During the Sony Press conference at GamesCom this morning, Sucker Punch revealed that inFamous 2: Festival of Blood would be coming this October to the PSN. Sony is calling it a “brand new game”, but didn’t mention if it will be standalone game or require Infamous 2 to play. Festival of Blood involves a vampire invasion of New Marais. Cole MacGrath has been bitten and infected, and only has till sunrise to find and kill the head vampire. Sony says there will be “hours” of new gameplay as well as new environments and enemies to encounter.

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inFamous 2 : Festival of Blood Announced

Here is the first Battlefield 3 Co-op footage straight from Gamescom 2011 running on our beloved PlayStation 3. The mission you are about to see is a part of a large co-op campaign that supports 2 players online with its own story and dialogue. The scenario you are presented with in this playable show floor demo is a 2 man hostage rescue mission. DICE promised a variety of missions for the co-op campaign and confirmed vehicles based ones.

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Battlefield 3 co-op Revealed

The short answer to that? Sixteen. Yes, that’s right. Sony is now SIXTEEN 1st party studios strong (and yet not that many first party IP, huh? Put them to work!) The long answer with a studio by studio breakdown? Follow the link to find out!

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So, how many studios does Sony own after purchasing Sucker Punch?

Scott Rohde, senior vice president at Sony Computer Entertainment’s Worldwide Studios America revealed in an interview for MSNBC on Monday that Sony Computer Entertainment had acquired Sucker Punch Productions. The bottom line is, when you’ve got a group that’s been as successful as Sucker Punch, we want to ensure that we keep them in the fold. It’s that simple. It’s hard to find high quality developers like these guys. This move ensures that all games developed by Sucker Punch will remain exclusive to Sony’s platforms going forward. Sucker Punch is well known for their work on the inFamous series as well as the Sly Cooper games. The acquisition makes Sucker Punch the 16th internally-owned studio at SCE’s Worldwide Studios.

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Sony Buys Sucker Punch Productions

É mesmo? Fala sério! Pedrooooooooooooooooooooooooo? Peeedroooo! Did you hear? Sony has FINALLY decided it was time to get the PSN to another Latin American country (first one was Mexico) as now Brazil has it’s own officially sanctioned PSN Store. What are the benefits of this? Well, Brazilian users can now use their brazilian credit cards to add funds to their wallets AND all prices will be displayed in the local currency (Brazilian Real) which should, in theory, drive up sales in the country considerably as import taxes on games reaaaaally drives up the price as a $60 release immediatly goes up to $90 or more and with all the great AAA releases in the next couple of months… well, it adds up and FAST. Our Brazilian fans have much to rejoice as not having to buy US Store PSN Cards (which is a hassle since using their Brazilian Credit Cards for purchases outside of their country increases the final cost) is one less hurdle before being able to enjoy all the wonderful content available for their entertainment. Brazilian PSN Cards SHOULD be available soon for those that don’t have access to a credit card making it easier to make their most of their Sony console purchase. As an extra bonus, there is now an OFFICIAL PS Blog just for Brazil! Follow THIS LINK to be on the up and up on all PS related news, promotions and releases. And what other great news await Brazilian fans once they go over to the official PS Blog for their country? Why, they’ll get a chance to download several games thanks to the Welcome Back Package! Divertir-se!

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PSN Store and Blog Are Finally Official In Brazil

If you act NOW you can buy 12 months of PS+ for only $39.99 instead of the usual $49.99 which brings down the cost of each month to only $3.33 (at $49.99 it would be $4.16 a month). Don’t know how long this offer will be valid so don’t hesitate and join the service that gives you more than enough content for your small investment. If you’re quick enough you’ll be able to snag Borderlands+Full DLC Bundle for only an extra $14.99!

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PSN Plus 12 Month Subscription Now Only $39.99 (Limited Time)

Sniper Ghost Warrior has been out on the other console for some time now and today we are finally getting our hands on it along with an answer as to the delay. Lukasz Janczuk // Producer, Sniper: Ghost Warrior stopped by the Sony Blog to share the following: At the very beginning of the Sniper: Ghost Warrior project, we were aiming to have the game available on all platforms from day one. In the end, we had to make the tough decision to delay the PS3 version for several months so that we could fully maximize the experience for its audience. But with that delay, we knew that when we did ship the PS3 version (in stores today!) we could make sure that it was superior to the version available on other platforms. One of the first things we did in the interim period was to really look at every element of the game to assess what we could do to make those improvements. Bug fixing was the first and most obvious step, but we desperately wanted to use the extra development time to give PS3 owners more content and therefore a better sniping experience. We added two bolt-action sniper rifles that we discovered had a profound impact on gameplay; if you can’t kill enemies quickly then you have to choose your target more wisely. But this fundamental addition in gameplay then created new the necessity of new missions designed to really get the most of the new weapons; new missions require story changes, new cut scenes and new environments. I like it when a developer takes the time to optimize their title for a platform rather then simply porting it. Developers need to follow what these guys are doing. They have also took the time to include exclusive Content in the form of a challenge mission making this the version to own hands down. Sniper Ghost warrior is in stores today! Source: PlayStation.Blog

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Sniper Ghost Warrior PS3 Optimized

One relatively surprising announcement to come out the the conference yesterday was for this neat piece of hardware. Starting this Fall, retailers will be selling this new 24″ PlayStation-branded display for use with the PS3. It’s a 24″, 1080P 3D television that also showcases a feature Sakinah talked about in February, and that’s using the same display for two players, giving each player his or her own view on the display. This is possible because of the shutter glasses; one pair will show one person’s view and another pair will show the other (where, normally, either lens would display one part of a 3D image and quickly alternate between the two to give a 3D effect). This, essentially, does one side on both lenses per person to allow 2 different views on the same display. Of course, this sacrifices the 3D, but it does exploit it in a way that 2 people can play a 2 player game, and not have the annoying split screen (which got even worse with the advent of widescreen TVs I think). These glasses will work on many different TV brands as a pair of 3D glasses, but this particular feature will only work on this display. As far as the bundle goes, you can pick up the display, along with a pair of glasses, an HDMI cable, and a copy of Resistance 3, for $499, which isn’t too bad a deal. Extra pairs of glasses will cost about $69, and include rechargeable batteries, which I would assume hook up to the PS3 via USB like all their other accessories. Hopefully we may see larger display sizes further down the line because I can’t really see myself playing on a 24 inch screen at this point . Maybe Sony’s Bravia line will have that kind of support built into them later? Also, you have to question, which games would support the feature? Source

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[E3 2011] New 3D Display and Accessories for PS3

Since E3 2011 is upon the game industry. I wanted to touch up on a subject relative to the site. The PlayStation. Over the years, it had proven itself as the gaming console of choice for many individuals. It was the first system to have state-of-the-art graphics advancement, brought Blu-ray to households worldwide, and it also gave us record breaking games such as the Final Fantasy and Metal Gear Solid series. Below you will find a chart highlighting a couple of fun facts and also a timeline all the way to last years PlayStation Move peripheral. With the dawn of the NGP, who knows what Sony will give us at E3 2011 next week? One thing is certain; We’re growing up PlayStation! 15 years of entertainment going strong!

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Growing up with PlayStation.

Myself, Oly, Eddie & Paul Fierce will be live blogging during E3 week. Eddie will be attending the Sony Press Event tomorrow. He’ll start live blogging around 11 am PST. The press event starts around 5 PM PST so check back here a little before then on June 6th to follow his coverage of that. There will be a live ticker in the sidebar which won’t allow comments and will just show updates from us or mentions of us on Twitter. So if you have questions let us know and include @ps3blogdotnet in your tweet. You can also post questions into the live blog itself embedded after the jump on this post. But we have to approve comments on the live blog one by one unless we allow you to post freely. Be sure to bookmark this page and check back on it often as we will be posting a lot of updates while on the E3 Show Floor. PS3Blog.net Coverage of E3 2011

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PS3Blog.net Live Blogging at E3 2011