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It’s been a really busy past three weeks. One of the biggest things is definitely the giveaways, which you can read about in the section below. As far as Community news itself goes, Tosh has unveiled the new and improved giveaway/lottery system. It not only makes it easier for us to track entries, but also makes it easier for you to enter the contest as well.

Yesterday, Tosh also gave me more permissions for running the forums, so I took the liberty of beginning the process of improving the forums. For the most part, the forums are now categorized satisfactorily, but we’re still in the process of moving old topics to their new locations.

And, as always, we had our BlogCasts. Now available are Episode 11, Episode 12, and Episode 13. Enjoy!

Oh, and I almost forgot, EdEN has joined our team. Congratulations!

Alright, giveaways! First of all, we had a winner for the Tekken blu-ray.

The day before the winner of that was announced, we started a giveaway for PSN imports for Yakiniku Bugyou and Rapid Angel, where, later, everyone who entered had won. In fact, you can ask Oly if there are any extra codes left since the number of entries was less than the number of available codes…

Anyway, Eddie did a short giveaway for a Resistance 3 beta code, here you can see who won here.

We still had a couple other PSN giveaways, including Fast Draw Showdown and LIMBO. Winners can be seen here and here respectively.

Of course, it didn’t end there. Currently, we have 2 more giveaways going on, including the PSN title Dead Block and a piece of hardware that makes a wired connection through your house’s electrical circuit, the HP200AV.

We’re still not done yet, though. In fact, we had to make a couple more “lottery” accounts to allow for more giveaways, with the third account being used for a giveaway you will see go live tomorrow, so stick around! There is a lot of free stuff you can win! Also, Tosh’s E3 swag giveaway has ended, but items will be shipped soon!

Since the last recap, we had to delay the GT5 tournament to July 31st, at which point, only Dean and Pedro showed up. Although it was just us three, we still had a bit of fun! We just didn’t run it as intended and basically just turned it into a game night, but that’s okay. Here’s hoping we can do it again some other time.

Official Cars 2 Review
Eddie on July 25th, 2011 7 Comments

Lack of Innovation? A Counter Point…
Darrin on July 25th, 2011 16 Comments

Rage Behind the Scenes 4 of 6 “Wasteland”
Oly on July 25th, 2011 8 Comments

EVO 2011 Live on PlayStation Home
Cheeto on July 26th, 2011 7 Comments

Fast Draw Showdown – 1st Round Gameplay
Tosh on July 26th, 2011 10 Comments

Sony May Bring the PS Vita’s Activity Feature to the PS3
Eddie on July 27th, 2011 4 Comments

Comic-Con Recap: Crazy Games, Crazy Times!
PAUL FIERCE on July 27th, 2011 7 Comments

Nintendo to Sony: It’s on like Donkey Kong
EdEN on July 28th, 2011 28 Comments

Bleach: Soul Resurrection is Approaching
Jason on July 28th, 2011 12 Comments

Mad Blocker Alpha Review
EdEN on July 28th, 2011 2 Comments

Rage “The Enemy” – Part 5 of 6 Behind the Scenes ad id Software
Oly on July 29th, 2011 2 Comments

The List
Cheeto on July 29th, 2011 15 Comments

New Anarchy Reigns Trailer Is Here!
EdEN on July 29th, 2011 6 Comments

Magic: The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 Review
premiersoupir on July 30th, 2011 13 Comments

Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Demo Comes With Tekken Hybrid
Sakinah on July 24th, 2011 5 Comments

Twisted Metal Open Beta Denied
Cheeto on July 25th, 2011 5 Comments

Silent Hill HD Collection Launches Exclusively on the PS3 this September or October
Eddie on July 26th, 2011 7 Comments

Battlefield 3 weapons customization videos
Cheeto on July 26th, 2011 3 Comments

Red Dead Redemption Free “The Myths and Mavericks Bonus Pack” Coming in Sep.
Oly on July 27th, 2011 5 Comments

Global Resistance
Cheeto on July 28th, 2011 3 Comments

Do you like THQ? Want 50% off at the PSN Store?
EdEN on July 28th, 2011 3 Comments

Resistance 3 Beta Detailed
Cheeto on July 29th, 2011 4 Comments

Do you own PS Move? Then this list will make you happy!
EdEN on July 29th, 2011 11 Comments

King of Fighters XIII will be out on October… so here’s a veeery awesome pre-order incentive!
EdEN on July 29th, 2011 8 Comments

Sodium 2: Project Velocity | Track 3 Preview
Tosh on July 29th, 2011 No Comments

Sony Going All Out To Support Garage Developers on the Playstation Vita
Eddie on July 31st, 2011 13 Comments

House of the Dead: OVERKILL (Extended Cut) – New Level Revealed
EdEN on August 1st, 2011 2 Comments

LittleBigPlanet Toy Story Levels and Costumes!!
Oly on August 1st, 2011 7 Comments

Sony Buys Sucker Punch Productions
Cheeto on August 2nd, 2011 11 Comments

Batman: Arkham City, Pre-Order Skins
Cheeto on August 2nd, 2011 19 Comments

New Technology From Euclideon That Could Change How Games Look For The Next Generation
EdEN on August 2nd, 2011 17 Comments

Number Of PlayStation Pads Damaged/Broken?
Madagasca on August 3rd, 2011 18 Comments

Borderlands 2 Announced!
Pedro on August 3rd, 2011 18 Comments

One Epic Game Released on the PSN Store!
EdEN on August 3rd, 2011 8 Comments

LIMBO Review
Ace on August 3rd, 2011 10 Comments

Rochard Developer Q&A
EdEN on August 3rd, 2011 5 Comments

Fast Draw Showdown Review
Tosh on August 4th, 2011 5 Comments

Vita to miss the 2011 U.S/Europe Release
Cheeto on August 4th, 2011 14 Comments

The Tester Season 3 Has Been Announced and You Can Be In it!
Oly on August 4th, 2011 6 Comments

Ninjamurai Review (minis)
EdEN on August 4th, 2011 3 Comments

Driver: San Francisco Multiplayer Looks Promising
Jay on August 4th, 2011 6 Comments

Where to Get Your Battlefield 3 Pre-Order Goodies!
Madagasca on August 5th, 2011 11 Comments

PSN Play (or how the Xbox 360 Summer of Arcade has changed into the Fall of Fun on Sony’s console)
EdEN on August 5th, 2011 11 Comments

Skyrim Collector’s Edition Looks Great!!
Oly on August 5th, 2011 11 Comments

Resistance 3 Resist Trailer
Ace on August 6th, 2011 4 Comments

Will Smartphone/Tablet Owners Purchase the Playstation Vita?
Eddie on August 6th, 2011 7 Comments

New Monster Hunter 3 HD Screens Released
Jason on August 1st, 2011 7 Comments

Super Street Fighter IV Patch Before 2011 Is Over
EdEN on August 1st, 2011 3 Comments

Lollipop Chainsaw to be Relased in the US!
EdEN on August 1st, 2011 7 Comments

Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood on PSN EU
Cheeto on August 2nd, 2011 3 Comments

So, how many studios does Sony own after purchasing Sucker Punch?
EdEN on August 3rd, 2011 7 Comments

Call of Duty: Black Ops Rezurrection Pack Announced
Cheeto on August 4th, 2011 No Comments

Rage “Uprising” Trailer
Oly on August 4th, 2011 2 Comments

Twisted Metal Delayed!
Cheeto on August 5th, 2011 5 Comments

Battlefield 3 Open Beta FAQs
Madagasca on August 5th, 2011 4 Comments

Atlus has reason to celebrate: Catherine sold 200,000 in a week!
EdEN on August 5th, 2011 13 Comments

Arkedo Series Coming to PSN
EdEN on August 5th, 2011 2 Comments

Sony’s 3D TV Bundle Swaps Resistance 3 for MotorStorm: Apocalypse
Cheeto on August 5th, 2011 10 Comments

Battlefield 3 is Heading to GamesCom with Jets!
Ace on August 7th, 2011 9 Comments

Dead Island [Red Edition]
Cheeto on August 7th, 2011 4 Comments

[Review Rewind] Magic: The Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers 2009
premiersoupir on August 8th, 2011 5 Comments

Dead Island’s Zombie Apocalypse Spreads on Central Plaza in PlayStation Home
Oly on August 8th, 2011 2 Comments

New Deus Ex: Human Revolution Videos
Oly on August 8th, 2011 5 Comments

Catherine Review
Darrin on August 9th, 2011 10 Comments

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Spec Ops Survival Trailer
Oly on August 9th, 2011 11 Comments

Dead Island has Gone Gold and Here’s a New Co-op Trailer to Celebrate
Oly on August 9th, 2011 8 Comments

Sony DADC Torched in London Riots
Ace on August 9th, 2011 11 Comments

Champion Jockey: G1 Jockey & Gallop Racer Trailer is Exciting
Oly on August 9th, 2011 9 Comments

Ico/Shadow of the Colossus Collection Intro Videos
Cheeto on August 10th, 2011 9 Comments

Assassin’s Creed Revelation Beta for PS+ Subs. Starts on September 3rd
EdEN on August 10th, 2011 8 Comments

New Risen 2 Trailer
Pedro on August 11th, 2011 5 Comments

Hardware Review: HP200AV Powerline Internet AV Kit
Jay on August 11th, 2011 6 Comments

NIS America Weekend Update (on a Thursday)
EdEN on August 11th, 2011 5 Comments

Sniper Elite V2 Trailer
Oly on August 11th, 2011 3 Comments

Dead Block Review
EdEN on August 11th, 2011 8 Comments

Saint’s Row: The Third 8 Minutes of Game Play
Oly on August 11th, 2011 6 Comments

[RAGE] First-Time Buyer Incentive!
Cheeto on August 11th, 2011 6 Comments

Hideo Kojima Gives Us A Sneak Peak Of The Metal Gear Solid HD Collection Trophies
PAUL FIERCE on August 12th, 2011 13 Comments

God of War: Origins Collection on PS3
EdEN on August 12th, 2011 12 Comments

Dead Island 20 minutes of Gameplay!
Jason on August 12th, 2011 6 Comments

Child of Eden Trailer for PS3!
EdEN on August 12th, 2011 5 Comments

DeathSpank 3: The Baconing is Going to be Great!
Oly on August 12th, 2011 7 Comments

PSP Remaster Series and Multiplayer
Jason on August 13th, 2011 5 Comments

Lord of the Rings: War in the North Collectors Edition (Europe and Australia)
Cheeto on August 7th, 2011 8 Comments

Dark Souls Delayed
Cheeto on August 8th, 2011 12 Comments

Dead Island Survival Kit CE Only in Poland
Oly on August 8th, 2011 5 Comments

Ken Levine on Bioshock Infinite, Vita, PS Move.
EdEN on August 9th, 2011 3 Comments

Driver: San Francisco Demo Available Now!
Cheeto on August 9th, 2011 7 Comments

PS3 System Software Update (v3.70)
Cheeto on August 10th, 2011 7 Comments

Gotham City Impostors Closed Beta Sign Up
Cheeto on August 10th, 2011 5 Comments

PSN Scheduled Maintenance
Cheeto on August 11th, 2011 6 Comments

Sixaxis Controller With Your Android Phone? Are You Nuts?
Madagasca on August 11th, 2011 3 Comments

Motorstorm now has move support
Jason on August 12th, 2011 4 Comments

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Announced
Cheeto on August 12th, 2011 8 Comments

WWE ’12 Roster Reveal Tomorrow
Jay on August 12th, 2011 5 Comments

Retro/Grade and PAX Contest
Jason on August 13th, 2011 3 Comments

Splinter Cell HD 1080p Gameplay
Jason on August 13th, 2011 3 Comments

Pretty interesting results, really. Almost half of the people who voted said that a deep, engaging story is most important for future titles, where, despite being 10 votes behind, innovative gameplay took second. Sequels and prequels got a few votes, but tried and true formulas and controversial subject matter both struck out with one vote.

This new poll idea comes from mowmow, who will receive 200 points for the idea. With that said, the poll asks what interests you most in a collector’s edition of a game. I believe we’ve had one of these in the past, but I suppose it can’t hurt to run a new one.

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Nothing new this week community wise. We do, however, have double points active through the rest of July! With a good number of giveaways coming up, now is a good time to stock up on points!

And, as always, be sure to listen to our BlogCasts! You’ll get plenty of laughs! For our newest one, be sure to listen to episode 10.

The winner of the Alien Zombie Megadeath giveaway has been chosen (as well as the winners of the Red Johnson’s Chronicles giveaway, so congratulations to you guys!

We also have our ongoing E3 Swag giveaway, as well as a chance for you to win a blu-ray of the Tekken movie.

For major giveaways, we have also made it a lot easier for facebook users to enter them. To see what I mean, be sure to check it out here.

16 Articles // 9 QuickNews

Contributor of the Week

• EdEN – 7 Entries

QuickNews Contributor of the Week

• EdEN – 3 Entries

Most Liked

• Jay & Pedro (x2) – Official Review: inFamous 2, Is There a Place Left for Innovation?, & New Arkham City Trailer Shows Penguin – 1 Like

Most Comments

• Pedro – Is There a Place Left for Innovation? – 14 Comments

Today was supposed to be our GT5 tournament, but since Pedro couldn’t make it, and likely Baba won’t either (leaving only 3 competitors), I have decided to postpone it until next weekend. Maybe I’ll see if I can get more people to join us this week as well.

Batman: Arkham City Collector’s Edition Details Emerge
EdEN on July 18th, 2011 8 Comments

Is There a Place Left for Innovation ?
Pedro on July 18th, 2011 14 Comments

Rage Behind the Scenes: The Arsenal
Oly on July 18th, 2011 2 Comments

Activision Shafts PS3/PC Gamers…Again?!
Ace on July 19th, 2011 10 Comments

Fast Draw Showdown Out Today On The PSN
Tosh on July 19th, 2011 13 Comments

What is being worked on for PSN? Why, Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken!
EdEN on July 19th, 2011 2 Comments

Rochard: Releasing soon on the PSN Store!
EdEN on July 20th, 2011 2 Comments

Grasshopper Manufacture Reveals New Zombie Game
Sakinah on July 20th, 2011 11 Comments

Puzzle Dimension Review
EdEN on July 20th, 2011 4 Comments

BF3: Leaked Gameplay And a New Trailer
Ace on July 21st, 2011 4 Comments

New Arkham City Trailer Shows Penguin
Pedro on July 22nd, 2011 7 Comments

Resistance 3 Survivor Edition trailer
CHEETO on July 22nd, 2011 2 Comments

Official Review: inFamous 2
Jay on July 22nd, 2011 10 Comments

PSN Store and Blog Are Finally Official In Brazil
EdEN on July 23rd, 2011 3 Comments

PS+ Content for July 26 and August 2nd
EdEN on July 23rd, 2011 4 Comments

Patapon 3 Review (PSP)
EdEN on July 23rd, 2011 2 Comments

Child of Eden release date and price confirmed
CHEETO on July 18th, 2011 1 Comment

Battlefield 3: ‘We can do earthquakes in multiplayer’
Ace on July 18th, 2011 5 Comments

Tekken Tag 2 – Mishima Family Combo Exhibition
Tosh on July 19th, 2011 6 Comments

Play Mortal Kombat as Freddy Krueger
Pedro on July 22nd, 2011 1 Comment

PSN Users Prove To Be Very Generous
Sakinah on July 22nd, 2011 1 Comment

ComicCon 2011: Starhawk Trailer
CHEETO on July 22nd, 2011 No Comments

PSN Plus 12 Month Subscription Now Only $39.99 (Limited Time)
EdEN on July 22nd, 2011 No Comments

Catherine Q&A with Atlus (@PS Blog)
EdEN on July 23rd, 2011 2 Comments

So I hear you like Comic Con Cosplay…
EdEN on July 23rd, 2011 2 Comments

From the looks of it, you guys either spent a lot or didn’t spend anything at all when the PSN came back, as tied for the number one spot are “Nothing” and the 20-50 range. One person did have to file for bankruptcy, though. There are still a few things I have to buy myself, but I am a bit low on funds.

Since there wasn’t any valid poll ideas for this week, I decided to come up with one of my own. And I don’t get points for my brilliant ideas . As usual, I like to base them off of something going on this week, so without further ado, this week’s poll is based off of Pedro’s article about innovation. The only thing is, I have a few things listed, and it’s up to you to see what you think is most important for future titles.

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Tosh has made it so anyone who participates in a BlogCast gets 200 points. If you want to earn points easily, that’s a chance for you to do so! It’s very casual, laid back, and conversational. Most of the time, we record on Wednesday night at 6PM, Pacific.

You can also earn 100 points for emailing us and 150 for leaving us a voicemail (@ PS3-888-BLOG – US number). We will read mail on air, as well as putting the audio from voicemails in there.

Be sure to listen to Episode 9 when you get a chance!

The Red Johnson’s Chronicles giveaway ends tonight, so be sure to get your last minute entries in for this excellent title. There will be three winners.

If point and click mystery games aren’t your thing, we also have a chance for you to win the far more frantic Alien Zombie Megadeath, which ends Thursday night. I’m not sure how many winners will be chosen here, though.

12 Articles // 13 QuickNews

Contributor of the Week

• EdEN – 4 Entries

QuickNews Contributor of the Week

• Sakinah & CHEETO – 3 Entries

Most Liked

• Jay – Remembering War of the Monsters – 1 Like

Most Comments

• Jay – Netflix Subscription Plan Update – 20 Comments

Earlier this week I had posted a reminder about our Gran Turismo 5 tournament, which is still scheduled for the 24th (one week from today). At this point in time, that is still the only game night we have planned unfortunately.

Of course, that’s not to say you can’t start one yourself! In fact, we have a site trophy you can get just for hosting your first one. The only thing you have to do is apply to be a writer and you can simply opt to just host game nights. You can also go into the Game Night Group and post there as well (I am going to try to find ways of promoting the Groups section so it gets more activity).

Batman Arkham City “The Riddler Trailer”
Eddie on July 11th, 2011 6 Comments

Remembering War of the Monsters
Jay on July 11th, 2011 12 Comments

Back To The Future Episode 4 Review
EdEN on July 11th, 2011 7 Comments

SCE Chief Shuhei Yoshida Says Industry Innovation Will Stall Without Supporting Our Smaller Devs
Eddie on July 11th, 2011 18 Comments

Saints Row: The Third Platinum Pack & the Professor Genki Hyper-Ordinary Pre-Order Pack
CHEETO on July 11th, 2011 7 Comments

Netflix Subscription Plan Update
Jay on July 12th, 2011 20 Comments

Naughty Dog Says PS3/Vita Can Do What Wii U Does
Tosh on July 14th, 2011 19 Comments

Accessory Review: RedMere “Active” HDMI Cable
Jay on July 14th, 2011 11 Comments

Battlelog: First Screenshots Revealed
Ace on July 14th, 2011 5 Comments

House of the Dead: Overkill (Extended Cut) on October 2011
EdEN on July 14th, 2011 13 Comments

Alien Zombie Mega Death Review + Giveaway!
EdEN on July 14th, 2011 11 Comments

Coming Soon to the PSN Store – Carnivores: Ice Age (minis)
EdEN on July 15th, 2011 6 Comments

Medal Of Honor Cat
Sakinah on July 10th, 2011 5 Comments

Registration for identity theft protection extended
CHEETO on July 11th, 2011 3 Comments

Amazing Resident Evil Collection
Jason on July 11th, 2011 12 Comments

MK9 Rain Gameplay with a Peek at his X-Ray
Baba0Booey on July 11th, 2011 7 Comments

Who’s Fighting Dirtier EA or Activision?? (Updated: Site registered to Godaddy.com)
Oly on July 11th, 2011 11 Comments

Welcome Back Program So Successful Even More People Are Downloading Games
Eddie on July 12th, 2011 9 Comments

Newest PS3 hardware to remove HD support over component cables
CHEETO on July 13th, 2011 11 Comments

Deus Ex: Human Revolution : Conspiracy trailer
Oly on July 13th, 2011 3 Comments

Konami Releases Beta Gameplay Footage of Famed Hero Simon Belmont from Castlevania Franchise
PAUL FIERCE on July 13th, 2011 2 Comments

Meet Some of the Stars of Driver: San Francisco
Jay on July 14th, 2011 1 Comment

Ubisoft’s Uplay Passport
CHEETO on July 15th, 2011 3 Comments

Starhawk Will Be Playable At Comic-Con
Sakinah on July 15th, 2011 No Comments

Tekken: Blood Vengeance 3D Coming To Theaters For One Night Only
Sakinah on July 16th, 2011 1 Comment

Not too many people voted this week, but from the results, most people think we’re a**holes because those people have jobs. There are others who are getting fat. More so than those engaging in sports, or even gaming. Only a select few are getting sexified. There is also one person from the southern hemisphere who is currently enjoying winter, my favorite time of year.

This new poll idea is by way of EdEN, who will get the 200 points for the suggestion. We’re asking how much money you’ve spent on the PlayStation Store since the PSN resumed service, in light of the post we had earlier in the week about how sales have been doing better since before the outage.

Since not everyone on the site uses the dollar, I included symbols for the pound and euro as well, and “etc” for any other denomination. Basically, it goes from the low-end amount to the higher end (so if you aren’t familiar with those forms of money, anything over $50 is usually one of the full games or if you got a full year of PS+).

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Not much in terms of new features, but I am proud to say that our site has been very active and love the fact that we seem to be getting a few more regulars as well!

We’re still open to new writers and also have a new incentive to do so: writers get 2 points for every new comment on their articles (minus their own replies), and since a lot of our posts seem to have been getting over 20 comments, that’s an easy 40 points!

We’re always finding ways to get you guys points, which are integral to things like giveaways, or simply for bragging rights. I think Jason has gained points faster than any one else in a given period of time .

As far as the PS3BlogCast goes, during this time period, we have episodes five, six, seven, and eight! Be sure to give those a listen! We often have giveaways included within them, as well as a chance to double your entries in some contests!

This was actually a very busy period as far as giveaways go. First off, we had a LA Noire t-shirt giveaway for people who were able to find out clues hidden within the site. Some even did it just for fun, and it has gotten a lot of positive feedback. We will like to do something similar to that again!

We also gave away codes for Stardrone
; you can see the list of winners Winners of the StarDrone Giveaway”>here.

For Uncharted fans, we had a giveaway for a copy of the GotY Edition of Uncharted 2, so congratulations to the winner! We also gave away codes for the creepy crawler kickback for the Uncharted 3 Beta.

Currently, we also have a giveaway for Red Johnson’s Chronicles, a very well done point-and-click mystery game.

We also had a giveaway for the NormalTanks mini packed in with the review.

I’m still surprised we haven’t really scheduled any Uncharted 3 beta game nights, but I do have a game night for another game scheduled myself. The Gran Turismo 5 Christmas in July tournament! This is actually our first tournament, and was named so because my PS3 on the originally scheduled tournament date died on December 25th, and that tournament was scheduled for the 26th. A lot has changed since then, so this one should be fun. It even has more prize cars!

[E3 2011] Hands On – Ace Combat: Assault Horizon
Tosh on June 13th, 2011 7 Comments

Official Double Review: LA Noire
Jay on June 13th, 2011 12 Comments

Playstation Vita, The Meat and Potatoes.
Eddie on June 13th, 2011 23 Comments

Jack Tretton Sony C.E.O. Talks About Hackers & 3D Gaming
PAUL FIERCE on June 14th, 2011 9 Comments

[E3 2011] Hands On – Starhawk
Tosh on June 14th, 2011 12 Comments

[E3 2011] Hands On – Uncharted 3 Multiplayer / Co-op
Tosh on June 15th, 2011 14 Comments

DICE Responds to Battlefield 3 Controversy
PAUL FIERCE on June 16th, 2011 3 Comments

Puzzle Agent Review
EdEN on June 16th, 2011 11 Comments

Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta Info
Oly on June 16th, 2011 3 Comments

Black Ops Annihilation Map Pack Preview
Oly on June 16th, 2011 7 Comments

First Ever Battlefield 3 Gameplay on PS3
Ace on June 16th, 2011 4 Comments

Nicholson Electroplating Gets a Trailer
Jay on June 16th, 2011 3 Comments

[E3 2011] Journey Interview
Tosh on June 17th, 2011 10 Comments

[E3 2011] Amy Preview and Impressions
Oly on June 17th, 2011 8 Comments

[E3 2011] Missing In Action
Sakinah on June 18th, 2011 14 Comments

Diablo III Hiring PS3 Specialist
Pedro on June 13th, 2011 6 Comments

@PlayStation on Twitter Will Be Giving Away Tetris Codes for the PSN
Oly on June 14th, 2011 3 Comments

2K Games Fired Its PR Company Based on a Tweet
Oly on June 15th, 2011 6 Comments

Uncharted 3 On Jimmy Fallon
Oly on June 15th, 2011 3 Comments

Playstation Vita to Support DLNA and Skype
Eddie on June 16th, 2011 20 Comments

Red Johnson’s Chronicles PSN Hack Launch Trailer
Oly on June 17th, 2011 4 Comments

Resistance on the Playstation Vita Will Feature Online Competitive Multiplayer
Eddie on June 19th, 2011 8 Comments

PS3 Slim Goes On a Diet
Ace on June 20th, 2011 13 Comments

Jack Tretton Talks About PlayStation 4
PAUL FIERCE on June 20th, 2011 16 Comments

StarDrone Review
EdEN on June 20th, 2011 11 Comments

Amy “Zombification” Video
Oly on June 21st, 2011 9 Comments

Portal 2 Review
Oly on June 21st, 2011 8 Comments

PlayStation Vita Gets a Release Date?!
Ace on June 22nd, 2011 4 Comments

Meet Dead Island’s Newest Character Logan
Oly on June 22nd, 2011 4 Comments

Are Video Games Causing Marital Trouble?
Tosh on June 22nd, 2011 19 Comments

Mortal Kombat: Skarlet Now Available (Win Her Here)
Oly on June 22nd, 2011 38 Comments

Back To The Future Episode 3 Review
EdEN on June 23rd, 2011 6 Comments

NHL 12 Cover Athlete: Steven Stamkos
MAINEiac4434 on June 24th, 2011 2 Comments

Saints Row the Third Gameplay Looks to be “Over the Top” Fun
Oly on June 24th, 2011 15 Comments

Collections Announced For Uncharted, R&C & Resistance
Sakinah on June 25th, 2011 13 Comments

Reminder: L.A. Noire Rockstar Pass
Oly on June 20th, 2011 2 Comments

Starhawk Official Box Art
Oly on June 20th, 2011 5 Comments

Binary Domain Story Trailer
Oly on June 20th, 2011 3 Comments

Amazon Gold Box Gaming Day (6-21-11)
Sinlock on June 21st, 2011 No Comments

RAGE Comic Issue #1 is Now in Stores
Oly on June 22nd, 2011 1 Comment

Fallout: New Vegas’s: Old World Blues Available July 19th
Oly on June 22nd, 2011 3 Comments

Firmware 3.66 Inbound
Ace on June 23rd, 2011 3 Comments

inFAMOUS 2 Now Available for Download on PSN
Oly on June 23rd, 2011 12 Comments

19 Year Old Arrested For Using PlayStation 3 To Make Bomb Threats
PAUL FIERCE on June 24th, 2011 4 Comments

Online Beta Announced For Journey
Sakinah on June 25th, 2011 3 Comments

Play Uncharted 3 Muliplayer and Earn Rewards at Launch
Eddie on June 26th, 2011 11 Comments

PS Vita News Round Up
Eddie on June 26th, 2011 25 Comments

NormalTanks Review (minis) + Giveaway
EdEN on June 27th, 2011 22 Comments

Uncharted 3: New & Improved (Now With More Beta!)
FooBear408 on June 28th, 2011 37 Comments

PSP Remakes & What They Won’t Feature
Jason on June 29th, 2011 15 Comments

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon – Close-Range Assault Gameplay
Ace on June 29th, 2011 6 Comments

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 gets real. So real you can touch it!
PAUL FIERCE on June 30th, 2011 14 Comments

HipHopGamer Claims BF3 is Outselling MW3
Ace on June 30th, 2011 31 Comments

RAGE Behind the Scenes: The Legacy of id 1 of 6
Oly on June 30th, 2011 8 Comments

Sackboy Is Sad
Sakinah on July 1st, 2011 18 Comments

Alice: Madness Returns Review
Jason on July 2nd, 2011 22 Comments

Star Wars Galaxies servers to go dark December 15
PAUL FIERCE on June 26th, 2011 2 Comments

Reminder: Sony Welcome Back Program Ending Soon
Sinlock on June 27th, 2011 5 Comments

COD: Black Ops Annihilation DLC Shangri-La Zombie Trailer
Oly on June 27th, 2011 3 Comments

Supreme Court Rules: California Can’t Ban Violent Video Games
PAUL FIERCE on June 27th, 2011 4 Comments

Killer PS3 Deal until July 2nd
Jason on June 27th, 2011 7 Comments

PSP Dual packs are a steal
Jason on June 28th, 2011 5 Comments

Sniper Ghost Warrior PS3 Optimized
Jason on June 28th, 2011 3 Comments

Kenshi Arrives for ‘Mortal Kombat’ July 5th
CHEETO on June 28th, 2011 5 Comments

PlayStation Plus Birthday Bonus Offer
CHEETO on June 29th, 2011 4 Comments

PlayStation Home: Welcome Back Content for Europe
Tosh on June 29th, 2011 5 Comments

Official Batman: Arkham City Box Art Revealed
Oly on June 29th, 2011 10 Comments

Respawn Entertainment Launch
CHEETO on June 30th, 2011 5 Comments

PSN Cards 25% off until July 2nd
Jason on June 30th, 2011 10 Comments

LIMBO Headed To PSN & Steam
Sakinah on June 30th, 2011 8 Comments

Quadruple XP is Live in Red Dead Redemption
Oly on June 30th, 2011 4 Comments

WWE All Stars Upcoming DLC
CHEETO on July 1st, 2011 5 Comments

4th of July Sales!
Jason on July 4th, 2011 4 Comments

Final Fantasy VII, inFamous 2, Killzone 3 Costumes Coming To Little Big Planet 2
Sakinah on July 4th, 2011 5 Comments

Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon Review
Jason on July 5th, 2011 5 Comments

Skyrim: An E3 Preview and Analysis
Megafire123 on July 5th, 2011 8 Comments

Lord of the Rings: War in the North Collector’s Edition and Pre-Order Bonuses Details
EdEN on July 5th, 2011 6 Comments

PS4 to be revealed in 2012?
CHEETO on July 5th, 2011 16 Comments

Uncharted 3 MP Beta: New Week 2 Content
EdEN on July 5th, 2011 6 Comments

Jane’s Hotel Review (minis) + Giveaway!
EdEN on July 5th, 2011 12 Comments

White Knight Chronicles 2 Review
Jason on July 6th, 2011 12 Comments

Most Anticipated Games of 2011 to be present during the San Diego Comic-Con
PAUL FIERCE on July 6th, 2011 11 Comments

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Fan Interview
Pedro on July 6th, 2011 5 Comments

Naughty Dog Would Love Another Jak and Daxter
Ace on July 6th, 2011 6 Comments

Duke Nukem Forever Review, Got balls of steel?
Baba0Booey on July 6th, 2011 8 Comments

PSN Pass Announced
CHEETO on July 6th, 2011 19 Comments

PSN Summer Sale 2011: 30% Off 11 Games
EdEN on July 7th, 2011 13 Comments

RAGE Behind the Scenes 2 of 6: The Dawn
Oly on July 7th, 2011 9 Comments

Red Johnson’s Chronicles: Episode 1 Review
EdEN on July 8th, 2011 5 Comments

PlayStation Vita Features Explained
Eddie on July 8th, 2011 14 Comments

PlayStation Plus Subscribers: here’s your July content!
EdEN on July 8th, 2011 22 Comments

Bioshock Infinite Demo Footage
premiersoupir on July 8th, 2011 8 Comments

Sony Extends the “Welcome Back” Program
CHEETO on July 4th, 2011 6 Comments

PlayStation Network Services To Be Restored In Japan This Wednesday
Tosh on July 5th, 2011 7 Comments

Capcom Announces Finish Me Giveaway
Jason on July 6th, 2011 5 Comments

Dead Block Co-Op Detailed
EdEN on July 7th, 2011 8 Comments

Castlevania Harmony of Despair finally hitting PS3
Jason on July 8th, 2011 6 Comments

Uncharted Movie gets new director
CHEETO on July 8th, 2011 9 Comments

Pre-order Dead Island from Amazon and Get a Digital Art Book
Oly on July 8th, 2011 3 Comments

Great offer on pre-orders+ more
Jason on July 8th, 2011 5 Comments

Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 Move Bundle
CHEETO on July 9th, 2011 7 Comments

Sorry about this long-running poll, but we did get a bit of feedback from those who voted (also, you get points for voting if you didn’t know that). It appears a lot of people are going to pick it up eventually, while a few seem to want to get it now simply because of the price. 35 people aren’t going to get it, though (split between a “No” and “Not into handhelds”), while a few were going to pick it up regardless of the system’s price.

Summer has been going on for a few weeks (unless you live in AZ< where it has been going on for a couple months), so, thanks to Darklurkr23 (who will receive 200 points for the poll idea), we’re going to have the poll reflect what you’re doing this summer. Choices are open as well, so you do have the ability to add your own!

Nothing much new, but we did have some live blogging taking place at E3. If you wanted to watch the event live, you could have done so here.

And don’t forget, we still currently have Double Points going on for comments and posts (10 and 90, respectively; you also get double points for logging in as well), which should last until tomorrow morning. Too bad not too many people took advantage of it when it went live last week.

Sinlock managed to win the PS3Blogcast sound bite contest, with Grondimn coming in at a close second. Although Sinlock won the 150 points, since Grondimn was just seconds off, he had also received 100 points, so congratulations to you guys.

We also had a facebook and Twitter contest for Call of Duty: Black Ops’ Escalation map pack, so congratulations to those winners as well!

19 Articles // 11 QuickNews

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• Jay – 8 Entries

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• Jay – 6 Entries

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• Oly – PlayStation Vita Hands On and a Couple New Trailers – 16 Comments

E3 2011: Twisted Metal ‘Revenge’ Trailer
Ace on June 5th, 2011 9 Comments

FIFA 12 Ultimate Edition – It’s Definitely In The Game!
Madagasca on June 6th, 2011 5 Comments

Dead Island E3 Trailer
Pedro on June 6th, 2011 1 Comment

[E3 2011] Battlefield 3 Launches October 25th
Ace on June 6th, 2011 5 Comments

[E3 2011] Insomniac Multiplatform IP: Overstrike
Ace on June 6th, 2011 2 Comments

[E3 2011] NGP Named PSVita, Confirmed for Holiday 2011, Price Revealed
Jay on June 6th, 2011 8 Comments

[E3 2011] Uncharted 3, Oh My!
Ace on June 6th, 2011 6 Comments

[E3 2011] LittleBigPlanet and ModNation Racers on Vita: Perfect Match
Jay on June 6th, 2011 6 Comments

PlayStation Vita Hands On and a Couple New Trailers
Oly on June 7th, 2011 16 Comments

[E3 2011] New 3D Display and Accessories for PS3
Jay on June 7th, 2011 8 Comments

[E3 2011] Medieval Moves: Deadmund’s Quest Announced
Jay on June 7th, 2011 4 Comments

[E3 2011] My Bioshocks, let me show (and mention) them!
EdEN on June 7th, 2011 6 Comments

[E3 2011] DUST 514 Makes an Appearance
Jay on June 7th, 2011 7 Comments

[E3 2011] ICO/Shadow of the Colossus Collection FINALLY has a release date!
EdEN on June 7th, 2011 11 Comments

[E3 2011] God of War: Origins HD Collection
EdEN on June 7th, 2011 10 Comments

[E3 2011] Brothers in Arms: Furious 4
Ace on June 7th, 2011 3 Comments

A Bunch of Trailers for Vita Titles
Jay on June 8th, 2011 10 Comments

Spain Arrests Members of Anonymous
Jay on June 10th, 2011 10 Comments

[E3 2011] NFS: The Run Trailer Shows Game’s Intensity
Jay on June 10th, 2011 2 Comments

Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation DLC and Double XP Comes to PS3 June 10
Oly on June 5th, 2011 2 Comments

[E3 2011] Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Trailer
Jay on June 5th, 2011 3 Comments

Growing up with PlayStation.
PAUL FIERCE on June 5th, 2011 3 Comments

Dead Island Gets A Confirmed Release Date
Madagasca on June 6th, 2011 1 Comment

[E3 2011] Sly Cooper Finally Makes a Proper PS3 Appearance
Jay on June 6th, 2011 No Comments

[E3 2011] New Trailer for Resistance 3; Doomsday Edition Announced
Jay on June 7th, 2011 4 Comments

InFamous 2 Releases Today; Kevin Butler says it’s “EPIC”
Jay on June 7th, 2011 4 Comments

Optional PS3 Firmware Update (v3.65) Available
Jay on June 7th, 2011 2 Comments

[E3 2011] Street Fighter X Tekken Announced For Vita, Guest Character Revealed
Sakinah on June 7th, 2011 1 Comment

[E3 2011] Dragon’s Dogma (CAPCOM)
Jason on June 8th, 2011 4 Comments

Vita Likely to be Region Free
Jay on June 11th, 2011 No Comments

Turnout for this poll was pretty bad. Then again, the site’s traffic wasn’t as much as anticipated, either, but we still had a few people add in some answers. The most anticipated thing, according to this poll, was Uncharted 3 news. However, we did have a few optimistic folks hoping for some PlayStation 4 information (which I would think would be more likely at least next year anyway). That even beat out the NGP pricing and release date.

Also, I am 90% certain that EdEN added Project Cafe to the list, which only got 3 votes, tying with Metal Gear Solid: Rising.

This poll comes from the announcement of the price of the Vita, which, for the base model, is the same price as its immediate competition, the 3DS. We’re asking if, because of the announcement of the price (which is really lower than expected), are you more likely going to buy the system? Would be interesting to see the results of this one, because it IS lower than expected and a lot of folks were waiting for that announcement, BUT, on the flip side, not everyone enjoys handheld gaming. We’ll see where this went on the next recap

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In case you haven’t noticed, the chat system currently has a new look, and has also been updated to the latest version. This will actually make it easier for people like me who use the pop-out chat, which didn’t allow you to click a name to send a PM, to be able to do so, as you can now open multiple instances of the chatrooms.

Madagasca, one of our main reviewers from across the pond is also interested in knowing what kinds of things you’d like us to change/cover in reviews, so if you have any input on that, be sure to respond here.

Over the past 4 weeks, we’ve also gotten some new, hidden site trophies, as well as a referral system for those who want to earn points for inviting friends.

Ace also gave us a countdown to E3, and a list of confirmed games to be at the show, so if you want to check that out before the event officially kicks off tomorrow, check it out here.

We did have one contest/giveaway over the past month, and that was for a Roxio game capture unit (thanks to Roxio for providing us with a review unit, as well as a unit to give away). Congratulations goes out to jwhyrock for winning that one!

Though currently we don’t have a game night set up or going on, I still plan on having a GT5 tournament, so know that I still haven’t forgotten about that!

We did have a Game Night for Uncharted 2 on the Uncharted 2 Game Night | May 26th”>26th of May, as well as an impromptu one on the 27th, which I guess was also abruptly canceled due to a blu-ray drive failure on Tosh’s part. That sucks.

Do you (Your Name Here) take the PlayStation as your lawfully…
PAUL FIERCE on May 9th, 2011 23 Comments

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
FooBear408 on May 9th, 2011 11 Comments

PSN Outage Update: “A few more days”
Ace on May 10th, 2011 12 Comments

New Dark Souls Trailer Confirms October Release
Sakinah on May 10th, 2011 10 Comments

Are Developers To Be Compensated By Sony?
Madagasca on May 11th, 2011 8 Comments

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Gets Release Date/New Trailer
Jay on May 11th, 2011 2 Comments

The Soul Will Burn In 2012
Sakinah on May 11th, 2011 4 Comments

Rumor: Modern Warfare 3 Boxart Exposed?!
Ace on May 11th, 2011 17 Comments

NEA Arts in Media Guidelines Now Accepting Games/Other Forms of Media
Jay on May 11th, 2011 2 Comments

Sony’s Job hotline is blossoming with positions; mostly network security.
PAUL FIERCE on May 11th, 2011 6 Comments

Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Update
Pedro on May 12th, 2011 6 Comments

Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection soon on PSN
EdEN on May 12th, 2011 9 Comments

Rumor: Starkhawk to be Announced Tomorrow!! (Update!)
Ace on May 12th, 2011 4 Comments

SHIFT 2 DLC Incoming; Standing Mile and Drag + More
Jay on May 12th, 2011 1 Comment

Starhawk Gameplay at last! [Update: More Videos]
Tosh on May 13th, 2011 15 Comments

Modern Warfare 3 Teaser Trailers Released
Jay on May 13th, 2011 13 Comments

PSN Re-launch Announcement “Up Date”
Jason on May 14th, 2011 45 Comments

Members of Beyond3D Show PSN Servers Were Patched Up to Date Prior to being Hacked
Eddie on May 8th, 2011 5 Comments

Deals Galore: Brink for $39, Among Other Specials
Jason on May 8th, 2011 No Comments

Clearing Up The Confusion: PSN Online Play Should Be Up This Week
Eddie on May 9th, 2011 19 Comments

Microsoft Bought Skype for 8.5 Billion Dollars. What Does that Mean for PSP/NGP?
Eddie on May 10th, 2011 6 Comments

Hitman: Absolution Officially Announced
Jay on May 10th, 2011 4 Comments

Tekken: Blood Vengeance Announced
Sakinah on May 11th, 2011 6 Comments

Dark Souls Collectors Edition $59.99
Jason on May 12th, 2011 5 Comments

Jeremy McGrath’s ‘Offroad’ Coming to PSN This Summer
Jay on May 13th, 2011 2 Comments

WWE Games to Promote New SVR Features/Info With Social Media
Jay on May 13th, 2011 1 Comment

Playstation Move Sale!
Jason on May 13th, 2011 2 Comments

InFAMOUS 2 Graphic Novel Intro
Jay on May 13th, 2011 1 Comment

Motorstorm Apocalypse Impressions
Darrin on May 16th, 2011 6 Comments

PSN Questions Answered
Jason on May 16th, 2011 6 Comments

Sony Announces Customer Appreciation
EdEN on May 16th, 2011 20 Comments

PlayStation Network Status Map – Then & Now
PAUL FIERCE on May 16th, 2011 3 Comments

Lost L.A. Noire PAX East 2011 Voice Cast
Luke on May 16th, 2011 4 Comments

Dead Island Teaser “Part 1: Tragedy Hits Paradise”
Oly on May 17th, 2011 10 Comments

Hunted: Demon’s Forge ‘At War with Monsters’
Oly on May 17th, 2011 6 Comments

Interview with Dylan Jobe on Starhawk
Jay on May 17th, 2011 No Comments

New Risen 2 Screens Have Just Been Released
Oly on May 17th, 2011 5 Comments

Rumor: PSN Password Change Could Be Exploited (Update: It Was a URL Exploit and Has Been Fixed)
Pedro on May 18th, 2011 23 Comments

RAGE “The Shrouded” Official Gameplay
Oly on May 18th, 2011 7 Comments

Honest Hearts add-on pack for Fallout: New Vegas is Now Available (Sort Of)
Oly on May 18th, 2011 5 Comments

Asura’s Wrath Coming in 2012
Jason on May 18th, 2011 3 Comments

Rumor: Modern Warfare 3 Menus Leaked?!
Ace on May 18th, 2011 13 Comments

PlayStation Store Returning May 24th
Sakinah on May 19th, 2011 16 Comments

New BF3 Concept Art Shows Wake Island
Jay on May 19th, 2011 6 Comments

Skyrim Has Unlimited Dragons; Might Support Riding Them
Jay on May 19th, 2011 13 Comments

Hunted “Around Dark Corners” Trailer Shows More Behind the Scenes
Oly on May 20th, 2011 1 Comment

Release Date, Box Art and Pre-Order Incentives Announced for Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
PAUL FIERCE on May 20th, 2011 2 Comments

Uncharted 3 amazing Mo-cap
Jason on May 20th, 2011 5 Comments

FIFA 12 Amazing Screen Shots
Jason on May 20th, 2011 6 Comments

Blake Griffin Wants to be in Rage
Oly on May 20th, 2011 6 Comments

Call Of Duty MW3 Poster Get It Early
Jason on May 17th, 2011 4 Comments

Resistance 3 Box Art is here
Jason on May 18th, 2011 8 Comments

Jaffe on Twisted Metal
Jason on May 18th, 2011 3 Comments

Rockstar Games and Sony Released a Joint Statement on L.A. Noire Regarding Overheating
Oly on May 19th, 2011 8 Comments

Some New Dead Island 2 Images Have Just Raised From the Dead
Oly on May 19th, 2011 2 Comments

Double XP Weekend for COD: Black Ops
Oly on May 19th, 2011 No Comments

LBP2 and a Camera Exploit: The Possible Future of LBP?
Jay on May 19th, 2011 5 Comments

Dragon Age 3 on its Way?
Oly on May 20th, 2011 9 Comments

Killzone 3 Double XP Weekend Starting Now!
Oly on May 20th, 2011 6 Comments

PSP Games Coming to PS3 with HD Visuals and Extra Content
Eddie on May 22nd, 2011 25 Comments

Marston or Phelps? A Comparison of L.A. Noire and Red Dead Redemption
MAINEiac4434 on May 22nd, 2011 14 Comments

Dead Island, 11 Min Gameplay Video
Eddie on May 23rd, 2011 13 Comments

Ready to party with Konami? Pre-E3 locations announced.
PAUL FIERCE on May 23rd, 2011 7 Comments

White Knight Chronicles 2 Q&A
Jason on May 23rd, 2011 9 Comments

Back To The Future Episode 2 Review
EdEN on May 23rd, 2011 4 Comments

UK Gets Battlefield 3 Limited Edition Pack
Ace on May 23rd, 2011 4 Comments

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Reveal Trailer
Oly on May 23rd, 2011 25 Comments

Roxio Game Capture Official Review
Oly on May 23rd, 2011 3 Comments

PlayStation Blog’s Jeff Rubenstein Fights by way of Mortal Kombat
PAUL FIERCE on May 24th, 2011 2 Comments

PSN Will be down today & PS Store?
Jason on May 24th, 2011 17 Comments

Duke Nukem Forever has “Gone Gold”, but What Does “Going Gold” Actually Mean?
Oly on May 24th, 2011 8 Comments

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will buy you a drink if you play Lord of the Rings
PAUL FIERCE on May 24th, 2011 7 Comments

The Darkness II Release Date Trailer
Oly on May 24th, 2011 4 Comments

InFamous 2 “The Beast” Trailer
Jason on May 24th, 2011 9 Comments

Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker confirmed for a HD remaster.
PAUL FIERCE on May 25th, 2011 11 Comments

Deathspank 3: The Baconing
Oly on May 25th, 2011 9 Comments

The 2011 Into The Pixel Collection Winners
Oly on May 25th, 2011 5 Comments

Battlefield 3 | FPS Voice Over Record?!
Ace on May 26th, 2011 2 Comments

Sony Confirms PlayStation 4
Ace on May 26th, 2011 17 Comments

First Ever Konami E3 Pre-Party Promises to be “Memorable”
PAUL FIERCE on May 26th, 2011 3 Comments

Monster Hunter 3rd Import Review – PSP
Jason on May 26th, 2011 8 Comments

New Battlefield 3 Footage!
Ace on May 27th, 2011 5 Comments

Resistance Bundle is coming
Jason on May 23rd, 2011 3 Comments

Modern Warfare 3 Gameplay Trailer Premiering Tonight
Oly on May 23rd, 2011 5 Comments

B:LA Resistance 3 Demo Details
Oly on May 23rd, 2011 7 Comments

Free Maps Coming for Dead Space 2 Multiplayer
Oly on May 23rd, 2011 3 Comments

Oblivion 5th Anniversary Edition Coming Soon
Jason on May 23rd, 2011 12 Comments

PS3 and PSP Bundles incoming
Jason on May 25th, 2011 5 Comments

Sony Reports Yet Another Security Breach.
PAUL FIERCE on May 25th, 2011 5 Comments

Sony Begins Sending AllClear ID PLUS Codes
Jay on May 25th, 2011 5 Comments

Assassin’s Creed Revelations Teaser Trailer
Oly on May 26th, 2011 1 Comment

Red Dead Redemption Triple XP Thursday, May 26th from 4-7PM Est
Oly on May 26th, 2011 No Comments

Resistance 3 Pre-order Incentives Announced
PAUL FIERCE on May 26th, 2011 6 Comments

Portal 2 Soundtrack and Ringtones Now Available for Free
Oly on May 26th, 2011 3 Comments

BloodRayne: Betrayal Coming this Summer to PSN
Oly on May 26th, 2011 4 Comments

Free Alice: Madness Returns Storybook App From iTunes
Oly on May 26th, 2011 1 Comment

L.A. Noire Pre-Order Cases, New Cases, and Rockstar Pass Coming
Oly on May 27th, 2011 No Comments

Mortal Kombat DLC: Klassic Skins Pack
Oly on May 27th, 2011 1 Comment

InFamous 2 Save Data Import
Jason on May 27th, 2011 5 Comments

Sony Announces A New Wireless Headset
Jason on May 27th, 2011 10 Comments

SCEA E3 2011 Press Conference Schedule Released
PAUL FIERCE on May 27th, 2011 No Comments

Hideo Kojima E3 2011 “No Show”
Jason on May 27th, 2011 3 Comments

Gamestop Dad’s and Grads Sale
Jason on May 28th, 2011 7 Comments

New PS3 Slim Accessory Announced from Duracell
Jason on May 28th, 2011 12 Comments

Sony’s SmartAR Technology NGP Bound?
Jay on May 30th, 2011 7 Comments

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 to get a Subscription Service
Baba0Booey on May 31st, 2011 22 Comments

Call of Duty Elite Info, and Beta Testing Sign-up
Oly on May 31st, 2011 8 Comments

Rockstar Pass and DLC Details for L.A. Noire
Oly on May 31st, 2011 5 Comments

Watch E3 on your PS3!
Jason on May 31st, 2011 8 Comments

WWE ’12 Announced
Jay on May 31st, 2011 5 Comments

How Long Can You Go Without Playing On Your PS3?
Madagasca on June 1st, 2011 12 Comments

Aliens: Colonial Marines Official Announcement and Teaser Trailer
Oly on June 1st, 2011 4 Comments

Brand New Starhawk Multiplayer Footage.
PAUL FIERCE on June 1st, 2011 5 Comments

PlayStation Store is Live and Updated
Jay on June 1st, 2011 25 Comments

Things To Look Forward To
Abkanis on June 1st, 2011 3 Comments

[Live Blog] Konami “Pre-E3 2011 Show”
PAUL FIERCE on June 2nd, 2011 4 Comments

E3 2011: Konami Press Conference [Replay]
Tosh on June 2nd, 2011 7 Comments

New E3 Trailers For Soul Calibur V, Tomb Raider, Dark Souls & SSX
Sakinah on June 3rd, 2011 4 Comments

Rage “The Well” 8min Game Trailer
Oly on June 3rd, 2011 2 Comments

Prey 2 “Bounty” E3 Trailer
Oly on June 3rd, 2011 1 Comment

Interested in the NGP? Check this stuff out!
Jay on June 3rd, 2011 8 Comments

Dead Island Special Pre-Order Edition and DLC Revealed
Oly on June 3rd, 2011 5 Comments

Welcome Back!!
Ace on June 3rd, 2011 22 Comments

Activision Thanks EA
Ace on June 4th, 2011 6 Comments

Awesome Uncharted 3 Goodies!!
Ace on June 4th, 2011 7 Comments

Hideo Kojima E3 2011 Site Now Up & Running
PAUL FIERCE on June 4th, 2011 4 Comments

Further Down The Rabbit Hole
Jason on May 29th, 2011 4 Comments

Assassin’s Creed Revelations – The Road to E3 Part 1
Oly on May 30th, 2011 8 Comments

Dead Island Box Art
Oly on May 30th, 2011 5 Comments

One Epic Shooter PS3 Exclusive
Jason on May 30th, 2011 4 Comments

inFamous 2 for $20 With Game Trade In at Gamestop
Jason on May 30th, 2011 3 Comments

PlayStation Store to be fully restored this week.
PAUL FIERCE on May 31st, 2011 9 Comments

PSN Will Be Down For Maintenance Today
Jason on June 1st, 2011 12 Comments

Ninja Gaiden 3 Screenshots Released
Jason on June 1st, 2011 2 Comments

Full Restoration Of PlayStation Network Services Begins Today
Madagasca on June 2nd, 2011 No Comments

The Darkness II Gameplay Trailer
Oly on June 2nd, 2011 3 Comments

New Images Of Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Sakinah on June 2nd, 2011 6 Comments

The War of the Worlds Coming to PSN
Oly on June 2nd, 2011 2 Comments

Dance Battle VS is Coming for PlayStation 3
Oly on June 3rd, 2011 No Comments

New Skrim Wallpaper and Screens Have Been Released
Oly on June 3rd, 2011 3 Comments

Prototype 2 E3 Trailer
Oly on June 3rd, 2011 3 Comments

This poll was live for quite some time, and has garnered a lot of votes during that period. Going by the results, we don’t have too many responsible people. In fact, people with 360s who only came on here to troll the site exceeded the number of people who actually took the time to study or to even go outside. The true dominating force is all of those people who spent that PSN downtime to collect trophies. Those who haven’t been doing much gaming weren’t really trailing that far behind, though, but since that exceeded studying and going outside (and discovering life), I could only assume that those people stared at a blank TV screen until PSN resumed service (or have been watching the newest episodes of fine TV programming like River Monsters and Swamp People).

And then there’s the folks who didn’t even know PSN had an outage.

With E3 happening this week, the current poll focuses on that and what you want to see announced or what games you hope there is a focus on. Remember, you can also add answers!

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Not a whole lot of Community news over the past couple weeks, besides the points system update, which includes notifications and an easier way to see how many points you’ve donated to a lottery, etc.

I also gave Tosh some other input on a few other things, but for now, until he responds, it’s just an idea. A couple of you might know about it already, but just in case it doesn’t go through, it’s not worth mentioning.

Given the fact that many of our staff was away for the past week, and activity fell short as a whole, we currently do not have any contests available to enter. And then there’s also the outage, and if you won a couple codes for games to download, it would be kind of crappy to have to wait until the outage is over with .

Star Ocean Developers Show Off Pretty New Tech Demo
Sakinah on April 24th, 2011 11 Comments

PSN Down? Time to Get Greedy
Blackstaffer on April 25th, 2011 96 Comments

SONY Reveals 2 PlayStation Certified Tablets
Luke on April 26th, 2011 12 Comments

Newest PSN Update and What You Need to be Wary Of
Jay on April 26th, 2011 29 Comments

L.A. Noire Trailer #3 Pop-Up Edition
Oly on April 26th, 2011 2 Comments

Senator Richard Blumenthal Demands Answers from Sony over Playstation Data Breach (Update from Sony’s Jim Reilly)
Oly on April 26th, 2011 13 Comments

Update on PSN Service Outages FAQ
Oly on April 26th, 2011 7 Comments

Call of the Dead will be Arriving to Black Ops via the Escalation DLC
Oly on April 26th, 2011 10 Comments

Brink’s ‘Get SMART Series’ Starts Here
Oly on April 26th, 2011 8 Comments

PSN Intrusion: More Q&A
Oly on April 27th, 2011 12 Comments

Behind the Scenes with Hunted and Lucy Lawless
Oly on April 28th, 2011 2 Comments

Any Legal Issues Aside, PSN Outage Will Cost Sony
Jay on April 28th, 2011 14 Comments

Need for Speed: The Run Coming This November
Jay on April 28th, 2011 5 Comments

Rental Service ‘Redbox’ to Provide Game Rentals Starting June
Jay on April 28th, 2011 7 Comments

Banks on PSN: No Mass Breach of Credit Card Information
Ace on April 28th, 2011 10 Comments

New Twisted Metal Gameplay Videos & Sweet Tooth Riding Axel’s Two-Wheeled Vehicle
Tosh on April 29th, 2011 10 Comments

Official Review: Mortal Kombat
Baba0Booey on April 29th, 2011 31 Comments

More PSN Q&A: Sony talks Trophies, PS3 MMOs and Possible Compensation
Ace on April 29th, 2011 19 Comments

Sony: Services to be Available This Week
Jay on April 30th, 2011 48 Comments

inFamous 2 Beta Will Be Extended
Oly on April 25th, 2011 2 Comments

Netflix Workaround While PSN is Down
Jay on April 25th, 2011 40 Comments

Get LA Noire for $10
Jason on April 25th, 2011 6 Comments

New info on Live-Action Red Faction movie
kennygk on April 26th, 2011 2 Comments

Jurassic Park: The Game Gameplay
Jay on April 28th, 2011 3 Comments

Driver: San Francisco Comeback Trailer Released
Jay on April 28th, 2011 3 Comments

Sony to hold press conference Sunday
Jason on April 30th, 2011 10 Comments

Amazon Holding Huge Clearance Sale!
Jason on April 30th, 2011 4 Comments

PSN Security Update | Password Not Stored in Clear Text
Tosh on May 2nd, 2011 7 Comments

26 Million SOE Accounts Info Compromised
Jason on May 2nd, 2011 13 Comments

Darrin’s Most Anticipated 2011 PS3 Games
Darrin on May 2nd, 2011 32 Comments

Congress to Question Sony-Updated
Jason on May 3rd, 2011 57 Comments

PlayStation Network Outage: FooBear408 Weighs In
FooBear408 on May 4th, 2011 41 Comments

SOCOM 4 (a.k.a SOCOM Special Forces) Single Player Review
Madagasca on May 4th, 2011 6 Comments

How Gaming Made Us Impatient
Pedro on May 4th, 2011 21 Comments

FooBear408 Reviews PlayStation Move Heroes
FooBear408 on May 4th, 2011 4 Comments

PSN Service Almost Ready; AllClear ID Plus Offered for Free [UPDATE: Letter From Stringer]
Jay on May 5th, 2011 44 Comments

MW3 to be Featured in Next Months OPM!?
Ace on May 7th, 2011 14 Comments

The Dead Block Shall Soon Rise from the Dead!
EdEN on May 7th, 2011 5 Comments

Portal 2 DLC Coming for FREE!
Oly on May 1st, 2011 5 Comments

New Games Tuesday
Jason on May 2nd, 2011 6 Comments

New Assassin’s Creed to be Revealed
Oly on May 2nd, 2011 4 Comments

Uncharted 3 a Step Back?
Jason on May 2nd, 2011 8 Comments

Buy Battle: Los Angeles, Get Resistance 3 Single Player Demo
Sakinah on May 3rd, 2011 2 Comments

RUMOR: Security Breach an Internal Job After SOE Lay-Offs?
Jason on May 3rd, 2011 11 Comments

Sony Registers “Wipeout Trinity” and “Wipeout 2048″
Eddie on May 4th, 2011 1 Comment

NGP Could Hit This Year Outside of Japan!!!
Eddie on May 4th, 2011 15 Comments

Mass Effect 3 Delayed
Pedro on May 4th, 2011 11 Comments

Great Deals In-bound; Portal 2! MK!
Jason on May 5th, 2011 8 Comments

Konami Holding Pre-E3 Global Event
Sakinah on May 5th, 2011 4 Comments

Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Officially Announced
kennygk on May 6th, 2011 3 Comments

Trade Your Old PS3 for $200 Towards a New One at GameStop
Jason on May 7th, 2011 4 Comments

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These results were pretty surprising when you take into account that we have had a lot of worried people commenting on posts over the past couple weeks pertaining to the outage. At least we know that most of the people who voted in the poll aren’t too worried about the outage, and are probably why they haven’t really left any input on the site.

Well, here’s the new poll, asking what you have done since the outage started. If you feel that there could be another answer, please let me know and I will add it! And yes, this poll is open to some funny ones, as evident by the choices.

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As far as the Community goes, before this week, there wasn’t much new in terms of features and the like (though, this week, we did get our points system upgraded!) With that said, I did make a walkthrough video to show you how to open your site chat into it’s own window. You can watch that video here.

We had a few giveaway updates over the past couple weeks. First of all, our Portal 2 winners have been selected! And for those who entered the Swarm giveaway, the top two in points should have gotten their download codes. Congratulations to the winners of both giveaways!

Since the PlayStation Network has been down for a while (namely since last week), we’ve only had one Game Night, for Killzone 3, on the 14th. Once PSN comes back up, we’ll start re-scheduling game nights!

It’s Time For Another NGP News Round Up!!!
Eddie on April 10th, 2011 17 Comments

Official Review: Dynasty Warriors 7
Sakinah on April 10th, 2011 5 Comments

Sony Vs Hotz – It’s All Over
Madagasca on April 11th, 2011 23 Comments

InFamous 2 Shows Off Some More
Eddie on April 12th, 2011 13 Comments

Capcom Announces Dragon’s Dogma
Sakinah on April 12th, 2011 5 Comments

Portal 2 Fourth and Final Aperture video.
Oly on April 12th, 2011 6 Comments

Risen 2 Cinematic Trailer Looks Great
Oly on April 12th, 2011 7 Comments

Steam Details for Portal 2 on PS3 Revealed
Jay on April 13th, 2011 2 Comments

R&C: All 4 One Info and Terawatt Forest Gameplay
Jay on April 13th, 2011 4 Comments

Resistance 3: The Dark Woods of Pennsylvania
Luke on April 13th, 2011 8 Comments

Outland Coming April 26th
Jay on April 13th, 2011 7 Comments

Dragon Age II Review
premiersoupir on April 14th, 2011 10 Comments

The VP of Silent But Deadly Talks SOCOM 4
Jay on April 15th, 2011 9 Comments

MotorStorm Apocalypse Will Be Releasing on May 3
Oly on April 15th, 2011 3 Comments

Two Worlds Two: Pirates of the Flying Fortress Expansion Coming
Oly on April 15th, 2011 7 Comments

Puzzle Agent Coming to PSN April 19th
Oly on April 15th, 2011 5 Comments

Battlefield 3 – “My Life” Trailer
Ace on April 15th, 2011 1 Comment

LittleBigPlanet Levels Surpass Four Million & New Costumes!!
Oly on April 15th, 2011 8 Comments

12 Minute Battlefield 3 Trailer Released
Jay on April 16th, 2011 11 Comments

Angry Birds is the best-selling PSN game
kennygk on April 11th, 2011 8 Comments

Brink Release Date Is Moving up!
Oly on April 11th, 2011 9 Comments

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Gameplay Trailer
Pedro on April 11th, 2011 3 Comments

Heavenly Sword Trilogy Intact
Jason on April 11th, 2011 17 Comments

New Street Fighter X Tekken Gameplay + Trailer
Tosh on April 12th, 2011 4 Comments

Red Dead Redemption Triple XP Today 4/12
Oly on April 12th, 2011 2 Comments

Download PlayStation Network Cards Instantly From Amazon
Tosh on April 12th, 2011 8 Comments

Lazard Analyst Group Says They Confirmed NGP Will Launch 2011 in North America
Eddie on April 13th, 2011 1 Comment

L.A. Noire Content Only on PlayStation 3
Jason on April 13th, 2011 6 Comments

Elder Scrolls: Skyrim Will NOT Have Multiplayer
Oly on April 13th, 2011 13 Comments

Killzone 3 action figures released
Jason on April 13th, 2011 4 Comments

New Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Trailer
Jason on April 13th, 2011 6 Comments

Unlock the 12 Minute Battlefield 3 Trailer Early!
Ace on April 13th, 2011 2 Comments

Dungeon Hunter Alliance Joining Friends Issue Work Around
Oly on April 13th, 2011 15 Comments

PSM3 Magazine “New HD Collection Based on Popular PS Franchise”
Eddie on April 15th, 2011 17 Comments

Jerry Lawson, Inventer of One of the First Video Game Console, Died
Eddie on April 15th, 2011 10 Comments

EA SPORTS MMA Triple XP Weekend
Oly on April 15th, 2011 2 Comments

9 Months of Playstation Plus – This is What We Got
Eddie on April 17th, 2011 34 Comments

New Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Info
Eddie on April 18th, 2011 14 Comments

Rage “Anarchy” Edition and a New Gameplay Trailer!!
Oly on April 18th, 2011 14 Comments

Red Johnson’s Chronicles Releases for PS+ Today
Oly on April 19th, 2011 2 Comments

Call of Duty: Black Ops Escalation Multiplayer Preview
Oly on April 19th, 2011 14 Comments

Eight New Screens For Skyrim are Beautiful
Oly on April 19th, 2011 12 Comments

ICO/Shadow of Colossus Collection and The Last Guardian to be Delayed
Eddie on April 20th, 2011 14 Comments

Turtle Beach: Ear Force P11 Review
Luke on April 20th, 2011 12 Comments

Official Review: Moon Diver
EdEN on April 20th, 2011 10 Comments

New Brink Images
Oly on April 21st, 2011 5 Comments

Hunted the Demon’s Forge: Screens & Crucible: Showcasing Dungeon Crawler Customization!!
Oly on April 21st, 2011 3 Comments

Might & Magic: Clash Of Heroes Impressions
Darrin on April 22nd, 2011 6 Comments

Anonymous: “We didn’t do it”
Ace on April 22nd, 2011 24 Comments

PSN Outages and Problems | Error 80710A06
Oly on April 22nd, 2011 135 Comments

Alice: Madness Returns Will Include DLC of the Original Game
Oly on April 18th, 2011 6 Comments

Telltale Games to Develop a Law & Order: LA Game
Oly on April 19th, 2011 3 Comments

Red Dead Redemption Triple XP 4/21/11
Oly on April 19th, 2011 2 Comments

God of War 4 September 2012? PSM3 Says Yes
Eddie on April 20th, 2011 17 Comments

Dragon Age II Patch 1.01
premiersoupir on April 20th, 2011 1 Comment

Exclusive Mass Effect 3 Images Over at GameInformer
Oly on April 21st, 2011 6 Comments

PS3/PSN Error Codes
Oly on April 21st, 2011 2 Comments

Get iPad iPhone DVD Video Converter Pack for Mac Free
Tosh on April 22nd, 2011 4 Comments

Fallout: New Vegas Getting Huge Overhaul
Jason on April 22nd, 2011 7 Comments

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This is probably the first time I ever seen the poll results not switch positions from the time it was posted. It appears that most people find the idea of Steam integration, and all of its features, is revolutionary, and for good reason. Not too many games, if any, allow cross-platform play, let alone letting you have, essentially, 2 copies of a game for the price of one. Of course, thanks to the PSN downtime, many folks have been unable to link their PSN and Steam accounts to be able to play the title on both platforms. At least the PSN will be back up soon enough, eh?

Given the recent outage of PSN, this poll will focus on what people think of it in terms of how they are dealing with the security breach (as in, how they are dealing with the possible compromisation of personal data). I can’t really predict which will come out on top, since I have seen a lot of different opinions on it anyway.

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