Any of you playing the PlayStation All-Stars: Battle Royale beta going on right now? While I think that the ultimate experience with the game is 4 people huddled around a single TV, talking trash and pummeling each other on the PS3 version, I’ve been putting a lot of time into the PS Vita beta this weekend. I’m finding it a very impressive experience to be sitting on my couch, watching TV, and enjoying a smooth online fighting game experience on a handheld. I just wish you all weren’t getting so good so fast.

The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of October 15th, 2012)

• Crafting wonder – Brainy Gamer
• Derrick the Deathfin Review – GameSpot.com
• Deadly Premonition: The Director’s Cut arrives on PS3 in Q1 2013 [update: Move confirmed] – Joystiq
• ‘Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation’ trailer shows Aveline’s reasons for becoming an assassin – The Verge
• Level-5 President Talks Ni No Kuni And Studio Ghibli – www.GameInformer.com
• Persona 4 Arena Sales Surpassed Expectations, “Golden” Sales Also Strong – Siliconera
• Review: The Unfinished Swan – PSNStores
• Review: Rebel – PSNStores
• Ragnarok Odyssey Director On Designing Monsters And Making It “Exhilarating” – Siliconera
• Dishonored’s Art Director Talks Inspiration, Cut Levels – Kotaku
• The Game That’s Keeping Me Up All Night – Kotaku
• The Unfinished Swan Review – IGN
• Dokuro Review – IGN
• Sports Champions 2 Q&A; With Zindagi Games – VGB
• Review: Fuel Tiracas – 8bitfix
• Exclusive Family Hands-on With Wonderbook: Book of Spells – Wired.com
• Vote On The LittleBigPlanet Karting Commercial You Want To See Win $5,000 – PlayStation LifeStyle
• Why people are playing: Dishonored – Gamasutra
• Puppeteer: quirky imagination steals the show in this dramatic new platformer – Edge Online
• PSN cards return to Amazon along with PS Plus subscriptions – Examiner.com
• Retro City Rampage (PlayStation Network) Review – Push Square
• PlayStation Mobile courting indie developers to bring risky, experimental games to platform – The Verge
• Assassin’s Creed 3 and Assassin’s Creed: Liberation Protagonists to Meet In-Game – Forbes
• Retro City Rampage Review for PSN, PS Vita – Gaming Age
• The Unfinished Swan Review – The Sixth Axis
• ‘Okami HD’ PS3 Release Date Set For Oct. 30; Capcom Announces Game Details At NYCC 2012 – International Business Times