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During this summer’s Gamescom, we invited Chris Millar to join us on the PlayStation.Blog and introduce Fun Bits Interactive and their first creation for PlayStation Vita, Escape Plan. Aside from the gorgeous black-and-white, film noir art style that pops right off the massive OLED screen, Escape Plan is truly unique game, thanks to its two memorable characters, LAARGE and LIL.

It’s time to check on their progress. Escape Plan Producer Matt Morton hopped in front of our cameras at Sony Santa Monica Studios recently, and was happy to give us this update on the art-direction, PS Vita multi-touch controls, and to show us why Escape Plan is such a harsh, but addictive puzzler.

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We here at PlayStation Canada are excited to announce the launch of the PlayStation Lounge in EB Games’ downtown Toronto location.

Designed from the ground up, the lounge will be located on the upper level of the EB Games’ downtown location at 267 Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario. The goal of the PlayStation Lounge is to provide you with a one-stop shop for all your PlayStation needs.

In celebration of this journey, we’d like to invite all of our Canadian fans to attend the PlayStation Lounge Grand Opening event, details below:

Event Details
Sunday, November 13, 2011.
2-5 PM
267 Yonge Street, Toronto
Luke Schenn signing 2-3:30 PM / Naughty Dog signing 3:30-5 PM

Special guests will include Luke Schenn from the Toronto Maple Leafs and Robert Cogburn, Game Designer from Naughty Dog, the creators of the Uncharted franchise. The first 100 fans to line up will receive autographed hockey pucks from Schenn and autographed Nathan Drake scarves from Cogburn.

So come out and join us for the grand opening of the lounge, have your picture taken with Ratchet from the award-winning Insomniac franchise, and pick up some autographed swag too!

Please RSVP to the PlayStation Lounge Grand Opening by visiting our Facebook event page.

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DUST 514 is an MMOFPS coming to PS3 with large-scale vehicle and infantry combat taking place in – and with a real time connection to – the EVE Online universe on PC. Players are able to band up into corporations (e.g. guilds) and wage territorial conquest on thousands of planets. Following is a thematic description of Rapid Deployment Vehicles, or RDVs. The RDVs deliver vehicles to players on the battlefield, provided that they own the vehicle’s blueprint, and are skilled for its operation. The RDVs are AI driven, with a robust pathfinding system that allows them to deploy anywhere on even the largest battlefields. (We will give more insight into the game’s vehicle mechanics in a blog post soon.)

A Sky Lift-class RDV delivering a vehicle.

Shrouded in advanced optical stealth and guided by automated networked navigation systems, the J42 “Sky Lift” RDV (Rapid Deployment Vehicle) drone is able to deliver even the heaviest armor, with pinpoint accuracy, anywhere on the battlefield. The proliferation of this invaluable tech has changed the face of ground warfare in the EVE universe, giving front-line commanders the ability to strike enemy positions with little warning or reinforce vulnerable points at a moment’s notice.

Originally designed for industrial transportation by Outer Ring Excavations (ORE), the Sky Lift was repurposed for combat missions with a few key alterations. Firstly, the engines underwent a massive upgrade, from aftermarket conventional jet turbines to the latest F/4 Ionized Plasma Forges. The extra thrust they provide compensates for the increased weight of the fuselage, which is augmented with 25mm radar absorbing armor plates. Without crew, the cockpit area has been redesigned with Tech 2 drone hardware, a multi-spectrum geospatial avionics system, and a state-of-the-art Phantom-65 stealth field controller.

One key feature that was completely unchanged, however, is the “Magnetar” lift system. This retractable electromagnetic crane is powered by the Sky Lift’s main reactor but also has an integrated backup capacitor for especially heavy loads. It generates a magnetic field so powerful that most of the vehicle’s EM shielding is in place to protect against the side effects of the lift system, rather than enemy electronic attacks.

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Just in time for the holidays, we’re introducing a brand new PlayStation Move bundle that includes two of our favorite Move games, Sports Champions and Medieval Moves: Deadmund’s Quest. Coming to retailers nationwide next week, this bundle contains everything you need for a fun game night with friends and family including a PlayStation Move motion controller, PlayStation Eye camera and a copy of the greatest-selling PlayStation Move title Sports Champions and Medieval Moves: Deadmund’s Quest for $99.99 (MSRP).

Medieval Moves is a new playful action-adventure game designed specifically for PlayStation Move. Help Prince Edmund protect his kingdom against the evil sorcerer Morgrimm and his army of skeletons. Use your PS Move motion controller to sword fight, shoot arrows, and fling throwing stars in your epic battles. And for you 3D fans out there, this game offers full stereoscopic 3D support, so make sure you have your 3D glasses close at hand.

After you’ve grown weary from battle, test out your athletic skills with Sports Champions a classic fan-favorite Move title that will have you competing with your friends in the ultimate sports showdown. Crush, spike and smoke the competition in six challenging events including Disc Golf, Gladiator Duel, Beach Volleyball, Archery, Table Tennis and Bocce.

The holiday fun doesn’t stop there. We’re also excited to announce the availability of the PlayStation 3 Everybody Dance bundle, the perfect party-starter for this season’s festivities. Now available exclusively at Target at an amazing price of only $299.99, the PlayStation 3 Everybody Dance bundle includes everything that you need to entertain your friends and family including a copy of the ultimate Move party game Everybody Dance, a 320GB PlayStation 3, a PS Move motion controller, a PS Eye camera and a DualShock 3 wireless controller.

What new PlayStation Move games are you looking forward to this holiday? Let us know in the comments below!

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The boy who lived enters New Releases this week with the final chapter of his saga in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2. The epic film series comes to an exciting conclusion with the ultimate showdown between the young wizard and the evil Lord Voldemort. Choose from SD or beautiful 1080p HD, as well as eye-popping action in Available in 3D.

Catch up on the entire series and the previous seven films in the Harry Potter Collection in Collections & Sales, featuring all the past adventures and some movies and great low prices. Hurry! The sale ends on November 21.

Get your laughs with The Change-Up this week in Movies. Ryan Reynolds (Green Lantern) and Jason Bateman (Horrible Bosses) star as two men who couldn’t have more different lives. After a fateful wish one night, the two switch places and must live life in each other’s shoes. Leslie Mann (Allen Gregory), Olivia Wilde (Cowboys & Aliens) and Alan Arkin (Get Smart) round out the cast.

Bout 1 of our Theatrical Throwdown is over and your votes made the difference. Rent the champion Scream 4 this weekend for just $0.99 in either SD of 1080p HD starting at 2pm Pacific Friday through Sunday at 11 pm. Find all our $0.99 deals in Rent Now and vote for your choice in Bout 2 starting Sunday afternoon.

Four of HBO’s premium mini-series are now available to own in either SD or 1080p HD in TV Shows, the only place you can purchase great HBO content on your PS3 device. The award winning series Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Generation Kill and John Adams are available digitally for the first time!

Bloodsucking films that won’t suck your pocketbook dry take over our Deal of the Week with Vampires. Films like Daybreakers and Bram Stoker’s Dracula, plus the BBC series Being Human, are available at super low prices for this week only!

Need more zombies in your life? The Walking Dead Theme is now available with chilling creatures in the game section of the PlayStation Store.

Here’s a look at what’s new this week…

Just In TV
US Store: Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Generation Kill, John Adams, Green Lantern: The Animated Series: Season 1, WWE The Ladder Match 2, Vietnam in HD: Season 1, Prophets of Science Fiction: Season 1, One Piece: Season 1, Chrono Crusade, and more!
Canada Store: Band of Brothers, The Pacific, Generation Kill, John Adams, Mythbusters: Season 11, Primeval: Season 5, One Piece: Season 1, and more!

New Release Movies
US Store: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, The Change-Up, Arena, Atlas Shrugged Part 1, Age of the Dragons, 13, One Eyed Jacks, and many more.
Canada Store: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, The Change-Up, One Eyed Jacks, A Better Tomorrow, The River Why, and many more.

Top US Movie Purchases

1. Crazy, Stupid, Love.
2. Cars 2
3. Captain America: The First Avenger
4. The Change-Up (Unrated)
5. Horrible Bosses
6. Bad Teacher (Unrated)
7. Green Lantern
8. Water for Elephants
9. Fast Five (Extended Edition)
10. Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Top US TV Shows Purchases

1. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Cherokee Rose
2. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Save The Last One
3. Sons of Anarchy | Season 4 - Hands
4. Sons of Anarchy | Season 4 - Kiss
5. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - Bloodletting
6. The Walking Dead | Season 2 - What Lies Ahead
7. American Horror Story | Season 1 - Halloween, Pt. 2
8. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Season 7 - The ANTI-Social Network
9. South Park: Uncensored | Season 15 - 1%
10. Family Guy | Season 10 - Screams of Silence: The Story of Brenda

Introducing: My Channels:

We just updated the Music Unlimited service application on PS3 with some great features that many of you have been asking for. The new “My Channels” function gives you added control over how you listen to and access music. “My Channels” lets you build custom radio stations around your favorite artists. Simply type in the name of the artist and we’ll populate a station with songs from that artist and related artists. This is available to both Basic and Premium subscribers and is yet another portal to discovering great music on the service.

Featured New Releases on Music Unlimited

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds – Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds
Sibling rivalry is nothing new. The Kinks started it, the Black Crowes continued it and perhaps Oasis has perfected it. The commonality has generally been mediocre solo projects between inevitable reunions. Such was the case with Liam Gallagher’s lackluster Beady Eye project, but his brother Noel bucks the trend with a beautiful and varied release that takes the Oasis template and seamlessly integrates strings, a choir and other subtleties. The record is quite possibly the only glimpse we will get of Noel as a solo artist, and with his excellent band of Flying Birds, it’s one to savor.

If you like: Oasis, The Verve, Coldplay
Recommended Track: “If I Had a Gun”

Romeo Santos – Formula Vol. 1
As the former front man of a multi-platinum group, Romeo Santos is no stranger to making history. His group, Avenutra, pushed bachata music into the mainstream & debuted in the top 10 on their final album together. It’s only appropriate that the first single from his solo debut would skyrocket to #1 on the Latin charts. Santos continues to keep his eyes set on a crossover by asking Usher and Lil’ Wayne to join on the tracks, “Promise” and “All Aboard.”

If you like: Aventura, Prince Royce, Usher
Recommended Track: “Soberbio”

Tech N9ne Collabos – Welcome to Strangeland
In the fourth installment of his “Collabos” series, Tech N9ne focuses on joining forces with artists on Strange Music, the label he started in 1998. A veteran with 12 other studio albums under his belt, he brings on artists like Jay Rock, Kutt Calhoun, Young Blood and more for this explosive partnership. This is a great way to discover some up and coming artists who have the blessing of one of the most prolific rappers in the game.

If you like: Tech N9ne, Big Scoob, Dr. Pharoah
Recommended Track: “Kocky”

Can’t get enough after watching the Country Music Awards? Crank up the Music Unlimited service’s Top 10 Country & Folk songs!

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