The PlayStation Recap

Can’t talk — playing way too many video games. So many games, in fact, that I dropped the ball on the most slam-dunk Halloween costume idea I’ve ever had: Swamp Thing using a ghillie suit. I was this close to ordering the costume, but the last thing I remember is inserting the Fallout: New Vegas disc and picking up the controller and oh god where am I what time is it…

Needless to say, I’ll be dressing up as a “social media blogger guy” yet again this year. Anyone dressing up as a PlayStation character?

• I’m playing: Fallout: New Vegas, God of War: Ghost of Sparta, Vanquish, Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare, Killzone 3 Beta
• I’m watching: South Park, Burrowers and Legion on Netflix PS3 Watch Instantly
• I’m reading:Wired, November 2010, PlayStation: The Official Magazine – November 2010 (God of War: Ghost of Sparta cover)

God of War: Ghost of Sparta “Redemption” Trailer — Some guy: “You should take heed, Spartan. You will not succeed — turn back now.” Kratos: LOL

Prinny 2: First Trailer, Panties Design Contest — Here’s a contest I think we can all get to grips with. D00d. Oh, and a delightful new trailer!

Blacklight Tango Down Infiltrates PSN Tomorrow With New Features — New additions and improvements for the PS3 version include “Join in Progress” multiplayer.

ModNation Racers – Those Ain’t Snow Chains! — Heat up the track with Kratos, and catch up on the week’s top community creations.

Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II hits PS3 Tuesday, Enhancements Detailed — Dual lightsabers. Sith Lightning. Severed Storm Trooper limbs. Yeah, I can work with this.

Hal Sparks Returns for ‘The Tester’ Season 2 Preview Show and Download & Win Sweepstakes Details — If the drama isn’t enough for you, enter the Download & Win segments for a shot at a PlayStation Move bundle or a Sony HD HandyCam.

Celebrating Ten Years of PlayStation 2 — Any serious fan should watch this video documentary — it’s packed with fascinating details and footage from PlayStation’s first days.

No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise Announced Exclusively for PS3 and PlayStation Move — Swing your Beam Katana through Santa Destroy’s top assassins with the power and precision of PlayStation Move, all in HD.

MLB 10: The Show Predicts: Giants in 7 — The developers simulated a match-up between the Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants and predict a seven-game classic.

PlayStation Store Update — 20% off all Red Dead Redemption DLC (including Undead Nightmare!) til 11/2, plus Majin And The Forsaken Kingdom Demo, Blacklight Tango Down, and Superstars V8 Racing.

Explodemon Blowing Up Exclusively on PSN this Winter — An epic five years in the making, this PSN exclusive is nearing the finish line.

Introducing PlayStation Rewards – A New Way to Earn Exclusive Status and Recognition — The invitation-only beta has started, and the first wave of emails are going out now. Can you make it to Legendary status?

Medal of Honor Gets Hot (Zone)! — DLC incoming! One’s free, the other isn’t, but other offer plenty of new content.

Game Developers List All-Time Favorite PS2 Games — Top PS2 games chosen by Stig Asmussen, David Jaffe, Warren Spector, Evan Wells, Tim Schafer, Ken Levine, Cliff Bleszinski and more.

Digital Comics Store Update — New Y: The Last Man, Deadpool, and 5 Ways to Die headline this week.

Little-Known Facts: Call of Duty: Black Ops Multiplayer — Prestige improvements, split-screen online support, Custom Game Editor, and tons of other Black Ops multiplayer details.

Halloween Festivities Continue in PlayStation Home with Silent Hill 2 Items + The Force Unleashed II, Hudson Gate Updates & More!!! — Wow, they put Silent Hill 2 in Home? That I’ll have to see.

PlayStation Network Regular Scheduled Maintenance — A brief word from our technological overlords.

Standalone 320GB PS3 System Available Soon — You asked for it, and you got it. So many GBs!

The Sly Collection Sneaks onto PS3 November 9th — Before inFAMOUS, Sucker Punch was best known for this fan-favorite PS2 stealth series. Soon you can play it in HD (and 3D)!

Killzone 3 Helghast Edition and Pre-order Bonuses Detailed — Guerrilla Games ain’t fooling around. See first pics of and pre-order bonuses for this beautiful Killzone 3 limited edition collection.

MAG Escalation DLC Coming November 2 — Jeremy describes Escalation as a “three-faction gunplay whirlwind.”

New God of War: Ghost of Sparta Skins Exposed, Deimos for God of War III Unveiled — All hail Robotos! See all of Kratos’s new costumes — plus a peek at Deimos in God of War III gameplay.

8th Annual Gran Turismo Awards at SEMA in Las Vegas on November 3rd — Kazunori will crown a new performance vehicle with the honor of getting digitally recreated in a future edition of GT.

PlayStation Network Video Content Update — Don’t forget: The original Nightmare on Elm Street rental is playing free from on Saturday 5pm to 3am Pacific. Freddy’s coming for you…

Activision’s Blue Offers Double XP All Halloweekend, Developer Play Session — If you race Saturday, October 30th from 11am to 2pm, you might find yourself trading paint with the Bizarre Creations developers themselves.

Dead Nation: Weapon Upgrades Trailer, Armor Upgrades, and a PS3 Theme — I cannot *wait* for Dead Nation to arrive on PSN, and you’ll see why when you watch this video focusing on weapon and armor upgrades.

Final Weekend to Pre-Order God of War: Ghost of Sparta and Receive FREE Ultimate DLC Bundle — It’s your last chance to get six free pieces of DLC by pre-ordering. What would Kratos do?

LittleBigPlanet 2: New Sackbot Featurette Trailer — Sackboy gets theatrical, with a cast of thousands! This video couldn’t be cuter.

Courtesy of Jeremy Dunham

Patch Alert: MAG v2.02 — Updated PlayStation Move settings and more in our latest patch.

MAG Escalation DLC Coming November 2 — Thanks to your devotion, we gathered a surplus of fantastic data that allowed us to make MAG a better game… and we’re not done yet!

Courtesy of Arne Meyer

Another batch of UNCHARTED 2 PSN Avatars hits the PSN Store! — Our latest set of PSN Avatars features a selection of some popular multiplayer characters, all shown in the familiar retro photo frame theme from the character selection screen in UNCHARTED 2 multiplayer.

The Labs <3's Halloween — The Halloween weekend episode of “The Lab” features 2 vs 2 Elimination. The suspense created by having only one life per round in Elimination fits a Halloween nicely, don’t you think?