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The <a href="http://www.spike.com/shows/video-game-awards">2012 Spike Video Game Awards</a> will be underway in just about an hour and we can’t wait to unveil our brand new The Last of Us Story Trailer to the world! We’re peeling back the curtain on Joel and Ellie’s gripping, emotional journey across a post-pandemic United States. Be sure to tune into Spike TV at 9pm ET/6pm PT or watch online below. Excited? We can’t wait to share more of the game as development of The Last of Us progresses! We’ll be talking more about the content you see here and many other aspects of what makes The Last of Us a truly remarkable game in the months to come. More...

The 25th Anniversary Tournament Series has been the backbone of Capcom’s year-long celebration of Street Fighter, and this Saturday, December 8th, The Grand Finals are aimed to deliver one of most epic Ultra combos the fighting game scene has ever experienced. This isn’t just a tournament, this event is a pure bonanza of Street Fighter love: amazing competition, new announcements, killer artwork, tons of freebies, costumes, photos ops, signing sessions… we are even giving away a custom Street Fighter Scion FR-S Sports Coupe! If you’re in the bay area, I highly recommend swinging by. The event (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/363395120391694/">Facebook page here</a>) is free to enter, but is sure to fill up, so get there early in the day if you can. The fun kicks off at 10:00am PST. If you can’t make it in person, don't worry -- we will be live streaming the whole thing from our new <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters">Capcom Fighters</a> channel. We also have a <a href="http://finals.streetfighter25.com">website with the brackets</a> up, so you can follow along with the matches at home. More...

I know, I know, I'm running behind this week. That said, there is <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/12/07/hands-on-bioshock-infinite-for-ps3/">a pretty good reason why</a>. Sadly, there's no BioShock Infinite coverage on today's show -- you'll just have to make do with special guest <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Sessler">Adam Sessler</a>! The Sess is a household name among gamers nationwide thanks to his long run with G4, and now he's got a new project that he's dying to tell you all about. Adam also shares his thoughts on <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/the-last-of-us-ps3.html?CMP=soc_us__ac_sm_05_21_12">The Last of Us</a>,<a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/playstation-all-stars-battle-royale-ps3.html?CMP=soc_us__ac_sm_05_21_12">PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale</a>, and what it was like to throw out every single game box he owned when he relocated to San Francisco. Then we catch up with Sony Santa Monica Studio's <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/author/tpappy/">Todd Papy</a>, game director on <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/god-of-war-ascension-ps3.html?CMP=soc_us__ac_sm_05_21_12">God of War: Ascension</a> for an inside look at the game's long-gestating multiplayer mode. More...

Penned by the show’s writers and brought to life by its original cast of talented voice actors, <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/family-guy-back-to-the-multiverse-ps3.html?CMP=soc_us__ac_sm_05_21_12">Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse</a> is a Family Guy game made for true Family Guy fans. The result is a title that stays authentic to the feel of the series. It’s bursting with characters, references, in-jokes,,absurdities, and obscurities made specifically for Family Guy’s most ardent followers. Here are some favorites: Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse’s antagonists may come from parallel dimensions, but many hail directly from Quahog and the show’s rich history. In addition to Bertram, whose universe-jumping scheme sets the game in motion, Brian and Stewie will have to battle with Crippletron, Evil Stewie, Mayor Adam West (and his cats), Long John Peter, and many more. And there are dozens of notable appearances from other Family Guy figures throughout the story along the way. More...

This week, the Music Unlimited service features <a href="https://blog.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/2012/12/04/new-releases-on-the-music-unlimited-service-12412/">new releases</a> from Ke$ha and Wiz Khalifa, as well as Gavin DeGraw, Hinder, Metric, and Mogwai. And, in case you’ve been holding out, it’s not too late! Our limited time <a href="http://www.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/1-year-premium-plan/">Premium Music Unlimited One Year Subscription</a> is still available to PlayStation Plus members at an insanely low price of $12... that’s $1 a month and savings of over $100 a year based off the normal price of $9.99 a month. As a Premium subscriber, you’ll have access to every feature of our cloud-based music service and our entire catalog of more than 18 million songs that can be streamed ad-free across multiple devices, including: PS3, PSP, PS Vita, PC, Mac, iPhone, iPod, Android smartphone and tablets, and more. If you’re not a PS+ member, you can still take advantage of the Premium Subscription deal, which is still over 50% off the price of a full year’s worth of service at $59.99. On the Video Unlimited service and the PlayStation video store this week, we’re all about the epic Dark Knight trilogy. More...

After seven months, 400,000 competitors, and a six-week television series that captured every challenge and human drama of an intense week of racing boot camp, Steven Doherty of Plainfield, IL defeated the rest of the top 16 to win the coveted title of 2012 GT Academy US Champion. The 29-year old mechanic actually competed in the first US GT Academy competition in 2011, but during the National Finals he missed the final 16 for Silverstone by just six tenths of a second. So in 2012, Steve came back with a vengeance and trained incredibly hard, both mentally and physically, to be a top contender at Silverstone. In the end, Steve came away victorious in the final "Winner Take All" race -- and set an all-time track record amongst all previous GT Academy contestants in the process. More...

In a clever touch, the opening of BioShock Infinite subtly parallels the first moments of the original BioShock. In both games you find yourself adrift in an angry ocean, slowly making your way towards a lighthouse that juts proudly from the sullen sea. The key difference this time is that you don’t plunge into the [...] More...

Welcome to this month's PSN Top Sellers, where we look at what digital content sold most in the past month. This November saw the release of the fifth and final episode of The Walking Dead -- No Time Left. If you've been following these posts, it should come as no surprise that it took the top spot for November, sending off the first season of the Walking Dead game in fine style. Huge congrats go to the entire team at Telltale Games for releasing one of the finest gaming experiences of the year! (Notice how all five episodes are represented on the list, wow!) While the sensational story-telling in The Walking Dead dominated the charts, you'll also find strong debuts from hits like Assassin's Creed III, PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, and Okami HD. We also see great performances from Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified, Persona 4 Golden, and Assassin's Creed III: Liberation. More...

When d3t was approached to make Lemmings for <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/playstation-mobile/">PlayStation Mobile</a>, the initial feeling of excitement was quickly superseded by the realisation that a lot of people would have their eyes on our results. At d3t, we always go the extra mile to deliver the best possible games, so we knew we were the right people for the job. But it’s not every day you get asked to work on a title with a name that resonates with multiple generations of gamers who have enjoyed playing existing versions of the game on numerous gaming systems since it was first published by Psygnosis for the Commodore Amiga in 1991. More...

I’m Ryan Warden, the External Producer for Mass Effect Trilogy. I’ve been with BioWare for almost nine years now – lately I’ve been working to help bring you <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/mass-effect-trilogy-ps3.html?CMP=soc_us__ac_sm_05_21_12">Mass Effect Trilogy</a> for <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps3/">PlayStation 3</a>, and today I’m honored to be able to write a post for PlayStation.Blog! We began work on Mass Effect Trilogy in earnest last April, shortly after <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/mass-effect-3-ps3.html?CMP=soc_us__ac_sm_05_21_12">Mass Effect 3</a> had shipped. The trilogy was complete, but there was a slight complication — there were people who had missed out on one (or more) titles in the series. Clearly this included PS3 owners, who had never had the chance to play the original Mass Effect. Mass Effect Trilogy was a great opportunity to rectify that! More...

It goes without saying that PlayStation.Blog readers are the some of the savviest, most informed gamers out there. So it almost seems silly to tell you that since its launch on November 20th, <a href="http://www.atlus.com/p4g/">Persona 4 Golden</a> has held the honor of being the highest-rated PS Vita title ever according to <a href="http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-vita/persona-4-golden">Metacritic</a> and <a href="http://www.gamerankings.com/vita/641695-persona-4-golden/index.html">Gamerankings</a>. Are you surprised? Of course not, because you know P4G’s immersive 100+ hour adventure backwards and forwards. You know the grounded, relatable characters that are at turns emotional, then hilarious. (Trial of the Dragon, anyone?) You’re more than proficient at finding, fusing, and customizing all the best, strongest Personas to handle Kanji’s steamy bathhouse boss battle. You’ve memorized the list of upgrades and new content that have helped bring Persona 4 Golden to even greater heights of critical success than the beloved PlayStation 2 version it’s based on. More...

Hello again PlayStation fans! <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/11/08/help-fund-psns-sportsfriends-featuring-johann-sebastian-joust-on-kickstarter/">Last month</a>, I posted about <a href=" ">our Kickstarter campaign</a> for <strong>Sportsfriends</strong> – a compendium of four multiplayer indie games, packaged together. The other three Sportsfriends developers already posted about their games – <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/11/21/sportsfriends-barabariball-and-beyond/">BaraBariBall</a>, <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/11/14/sportsfriends-building-a-better-pole-riders/">Super Pole Riders</a>, and <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/11/29/sportsfriends-pass-the-hokra-please/">Hokra</a>. We need <em>your</em> support to help bring it to <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps3/">PS3</a>, so I want to tell you about the fourth and final Sportsfriends game – my <a href="http://us.playstation.com/ps3/playstation-move/?CMP=soc_us__ac_sm_05_21_12">PlayStation Move</a> game, <a href="http://www.jsjoust.com/">Johann Sebastian Joust</a>. More...

Still haven't gotten behind the wheel of <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/littlebigplanet-karting-ps3.html?CMP=soc_us__ac_sm_05_21_12">LittleBigPlanet Karting</a>? You're in luck: the official LBP Karting Demo is available now! Containing a Tutorial track, two Story tracks, a minigame, and a solid selection of costumes, karts, stickers, and more to customize your experience with, the Karting demo is a fantastic way to try our game before you buy. Give it a go and if you enjoy it, remember that the full game contains <strong>over 10 times</strong> more tracks, costumes, and other content than the demo. And that's just what's on the disc! Add to that all of the content made in Create mode and the list becomes nearly endless. LittleBigPlanet Karting has only been in the community’s hands for a few weeks now, and there is already a ton of content to download and start exploring. So if you’re not feeling especially creative and would rather jump right into some pre-made levels, there’s plenty to choose from. More...

There’s a lot to enjoy this week on the PlayStation Store. Ubisoft’s <a href="http://www.metacritic.com/game/playstation-3/far-cry-3">critically acclaimed</a> Far Cry 3 is available for download – so even if you can’t get to the store you can enjoy the game. There are also two highly anticipated bundles – the Rockstar Games Collection Edition 1, which includes Red Dead Redemption, Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, L.A. Noire and Midnight Club: Los Angeles and the Mass Effect Trilogy, which includes all of the titles, including the original as well as some DLC. Other games of note on PSN this week include Guardians of Middle Earth, Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus, Page Chronica and Rotastic. If you’re looking for Vita content, both Uncharted: Fight for Fortune card game and DJMax Technika Tune are releasing this week. More...

Starting today, I’m happy to report that <a href="http://www.easports.com/">EA Sports</a> is bundling four of its hit <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps3/">PS3</a> sports titles with tons of bonus downloadable content on <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/psn/">PSN</a>! If you’ve been meaning to pick up <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/madden-nfl-13-ps3.html?CMP=soc_us__ac_sm_05_21_12">Madden NFL 13</a>, <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/ncaa-football-13-ps3.html?CMP=soc_us__ac_sm_05_21_12">NCAA Footaball 13</a>, <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/ea-sports-fifa-soccer-13-ps3.html?CMP=soc_us__ac_sm_05_21_12">FIFA Soccer 13</a>, or <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/tiger-woods-pga-tour-13-ps3.html?CMP=soc_us__ac_sm_05_21_12">Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 13</a>, this is the perfect opportunity -- and yes, this deal is only on PSN. You’ll be able to download the full game and extra content bundle all month long. More...

<a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/11/19/uncharted-fight-for-fortune-coming-to-ps-vita-in-december/">Last month</a> I announced UNCHARTED: Fight for Fortune, an original <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/">PS Vita</a> title building on the UNCHARTED universe, was going to launch exclusively on the PlayStation Store in December. I'm here now to let everyone know that you can download it today! UNCHARTED: Fight for Fortune is an action-adventure turn based card game featuring all the heroes and villains that you have met throughout the UNCHARTED games, including <a href="http://us.playstation.com/psvita/games-and-media/psv-uncharted-golden-abyss.html?CMP=soc_us__ac_sm_05_21_12">UNCHARTED: Golden Abyss</a> on PS Vita, which directly ties into your experience in Fight For Fortune. The learning curve for card games can be steep, but rest assured we spent a considerable amount of time in the early design of UNCHARTED: Fight for Fortune to make sure it was going to be easy to learn, engaging and a whole lot of fun to play. More...

Hey Sound Shapers, we're really excited to announce our first wave of DLC: four new packs are coming your way – three Sound Packs and a Curved Terrain Pack. The Sound Packs each include five new instruments, five brand new Beat School levels, and for you Trophy hunters, <strong>five new Trophies</strong>! The Sound Packs are $0.99 each, and the Curved Terrain Pack is free. You'll find everything in our new in-game Sound Shapes Music Shop today. (You can also grab them on PSN, as usual.) Here's a short trailer with a track we put together using some of the new sounds. And remember, if you create something you're digging, tell us on <a href="http://twitter.com.soundshapes">Twitter</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/soundshapesgame">Facebook</a>, or <a href="http://soundshapesgame.tumblr.com/">Tumblr</a> – we love playing your levels. More...

While <a href="http://www.gunghoonline.com/">GungHo Online Entertainment America</a> may be a relatively new company, its parent company has some incredibly extensive backlogs filled with cult classics and esoteric hits! Today, for the first time ever, GOEA has brought six of these old-school Japanese PlayStation games to America. This post will discuss what these games are all about, how they play, and how accessible they are to the non-Japanese speaking crowd! Zanac is a classic shoot ‘em up that was originally released on the MSX and later ported to the NES. It was later tweaked, revamped, and made ever-more-awesome in its sequel, Zanac Neo. ZANAC x ZANAC contains three different versions of the original Zanac, as well as Zanac Neo in one neat little package. While rail-shooters and bullet hell games are nothing new, Zanac represents a level of polish and style worthy of being considered a true classic. More...

It’s official: More people stream <a href="http://netflix.com/">Netflix</a> content to their televisions via <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps3/">PS3</a> than any other device worldwide. This is a major milestone, and one we’re particularly proud of considering the myriad Netflix-compatible streaming devices on the market, from other gaming consoles to smart TVs and internet-connected set-top boxes. To demonstrate why our partnership has been so valuable for both PlayStation owners and Netflix users, we asked Netflix CEO Reed Hastings a chance to offer some further insight: <em>"PS3 is our largest TV-connected platform in terms of Netflix viewing, and this year, at times, even surpassed the PC in hours of Netflix enjoyment to become our number one platform overall...</em> More...

Hey, gamers! The studio that brought you Far Cry 3’s online experience is preparing something big to kick off the new year: the co-op DLC pack, High Tides, exclusively on PS3 for console gamers. This January, we’re releasing two entirely new co-op chapters, Jailbreak and Redemption. These new chapters feature the culmination of all the hard work we’ve put into the main co-op campaign. They’re truly the best of the best. High Tides will take place where the original six co-op chapters left off. These are the gang’s final moments, and we’re really challenging ourselves to go all-out. We’ve got new missions, tougher fights, bigger competitions, some great up-close time with your favorite characters, and explosive moments unlike anything you’ve seen before. Can you tell we’re excited? More...

EcoFish is a game I personally wanted to do for a long time. It's based on games from my childhood - games that I loved but for some reason haven’t been re-done and re-invented a million times already. If you liked old-school platformers you’ll find lots of new games still being made in that genre, but if you look for games like QiX, Styx or Gal's Panic, you're not likely to find many. It wasn't hard to convince the rest of the team since they played those classics too and loved the 'genre' as much as I did! The core mechanic of the game consists of drawing lines starting from the borders of the playable area enclosing parts of it that are 'acquired'. If you enclose an enemy within the area you acquire, it is destroyed. We thought this kind of gameplay would fit particularly well on touchscreens and, of course, the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/">PS Vita</a>. More...

It’s been a couple of weeks since Seth <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/11/15/first-playstation-all-stars-dlc-kat-and-emmett-join-the-battle-royale-for-free/">let the Kat (and the Emmett!) out of the bag</a>, so I thought I’d stop in and give you guys some insight into the philosophy behind putting these two great characters into <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/playstation-all-stars-battle-royale-ps3.html?CMP=soc_us__ac_sm_05_21_12">PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale</a>. The team and I attended an event at the Santa Monica Studios last night where we gave media attendees the first hands-on look at our new DLC, including the unveil of a brand new level, so I wanted to give you all a sneak peek at some of their moves and show off our newest level, Fearless! It’s all exciting stuff that I’m eager to tell you all about, so let’s get started. <a href="http://us.playstation.com/psvita/games-and-media/psv-gravity-rush.html?CMP=soc_us__ac_sm_05_21_12">Gravity Rush</a> landed on PlayStation Vita earlier this year, introducing us to Kat. More...

Starhawk fans, we'd like to thank you once again for your support in keeping the battle for Rift Energy thriving online. The team is committed to keeping the servers maintained, and ensuring the war rages on. If you've been following or participating in our Starhawk MLG tournament, you may be aware of the grand final that is going down <em>today</em> at 5:00PM PST. It'll feature the Top 16 players from the PlayStation Hall of Play leaderboard, going head to head in a fierce "Best of 7" match for their share of the prize pool -- a cool $12,000 -- just in time for a Holiday gaming shopping spree, no doubt. Second place will walk away with $6,000 -- yes, it pays to join these tournaments! Our good friends at <a href="http://urgentfury.com/">UrgentFury.com</a> will be hosting the live stream on Twitch at 5:00PM PST <a href="http://www.twitch.tv/urgentfury">here</a>. More...

This Wednesday, December 5th, The Casino introduces Bingo, LOOT’s much-awaited Active Radios will soon fill the air, Granzella and Konami release new fantasy outfits, while Lockwood has several new exciting updates to share. Let’s get to it. <strong>Digital Leisure – Bingo + Old West Saloon Clubhouse</strong> Grab on to your daubers it’s time for Bingo! In this contest, players face off against each other in an all out numeric battle royale! Be sure to pay close attention because these numbers come at you fast. If you’re the first to correctly mark the pattern and call bingo, you’ll take home some of the biggest jackpots in Paradise Springís history! Head to The Casino and make your way down to the Bingo Hall located in The Concourse. It’s bingo time! More...

Since June, <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/">PS Vita</a> owners have enjoyed watching videos via the YouTube app on the device’s brilliant 5†OLED screen, bringing you entertaining, hilarious, and viral videos, plus trailers for the hottest games coming to PS Vita and <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps3/">PS3</a> on the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/playstation">official PlayStation channel</a>. While PS Vita’s YouTube app launched with a robust set of features, today you can update the app to version 2, bringing several new features that will enhance your viewing experience even further. Here are the highlights: <ul><li><strong>Subscriptions and channels:</strong> Now you can view and manage your subscriptions (including your subscription to the PlayStation YouTube channel), browse all videos on a specific channel and check out detailed information in the “About this channel†menu option.</li></ul> More...