Hello PlayStation, I’m Seth Killian. A few of you may know me as a familiar face in the world of fighting games, but I’m writing today to say that I’ve joined Sony as the lead game designer for the external group at the Sony’s Santa Monica Studio.

I was excited to join Santa Monica Studio in particular because of the chance to work with some great individuals, but also because of the incredible range of projects they take on. If you head out of my office and turn right, you’ll run into the “God of War: Ascension” team. If you turn left, you’ll find the Giant Sparrow crew working on “The Unfinished Swan.” There are other amazing studios in the world, but nowhere else that I know where you can find that kind of diversity combined with such a deep commitment to greatness–which also happens to sum up what’s so exciting to me about Sony overall.

The external group works with Sony’s outside studios — teams like Queasy Games (Sound Shapes), Fun Bits Interactive (Escape Plan), thatgamecompany (Flower, Journey), and… SuperBot Entertainment, makers of PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale!

Fighting games are very close to my heart, and as someone that’s spent much of my life with traditional fighters, All-Stars has been a great opportunity to take a step back and rethink fighting fundamentals from the ground up. The entire team was put together from scratch to create this game, and they are loaded with fighting game superstars (including some impressive tournament credentials–I’m not even the first EVO finalist to join the team!) who love great combat just as much as I do.

All-Stars is also a total love-letter to Sony fans. From the characters, to their special moves, to the incredible level 3 supers, and the stages themselves, I’m not sure there’s ever been such a giant dose of fan-service in Sony history. Beyond great character designs or all the ingenious little ideas that make combat feel great, the real test of a great game to me is that “just *one* more game!” feeling. If it’s 3am and you have to work the next day, but you’ve still got the urge to play again, you know you’re doing something right. You only have to walk through SuperBot’s studio and see all the staff being scolded to stop playing their own game andget back to work to know that they’ve really got something special cooking.

You don’t have to take my word for it, however–we’ll be taking All-Stars on the road and making sure you guys have plenty of opportunities to go hands-on, starting with PlayStation’s first official presence at EVO this weekend. More details soon.

For everyone that’s already reached out, thank you so much for the kind welcome into PlayStation Nation, and for everyone else, I look forward to doing my absolute best to give PlayStation fans the great games they deserve.

https://blog.us.playstation.com/2012/07/02/a-message-from-sony-santa-monica-studios-newest-employee/

HOLY SH%&# SuperBot is going all out...I know for certain that Ed Ma is also part of the team..there was one more guy but I forgot his name lol

And i though Sony acquiring Gaikai will be the talk of the day!!!
Ok now I'm interested in PS All Stars..

Yep this is HUGE news...a good start for the week for sony fans :P

PS+ exclusive beta and/or demo, please

No

Every PS3 owner should get the chance to test it.

Yeah I agree, but PS+ should get early access :)

Yeah I think that's how it should be too..

How much is a PS+ account anyway? And do you play it mothly or yearly. I think I recall there was a deal at the begining of this year, it was 90€ for a year or something. and is it worth the money?

Maj, Ed Ma, Clockw0rk, and now this. Holy shit, they are serious about this.

I recommend giving the ps+ section in the store a look..LOTS of free games and discounts. Worth every dollar I spent on it..already got LBP2, Saints Row 2 and other games with it

I paid $20 for 3months. Think it's like $50 for a year

@TKG: Yes!