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4 CommentsPlayStation Store discounts games featuring PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale characters
By Samit Sarkar on Apr 29, 2013 04.29.13
The latest set of discounts in the PlayStation Store's Spring Fever sale includes price cuts on PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and games featuring its playable fighters, publisher Sony Computer Entertainment announced today. The PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Heritage Sale, which goes live April 30, boasts discounts of up to 51 percent for PlayStation Plus members. Battle Royale itself is 30 percent off on both PlayStation 3 ($27.99 instead of $39.99) and PlayStation Vita ($24.99 instead of $35.99) for all PSN users, while PS Plus members receive 51 percent off ($19.59 on PS3, 17.49 on PS Vita). Franchises with games on sale include Metal Gear Solid, BioShock, Sly Cooper and Ratchet & Clank. Sony isn't offering an additional PS Plus discount for all the games on sale, but...
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3 CommentsPlayStation All-Stars dev SuperBot working on new IP after Sony split
By Dave Tach on Apr 15, 2013 04.15.13
SuperBot Entertainment, developer of the PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale fighting game, is working on a new project, SuperBot's director of operations David Yang told Edge Online. "We have substantially shrunk down our operations but are still going strong while we work on a new IP," Yang said. Founded in 2009, SuperBot developed exclusively for Sony during its first years and released PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale in late 2012 for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. In late January 2013, a representative for Sony Computer Entertainment America confirmed layoffs at SuperBot to Polygon. By early February, Sony confirmed to Polygon that the "working relationship" between the two companies had ended. In a statement released when the layoffs were announced, Yang wrote that...
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9 CommentsGod of War: Ascension GameStop pre-orders include PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale DLC
By Dave Tach on Mar 11, 2013 03.11.13
GameStop pre-orders for God of War: Ascension include a voucher for DLC containing two characters from PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, according to the product's listing on GameStop's website. The PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale DLC includes Zeus from the God of War series and Isaac Clarke, the engineer protagonist from Visceral Games' Dead Space series. The DLC will be available March 19. The GameStop pre-order also includes the Champions Pack, which contains Spartan warrior King Leonidas' multiplayer armor and weapon, as well as a 48 hour boost for XP in multiplayer. Pre-orderers will also get a double-sided poster and the Mythological Heroes Multiplayer Pack, which contains multiplayer armor sets based on Achilles, Perseus, Orion and Odysseus. SCE Santa Monica Studio's...
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6 CommentsPlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale DLC introduces Dead Space's Isaac and God of War's Zeus
By Emily Gera on Feb 27, 2013 02.27.13
New DLC coming to PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale will introduce playable Dead Space character Isaac, God of War's Zeus, as well as a cross-over with a design based on elements from MediEvil and The Unfinished Swan, IGN reports. This follows a teased announcement on Twitter from SCEA lead game designer Seth Killian, stating "exciting news" was scheduled to hit shortly. Earlier in the month Sony revealed its working agreement with PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale developer SuperBot Entertainment had been terminated. All future DLC for the game will be dealt with internally at Sony's Santa Monica studio, Polygon was told.
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6 CommentsSony reveals PSN Gamers' Choice Awards 2013 winners, heavily discounts titles
By Jenna Pitcher on Feb 27, 2013 02.27.13
Sony announced the winners for the PSN Gamers' Choice Awards 2013 today, where thatgamecompany's Journey won two of its three nominations, including Best PSN Exclusive Game and Best Indie Game. All winning titles are discounted up to 50 percent off in the PlayStation Store and up to 60 percent off for PlayStation Plus members until March 4. The full list of winners and respective markdowns are listed in full below. In addition to the sale, Sony are running a promotion until April 1 where consumers are rewarded with a $10 credit for every $50 spent in the PlayStation Store or the PlayStation Web Sore. Winners were decided when Sony invited PSN users to vote on their favorite PSN games for 2012 from a preselected list. Voting took place on the PlayStation Store and the Sony Network...
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18 CommentsSony ends working relationship with PlayStation All-Stars developer SuperBot
By Alexa Ray Corriea on Feb 04, 2013 02.04.13
Sony's "working agreement" with PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale developer SuperBot Entertainment has been terminated, with all future DLC for the title to be handled internally at Sony's Santa Monica studio, a representative for Sony confirmed with Polygon today. "Sony Computer Entertainment can confirm that the working agreement with developer SuperBot Entertainment has amicably ended," the representative said. "We have had a positive working relationship with this talented studio, and wish them the best of success in their next endeavor. PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale and the title's forthcoming DLC releases will continue to be fully supported by Santa Monica Studio." SuperBot president David Yang confirmed with Kotaku that rumors of the studio shuttering were false, and...
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22 CommentsSCEA confirms layoffs at PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale developer SuperBot Entertainment
By Dave Tach on Jan 25, 2013 01.25.13
SuperBot Entertainment, developer of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, has been hit with layoffs, according to a statement provided to Polygon by Sony Computer Entertainment America. "SCEA can confirm that SuperBot Entertainment did make a reduction in their workforce today," the statement reads. "The studio and SCEA remain committed to supporting PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale post launch, including developing the title's forthcoming DLC releases in the coming months. The first character pack (including Kat from Gravity Rush and Emmett Graves from Starhawk) will be available for download on Feb. 12 and will be free for the first two weeks. We'll be sharing news of additional upcoming content soon." Word of the layoffs began to spread earlier today, when Mike Birkhead, a...
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1 CommentJapan Review Check: Fist of the North Star, PlayStation All-Stars
By Kevin Gifford on Jan 23, 2013 01.23.13
Here's a quick summary of the console titles coming out next week in Japan, courtesy of the review pages of Famitsu magazine. Famitsu reviewers are known for generally awarding the same scores for games released across multiple platforms. However, for whatever reason, this isn't happening with Wii U third-party releases. Batman: Arkham City, Assassin's Creed III, Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Ninja Gaiden 3 are among the Wii U games that scored one or two points below the PS3 and Xbox 360 versions in Famitsu's review pages - a fact that definitely hasn't gone unnoticed among gamers in Japan. The trend continued this week with the Wii U port of Shin Hokuto Musou, sequel to the game titled Fist of the North Star: Ken's Rage in the U.S. The review text was generally positive: "The...
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10 CommentsCapcom hires two members of fighting community
By Megan Farokhmanesh on Dec 09, 2012 12.09.12
Capcom has hired Neidel "Haunts" Crisan, founder of competitive fighting hub iPlayWinner, and Peter "Combofiend" Rosas, a prominent competitor in the fighting scene, Shoryuken reports. The announcement was made during the Street Fighter 25th Anniversary grand finals, which took place in Burlingame, Calif., on Dec. 8. No specifics were given about what position both men will be taking, although early speculation from fans suggests that one or both could take over for former Capcom employee Seth Killian. Killian, fighting expert, EVO Championship Series co-founder and former community manager left Capcom USA in June of this year to join Sony Santa Monica Studios. He is currently the lead designer on PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale.
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3 CommentsPlayStation All-Stars sends the Battle Royale to Wipeout-meets-Heavenly Sword arena
By Michael McWhertor on Dec 04, 2012 12.04.12
The first batch of downloadable content for crossover brawler PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale will be steeped in PlayStation fan service both new and old. Two downloadable fighters, Kat from PlayStation Vita game Gravity Rush and Emmett Graves from PS3 game Starhawk, will be added to the roster in early 2013 along with a new stage that's part Heavenly Sword, part Wipeout. We recently had a chance to play with an early alpha build of that new PlayStation All-Stars content at an event at Sony Santa Monica Studios, going a few rounds with Kat and Emmett on the stage that's a bizarre, medieval fantasy meets sci-fi mash-up. In PlayStation All-Stars, Kat's fighting techniques stay true to her combat in Gravity Rush, focusing mainly on kicks. Kat's a heavy rushdown character, director...
