PlayStation Around The Web: What We Read

This week’s top media hits include first looks at upcoming PSN-exclusive indie The Unfinished Swan, impressions of God of War: Ascension’s recently revealed multplayer modes, and reviews of Mortal Kombat Vita and Awesomenauts, which is currently available for free for PlayStation Plus subscribers.

The team is now en route to Toronto, where we’ll stop telling you about the upcoming Canadian-made games like Sound Shapes and Dyad – and start showing you them in person. If you can make it to this free, open event, we’d love to meet you. Details here.

The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of April 30, 2012)

• The Unfinished Swan preview – First-look at the indiest indie game to ever indie – GamesRadar
• PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Director talks roster selection and more in this interview – Digital Trends
• Ragnarok Odyssey and Orgarhythm coming to North American PS Vitas – GamesRadar
• ‘God of War: Ascension’: Director Todd Papy talks multiplayer – EW.com
• Scion iQ smartcar comes with free PlayStation Vita – The Verge
• Review – The Walking Dead: Episode 1 – Terminal Gamer
• ‘Mortal Kombat’ for Vita successfully puts Fatalities in the palm of your hands – msnbc.com
• Paint The World With PS3 Exclusive ‘The Unfinished Swan’ – Forbes
• LittleBigPlanet Karting: A Platformer on Wheels – PlayStation 3 Preview at IGN
• IG Extended: The Unfinished Swan Interview w/ Ian Dallas – YouTube
• Awesomenauts review: Feel the magic, hear the roar – Joystiq
• ‘The Unfinished Swan’ announced as PSN exclusive – Digital Spy
• Five reasons to buy a PS Vita right now… — PlayStation Universe
• Sony Giving out 60 Minutes of Skype Credit for Free for the PS Vita – PlayStation LifeStyle
• ‘The Unfinished Swan’ is ‘like the first 15-minutes of an awesome game over and over again’ – The Verge
• The Black and White Mystery of The Unfinished Swan – PlayStation 3 Preview at IGN
• ‘God of War’ set to reign over multiplayer – USA Today
• IG Extended: God of War Ascension Interview w/ Todd Papy & Mark Simon – Machinima
• PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale will include third-party characters – Shacknews.com
• 15 Years Later: How Sony’s Net Yaroze Kickstarted Indie Console Development – Gamasutra