under Siege, XSEED showed off PS Vita platformer Sumioni: Demon Arts, and PS Vita shooter Unit 13 confirmed a March 6th release date.
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It’s a whole new year, and around here that means: It’s time for CES.
The 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show will be held this coming week, with the Sony press conference taking place tomorrow evening (Pacific time). As we did last year, we’ll be streaming the press event live into the PlayStation Blog. While some game publishers are always in attendance, CES isn’t nearly as game-centric as E3 or Gamescom, and so you’re more likely to see updated impressions of Q1 games than you are to hear earth-shattering announcements. That said, we’ll be featuring PS Vita at CES, so look for new coverage on the PS Blog later this week.
The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of January 2, 2012)
Here we go again! A new year brings a new batch of gaming and tech events, starting with next week’s Consumer Electronics Show in sultry Las Vegas, NV. Jeff and Rey will be going to check in on PS Vita and few other assorted odds and ends, leaving me behind to run PlayStation.Blog affairs and catch up on a few game previews…including one game I’m very excited to share mid-week. Be sure to check back in before 2012 gets the best of you!
In other news this week: thatgamecompany released a beautiful new orchestral trailer for Journey, the sound designer for Shinobido 2 dropped by to share insights into game audio development, and a new batch of movies, TV shows, and music content hit Video Unlimited and Music Unlimited on PSN.
What was your favorite news this week? And what did you play over the long holiday break?
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The PlayStation Vita is now available – in Japan. As we count down the 66 days until PS Vita lands ashore here in North America, we can at least read updated impressions of the hardware and the games that we’ve been previewing recently. For me, it’s all about Gravity Rush, as well as the Vita version of the series I spent the most hours playing on PSP: Hot Shots Golf.
In the list, keep an eye out for plenty of Vita tales, as well as updated tidbits on The Last of Us. Speaking of which: grab a free PS3 Dynamic Theme, won’t you?
The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of December 12, 2011)
- Little Deviants is cute and cuddly fun times – Destructoid
- Hands-on with Zipper’s Unit 13 on the PlayStation Vita – Destructoid
- Army Corps of Hell bolstering Vita launch lineup on February 22 – Joystiq
- Merry Christmas: Demon’s Souls Just Got a Smidge Easier – Kotaku
- Hating the VGAs Is Boring – Kotaku
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With the holiday season nearly upon us, I’ve been scrambling to prepare catch up on games, work, and travel preparations. But while I’m away, you won’t go hungry: We’re stocking the larder for next week. During your holiday break be sure to check back regularly to see new blog posts from some of your favorite PlayStation developers.
In other news this week: we released a new episode of the Official PlayStation Blogcast, Yakuza: Dead Souls demonstrated proper techniques for zombie slaying, Final Fantasy XIII-2′s director explained how he’s aiming to “exceed FFXIII in every aspect,” Atlus confirmed Trine 2’s PSN release date (Tuesday!), UNCHARTED: Golden Abyss showed off its new Intui-Aim feature, Free Realms gave us a first look at its Snow Days holiday content, Dirt Showdown showed off its first trailer, EA Sports debuted a new video for FIFA Soccer on PS Vita, and Zen Studios gave a full tour of the Marvel Pinball: Vengeance and Virtue add-on pack.
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Good morning! We’re all still reeling from last night’s [best Geoff Keighley voice] World Premieres at the VGAs. One of the cooler moments was the mixing of PS Vita’s Soundshapes and famous dj Deadmau5. Which reminds me…
If you haven’t already, swing by our Everybody Dance Facebook tab to enter the ‘Everybody Dance with deadmau5’ contest. If you upload a video showing us your best Everybody Dance moves to deadmau5’s “Ghosts ‘N’ Stuff,” you could win an official deadmau5 head or even a trip to London. Deadmau5 will be judging the finalists himself, so try to impress!
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The PlayStation Recap — VGAs 2011 Edition
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Finally: It’s going to pay to not have plans on a Saturday night. Starting at 8:00pm Eastern Time / 5:00pm Pacific Time tonight, SPIKE TV’s 2011 Video Game Awards will kick off live with an awards show celebrating some of the year’s best games (including the coveted Game of the Year award) and “more than 10″ world premieres of upcoming games. I know I’ll be watching live — will you?
In other news, this week saw the release of the Official PlayStation.Blogcast episode 003, a 60-day premium free trial for Music Unlimited on PS3, BBC’s announcement of an upcoming PlayStation-exclusive Doctor Who game for PS3 and PS Vita, first details on Ninja Gaiden 3′s genre-first competitive multiplayer mode, new DC Universe Online content, and a new video showing of PS Vita exclusive Lumines: Electronic Symphony.
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