The Last Of Us Gets Two Collector Editions

Survival Edition

Sony has announced yesterday that their upcoming post apocalyptic game, The Last of Us, will be getting two different special editions - the Survival Edition and the Post-Pandemic Edition. Both packages come with some pretty cool stuff.

The Survival Edition will cost you $79.99 and includes:

• The Art of The Last of Us
• The Last of Us: American Dreams #1 comic
• Steelbook game case
• Sights & Sounds DLC Pack
• Naughty Dog Sticker Sheet

The Post-Pandemic Edition will be more expensive with a $159.99 price tag, but it will include:

• 12 inch premium statue by Project Triforce
• Steelbook edition of the game
• The Last of Us: American Dreams #1 comic
• Survival DLC Pack
• Sights & Sounds DLC Pack
• Naughty Dog Sticker Sheet

Note that the Post-Pandemic Edition does not include the art book that is in the Survival Edition. Also, the Post-Pandemic Edition is limited and only purchasable at GameStop.

Post-Pandemic Edition

The Last of Us will be out on the PlayStation 3 on May 7, 2013.

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Hideki Kamiya Thoughts on Play Station All-Stars Battle Royale

Laying down the law!

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The Last Guardian Is Still Being Worked On

Unfortunately nothing was shown at Sony's E3 Press Conference for The Last Guardian, but it doesn't mean any information about the game was given out.

Actually, there wasn't any new information at all for The Last Guardian, instead there was just a reminder that the game is still in development.

"There are some technical issues being addressed. There’s not much to show what it looks like," says Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony's Worldwide Studios. "This period of time we are unable to give an update, but the game is still in development."

It's good to know that Sony hasn't given up on The Last Guardian.

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Get Violent With The Last Of Us

New footage for The Last of Us was finally shown today. The gameplay footage didn't show any of the mutated baddies but it does show just how violent you can be to the human bad guys as the main character, Joel, bashes and shoots everyone in his way.

The footage has Joel and Ellie going through buildings and rooftops in order to get to a bridge. They can't simple walk down the road since it is overrun by 20 years of overgrown plant life and heavy machinery.

As they are on a rooftop, they encounter human survivors where Joel go after them before they go after him. Joel shoots and bashes some heads in in order to survive. His arsenal included a revolver, his fists, a nightstand, a molotov and a shotgun. 

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Sony Introduces Wonderbook

Using augmented reality technology, Wonderbook uses the PlayStation Eye and PlayStation Move in an extremely user interactive game.

The Wonderbook is a peripheral device for the PlayStation 3 and will be compatible with Wonder Book related games. The first Wonder Book game that was announced during the Sony Press Conference is Book of Spells and was written by Harry Potter creator JK Rowling and takes place in the Harry Potter Universe.

The Wonderbook and Book of Spells will be out this Fall.

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PlayStation Vita Gets PS One Classics

PS One are coming to the PlayStation Vita Sony announced today during their press conference. The PS One classics such as Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy VII, Jet Moto, Arc the Lad will be coming out this Summer.

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Big Daddy And Nathan Drake Confirmed For PlayStatino All-Stars Battle Royale

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale was shown during Sony's E3 Press Conference as developers SuperBot Entertainment announced that the game will be on the PlayStation Vita as well as the PlayStation 3. The developers also announced that the game will be cross platform compatible.

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale will have a super meters with a level three super being the highest you can get.

During a demonstration of the game, Nathan Drake and Big Daddy were officially announced to be on the roster for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.

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Heavy Rain Developers Announce Beyond: Two Souls

It's Sony's time to shine for their Press Conference and they started off with Heavy Rain developers Quantic Dream announcing Beyond: Two Souls.

Beyond is about what is beyond life and follows a girl, Jodie Holmes, who is able to connect to the realm beyond life. Ellen Page will be doing the voice acting and model for the fifteen year old Jodie.

The trailer for Beyond has Jodie in a Sheriff's office after she was found by a county police. She doesn't say much but the office is swarmed with SWAT team. The trailer then cuts to Jodie using some sort of powers as she is on the run.

Quantic Dream will be releasing more news for Beyond within the next month.


[A video will be posted once it is released online.]

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Old SOCOM Game Servers Going Offline

For those dedicated and loyal SOCOM fans, today will be a sad day for you as Sony has announced today that they will be shutting down the servers for all PlayStation 2 and PSP SOCOM games.

The announcement of the shut down came from the PlayStation forums yesterday and states that:

On August 31, 2012 Sony Computer Entertainment America will be terminating the on-line service for the following PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable ("PSP") software titles:

PlayStation 2 system: SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs, SOCOM II: U.S. Navy SEALs, SOCOM 3: U.S. Navy SEALs, SOCOM Combined Assault.

PSP system:  SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo, SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 2, SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3, SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike.

[Discuss this on the forums.]

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Sony Releasing A New PSP Color For Europe

Sony will be releasing a new color for the PSP this July, but it will only be available in Europe.

The Ice White PSP is expected to be out this July for £89.99 and is a perfect budget PSP for those who don't have the hand held console. The only downside is that this model, the PSP-E1000, does not have wi-fi and only has a mono speaker.

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Uncharted 1 And 2 On The PSN Next Month

Sony has announced today that next month Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Game of the Year Edition will be available on the PlayStation Network as digital downloads. The games will go digital on June 26 with no announced price at the moment.

The DLC for Uncharted 2 is currently free, and has been for awhile, but according to Sony, the DLC being free is due to the celebration of the first two Uncharted games going digital. Get the DLC while it lasts for it won't be free any longer on June 26.




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PSN To Be Down Tomorrow

Tomorrow Sony will be bringing down the PlayStation Network for some regular maintenance that will last almost all day. Users will still be able to play online games or use Netflix and other related apps, only the PlayStation Store and Home will be unavailable.

Here is Sony's full statement about the downtime:

Regular maintenance is a necessary part of operating a service such as PSN. As part of our efforts to continue to deliver you a world-class online entertainment experience on your PS3 and PS Vita devices, we will be performing maintenance on the network on Thursday, May 24th, starting at approximately 8:00 am PDT / 10:00 am EDT and concluding around 11:00pm PDT / 2:00am EDT.

During this maintenance period, you may receive a message that states “PlayStation Network is undergoing maintenance” when attempting to access the PlayStation Store or PlayStation Home. Online play will not be affected and you will be able to enjoy apps such as Netflix and Amazon Instant Video during this maintenance as well, provided that you have signed into the network within 5 days prior to the start of the maintenance period.

We will update you with any changes that may occur in regards to this maintenance. If you would like to receive a notice when PSN is fully restored, be sure to follow the official PlayStation Twitter account.

Thanks for your patience and support.

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Sony Announced PlayStation All-Star Battle Royale

Sony's first party fighting game has been officially announced yesterday when Sony released a trailer and screenshots of PlayStation All-Star Battle Royale.

PlayStation All-Star Battle Royale will feature Sony characters such as Kratos, Sweet Tooth and Fat Princess. The full roster has yet to be released, but those characters are what we can expect to be in the game so far.

"The game features a number of cool game modes for both single and multiplayer, with a focus on online play which features a robust tournament mode," says Sony. "Players will be able to compete against each other as well as play cooperatively. We can't wait for you all to try it for yourself."

PlayStation All-Star Battle Royale is set to be released sometime this holiday season on the PlayStation 3.

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God Of War Ascension Announced

Sony has announced today that another God of War game will be coming out called God of War: Ascension.

There is no information on what this God of War installment will be about, but there is a teaser trailer for it along with non final cover art.

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Sabrina The Teenage Witch Coming To The Big Screen

Originally being a comic from Archie Comics, Sabrina the Teenage Witch eventually moved into the animated world and then becoming a live-action television series starring Melissa Joan Hart. Now Sabrina The Teenage Witch will be coming to the big screen as Sony will be re-imagining the popular comic. 

Both Andrew Barrier and Gabriel Ferrari (Die In A Gunfight) will be writing the script with Dom Murphy and Susan Montford (Real Steel) producing the the rebooted Sabrina The Teenage Witch.  Deadline is reporting that the movie is going to be edgier and will have her talking cat that was once a powerful warlock now be a prince transformed into a cat in order to create a love interest for Sabrina.



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PlayStation Network Down For Maintenance All Day

The maintenance that would bring the PlayStation Network down all day Thursday has been moved to today.

The maintenance started a little bit past noon PST and will be finished on March 5 at 2 am PST. Everything relating to the PSN with be down and inaccessible until it is back up.

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PlayStation Network Maintenance Postponed

Today Sony was to perform maintenance on the PlayStation Network from 8:00 am all the way until 10:00 pm, but now they have announced that the update will be delayed for an unknown time.

"This maintenance period has been postponed," says Sony. "We will re-post when the date is rescheduled. PSN’s online gaming and services on Thursday, March 1, will be normal."

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PlayStation Network To Be Down All Day This Thursday

On March 1 the PlayStation Network will be down for all day for some maintenance.

Starting at 8:00 A.M. PST and ending at 10:00 P.M. PST, this maintenance will automatically sign users out who won't be able to sign back in until it is completely done. No one will be able to play online or access the PlayStation Store, Home and Account Management; every PlayStation Network related service will be down, including Sony's PlayStation Blog won't be available according to Sony.

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Purchase Killzone 3 Multiplayer Separately

If you're just interested in purchasing Killzone 3's multiplayer without buying the full game, then Sony has some good news for you.

Customers will have the chance to purchase Killzone 3's multiplayer mode without buying the game, what's even better is that the game is free to download, but once you reach a certain level then you have to purchase the  multiplayer, which is just $14.99.

The multiplayer mode contains DLC and will be available for PlayStation Network users next week.

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PlayStation Vita Will Cost Sony $50 Million In Marketing

Sony has announced today that they are going to be shelling out millions of dollars to market the PlayStation Vita, which they say is the “the largest platform launch in terms of marketing investment" the company has ever had."

Already teaming up with Taco Bell to market Sony's new handheld device, Sony will be spending an extra $50 million for marketing says John Koller, SCEA director of hardware and marketing for Sony. With every ad that you see, you will also be seeing "Never Stop Playing" and "#gamechanger" as the PlayStation Vita's phrase and hashtag.

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