75w ago - Today Sony Associate Brand Marketing Hardware Manager Crystal MacKenzie has unveiled new PSP Dual Packs which include Twisted Metal, Patapon and Hot Shots video games with details below.

To quote: Back in June we introduced the PSP "Dual Pack" that offers a selection of PSP Favorites.

We're happy to announce the availability of three new PSP Dual Packs featuring MotorStorm: Arctic Edge and Twisted Metal: Head-on; Patapon and LocoRoco; and Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee and Hot Shots Tennis.

These PSP Dual packs will be available at retailers nationwide in January as well as downloadable via the PlayStation Network for $14.99 (MSRP).

At an affordable price of $129.99 (MSRP), PSP continues to offer consumers the ability to enjoy console quality gaming on the go. PSP Dual Packs are a great fit for those who want to play and access a wide variety of PSP classics.

81w ago - SCEA Assistant Producer Dais Kawaguchi has announced that Patapon 3 DLC officially hits PSP today for free!

To quote: Get your thumbs ready for a brand new foot-tappin', song-hummin', eyeball-stabbin' adventure!

Today, Patapon 3 fans will be able to partake in a slew of new multiplayer adventures. Take on Stone Golems, Salamanders, Deth squads and prove your Patapon-greatness.

If this isn't enough, there are also two new missions against the giant eye-sore (ha!) Darantula - this evil life-sucking nemesis will challenge even the best of rhythm-keepers with its deadly poison attacks.

Once you survive (make that if you survive) this deadly monster, rile up a squad-o-four to take on the dreaded sandworm Dokakanel -- he's back, and he's angry!

There you have it folks: Deth squads, check; poison spewing evil monsters, check; earth-shaking fire breathing sandworms, check. All this eye-watering greatness will be coming to you today! It's what your thumbs have been craving...

110w ago - Producer Chris Hinojosa-Miranda has announced that Patapon 3 hits Sony's PSP today for $20 and shared a Free Item Code and video trailer below!

To quote: Hey patapon fans! The big day has finally arrived! Patapon 3 is finally here! We've got loads and loads of new features and content (its all so new and so fun!).

Available as both umd and as a PSN download (wallet friendly price of 19.99), this new chapter in the patapon saga will throw you into massive online battles, cooperative and competitive, crazy single player adventures and some of the most intense rhythm/action warfare your PSP has ever experienced.

Every game will come with a complementary digital guide - giving you much needed tips for when the action gets too intense for your beat matching skills. If this is not enough for you - then here's something that will surely make your Tuesday: free stuff.





That's right kids, for a limited time only, we'll be giving away a stylish Bald Cap helm. This diligent helm stays with you through thick and thin. Reflects sun beams for increased burn rate.

This voucher code will entitle you to this special item for your Patapon giving you an added advantage in combat. Once redeemed be sure to equip this item...

113w ago - Today video game Producer Chris Hinojosa-Miranda shared a new Patapon 3 PSP trailer and confirmed that the title arrives on April 12, 2011.

To quote: Direct your bi-oculars over yonder (below), and let them be smitten by the greatness that is this here Patapon 3 trailer.

This is but a brief glimpse into some of the newest, most eye-watering, pupil-dilating Patapon 3 features we have planned for your enjoyment.

New characters (21 new Ultraheros!), new weapons (close to 700!), massive attacks, and an all-encompassing clan system with troop customization for your online co-op or competitive multiplayer enjoyment.

The Battle Begins on your PSP April 12, available as both UMD disc and PSN download for $19.99 USD. Get ready for big weapons, bigger attacks and badder bosses!





Do your fovea a favor and hit the replay button on the video to let them bask in this visual glory.

139w ago - Sony Senior Social Media Specialist Sid Shuman has shared a Patapon 3 PSP Q&A with Hiroyuki Kotani today, revealing that the PSN title will be more epic with multiplayer support.

To quote: In addition to Patapon 3's better-known enhancements -- the tough-as-nails Super Hero Patapons, approximately 80 levels, the Pata-text chat system -- the topic of multiplayer gameplay remains something of a mystery.

So while at the Tokyo Game Show, I jumped at the chance to speak with Hiroyuki Kotani, better known as the director of the Patapon series, to touch upon more details for his upcoming PSP rhythm-action game.

I was particularly interested in how the new online multiplayer-centric gameplay would impact the game, as well as what new challenges the Patapons will face in their strange new surroundings.

Sid Shuman: Patapon 3's visual style looks more sophisticated, how have you evolved the art style?

Hiroyuki Kotani, Director, Patapon 3: Along with the more epic theme, we changed the graphical style not only for the Superhero Patapon, but also for the backgrounds. The backgrounds in the previous games looked more flat and two-dimensional. But now in Patapon 3 you can feel much more atmosphere -- it's both more fantastic and more realistic.