The Tester: Episode 4: The "LARPing in the Park" Lateblog Recap [Playstation Network]

While we were at the Game Developers Conference, PlayStation Network reality show The Tester carried on as normal, meaning we didn’t get a chance to liveblog the fourth episode “LARPing in the Park” as normal. So here’s a recap. More

The Tester Episode 4 Available Today

Hey The Tester fans. It’s Thursday, which means the wait is over for the next episode of The Tester. Game developers know that the ability to thrive in almost any situation and use creativity to problem-solve are key qualities necessary to work in quality assurance. Testers must be able to adapt and create scenarios to fully analyze a game. So, what better way to take people out of their comfort zone and assess their creativity than with a surprise live-action role play? That’s right, things definitely get dramatic this week as the remaining 7 gamers use random props, their wits and sheer guts to entertain and impress the panel. And to help evaluate the performances, PlayStation Home ’s Katherine de Leon joins Brent Gocke and Hal Sparks on this week’s panel. Katherine oversees the creation of environments and virtual merchandise for the platform. An RPG veteran and former US Marine, she brings strong opinions and her d20 to this challenge. Don’t miss Episode 4. Thanks again for downloading and watching. Enjoy the show !

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Kotaku Originals: Insanity Ward [Original]

The onslaught of news this week was enough to send anyone to the nuthouse. Activision sacking Infinity Ward’s founders takes the gold, the PS3 clock error the silver, and Portal 2 a hard-fought bronze. The week in Kotaku’s original reporting: Activision vs. Infinity Ward Founders Ex-Infinity Ward Heads Claim “Orwellian” Moves By Activision Infinity Ward Founders Suing Activision Over Unpaid Royalties Video Games’ Team Coco Moment Where To Next For Call Of Duty? Infinity Ward Vs. Activision: The Battle For Creative Direction Guess Which Three Games Help Keep Activision Afloat Scandal Hits Call Of Duty Devs: What We Know Déjà Vu Surrounds Infinity Ward Rumors The Great PS3 Outrage PS3 Error 8001050F: The Nightmare May Be Over PS3s Suffering From Global Network Lockdown PS3 Failure, You Are Not Alone Portal 2 Portal Mysteriously Updated With Secret Radio Codes, New Achievement Portal 2 Adds Multiplayer Co-op, New & Familiar Characters An Insider’s Guide to Portal 2 Top Stories Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy Nixed on Xbox 360 Live NHL 2K Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Resting Valve Teases Upcoming Mac Announcement, Not So Subtly K Monthly – February 2010 Kotaku Talk Radio Bad Company 2 Devs Have Nothing But Love For The Modding Community News God Of War III’s First Big Boss Battle Is Unforgettable The Next Big Thing In Video Games Might Be Fear Of Embarrassment iPhone Chart Toppers: Final Fantasies It Would Be Like Call Of Duty, But You Would Only Control A Leg DSi XL Versus iPad: The Battle of the Bigger Versions Which Pokemon Song Do You Like Better? We Were Wrong About Nier Before … Or We Are Now When Does God of War Go Too Far? When Someone Laughs Mirror’s Edge On iPhone Doing The Canabalt Aion Patch 1.9: Changing Perceptions And Pleasing The Players Revisiting The Great Class Dash: TF2’s Side-Scroller A Number of Boom Blox Developers Let Go Ex-Team Ninja Boss Has A New Studio With A New Name Five Yakuza Movies You Must See… Play A Facebook Game To Help The War Effort On Your Xbox 360, Or Vice Versa NSFW: Heavy Rain Glitch Brings Playable, Accidental Nudity Rumor: Screens From Unannounced Justice League Video Game Reviews, Previews, Hands-On and Impressions Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Review: Judging A Book By Its Cover Works Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Review: Remaster System Mega Man 10 Micro-Review: Capcom Had Mercy Match Defense Toy Soldiers Micro-Review: Finally, Mom Can Help Toy Soldiers Micro-review: A Farewell To Arms? Max & The Magic Marker Preview: For Those With Imagination The Secret Armory of General Knoxx Micro-Review: Hot Coals Over a Cakewalk Movies Alice In Wonderland Movie Review: A Bitter Underland The Crazies Review: Left 4 Dead In a Small Town An Eyes-On Sneak Peek At Tron Legacy… In 3D!!! Columns Well Played: Collateral Damage In The War On Piracy Speak-Up On Kotaku: Team Ninja, Splitscreen’s Absence, Used Games, And The Birthday Lord Twitterati: Gears of War Designer Mentions Something About Doing Things In Threes Stick Jockey: More Than Money, Licenses Give a League Control Tim Rogers: Japan: It’s Not Funny Anymore The PS2 at 10 The PS2’s First Ten Years: A Timeline Show Us Your 10-Year-Old PlayStation 2 My 10 Years With The PlayStation 2 The Road to the IGF Mile Marker 7: Limbo Mile Marker 8: Heroes of Newerth Mile Marker 9: Joe Danger Mile Marker 10: Shatter Roundups This Week In Comics The Tester: Episode 3: The “There’s No Cry In Team” Liveblog: No Goof Deed Goes Unpunished A Week In Comments Dammit Red Dead Redemption Delayed To May Your Red Dead Redemption Survival Guide: Listen To This! Kotaku ‘Shop Contest Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Next-Gen Cereal System Edition Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Worst Sonic & Sega Cameos Edition Winners

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Kotaku Originals: Insanity Ward [Original]

Kotaku Originals: Insanity Ward [Original]

The onslaught of news this week was enough to send anyone to the nuthouse. Activision sacking Infinity Ward’s founders takes the gold, the PS3 clock error the silver, and Portal 2 a hard-fought bronze. The week in Kotaku’s original reporting: Activision vs. Infinity Ward Founders Ex-Infinity Ward Heads Claim “Orwellian” Moves By Activision Infinity Ward Founders Suing Activision Over Unpaid Royalties Video Games’ Team Coco Moment Where To Next For Call Of Duty? Infinity Ward Vs. Activision: The Battle For Creative Direction Guess Which Three Games Help Keep Activision Afloat Scandal Hits Call Of Duty Devs: What We Know Déjà Vu Surrounds Infinity Ward Rumors The Great PS3 Outrage PS3 Error 8001050F: The Nightmare May Be Over PS3s Suffering From Global Network Lockdown PS3 Failure, You Are Not Alone Portal 2 Portal Mysteriously Updated With Secret Radio Codes, New Achievement Portal 2 Adds Multiplayer Co-op, New & Familiar Characters An Insider’s Guide to Portal 2 Top Stories Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Policy Nixed on Xbox 360 Live NHL 2K Isn’t Dead, It’s Just Resting Valve Teases Upcoming Mac Announcement, Not So Subtly K Monthly – February 2010 Kotaku Talk Radio Bad Company 2 Devs Have Nothing But Love For The Modding Community News God Of War III’s First Big Boss Battle Is Unforgettable The Next Big Thing In Video Games Might Be Fear Of Embarrassment iPhone Chart Toppers: Final Fantasies It Would Be Like Call Of Duty, But You Would Only Control A Leg DSi XL Versus iPad: The Battle of the Bigger Versions Which Pokemon Song Do You Like Better? We Were Wrong About Nier Before … Or We Are Now When Does God of War Go Too Far? When Someone Laughs Mirror’s Edge On iPhone Doing The Canabalt Aion Patch 1.9: Changing Perceptions And Pleasing The Players Revisiting The Great Class Dash: TF2’s Side-Scroller A Number of Boom Blox Developers Let Go Ex-Team Ninja Boss Has A New Studio With A New Name Five Yakuza Movies You Must See… Play A Facebook Game To Help The War Effort On Your Xbox 360, Or Vice Versa NSFW: Heavy Rain Glitch Brings Playable, Accidental Nudity Rumor: Screens From Unannounced Justice League Video Game Reviews, Previews, Hands-On and Impressions Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Review: Judging A Book By Its Cover Works Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Review: Remaster System Mega Man 10 Micro-Review: Capcom Had Mercy Match Defense Toy Soldiers Micro-Review: Finally, Mom Can Help Toy Soldiers Micro-review: A Farewell To Arms? Max & The Magic Marker Preview: For Those With Imagination The Secret Armory of General Knoxx Micro-Review: Hot Coals Over a Cakewalk Movies Alice In Wonderland Movie Review: A Bitter Underland The Crazies Review: Left 4 Dead In a Small Town An Eyes-On Sneak Peek At Tron Legacy… In 3D!!! Columns Well Played: Collateral Damage In The War On Piracy Speak-Up On Kotaku: Team Ninja, Splitscreen’s Absence, Used Games, And The Birthday Lord Twitterati: Gears of War Designer Mentions Something About Doing Things In Threes Stick Jockey: More Than Money, Licenses Give a League Control Tim Rogers: Japan: It’s Not Funny Anymore The PS2 at 10 The PS2’s First Ten Years: A Timeline Show Us Your 10-Year-Old PlayStation 2 My 10 Years With The PlayStation 2 The Road to the IGF Mile Marker 7: Limbo Mile Marker 8: Heroes of Newerth Mile Marker 9: Joe Danger Mile Marker 10: Shatter Roundups This Week In Comics The Tester: Episode 3: The “There’s No Cry In Team” Liveblog: No Goof Deed Goes Unpunished A Week In Comments Dammit Red Dead Redemption Delayed To May Your Red Dead Redemption Survival Guide: Listen To This! Kotaku ‘Shop Contest Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Next-Gen Cereal System Edition Kotaku ‘Shop Contest: Worst Sonic & Sega Cameos Edition Winners

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First Add-On Content for Bioshock 2 Coming to LIVE in March

2K Games announced today that the Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack, the first in a series of single and multiplayer downloadable content for BioShock 2, will be available on March 11, 2010 from the Xbox LIVE Marketplace for 400 MS Points.

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BioShock 2’s First Expansion Pack Hits March 11 [Bioshock 2]

The Sinclair Solutions Tester Pack, the first in a series of single and multiplayer downloadable content for Bioshock 2, hits Games for Windows Live, the Playstation Network and Xbox Live Marketplace March 11 for about $5. The Sincliar Solutions Tester Pack, which will include a rank increase to level 50, two new playable characters, 20 new trials, a third weapons upgrade for each weapon and five additional masks, will cost 400 Microsoft Points on the PC and Xbox 360 and $4.99 on the PS3. More downloadable content for both BioShock 2’s single player and mulitplayer will be made in the coming weeks, 2K Games said in their press release this morning.

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The Tester: Episode 2: The "Communication Breakdown" Liveblog: Barmy of None [Liveblog]

PlayStation Network reality show The Tester enters its second week, with just nine contestants vying for a Sony Computer Entertainment America QA testing job and no hope for cancellation. The newest episode “Communication Breakdown” is now live. Let’s watch! For those who may have missed last week’s debut episode, two contestants were eliminated, the bevested Barmy, booted for his low score and evil vibe detected by judge Hal Sparks, and the mysterious Roni, who may have simply been too tender for such a vicious competition. Who will be eliminated this week? And what profanity from guest judge David Jaffe will be bleeped? Follow along in our liveblog, download the episode (they’re free!) and make sure you’ve set your personal preferences to Reality Show Mode. Just watch your words. There are a couple of Testers in the Kotaku comments ready to give you a piece of their mind. The Tester #2 Update: Well that certainly was exciting. If you didn’t catch our liveblog of all the quality assurance job hunting drama, we’re now down to eight contestants minus one “Goof,” plus one sure to fail alliance headed by Doc. Doc replaces Barmy as the villain, of sorts, at least until Zombie Barmy returns thanks to some magical voodoo vest falling into the wrong hands. Here’s hoping that we get to see a little more David Jaffe in the next episode and at least one drunken brawl. The amount of Tester on Tester violence is intolerably low right now! Just kidding, play safe, kids!

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The Tester: Episode 2: The "Communication Breakdown" Liveblog: Barmy of None [Liveblog]

PlayStation Network reality show The Tester enters its second week, with just nine contestants vying for a Sony Computer Entertainment America QA testing job and no hope for cancellation. The newest episode “Communication Breakdown” is now live. Let’s watch! For those who may have missed last week’s debut episode, two contestants were eliminated, the bevested Barmy, booted for his low score and evil vibe detected by judge Hal Sparks, and the mysterious Roni, who may have simply been too tender for such a vicious competition. Who will be eliminated this week? And what profanity from guest judge David Jaffe will be bleeped? Follow along in our liveblog, download the episode (they’re free!) and make sure you’ve set your personal preferences to Reality Show Mode. Just watch your words. There are a couple of Testers in the Kotaku comments ready to give you a piece of their mind. The Tester #2 Update: Well that certainly was exciting. If you didn’t catch our liveblog of all the quality assurance job hunting drama, we’re now down to eight contestants minus one “Goof,” plus one sure to fail alliance headed by Doc. Doc replaces Barmy as the villain, of sorts, at least until Zombie Barmy returns thanks to some magical voodoo vest falling into the wrong hands. Here’s hoping that we get to see a little more David Jaffe in the next episode and at least one drunken brawl. The amount of Tester on Tester violence is intolerably low right now! Just kidding, play safe, kids!

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The Tester: Episode 2: The "Communication Breakdown" Liveblog: Barmy of None [Liveblog]

The Tester: Episode 2: The "Communication Breakdown" Liveblog: Barmy of None [Liveblog]

PlayStation Network reality show The Tester enters its second week, with just nine contestants vying for a Sony Computer Entertainment America QA testing job and no hope for cancellation. The newest episode “Communication Breakdown” is now live. Let’s watch! For those who may have missed last week’s debut episode, two contestants were eliminated, the bevested Barmy, booted for his low score and evil vibe detected by judge Hal Sparks, and the mysterious Roni, who may have simply been too tender for such a vicious competition. Who will be eliminated this week? And what profanity from guest judge David Jaffe will be bleeped? Follow along in our liveblog, download the episode (they’re free!) and make sure you’ve set your personal preferences to Reality Show Mode. Just watch your words. There are a couple of Testers in the Kotaku comments ready to give you a piece of their mind. The Tester #2 Update: Well that certainly was exciting. If you didn’t catch our liveblog of all the quality assurance job hunting drama, we’re now down to eight contestants minus one “Goof,” plus one sure to fail alliance headed by Doc. Doc replaces Barmy as the villain, of sorts, at least until Zombie Barmy returns thanks to some magical voodoo vest falling into the wrong hands. Here’s hoping that we get to see a little more David Jaffe in the next episode and at least one drunken brawl. The amount of Tester on Tester violence is intolerably low right now! Just kidding, play safe, kids!

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The Tester: Episode 2: The "Communication Breakdown" Liveblog: Barmy of None [Liveblog]

PlayStation Store Update: Kazuma Kiryu & Ryo Hazuki All-Stars Racing [North America]

Sega offers double the demo in this week’s North American PlayStation Store update, with the Yakuza 3 and Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing demos leading the charge of new and interesting things to download to your PlayStation 3. If you’re into downloadable content add-ons for games that you already own, the Assassin’s Creed II “Bonfire of the Vanities” and Resident Evil 5 “Lost In Nightmares” expansions are also here. Same for the Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Hoth Mission Pack, breathing some new life into your old copy of the LucasArts game. There’s much more, including the highly anticipated trainwreck release of PlayStation Network reality show The Tester and plenty of price drops. Read on! Games & Demos for PlayStation 3 PSone Classics: Magic Carpet (5.99) PSone Classics: Mass Destruction ($5.99) PSone Classics: Sorcerer’s Maze ($5.99) Yakuza 3 Demo Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing Demo Games & Demos for PSP SOCOM Navy SEALs: Fireteam Bravo 3 ($39.99) Puzzle Chronicles ($29.99) Expansions & Add-ons Assassin’s Creed II Sequence 13: Bonfire of the Vanities ($4.99) Assassin’s Creed II Sequence 13: Bonfire of the Vanities & Secret Locations ($9.99) BUZZ! National Geographic: Kids Quiz Pack ($7.99) Dante’s Inferno Florentine Dante Costume ($1.99) Dragon Ball: Raging Blast Saiyan’s Pack (free) Resident Evil 5 Lost In Nightmares ($4.99) Resident Evil 5 Costume Pack 1 ($1.99) Star Wars: The Force Unleashed Hoth Mission Pack ($9.99) Rock Band tracks “Let Forever Be” by The Chemical Brothers ($1.99) “Weightless” by All Time Low ($1.99) “Stray Cat Strut” by Brian Setzer ($1.99) “Fascination” by Alphabeat ($1.99) “I’ve Got Dreams to Remember” by Otis Redding ($1.99) “(Sittin’ on the) Dock of the Bay (Take 2)” by Otis Redding ($1.99) “Love Man” by Otis Redding ($1.99) “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)” by Otis Redding ($1.99) “I’m Sick Y’all” by Otis Redding ($1.99) ($1.99) Otis Redding Pack 1 ($8.49) – “I’ve Got Dreams to Remember,” “(Sittin’ on the) Dock of the Bay (Take 2),” “Love Man,” “Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song),” and “I’m Sick Y’all” by Otis Redding. Game Videos The Tester Season Premiere: Episode 1 “The Critical Eye” (free) Pulse 2/18 Edition MAG: How To – Career Overview MAG: How To – Commando MAG: How To – Direct Action MAG: How To – Field Support MAG: How To – Rapid Assault MAG: How To – Sniper ModNation Racers PSP Announcement Trailer Yakuza 3 Gameplay Trailer Assassin’s Creed II: Battle of Forli Trailer Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode 1 – Announcement Trailer Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics Gameplay Trailer 1 Fret Nice Trailer Themes & Wallpapers Resident Evil 5 Customizable Theme Pack ($1.99) Amazing Peaks Theme ($1.99) Hemorrhage Theme ($1.99) Fret Nice Wallpaper Promotions Marvel vs. Capcom 2 sale (now $7.49, original price $14.99) Call of Juarez: Bound In Blood – Old West Map Pack Sale (now $5.99, original price $9.99) Shaun White Snowboarding The Glamor Pack Sale (now $2.49, original price $4.99) Shaun White Snowboarding Target Limited Edition The Glamor Pack Sale (now $2.49, original price $4.99) Tom Clancy’s End War Faction Elite Pack Sale (now $1.99, original price $3.75) Brothers in Arms D-Day Sale (now $7.49, original price $14.99) Prince of Persia Revelations Sale (now $4.99, original price $9.99) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) Sale (now $9.99, original price $19.99) Topatoi price drop (now $7.99, original price $9.99)

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