PlayStation.Blog Recap

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Hey there all. Hopefully everyone’s enjoying their weekend? Should you be after a little light reading, you’ve come to the right place. A veritable who’s who of big name developers have popped up on the Blog this week to talk about video games both new and old.

Media Molecule’s Alex Evans gave us the lowdown on Tearaway, Mr Mega Man Keiji Inafune talked Soul Sacrifice, Quantic Dream’s David Cage offered a few more titbits on Beyond: Two Souls, Naughty Dog founder Andy Gavin reminisced on the making of Jak & Daxter and Insomniac’s John Fiorito treated us to some early, unseen Ratchet & Clank concept art. Oh, and let’s not forget The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman – we had a lovely interview with him, discussing his involvement with Telltale’s excellent episodic video game tie-in.

Please enjoy, and do jump into our Weekend Debate – we’ve got various Darksiders II goodies up for grabs this week.

• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/20/dust-514-neocom-vita-app-promises-mmo-on-the-go/ "> Dust 514 Neocom Vita App Promises “MMO On The Go” – Dust 514 Neocom is a companion PS Vita app that lets you interact with various systems from the PlayStation 3 game directly from your handheld.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/20/sack-it-to-me-more-disney-princess-costumes-out-now/ "> Sack It To Me: More Disney Princess Costumes Out Now – This week’s roundup of LittleBigPlanet news features Disney Princesses Pack 2, a preview of the Autumn Creator Kit and another round of Mm Picks.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/20/tokyo-jungle-swings-onto-playstation-network-next-month/ "> TOKYO JUNGLE Swings Onto PlayStation Network Next Month – TOKYO JUNGLE is an action adventure set in a post-apocalyptic Japan where humans no longer exists and animals must fight for their lives.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/20/transformers-fall-of-cybertron-on-blu-ray-and-psn-this-week/ "> Transformers: Fall Of Cybertron On Blu-ray And PSN This Week – Watch the launch trailer for what the devs believe is “the most complete Transformers game ever”.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/21/dust-514-beta-open-to-ps-plus-members-from-tomorrow/ "> Dust 514 Beta Open To PS Plus Members From Tomorrow – A chance to experience the ground-breaking MMO shooter from CCP and connect with PC gamers together in the EVE Online universe.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/21/uncharted-3-drakes-deception-game-of-the-year-edition-release-date/ "> Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Game Of The Year Edition Release Date – The Game of the Year Edition combines Nathan Drake’s third critically acclaimed adventure with additional pieces of multiplayer DLC.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/21/diggs-nightcrawler-brings-stylish-detective-noir-to-wonderbook/ "> Diggs Nightcrawler Brings Stylish Detective Noir To Wonderbook – Adam Volker from Moonbot talks about the upcoming Wonderbook: Diggs Nightcrawler, a brand new IP promising quirky detective noir.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/21/summer-sale-update-fourth-and-final-week/ "> Summer Sale Update – Fourth And Final Week! – Alice: Madness Returns, Dragon Age: Origins, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded and lots more in this week’s update!
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/21/interview-dishonoreds-harvey-smith-reboots-the-stealth-genre/ "> Interview: Dishonored’s Harvey Smith Reboots The Stealth Genre – We talk to the co-creator of Dishonored, the new first person stealth adventure from Bethesda.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/21/interview-media-molecule-talks-tearaway/ "> Interview: Media Molecule Talks Tearaway! – Media Molecule co-founder Alex Evans and “design lead/chief doodler” Rex Crowle discuss their upcoming PS Vita adventure Tearaway, announced last week at Gamescom.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/21/kickbeat-hands-on-its-all-in-the-mind/ "> KickBeat Hands-On: It’s All In The Mind – KickBeat for PS Vita reimagines the rhythm game as a chop-socky fighting scene with an agile protagonist battling hordes of incoming goons in a circular arena.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/22/gamescom-2012-all-the-things-access-tv/ "> Gamescom 2012 – ALL THE THINGS! Access TV – Access TV presents a compilation of over 30 minutes of Gamescom footage, showcasing everything from the Sony press conference to Christopher Walken.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/22/interview-meet-the-man-pulling-puppeteers-strings/ "> Interview: Meet The Man Pulling Puppeteer’s Strings – Our video interview with developer Gavin Moore offers some insight into what you can expect from this upcoming, innovative PS3 title.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/22/retrogrades-backwards-battle-begins-today/ "> Retro/Grade’s Backwards Battle Begins Today – In addition to its completely unique gameplay, Retro/Grade features a campaign mode, a challenge mode, lots of cool rewards, and more.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/22/heads-up-game-store-update-22nd-august-2012/ "> ‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 22nd August 2012 – Retro/Grade, Legasista, The Expendables 2: The Videogame, demos for Sleeping Dogs and NFL 13, and lots more hit the PS Store this week.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/22/sunflowers-beaming-to-ps-vita-this-autumn/ "> SunFlowers Beaming To PS Vita This Autumn – SunFlowers has a pretty simple objective: you control the Sun, and you have to grow flowers using chain-reactions – but this is no basic exercise in casual gardening.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/22/playstation-home-hip-hop-heroes/ "> PlayStation Home: Hip Hop Heroes – This week in PS Home, we have hip hop heroes and honeys, a Bling Style Pack for Blueprint:Home, new Novus Prime Ship Companions, a Cathedral Clubhouse and plenty more.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/22/the-walking-dead-9-minutes-with-robert-kirkman/ "> The Walking Dead: 9 Minutes With Robert Kirkman – A brief chat with one of the creators of The Walking Dead comic series yields some fascinating insights into the creative processes.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/22/the-ratchet-clank-youve-never-seen-10-years-of-concept-art/ "> The Ratchet & Clank You’ve Never Seen: 10 Years Of Concept Art – Explore the history of the Ratchet & Clank universe with a collection of images that go all the way back to 2002.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/23/vidzone-update-lopez-leads-summer-superstar-stampede/ "> VidZone Update: Lopez Leads Summer Superstar Stampede – This week’s VidZone update offers up servings of J-Lo, Substantial Error, The Killers, Owl City and more.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/23/interview-david-cage-talks-beyond-two-souls-at-gamescom/ "> Interview: David Cage Talks Beyond: Two Souls At Gamescom – The director of Beyond: Two Souls and its acclaimed predecessor Heavy Rain gives us a progress update.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/24/naughty-bear-panic-in-paradise-turns-on-the-charm/ "> Naughty Bear: Panic In Paradise Turns On The Charm – Take a peek inside a few of the new features and mechanics in Panic in Paradise, due on PlayStation Network this October.
• http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/08/23/the-studio-unveils-new-killzone-xmb-theme/ "> The Studio Unveils New Killzone XMB Theme – Hand-drawn in striking blood-red, black and white, Kristian’s design for this dynamic theme is influenced by all aspects of pop culture.
• Behind The Classics: Jak & Daxter – In the first installment of our new “Behind The Classics” series, Naughty Dog co-founder Andy Gavin discusses the making of seminal 2001 PS2 platformer Jak & Daxter.
• Weekend Debate: Alternative Game Soundtracks – “You can commission one act to re-record its own soundtrack to a particular game. Who do you choose?” The best response gets a Darksiders II Collector’s Edition!
• The Monsters of God of War: Ascension – The Satyr Captain – The third article in the “Monsters of God of War: Ascension” series touches on the functions and aesthetics of the vicious Satyr Captain.
• Hard Choices: Inafune Talks Soul Sacrifice – Industry legend Keiji Inafune discusses the upcoming “dark fantasy” PS Vita title Soul Sacrifice.

• http://eu.playstation.com/home/news/articles/detail/item524373/Weekend-Essentials-140/?WT.mc_id=PDC_blog "> Weekend Essentials 140 – Stop the End of Days, grab a must-have bargain and blast onwards, backwards, with PlayStation this weekend.
• http://eu.playstation.com/home/news/articles/detail/item523673/Game-On/?WT.mc_id=PDC_blog "> Game On – A week is a long time in video games so make sure you get up to speed with this essential update from the world of PlayStation.
• http://eu.playstation.com/home/news/articles/detail/item523776/Discover-Instant-Play-on-PS3/?WT.mc_id=PDC_blog "> Discover Instant Play on PS3 – Stop hanging around for your favourite movies as Instant Play comes to the Video Store of PlayStation Store.
• http://eu.playstation.com/ps3/news/articles/detail/item523767/Action-games-explode-onto-PS3-at-gamescom/?WT.mc_id=PDC_blog "> Action games explode onto PS3 at gamescom – Leap into a blast of blockbuster PlayStation 3 games at gamescom 2012. Hollywood doesn’t have anything on these action giants…

• Want to know how the year’s been going? Here are the best PS3 games of 2012 so far: the reader vote.
• Fallout 4: 7 things a Boston setting could bring – what could Massachusetts mean for a post-apocalyptic sequel?
• As Sony Liverpool shuts its doors we look back at the history of the Wipeout dev.
• These new GTA 5 screens are full of parachuting and dirt bikes. See them all here.
• A mo-cap actor working with Kojima says the Metal Gear Solid 5 release date could be “next year, summer at the earliest”.

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