According to Kotaku , From Software (creators of Demon’s Souls) has confirmed that Dark Souls will be delayed, thankfully by a week, in Japan! The game was scheduled for release on September 15th in Japan and October 4th and 7th in North America and Europe respectively. The new release date is set for September 22nd in Japan, but there have been no comments on wither the other regions will experience the same delay or not. “From Software” hasn’t given any specific reasons behind the delay.

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Dark Souls Delayed

I should feel blessed to be close to such major events that happen in and around the video game industry. What most people don’t know is that the San Diego Comic-Con is a major hub for announcements and reveals. Most people think this is just a nerd convention where some overweight stereotype dresses up in a costume in the middle of the southern California summer. They are wrong my friends. Comic-Con has something for everyone. Video Game wise, Capcom announced Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, Naughty Dog and Sony brought the cast of Uncharted 3 to discuss the game, Batman: Arkham City was being promoted everywhere during the convention, and last but not the least, Hideo Kojima himself making his 3rd appearance to promote the upcoming HD re-release of his famous games. Frank Tieri signing Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 poster. Ultimate Marvel Vs Capcom 3 It started off innocently enough. I get a press release from Capcom with assets and videos on July 20th. I arrive at the convention that night to see that they had a couple of stations running the build with the just announced characters, Ghost Rider, Strider, Hawkeye, and that red dragon thing. All week they had tournaments running and giving away promo posters for the game. Ryota Niitsuma the producer of MvC3 was on hand a long with Frank Tieri signing posters. Uncharted 3 Nolan North, Emily Rose, and Richard McGonagle were on hand to discuss Uncharted 3. These panels are usually the best places where you can talk to them face to face and ask question. Nolan North has announced that he is working on a book called Drake’s Journal, which will be kind of a behind-the-scenes look of the making of Uncharted 3. They also showed a very funny clip of them doing this motion capture and sound capture, which made everyone laugh. The good folks at Sony also provided badge holders with these awesome one of a kind T-Shirts and voucher codes for those who were lucky enough to get them. Sony partnered with ESC toys to bring you these awesome vinyl figures . Here are a couple of the Uncharted swag I managed to get. Poster designed by Adam Hughes. If you don’t know who that is, well you better Google him because this guy is considered by many as one of the best cover artist of all time. The poster kinda reminds you of Indiana Jones. Metal Gear Solid Hideo Kojima, along with Yoji Shinkawa and Yumi Kikuchi, was on hand to greet fans and sign items during the event. The Konami booth featured some items from the Konami Store in Japan and to my dismay, I missed out on these awesome coffee mugs that had the famous red exclamation point printed on the bottom of the mug. They were selling them for $15. Sold out in a matter of hours. I did, however, manage win one of the prizes they were raffling to the attendees of the signing. I’ll let the picture speak for itself. Check out Konami’s official facebook page for more information about the signing. Kojima Answers my Question about Metal Gear Solid RISING. I also have a special treat to one of our readers, he asked me if I can ask Kojima about Metal Gear Solid RISING and Mr. Kojima did not disappoint. The moderator of the event asked the audience if we have any questions for Mr. Kojima and I yelled out WHEN IS METAL GEAR SOLID RISING COMING OUT!? and he answers me in this video..

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Comic-Con Recap: Crazy Games, Crazy Times!

After Japan was rocked by an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis earlier this year, Sony initiated a relief program for the victims of the tragedy on PlayStation Network. Gamers could show their support for the survivors of the disaster by purchasing special items via PSN. The response from gamers around the world was massive as Sony has announced that as of July 13th PlayStation Network users raised a combined total of 129.7 million yen ($1.587m US dollars ),worldwide. The full amount will be donated to a relief organization from each specific region. Good job everyone! Via: PSLS

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PSN Users Prove To Be Very Generous

If you thought the wait for the PSN to return was painful. People in Japan are still without use of the PlayStation Network. But it will finally be restored this Wednesday .

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PlayStation Network Services To Be Restored In Japan This Wednesday

According to a news report in Japan. A 19 year old unemployed Japanese man threatened to blow up a train station for reasons unknown. What is known however is that the man used his PlayStation 3 to write the message in Japanese bulletin board. Authorities traced the man’s IP address and they discovered that he used his PlayStation to write and send the message. The threat read “”Tomorrow, I will blow up Hiroshima Station.” The next day, he was arrested. Source: Nikkasports Japan

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19 Year Old Arrested For Using PlayStation 3 To Make Bomb Threats

Map of PSN activity. Notice only Japan and San Diego, CA are online during the outage. 05.14.2011 5 hours after initial announcement. 05.15.2011 24 hours after initianal announcement. 05.16.2011 72 hours after initial announcement. Greetings readers. Today I wanted to show you guys a very interesting map that indicates the PlayStation Network status throughout the world. As you know, the outage lasted 23 days and is now beginning to trickle back up since Saturday May 15th. A big thank you to my source over at Sony San Diego for providing the images. I apologize in advance for the small images, the bigger images are not available. But if you press the CTRL and the + key, you can zoom in and see a little bit of the map details.

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PlayStation Network Status Map – Then & Now

A new trailer for Dark Souls is here. Not only does it reveal giant bosses,environmental hazards and deadly enemies, the trailer also confirms an October release for the dark fantasy, role playing game. No other date was given besides the month. Dark Souls is the spiritual successor to Demon’s Souls, one of the best rpgs currently available for the PS3. Namco Bandai will publish the game in the West for both the PS3 and 360 while From Software handles it in Japan as a PS3 exclusive.

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New Dark Souls Trailer Confirms October Release

Recap Yep, another late one. I’m still trying to find time to do things, but between dealing with back pain and stressing out over other things, the days seem to go by in a flash. I’ve been spending most of my time on here lately helping around the community and working with some of you on a few things to help better the site. Anyway, Tosh has updated my title somewhat. As you know, I’ve been officially labeled as the Community Manager for a little while now. As of this week, I also have the position of Editor-in-Chief. Though, keep in mind, some articles will go through with an occasional error here and there, but I will fix errors if I come across them. If you find one, and I missed it, let me know and I will fix it . Now, as for what went on from the 13th to the 19th, and what stories stuck out. We got a few more videos from Luke’s visit to PAX East this year, which all include gameplay. Despite not being able to record it, he also managed to check out Battlefield 3, which is sure to blow everyone’s mind. Darrin managed to go to SXSW, which happened during PAX, and didn’t let us know (so we didn’t have a live blog or anything), but he did write his own recap of the event. Eddie, once again, got a bunch of NGP articles compiled to keep us up to date on what is going on with our future favorite handheld (subjective, of course). As for Kevin Butler, he showed off his S.H.A.F.T. method for MLB 11: The Show, so for a good laugh, check those out. We also have reviews for MotorStorm Apocalypse and TNT racers by Trev and EdEN, respectively. Beyond that, Jason has been busy posting gaming deals and the like, which is a nice feature, but I will try to work with him to make them more pleasing to the eye, so bear with me! Be sure to read through the list of articles, both front page and QuickNews, as there is always more to read than what I talked about here. Also, don’t forget, you can donate to the Red Cross to help with the Japanese tsunami relief through PSN (the denominations are fixed, but it’s a worthy cause, and you get a free theme). Community News & Game Nights It’s been 6 years since we posted our first article. With that, we had a giveaway for a $20 PSN card (linked below). Not much in new features, but we did get a new chat system , which makes personal chats and private chat rooms possible. Definitely a nice upgrade. For the past few weeks, and upcoming weeks for that mater, the number of giveaways we’ve had/are having has picked up quite a bit. First of all, as I said on the last recap, winners of the SOCOM 4 beta have been announced. Since then, we’ve also had a Slam Bolt Scrappers giveaway , and even had that $20 PSN card giveaway for the blog’s 6 year anniversary. Luke has also acquired a number of t-shirts from PAX we will be using, including the Aperture Science t-shirts we’re giving away with Portal 2. It’s always a good idea to come by and see what we have going on for contests! Usually, you can spot those announcements in the green box in the sidebar. 22 Articles // 15 QuickNews Contributor of the Week Luke – 8 Entries QuickNews Contributor of the Week Jason – 8 Entries Most Liked Oly – Kevin Butler’s S.H.A.F.T. Method (Trash Talking for MLB 11: The Show) – 13 Likes Most Comments Luke – Battlefield 3 Impressions! – 16 Comments Game nights definitely seem to have been picking up in recent weeks. Jcmdaddy had scheduled an Uncharted 2 game night on the 17th, with a recap of the event the next day. Oly had also set up a game night for Hoard on the 18th (if you can even call it that as it wasn’t, exactly, a planned event). Gaming News PAX East 2011: Uncharted 3 Outtakes Ace on March 13th, 2011 5 Comments Free Realms MMO Coming to PSN March 29th Free! Jason on March 13th, 2011 10 Comments Battlefield 3 Impressions! Luke on March 13th, 2011 16 Comments My Top 5 Favorite User Created Levels In Little Big Planet 2 Sakinah on March 14th, 2011 12 Comments New Look of the Official PS3 Blog! Luke on March 14th, 2011 12 Comments SXSW Highlights from Austin, TX Darrin on March 14th, 2011 14 Comments Another NGP News Round Up Eddie on March 15th, 2011 9 Comments New Portal 2 Campaign Footage and Interview Luke on March 15th, 2011 10 Comments Saints Row 3 Scans! Jason on March 15th, 2011 2 Comments New Batman Arkham City Trailer Eddie on March 15th, 2011 14 Comments Battlefield 3 Fault Line Episode II Trailer Luke on March 16th, 2011 11 Comments Fire Hose Games/Slam Bolt Scrappers Interview! Luke on March 16th, 2011 15 Comments Official Review: TNT Racers EdEN on March 16th, 2011 7 Comments New Dead Island Screams! Luke on March 16th, 2011 4 Comments Do the Robot in SOCOM 4! Ace on March 16th, 2011 10 Comments Swarm Gameplay Interview Luke on March 17th, 2011 5 Comments New Portal 2 TV Spot Oly on March 17th, 2011 6 Comments Help with Tsunami Relief on PSN Jay on March 18th, 2011 11 Comments Motorstorm Apocalypse Review Trev on March 18th, 2011 11 Comments Kevin Butler’s S.H.A.F.T. Method (Trash Talking for MLB 11: The Show) Oly on March 18th, 2011 6 Comments Dynasty Warriors 7, Gameplay & Screens Luke on March 19th, 2011 7 Comments PAX East 2011: Video Interview of El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron Luke on March 19th, 2011 10 Comments QuickNews Disaster In Japan Prompts Game Developers To Shut Down Servers Sakinah on March 13th, 2011 5 Comments New to PS3 Week of 3-15-11 Jason on March 13th, 2011 4 Comments inFAMOUS 2 Limited Release User Generated Content (UGC) Beta Details Oly on March 14th, 2011 5 Comments Brink: A Matter of Class Trailer Just Released Oly on March 15th, 2011 8 Comments Yakuza 4 is out and on sale Jason on March 15th, 2011 4 Comments Edge and Schick have DLC for inFAMOUS 2 and more Jason on March 15th, 2011 7 Comments EA, Crysis 2 Demo on PS3 Having Technical Issues Luke on March 16th, 2011 5 Comments Red Dead Redemption Triple XP Today 5-7PM EST Oly on March 16th, 2011 2 Comments Gamestop Modifying PS3s and selling them-oops Jason on March 17th, 2011 2 Comments Homefront already on Sale Jason on March 17th, 2011 3 Comments Crytek Calls out IGN Jason on March 17th, 2011 12 Comments EA Pulls Crysis 2 Demo…. Jason on March 18th, 2011 6 Comments Killzone 3 1.06 Patch is Live in EU Territories Emrah on March 18th, 2011 5 Comments LBP2 Costumes Heading Our Way Soon Oly on March 18th, 2011 5 Comments Sorry Motorstorm Fans Jason on March 18th, 2011 5 Comments Poll Results Updated the old poll with the current vote tallies, and, for the most part, it all stayed the same (in terms of placement, not vote number), save for “Awesome Already”, which now stands at 8 votes. New Poll The poll for this week (and next week, due to how late this recap is) is based on Dynojunkee420′s idea on peoples’ opinion about online trophies (as in games that have trophies requiring you to play a game online). He will be rewarded his 100 points soon. – What is your opinion on online trophies? Can Live Without Hate Them Great Idea Good Idea Too Hard to Accomplish View Results

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The Weekly Recap (March 13th-19th)

We received word that there are a bunch of new assets out for Dynasty Warriors 7, and rightfully so, as the game is on the brink of release in North America. The game which has already released in Japan on the 10th of March, will be out across the global with a release in North America on the 29th of March and the 8th of April in the EU. In Dynasty Warrior 7, experience a new Story Mode and follow the captivating story of four Kingdoms battling for rule of China. Experience the individual tales of the Shu, Wu, Wei, and the new Jin Kingdoms as they shape China from the warring chaos at the end of the Later Han period to the division of the Lan into Three Kingdoms. Take your faction through this key point in history and tell the story of the Dynasty that rose to seize power and unify the country once again Check out the video and screenshots after the jump and if you want more information about the game check out the Dynasty Warrior 7 website. Video Screenshots

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Dynasty Warriors 7, Gameplay & Screens

Today at 05:46:23 (UTC)/12:46 AM (EST), Japan was hit with a magnitude 8.9 earthquake, creating factories, among other infrastructures, to temporarily shut down. According to the Kyodo news agency, Sony, who happens to be one of Japan’s mammoth exporters, had to shut down six of their factories as the earthquake caused fires and power failure in the northeast coast of the country. This earthquake will most certainly cause a humongous economic impact on Japan because of its damage to the factories. On top of the earthquake, a tsunami came rolling in from the coasts of Japan, furthering the damage to the nation’s coastline. Reportedly, a 33 feet high tsunami hit the port of Sendai. The official death toll, so far, is more than 1,000 people, Japanese media outlets are reporting. Other companies who have been identified to shut down their operations because of these natural disasters were Honda, Hokuriku Electric Co., JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp., Cosmo Oil Co. and more. Source

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Sony Factories Shut Down Due to Earthquake