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• Soul Sacrifice co-developers at Sony Japan Studio are working on new PS4 title - report

  Sony Japan Studio’s internal team – dubbed ‘Japan Studio External Development Department’ – is said to be working on a new PS4 title.

• EU PS Store update, October 2 - Beyond: Two Souls demo, Battlefield 4 beta, Rain, more

  Sony has updated the European end of the PlayStation Store with Rain, Atelier Meruru Plus, the Battlefield 4 beta and more. Hit up the break for your full update.

• Rain is the latest from Sony's Japan Studio - get the review scores here

  Reviews for Rain, the latest from Sony’s Japan Studio, have started landing online and we’ve compiled some for you below.

• Rain arrives on PlayStation Store this week

  This week’s PlayStation Store update brings unusual PS3 adventure Rain, which has players in the role of a young boy visible only because of the heavy rain outlining him – as well as other things wandering the city at night. You’ll need to be clever and stealthy to get him and his friend through the […]

• New Rain video focuses on music and atmosphere

  Rain is coming to PlayStation Network very soon, and a new video has been posted on the PlayStation EU Blog as part of the countdown. It doesn’t show much gameplay at all, instead focusing on a haunting piano piece that evokes the dream-like atmosphere of the game’s rain-soaked world.

• Rain drops on North America October 1, Europe a day later

  Rain, the haunting adventure game from PlayStation C.A.M.P has been dated: it’ll fall on North America on October 1, Europe a day later, and Japan a day after that. Rain is a PlayStation 3 exclusive.

• Rain gets its first developer diary

  A developer diary for Rain has been released featuring game director Yuki Ikeda, lead planner Tomoharu Fujii, art director Seiichi Terashima, and designer Tomokazu Oki. In it, the team, explore Rain, “what it means to them and how they interpret it in the game.” Rain is slated for a Q3 2013 release on PS3.

• Alternative E3 event EToo taking place in London June 10-13

  A UK-based alternative to E3 will take place in London during the US event, and it has been sponsored by PlayStation.

• Rain: Sony Japan Studio posts new gameplay trailer, screens inside

  Rain is the inventive new game from Sony Japan Studio. Announced last year, the team has posted a new trailer called ‘Two Silhouettes’ that shows the game’s star – an invisible boy – as he searches for a lost girl in a city battered by endless rainfall. Check out the clip here.

• Rain screenshots and concept art released out of GDC

  Sony has released a set of screenshots and concept art for Rain, the single-player action-adventure title in the works at JAPAN Studio, PlayStation C.A.M.P., and Acquire Corp.

• Rain producer hopes to live up to Journey, The Unfinished Swan

  Sony’s recent successes with downloadable games proves the market is ready for games like Rain, according to the SCE Japan title’s associate producer.

• Rain footage shows a stealthy puzzle platformer

  Finally, a chance to see SCE Japan’s Rain in action, showing off the unusual platformer’s stealth mechanics.

• Rain screens show how downpours reveal the hidden

  Look closely at these Rain screens and you’ll spot our protagonist, along with a couple of oh god oh god oh god what are those make it stop.

• Rain officially announced, PSN title developed by Sony Japan

  Sony Japan’s new IP is the PSN-Exclusive Rain, which stars an invisible boy.

• PSA: Rain DLC hits Mortal Kombat with klassic Jade and Kitana skins

  Just a quick reminder that the Rain DLC for Mortal Kombat arrives on Xbox Live and US PSN today -UK will get it on PS3 tomorrow. Rain is the third of four downloadable warriors and comes with his own move set, an arcade ladder story ending, and two brutal fatalities – just like Skarlet and […]

• Mortal Kombat: Rain gets a character vignette video

  NetherRealm has released a character vignette video for Rain to go along with the gameplay video released for him earlier in the week. Rain will be released as DLC for Mortal Kombat on July 19. Thanks, GameZone.