The 2012 PlayStation mascot brawler PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is getting an ultimate update, decreasing the price of DLC, unlocking costumes, and tweaking every character. A tournament will also take place in Southern California, with viewers winning weekly prizes.

 

The fighting game, which was developed by SuperBot Entertainment before Sony Santa Monica took over and stopped DLC support, will receive this ultimate patch, which will be available as soon as owners of the game turn on their PS3s and Vitas. Every character has been tweaked to optimal conditions, as Sony Santa Monica “read every word, clicked every thread, [and] assessed the game balance inside out, to ensure as best as possible, this balance update would not only bring a superior new challenge to the game, but also feel heavily impacted by [the players’] voice.”

 

As for DLC, the alternate costumes for Zeus and Isaac Clark will be unlocked for those who own the characters. In addition, The Graveyard Pack, the DLC pack that the characters and the Graveyard stage comes in, is reduced to $1.99.

 

Along with the announcement, Sony Santa Monica announced that they would partner with Level-Up Series to conduct a PSASBR tournament at Super Arcade in Southern California. It will be streamed at the Level-Up Series’s Twitch channel, where viewers can win mystery prizes, while the winner of the 10-week tournament wins a PS4.

 

My Opinion

 

People love to bash on PlayStation All-Stars. While I agree that the name is two words too long, I think that this is one of the better games in the PlayStation library. Give this game a sequel on the PS4, and this could be a series that could seriously rival Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. Wii U/3DS. Sadly, as I was reading comments of articles with this story, people were saying that the game was dead and could never live up to their counterparts at Nintendo. However, if this streaming goes well, maybe we can see another PlayStation All-Stars in the future. Come on, guys.

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