Sony Buys Sucker Punch

Sucker Punch, the studio behind the Sly Cooper and inFamous games, has always had a close relationship with Sony. They produced games exclusively for Sony platforms without being entirely owned by Sony. That is no longer the case.

Sony announced early this morning that they're purchasing the studio. No financial terms were released, but the deal adds one more powerhouse studio to Sony's deck bringing the total to 16.

"We've enjoyed an incredible relationship with Sony that has allowed us to combine our creative design capabilities with their guidance to make some of the best franchises to hit the PlayStation platforms," said Sucker Punch managing partner in the press release. "Equally important, the relationship with SCE has provided us the flexibility and trust to take creative risks and invent new properties."

Sucker Punch's last game was the strong selling inFamous 2 which was released back in June.

PlayStation Store Returns With Major Update

Finally things are back to normal (in the U.S. at least), the PlayStation store is up and running again after six weeks of being down as a result of the PSN hack. Its glorious return is marked by a ton of content being released that was meant to be spread out over the last month and a half.

True to their word, Sony will be updating the store multiple times a week for a while, with the next batch of content to be released this Friday. Sony also encourages users to "be sure to check back daily," as they'll be releasing "some special publishes" after the weekend during E3 week.

The 'Welcome Back' games and goodies Sony promised are unfortunately not available yet. According to Sony the pack is "currently in the final stages of testing and will be available to download soon."

A bunch of games have already been released in this update; Alien Crush, Bonk's Adventure, Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls, Sega Rally Online Arcade, Star Raiders, Red Johnson's Chronicles, Back to the Future: Episode 3, Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp, Bomberman '94, and Learning With Pooyoo's are all available to download right now with more on the way as time goes on.

Demo wise you can try inFamous 2, Red Faction: Armageddon, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean, Motorstorm Apocalypse, The Fight: Lights Out, Star Raiders and more.

DLC includes the Honest Hearts add-on for Fallout: New Vegas, a ton of Rock Band songs, and other small things to buy.

PlayStation Plus users get some new freebies and get their old offers extended as well.

The full update listing can be found on the PlayStation Blog.

InFamous 2's User Generated Mission Beta Sign-Ups Begin

Being like LittleBigPlanet, not entirely at least, InFamous 2 is going to have User Generated Missions. During GDC 2011, they announced this, as well as the beta for players to try out before the game's retail release. Interested? Sign up at http://infamousthegame.com and wait until April. Sucker Punch will be selecting people at random to participate.

What're you still doing here? Go register!

Infamous 2's new "Duality" trailer

Having never played Infamous before, I just might have to. Actually, I should, ha. I've had it for a while and has been sitting there all this time.

Enough talk about me, check out the new trailer for Sucker Punch's upcoming Infamous 2. Not a lot of games and trailers make me go "Whoa" but I think you will too!

Infamous 2 Release Date and Hero Edition Confirmed

With Infamous 2 being one of Sony's most anticipated title for the Playstation 3, today, Sucker Punch has announced that there is an official release date for the game, which is June 7, 2011.

But that's not all! They have also unveiled the special edition, titled "Hero Edition" for those collectors out there! Starting off with a $99.99 price tag, it looks like it'll be worth the money. Included, awesome stuff inside:

• 8.5" Cole Statue
• A Sling Pack
• DC Mini-Comic
• Collector's Edition Soundtrack

Also, there will be retailer specific in-game pre-order bonuses at 4 different stores. GameStop will have a download voucher for the "Lightning Hook," BestBuy to have the Kessler character skin,  Walmart offering the "Electrocution Grenade," and Amazcon.com offering a 24K Gold version of Cole's "Amp" weapon.