14w ago - Sony Producer Kumi Yuasa has posted up a video today spotlighting the tough choices and colossal bosses in Soul Sacrifice for PS Vita below.

To quote: Soul Sacrifice is, as its name suggests, a game that asks the player to make an ultimate decision. It happens every time you defeat an enemy, actually - a choice to either save the enemy's soul, or sacrifice it for your own gain.

How you customize your character in this regard is crucial, since you're going to go up against some very large enemies. That scale, and the importance of making the player truly feel it, is at the heart of this piece from composer Wataru Hokoyama:

"An unbelievably gigantic enemy appears before you. For this piece, I focused on bringing out the full potential of a full scale orchestra by using bold orchestration to depict the immeasurable sense of scale of the enemy's size and power. I hope the score will make the players feel like, "there is no way I can beat an enemy with this kind of scale." - Wataru Hokoyama





Because there are gigantic, powerful enemies, it's important to build your character's stats and levels. Your decision of saving or sacrificing will affect what type of character you want to build.

14w ago - MLB 13 The Show Game Designer Nick Livingston has shared some fresh videos today spotlighting MLB 13's The Show live on PS3 and PlayStation Vita below.

To quote: Howdy fellow gamers, Nick Livingston back again to introduce another new feature in MLB 13 The Show. Today, we're going to talk about how MLB 13 The Show will bring you closer to Major League Baseball than ever before with our brand new mode, The Show Live.

The Show Live allows you to play any games from the 2013 MLB schedule with the most up-to-date rosters, lineups, and statistics, fed directly from MLB.com.

Whether the game is starting in an hour, or was played a month ago, the presentation and commentary in The Show Live is dynamic to the landscape of the MLB on the date the game was scheduled.

Relive a player's 40th Home Run, clinch the pennant for a team that choked it away, or play along with the game you're watching or listening to. The Show Live is a mode for the truest of MLB fans.





Please note that the video footage is of a work-in-progress, and many things will update before we hit the shelves.





Lastly, here's a look at the...

14w ago - Sony PlayStation Store Director Grace Chen is here with this weeks US PSN Game Store updates below today, as follows:

PS3 Full Games

Persona 4 Arena ($29.99)

Two months after the ending of the hit RPG Persona 4, a new threat has emerged in Persona 4 Arena! Jump into the next chapter of the story as Persona 4 enters a new genre in this 2D fighting game from the dream team of ATLUS and Arc System Works, made to be enjoyed by fighting game beginners and experts alike!
ESRB: T // File Size: 6 GB

Everybody Dance: Digital (Free)

Get ready to rock the party! With the PlayStation Move motion controller and PlayStation Eye camera, Everybody Dance: Digital lets you dance to hip hop, pop and club favorites turning your regular get togethers into a rockin' dance party. This free download includes the game engine only (individual songs available separately).
ESRB: E // File Size: 202.9 MB

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Alien Breed...

14w ago - Sony Director Don Mesa of Product Planning and Platform Software Innovation has shared a video showcasing Ecolibrium today, which allows users to build an Alien Ecosystem on PS Vita.

To quote: We hope you've been enjoying all the new gaming applications we've brought to PS Vita recently, like Wake-up Club and the newly released PlayStation Home Arcade.

Today we're excited to tell you about the next one-of-a-kind application you'll be able to check out next week starting today on PS Vita: Ecolibrium.

Ecolibrium puts you in control to grow and maintain a beautiful and foreign ecosystem. You'll be able to raise unique and alien species, design the world to your liking, and explore ecosystems yourself using PS Vita's unique gyroscopic technology. Ecolibrium will also offer Trophy support for you Trophy hunters out there!

Maintaining balance is the key to Ecolibrium. In order to achieve balance in your ecosystem, you must take into account various basic factors, including feeding the creatures, the impact of the seasons and the right proportion of creatures for each link in the food chain.





Maintaining balance will net you Ecopoints, which you can spend by purchasing new specimens (animals,...

14w ago - Sony Producer and Studio Head Sian Yue Tan has confirmed that Rocketbirds blasts off on PlayStation Vita today with details below.

To quote: The wait is over! We're very proud to announce that Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is wiggling its way onto your PS Vita starting with today's PlayStation Store update.

To start things off - an apology to those of you who own the PS3 version of the game, whom we promised a reduced price last week if you also purchase the PS Vita version.

We 'clucked up,' and the planned 20% discount will take a bit longer before this is set up in the US PlayStation Store. We will let you know when the discount goes live.

That said, building upon our 3x IGF Finalist browser game Rocketbirds: Revolution! and Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken for PS3, this new PS Vita version utilizes many of the PS Vita's awesome features.

For those of you who are reading about this title for the first time, in this game, you'll take control of Hardboiled Chicken, the original Cock of War (a chicken so tough, he survived being boiled as a fetus), to lead the rebellion against the draconian penguin oppressors to overthrow their hold on Albatropolis!

It's an old-school cinematic action-adventure set in the Rocketbirds universe, a world filled...