When we first began work on Lumines Electronic Symphony , we envisioned a game that would take Lumines players through a diverse but unified sampling of electronic music. This would allow us to...
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VidZone Update – VidZone’s Annual Alternate Video Awards 2012
Greetings moving music fans to what is undoubtedly the music event of the year so far. I am Ben Creasey your host, here to guide you through tonight’s proceedings as we encounter the...
DUST 514 Interview: Changing Console Shooters Forever
We haven’t heard a great deal about DUST 514 since it was shown at E3 2011 , other than that it’s a first-person shooter connected to the vast sci-fi universe of PC MMO...
Fracture, A Short Film Debuting In PS Home
Greetings one and all. My name is Ashley Wing, an independent filmmaker from the UK based in Devon
‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 31st August 2011
Hi everyone, it’s Store update day and the second title in the PlayStation Network PLAY series is released today – The Baconing – the third instalment in the saga of Deathspank , defender...
The Baconing Is DeathSpank’s Meatiest Adventure
I’m wicked excited to share some details about our new game, The Baconing , DeathSpank’s greatest and most delicious adventure EVER! The game will be available to download tomorrow from PlayStation Network ....
The Man Behind The Cowl: Arkham City Interview
I remember the day my copy of Arkham Asylum arrived at the office because I hadn’t followed the game’s development too closely and, when I took it home just to check out what...
Inside SCEE: Jim Ryan
Tonight at the SCEE gamescom press conference,he will take to the stage tonight as part of the handover that will see him take over the role of President and CEO of Sony Computer...
Inside SCEE: Dave Ranyard
Many game fans will tell you that they would love to be making games for a career, and yet relatively few know what game development actually entails. Following my chat with PlayStation Home...
Hideo Kojima Talks Metal Gear Solid HD Collection, Peace Walker HD, PS Vita
These days, Hideo Kojima is a busy man. The Metal Gear mastermind recently revealed that the Metal Gear Solid HD Collection is heading to the PS3 this November. The HD Collection includes revamped...
E3 Diary: Day One
I’ve been following E3 for many years now and there are two types of announcement that always demand public attention: new hardware and exclusive games, particularly new IPs. This year we’ve brought both...
Introducing DUST 514, A Persistent Shooter From CCP
Hi everyone! I’m the Community Manager for DUST 514 , an upcoming title from CCP . This is the first time you’ll have seen DUST 514 highlighted on the PlayStation.Blog and we’re happy...
Win a Sony 3D TV With The Green Hornet
We love 3D and we love Blu-ray. You love competitions (I hope)- mix them altogether with a suitably humorous, high octane movie and we’re in business. So to celebrate the launch of The...
Details of SNEE & SCEE’s Identity Theft Protection Programme
Last week we informed you that we would be liaising with providers of identity theft protection plans following the malicious attack on PlayStation Network throughout our region. We are now in a position...
Some PlayStation Network And Qriocity Services To Be Available This Week
This morning, a press conference took place in Tokyo, Japan and the following press release is now being distributed worldwide.
CityVille: Purchase City Cash for one of three free exclusive decorations
Filed under: CityVille For a limited time, Zynga is offering three pieces of added incentive to users who may be willing to purchase City Cash in CityVille . Via a new promotion that...
CityVille: History decorations make learning fun in your town
Filed under: CityVille A series of outdoor and history-related decorations have been added to CityVille today, with these items not only tying back into the set of Archeology goals also released in the...
Zynga Seattle to open just minutes from PopCap, Nintendo, Microsoft
Filed under: Farmville , Other Games Zynga knows where the game's at. KING5 news reports that Zynga is running recruitment phases for its studio in Seattle's Pioneer Square.
‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 13th April 2011
Hello all – first of all I apologise for not getting around to commenting last week, even the best intentions sometimes get side-tracked by enormous workloads. I am definitely here this afternoon (well,...
CityZen on Facebook: A CityVille clone joins the march
Filed under: Other Games Look, Metamoki , we know you felt burned when Zynga took Mob Wars and spun it into Mafia Wars , one of the most successful social games to date....
Facebook game profits are big, but MMO gold farming is huge
Filed under: Farmville , Other Games In fact, a report (PDF link) by the Word Bank's infoDev finance program suggests that 75 percent of all virtual goods sales globally are from gold farmers....
Official CityVille Podcast (04/09/11): Storage for buildings and a zoo coming soon
Filed under: CityVille Taking a page from FarmVille , Zynga has launched an official podcast for CityVille , led by Community Manager Clerk Casey. The first edition of the Official CityVille Podcast gave...
CityVille: New beach decorations allow you some fun in the sun
Filed under: CityVille CityVille has officially launched into Spring this week, as Zynga has turned off the snow for every user in the game, whether they wanted to have snow on their land...
CityVille: Franchises now allow for refunds and canceling requests
Filed under: CityVille As part of Zynga's continued effort to make Franchises a better, and more enjoyable part of CityVille's gameplay, they have implemented two new changes to the overall Franchise system in...
RockYou’s Julie Shumaker: ‘We’ve got to blow sh*t up’
Filed under: Other Games According to RockYou SVP and GM Julie Shumaker, social games need more explosions to reel in the hardcore crowd. While she was probably kidding, Shumaker spoke on this very...
Universal Pictures & Cie Games take Fast Five promotion to a new level in Car Town
Filed under: Other Games In one of the biggest and most in-depth cross-promotional activities I've ever seen in a Facebook game to date, Universal Pictures and Regal Entertainment have partnered with Cie Games'...
Zynga acquires former Yahoo acquisitions head for unknown role
Filed under: Farmville , Other Games Zynga is not only buyout-crazy for whole studios, it's gone cuckoo for people now too . No one is safe. Well, if making a metric ton of...