Commander Fury

With less than a week to go until OKABU launches, we’re slightly over-excited about getting it into your hands! There’s still so much to talk about the game, so we wanted to delve a little deeper into the world of OKABU and the different lands that make up the adventure. We got a slightly carried [...] More...

When you’re venturing into hostile territory, it’s important to know that somebody is watching your back. The Buddy System in <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/uncharted-3-drakes-deception-ps3.html">UNCHARTED 3</a> multiplayer ensures just that. As we hit week two of the Subway Taste For Adventure competitive multiplayer experience, we’re excited to detail the finer points of the UNCHARTED 3’s Buddy System and how it impacts the pacing and flow of competitive multiplayer matches. In addition to good buddies, good booty will also make your multiplayer experience more layered and enjoyable. <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/">PlayStation.Blog</a> spoke with Game Designer Robert Cogburn to learn more about how to make friends and earn treasure in UNCHARTED 3’s multiplayer experience. Check out this video for some in-depth information about buddies and treasure. More...

We’re just a few days away from <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/ratchet-clank-all-4-one/">Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One</a> releasing exclusively for PlayStation 3. We hope you’re looking forward to exploring Planet Magnus, upgrading your arsenal, and solving the mystery of the Creature Collector with your friends. With that in mind, we wanted to show you a sweet video we put together, highlighting the big co-op moments in the game. It will take a team effort to steer a taxi through the vertical city streets of Luminopolis, or to coordinate the powerful turrets on the back of a massive robotic Guardian, and this video shows how players will have to work together. Can’t wait until next week to get a taste of Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One? You can check out an offline four-player co-op demo of the game right now, included on specially marked Blu-Ray and Combo Pack Blu-rays of the Sony Pictures film Zookeeper, starring Kevin James. That should definitely tide you over until the full game launches on October 18th! More...

We’re at it again, PAYDAY crew! The criminal masterminds behind the highly anticipated PSN co-op shooter <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/payday-the-heist/">PAYDAY: The Heist</a>, are coming for your PS3s next Tuesday, October 18th! <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/sony-online-entertainment/">SOE</a> and the OVERKILL team have worked diligently to develop and create a game with the highest quality of content – which will give players continued replayabilty and hours of complex, death-defying heists in a never-ending pursuit of the next big score. We can’t wait for the launch of this highly anticipated game and are even more excited for players and fans to finally enjoy PAYDAY The Heist together online. Once again, SOE would like to thank the loyal community for your patience and assure you that this will be worth the wait! More...

Calling all Fortune Hunters! This Thursday, October 13th, one of the most celebrated game franchises of all time comes crashing into <a href="http://us.playstation.com/psn/playstation-home">PlayStation Home</a>. UNCHARTED 3: Fortune Hunter provides a third-person adventure game experience unlike anything you’ve ever seen in PlayStation Home, including a partial recreation of the Yemen level from the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/uncharted-3-drakes-deception/">UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception</a> multiplayer mode, and a cover-based shooting system complete with weapons and gameplay inspired by the hit UNCHARTED series. UNCHARTED 3: Fortune Hunter is the latest Total Game Integration event allowing players to unlock exclusive content in <a href="http://www.naughtydog.com/games/uncharted/">UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception</a> directly from PlayStation Home. Over the course of the next three weeks, players will be pitted against waves of enemies developed from character models straight from <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/uncharted-3-drakes-deception-ps3.html">UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception</a>. Progress through challenges to unlock special PlayStation Home rewards, such as collectible weapons; complete all 10 challenges to unlock the Kickback Endurance Booster for use in UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception multiplayer when the game releases on November 1st. More...

If you’ve played <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/infamous-2/">inFAMOUS 2</a>, you’ll know that it comes with a complete set of <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/03/01/infamous-2-user-created-missions-give-infinite-possibilities-limited-beta-in-april/">mission design tools</a> to allow you to construct your very own missions within the game. Not to mention that when you’re in the game world, you can play other’s creations for yourself to keep the inFAMOUS 2 fun going beyond the game. Some of you have shown off some real talent in creating missions, while some of you may not have had the chance to get your hands on it yet. Now, to get ready for the release of <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/08/16/infamous-2-dlc-festival-of-blood-drowns-psn-in-october/">inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood</a> on PlayStation Network, we’re announcing "Cole’s Missing Mission," our very first mission design contest in the inFAMOUS universe. Think you’re an expert in creating missions in inFAMOUS 2? Now you’ve got a chance to prove it. Using the UGC tools in inFAMOUS 2, we’re challenging you to come up with a Narrative based mission that tells a unique Cole story; meaning you’ll need to apply the Narrative tag to your mission for it to be considered. The winning mission will have all the right stuff: a great Cole-centric story, all while happening within one mission (so no multiple part missions, i.e. Part 2, Part 3, etc). The level must be created after the announcement date (today), and submitted before October 22nd. More...

Whether it’s the socially enabled online mode, the deadly new “Survive It†challenges, or the mammoth mountains modeled after <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/06/16/e3-replay-ssx-on-ps3/">NASA satellite maps</a>, the new <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/ssx/">SSX</a> is hardly short on ambition. During a recent hands-on session, I caught up with art director and series veteran Geoff Coates to discuss how this classic PS2 series is handling the jump to PS3 for the first time. During our chat, I was able to slip in some questions from the PlayStation.Blog community and squeak out some tantalizing hints of the PS3-exclusive Mt. Fuji level. <blockquote> <strong>PlayStation.Blog: What does the PS3’s technology bring to SSX? What can you do now that you couldn’t do in the PS2 era?</strong> Geoff Coates, Art Director, SSX: I worked on all the previous SSX games, and at the time we had a lot of big ambitions that we couldn’t execute due to technological limitations – whether it was console hardware power or software holding us back. We’ve just caught up now from a technical perspective, so it seems like the best possible time for a new SSX game. </blockquote> More...

Recently, Ubisoft invited us to sample the first few hours of <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/assassins-creed-revelations/">Assassin’s Creed Revelations</a> for <a href="http://us.playstation.com/ps3/">PS3</a>. I learned a lot during that play session: <ul> <li>The control scheme has been revised, pushing Eagle Vision to L3. This frees up the Triangle button for secondary weapons such as daggers.</li> <li>Altair comes into play via flashbacks following the thrilling Masyaf key retrieval missions, which are the successors to Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood’s Lairs of Romulus.</li> <li>The game map now has a Google Maps-style satellite view that I enjoyed while skipping around the sprawling city of Constantinople/Istanbul.</li> <li>The Den Defense mission brought tower defense-style sequences that are completely unlike anything I’ve seen in the Assassin’s Creed universe.</li> <li>I saw someone actually *use* the Apple of Eden.</li> <li>I noticed some different UI in the Animus, and started to wonder why the interface was different (and no, Ubisoft wouldn’t tell me).</li> <li>I saw Ezio stab a dude with a guitar – I think they called them “lutes†back then. </li></ul> And I saw it all in 3D - those leaps of faith are now even more impressive. But it’s not about what I wanted to see; I went in to Ubisoft aiming to get answers to some of your questions. Read on to learn more about the dangerous world of Assassin’s Creed Revelations. More...

We want to let you know that we have detected attempts on Sony Entertainment Network, PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment (“Networksâ€) services to test a massive set of sign-in IDs and passwords against our network database. These attempts appear to include a large amount of data obtained from one or more compromised lists from other companies, sites or other sources. In this case, given that the data tested against our network consisted of sign-in ID-password pairs, and that the overwhelming majority of the pairs resulted in failed matching attempts, it is likely the data came from another source and not from our Networks. We have taken steps to mitigate the activity. Less than one tenth of one percent (0.1%) of our PSN, SEN and SOE audience may have been affected. There were approximately 93,000 accounts globally (PSN/SEN: approximately 60,000 accounts; SOE: approximately 33,000) where the attempts succeeded in verifying those accounts’ valid sign-in IDs and passwords, and we have temporarily locked these accounts. More...

Nearly one year ago <a href="http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/12/09/uncharted-3-first-look/">Entertainment Weekly broke the news</a> that <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/uncharted-3-drakes-deception/">UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception</a> was real and coming out in 2011. Today we have finally reached the point of breaking through that finish line tape in another marathon of game development. We’re proud to announce that the third installment in the UNCHARTED franchise has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone_Gold">gone gold</a>, and is on its way to being manufactured for its November 1st release. We can’t wait to see everyone’s reaction to the next chapter of Nathan Drake’s adventures as it hits store shelves and homes everywhere in just three short weeks! And as an added bonus, all retail copies of Uncharted 3 will include a voucher code for early access to the upcoming <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/starhawk/">Starhawk</a> Public Beta, which will be coming in early 2012. More...

It’s a special day for movie lovers as the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/09/27/video-unlimited-preview-coming-to-playstation-3/">Video Unlimited - preview app</a> is now available to everyone! Check out this new and improved way to browse, watch, and discover movies and TV shows on the network. This week sees the release of an amazing PSN exclusive: <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/09/30/sideway-new-york-a-new-dimension-to-street-art/">Sideway: New York</a>. Part of Only On PSN and featuring some of the most breath-taking artwork to hit the 2D world; Sideway: New York follows Nox, a graffiti artist in NY, who’s found himself sucked into the world where he lives alongside his own art. With a fantastic use of color and eye-popping HD visuals, you won’t want to miss this PSN exclusive. PlayStation Plus subscribers can also get this title 20% off as part of Only On PSN. While we’re on the topic of <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/10/03/introducing-only-on-psn-for-new-exclusive-games-throughout-october/">Only On PSN</a>, don’t forget that as part of the celebration of PSN exclusive titles hitting throughout this month, if you spend $60 or more in the PlayStation Store through the month of October, you’ll get $10 back in November. For more details, visit the <a href="http://us.playstation.com/psn/only-on-psn/">Only On PSN page</a> to check out the other upcoming titles that are coming soon to PSN. More...

In Hollywood circles, there is a well-known tradition where Steven Spielberg and George Lucas will <a href="http://flickeringmyth.blogspot.com/2011/06/hot-rods-droids-george-lucas-profile_22.html">skip town</a> and go somewhere remote right about when they have a big movie opening. They do this mostly for good luck, but also to avoid the press and ignore the grosses. Basically, they generally try to get their mind off of the project they’ve dedicated much of their recent lives to create. I mention this because our adventure platformer <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/sideway-new-york/">Sideway: New York</a> is all wrapped and done and will be available only on PSN as of today’s <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/playstation-store/">PlayStation Store</a> update. I also mention this because at this moment, a few of us here at the studio are out in Zimbabwe embarking on a new work project. (Oooh, I can just see the screaming blog headlines now: “Game Developer compares his game to Star Warsâ€). More...

Hey folks! We’re excited to announce the release of the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/resistance-3/">Resistance 3</a> Survival DLC pack today on the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/playstation-store/">PlayStation Store</a> for $3.99. First and foremost, the Survival DLC pack brings you a new game mode for multiplayer called Invasion. The Invasion mode forces Human and Chimeran teams to divide their resources with the goal of holding multiple control nodes on the map simultaneously. The more nodes your team holds, the faster you score points – and thus, achieve victory. There is a lot of deep strategy in determining which nodes to attack, as well as how many players should hang back to defend your nodes while retaining enough offensive force to successfully attack enemy nodes. We hope you enjoy it! That’s not all though – the Survival DLC pack includes special multiplayer skins of some of the major survivors from the game: Herbert, Jonathan, Jean, and Charlie. You’ll also get a bonus Resistance 3 Survivor Concept Art Static XMB Theme. More...

After revealing <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/10/05/gran-turismo-5-new-free-updates-dlc-and-price-drop/">last week</a> all of the great free content coming to<a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/gran-turismo-5/"> Gran Turismo 5</a>, which dropped to $39.99 as of last week, I’m happy to report that the Spec 2.0 update is now live for everyone to download and explore. And if you’re a <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/playstation-plus/">PlayStation Plus</a> member and have Automatic Downloads enabled, the next time you turn on your PS3 you might find that the update has already been installed. Otherwise, you can launch the game now and update <a href="http://us. gran-turismo.com/us/products/gt5/">GT5</a> to Spec 2.0. The <a href="http://us.gran-turismo.com/us/products/gt5/spec2/">Spec 2.0</a> update enables you enjoy a new and improved GT5, including interior views for all standard cars, improved physics and AI, faster menus and load times, additional functionality and control in the online racing mode, updated 2011 NASCAR cars, a gorgeous new opening cinematic movie, and much more. More...

After its triple nomination at the 2010 Independent Games Festival, the Rocketbirds universe is finally approaching release -- and only on PSN. <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/rocketbirds-hardboiled-chicken/">Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken</a> takes you on a cinematic platform adventure through Albatropolis. In the single-player mode, you’re Hardboiled Chicken, the original Coq of War, on a mission to hunt down the Penguin's corrupt leader, Putzki. Along the way you'll have to kill many Penguins, solve puzzles, incite revolution, and maybe possibly pilot a few jetpacks. Today I’d like to share a bit about the game’s two-player couch co-op mode, since we are particularly happy with the way it’s turned out. But first, check out some gameplay in our new Rocketbirds co-op video. More...

Hmmmmm… it’s too early for Christmas, and still too early for “trick or treats†in your <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/modnation-racers/">ModNation</a> goodie bag but we’ve got too much good stuff just to keep it all to ourselves. So… FREE DLC giveaway and Double XP! Check it out below. <strong> Build It, Race It, Post It, Rate It </strong> That’s a pretty daft title for an announcement of DOUBLE XP week but sometimes we just throw caution to the wind like the punks that we are. Double XP October 10th – 17th means it is “get busy†week in the ModNation. You’ll earn 100% more XP in all XP races as well as double the fun with every download of your creations. Will this be the week you reach level 30? We hope so! More...

We haven’t heard a great deal about <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/dust-514/">DUST 514</a> since it was shown at <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/e311/">E3 2011</a>, other than that it’s a first-person shooter connected to the vast sci-fi universe of PC MMO EVE Online, and that it’s coming exclusively to <a href="http://us.playstation.com/ps3/">PlayStation 3</a>. When developers <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/ccp-games/">CCP</a> made the trip from Iceland to London to outline their vision for this new addition to their immensely popular EVE universe, I came out of the meeting amazed at the scale of the project. Suffice to say, <a href="http://us.playstation.com/games-and-media/games/dust-514-ps3.html">DUST 514</a> is not just another shooter. After the meeting, I interrogated Brandon Laurino, Executive Producer at CCP, to find out exactly why PlayStation 3 owners should be getting excited. More...

Challenge of the Week for October 10 (#32) is the last prize related Challenge of the year. We come with a prediction for the World Series match-up. The Brewers hard throwing right-hander (1.20 WHIP, 201 K’s) matches up against the Tigers first baseman, who puts up consistent power numbers (30HR’s, 105 RBI’s). Climb the leaderboard and get as many hits as you can to win your choice of signed ball from an <a href="http://mlb.mlb.com/index.jsp">MLB</a> star- Hamels, Reyes, Upton, McCann, Matsui, Span. Week #32 begins on Monday, October 10th at 5:30 am PDT and ends Monday, October 16th at 4:30 am PDT. More...

On <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/the-drop/">The Drop</a> this week, you can finally get your hands on the *graffiti spraying, side-scroller <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/psn/">PSN</a> exclusive, <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/sideway/">Sideway: New York</a>. Set the sky on fire with Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, Frank West returns in Dead Rising 2: Off the Record and zombies infest the wild west in Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition on <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/category/ps3/">PS3</a>. Enjoy <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/the-drop/">The Drop</a>. More...

Tomorrow, I'll have the chance to play the first few hours of Assassin's Creed Revelations' single-player story. As a big fan of the series thus far, I've got plenty of questions. But I'd like to know what *you* want to know about the game's campaign. Please feel free to guide me with your suggestions in the comments here. In the meantime, you can find stories on Batman: Arkham City, Eufloria, Rage, and PlayStation Vita below. <h3>The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of October 3, 2011)</h3> <ul> <li><a href="http://ps3.ign.com/articles/119/1198579p1.html">Uncharted 3 is Better Than Hollywood - IGN</a></li> <li><a href="http://ps3.ign.com/articles/119/1198703p1.html">I Would Buy the Portal 2 Peer Review DLC - IGN</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/10/08/green-lantern-extended-cut-blu-ray-combo-pack-to-include-batman/">Green Lantern Extended Cut Blu-Ray combo pack to include Batman: Arkham City Sinestro Corps skin - Joystiq</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.giantbomb.com/news/lifes-a-bitch-and-then-you-die-45-hours-with-dark-souls/3722/">Life's A Bitch, And Then You Die: 45 Hours With Dark Souls - Giant Bomb</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.siliconera.com/2011/10/06/yes-marvelous-aql-is-making-playstation-vita-games-too/">Yes, Marvelous AQL Is Making PlayStation Vita Games Too - Siliconera</a></li> More...

A robust week for PSN news, including an update that allows a free download of the <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/10/06/i-want-to-ride-the-zamboni-and-stream-live-hockey-games-on-my-ps3/">NHL GameCenter application</a>, a list of <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/10/04/the-tester-season-3-meet-your-top-20-hopefuls/">The Tester: Season 3's top 20 contenders</a>, a first look at <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/10/06/shank-2-coming-to-psn-with-sharper-graphics-new-co-op/">PSN killing machine Shank 2</a>, a new video showing <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/10/06/introducing-the-heroes-of-the-psn-exlusive-okabu/">the heroes of Okabu</a>, an October 18th release date for <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/10/05/rocketbirds-hardboiled-chicken-takes-flight-october-18th/">PSN exclusive RocketBirds: Hardboiled Chicken</a>, and a long-awaited PSN release date for co-op tower defense title Dungeon Defenders (<a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/10/03/dungeon-defenders-takes-over-psn-october-18th-with-move-3d-support/">October 18th!</a>). That's in addition to a peek behind <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/10/06/ratchet-clank-all-4-one-behind-the-box-art/">Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One's box art</a> and a confirmed U.S. release for <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2011/10/05/yakuza-dead-souls-heading-to-the-us/">PS3 exclusive Yakuza: Dead Souls</a>. Not bad, eh? More...

One of the main attractions at this years Eurogamer Expo was the Onlive stage. Already a hit in the United States, Onlive has now hit the shores of the UK. I queued for quite a while at the expo to get my hands on one of the micro consoles and while there I was able to try some of the 200 titles already available which include Batman: Arkham Asylum, Warhammer 40.000: Space Marine and Deus Ex: Human Revolution to name a few. Since the expo I have been trying out the console and its features to see if all the hype is really justified. The box when I got it home included the console (obviously) a network cable to connect it to your broadband connection, a HDMI cable to connect to the TV and a wireless controller with rechargeable battery pack. Once you have registered on the Onlive website you can connect the console and it will update with the latest software. It will also test your internet connection which needs to be at least 1mbps or it won’t connect which may effect some people in slow areas and is something to keep in mind.*The PC/MAC version is also a simple set-up, once you have logged in you have to download an app to your computer then*that’s*it. There are three ways that you can play the games in the library, you can play a demo of the game to see if you like it first, you can rent the game for 3 or 5 days, or *lastly you can choose the Playpack bundle and pay a set fee each month for access to 100 or more games. This*flexibility*along with all these games at the touch of a button or click of a mouse really puts this system up there, change isn’t always good, but this is a good one. But how does it play? well it is very responsive and the best part is you don’t need top range hardware to play these games, they just play. The games themselves are well documented and their playability is not the issue, the issue is if you can play the game in the first place. So, will this change the face of gaming? Well it is a very good piece of kit and has a good range of games already with the list still growing. To be able to go on-line or fire up the micro console and rent a game and play it there and then or if you have the Playpack to just turn on and play, is a major leap in gaming. Yes there are sites like Steam who offer games on-line, but there is no downloading here, just click and play and this is what will cause people to sit up and take notice. This has already made a big impression both sides of the water, and I think it will continue to do so. More...

So you’ve taken an interest in Corpse Party, have you? Perhaps you were intrigued by the launch trailer, or laughed at the name when you saw it mentioned on your favorite gaming news site (or hilarious webcomic?). Perhaps you’re a fan of survival horror games, or visual novels, or point-and-click adventures... or perhaps you simply enjoy Japanese horror movies like The Ring and The Grudge, and are always looking for your next fix. Regardless of why you’ve taken an interest or how you got to this blog, there’s one thing that most likely holds true: You have very little idea what Corpse Party actually is. More...

Welcome to the inaugural edition of a new monthly post that will reveal, for the first time, the top-selling PlayStation Network games each month. We hope you find this information valuable, and that it gives you some new perspective on popular PSN games that you may have missed. If you’re looking for the most-downloaded movies and TV shows on the PlayStation Video Store, you can find that <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/psn-video/">information here</a>. More...

Just a few days ago we teamed with Subway to launch the full competitive multiplayer experience for <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/tag/uncharted-3-drakes-deception/">Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception</a> in the United States. We are pumped to see everyone online one month before the full game’s release on November 1st. The PlayStation.Blog spoke with Game Designer Robert Cogburn to learn more about what you should do when you first log on to the full competitive multiplayer experience. When you first get online to play there are some very important menus in your profile to navigate. Not sure what kickback or load outs to use? How do you get more cash and rank up? Want to know Robert’s suggestion for the best guns and load outs for new players? Check out the video for answers to these questions and more valuable information: More...