Last year we released a special LittleBigPrius level which formed the basis for a popular creation contest. The level was very well-received and has been played more than 300,000 times to date! The winning contest entry, Prius_Eco Adventure, became an Mm Pick and has been played over 88,000 times — pretty cool, right? Now we’re back again with another custom level and contest, courtesy of our friends at Progressive Insurance. You might … [Read more...]
On PS3 and PS Vita this week. Play, compose, and share in a unique take on the classic side-scrolling platformer where your actions make the music. With equal parts musical instrument and game, Sound Shapes gives everyone the ability to make music and share creations with the community. Also this week in new releases, Persona 4: Arena arrives on PS3 and Hyperdimension Neptunia MK2 and The King of Fighters XIII are full digital downloads on PSN. … [Read more...]
With Persona 4 Arena arriving this week, a lot of stories are popping up on, well, how to play it. See below for some of those, reviews of PlayStation minis brick-breaking “RPG” Wizorb, watch the original endings of Twisted Metal (PS3), and find out why the average age of gamers has dropped significantly this year. The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of July 30th, 2012) Learn The Basics Of Persona 4: Arena With A Lengthy Tutorial … [Read more...]
Tuesday is a big day for fans of Everyday Shooter with the long-awaited PSN release of Queasy Games’ PS Vita and PS3 musical platformer Sound Shapes. I’ve watched this game evolve by leaps and bounds in the last year, from its first public showing last July through the participation of artists deadmau5, Superbrothers, Jim Guthrie, and Beck. Even though I’m not much of a musician, I’m dying to get my hands on Sound … [Read more...]
Welcome to the another edition of the PSN Community Spotlight! We open up the PlayStation.Blog for PSN gamers to tell their unique PlayStation story/experience/thoughts as submitted to this special section in the new and improved PlayStation Community Forums. Those that find their way to the PlayStation.Blog will find a $50 PlayStation Store voucher in their inbox. This week, we hear a story from a gamer who made a late transition to the … [Read more...]
Update: The patch is now live in North America. Happy Trophy hunting! Did you all experience Metal Gear Solid 4 back in 2008? Or maybe for some reason you missed it? The Trophy system was introduced to PS3 in the middle of 2008. However, by that time, MGS4 had already finished development and was about to launch, so we were regrettably unable to implement Trophies at launch. But, we’ve always had it on our to-do list and users have given … [Read more...]