The debut of PlayStation Blog's long-awaited podcast! We share first details on next week's North American PSN game releases and discuss newly revealed PS Vita titles, PS3's five-year birthday, Skyrim, Corn Love, and our first PSN Gem of the Week.
We're back with the second episode of Official PlayStation.Blogcast! We share first details on the PSN game releases for December 6th, 2011 and celebrate the PS3-first release of Battlefield 3's Back to Karkand expansion pack this Tuesday with special guest Ian Forney, community manager for Battlefield 3. Plus: Dinosaurs, more Skyrim talk, Jeff shares a lucrative tip, Sid offers up a PSN Gem of the Week, and the team answers a slew of listener questions. We want your feedback!
It's officially a trilogy! We discuss the PSN releases for December 13th and go over some huge PS+ discounts for the month, give impressions of Vita's Welcome Park, and Jeff regales us with his Origin Story in the debut of a new segment (along with all the usual jazz). Join us!
In which we deliver the first info on the PSN releases for 12/20, and Producer Taku Imasaki stops by to give us the lowdown on next week's GT5 DLC and 2.02 update. Plus Sid's Sorcery impressions, Jeff has a Gravity Rush, and more!
We close out the year with our longest show yet, where we drop knowledge on the next TWO weeks of PSN releases (12/27 + 01/03) and go deep with discussion on our favorites games of 2011. Plus bonus picks from listeners and a whole mess of industry folks!
When Jeff's away the Blogcast will play! We kick off 2012 in style with ANOTHER 70-minute monster, as IGN Executive Editor Greg Miller subs in to give us his in-depth hands-on Vita impressions thus far, we run down the PSN releases for 01/10, + much more!
Even with Sid and Nick on death's doorstep and Jeff and Rey at CES, a show you will get! Journey interview with thatgamecompany CEO Kellee Santiago? Done. SCE President Andrew House's Origin Story? Yup. Starhawk Public Beta dates? Oh yes! Along with the PSN releases for 01/17 and so much more.
Senior Producer Kyle Shubel stops by to give us his Origin Story and some insight into the life of a Producer, and sticks around for a roundtable 2012 games preview. Plus PSN releases for 01/24, etcetera!
With the crew back together and Joystiq's freshly anointed Editor-in-Chief Ludwig Kietzmann in tow, we manage to pull off our longest episode yet! Tune in for Ludwig's inspiring Origin Story and PSN Gem, the new PSN releases for 01/31, and other nerdery!
IGN Editor Ryan Clements joins us for a deep dive into Final Fantasy XIII-2 and the state of JRPGs, and tells us what it's like to work at IGN. And...drumroll...the new PSN releases for 02/07, a new PSN Gem of the Week, Vita answers and more!
David Jaffe joins us for a rollicking discussion of his PS3 Twisted Metal revival (2/14!), game design, his future plans...and Oprah?! We also reveal upcoming PSN releases, wax nostalgic about PSone classics, and answer your questions.
With PS Vita's launch looming large we answer a host of user questions, throw out every tip and trick we can think of, and even hear some launch thoughts from a few celebrity-type folks! Along with next week's PSN releases, a new PSN gem and more!
A crazy #13! Tons of Vita launch goodness including chats with final boss Jack Tretton and the developers behind Escape Plan and Mortal Kombat, as well as a weird PSN gem, a creepy user tip, next week's PSN releases and why Sid isn't allowed in Canada!
Capcom's Seth Killian stops by to spinning bird kick some Street Fighter X Tekken knowledge on us, while we share some early thoughts on Journey, Mass Effect 3 and Gravity Rush. Plus all the new PSN content for 03/06, yadda yadda yadda, enjoy!
Game Developers Conference is upon us! We talk with Quantic Dream director David Cage for "Kara," Shawn McGrath for Dyad, a host of PSN developers and many more. Also: new PSN releases for 03/13/12!
Last week's GDC special was so packed with radness (go listen!) that it spilled over to this week: We chat with the producer of cryptic PSN adventure Datura and the developer of 8-bit lovefest Retro City Rampage. Plus new PSN releases for 03/20 and more!
Best pun ever! Legendary designer Warren Spector (Deus Ex, System Shock) talks Epic Mickey: The Power of Two, The Verge West Coast Editor Sean Hollister talks Journey, and we share new PSN releases for 03/27, a new PSN Gem and more!
Assassin's Creed III is finally out of the bag, and we've got Creative Director Alex Hutchinson to answer all of our burning questions! But not our burning rashes, unfortunately. Oh, but, uh, also the new PSN releases for 04/03, a new PSN Gem and more!
With the gang hopped up on maple syrup and no guest to pull us back from the brink, we descend into the depths of madness…and bring you the new PSN releases for 04/10 while we're down there! Along with a new PSN Gem, listener questions, user tips + more!
Jeff and Nick hold down the fort while Sid gets hot new deets on Starhawk's single-player from Dylan Jobe and Dust 514's ambitious spacefaring from CCP's David Reid. Rey is also somewhere. Of course, new PSN releases for 04/17, a new PSN Gem and more!
Capcom's Seth Killian is back to give us the latest on SF X Tekken Vita, Resident Evil 6 and more, while Blog Correspondent Andy Burt regales us with tales of Ni no Kuni and other Namco happenings. Plus plenty of upcoming game impressions, and the new PSN releases for 04/24!
PHWOAH. Lead Combat Designer Paul Edwards dissects PS3 brawler PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, Telltale Games Designer Jake Rodkin speculates on the future of The Walking Dead, Co-Directors Harvey Smith and Raf Colantonio talk Dishonored. Plus the new PSN releases for 05/01!
Lead Designer Mark Simon spills his guts on God of War: Ascension's new multiplayer mode while Treyarch Studio Head Mark Lamia gives us some surprising reasons to be excited for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Plus the new PSN releases for 05/08 and more!
Live (sort of) from Toronto! Sound Shapes' Jonathan Mak shares his origin story, first details on Lights, Camera, Party (and Zombie Tycoon 2), Minority updates us on Papo & Yo, details on A Game of Thrones, plus the new PSN game lineup for 5/15/12.
A late-breaking interview with the creative director and game director of Naughty Dog's survival opus The Last of Us, a visit from Lorne Lanning and Stewart Gilray to discuss the promising PSN future of Oddworld, and new PSN releases for 5/22.
PS Vita's in the spotlight this week when Sanzaru Games stops by to talk Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, recently confirmed for a Fall 2012 release on both PS3 and PS Vita. Then Zen Studios kicks off a discussion of its PS Vita-exclusive rhythm combat game KickBeat, followed by new PSN releases for 5/29 and a farm-fresh crop of user questions and tips.
E3 2012 is days away and the pressure is on! Gary Steinman from Games Radar lays out his case for his most-anticipated games: The Last of Us, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, XCOM: Enemy Unknown and many more. Plus, new PSN releases for 6/5/12 and user questions.
The Blogcast team reflects on their favorite games and moments from E3 2012 with special guests Seth Killian, Colin Moriarty, Dan Amrich, Jack Buser, and more. Plus: new PSN releases for 6/12 and more!
A homecoming all around! We're home from E3, Nick is home from his African sojourn, you're home from work listening to this (hopefully). We catch up and wrap up E3 2012, argue about Prometheus, and dish out the new PSN releases for 06/19. Woo!
Dead Space 3 Level Designer Warren Price talks about designing for frights, co-op, and how he landed such a sweet gig. Also the new PSN releases for 06/26, a new PSN Gem of the Week, and less Jeff Rubensteins than ever!