PlayStation.Blog Recap

Hey there everybody. For those who haven’t been keeping an eagle eye on our daily Blog updates, your catch-up reading list this week includes a behind the scenes look at lovely PSN release The Unfinished Swan (out this week for Plus members), a first glimpse of BioShock Infinite‘s handsome collector’s edition, word on the just-launched PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale beta and a guest post from Criterion Games concerning its much-anticipated racer, Need For Speed: Most Wanted.

This week also saw the launch of the new PlayStation Store in many EU territories. Alas, teething issues delayed the roll-out in some regions (including the UK) but if it’s not with you already, it will be very soon. See our full launch post for a closer look at all the changes – product development manager Elliott Dumville has also answered some of your queries in the comments.

Have a great weekend, and enjoy your gaming.

• Community Update: Killzone AM and Nolan North goodies! – Win a signed picture of Nolan North – the actor and voice talent behind Uncharted’s Nathan Drake – and find out the about the Killzone Trilogy release and the Killzone AM event all in this week’s Community Update.
• PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale beta kicks off this week! – The PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale beta for PlayStation Plus members on PlayStation 3 is underway! Find out when it’s available to everyone here.
• Treasure Park for PS Vita: How to play like a pro – Shuhei Yoshida, President of Worldwide Studios tells us about his secret double life as a pro treasure hunter on the PS Vita app Treasure Park, and offers up some top tips.
• Sack it to Me: Announcing LittleBigPlanet #Queuesday – LittleBigPlanet Community Co-ordinator Steven Isbell explains all on “#Queuesday”.
• SingStore Update: P!nk, Beastie Boys and Enrique Iglesias – Nina’s back again with your bi-weekly SingStore update. This week she has some more P!nk for you, plus some Beastie Boys, Ike & Tina, Netherworld Dancing Toys and – last but not least – Enrique Iglesias with his massive hit ‘Bailamos’.
• 007 Legends – PlayStation-exclusive content revealed – Eurocom’s Rob Matthews reveals PlayStation-exclusive content for the upcoming 007 Legends game: characters, costumes and multiplayer.
• Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut coming to PlayStation 3 in 2013 – The ultimate ‘love it or hate it’ game has been upgraded. Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut is coming!
• PlayStation Home: Uproar & Ghostly Goings-On – Uproar is free to play this week, and we have more on the Halloween Extravaganza in Lockwood.
• BreakQuest: Extra Evolution lands on PS minis this week – Alexey Menshikov from Beatshapers shows off the studio’s next game – BreakQuest: Extra Evolution.
• Introducing your new PlayStation Store – Take a tour through all of the modifications you’ll see in the brand new PlayStation Store.
• A-MEN out today for PS3 with PS Vita Cross Play support – Olivier Latanicki from Namco Bandai unveils A-MEN on PlayStation Network and reveals more about PS Vita Cross Play.
• The art and design of The Unfinished Swan – Giant Sparrow’s Ben Esposito shares the unique creative process used to create Unfinished Swan.
• ‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 17th October 2012 – Doom 3: BFG Edition, The Walking Dead Episode Four, Sleeping Dogs and more star in this week’s Store Update.
• Introducing Uproar for PlayStation Home – Uproar hits PlayStation Home, bringing fast paced arena shooting and an experience unlike anything you’ve seen in Home before
• Aveline the Chameleon: Personas in Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation – Learn more about the tumultuous world of Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation and how new Assassin Aveline will fit right in.
• BioShock Infinite: Ultimate Songbird Edition showcased – BioShock Infinte will hit PlayStation 3 next year and Irrational Games’ Creative Director Ken Levine has all the detail on this amazing Ultimate edition.
• Vidzone Update: Get ready for winter with Coldplay and friends – This week’s Vidzone has some pre-winter warmers for you, as well as some wonderful artist-related puns.
• Behind the scenes with Wonderbook: Book of Spells – Continuing on the ‘Making of’ series for Wonderbook: Book of Spells, our second instalment tells the story of how the structure of the book was put together.
• Cult horror veterans join Until Dawn team – Cult filmmakers Larry Fessenden and Graham Reznick are joining the Until Dawn team. Pete Samuels from Supermassive Games tells us why.
• DanceStar Party Hits takes to the floor today – Grab your PlayStation Move motion controllers and get ready to bust a move in DanceStar Party Hits: The biggest, best and loudest PlayStation party ever is out now and available at retail.
• Germinator to infect PlayStation Network soon – Scott from Creat studios announces their great new game with a killer twist on the bubble genre, The Germinator.
• Need for Speed Most Wanted: 4 things you need to know – Take a look at the 4 most important things you need to know about this game.
• Weekend Debate: Name your guilty pleasures – Name and explain your guilty pleasure – a game that you love unconditionally despite wider consensus dictating that it’s a bit of a stinker. Get involved with this discussion to win a prize.
• The Last of Us prequel comes to comics in The Last of Us: American Dreams – Check out the first promotional image for the comic book series, The Last of Us: American Dreams.

• Ask a question about The Unfinished Swan and win – Put your questions to The Unfinished Swan development team and win a year’s subscription to PlayStation Plus.
• Game On – Discover how The Unfinished Swan turned into the finished article, and hit the track with the PlayStation Community to give your week the perfect gaming start.

• Find out the latest COD info with our Black Ops 2 trailer analysis. New weapons, robots, levels and more.
• See the first art of Ellie in the The Last Of Us: American Dreams prequel comic.
• The Last Of Us’ combat is completely optional say Naughty Dog. Hitting peopel with planskis entirly up to you.
• Fancy a change? Check out the best PlayStation sports games that aren’t FIFA or PES.
• Find out how all about Dishonored’s evolution with this concept art. Art director talks about the how the game came to be with early development art.