Commander Fury

A couple of months ago, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/psvita#p/u/14/X_cZQp9yqos">a video surfaced</a> that showed off some cool-looking augmented reality apps running on <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/">PS Vita</a>. Since then, it’s <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/12/22/playstation-vita-launch-lineup-and-details/">been confirmed</a> that Vita will come with six AR Play Cards and a voucher to download a handful of free augmented reality mini games via the <a href="http://us.playstation.com/psn/">PSN</a>. Today at <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/ces12/">CES</a>, we were able to see one of these games in action: Table Football (it will be called Table Soccer in the US, <em>because we already have football</em>). More...

Happy birthday, <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/dc-universe-online/">DC Universe Online</a>! Yes, today is the first anniversary of the launch of DCUO, and what a great year it has been. I want to take this chance to thank all of our players for always keeping us on our toes and helping make this game better every day. From our launch as the first action MMO on the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps3/">PlayStation 3</a> computer entertainment system to our incredible Free-to-Play transition, so much has happened in the past year that it’s hard to even keep up. I’ll throw some fun facts out there so you can see just how much can be crammed in to 365 days. Since launch… More...

PlayStation and Taco Bell just dished out some exciting news live at <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/ces12/">CES</a>! While the US launch of PlayStation Vita is still more than a month away, PlayStation and Taco Bell have teamed up to give you the chance to win yours before they go on sale in stores. Starting January 26th through March 11th, one winner will be selected <em>EVERY 15 MINUTES</em>! The folks at Taco Bell are eager to give you three ways to win your very own PS Vita: Unlock, Battle or Boast. Here’s a quick breakdown: <strong>UNLOCK THE BOX</strong>: Beginning January 26th, Taco Bell’s specially marked $5 Buck Box – which includes a Cheesy Gordita Crunch, Crunchy Taco, Burrito Supreme and medium fountain drink – will also provide a code that can be entered online for an instant chance to “unlock†and win a PS Vita. More...

Last month, we threw open the doors to a <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/11/28/san-francisco-ps-vita-meet-ups-kick-off-this-week/">San Francisco location</a> where gamers could just walk right in and go hands on with <a href="https://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/">PlayStation Vita</a>. The <a href=" ">reaction was rapturous</a>, but why should California get all the love? Frankly, I think the Golden State is starting to get a little spoiled. Starting next week, Vita Hill Social Clubs are opening in <strong>five</strong> of <a href="http://us.playstation.com/psn/events/vitahillsocialclub.html">America’s great cities</a>, and we’ll be holding grand opening meetups in all of them: <blockquote> <h4>Tuesday, January 17th</h4> <strong>Chicago</strong> (<a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/196827067079548/">click here to RSVP</a>) <a href="http://g.co/maps/asvqn">1444 N. Milwaukee Ave</a> Your host: Jeff Rubenstein from PlayStation.Blog </blockquote> More...

It’s a release of great new content on PlayStation Store, including new games and some amazing first looks at some of 2012’s most anticipated titles! Today, we complete the Final Fantasy PS one Classics presence with the release of Final Fantasy Origins. See the roots of the Final Fantasy series with this collection, which includes Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy II. These versions sport updated presentations from their original 8-bit debuts but retain the same gameplay that launched this venerable franchise. Additional games headlining the New Releases include Crazy Machines Elements and <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/01/09/choplifter-hd-hits-psn-tuesday-zombies-included/">Choplifter HD</a>. Create series of chain reactions in the latest addition to the award-winning Crazy Machines series or jump into a classic arcade adventure reimagined in HD with Choplifter HD! Both also have demos available for download. More...

This Wednesday, January 11th will see yet another enormous update to <a href="https://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/playstation-home/">PlayStation Home</a>, with new games to play, a massive expansion to one of our most popular titles, and tons of collectible items. For starters, our friends over at Digital Leisure are opening the doors to their all-new Casino game space. Many of you have been asking for more casino-styled games since the launch of PlayStation Home Hold ‘Em and we’re proud to serve up an extremely elegant game space plucked straight from the Strip with all of the fun of a Vegas vacation without the high cost of admission. More...

If you’re a fan of college sports like I am, you’ll be excited to hear that we are launching two college sports applications on <a href="http://us.playstation.com/psn/">PlayStation Network</a> today to complement your sports entertainment experience. Through the <a href="http://www.xossports.com/">XOS College Sports</a> and <a href="http://secondemand.com/">SEC Digital Network</a> applications, PS3 users now have access to a customizable college sports platform to stream current and classic content on-demand, and make the PS3 the first and only gaming console to offer these applications. The new applications give fans multi-sport, multi-conference access to full games and historic documentaries along with the ability to play, pause and replay your favorite moments from some of the most watched games in history. More...

A major outcry by PS3 Modern Warfare 3 players as Activision announced that the first maps for Call of Duty Elite members would launch on January 24th to XBox 360. They did not mention any release information for PlayStation 3 as of this post. The common outcry is why did we pay full price for Elite but we are not getting the map paks at the same time as XBox… This may be a rude awakening for Activision… We will update this as we hear more. More...

Last week, <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/01/05/meet-the-complete-season-3-cast-of-the-tester/">we introduced the twelve gamers</a> who will compete against one another for a coveted Production Associate position at SCEA’s Santa Monica Studio. If you watched the <a href="http://thetester.com/index.html">cast</a> introduction video, you met the eclectic group: from ninjanomyx’s freestyle rapping skills to Suzkaiden’s passionate desire to work at PlayStation. We also introduced our returning panelists from last season: reality TV star Adrianne Curry is back with Brent Gocke, senior release manager from SCEA, and host <a href="http://www.meredithmolinari.com/">Meredith Molinari</a>. In addition to our returning panelists, we’re bringing in a star-studded list of game industry professionals, who will test the contestants over a broad range of skills necessary to make it in the business and, most of all, whether they deserve a shot at the grand prize. We have a great line-up of panelists and special guests, including: • <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/author/jgarvin/">John Garvin</a> – Game Director, Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Director, Product Development, Sony Bend Studio • <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/author/djaffe/">David Jaffe</a> – Co-Director “Twisted Metal†and Co-Founder of Eat Sleep Play More...

We're still recovering from a massive 2011 year in games. And, now, only 10 days into the new year, <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/qore/">Qore</a>'s looking into 2012 and things are already looking very strong...again. Jesse Blaze Snider gears up for an extensive ride (and preview) through <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/twisted-metal/">Twisted Metal</a>. Sweet Tooth and company have lots of new tricks (and weapons) ready to bust out on PS3 and Jesse gets his hands all over them. He also gets his hands on the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/">PS Vita</a> for a sweet preview on how upcoming games are taking advantage of the front and rear touch screens, dual cameras, motion sensors, and cross-platform play. With so little snow here in California and a warm winter over much of the US, the only way to make some tracks this year might be with <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/ssx/">SSX</a>. With insane new tricks and environments crafted from actual NASA data, the Qore preview travels to the highest summits of this extreme sports world to experience this thrilling new version. More...

As you may have heard during today’s Sony Electronics press conference at the <a href="http://www.cesweb.org/">Consumer Electronics Show</a> in Las Vegas, PlayStation and <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/netflix/">Netflix</a> are teaming up again to bring tens of thousands of hours of movies and TV episodes from Netflix to the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/">PS Vita</a> for US customers. The <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps3/">PlayStation 3</a> is of one the most popular devices for watching movies and TV shows streamed over the internet from Netflix. Now all those movies and TV episodes can be watched on PS Vita’s stunning high-def OLED front touch screen. The addition of Netflix streaming to PS Vita’s unique, powerful gameplay experiences gives users even more access and flexibility to the content they want, when they want it and where they want it. More...

One of the things that I like about working for <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/playstation/">PlayStation</a> is that immediately following the holiday break, we’re right back into the action with the <a href="http://www.cesweb.org/">International Consumer Electronics Show</a>. While CES isn’t a huge gaming show, there is always a gaming component - <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/">PlayStation Vita</a> is our focus on the show floor this year. And since many gamers are technophiles, many of us have more than a passing interest in the tech on display at this mega-conference. For instance, I first laid eyes on the XBR HX929 HDTV that’s currently hanging on my living room wall at last year’s CES...and now I lay eyes on it every night as it hangs on my living room wall. More...

<a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/hellfire-games/">Hellfire Games</a> is proud to announce that Novus Prime: Vindication, the newest expansion for our multiplayer space shooter <a href="http://www.facebook.com/NovusPrime">Novus Prime</a>, is coming to <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/playstation-home/">PlayStation Home</a> this Wednesday, January 11th. We’ve been hard at work on Vindication for several months, and we’re looking forward to hearing what you all think! Here’s a preview of what to expect with the newest expansion. More...

I speak for the whole team when I say that we are incredibly excited about our latest game to hit <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/psn/">PSN</a>, the minis title Mecho Wars for $4.99. Based on the characters, world, and distinctive visual style crafted by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luc_Bernard">Luc Bernard</a>, Mecho Wars is a turn-based strategy game where you command your troops to expand into enemy territory, control and collect resources, and conquer your enemy’s structures. The story of Mecho Wars details the rise of the Winged Crusade in the distant land of Divination Deserts, in a war between the Winged Crusade and the Landians. This is not your typical desert: there is plenty of water that separates land masses. To sustain your army, you’ll need to capture factories to expand your maximum army support, take over cities to earn gold from the rich economic hubs, and defeat the enemy by capturing their HQ building while simultaneously defending your own. Don’t forget strategic unit composition and troop positioning as each unit type has its own strengths and weaknesses. Mecho Wars features a day/night cycle where the water that normally restricts your movement paths during the day freezes at night, allowing for unexpected skirmishes and ambushes. In addition to the rich, story-driven campaign, the Mecho Wars minis title features a new and extended soundtrack, a special set of individual challenge maps, and local multiplayer support on a single device for both the PS3 and PSP. More...

I really get a kick out of the fact that I am now considered an "indie" again after all these years. I have been making games for nearly 30 years, having built a top-five PC publishing house called Interplay around such major franchises as The Bard's Tale, Wasteland, Baldur's Gate, Fallout, Descent and more. In the early days, I developed games for other companies and moved up the food chain to become a publisher so that I could make games "my way.†And here I sit, again readying our first major release in <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/choplifter-hd/">Choplifter HD</a> as a digital publisher and having created the game the way I wanted. Our company tagline at Interplay was "By Gamers. For Gamers" and it are those same values we used in creating <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/choplifter-hd-ps3.html">Choplifter HD</a>. Choplifter was a very important game when it was originally released back in 1982 and achieved #1 status at the time. Dan Gorlin, the original creator, really understood the humanness of saving little people from tough situations. It was a great action game for sure, but there was something about saving those little guys. And certainly it just never gets dull blowing things up in a big way! I felt that Choplifter would be a perfect game style to bring back, but fully realized with all the modern gameplay expectations. More...

<a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/modnation-racers-road-trip/">ModNation Racers: Road Trip</a> features a brand spankin’ new set of 25+ tracks in an all-new career mode. No resting on your laurels from <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/modnation-racers/">ModNation Racers</a> for <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps3/">PS3</a>. This is a completely new experience with a new set of challenges to enjoy. <strong>1. New Career Tours</strong> The 25+ ALL NEW tracks in ModNation Racers: Road Trip are divided in five tours of five races each in an effort to claim victory in the Mod Championship! Initial tours introduce the basics of racing like drifting and boosting <a href=" http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/12/12/modnation-racers-road-trip-new-racing-features/">(See Here)</a>, track layouts, the exciting new weapons <a href=" http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/12/19/modnation-racers-road-trip-recipe-for-fun-big-bad-weapons/">(See Here)</a> and how to use (or avoid) props or attacks on tracks. More...

<p style="text-align: justify;">Welcome back and happy new year, to what will surely be an amazing and ambitious year for the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps3/">PS3</a> and the long awaited <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/">PS Vita</a>.</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/the-drop/">The Drop</a> returns this new year with Final Fantasy Origins on PSone Classics. Sports Champions, the must have <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/playstation-move/">PS Move</a> game for all fans of*precision*motion controlling is a full digital download on <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/psn/">PSN</a>.*Inspired by Asian mythology and fused with science fiction, Asura's Wrath awaits your button mashing skills with a downloadable demo. Also, you heard it on the sixth episode of <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/01/05/official-playstation-blogcast-episode-006-ps-vita-goes-beyond/">PlayStation BlogCast</a> first, Final Fantasy XIII-2 gets its own demo as well!*Enjoy this week's <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/the-drop/">The Drop</a>.</p> More...

It's a whole new year, and around here that means: It's time for CES. The <a href="http://www.cesweb.org/">2012 International Consumer Electronics Show</a> 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. <h4>The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of January 2, 2012)</h4> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.delicious.com/redirect?url=http%3A//www.destructoid.com/toys-r-us-has-rayman-origins-for-20-with-free-shipping-219182.phtml%3Futm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BDestructoid%2B%2528Destructoid%2529">Toys'R'Us has Rayman Origins for $20 with free shipping - Destructoid</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.delicious.com/redirect?url=http%3A//www.destructoid.com/amy-s-playstation-3-price-to-be-decided-by-facebook-poll-219209.phtml%3Futm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BDestructoid%2B%2528Destructoid%2529">Amy's PlayStation 3 price to be decided by Facebook poll - Destructoid</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.shacknews.com/article/71872/noby-noby-boy-reaches-uranus">Noby Noby Boy reaches Uranus - Shacknews.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.siliconera.com/2012/01/03/parasite-eve-storyboards-slip-out">Parasite Eve Storyboards Slip Out - Siliconera</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.delicious.com/redirect?url=http%3A//www.siliconera.com/2012/01/04/escape-plan-before-sony-brought-it-to-vita-plus-dark-fairytale-game-concept-art/%3Futm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2Bsiliconera%252FMkOc%2B%2528Siliconera%2529">Escape Plan Before Sony Brought It To Vita (Plus Dark Fairytale Game Concept Art) - Siliconera</a></li> More...

Here we go again! A new year brings a new batch of gaming and tech events, starting with next week's <a href="http://www.cesweb.org/">Consumer Electronics Show</a> in sultry Las Vegas, NV. Jeff and Rey will be going to check in on <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/">PS Vita</a> 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 <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/01/05/a-musical-journey/">beautiful new orchestral trailer for Journey</a>, the sound designer for Shinobido 2 dropped by to share <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/01/06/shinobido-2-developers-discuss-the-sounds-of-assassination/">insights into game audio development</a>, and a new batch of movies, TV shows, and music content hit <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/01/06/new-on-playstation-video-store-and-music-unlimited-19/">Video Unlimited and Music Unlimited</a> on PSN. What was your favorite news this week? And what did you play over the long holiday break? More...

I’m happy to announce Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition, a brand-new version of <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/gran-turismo-5/">Gran Turismo 5</a> packed with even more features, functionality, and content. Here’s what you can expect to find inside when it rolls out to stores starting January 17th: <blockquote> <strong>Gran Turismo 5 XL Edition Contents</strong> <ul> <li>Original Gran Turismo 5 game, featuring more than 1,000 cars, 20+ locations with 70+ track layouts, diverse racing styles including rally, track, karting, NASCAR, and more, deep online community features and online racing, plus Gran Turismo TV, Course Maker and more.</li> <li>All of the new and improved features and functionality from all free downloadable game updates up through <a href="http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/products/gt5/spec2/">Spec 2.0</a> included on the disc.</li> <li>Voucher good for over $20 worth of <a href="http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/products/gt5/dlc/">DLC content</a>, including the Racing Car Pack, Car Pack 2, Course Pack, Racing Gear Pack, and Paint Pack.</li></ul> </blockquote> More...

Hello again, <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/'>http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/">PS Vita</a> fans! Hoping you enjoyed our premiere of the first <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/shinobido-2-revenge-of-zen/'>http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/shinobido-2-revenge-of-zen/">Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen</a> details not long ago. As promised, I’m back to share a post with you from our friends on the development team ACQUIRE Corp. Our friend Toshiko Tazaki has more details to share on how they shaped the tension and atmosphere in their upcoming assassin-thriller. Have a look and a listen down below, and stay tuned to <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/">PlayStation.Blog</a> as we lead up to the game’s launch on February 22nd for more in-depth looks at how the team brought this killer game together on the <a href="http://us.playstation.com/psvita/">PS Vita</a>. Hello again, <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/'>http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/">PS Vita</a> fans! Hoping you enjoyed our premiere of the first <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/shinobido-2-revenge-of-zen/'>http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/shinobido-2-revenge-of-zen/">Shinobido 2: Revenge of Zen</a> details not long ago. As promised, I’m back to share a post with you from our friends on the development team ACQUIRE Corp. Our friend Toshiko Tazaki has more details to share on how they shaped the tension and atmosphere in their upcoming assassin-thriller. Have a look and a listen down below, and stay tuned to <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/">PlayStation.Blog</a> as we lead up to the game’s launch on February 22nd for more in-depth looks at how the team brought this killer game together on the <a href="http://us.playstation.com/psvita/">PS Vita</a>. More...

An all-star casts leads the medical thriller <strong>Contagion</strong> breaking out this week in <em>New Releases</em>. A virus pandemic threatens a high level of the human population as members of the medical community around the world race to find a workable cure. Matt Damon (The Adjustment Bureau), Marion Cotillard (Midnight in Paris), Laurence Fishburne (Predators), Jude Law (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Gwyneth Paltrow (The Avengers), and Kate Winslet (Mildred Pierce) star in this film by acclaimed director Steven Soderbergh (The Informant!). Co-written by Guillermo del Toro, <strong>Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark</strong> hits <em>Movies</em> this week with spine-tingling action. Set in the 1800s, mysterious creatures haunt the basement of a quiet girl in Rhode Island. Directed by comic book artist Troy Nixey, the film stars Guy Pearce (Mildred Pierce), Katie Holmes (Jack & Jill) and Bailee Madison (Just Go With It). More...

Let’s say you’re curious as to how, exactly, developer Infinity Ward determines whether an online offence is grave enough to warrant banning from their blockbuster shooterModern Warfare 3. Or you’re an asshole who just wants to see how far he/she can push it before copping a ban.*To satisfy your potentially self-harming curiosity, here is exactly how Infinity Ward deal with cheaters.*How they’re warned, what the various stages of punishment are, the works.*The complete guidelines have been publicly shared by Infinity Ward, and focus on the six things you can do that can result in a ban: Boosting, cheating, glitching, hacking, offensive behaviour and an offensive gamertag. Boosting *- Any player demonstrating ‘game abuse’ in the form of organizing cooperative or single game play for the purpose of gaining experience, prestige, score, weapon levels, icons, titles or other related in-game unlocks. ( i ) First Offense: With proper verification, user is banned for 48 hours and a stats reset. (ii) Second Offense: With proper verification, user is banned for 48 hours and a stats reset, and a permanent ban from leaderboards. (iii) Third Offense: With proper verification, user is banned for 7 days and a stats reset, and a permanent ban from leaderboards. Cheating *- Any player demonstrating ‘game abuse’ in the form of unknown boosting, glitching, hacking or other related offenses for the purpose of gaining experience, prestige, score, weapon levels, icons, titles or other related in-game unlocks. ( i ) First Offense: With proper verification, user is banned for 48 hours and a stats reset. (ii) Second Offense: With proper verification, user is banned for 48 hours and a stats reset, and a permanent ban from leaderboards. (iii) Third Offense: With proper verification, user is banned for 7 days and a stats reset, and a permanent ban from leaderboards. Glitching *- Any player demonstrating ‘game abuse’ in the form of organizing cooperative or single game play for the purpose of gaining experience, prestige, score, weapon levels, icons, titles or other related in-game unlocks. Examples: Exploiting map holes, the javelin glitch, and participating in modded lobbies ( i ) First Offense: With proper verification, user is banned for 48 hours and a stats reset. (ii) Second Offense: With proper verification, user is banned for 48 hours and a stats reset, and a permanent ban from leaderboards. (iii) Third Offense: With proper verification, user is banned for 7 days and a stats reset, and a permanent ban from leaderboards. Hacking *- Any player demonstrating ‘game abuse’ in the form of modifying the executable or creating infected lobbies with or without the purpose of gaining experience, prestige, score, weapon levels, icons, titles or other related in-game unlocks. ( i ) First Offense: With proper verification, user is console banned. Offensive Behavior *- Any player demonstrating in-game verbal abuse, harassing, or other related behavior deemed as universally unacceptable to other players. ( i ) First Offense: With proper verification, user is banned for 24 hours Offensive Gamertag *- Any player demonstrating an offensive in-game gamer tag, to be decided as universally unacceptable to other players. ( i ) First Offense: With proper verification, user is reputation banned 5000. A reputation ban that exceeds a certain threshold can lead to bans from playing. As a bonus, Infinity Ward’s*Robert Bowling*has posted*an accompanying image of what the banhammer actually looks like on their end. Sadly, it is just a dialog pop-up with a picture of a hammer on it, and not a screen that’s part of a giant Norse hammer: Click To Enlarge: So there you go. All the stuff that can get you suspended, banned or even permanently banned, laid out nice and easy. It’s a lot of words to basically say “don’t be an asshole or we won’t let you play our game”, but that’s not legalese enough for official documentation. More...

Subscription Links: Subscribe via iTunes Subscribe via RSS here Download the MP3 here With PlayStation.Blog kingpin Jeff Rubenstein out on vacation this week, today marked the perfect opportunity for a long-awaited guest: IGN’s PlayStation Executive Editor and Podcast Beyond host Greg Miller! In today’s show, Greg shares his experiences with PS Vita, including his love affair with ModNation Racers: Road Trip, insights into PS Vita’s Trophy management, and key games to watch. As Podcast Beyond listeners already know, Greg’s a passionate guy and we had a blast discussing PS Vita and upcoming games in this lively episode. More...

Hey Everyone, Every year we try to assemble a diverse and entertaining soundtrack for <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/mlb-12-the-show/">MLB The Show</a>. We look to create a balance of established bands and some lesser known, up and coming artists, that offer great music. We all know that music is subjective and it can be tough to create a soundtrack with songs that everybody loves - although we always try! This is one reason why we offer the "My MLB Music" in our "Sounds of the Show" suite of features - so without further adieu, here's a look at our soundtrack for MLB 12, including the artists, tracks, and websites to find more info about the artists. Welcome to The Show! <strong>"Gold on the Ceiling" </strong>Performed by <a href="http://www.theblackkeys.com/">The Black Keys</a> More...