For those who prefer self-help, the PlayStation Knowledge Center is a wonderful place to search for solutions to common issues or even learn a thing or two. If you’d like help from fellow PlayStation users or even offer some advice of your own, hit up the Support section of the PlayStation Community Forums.

We’re always looking for new and better ways to help you so any suggestions on how we can do that in the comments below will be greatly appreciated.

Last week, Naughty Dog and SCEA held a packed-to-the-rafters press event at the PlayStation.Blog lounge at GDC 2011 focusing on UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception. The anticipation from the invited press was palpable as they all filtered into the PlayStation.Blog Lounge – afterwards, word on the street was that we delivered.

Evan Wells, Christophe Balestra, Richard Lemarchand and yours truly were to give the demo and speak with the press – the embargo just lifted this morning, so be sure to visit your favorite gaming media outlet for their take on the event and the reveals.

We kicked off the press event with the first-ever demo outside of Naughty Dog halls of UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception in stereoscopic 3D. We chose to present a portion of the burning chateau sequence we premiered in late December. Since most people would already be familiar with the way the sequence looked and played, we thought it would make all the more evident the stellar work the Naughty Dog team has put into making the 3D presentation part of the core Naughty Dog Engine. In my opinion, with this small snippet of gameplay we’ve proven that we’re able to perfectly retain all of the spectacular visuals and effects that you’ve come to expect from an UNCHARTED game into the 3D presentation. Playing in 3D gives you some added benefits to gameplay as well, such as improved aiming around corners and an excellent read on depth for all traversal sequences, no matter how tricky. Unfortunately, until you get to see UNCHARTED 3 running in 3D at an event or in your home this November, you’ll have to rely on impressions from our attending media for how good it looked and played.

The real meat of the press event was the unveiling of the central antagonist that will try to foil Nathan Drake and Victor Sullivan at every opportunity – meet Katherine Marlowe in the video above.

Marlowe is definitely not one you want to get in the way of, or worse, double cross! To give you some background, Katherine Marlowe is the coldly calculating leader of a secret society whose roots date back over four hundred years to the court of Queen Elizabeth I. She has a long-standing rivalry with Nathan Drake over Sir Francis Drake’s ring – something they both contend is rightfully theirs and is also the key to an ancient mystery. As you can tell from the cutscene above, Marlowe is a much more cerebral enemy than Drake has confronted in the past, using both psychological and physical tactics to get what she is after. Marlowe also has the assistance of her team of highly trained agents in this secret society – they are far more elusive and dangerous than the hired guns Nathan Drake and Victor Sullivan have faced in the past.

Additionally, we’ve uploaded a set of stills from the cutscene, a high-resolution render of Katherine Marlowe and concept art of the agents and thugs Nathan Drake and Victor Sullivan will face in UNCHARTED 3: Drake’s Deception.

We hope you’ve all enjoyed meeting Katherine Marlowe in our GDC 2011 reveal. Stay tuned as we still have a ton of information we want to reveal – with little to no spoilers! – over the next eight months leading up to UNCHARTED 3’s PS3 release on 11-1-11.

Now that the conference is over, I’m happy to actually have a chance to play some games (Killzone 3, PixelJunk Shooter 2, and Dead Space 2 specifically). However, the respite is all too brief, as we’re out to both Austin and Boston for SXSW and PAX East, respectively. (There’s a Road Trip joke in there somewhere)

Look for news on a Texas-sized meetup soon!

The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of February 28, 2011)

• GDC: The NGP in Action – IGN
• GDC: Why I Suddenly Care About Patapon 3 – IGN
• Review: PixelJunk Shooter 2- PSNStores
• Six things you didn’t know about ‘PlayStation Move Heroes’ – USATODAY.com
• GDC – Resistance 3 Session Report – PSNation.org
• Sony Move Creator Richard Marks on the Future of Motion Control (But He Doesn’t Call it That) – AllThingsD
• Xperia Play will be a serious gaming contender – Android app
• Sony touts its PlayStation Network, 70M and counting – VentureBeat
• Slam Bolt Scrappers Interview with Eitan Glinert – N4G
• Slam Bolt Scrappers hits PlayStation Network this month – Destructoid
• Okabu Preview – GamePro
• Resistance 3 multiplayer supports 16 players – Joystiq
• inFamous 2 Preview – GamePro
• Dates for ‘SOCOM 4′ beta launch revealed – USA Today
• SOCOM 4: US Navy SEALs GDC 2011 Preview – G4TV
• ‘SOCOM 4′ Beta Launches For All On April 5, Bomb Squad Multiplayer Mode Detailed – MTV Multiplayer
• GDC 2011 Video Blog – Playstation Lounge – Gamereactor
• GDC: Resistance 3′s Focused Multiplayer – IGN
• Resistance 3 Video Game, GDC 11: Multiplayer Interview – GameTrailers
• Resistance 3 multiplayer detail, beta confirmed – Destructoid
• Resistance 3 Preview – GamePro
• Hands On With Resistance 3 Single And Multiplayer – Kotaku
• Infamous 2 Hands-On Preview – Custom Missions – GameSpot
• inFamous 2 will never end, thanks to user-created levels – Ars Technica
• inFamous 2 Allows Users To Build Their Own Missions, Beta – G4TV
• GDC: Infamous 2′s Mission Creator – IGN
• Players can create their own missions in ‘inFamous 2′ – USA Today
• Hands On: Sony Spices Up Infamous 2 With User-Created Content – Wired
• Review: ‘Killzone 3′ a wild, varied firefight – CNN

When developing God of War III, a ton of effort went into bringing the dark and twisted world of ancient Greek mythology onto the PS3; something that couldn’t have been done without the talent and hard work of the amazing art team here at Santa Monica Studio who spent hours dreaming of new creatures for Kratos to destroy and new places for him to do it in.

Thankfully, the awesome people at Ballistic Publishing created the beautiful ‘The Art of God of War III’ book so that we could share all our creations from concept to completion.

To celebrate God of War III joining the PS3 Greatest Hits library we wanted to give you, the loyal Spartan Army, a chance to win an exclusive signed copy of one of these fantastic books by showing the God of War team what your ultimate monster would look like!

Starting Friday, March 4th through April 1st, visit GodofWar.com, fill out the required entry form and upload your submission. At the end of the contest, the development team will judge and select the top three submissions. Prizing for the contest is as follows:

• 1st Prize: Signed Limited Folio Edition “The Art of God of War III” Ballistic art book
• 2nd Prize: Signed Special Edition “The Art of God of War III” Ballistic art book
• 3rd Prize: Signed Paperback “The Art of God of War III” Ballistic art book

Stay tuned to the GodofWar.com community forums as the winners to the contest will be announced a week after the contest ends.

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2. Sponsor. Sony Computer Entertainment America LLC, 919 E. Hillsdale Blvd., Foster City, CA 94404 (“Sponsor”).

3. Timing. The Promotion begins on March 4, 2011 at 12:00 P.M. Pacific Standard Time (“PST”) and ends on April 1, 2011 at 11:59P.M. PST (the “Promotion Period”).

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5. Judging Criteria. All entries received will be judged based on 70% Creativity and 30% on Layout (“Judging Criteria”) by a panel of judges composed of members of the God of War Development Team and Marketing.

6. Entry Conditions and Release. Limit one entry per registered PSN account for the duration of the Promotion Period. Subsequent entries will be disqualified. The Submission must be the original and unpublished creation of the Entrant. Your Submission must be a wholly original work and created entirely by you to qualify as a submission to the Promotion. The Submission should be in png, jpg or pdf format(s) and the maximum file size is 5 MB. Entrant waives any claims against Sponsor, and its affiliates concerning his/her rights in the Submission submitted under this Agreement. (i) must be in keeping with the Sponsor’s image (as Sponsor determines in its sole discretion), (ii) may not be inappropriate, offensive, libelous or defamatory, pornographic, sexually explicit, contain nudity, unlawful or plagiarized, (iii) must not be harassing, abusive, threatening, harmful, vulgar, profane, obscene, excessively violent, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable or offensive in any way, (iv) may not violate or encourage others to violate any law, statute, ordinance or regulation, (v) may not defame or invade publicity rights or privacy of any person, living or deceased, or otherwise infringe upon any person’s personal or property right or any other third party right, (vi) may not contain commercial or corporate advertising, including display of corporate logos, brand names and slogans, other than those relating to Sponsor, (vii) must not include visual references to alcoholic beverages, tobacco, drug paraphernalia, firearms or any depiction or representation thereof and (viii) may not include any virus, worm, corrupt file, Trojan horse or other forms of corruptive code or content that may harm or compromise the Site or the proper conduct of the Promotion. Sponsor has the right in its sole discretion to determine if any Submission is not appropriate for publication on the Site or for any other public release and if the Submission is in compliance with these Official Rules. Sponsor reserves the right to disqualify a Submission for any reason. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding with respect to all matters relating to this Promotion.

7. Winner Selection. Winner will be selected based on the Judging Criteria from valid Entries received during the Promotion Period. Sponsor’s decisions will be final and binding. Each winning Entrant will be notified via email. The potential winning Entrant must respond to Sponsor’s prize notification email within 2 business days from that date and time of the Sponsor’s prize notification email. In the event that the potential winning Entrant does not respond to Sponsor’s prize notification email within the specified time or the prize notification email is returned as undeliverable, a new winner will be chosen based on the Judging Criteria. Alternate winners will be contacted via email and must respond to the Sponsor’s prize notification email within 2 business days from that date and time of the Sponsor’s prize notification email.

8. Prizes. There will be three (3) prizes awarded. One (1) First Prize winner will receive a Signed Limited Folio Edition of the “The Art of God of War III” Ballistic Artbook with an Approximate Retail Value (ARV) of $300.00). One (1) Second Prize winner will receive a signed Special Edition “The Art of God of War III” Ballistic Artbook with an ARV $129 and one (1) Third Prize winner will receive a signed paperback book “The Art of God of War III” Ballistic Artbook with an ARV of $65. Prize fulfillment is based on availability. Sponsor has the sole and absolute discretion to substitute a prize of equal or greater value if a prize is unavailable. If a prize is returned to Sponsor as undeliverable, Sponsor has the sole and absolute discretion to disqualify a winning Entrant and select an alternate winner based on the stated Judging Criteria. Prizes are non-transferable, and Sponsor need not substitute a prize based on winner’s request. Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery of the prize.

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13. General Conditions. Potential winning Entrants are subject to Sponsor’s verification. Sponsor’s decisions are final and binding in all matters related to the Promotion. Potential winners must comply with the Official Rules, and receipt of prizes is contingent upon fulfilling all requirements. Sponsor is not responsible for technical, hardware or software failures, malfunctions, lost or unavailable network connections or failed, incomplete, garbled or delayed computer transmissions or unforeseen schedule changes that may limit an Entrant’s ability to participate in the Promotion, even if caused by Sponsor’s negligence. Sponsor has the sole discretion to modify, cancel or suspend this Promotion should viruses, bugs, unauthorized human intervention or other causes beyond Sponsor’s control affect the administration, security or proper play of the Promotion or Sponsor otherwise becomes incapable of running the Promotion as planned. Sponsor is not responsible for changes to Entrant’s contact information. Sponsor has the sole discretion to disqualify Entrants who violate these Official Rules, tamper with the operation of the Promotion or engage in any conduct that is detrimental or unfair to Sponsor, the Promotion or any other Entrant.

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How badly? Over the next 2 weeks, we’ll be fanning out across 3 of this great nation’s 4 major time zones (sorry Hawaii), equipped with not-yet-released titles for your gaming pleasure. We’ll talk more about our PAX East and SXSW plans shortly, for now we are focused on GDC, where we hope to see you TOMORROW. Click here for details. Then RSVP.

Oh, and we had a great time at Friday night’s engadget reader meetup. We gave out a PS3. We’ll do more such things in our upcoming events.

SF. Tomorrow.

The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of February 21, 2011)

• Crysis 2 multiplayer demo also coming to PS3 – Joystiq
• Plants vs. Zombots: a LittleBigPlanet 2 re-creation – Joystiq
• Second PixelJunk Shooter 2 ‘survivor’ video just as weird as the first – Joystiq
• Gran Turismo 5 ships 6.37 million – GameSpot
• Killzone 3 Review – Shacknews.com
• MotorStorm Apocalypse: Does 3D Finally Matter? – IGN
• 3D games could give sales of 3D TVs a lift – USATODAY.com
• PlayStation 3 Video Game ‘Killzone 3′ Aims to Ramp Up 3D Action Experience – The Hollywood Reporter
• Blu-View: Killzone 3 Single Player – Sarcastic Gamer
• SOCOM 4: Friends Helping Friends – IGN
• Crysis 2 Video Interview: New York in Ashes – PlayStation Universe
• Mass Effect 2 Upgrades and Polishes Hull in v1.01 Update – PlayStation LifeStyle
• Killzone 3 review – PS3 Attitude
• NBA All-Star 2011: Basketball Greats Get Custom PlayStation 3 Consoles from Sony – GamerLive.TV
• Infamous 2: Building a Better Sequel – IGN
• Journey: A Trip Worth Taking – IGN
• Swagtacular: Unboxing Killzone 3 Helghast Edition – Destructoid
• David O. Russell Responds To The Internet’s Response To The Fact That He’s Making ‘Uncharted’ – /Film
• Free movies available weekly on PSN via Toyota Highlander promo – Joystiq

Tuesday’s a holiday in its own right around the PlayStation offices: Killzone 3 launch day. I’m currently playing through the campaign utilizing the PlayStation Move. As a longtime console shooting fan, I was a bit hesitant to try out the new controls, but they’re accurate enough to earn me the “Eagle Eye – Every Sniper Rifle bullet is a kill” Trophy the very first time I picked up a sniper rifle. And I do enjoy stabbing the Move controller forward to engage a brutal melee.

I expect a lively debate about what settings are the best with Move controls post release. If you want my suggestion, I go with a max vertical dead zone, and zero horizontal, turning the sensitivity all the way down, and the rotation speed at about 40%. Been working well for me so far!

The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Week of February 14, 2011)

• MLB The Show 2011 interview with Sony’s Scott McCarthy – GamerFitNation.com
• End of Open Beta – Killzone.com
• A Million Demo Downloads Unlocks Dragon Age II Prizes – Kotaku
• Dance on Broadway comes to the PS3 with Move support – Destructoid
• Hold On To Your PS3: Sony Not Developing PS4 Yet – Techland
• Killzowned in Toronto – KZ3 Canadian Launch Event – PSNStores
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon – MLB 11 The Show with Joe Mauer (2/15/11) – NBC.com
• Killzone 3 Move Tips - PSNation.org
• Mass Effect 2 for PS3 Video Review – G4tv.com
• Vote or Die: PSN’s Best – PS3 Feature at IGN
• Batman: Arkham City Gotham on Lockdown – PlayStation 3 Feature at IGN
• PlayStation Move Sharp Shooter Review – Gear Review at IGN
• Sandwich Monday: The Kevin Butler – NPR.org
• Sony’s undead game console: PlayStation 2 sales hit 150M after 10 years – VentureBeat
• Killzone 3 chocolate and army men make our day special – Destructoid
• Xperia Play’s Specs Break Down Battery Life, In-Box Freebies and More – Kotaku

The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Weeks of February 7, 2011)

• SCE President Discusses PlayStation Suite Service — Tech-On!
• Ar Tonelico Qoga Trailer Makes Me Scared And Confused – Destructoid
• SCEA, Intel wave at motion controls – News at GameSpot
• Killzone 3 Kill of the Day – IGN
• Appliances For The Nefarious Home – Penny Arcade!
• Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together Review for PSP – GameSpot
• Tales from Space: About a Blob Review – IGN
• What if Kratos were in every game? – Joystiq
• PlayStation Network Sales Surge By 40%, PlayStation Plus Subscriptions Exceed 100k – PushSquare.com
• It’s Official: PS3 Has Best Software Library of 2010 – 1up
• LittleBigPlanet 2 review – Everyday Gamers
• Counterpoint: Why Sony’s PSP2 (NGP) will succeed – Destructoid
• So Many Japanese People Desire The NGP – Kotaku
• LittleBigPlanet custom shoes being auctioned for Child’s Play – Joystiq
• PSP News: Sony NGP: Aliens vs. Predator engine ‘fully playable’ on PSP2 – ComputerAndVideoGames.com
• Yakuza 4 hits the US with free DLC packed in – SEGA America Blog
• Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together Review – IGN
• Street Fighter IV Producer Attacks Namco USA Headquarters – Siliconera
• Sony’s Sustainable Style – EcoPop TV
• Why the Next Generation Portable may be the end of consoles as we know them – MercuryNews.com
• In-Game – Super Bowl ad reveals Sony’s gaming smart phone – msnbc.com

The Packers bookended my Eagles season by beating Philly in Week 1 and in the playoffs (costing me an embarrassing wager with Torgo from PSNation), so I guess I’ll pull for them. Also, I just couldn’t ever bring myself to root for Ben Roethlisberger.

The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Weeks of January 31, 2011)

• The PS2 Just Will Not Die! – Kotaku
• Preview: Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive for PSP – Destructoid
• Viz To Publish Ico Novel In The U.S. – Siliconera
• Sony posts strong Q3 profits (+135%!) in PlayStation group – Joystiq
• Explodemon! Review – IGN
• NGP will ‘easily best’ North American PSP sales – Analyst – GameSpot
• Killzone 3 review – Everyday Gamers
• Killzone 3 Review – Zeitgeist Game Review
• Review: Killzone 3 – Destructoid
• Sony Profit Beats Estimates After Earnings From PlayStation Games Double – Bloomberg
• Catwoman Claws Her Way Into ‘DC Universe Online’ – ABC News
• Next Generation Portable interview with Kaz Hirai – Telegraph
• Final Fantasy IV PSP Heads West on April 19 – Wired.com
• Videogames Need Auteurs, But Good Luck Finding Them – GameLife | Wired.com
• “Chuck” Actress Voices Aya Brea In The 3rd Birthday – Siliconera
• How To Control SOCOM With The PS3′s Gun – Kotaku
• Review – Tales From Space: About A Blob – PSNStores
• Interview: Insomniac Talks Ratchet: All 4 One – PSXExtreme
• 10 reasons to be excited about Sony’s Next Generation Portable – TG Daily
• The Expanding World of LittleBigPlanet 2 – Review – NYTimes.com
• How A Video Game Made Him Into A Major Leaguer – Kotaku
• Little Big Planet 2: 2011′s Best New Game (So Far) – WSJ.com
• Killzone 3 may be Move’s killer app, makes case for exclusivity – ars technica
• Splinter Cell and Prince of Persia HD trilogies coming March 22 on PS3 Blu-ray disc – Joystiq
• Is Everyone Going To Go Back-Touching Bananas? – Kotaku
• Did PSP Gaming Result In Japan’s Big Soccer Wins? – Kotaku

The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Weeks of January 24, 2011)

• Guinness World Records and the LittleBigPlanet 2 launch – Destructoid
• Warning: Mortal Kombat’s ‘X-ray moves’ revealed in this trailer – Joystiq
• Video Games: Association for Disabled Virtual Athletes debuts in ‘The Show’ – ESPN
• Hands On With The NGP’s Brand-New Uncharted, And A Deviant Surprise – Kotaku
• Hands-On With Uncharted For NGP – GameInformer.com
• These Third Party Developers Are Backing Sony’s NGP – Siliconera
• What Third Party Developers Had To Say About NGP – Siliconera
• Sony’s next PSP (codename NGP): a closer look – Engadget
• Mass Effect 2 PS3 save corruption workaround, issue being fixed in upcoming patch – Joystiq
• Dead Space Extraction PS3 Review – IGN
• First Impressions of the Next PSP – IGN
• Dead Space 2 Review for PlayStation 3 – GameSpot
• DC Universe Online PS3 Outselling PC – IGN

Dead Space 2 (and Extraction) are out on Tuesday – and IGN’s Greg Miller likes it better than the first one. And the 50-hour LittleBigPlanet 2 record-setting marathon (that I co-emceed with Veronica Belmont) has only made me want to play the game even more. Of course, I’m back on a plane tomorrow.

There’s always February!

The PS.Blog weekly reading list (Weeks of January 10, 2011 and January 17, 2011)

• Review: LittleBigPlanet 2 Is Good For The Greedy Gamer – Kotaku
• Slam Bolt Scrappers seeks naming counsel – Joystiq
• LittleBigPlanet 2 trounces LBP records PlayStation 3 News – Eurogamer.net
• What Disgaea 4 Picked Up From Z.H.P.: Unlosing Ranger Vs. Darkdeath Evilman – Siliconera
• New Mortal Kombat Makes Merry On April 19th – Siliconera
• Yakuza 4 leans on retailers in mid-March – GameSpot
• L.A. Noire emerging from shadows May 17 – GameSpot
• Dead Space 2 Review – IGN
• DC Universe Online: The Coolest Characters – IGN
• Killzone 3 Might Make Me Try PlayStation Home – IGN
• Elite Gamers Set Marathon Record by Playing Video Game for 50 Hours – Aol News
• PlayStation Universe 2010 Game Awards
• Sony Going For the Core with Motion Games – WSJ
• LittleBigPlanet 2 Review – Strengthgamer
• LittleBigPlanet 2 review – Games Radar.com
• Review: A brave new `LittleBigPlanet’ for Sackboy – Yahoo! News
• The Divnich Debrief: 2011 – The Year of the PS3? – IndustryGamers
• Show About Games Show : Kinectimals & Big Planets (skip to 3:45) – The Escapist
• PC, PS3 Owners Can Play Portal 2 Together – GameLife | Wired.com
• Final Fantasy Agito XIII Reborn as Type-0 – PlayStation Portable News at IGN
• Is NHL GameCenter Worth It? – PS3 Feature at IGN
• Tetris Review for PlayStation 3 – GameSpot
• LittleBigPlanet 2 Review for PlayStation 3 – GameSpot
• Mass Effect 2 Review – IGN
• See “NBA 2K11″ in 3D With New Update – Time
• Playstation Move Heroes gets release date, pre-order goodies – Examiner
• LBP2 world records being set next week – CVG
• New ‘MotorStorm’ title arriving April 12 – USA Today
• PS3 Mass Effect 2 Available As Digital Download At Launch – Gamasutra
• 7-Eleven doing promotional PlayStation 3 Slurpees again – Destructoid
• Tales From CES ’11: The “It Won’t Stay In Vegas” Party! – Nukezilla
• ‘Little Big Planet 2′: A worthy successor – CNN.com
• In-Game – ‘LittleBigPlanet 2′ gets bigger and craftier – msnbc