PlayStation Around The Web: What We Read

E3 is an amazing thing, but when you’re there (and working), you don’t always get to see that many games. So I’ve been enjoying catching up on the titles I missed seeing in person… and now I’m sharing the (immense) list of stories I’ve been reading with you.

From what I did get to play or see in the flesh, I was especially taken with Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch, Assassin’ Creed III & Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation, Guacamelee (played on PS Vita), PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (Big Daddy is a badass), and Jet Set Radio PS Vita. Wish I had a time to see and play more, but it seemed clear to me that the quality of games on display this year was very, very high. This will be a good year for gaming – of this I have no doubt.

The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of June 4, 2012)

• The Last of Us is even smarter than you think – VentureBeat
• E3 2012: MGS2 and MGS3 Have Been ReVamped and HD-ified for Vita – Giant Bomb
• `E3 2012: Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation Channels Splinter Cell – IGN
• E3 2012: Combat, Exploration and Hilarity in Guacamelee! – IGN
• LittleBigPodcast Episode 176 (E3 2012!) – YouTube
• Ragnarok Tactics Coming To PSP In North America This November – Siliconera
• E3: I played Silent Hill: Book of Memories and LIKED it – Destructoid
• E3 2012: Dust 514 Interview – Giant Bomb
• E3 Exclusive: Activision Confirms Angry Birds HD on Consoles – The Escapist
• E3: Persona 4 Golden makes me want a Vita – Destructoid
• Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance preview – Shacknews.com
• E3: Orgarhythm is hard to explain, but fun to play – Destructoid
• E3 2012: The 17-Minute Last of Us Demo – IGN
• Getting crafty with LittleBigPlanet Karting – Joystiq
• Last Of Us Dev Becomes Unwitting E3 Meme Hero – Kotaku
• E3: Jet Set Radio on Vita is Dreamcast-alicious – Destructoid
• New Little King’s Story Hands-On: Same Game, Darker Coat Of Paint – Siliconera
• E3 2012: LittleBigPlanet Could Save the Vita – IGN
• Portal 2 adding PlayStation Move support, new levels later this year – Shacknews.com
• E3: ‘Smart As…’ proves game journalists are stupid – Destructoid
• Big Daddy Gave The Other PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Players A Beatdown – Siliconera
• E3 2012: The Unfinished Swan Interview – Giant Bomb
• Here’s Proof That Final Fantasy VII Will Actually Run On Your Vita – Kotaku
• E3: I’m sorry, but DmC: Devil May Cry was great fun – Destructoid
• Beyond: How Quantic Dream’s latest is more than just Heavy Rain 2 – Shacknews.com
• God of War: Ascension has god-like multiplayer action, all-new tricks for Kratos – The Verge
• Fewer guns, better fighting, unique setting: Sleeping Dogs should be on your radar – The PA Report
• The director of the Last of Us explains how to cast a game and get real performances from your leads – The PA Report
• Papo and Yo erases monstrosity with art: an interview with the game’s creator – The PA Report
• Sony’s ‘wacky’ Tokyo Jungle headed to North America and Europe – Joystiq
• A virtual excursion through Sony’s E3 booth – Joystiq
• ‘Papo & Yo’ might make you cry – The Verge
• ‘Beyond: Two Souls’ impresses with its blend of narrative and technology – The Verge
• E3 2012: Dust 514, the Deepest FPS You’ve Ever Played – IGN
• E3: SunFlowers Brings A Ray Of Fun To Vita – PSNStores
• ‘Sine Mora’ announced for PlayStation Vita – National Video Game – Examiner.com
• The Unfinished Swan is one of the darling indie games of E3 (hands-on preview) – VentureBeat
• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles Patients Receive PlayStations To Help Isolated Kids Digitally Interact – Huffington Post
• Yoshida: Small games, indies crucial to Vita success – Gamasutra
• ‘The Last of Us’ isn’t about monsters but humanity – The Verge
• Ellen Page in ‘Beyond: Two Souls’: casting for the next generation of motion capture – The Verge
• E3 2012: Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida on Vita and disruption – VG247
• PlayStation’s digital strategy relies on the ‘core’ gamer – Gamasutra
• Quantic Dream’s Beyond: Two Souls is one of the best games of E3 (in-depth preview) – VentureBeat
• The Last of Us E3 Preview: Violence for a Reason – TIME.com
• E3: PS Vita’s ‘LittleBigPlanet’ puts creative power in gamers’ hands – latimes.com
• ‘The Last of Us’ rocks E3, world’s largest video game expo – Yahoo! News