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The Tekken movie prequel first announced back in 2011 has netted its first cast member, along with a title.

CES 2014 is in the books, PlayStation Now has been officially unveiled, and it’s back to business as usual in Videogame Land.

Don’t Starve is out now on PS4, and accomplishing the task proposed by its title has proven more difficult than anticipated. If you tuned in to one of our two livestreams of the game this week (hint, hint), you saw us struggling to build fires, gather supplies, and eat flower petals to stay alive in an unforgiving wilderness. I think we could use a few tips.

Ryan, being the lucky devil he is, got to play both Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. Thankfully, he’s a generous devil and he’s published his impressions from both right here on PlayStation.Blog. I never got to Tomb Raider on PS3 myself, so Lara’s next-gen debut can’t come soon enough.

But we’ve got a couple weeks until Tomb Raider comes to PS4. Until then, I think I’ll dive back into Assassin’s Creed IV and destroy some of Sid’s scores in The Pinball Arcade a bit more soundly. What are you playing this weekend?

• I’m playing: Don’t Starve, The Pinball Arcade
• I’m watching: Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive
• I’m listening to: The Bird and the Bee, Janelle Monáe (thanks Ryan!)

This Week’s Top 10 Posts Watch Live: Kaz Hirai’s CES 2014 Keynote PlayStation Now Streaming Game Service Coming this Summer Hands-on with Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition on PS4 Don’t Starve Out Today on PS4, Free for PS Plus Hands on: PlayStation Now Game Streaming December 2013 PlayStation Store Top Sellers Energy Hook Coming to PS4, PS Vita in 2014 LittleBigPlanet Update: The Dark Knight arrives to LBP! PlayStation Mobile Update: Festive Giveaway Continues Hands-on with Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

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Quantic Dream has announced that one million copies of Beyond: Two Souls were sold before the end of 2013.

At Media Molecule we’re in love with real-world materials, particularly ones that allow creative expression (just look at our games!), so it was great to be asked to get involved in attempting to make a ‘physical keynote’ for CES as part of Kaz Hirai’s presentation. A presentation where the slides would be made live in front of the camera to present the memories, influences, insights and dreams Kaz would be expressing on stage. A keynote with extremely realistic physics — because everything was real and physical!

So thanks to a 4K camera, a bunch of motors to control the camera, a very talented film crew, and a giant scroll of paper for it all to point at, our stage was set!

It was such a buzz doing it all live, the three of us (Karen, Tim and myself) trying to match what we were doing with Kaz’s speech, whether that was painting, drawing, collaging or sliding real Sony products onto the paper scene. I think it really represents how personal technology can and should be. Phones are made to be held and used, cameras are designed for capturing and sharing beautiful memories, and games give us experiences that make us laugh and shout and fall off the couch.

But the most exciting part for me (apart from meeting Vince Gilligan OMG) was seeing the video of the Mm team, showing the sometimes hard roads we take to make games we really love and want to pass on to others. I had real goosebumps seeing that video playing on the backstage monitors, a little bit of homesickness, missing the team back in the UK, but a whole lot of pride for what they’ve all achieved!

BioWare has released three new pieces of concept art for Dragon Age: Inquisition, showing off a diverse range of stunning locales.

The Pubcast team return and talk Titanfall, Steam Boxes, PlayStation Now and more.

Sony has listed the top-selling PlayStation Network games across all of its platforms in December, outlining the most popular digital releases in the month following the PlayStation 4's launch.

EA DICE's Battlefield 4 ranks in as PSN's biggest-selling PlayStation 4 game in December, while Call of Duty: Ghosts emerged as the platform's most popular digital upgrade. Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition rose to the top of the PS3's charts in its debut month, meanwhile, beating out the first episode of The Walking Dead's second season and Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto 5.

505 Games' Terraria led PS Vita software sales last month, as Media Molecule's Tearaway and Drinkbox Studios' Guacamelee! trailed close behind at second and third place. The full platform-specific sales charts are available at the PlayStation Blog.

Owners of any Sony platform need to get hyped for Hohokum.

The best Call of Duty teams will square off in Los Angeles in late March.

Interested in hardcore survival games? These six will test your mettle.

On Tuesday, Sony’s CEO Kaz Hirai gave the opening keynote speech of CES 2014. He spoke about some of the successes (And failures!) that Sony has had in the past, and took the opportunity to lay out his vision for the future of the company, emphasizing that its products and services need to deliver “wow” experiences to its customers.

We were honored that Media Molecule was highlighted in the keynote as a kind of apotheosis of this concept (Yay, us!), embracing the desire to deliver something special and truly unique and “wow” in each of our games. We were excited to work with the team to put together this little video for his prezzo, where we discuss our creative process and vision for our games.

If you didn’t catch the livestream, we wanted to share this video with you here on PlayStation.Blog, as it gives our fans and the gaming community another look into the happenings that go on behind the scenes while we work on developing our creations.

That wasn’t our only involvement though — if you watch Kaz’s full speech you’ll spot our very own Rex Crowle, Tearaway’s creative director, taking part in the live performance shenanigans on the live animation screen behind Kaz.

Sony has revealed statistics about the best-selling PS4, PS3, and Vita games from last month. How did your favorite games do?

Energy Hook -- heavily-inspired by Spider-Man -- was already confirmed for PC and Xbox One. Now, it's coming to PS4 and Vita, too.

The final Top Sellers post of 2013!

Call of Duty: Ghosts and Battlefield 4 ruled PS4, both with and without counting the digital upgrade program. Minecraft blasted immediately to the top of the PS3 charts, the premiere of The Walking Dead’s second season had an especially strong debut, and Terraria and Tearaway continue to stimulate the minds of PS Vita creators.

Heading into 2014, we’ve got lots to look forward to — which game do you think is going to to spend the most time at the top of the charts this year?

Want to see how these games stacked up on the other side of the world? Head over to the EU PlayStation.Blog to see their monthly update.

PS4 (With Digital Upgrades) Call of Duty: Ghosts Battlefield 4 Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag Flower NBA 2K14 Need for Speed Rivals Madden NFL 25 EA SPORTS FIFA 14 Escape Plan flOw LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Killzone Shadow Fall Trine 2: Complete Story Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition Doki-Doki Universe PS4 Tiny Brains PS4 Knack Sound Shapes Super Motherload Just Dance 2014 PS4 (Without Digital Upgrades) Battlefield 4 Flower NBA 2K14 Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag Call of Duty: Ghosts Need for Speed Rivals Madden NFL 25 EA SPORTS FIFA 14 Escape Plan flOw LEGO Marvel Super Heroes Killzone Shadow Fall Trine 2: Complete Story Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition Doki-Doki Universe Tiny Brains Knack Sound Shapes Super Motherload Just Dance 2014

PS3 Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition The Walking Dead: Season 2 – Ep.1, All That Remains Grand Theft Auto V Call of Duty: Ghosts Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse God of War: Ascension Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Terraria Gran Turismo 6 Tomb Raider ONE PIECE PIRATE WARRIORS 2 Diablo III Guacamelee! FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Spelunky Marvel vs. Capcom: Origins NHL 14 DuckTales: Remastered FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn Collectors Edition NBA 2K14

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Minecraft Festive Skin Pack The Walking Dead: Season Two – Season Pass Call of Duty: Black Ops II Apocalypse Battlefield 4 Premium Call of Duty: Ghosts Season Pass Borderlands 2 Headhunter 3: Mercenary Day Call of Duty: Black Ops II Nuketown Zombies Map Call of Duty: Black Ops II Vengeance Borderlands 2 – Wattle Gobbler Borderlands 2 Ultimate Vault Hunter Upgrade Pack 2

PS Vita Terraria Tearaway Guacamelee! PS Vita Spelunky PS Vita Rainbow Moon LIMBO Need for Speed Most Wanted Ys: Memories of Celceta Hotline Miami PS Vita The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season Classics Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Metal Gear Solid (PS3/PSP) FINAL FANTASY VII (PS3/PSP/PS Vita) Crash Bandicoot (PS3/PSP) FINAL FANTASY IX (PS3/PSP/PS Vita)

PlayStation Mobile Sola Radio Beats Trellis Cytus Lambda Full Version Scientific Electronic Calculator Quiet Christmas PSP 101-in-1 Megamix Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable Star Wars: Battlefront II Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories King of Pool

The long-in-development PS Vita-exclusive skateboarding game OlliOlli finally has a release date. And it's sooner than you may think.

Being an independent game developer sure has been a bumpy ride. After making Spider-Man 2, I quit my sweet gig at Activision to see if I could make games my own way, on my own terms. I’ve been through a lot since then! I founded a company with a friend. We built it up, had several employees, health insurance, and everything… only to see it come crashing down.

So now I’m on my own again, starting over from scratch. But maybe things are turning around? By revisiting the coolest thing I’ve ever done — swinging game mechanics — and launching an unorthodox Kickstarter for the game, called Energy Hook, my new company Happion Labs seems to be on an upward trajectory.

And the latest piece of good news: I’m going to be able to bring Energy Hook to PS4 and PS Vita!

So, what’s Energy Hook? Well, imagine a 3D swinging game like Spider-Man 2 had a love child with “points-for-style” game SSX. You swing from rooftop to rooftop, pull off mid-air tricks, run along walls, and rack up points and energy for doing it. Because: it’s the future. And that’s what the extreme sports of the future look like. You have gravity beams and gravity boots and jetpacks and can do awesome stuff.

PS Vita is my favorite handheld. There’s no handheld like it. Nothing else comes with dual sticks, and Energy Hook wants those dual sticks! It’s a very expressive game that wants precision controls. A touchscreen is not enough. I daresay it’s going to be the first, decent, 3D swinging game to hit a handheld.

And I’m also glad to be bringing it to PS4. Mark Cerny has been my hero for years; in fact, we borrowed from his playbook to make Spider-Man 2. So to see him be a frontman for PS4 warms my heart. I can’t wait to see how Energy Hook performs on the new hardware; I’m sure it’s going to be awesome. (I’m not sure what I’m going to do with all that power… but I’ll think of something.)

Energy Hook will be hitting PlayStation first, and I’m totally stoked. I’m looking forward to getting the game in your hands in 2014, and can’t wait to see what you think.

We’ve finally finished OlliOlli, and what’s even better, we now have a release date: January 21st!

As you may know, this our first PS Vita game, so it’s been a big challenge for us – a challenge that’s been well worth it (and we hope you’ll think so, too). We originally planned to launch before the holiday, but due to some technical issues we had to push back. We want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who patiently supported us throughout 2013, including fans, press, and all the crew at PlayStation – especially Shahid and Spencer.

Now that we’re on the path to releasing OlliOlli into the wild, it seems pertinent to give you the final details about all four modes and the game’s Trophies (in case you didn’t see them when they accidentally leaked last month)!

Career Mode: 50 deviously handcrafted levels split between Amateur and Pro. The further you progress, the more accuracy and timing you’ll need to reach the adoring crowd at the end of each run.

Each level has five challenges, including Combo and Score attacks, and is linked to its own global leaderboard. Think you can get that number one spot? Better get practicing…

Spots Mode: every time you get to the end of a level you unlock the corresponding spot. Spots are also individually linked to their own online leaderboards, the difference being they require you to perform one stupendously large combo to reach the end! It’s going to be a case of working out the best possible combination of tricks and grinds that you can fit into the spot’s limited obstacles in order to get the best score. Sam, our lead QA, got 157k on Spot 1. See if you can beat that!

Daily Grind: this mode really heightens the competition, along with a massive risk. Each day, everyone in the world gets the same spot to pull an amazing combo on. You can practice that spot as many times as you like, but you only get ONE GO to set your score. Slam on your face, or mess up the landing, and there are no second chances! So you better make sure you’re fully focused before playing it for real.

Check OlliOlli’s Creative Director John Ribbins demonstrating this with “hilarious consequences.

RAD Mode: RAD mode alludes to the initial concept demo, and only allows Perfect Landings and Perfect Grinds. Basically when we first made OlliOlli, this was how it played (it’s really punishing). We had to tone things down a little to make the game more approachable, but for the hardcore pixel skaters out there, this is the ultimate challenge.

We’re not sayin’ how RAD mode is unlocked, but let’s just say you’re going to have to prove you know what you’re doing!

So that leaves Trophies: one Gold, three Silver, and eight Bronze. You can see the full list here. My personal favorite is “Explorer” — we made five little hidden spots throughout the game and hid golden skateboards in them. Not only will you get a Trophy for finding all the spots, they’re also a sneaky way to extend your combo and get a better score. We’ve made the last Gold a bit hardcore, so high fives to the first person that can get all the Trophies!

Finally, the price. We’ll be letting you know on launch day.

Thanks for reading, and check out the full trailer!

Sony has revealed how strong your connection will need to be for PlayStation Now, and warned you shouldn't throw out you DualShock 3.

Xbox 360 & PS3 owners will now be able to say hi to the Slender: the Arrival's terrifying antagonist.

The PS Vita-exclusive roguelike RPG Sorcery Saga doles out delicious punishment. And it does so very well.

PlayStation Now's closed beta begins later this month, and this just may be your best bet in getting in.

It's not confirmed for the west (yet), but PS Vita's sequel to Soul Sacrifice is looking as beautiful as ever. Come and see for yourself!

We recently added the first batch of sounds to Road Not Taken, and the team got really excited, like the game was finally coming together! It’s funny because it was such a small thing in relation to the huge amount of work that has already gone into the game, but it really highlights the difference sound can make in the way we experience things.

The world of Road Not Taken is made up of magical and natural surroundings. That makes me happy, because even though I love the bleeps and bloops you can get from synthesis, my favorite way to make sounds is from scratch like a foley artist.

It just so happened that I started working on the RNT audio catalog in the fall, right when there were piles of dried leaves everywhere — perfect! I brought a bucket of them inside and rustled them, crunched and dropped them… my studio was a mess! Also, if you listen closely to the end of the second RNT teaser, you can hear some percussion that was made from dry sticks. At the time I was at a cottage on vacation with my family, so I used a makeshift set-up to build that sample instrument. I expect that you’ll hear it again.

I’ve also been recording my kids (2 and 6) as much as possible in order to get the iconic sounds we need for the children, but it’s really hard to get the right sounds on demand!

My search for organic sounds extends into the music you will hear in Road Not Taken. There is nothing that can sound quite like the real thing. I’m very lucky to be a part of a vibrant community of musicians that play traditional instruments, so I brought my friend Dan Restivo to come play his rare hand-made wooden flute that you hear in the teaser. My bandmate, Kristin Cavoukian, adds to the vibe with her voice. Here’s something I threw together quickly from the outtakes of that session:

Of course, how you use the sounds in a game is as important to their final impact as the sounds themselves, so I feel fortunate that Spry Fox veteran Cristian Soulos has taken the time show me around some of the code and enabled me to get in there and tinker with it myself. You can never really tell how audio is going to feel until it’s actually in the game, so it’s invaluable for me to be able to experiment with sounds in the Road Not Taken engine myself, as opposed to tossing them over the wall to the programming team.

RNT is designed to be played for many hours, so we’ve also been working together to find ways to provide variety in the background sound, as well as subtle variations in some of the sounds you hear constantly. If we get it right, you’ll hopefully feel immersed in the game and won’t be tempted to hit the mute button, even after several hours of playing.

The last gameplay trailer that we released showcased some of the in-game audio work that I’ve been doing for the very first time. I’m not done iterating on some of the stuff you hear in there, but by the time this video was released, I had already gone through several iterations on some of these sounds. When you’re doing something over and over again in a game, potentially thousands (or tens of thousands!) of times, it’s really important that it sound perfect!

Well, that’s all for now. I hope you enjoyed this post. If you have any thoughts on the audio work you’ve experienced thus far, or have some requests for things we might do in the future, please leave some comments for me! I’ll be sure to read them. :)

Now that we are all returning to our daily routines post holiday break, we hope that you all enjoyed your time off, playing all of the awesome games that we gave away in late November and December. Today, we are resuming our Festive Giveaway promotion that began during Thanksgiving by giving away two more super cool games this week: Rock Boshers DX and Bike Rider DX.

Next week will be the last week of our Festive Giveaway, so check back with the PlayStation.Blog to see which titles we announce for the end of the promotion.

Rock Boshers DX by Tikipod Ltd.

Tikipod’s second game on PlayStation Mobile, Rock Boshers DX, takes you on a trip to the 1880’s. The game is an insanely retro 2D pixel arcade shooter adventure, modelled around 8bit ZX Spectrum hardware limitations. Enjoy retro style art, sounds and gameplay as you adventure around the planet Mars as a Victorian explorer.

Bike Rider DX by Spicysoft Corporation

Enjoy a refreshing new kind of bike racing game, filled with amazing landscapes, tough courses and awesome jumps. Enjoy beating stages from all over the world in “WORLD TOUR” mode or see how far you can go in the endless “GRAND PRIX” mode. Use a variety of items that give you special abilities and boosts on your way to being the best biker in the world. There is a special stage for PlayStation Mobile users to unlock.

PS Vita owners can download these games from the PlayStation Mobile section of PlayStation Store; Owners of PlayStation certified devices such as the Sony Xperia Z smartphone, Wikipad or Sony Xperia tablet Z, can obtain them through the PlayStation Mobile Store. Click here for a full list of the certified devices or here for installation instructions.

Sony has signed a deal with gaming headphone specialist Turtle Beach that makes the company the official manufacturer for PS4.

Would focus on spying and intrigue over “mass murder” if he had ever had the chance.

We check out PS3 games streaming directly to a BRAVIA HDTV over Gaikai. Find out how they looked and played.

For the first time this year, the PlayStation Store has received new games, DLC, and demos. Come check out what you can find when you login!

The first Podcast Beyond of 2014 tries to recap a recently released prisoner on all the PlayStation news he missed. Then, they talk about God of War on PS4.