Sony announces Spring Fever sale

Sony has Spring Fever and that’s a great thing for gamers! This means new indie games will be highlighted and there are deals for Playstation Plus members. This time PSN will feature four indie games for the Playstation 3 and PS Vita. Guacamelee! and Thomas Was Alone were most recently featured at the Game Developer conference. “PlayStation fans have been vocal about their desire to see more independent games on PSN, and Spring Fever is the perfect opportunity to show what makes PlayStation the premier destination for new and unique experiences from talented developers,” said Adam Boyes, vice president, developer and publisher relations, SCEA. “We have made bringing independent games to PSN easier than ever for developers, and part of that support includes making it easier for gamers to discover the best of the best titles.” What better way to celebrate the gorgeous weather than to buy more games and

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Watch Playstation announcements

Sony is going to make some Playstation announcement today. We’re hoping it’s details on a new console. But whatever the announcement is, you can watch it here from the official Playstation Twitch tv channel. Watch live video from playstation on www.twitch.tv Join in on the chat on twitter where people seem to be discussing their Playstation memories using #PlayStationMemory.

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Epix creates app for Playstation 3 and PS Vita

Content provider, Epix has announced plans to launch an Epix app for the Playstation 3 in the first quarter of 2013 and PS Vita in the spring. The app will provide subscribers with access to over 3,000 movie titles, original programming, concerts, comedy and sporting events. The app will be provided as a free download. “We’re thrilled to join forces with Sony Computer Entertainment to offer subscribers a unique and unparalleled experience. This is another important step in our mission to provide the best content in every way consumers want it, creating better entertainment experiences using our premium content, and by working with technology partners and our distribution partners,” said Mark Greenberg, EPIX CEO and President. The ability to stream will be part of an authentication process for current subscribers. It doesn’t say that it’s exclusively through one carrier in the press release, but this quote from DISH makes it

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PS Plus members get God of War: Ascension beta this winter

Sony has confirmed that PS Plus members will receive access to the God of War: Ascension beta this winter. The beta will allow gamers to get their hands on the multiplayer component that Sony has been pushing hard since it was first revealed earlier this year. Two teams of four players will battle to earn favor from the gods, Zeus, Hades, Ares and Poseidon. To go with this announcement, Sony released a new trailer featuring Zeus: We got our hands on God of War: Ascension’s multiplayer at E3, and can confirm it is “very God of War.” This beta is in addition to the E3 demo which will be available for those who purchase the Blu-Ray of Total Recall. As of now, God of War: Ascension is set to release exclusively for PS3 on March 12, 2013.

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Sony sues Bridgestone and actor who portrayed Kevin Butler

In one of the most bizarre headlines over the weekend, Sony is suing Jerry Lambert, who is better known as Kevin Butler, the VP of Everything. Well, that’s not entirely accurate. Sony is suing Bridgestone and Wildcat Creek Inc., an advertising agency of which Jerry Lambert is the real-life president. You may recall recently seeing a commercial for Bridgestone in which a man and woman were a little too ecstatic about playing Mario Kart on a Wii. It was part of Bridgestone’s recent ad campaign called “Game On,” in which you could win a Wii after buying a set of tires. Yeah, we were a little confused on it, too, but keen eyes may have recognized Lambert playing a Butler-esque character. Which is exactly why Sony is now suing both parties, claiming they tried to capitalize on the Kevin Butler. Speaking to VentureBeat, SCEA senior director of corporate communications, Dan Race,

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Sony announces smaller & lighter PS3 at Tokyo Game Show

Sony announced a new version of the Playstation 3 at Tokyo Game Show today. The new design will be a smaller form factor and available this holiday season. There will be three models at different storage sizes. One is 500G at $299, the next is 250 GB at $269 and the last is a newly added 12GB Flash Memory model (seems to be for Europe and PAL territories only). The 500GB will release on October 30th and the 250GB will release on September 25th. The weight of the new PS3 is about half of the first PS3 model. Sony also announced that Playstation Plus will be available for the PS Vita starting November of this year. PS Vita members with a Playstation Plus membership will get free games, discounts for select titles and other benefits. A variety of convenient PlayStation Plus subscription options will be available in each country and

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E3 Press Conferences in Images Day 1

Yesterday we got out the information but it lacked pictures. That’s because while I was typing, Keri was taking awesome pictures with my Cannon 5D Mark II. We decided to post all the pictures from Day 1 together for your enjoyment. That means pictures from Microsoft, EA, Ubisoft, and Sony press conferences. What did you think of the conferences? Any clear winner? At Microsoft, visually we enjoyed their stage. In the pictures take a look at the side panels,which really integrated well with the content. At EA, we were pretty high up and there may even be a camera in some of the shots. Their live stream had a video camera moving constantly in our view. At Sony we had decent seats and they also had great presentation with their games. I believe there is a God of War Ascension shot that is awesome. Hope you enjoy these pictures. We’ll

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Sony E3 2012 Press Conference

We are sitting in a very hot stadium waiting for the Sony E3 conference to start. There are about six Playstation employees playing games on the large screen. One is playing something with Playstation Move. You can really see that pink ball glow even from the cheap seats. They may be playing games that are currently out. We are getting started. The various screens are showing images of games and people playing them. You’ll see images of the stage later, but it’s quite pretty visually. Jack is doing the intro. Begin by paying tribute to the gamers, “Never Stop Playing”. He introduces Kaz Hirai to the crowd. First title is a brand new IP by the company that did Heavy Rain, Quantic Dream. David Cage comes to the stage to talk about Beyond Two Souls for the Playstation 3. Jodie Holmes is a character in the game that has a

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Preview: All-Stars Battle Royale (PS3)

The rumor has finally been confirmed, this holiday season you will be able to take some of your favorite Sony characters from all Playstation eras and brawl it out Super Smash Bros. style. Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale is developed by SuperBot Entertainment with Sony Santa Monica Studios. Characters that were revealed: Radec (Killzone) Sweet Tooth (Twisted Metal) Sly (Sly Cooper) Kratos (God of War) Parappa (Parappa the Rapper) Fat Princess Game Director Omar Kendall informed the audience that there will be three levels of of Supers for each character. As you play you build up your Super Meter which will allow you to use some kick butt Supers to annihilate your opponents. Each character has a unique fighting style and attacks; triangle, circle and square are your attack buttons and the right analog stick is for throws. The d-pad or left analog stick used in different directions will give you

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Interview: Whitney Wade (God of War Senior Producer)

On Monday, we posted about God of War Ascension. We were invited to the reveal of God of War Ascension’s multiplayer mode. It must have been funny to watch the room full of press trying to figure out what the team was showing us throughout the demo. After the demo we sat with Sr. Producer Whitney Wade to talk about God of War Ascension and what this new adventure means to the team. GamingAngels: Hi Whitney. Describe to us what it’s been like to return to the God of War series. Whitney: It’s exciting times! We love making God of War and so we’re happy to do it. The franchise is so strong, I think that in focus testing we did, fans want more. So who are we to deny the fans? The major reveal is the multiplayer concept. How did that idea come about? Is it something you wanted

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