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My fellow Americans,

Its me … SackBoy! Now that you can go pickup LittleBigPlanet in your local retailer, I can take on other matters that are important to me other than playing, creating and sharing! So I wanted to take this opportunity to bring your attention to a worthwhile cause.

Well, as you know it’s election season here and it’s not all about Democrats and Republicans. There are bigger issues going on and I need YOU to get involved!

Back in 2006, the International Astronomical Union declassified Pluto, our solar system’s littlest big planet, from a real planet to a dwarf planet. This is a travesty and we must stand together to bring Pluto back to the solar system as the LittleBigPlanet. So join me, SackBoy, in helping to get enough signatures to get Pluto back into the solar system!

I have made a campaign advertisement that I want you to watch and share with your friends. Afterwards, log onto my campaign page and sign up so I can keep you updated on the campaign!

You can also find me on Twitter and on FaceBook — if you join our group, we’ll gift you bumper stickers and buttons to share with your friends!

So thank you for your time!

My name is SackBoy … and I approved this message!

It’s here! Well, almost. The launch of Resistance 2 is now only days away, so we hope you and your Bullseye are just about ready to go huntin’ for some Chimera. The game officially hits store shelves in North America on November 4, and to help celebrate Resistance 2’s arrival, we’ve got something extra-special planned:

Midnight Launch Event: That’s right, Resistance 2 is taking over the PlayStation Store in San Francisco’s Metreon for the night of November 3rd (and early on the 4th). In addition to being one of the first to pick up a copy of the game, attendees will be able to meet a host of Insomniacs (including Ted Price, our President and CEO, and members of the community team), receive some cool swag, get their copy of the game signed, and have their picture taken and placed on the cover of Resistance 2. Oh, and if you’re planning on purchasing the collector’s edition, you definitely want to come to this event. Trust us; your wallet will thank you for it. You can purchase the game at 12:01 am, but fans that show up a bit early can meet us and get that photo of yourself on the R2 cover.

While November 4 has been etched in the minds of Resistance fans, here’s another one to mark on your calendar: November 7. That’s the date of our first-ever community day here at Insomniac. Fans will be treated to a studio tour, Resistance 2 competitive multiplayer sessions against the dev team, a panel discussion about our latest title, and other fun activities. If you are at least 17 years old and live/plan to be in the Los Angeles area on November 7, e-mail us at RSVP@insomniacgames.com for more details on the event.

Well, that’s it for now. I hope you use this weekend to get in a few extra rounds with the beta (we just extended it until Monday). See you soon on the battlefield!

Phew! Another big week, here at Criterion Games, but it’s great to be back on the blog! Today, we made the first of a series of announcements calling out our 2009 Burnout Paradise content.

So first up, we’re talking about the in-game browser for the PLAYSTATION 3. We always like to embrace the great hardware innovations for PlayStation. We’re using the browser to bring you closer to your friends and also to get you the latest news on what we’re working on – it’s like having criteriongames.com inside the game.

We’ll bring you all the latest on this PlayStation-exclusive feature over the coming weeks, but for now all you need to know is it’s called Burnout Paradise Network and it’ll be ready in Feb ‘09.

Next up let’s talk Burnout Paradise Party Pack.

Burnout’s an awesome social game, but the action’s all online. With Party, we wanted to create something for when all the players are in one place – gathered around a single screen.
Fans of the classic Crash Mode from Burnout 2: Point of Impact will know that this is not the first time we’ve done something like this. And we hope the response to Party is as warm as it was for Crash mode.

So, if you like to get together and play games, it’s time to break out the drinks, party hats and balloons!

Now you can enjoy Burnout Paradise in a completely new way.

1. Get together with up to 7 friends and gather round your PLAYSTATION 3. Here you can see some of the Burnout team lining up for a little Halloween-themed fun. You can see the full session in our latest Crash TV video podcast - it’s The Halloween Special!

2. Start Burnout Paradise and get the Party Pack update from the Store

3. Pause to admire the excellent new Party Edition visuals and atmosphere! We’ve overhauled not just the presentation screens but also the in-game visuals, which are now brighter and more colourful in recognition of Burnout’s new party theme.

4. Select 8-player party and get ready for the action. If you’ve got the PlayStation Eye add your picture now.

5. It’s pass-the-pad, so you’ll only need one controller to play, no matter how many players are involved!

6. The game selects a player at random and drops them into Paradise with a simple, fun challenge to complete.

Land a barrel roll!

Survive racing oncoming traffic!

Race a circuit of the dirt track in the best possible time!

There are 3 types of challenge to take on – Stunt, Speed and Skill. Stunt involves jumps and tricks. Speed features quick time trials and timed challenges. Skill includes racing through oncoming traffic and drifting your car.

7. Pick up the winner and run around cheering / commiserate the loser

8. Give it another go! Don’t forget, there are extra trophies and achievements available within this pack, as well as a stack of other enhancements.

You’ll be able to purchase this awesome premium Burnout Paradise content from February 2009, but if you haven’t got Burnout Paradise already, there’s never been a better time to buy.

We announced today that we’re bringing all the 2008 innovations as well as Party to something we’re calling Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box. It’s a new packaged game that’ll be available in Feb 2009!

Look out for more soon – either here on the awesome PlayStation Blog, back home on the Criterion Games Web site and in our video podcast – Crash TV.

Hi again! The weekend’s here – time for your weekly update of new movie & TV shows on the PlayStation Network.

This week we’ve added new video content from the following television series:

• American Dad, Season 4
• Bones, Season 4
• Chuck, Season 2
• Elite Forces, Season 1
• Family Guy, Season 7
• Friends, Season 5
• Fringe, Season 1
• How I Met Your Mother, Season 1 &4
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Season 4
• Miami Ink, Season 4
• My Name Is Earl, Season 4
• Mythbusters, Season 4
• Prison Break, Season 4
• Pushing Daisies, Season 2
• Sons of Anarchy, Season 1
• Speed Grapher, Season 1
• Squidbillies, Season 2
• Top Tens, Season 1
• Watchmen Motion Comic, Season 1
• Weaponology, Season 1

We’ve also added the following feature films:

• 30 Days of Night
• 88 Minutes
• A Mighty Heart
• Absolute Power
• Akira Kurosawa’s Dreams
• An Arctic Tale
• Anaconda 3: Offspring
• Arctic Tale
• Arthur
• Assassins
• Barnyard
• Batman Beyond: The Return of the Joker
• Beerfest
• Blood Work
• Blue Collar Comedy Tour Rides Again
• Blue Collar Comedy Tour: One for the Road
• Body Heat
• Catacombs
• Child’s Play (1972)
• City of Angels
• City of Men
• Clash of the Titans
• Collateral Damage
• Con Air
• Cookie
• Creepshow
• Crossroads
• Daisy Miller
• Deliverance
• Dial M for Murder
• Dirty Harry
• Down With Love
• Enter the Dragon
• Forces of Nature
• G.I. Blues
• Gallipoli
• Ghost Ship
• Glory Road
• Green Mile
• How The Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
• How to Lose A Guy In 10 Days
• I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
• Infamous
• Invincible
• It Started In Naples
• John Carpenter’s Ghosts of Mars
• John Carpenter’s Vampires
• Jonathan Livingston Seagull
• Ladyhawke
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
• Last Holiday
• Last Of The Red Hot Lovers
• Les Formidables
• Li’l Abner
• Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
• Logan’s Run
• Margot At The Wedding
• Mars Attacks!
• Monster House
• Murder at 1600
• My Blue Heaven
• Nacho Libre
• Nate And Hayes
• Night of the Living Dead
• Nothing But Trouble
• Oliver’s Story
• Once Upon a Time in America
• Once Upon A Time In The West
• Orca: The Killer Whale
• Over Her Dead Body
• Pale Rider
• Phone Booth
• Plaza Suite
• Primal Fear
• Pushing Tin
• Quest for Camelot
• Reprise
• Romeo and Juliet
• Roving Mars [IMAX]
• Rustlers’ Rhapsody
• Saturday Night Fever
• Save The Last Dance
• Scooby-Doo and the Goblin King
• Signs
• Smart People
• Snow Angels
• Spies Like Us
• Stand and Deliver
• Strange Wilderness
• Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation
• The Business Of Being Born
• The Champ (1979)
• The Departed
• The Hunter
• The Italian Job (1969)
• The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
• The Queen
• The Recruit
• The Rock
• The Rocky Horror Picture Show
• The Sons of Katie Elder
• The Sum of All Fears
• The Time Machine
• The Train Robbers
• The Trumpet of the Swan
• This Property Is Condemned
• THX 1138
• Tin Cup
• Tobe Hooper’s Night Terrors
• Tortured
• Twilight Zone: The Movie
• Wiggles: Sing A Song of Wiggles

And, here are our top 20 movie and top 20 TV downloads for the week:

Have a great weekend!

Hey, everyone. It’s time again for the PlayStation Store weekly update.

Price Promotion

SIREN: Blood Curse Halloween 1-week sale (from 10/30 - 11/6)
Full downloadable game for $29.99, or chapter bundles for $10.99/each.

Add-on Game Content

Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution Artifact/Wonder Pack: The Mythic ($3.75)
Turn your civilization into a tale for all-time with this mythic wonder and artifact pack. Included are: Ancient Wonder: Lighthouse of Alexandria, Medieval Wonder: Leaning Tower of Pisa, Industrial Wonder: Scotland Yard, Modern Wonder: SETI, Artifact 1: Camelot, Artifact 2: Tower of Babel.
File size: 2.92 MB

Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution Artifact/Wonder Pack: The Iconic ($3.75)
Inspire civilizations for ages to come with this Iconic wonder and artifact pack. Includes: Ancient: Coliseum, Medieval: Taj Mahal, Industrial: Statue of Liberty, Modern: Sydney Opera House, Artifact 1: Terracotta Army,Artifact 2: Sphinx.
File size: 3.23 MB

Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution Artifact/Wonder Pack: The Eternal ($3.75)
Gain an edge in your quest to rule the world with this Eternal wonder and artifact pack. Includes the following: Ancient: Trajan’s Column, Medieval: University of Sankore, Industrial: Eiffel Tower, Modern: Cristo Redentor, Artifact 1: Pharaoh’s Needle, Artifact 2: Tesla’s “Peace” Ray.

Guitar Hero World Tour
For all song credits please visit www.redoctane.com

• “No Rain” by Blind Melon ($1.99)

File size: 42 MB

Rock Band
Build your Rock Band library by purchasing these song game tracks. For song credits, visit www.RockBand.com.

• “Hong Kong Garden” - Siouxsie and The Banshees ($1.99)
• “Kiss Them For Me” - Siouxsie and The Banshees ($1.99)
• “The Killing Jar” - Siouxsie and The Banshees ($1.99)
• Siouxsie and The Banshees Pack 01 ($5.49) - this track pack includes all of the above singles.
• “Melatonin” - Silversun Pickups ($1.99)
• “Well Thought Out Twinkles” - Silversun Pickups ($1.99)
• “Pretty in Pink” - The Psychedelic Furs ($1.99)
• “Dammit” - Blink-182 ($1.99)

File sizes: 19 MB - 33 MB (singles), 83 MB (track pack)

Game Demos (free)

Mirror’s Edge Demo
THERE’S NO LOOKING BACK. In a city where information is monitored, messengers called Runners are the only way to communicate freely. You are Faith, a skilled Runner who’s uncovered corruption at the city’s core. And now you are being hunted. Download the Mirror’s Edge demo and experience the award-winning innovative First-Person Action-Adventure! Learn Runner’s skills like wall-runs, leaps, and combat in the Tutorial, and use your speed and your skills to survive the Prologue of the game in the demo!
ESRB Rated T
File size: 842 MB

Tom Clancy’s EndWar Demo
Experience World War III in your living room with Tom Clancy’s EndWarTM, a revolutionary new war game built to maximize next-generation gaming consoles and completely controllable by voice. This demo includes one map playable in both single-player and 1 versus 1 multiplayer. English, French and Spanish are supported.
ESRB Rated T
File size: 1.67 MB

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009 Demo
In WWE, the only person you can rely on, other than yourself, is your partner. You have each other’s backs, and together, you can accomplish more than you ever could on your own. Play the all new tag team match in this demo of WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009. Pick up the full game in stores on November 9th.
ESRB Rated T
File size: 976 MB

Alone In The Dark: Inferno Demo
One of this year’s most innovative video games gets a blazing makeover for its PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system debut this November with Alone In The Dark: Inferno. Development studio Eden Games has responded to feedback from media and gamers with a host of sizzling gameplay enhancements and red-hot new content for an even more entertaining, immersive, and action-packed blockbuster experience on PLAYSTATION 3 computer entertainment system.
ESRB Rated M
File size: 1.51 MB

Game Videos (free)

Life in LittleBigPlanet: Ep 3
File size: 180 MB (HD)

MotorStorm Pacific Rift Stormer Trailer
File size: 70 MB (HD)

MotorStorm Pacific Rift TV spot (60 sec)
File size: 50 MB (HD), 81 MB (1080)

SOCOM: Confrontation Behind the SEALs - Part 2
File size: 119 MB (HD)

SOCOM: Confrontation Behind the SEALs - Part 3
File size: 121 MB (HD)

SOCOM: Confrontation Behind the SEALs - Part 4
File size: 123 MB (HD)

Far Cry 2 Anything Goes Trailer
File size: 90 MB (HD)

Far Cry 2 African Swim
File size: 5.83 MB (SD)

Guitar Hero World Tour Ozzy Osbourne Vignette
File size: 48 MB (HD)

Guitar Hero World Tour Sting Vignette
File size: 53 MB (HD)

Midnight Club: Los Angeles Trailer #4
File size: 50 MB (HD)

Midnight Club: Los Angeles Cops Trailer
File sizes: 47 MB (HD)

Stormrise: Echelon Snipers Engage Trailer
File sizes: 105 MB (HD)

Stormrise: You Are In Command Trailer
File sizes: 153 MB (HD)

Movie and Blu-ray Disc Trailers

You Don’t Mess With The Zohan Trailer
File sizes: 104 MB (HD), 141 MB (1080)

Casino Royale Collector’s Edition Trailer
File sizes: 72 MB (HD), 94 MB (1080)

PlayStation Store for PSP

Game Videos (free)

* Super Stardust Portable Trailer
(also downloadable via PS3)

Now that the fans around the world will have copies of LittleBigPlanet next week, we wanted to celebrate the global launch and give you a heads up on the downloadable content you can expect to see in the near future…
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First, we know we’ve had a bumpy release, and for your patience, we’re releasing a handful of free downloadable content on the PlayStation Store (starting 11/6)

*** Only available from 11/6 to 11/19

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In addition to the ‘fan appreciation gifts’ mentioned above, we wanted to share an overview of the types of DLC headed your way. Check back here every Wednesday to see what new DLC will be available on the PlayStation Store the next day…

One category of downloads will be, no surprise, SackBoy costumes. You’ve already seen a few of our pre-order announcements and partnerships with PlayStation Alumni, but this is only a snippet of available downloads to come. We’re hard at work to provide weekly downloads to keep the community fresh and active. Here are a few items we have in store for you down the line…

Seasonal & Limited Time Only Costumes - FREE
The “launch” SpaceSuit and Halloween mask is a perfect example of this. These types of items will be available for a short amount of time only so look for these around special events and holidays.



Community Costumes - FREE
Remember LittleBigChallenge 003? We’re finalizing the winners now, so stay tuned. These will be available for free and over time, you’ll see more and more of these types of free downloads for LBP community.

SackBoy Costumes - $0.99 each
Continue to customize your SackBoy/SackGirl with brand new outfits that will be available in a variety of themes and designs. Here’s a sneak peek of a few costumes in the works…



Premium SackBoy Costumes - $1.99 each
Its no secret, that we love the rest of the PlayStation family and we want the SackPeople to be able to dress up as their favorite characters. Stay tuned for more announcements with new costumes from our PlayStation family and even some outside the family… Here’s a few of the ones we’ve already announced…



RARE SackBoy Costumes - $?.??
In time, we’re hoping to introduce very rare items that are both only available for a certain amount of time and extremely collectible. We’ve previously announced the such an item, the “RARE Mm T-shirt”, but in North America, we’re waiting for the right time to introduce into the PS Store. Stay tuned…



Basic SackBoy Costume Bundle - $2.99
At times, we’ll offer four basic costumes at a great price…to make things easier for the ‘must collect everything I see’ personalities

Premium SackBoy Costume Bundle - $5.99
Similar to the Basic SackBoy Costume Bundle, this premium version consists of four premium costumes for the price of three. All characters in premium bundles will revolve around a certain theme…more info to come in the near future.

Stay tuned in a few weeks when we introduce a few more types of LBP DLC that will not only enhance your SackBoy, but expand your Pop-it tool with more objects, materials, stickers, sounds, music and even gameplay enhancements to keep the community refreshed with more creative options.

Hello again, everyone! Team RamRod here, the developers of High Velocity Bowling for PS3 and NBA 09: The Inside for the PSP. Now that our HVB update is available and our basketball game is on the shelves, we finally have some time to provide another long post!

Our PSP NBA series is the only sports series that we know of that has been created from the ground up specifically for the PSP (as in, it’s not a port). Since it is not a port it can be optimized year-after-year to be tailor-crafted for the PSP. This has resulted in silky-smooth 60 frames per second gameplay and an absolutely feature-packed UMD.

Being on a portable system has been a huge influence on the design of NBA 09: The Inside on PSP. We have always tried to have a fast-paced game that could be played in short bursts. The on court action is quick and fun, plus there are a ton of mini-games to try. But of course, if you have loads of time, you can play multiple seasons in our new Franchise mode.

What we’d really like to talk about today is one of our favorite mini-games for this year’s version. It’s called ElimiQuest and it’s a little unorthodox. So we’ll start by explaining the development process and how it came to be.

Conquest

In NBA 07 for PSP we had the idea to do a turn-based game called Conquest. Our team is small and we try to get together about once a month to socialize, eat, drink and play a bunch of boardgames. We like to play a large variety from party games to strategy games. We’re all very interested in the game mechanics and where the strategy and fun of the game is.

All of this led us to create Conquest. When you begin the game, you choose a team and a city. That city connects to other cities that you can challenge or be challenged by. Whenever a city is challenged, the outcome is determined by playing a game of basketball with some minor rules changes. If the challenging city wins, then they gain control of the defending city and it’s team. If the defending city wins, then they get to swap one of their players for one from the challenging team. After each city has had a chance to make a challenge, then the players can be moved from one city to another.

The fun in Conquest comes from stealing another city’s players and building the ultimate team as you march your way across North America! This means that you get teams in Conquest that wouldn’t occur in the real NBA. The boardgame-styled map gives you more to think about as you plan your strategy. You can also upgrade your players and even earn retired players by controlling a whole division.

Elimination

When we started making NBA 08: Featuring Block Party for PSP, we knew that we wanted another basketball minigame that we could be as proud of as Conquest. We really wanted to change how you play basketball with this one. So instead of constantly using your best players to score, we wanted you to try to score with even the less skilled players.

To accomplish this, we decided that when a player had scored 6 or more points, they should be eliminated from the game. This meant that there would be situations with off-balance teams. You might have a team with only 3 players left going against a team with all 5 players. Naturally, this is an advantage to the player who was able to get a lot of his team to score before any single player got eliminated. The winner is the first team to eliminate 4 of his 5 players. This means that the points earned by the last remaining player are a waste. So you wanna be sure that you know which player shouldn’t score when you begin the game!

To help with the advantage in numbers, we decided to give a power-up to the team that eliminates a player. To help even out the playing field a bit, we took the best power-ups and assigned them to the lower rated players. The best players get the worst power-ups or, in some case, don’t even award a power-up when they are eliminated! This really helped to balance out the playing field of the various NBA teams in Elimination. Teams without big star players generally get better power-ups than the stronger teams.

So you have some decisions to make in Elimination. Do you try to spread out your points so that you maintain an advantage in numbers or do you try to eliminate one of your worst players to get a great power-up? Similarly, do you go the easy route and eliminate your best player and get a weak power-up?

ElimiQuest

Elimination turned out to be really fun in 08, so for 09 we came up with the idea to combine it with Conquest. The resulting un-imaginative name is ElimiQuest! It plays just like Conquest mode with the strategic map and capturing other teams, cities and players. However, instead of playground basketball, the cities face off in a match of Elimination.

As in Conquest, the players on the winning team that get the most points, rebounds or assists earn you medals to upgrade them. This means that if you really wanna upgrade someone, you’re gonna have to keep them on the court making assists and getting rebounds or have that player score 8 points (the most a player can earn in Elimination/ElimiQuest). Upgrading players in ElimiQuest is a little bit more important than it is in Conquest. If you have a poorly rated player who gets you a great power-up whenever he is eliminated, you should try to upgrade him so that he can be eliminated more easily.

Conclusion
If you’ve made it this far, then thanks for reading! We hope that you all get to try ElimiQuest and let us know what you think in your posts. If there is enough interest, we would love to discuss some of the other minigames that we have like Shootin’ Bricks, Pinball, Block-A-Shot, Own The Court, etc. Unfortunately, ElimiQuest couldn’t fit in our PSP demo, but be sure to check it out for our regular basketball gameplay along with a few minigames. The whole game is only 30 dollars, and we think that it represents a ton of gaming value at a low price.

P.S. Check out High Velocity Bowling from the PlayStation Store for the PS3!!

The PlayStation.Blog is getting into the Halloween spirit. We’re currently digging into our “spooky” catalog of games such as SIREN: Blood Curse, the “Skate to Victory” ghost level in LittleBigPlanet, the new All Hallow’s Eve ball pack and downloadable costumes in High Velocity Bowling, and the newly-released BUZZ! Quiz TV Horror Pack full of over 500 horror movie trivia questions. Check out a few of them below:

WHAT WAS THE SURNAME OF THE FAMILY WHO MOVED INTO THE HAUNTED HOUSE IN ‘THE AMITYVILLE HORROR’?
* LUTZ
* JONES
* MICHAELS
* WILLARD

WHO DIRECTED THE ORIGINAL 2004 ‘SAW’ FILM?
* JAMES WAN
* DARREN LYNN BOUSMAN
* DAVID HACKL
* LEIGH WHANNELL

IN ‘THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT’, THE FILMMAKERS BECOME LOST AFTER MIKE DOES WHAT TO THE MAP?
* KICKS IT INTO THE RIVER
* EATS IT
* RIPS IT UP
* THROWS IT ON THE FIRE

Just to provide a little added incentive to get you into the spirit, we’re announcing a costume contest. The rules are simple: dress up as one of your favorite Sony Computer Entertainment characters (e.g. BUZZ!, the game show host from the BUZZ! games, Sackboy, Kratos, Sly Cooper, Jak, Daxter, Ratchet, Clank etc.) and submit a photo of yourself in costume holding up a PlayStation branded controller or PSPsystem. Email your photo to psbloghalloween@gmail.com by 5:00 PM PST on November 3, 2008 (that gives you all of Halloween weekend to capture an image of yourself in costume).

Your favorite Social Media Manager, Jeff Rubenstein, will use his good judgment based on 50% originality of costume and 50% likeness of character to select the top FIVE costumes out of all of the submissions. We’ll then post the final five on the blog on November 5, 2008 on or about 9:00 AM PST and allow you, the readers, to vote. The three submissions with the most votes win. Vote by clicking on the radio button that corresponds with your selection. We’ll close voting at 5:00 PM PST Friday, November 7, 2008 and announce the winners on the Blog that following Monday, November 10, 2008.

The costume that receives the most votes will win a PLAYSTATION® 3 80 GB system. The second place costume will receive a PSP® 3000 system. The third place costume will receive PlayStation Network vouchers valued at $50.00 USD.

And because we are having so much fun testing each other with the BUZZ! Quiz TV Horror pack, we’re adding another little challenge to our costume contest. The individual with the best BUZZ! game show host costume (judged solely by Jeff) based on 50% originality of costume and 50% likeness of character will be awarded a PlayStation Network voucher for the horror quiz pack, in addition to a BUZZ! Quiz TV bundle.

So, get started on creating those costumes; we can’t wait to see what you come up with. Good luck and Happy Halloween!

No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Open to legal residents of the United States ages 13 and older. See official rules listed below for complete details.

OFFICIAL RULES

The following promotion is intended for viewing in the 50 United States and D.C. only and shall only be construed and evaluated according to United States law. Do not proceed in this site if you are not a legal resident of, and located in, the 50 United States or D.C. at the time of entry.

SCEA CHARACTER AND BUZZ!(tm) HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST
OFFICIAL RULES

1. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. MAKING A PURCHASE WILL NOT IMPROVE CHANCES OF WINNING. Void outside the 50 United States and D.C. and where prohibited. To enter, email a photograph of yourself in costume holding up a PlayStation® branded controller or a PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) entertainment system to psbloghalloween@gmail.com between October 29, 2008 at 9:00 am PST and November 3, 2008 at 5:00 pm PST. Your costume must be a character featured in one of the games published by Sony Computer Entertainment America (the “Sponsor”) (i.e. BUZZ! (the game show host), Sackboy, Kratos, Sly Cooper, Jak, Daxter, Ratchet, Clank) To be valid, entries must be received no later than 5:00 PM November 3, 2008 (PST). Limit one entry per person and valid e-mail address for the duration of the promotion. All entries will be considered made by the authorized account holder of the email address. Subsequent entries will be disqualified.
Sony Computer Entertainment America (the “Sponsor”) is not responsible for lost, late, mutilated, illegible, incomplete or misdirected entries. Sponsor is not responsible for technical, hardware or software failures of any kind, lost or unavailable network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions which may limit an entrant’s ability to participate in the contest. Sponsor reserves the right in its sole discretion to modify, cancel or suspend this contest should virus, bugs or other causes beyond Sponsor’s control corrupt the administration, security or proper play of thiscontest. Sponsor reserves the right to reject any entries that it deems, in its sole discretion, to be inappropriate including, but not limited to, gratuitous depictions of violence or sexual behavior, or positive depictions of alcohol or tobacco.

2. Winner Selection: Five (5) costumes will be selected by Sponsor from all eligible photographs received by November 3, 2008.
Sponsor will also select the best BUZZ! costume from all eligible photographs received by November 3, 2008.
All photographs received will be judged by Sponsor based on the following criteria:
50% Creativity
50% Likeness of Character
The five (5) final costumes chosen by Sponsor will be posted on blog.us.playstation.com/halloweencostumevote on November 5, 2008 on or about 9:00 AM PST for judging by the readers of the blog. The readers will vote for their favorite and the three (3) submissions with the most votes win a prize. Voting will close at 5:00 PM PST Friday, November 7, 2008. Readers will enter their votes by checking the box next to their favorite submission on the Web site at the following url: blog.us.playstation.com/halloweencostumevote. The winners will be announced on Monday, November 10, 2008 on the blog.

The winner of the BUZZ! Game show host Costume contest will also be announced on the blog on November 5, 2008.

3. PRIZES: One (1) Grand Prize winner is the posted submission that received the most votes from readers of the blog. Grand Prize costume will receive a PLAYSTATION®3 80 GB computer entertainment system (ARV $399.99). The costume that receives the second most votes will receive a PSP® 2000 system (ARV $169.99) . The costume that receives the third most votes will receive PlayStation® Network vouchers valued at $50.00 USD. Choice of Voucher at Sponsor’s discretion. The winner of the BUZZ! Costume contest will receive a PlayStation® Network voucher for the Horror Quiz Pack and a BUZZ! Quiz TV bundle which includes a copy of the game BUZZ! Quiz TV and four wireless buzzers. (ARV $115.98). Sponsor reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal value. Prizes are non-transferable and no substitutions allowed. Winners shall be notified by email and/or telephone. Once notified, allow 6-8 weeks for delivery of prizes.
4. ODDS OF WINNING: The odds of winning depend on number of valid entries received.

5. ELIGIBILITY: Promotion is open to legal residents of the 50 United States ages 13 and over. Winner(s) will be required to execute and return an Affidavit of Eligibility and Release within seven (7) days of receipt. Return of any prize/prize notification as undeliverable will result in disqualification and an alternate winner will be selected. Failure to return Affidavit of Eligibility and Release within 7 days of receipt will result in forfeiture of prize. An alternate winner will be selected among remaining eligible entrants. If the winner is a minor, then prize will be awarded to winner’s parent or legal guardian. By acceptance of prize, winners agree to the use of their name and/or likenesses for purposes of advertising, trade, or promotion without further compensation, unless prohibited by law. Additionally, by acceptance of prize, prize winner agree to release Sponsor and its respective parents, subsidiaries, agencies, divisions, and affiliates from any and all liability, claims or actions or any kind whatsoever for injuries, damages or losses to persons and property which may be sustained in connection with the receipt, ownership or use of the prize or while preparing for, participating in, and/or traveling to or from any prize-related activity and/or sweepstakes activity. Employees of Sponsor and their respective parents, subsidiaries, agencies, and affiliates and each of their related companies and their immediate families are not eligible. Neither the Sponsor nor their respective parents, affiliates, subsidiaries, agencies, divisions nor related companies are responsible for any damages, taxes, or expenses that winners might incur as a result of this sweepstakes or receipt of prize.

6. WINNER’S NAME: To obtain a list of winners, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to: SCEA CHARACTER AND BUZZ! HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST winner’s list. 919 E. Hillsdale Blvd., Foster City, CA. 94404. Winners’ list requests will be fulfilled within four weeks after all prizes have been awarded. Requests for winners’ list must be received by November 30, 2008.

7. RESTRICTIONS: Void where prohibited or restricted by law.

8. SPONSOR: Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., 919 E. Hillsdale Blvd., Foster City, CA 94404

Hello again. It’s been a while, so I’d like to reintroduce myself. I’m Mike Graham, Associate Producer with SCEA Santa Monica Studio. By now a lot of you have seen and commented on the trailers for Killzone 2 coming out of E3, Leipzig and TGS that showcased the single player and multiplayer gameplay in all of its glory. We’re not here to talk about that. Not exactly anyway. The game’s February release is getting closer by the minute, and everyone at Guerrilla and Sony have something they’re really proud of they want to show you. But we can’t just do it here, we want to do it in bigger style than the web can provide.

So. Get your DVR’s ready. Tonight on G4, during X-Play starting at 8pm, we will have the world television premiere of the brand new Killzone 2 Helghan trailer. Yes we know this was already posted to the web a little early, but who wouldn’t want to see it on a much bigger screen with a better sound system? Seriously, it deserves that kind of attention, because it’s just that cool. So tune in, crank it up and enjoy all the explosive goodness. We think you’ll like it.

MotorStorm Pacific Rift crashes into stores today, and if you early adopters think you’re going to be cleaning up online - be warned: the athletes on the Dew Action Sports Tour have been practicing. The Dew Tour recently wrapped up with the PlayStation Pro - the final event of the year for this traveling BMX, FMX, and skate road show.

As the name implies, PlayStation had a big presence; some of the athletes met up at the PlayStation Experience Truck for some Play with the Pros action in MotorStorm - take a look:

For more pics and details of what went down at the PlayStation Pro, click over to this coverage from the Orlando Sentinel’s gaming blog (thanks to Matt for the above photo as well).

If you noticed the T-shirts or the kid with the MotorStorm Pacific Rift hat in the video - these numbers were pretty hot commodities at the event… so we saved some for you readers. The first 15 people to send a request to givemethatmotorstormschwag@gmail.com will score themselves a MotorStorm Pacific Rift shirt *and* hat, free of charge.

Now for the obligatory legal disclaimer: To enter, we must receive your email no later then October 28th, 2008 at 11:59 PM (PST). Limit one entry per person and valid e-mail address for the duration of the promotion. Contest is only open to U.S. residents ages 13 or older who meet the terms set forth. The senders of the first fifteen qualifying applications that we receive will win (1) t-shirt and (1) hat each (approximate value is $19.99). Prize fulfillment is at Sponsor’s discretion and based on availability.