PlayStation Around the Web: What We Read

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Busy week for us coming up – and we need your help. Over the next few days, Chris and I will be meeting with the people behind Patapon 2, Rag Doll Kung Fu, Watchmen, Fat Princess, and, yes, God of War III. What would you like us to ask them? Go ahead and ask in the comments section (no manifestos please!). We’ll try and incorporate the best questions in our interviews.

Oh, and by “best questions,” we mean think a little deeper than “Will this game have trophies/How many levels/What’s the release date?” Let’s get creative, people!

And here’s what we read this week. Are you excited about Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2 yet? I think I know the answer…

The PS Blog weekly reading list (Week of February 2, 2009)

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  • Wow…just saw somebody asked the same thing I did…

  • “Capcom Brings Street Fighter IV And Resident Evil 5 Into PlayStation Home – Siliconera”

    Hey Jeff, next time yah see John can you ask him if these spaces & costumes will be making its way to the US Home, & if so, how would we go about obtaining the SF IV & RE costumes (like through preorder, or if its an in game unlock, etc)

    ~ Thanks!

  • Here’s a question that you should ask.

    “What features have you adapted from the previous God of War games?”

  • Wow just saw the first shots of gta4 lost and damned and foundt out its only on xbox 3$hity. what gives why is everyone hating on ps3? are we getting anything llke that?

  • that 3vs3 hockey game was a good idea, too bad the game sucked bad.

    Any chance we get an HD remix of NBA Jam or NBA Hang Time or some game like that with updated rosters?
    it worked for street fighter and i would gladly pay $15 to DL it from the ps store. ya i know we have EA’s NBA Street series but they only make them every 4 yrs and end up stinking up the join specialy the last one.

  • that 3vs3 hockey game was a good idea, too bad the game sucked bad.

    Any chance we get an HD remix of NBA Jam or NBA Hang Time or some game like that with updated rosters?

    it worked for street fighter and i would gladly pay $15 to DL it from the ps store. ya i know we have EA’s NBA Street series but they only make them every 4 yrs and end up stinking up the joint specialy the last one.

    someone please get at midway and let them know they missing out at easy $$$$$. they could do the same with the MK series just HD it up and make the online play better, the online for MK2 and MKvsDC for that matter was whack SF2THDremix and tekken got it right 6 players in a room 4 watching 2 fighting loser is out winner fights next guy in line.

  • will we ever get to experience Patapon on a ps3 console????

  • How long is Patapon 2 going to be? I really want that game. Any release date?

  • GOW. is one of my all-time favorite PS titles and with that being said i would like to know the following:

    1:Will any of the previous weapons from the series be in GOW 3

    2: Will there be dowloadable weapon content?

    3: Will the sixaxis be used in the combo system?

    4: Will the storyline pick up where the second GOW climaxed?

  • If Konami is so thankful to Playstation why don’t they put some of those classics in the ps store. Ninja turtles, X-men, Bucky O’hare, The Simpsons just to name a few. All with four player online co-op and with original music and game voice overs would be tremendous. PSN has to surpass Xbox 360 I’m sick of Xbox users braging about all the games that PSN should have.

  • And Jeff why is the download size for FEAR 2 Demo 3 times bigger than the 360 downloadable Demo?

  • I was so excited to hear about Phantasy Star’s date moving up. I can’t wait to play that game. I miss playing on my Dreamcast so much. This may be the game I will sink the most hours into on the PSP… and I put over 100 into “The Con” after it released on the store…

    Resident Evil Home outfits and toys look very cool. I’m relieved to hear that there will be game launching from Home on day one- especially after being bummed that I couldn’t match up with friends in the demo. March 13th can’t come fast enough!

    The MTV Multiplayer article on downloading to consoles is one of the dumbest articles I’ve ever read. It’s all dependent on 100 different variables at any time- the least of which is your console. The more news I see from these guys, the more I think they’re just posers trying to cash in on the gaming market. In fact, I’m sure of it.

  • These are GoW3 questions. What Engine is it going to run on? Now that you are on the PS3. what is something new that you are planning to bring visually and gameplay wise that you didn’t or couldn’t accomplish on the PS2?

  • god father 2 should be out on the 5th of march.
    thats what EB has it listed as.

  • one question i would love to be solved is.

    was david jaffe trying to build up hype,
    or is what he saw realy that good?

  • @ muzzar69

    I agree. Don’t get me wrong, GoW is one of my favorite new franchises and the other 3 games are all amazing, but I wasn’t overly impressed with what I’ve seen of GoW3, so far. It looks like fun, but doesn’t look like like it’s got anything particularly incredible about it. There are better looking PS3 games out already and the combat looked pretty much the same (not that I’d complain about that). I’m sure it’ll be great, but the OMGROFLCOPTER! reaction Jaffe had to what he saw had me puzzled. There’s probably something spectacular we have yet to see, and I think (or hope) it’ll be looking better visually closer to release. Fingers crossed…

  • god of war 3 question

    will it have some sort of co-op? online or offline?

  • God Of War & Rocky Balboa…

    …Kratos as cool as he is, is also a tortured man. Stallone knew he couldn’t leave Rocky’s story open, he owed Rocky that.
    Will God Of War 3 or 4 end it? Going out strong and fresh, that’s Kratos, not “Kratos-the-old-man-across-the-street-who-looks-like-Grandpa Simpson-in-a-toga-with-a-walker”!
    (Resistance 3, sure. Not a #34, where Chimeran troops can’t invade on Bingo Thursdays…)

  • For God of War III — What is the development team doing to innovate on the combat formula?

    Will it be all new weapons and powers? A new set of combos? Will it play like every other GoW game before it?

    Peace…

  • I know others have said it Jeff, but you REALLY need to ask if GOW3 is really going to be the last…

    And also WHEN’S IT COMING OUT?!!

  • Co-Op in God of War III is a great idea, especially if it supports both OFFLINE and online co-op.

    Games like Halo and Gears are massively popular because they’re perfect party games. Groups of people can sit down, play together, then pass the controllers to other people between rounds.

    The PS3 is really missing the boat in this area. Apart from LBP, we really lack that defining party game.

    Killzone SHOULD have been that game. But without co-op or splitscreen, it missed a HUGE opportunity.

    I’m praying that COD: Nodern Warfare 2 supports co-op.

  • I agree with DaxMontana… I was REALLY disappointed when I found out that the only thing Resistance 2 would feature of local splitscreen would be Co-Op… 2-player even! I really enjoyed Resistance: FoM with the local multiplayer, me and my comrades always had fun playing “All LAARK”-fights and “All Fareye with 200% dmg”-fights… It was great, but those days didn’t get passed on to the next generation apparently…

  • Now that Dead Rising 2 has been announced for PS3 what is the likelihood of seeing Dead Rising being released as a PSN game? It makes sense and would be a profitable exercise for Sony and Capcom. The PS3 is now the only console that does not have this game.

  • Hey guys check this out:

    http://www.planetxbox360.com/article_5729/Killzone_2_Convinced_Me_to_Buy_a_Playstation_3

    Pretty cool how powerful video games can be O.o

  • Regarding Fat Princess…

    This would be a definite buy for me if you could include online splitscreen for the game like in Warhawk. Or if all 4 players are close to eachother the splits in the screen join up like in Bionic Commando: Rearmed.

    While I love online gaming, being able to share the experience online with others in my living room makes the experience that much better.

  • I have to congratulate everyone on the PSBlog for doing a great job. I have been a big fan of the Playstation brand and so far still have all my consoles is working condition. I am looking forward to the future of this brand and welcome everything playstation. :-)

    p.s. even though i sound like it i am not a fanboy.

  • A couple of questions for Watchmen: The End is Nigh. Warning: I am a self-professed Watchmen fanboy.

    1) Just from the movie trailers I have clearly seen a few disturbing minor details that miss the point. For instance, in the trailer they call themselves The Watchmen. Watchmen was never an official name for the team in the book, and was in fact a derogatory term created by protestors. So, I understand the story is supposed to remain canon with the graphic novel’s backstory, based on Alan Moore and Dave Gibbon’s backstory created for the DC board game. How much movie vs GN tie-in is there, or is it all pure GN backstory?

    2) Watchmen is very, very mature (attempted rape, cleavers in dogs’ skulls, grappling hook in a stomach, etc). With Rorschach as a playable character I expect there to be a lot of violence. Will this be toned down for a Teen rating or am I going to get a faithful Mature rating?

    3) Do they fear the reaction of the ultra die-hard fanboys that make me seem tame?

    4) Finally, if you could get him to give it the time of day, do you think Alan Moore would be happy with the final result?

  • *Didn’t look through the three pages, so if
    it’s been asked apologies*

    Question for God of War:

    Are there any features that were cut from the
    previous games you were able to implement into
    this one?

  • “Under Siege developer’s diary launch!”
    haha i was keeping an eye for that one since the day they launched the site.
    so i already knew -makes a badass pose-
    lol that game looks interesting nonetheless,

    any words from,Eyedentify, Quantum Theory,Steambot Chronicles, would be nice =]

  • :( I’m probably the only Playstation 3 owner that loves his PS3 but has no interest in buying Kill Zone 2

    =P That DL test for the games on PS3, 360 and Wii proved my point, my ISP is cheating me. lol

    I’m happy the SFIV DLC is coming, but with my speeds it’ll take atleast 2 hours for a costume lol.

  • Comment 6 stated that Patapon was not out on PSP in the USA, but I have owned it for around 6 months. Is my copy of the game from out of country? Thanks for clearing that up Jeff!

  • @ kph15h
    your complaining.
    it took me 6 FRIGGEN hours to download KZ2.
    and a week before that i downloaded UBUNTU which is around 1.4 GB and it took just over an hour.
    dunno why but EVERYTHING i download of the psn is dead slow, all software updates have taken at least 3 hours.
    i think its because i dont have my router set up properly, i have not added all the port numbers for the PSN because my father would have my head if i did that.

  • What about the PlayStation 2 support we need for the PS3? What kind of reason is “Due to the extensive line-up of PS3 titles” to not have PS2 support on the PS3?

  • Will fat princess have local multiplayer.

  • hey dude, I know it has nothing to do with this but when is the interface of the ps3 going to be revamped. I mean come on dont you think the menu or XMB should be only on psp, the ps3 is a far superior machine it can do much more…also try to work on an update for faster loading times in the in game xmb.

  • This is off topic but, when will we get the ability to add/remove friends on Playstation.com and will we ever get the Friends List category on PSPs?

  • @137
    This adds on to Katoh’s question;

    Will we be able to organize friends into groups in the future?

    If so, would we be able to organize them by what games they play, What games we play with them, real world location, or even by groups based on how you know them? (Such as Family, Friends, ETC.)

  • sorry, forgot something.. that edit button would really help..

    How often do you check the Playstation Forums to improve updates and game features?

    If you do not check them, do you think you might be able to check it more often to increase satisfaction of gamers?

    lol i hope this isn’t done yet..

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