Commander Fury

<iframe src="http://blip.tv/play/h5l4guaFIwA.html?p=1" width="650" height="400" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://a.blip.tv/api.swf#h5l4guaFIwA" style="display:none"></embed> In this Episode, Jack is joined by Commander Claymore Fury via SatCom as they discuss the 2011 Tournament Season and what is in store for 2012. The Nuketown Hooligans bring a little Modern Warfare 3 Spec Ops tips and Lt. Leadhead brings us Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Visit Blip.tv for more videos

<a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/psn/">PlayStation Network</a>’s original, competitive reality series “<a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/the-tester/">The Tester</a>†is back, and the premiere episode is set for February 7, 2012! We’re excited to announce the lineup of 12 gamers who will appear on <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/08/04/the-tester-casting-call-for-season-3-is-now-open/">Season 3</a> and compete for a job as a Production Associate at Sony Computer Entertainment America’s world-famous <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/santa-monica-studios/">Santa Monica Studio</a>, home of PlayStation’s best-selling <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/god-of-war-origins-collection/">God Of War</a> franchise, along with a $5,000 signing bonus, a 55†3D Bravia TV, a PS3 and a Ford Focus Titanium. From San Bernardino to Brooklyn to the Dominican Republic (and many stops in between), here are “The Tester 3†contestants (see video above). More...

Probably the most frequently recurring difficulty in discussing my work on <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/journey/">Journey</a> is the fact that the game is called Journey! That concept of a metamorphosis, or emotional arc, is at the core of everything in this game, including its score. You can imagine, with a title this succinct, that the puns are both unintentional and constant! The video you see here will give you a taste of what we’ve been up to and the joy that it’s been to create. One of the inspirations for Journey was Joseph Campbell’s ‘<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomyth">Hero’s Journey</a>.’ The knee-jerk assumption is that something this big demands epic music on the most towering scale yet my gut led me in the opposite direction. While there are definitely some big moments, I would actually describe it as intimate overall. The orchestra seen here is the Macedonia Radio Symphonic Orchestra, conducted beautifully by Oleg Kontradenko in the Macedonian capital of Skopje. More...

<a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/playstation-home/">PlayStation Home</a> rings in the New Year with another enormous update. This Thursday, January 5th, we release the Red Bull House of Skate, a huge personal space that includes an addictive skateboarding game and all the amenities – from breathtaking views to a built-in hot tub fit for the throwing wild parties with your friends. Rack up points by flipping and grinding your way throughout the Skate Park and then head to the updated Red Bull Air Race, which has been expanded to include new tracks and levels, pilots and planes, and, of course, rewards for the players that hit the highest scores. This week sees the release of Granzella’s highly-anticipated Grand Edo of Nippon game space in <a href="http://us.playstation.com/psn/playstation-home/">PlayStation Home</a>. This unique public space transports players to the Tokugawa period and comes with a variety of games and community activities that immerse players in the rich history of feudal Japan. Visit the Grand Edo of Nippon when it releases this Thursday, available from the PlayStation Home Navigator. More...

I’m a sucker for horror games, so I jumped at a recent opportunity to watch a short demo of Konami’s upcoming <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps3/">PS3</a> survival-horror epic Silent Hill: Downpour. In a development applauded by series fans, Downpour strongly emphasizes creeping psychological horror over the twitchy action of recent entries like <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/silent-hill-homecoming-ps3.html">Silent Hill: Homecoming</a>. You play as Murphy, a maximum-security inmate with a deeply troubled past. You awaken on the fringes of the cursed town of Silent Hill after your prison transport bus crashes. True to Silent Hill form, you’ll spend the rest of the game evading the town’s monstrous denizens while piecing together Murphy’s deepest secrets -- including the dark truths that brought him to Silent Hill. I spoke with Producer Devin Shatsky, who answered some key questions while playing through the first section of the game. If you have questions, leave them in the comments and I’ll do my best to get you answers! More...

Happy New Year and welcome to the first PlayStation Store update for 2012! It’s going to be an exciting year with lots to look forward to on PlayStation Network, so with that said, let’s get to the good stuff. With football action in full swing, now may be the perfect time to up the action with NFL Blitz; especially if your favorite team might not be looking so good to make it to the playoffs! Rewrite your season with the arcade-style gameplay that made the original a hit, packed with the immersive game modes of today. NFL Blitz is recharged and available now on PlayStation Network. New PSN Game release TNT Racers also races to the PlayStation Store today. Featuring lightning fast racing action, diverse multiplayer modes, cool tracks and snappy gadgets, TNT Racers may be just the kick you need to jump start your year. More...

Happy New Year from the <a href="http://us.playstation.com/psn/playstation-plus/">PlayStation Plus</a> team! As many of you know, PlayStation Plus is the subscription service from <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/psn/">PlayStation Network</a> that gets you access to free games, huge discounts, and great exclusives across the network. And we’re kicking off the New Year in a big way! This month’s spotlight free PSN Game is none other than Telltale’s Back to the Future The Game - Full Series. All of the episodes from this acclaimed adventure game are available for you to download starting with the January 3rd <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/playstation-store/">PlayStation Store</a> update. We’re also including PSN Game Sword and Soldiers with tomorrow’s update. This side-scrolling strategy game lets you control an entire army while wielding devastating magical abilities. More...

In case you missed it over the long holiday break, we released <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/oddworldstrangers-wrath/">Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD</a> on <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/psn/">PSN</a> on <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/12/27/playstation-store-update-219/">December 27th</a>! Additionally, I wanted to thank PlayStation players for their endless support over the past year or so since we announced it. We hope you enjoy it! If you haven't played Stranger's Wrath yet, the launch trailer does a good job showing off the game's key features: 60 frames-per-second action in both first-person and third-person perspectives, all set within the unique universe of Oddworld. More...

Truly, 2011 was a great year for <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/modnation-racers/">ModNation Racers</a>. Community represents the core ModNation Racers, and with <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/modnation-racers-road-trip/">ModNation Racers: Road Trip</a> coming very soon, our creative and energetic community is getting geared up to expand. During the development of ModNation Racers: Road Trip, we made each decision with our community in mind -- whether it was the improved racing engine or the dazzling <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/">PS Vita</a> visuals. Our goal was to deliver the best, most addictive kart racing game out there. With that in mind let’s take a look back at some of our favorites over the past six months in an event we are calling “The Moddys 1.5." Creative huh? More...

We look back on 2011. More...

It’s been a great year for <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/irrational-games/">Irrational Games</a>, thanks in no small part to our wonderful PlayStation fans. While we’re in the midst of working on <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/bioshock-infinite/">BioShock Infinite</a>, we wanted to take the time and thank everyone for all the great support you’ve given over the years by helping spread the holiday cheer. From all of us at Irrational Games: Season’s Greetings! More...

There’s a reason we stopped going to the moon. And <strong>Apollo 18</strong> details the chilling reasons why in <em>Movies</em>.The last lunar mission, under the top secret direction of the Department of Defense, goes terribly wrong as alien creatures attack the members of the crew. In <em>TV Shows</em>, find every episode of the first season of <strong>House of Anubis</strong> for free for a limited time before Season 2 premieres in January. Catch up on this thrilling series following nine teenagers who live together in a boarding house named for an Egyptian god of the dead. Our New Year’s Sale kicks off on the first of the year in <em>Collections & Sales</em>. Find phenomenal films like The <strong>Hangover Part II</strong>, <strong>Harry Potter</strong> and the <strong>Deathly Hallows Part 2</strong> and <strong>Cowboys & Aliens</strong> at great low prices through January 9th. More...

Happy Holidays, PlayStation Bloggers! (Or are readers considered to be "bloggies"?) We just hit a major milestone on <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/journey/">Journey</a>, and are super excited to take a brief break - when we return it will be pedal to the medal to finish it up and get it out to you! Thanks to everyone who has been so supportive over the last THREE YEARS (our longest project yet!). Your support really does make all the difference, and I can't say "thank you" enough on behalf of everyone at <a href="http://thatgamecompany.com/">thatgamecompany</a>. Because 2011 was such a long and intense year for us, we had a bit of a mellow party to just relax, hang out, and eat some good food. More...

Hey all, we have a special holiday message from David Jaffe, Co-Director of the new Twisted Metal and co-founder of Eat Sleep Play. While Dave and the team are hard at work finishing up Twisted Metal, he wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy holiday and make a special holiday announcement! More...

Every member of the team here would like to extend their gratitude to you for supporting and encouraging us throughout a very eventful year. During the course of developing MotorStorm Apocalypse (and the many updates and DLC goodies that have followed), and since our unveiling of MotorStorm RC, your ongoing enthusiasm has really kept us going. As a thank you, there’s a new MotorStorm Apocalypse livery on PlayStation Store right now. We're also looking forward to 2012, to showing you more of<a href="http://motorstorm.com/motorstormrc"> MotorStorm RC</a> and creating exciting new things. We're hiring too, so if you'd like to be a part of the family (and you're particularly highly skilled in C++ programming) then please head over to<a href="http://www.playstationjobs.com/"> www.playstationjobs.com</a> More...

We say goodbye to 2011 with one last PlayStation Store update; just in time for those looking to warm the winter nights with some great content from <a href="http://us.playstation.com/psn/">PlayStation Network</a>. New PSN Games this week include <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/12/22/all-zombies-must-die-shuffling-onto-psn-december-27/">All Zombies Must Die</a>. This twin-stick shooter is taken to lofty new heights with a bevy of RPG features, four player co-op and optional PlayStation Move support. You’ll also want to check out <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/oddworldstrangers-wrath/">Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD</a>. This remake of the influential original puts you in the shoes of the High Plains Drifter with an <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/12/22/oddworld-strangers-wrath-for-psn-taking-hd-remakes-to-the-next-level/">all new coat of paint</a> that you won’t want to miss. The <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/09/26/tom-clancys-splinter-cell-trilogy-deploys-on-ps3-blu-ray-psn-tuesday/">Splinter Cell HD Collection</a> released earlier this year, but it’s now broken up into individual games. Want to pick up only one title in the trilogy? Now you can. The original Trilogy bundle is of course, still available, and may stand as the better deal should you wish to purchase all three. More...

Hi there, we wanted to take the time to thank everybody that wrote to us over the course of the year. We love all the mail we get with your suggestions, fan art and questions! So here is a brief video with Mat and I showing off some of the great art and answering some of the letters that we've received from the fans since we announced <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/sly-cooper-thieves-in-time/">Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time</a>. Thank you all so much again – keep the letters coming, everybody here loves to read them. 2012 will be a big year for <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/sly-cooper-thieves-in-time-ps3.html">Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time</a>, so stay tuned! More...

Hey everyone! We are the midst of our winter break, recharging our batteries after shipping both <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/resistance-3/">Resistance 3</a> and <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/ratchet-clank-all-4-one/">Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One</a> exclusively on <a href="http://us.playstation.com/ps3/">PS3</a> this year. We hope you’ve had the chance to check out both games. If not, maybe you’ll find them under the Christmas Tree or use a gift card to pick them up after the holidays. Last year, we shared with you several of our <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/12/29/insomniac-holiday-cards/">holiday cards</a> over the past few years. We did want to share with you the latest - which should appeal to you fans of the Olly Moss Resistance 3 cover art. More...

We are continuing the takeover of the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/">PlayStation Blog</a>, this time with concept art from <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/infamous-festival-of-blood/">inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood</a> and the <a href="http://www.suckerpunch.com/">Sucker Punch</a> Holiday Card. First up we have concept art from <a href="http://suckerpunch.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=66&Itemid=121">inFamous: Festival of Blood</a>. Emilio Gandin, our Lead Environment Artist, wanted to point out some of these pieces of concept art. We wanted to add a new area to the title and explored the idea of doing catacombs below the Cathedral. The dark gothic, claustrophobic catacombs fit perfectly with the vampire lore. Once levels featuring catacombs were playable, we started to explore how Cole would navigate through them. We wanted a way for Cole to quickly move through the space and we came up with the backstory of the catacombs being used to smuggle arms thus giving us a reason to include the rails that Cole can grind on. More...

The Holiday Season is upon us and we get to take over the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/">PlayStation Blog</a> for a day! We are going to start with a new trailer, yes after releasing <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/infamous-2/">inFAMOUS 2</a> and <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/infamous-festival-of-blood/">inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood</a> some of us have had some time to play some of the user generated missions, as well as catch-up on <a href="http://www.elderscrolls.com/skyrim/">Skyrim</a> and <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/uncharted-3-drakes-deception/">Uncharted 3</a>. This trailer shows off some amazing creations with UGC… perhaps your mission is featured in the video. If you find a cool UGC mission be sure to tell us in the comments below. More...

We hope you had a great time celebrating the holidays with family and friends. We have some great news to keep the holiday cheer coming. What better way to rejoice in the upcoming New Year than to get great deals on some of your favorite <a href="http://us.playstation.com/ps3/accessories/'>http://us.playstation.com/ps3/accessories/">PS3 accessories</a>? Starting today through January 21st, you can check out our new “Play Days†promotion at most of the major retailers. Play Days offers you significant savings on selected <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps3/">PS3</a> accessories at up to 50 percent off. The <a href="http://us.playstation.com/ps3/">PS3 system</a> provides a great entertainment experience on its own, with high-definition gaming and other great features like video streaming and access to a huge library of movies, games, and shows via the <a href="http://us.playstation.com/psn/">PlayStation Network</a>, but PS3 accessories add another great way to enhance your gaming and entertainment experience. More...

Before 2012 rushes upon us we wanted to take a moment to say Happy Holidays from everyone here at the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/naughty-dog/">Naughty Dog</a> kennel! As you can see from our holiday card we’ve welcomed Joel and Ellie from <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/the-last-of-us/">The Last of Us</a> into our cast of characters to play among with Drake, Sully, Elena, Chloe, and our <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/uncharted-3-drakes-deception/">UNCHARTED</a> personalities. The year has brought about tremendous change as Naughty Dog has grown into a two team studio for the first time in our 17 year history. This shift is terrifically exciting as it signals an expanded talent pool in which we can share ideas, know-how, and techniques. As future projects evolve, we will continue to strive to maintain our high Naughty Dog standards and always endeavor to do whatever it takes to raise the bar for gaming. More...

I can’t wait to finally be able to play a proper FPS on the go, and that time will come when <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/resistance-burning-skies/">Resistance: Burning Skies</a> launches for <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps-vita/">PlayStation Vita</a> in 2012. Recently, Rob Huebner of developer <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/nihilistic/">Nihilistic</a> talked us through the newly-revealed George Washington Bridge area of RBS. Since this is Day 1 of the Chimeran invasion, don’t expect a leisurely jaunt across the Hudson River; the bridge is lousy with Chimeran Scouts, armed with infrared beam-enabled sniper rifles. In this video, Huebner narrates as producer Frank Simon drags and drops grenades right where he wants them. Also, take note of touch-screen melee controls, the first person cover system, the touch-activated weapon wheel, and the Sixeye sniper rifle’s alt-fire mode. More...

Brad Pitt (The Tree of Life) stars as renowned baseball general manager Billy Beane in <strong>Moneyball</strong>, available to own now in <em>New Releases</em> before releasing on Blu-ray and DVD next month. Follow the story of the man who shook up professional baseball forever. Jonah Hill (The Sitter) and Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Ides of March) round out the cast. Woody Allen’s highest grossing film of all time – <strong>Midnight in Paris</strong> – hits the Movies section this week. See the late night comedic adventures of a writer in one of the world’s most iconic cities with legends of the past. The ensemble cast includes Owen Wilson (Cars 2), Rachel McAdams (Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows), Michael Sheen (Tron: Legacy), Tom Hiddleston (Thor), Marion Cotillard (Inception) and Adrien Brody (Predators). More...

<iframe src="http://blip.tv/play/h8RQguTWfwA.html?p=1" width="500" height="308" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://a.blip.tv/api.swf#h8RQguTWfwA" style="display:none"></embed> Viney tells everyone about Urgent Fury's Operation 1225 Visit Blip.tv for more videos