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Thatgamecompany was looking at other settings for Journey before it settled on the desert, studio co-founder Jenova Chen.

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PS Plus members will be able to get their hands on Journey a week early, as they game will be released to subscribers along with a dynamic theme.

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IndieGames has gone live with details for this year’s Experimental Gameplay Sessions, with Thatgamecompany headlining the bill. Journey producer Robin Hunicke will host the event alongside Storyteller’s Daniel Benmergui, while studio co-founder Jenova Chen and designer Nick Clark will present the game. Also on the list is WallFour’s John Sear, Vlambeer’s Rami Ismail and Simple Machine’s Kurt Bieg, to name a few.

Get the full list after the break.

Sony’s lifted the embargo for reviews on Journey. Basically put, thatgamecompany’s latest is a must buy, as I’ve explained here. Get all the links below. If you have a link to add, you know the drill. US reviews are a few hours behind due to a different embargo.

It’s out on March 14 for Europe on PSN.

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This generation, Sony gambled on new ideas. Its latest risk, Journey, shows the strategy has paid big dividends for both publisher and developer. Johnny Cullen explains.

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Beating the leakers at their own game, Sony has gone ahead and released a full list of Journey’s trophies. Some slight spoilers ahead.

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Thatgamecompany has said its looking at ways to expand beyond just PlayStation platforms and take its games to “a bigger audience”.

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Those interested in SSX and Sundance darling Indie Game: The Movie might also be interested in another documentary on indies, Us and the Game Industry. The film, according to IndieGames, documents developers “reinventing the medium of game design and challenging the established norms with their finely crafted work.” The film contains some names which should sound familiar to you, such as: thatgamecompany, Spry Fox, Jason Rohrer among others. According to the film blurb, the documentary will explore the developer’s “motivation, design process, focus and execution… connecting people and providing the possibility for uncharted experiences outside the normal realm of commercial games.” The official webpage for the film is under construction at this point, but you can watch a trailer for it below.

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A job listing for the next game from thatgamecompany has seemingly confirmed online will play a part in it, adding it would go “a step further” than what it has with its latest effort Journey.

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Thatgamecompany’s confirmed it’ll launch Journey in the US on March 13 and in Europe the following day.

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Thatgamecompany’s Journey will release in Japan on March 15, this week’s Famitsu has said.

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A smattering of details on one of this year’s most anticipated PlayStation 3 releases have escaped into the wild.

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2012 just got a whole lot more attractive; Journey is finished.

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Sony has released a new trailer for Thatgamecompany’s Journey. It’s posted below, via Blockbuster UK. The game is slated for a spring release on PS3 and has been in production since Flower released in 2009.

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“I could definitely see all of thatgamecompany’s titles on the Vita. But, as you said, we’re a team of 12, so for us in each title we just try to focus on the specific platform we’re distributing on, and then leave the future to the future.” – thatgamecompany co-founder Kelle Santiago, speaking to Joystiq on possibly bringing Flow, Flower and Journey to Vita. In the past, TGC brought over Flow to PSP. Journey releases next spring for PSN.

Sony’s investment in thatgamecompany really paid off, producing two of the PlayStation Network’s top performers.

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In Journey, players are free to interact or not as they choose, but thatgamecompany has built a space in which makes hanging out with others attractive.

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The desert is vast, but you’re not alone on your Journey. Production lead Robin Hunicke takes Nathan Grayson by the hand and leads him into the sands.

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Thatgamecompany’s Kellee Santiago has said the industry underrates gamers intelligence by pumping out identical games all the time.

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Sony’s announced this afternoon that Journey will arrive in spring 2012.

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