Scott Pilgrim vs The World vs PSN today!

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Three months ago, how many of you had heard of Scott Pilgrim? I’ve got to admit, I hadn’t. But after seeing the game at E3, I got really interested in the world created by Bryan Lee O’Malley. Now I’ve read all six of the books (highly recommended), will be seeing the movie this week (again!), and will definitely be playing Scott Pilgrim vs The World later today when it debuts exclusively on PSN.

First take a look at this brand-spanking-new trailer:

If that doesn’t convince you that this game is for you, I’m not sure what will. If you’re all about the 8-bit beat ‘em up style and chiptune music, do read on.

Recently, I (along with writers from a few other gaming sites) had the opportunity to chat with both Bryan Lee O’Malley (the creator of Scott Pilgrim) and Edgar Wright (the director of the upcoming Scott Pilgrim vs The World movie). Both have serious gaming cred; the Scott Pilgrim books are laden with gaming references, and Wright’s Shaun of the Dead and Spaced both prominently featured PlayStation games.

Now I was going to spend a couple of hours carefully transcribing the half-hour conversation and placing the reams of text here. Then I noticed that Game Informer’s Ben Reeves, who was sitting about 4 feet to the right of me during the interview, already did that. You should read it.

My questions were about PSP appearing in Book #6 (O’Malley is a fan of Half-Minute Hero) and how Anamanaguchi got involved in making the game’s (awesome, chiptune) soundtrack.

If you’ve got any further questions, feel free to drop them in, and I’ll see what I can do to get them answered. Otherwise, keep an eye out for the full game (and the free demo) later this afternoon.

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  • I am still not able to download the full game. The demo completed but I don’t know how long that has been available. So far my first experience buying a game download on PS3 has been a pain compared to xbox marketplace.

    Also, why is it priced $9.99? Thought it was $15, so I pre-purchased it Sunday from Ubi-soft for $9.99 to save money, and didn’t.

  • it was always $9.99. the preorder was a little pointless. you download the demo, then you install the full game unlock which is 6KB. should work just fine after that.

  • It seems to be fine when you download both I’m not sure what the limits are of the demo but I’ve been playing for 20min now and it’s not stopping so it looks good.

  • Anyone playing this with a arcade stick? I imagine it’s much better. I just got a Madcatz TE MvsC for my 360 =0( wish it was for my PS3.

  • Ok, It’s working now! Win!

  • I get a ‘There are no users.’ error after I press start. The code downloaded first, follow by the demo. Is that a problem? I can’t get past the screen

  • for those who pre-ordered it, when can wwe get our sex bob-omb t-shirt? the code isn’t working so I’m guessing it comes later

  • The Sex Bob-omb avatar shirt is available for download Aug. 14th. That way you have to log back in and download it. They couldn’t have it available today too, it would bring down the PlayStation network. :p

  • Correction Sex Bob-omb shirt on Aug. 12th. My bad.

  • This game is awesome, widescreen old school beat’em up. I started on the “easy” mode. Yeah right I’m getting worked. But I think with some practice of these combos I will easily defeat the 7 evil ex’s and Romona will be MINE.

  • make sure your controller is on 1. mine was on 2 for some reason and it said no users. changing it fixed it.

  • so jeff, can i get a free voucher for this. k thanks bye

  • Can I buy this on Amazon.com too?

  • I just download and played the demo of Scott Pilgrim game. I lost my lives, and when I tried to CONTINUE, the game failed leaving a blank screen of death. I reboot the PS3 and when I try to play again guess what ? BLANK SCREEN. Please fix this. Thanks !

  • Thank you, Demonoid55

  • so i downloaded the demo seems really cool, but i really wish there was online co-op since i no longer live near all my friends so it would have been nice to play with them since we like the book, but i think the movie looks kinda stupid.

  • wow did ubisoft not have money at all and decided to be very cheap to make this in a 8-bit game engine.

    Ubisoft you failed badly. this is PS3 i expected this game to be in 3D not 8-bit crap.

  • @ KILLZONE79

    If you know anything about the Scott Pilgrim books (which you probably don’t) Scott plays the classic 8-bit type of games. This is a great game, go run and play your first person shooters!! When you don’t know anything, please don’t comment!!

  • @KILLZONE79

    You obviously don’t get Scott Pilgrim if you are complaining about this.

  • Fun Demo, but I will wait it out to see if it lowers in price. I know it is only $9.99, but so was Earthworm Jim.
    No online is really a hit. This isn’t a blockbuster game that took a large team to develop. I’ve just played Earthworm Jim and Turtles in time with a friend of mine online and we had a blast. There is no excuse to limit me to friends in the room. I should have the option for both, this isn’t the Wii.
    I would recommend that all PSN games that can be online, be online.

  • looks better than the movie

  • GREAT GAME! the most fun i had in a long time….

    i need the soundtrack to the game though… it is way too good any word on a release for it?? i would rather an official release (free or not) that to download a hack job version because you guys actually deserve money for the audio score. this is one rare occasion indeed if i am willing to pay for it… goodjob UBI montreal.

  • I just downloaded the game and it’s not working right for me. The first level takes FOREVER to load, and once it does there’s no audio for awhile. it’s like… there’s a lag in the audio…and it’s frozen on me 3 times now. and there’s supposed to be 3 characters that run across the street before Scott shows up, but only one runs,then Scott shows up, then another runs by,and the 3rd one never shows. I really wish I knew what the issue was…

  • Can’t lie. I bought this game largely for the fact that it’s based in Toronto. And it’s a blast too!

    Toronto needs to be represented in more videogames.

  • I bought the game and installed it, but it doesn’t show up on my ps3. What’s the deal? Help!

  • Full Game keep freezing when i try to play the first level with my brothers anybody experiencing this. The audio keep goin in and out also.

  • I’m also having freezing issues and audio stoping sometimes…..but while its working this game is so much fun!!

  • The no users error seems to happen if you try to start the game with any controller other than #1

  • Do not do background dls while playing the game… 8)

  • I was really hoping the Demo would at least be for PSP, but I guess not. I’ve only got a PSP and don’t have the money for a PS3. Oh well, any hope for some wallpapers and downloadable themes/media for the PSP from Scott Pilgrim? We’d really love it :D

  • Yeah beat the game XD great tittle for the awsomenes with the bunch at home

  • Wow, I just spent some more time with this game tonight, and it is so much fun! Once you level up your character, things get a bit easier, and a bit more fun! I LOVE THIS GAME!!

  • i dont get why peaple are complaining it seems the only ppl with problems had a pre order code i didnt and im not having any trouble btw this game is [DELETED] tough but i like it

  • Do they have plans of adding online multiplayer?

  • This game is awesome baby. WIth a capital A!

  • Will the anamanaguchi sountrack for this game be on sale?

  • Got the full game and fought Lucas Lee, it’s great and all but it still needs several bug fixes ubisoft!

    Music disappears often (pressing L1 seems to trigger the bug but it also happened randomly), it crashed after watching the full intro as well.

    I love the RPG style progression system, it reminded me of the Yakuza games. For those having trouble, there’s a store that sells a permanent strenght upgrade – buy it!

  • Is there going to be an installment of online co-op in the future?

  • i don’t know for the people who have sound problem and some other stuff but i played at 7h PM to 2h AM and i got NO problem. and for those who think it’s crappy because it’s in 2D go **** yourself this game is awesome

  • HELP!! is it just my game or does this happen to all of you? ok on level 1-3 “THE COIN STAGE” with fly’n piggy banks there is a bunch of code all over the screen and back grounds all messed up ? i dont think it should look like that, its kinda like when i didnt put a nintendo cartrage in all the way looks like ( 3210) all over , i re-downloaded it but its still there , please help !!! i never seem to get a response on here so where do i go ?

  • @wareLORD subspace highways are supposed to look like that

  • bewares of gideon o.o

  • @pkpwner wow really lol thats funny ok my girl thought that too just wasnt sure thanx..

  • this game is pretty good…. lacking online. they should put it in would make the game worth playing over again even more. we don’t live in the 90’s anymore come on online!!!!

    with that said Super Double Dragon on psn add online play and i’ll be happy.

    Final Fight is awesome glad they brought that back. 2 games for the price of 1. $9.99 go buy that it has online by the way.

  • do you guys plan to fix the glitches in the game.

  • what glitch. ive just been playing it for like 2 hours. plays perfect

  • Just started. Game is amazing and movie even moreso. Hoping for the co-op patch but 4 friends on the couch works too!

  • Well there be DLC or support for this game in the future.

  • When I saw that Scott Pilgrim’s was using this 8 bit style, and the revival of the style in general I was expecting to buy this for my PSPgo off the PSN. Needless to say, its not currently available.

    With iPhone taking marketshare from both Sony and Nintendo, I would have thought there’d be a more agressive effort to get us as many great games as possible, at this $9.99 pricepoint and lower.

    I hope Sony isn’t too large of a company that changes direction so slowly that it gets left behind. Every missed opportunity adds up, and hands more users to the competition.

  • When you go spirit mode and you can revive someone what exactly do you have to do ? Just hover over the persons body and press a button? Me and My cuzzy were playing Zombie mode and I can’t revive him like that or is it a glitch?? :O

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