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PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is a [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] [[Mascot Fighter]] developed by Superbot Entertainment, running on the [[Super Smash Bros]]-esque premise of a cast of Sony's gaming properties joining to beat each other senseless. Initially known as "Title Fight", the game was leaked on October 30 of 2011 by [http://paulgalenetwork.com/home/2011/10/30/big-playstation-3-game-announcement-tomorrow-exclusive-to-paul-gale-network/ The Paul Gale Network] before being officially announced by Game Trailers TV and on the Playstation blog on April 26, 2012. The game will be released in the Holiday season of 2012.
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale is a [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]] [[Mascot Fighter]] developed by Superbot Entertainment, running on the [[Super Smash Bros.]]-esque premise of a cast of Sony's gaming properties joining to beat each other senseless. Initially known as "Title Fight", the game was leaked on October 30 of 2011 by [http://paulgalenetwork.com/home/2011/10/30/big-playstation-3-game-announcement-tomorrow-exclusive-to-paul-gale-network/ The Paul Gale Network] before being officially announced by Game Trailers TV and on the Playstation blog on April 26, 2012. The game will be released in the Holiday season of 2012.


=== The game will feature characters and stages from: ===
=== The game will feature characters and stages from: ===
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* [[Alternate Company Equivalent]]: This should be obvious. Interestingly, this game is being released late in the life-cycle of Sony's third major console generation. Sound familiar?
* [[Alternate Company Equivalent]]: This should be obvious. Interestingly, this game is being released late in the life-cycle of Sony's third major console generation. Sound familiar?
** One odd aspect of the game's philosophies to note is that [[Smash Bros]] is primarily focused on ring-outs while PSASBR works with flashy supers. Kind of like sumo wrestling as opposed to [[Professional Wrestling]].
** One odd aspect of the game's philosophies to note is that [[Smash Bros]] is primarily focused on ring-outs while PSASBR works with flashy supers. Kind of like sumo wrestling as opposed to [[Professional Wrestling]].
* [[Art Shift]]: Each playable character will be rendered in their respectable series' distinctive art style. Even Parappa, [[Paper People|who's two-dimensional!]]
* [[Art Shift]]: Each playable character will be rendered in their respectable series' distinctive art style. Even Parappa, [[Paper People|who's two-dimensional!]]
* [[Beehive Barrier]]: The Gravity Shield from [[Wipe Out]] is a usable item.
* [[Beehive Barrier]]: The Gravity Shield from [[Wipe Out]] is a usable item.
* [[BFG]]: The always-powerful RPG-7 from [[Uncharted]] appears as a usable item. It holds 3 shots, like in its home series (though the reload doesn't seem especially long). There is also Radec's plasma cannon, the Sweet Bot's gatling gun and Nathan's [[Grenade Launcher]].
* [[BFG]]: The always-powerful RPG-7 from [[Uncharted]] appears as a usable item. It holds 3 shots, like in its home series (though the reload doesn't seem especially long). There is also Radec's plasma cannon, the Sweet Bot's gatling gun and Nathan's [[Grenade Launcher]].
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* [[The Computer Shall Taunt You]]: Buzz will verbally abuse players that answer his quizzes incorrectly.
* [[The Computer Shall Taunt You]]: Buzz will verbally abuse players that answer his quizzes incorrectly.
* [[Cool Versus Awesome]]: [[Sarcasm Mode|Because the guy who killed Ares fighting a psychopathic clown killer isn't either cool or awesome. Neither is an obese princess and a raccoon thief fighting a freak of nature trapped in a scuba suit and an adventurer who possesses rotten luck.]]
* [[Cool Versus Awesome]]: [[Sarcasm Mode|Because the guy who killed Ares fighting a psychopathic clown killer isn't either cool or awesome. Neither is an obese princess and a raccoon thief fighting a freak of nature trapped in a scuba suit and an adventurer who possesses rotten luck.]]
* [[Dueling Games]]: Will be (more or less) directly taking on ''[[Super Smash Bros]]'', more so if Nintendo reveals a new game.
* [[Dueling Games]]: Will be (more or less) directly taking on ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', more so if Nintendo reveals a new game.
* [[Essence Drop]]: AP is treated this way.
* [[Essence Drop]]: AP is treated this way.
* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: The stages will feature many environmental hazards, such as [[Jak and Daxter|Sandover Village]], which has a giant [http://jakanddaxter.wikia.com/wiki/Shark Lurker Shark] swimming beneath the stage who will eat players too slow to get back to the main platform. The Metropolis stage has the Hydra, which will periodically attack the players as well.
* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: The stages will feature many environmental hazards, such as [[Jak and Daxter|Sandover Village]], which has a giant [http://jakanddaxter.wikia.com/wiki/Shark Lurker Shark] swimming beneath the stage who will eat players too slow to get back to the main platform. The Metropolis stage has the Hydra, which will periodically attack the players as well.
* [[Finishing Move]]: The game is based around these. The only way to win is to destroy opponents with them, and the main reason for attacking at all is to build AP to use a Super. Level 1 Supers usually take out one opponent over a small area, Level 2 Supers can potentially take out multiple opponents over a wide area and Level 3 Supers can often annihilate the opposition.
* [[Finishing Move]]: The game is based around these. The only way to win is to destroy opponents with them, and the main reason for attacking at all is to build AP to use a Super. Level 1 Supers usually take out one opponent over a small area, Level 2 Supers can potentially take out multiple opponents over a wide area and Level 3 Supers can often annihilate the opposition.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: Almost exactly the same concept as ''[[Super Smash Bros]]'', [[Recycled in Space|but with Sony's characters]] and with a totally different method of defeating opponents.
* [[Follow the Leader]]: Almost exactly the same concept as ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'', [[Recycled in Space|but with Sony's characters]] and with a totally different method of defeating opponents.
* [[Free-Floor Fighting]]: The Dreamscape level is constantly being built, adding extra platforms and occasionally lowering ground. This is just one example.
* [[Free-Floor Fighting]]: The Dreamscape level is constantly being built, adding extra platforms and occasionally lowering ground. This is just one example.
* [[Guest Fighter]]: [[Bioshock|Big Daddy]], at least for now.
* [[Guest Fighter]]: [[Bioshock|Big Daddy]], at least for now.
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** The level editing content thermometer from LittleBigPlanet shows up in the Dreamscape/Buzz stage.
** The level editing content thermometer from LittleBigPlanet shows up in the Dreamscape/Buzz stage.
* [[Interesting Situation Duel]]: One level has [[God of War|Hades]] trying to attack the players while fending off a band of [[Patapon]] warriors.
* [[Interesting Situation Duel]]: One level has [[God of War|Hades]] trying to attack the players while fending off a band of [[Patapon]] warriors.
* [[Limit Break]]: Each character will have a meter that fills as they pummel their opponent, allowing them to use up to 3 levels of Super moves. Level 1 Supers are usually brief but very strong attacks, Level 2 Supers tend to be a wide-area attack while Level 3 Supers could be accurately compared to [[Super Smash Bros|Final Smashes]].
* [[Limit Break]]: Each character will have a meter that fills as they pummel their opponent, allowing them to use up to 3 levels of Super moves. Level 1 Supers are usually brief but very strong attacks, Level 2 Supers tend to be a wide-area attack while Level 3 Supers could be accurately compared to [[Super Smash Bros.|Final Smashes]].
* [[Long Title]]: A complaint being thrown at the game, but it's hardly unjustified. The game will likely be acronymized to PSASBR.
* [[Long Title]]: A complaint being thrown at the game, but it's hardly unjustified. The game will likely be acronymized to PSASBR.
* [[Mood Dissonance]]: Intentionally invoked. Superbot wants there to be a charm in the juxtaposition of setting lighthearted E-rated characters against M-rated murderers in stages that jump between tone and theme routinely.
* [[Mood Dissonance]]: Intentionally invoked. Superbot wants there to be a charm in the juxtaposition of setting lighthearted E-rated characters against M-rated murderers in stages that jump between tone and theme routinely.
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** Jack Tretton specifically brought up the commercial while introducing the game during Sony's E3 press conference.
** Jack Tretton specifically brought up the commercial while introducing the game during Sony's E3 press conference.
** [http://vividgamer.com/2012/04/27/could-playstation-all-stars-characters-be-hidden-in-sonys-michael-teaser/ Speculation has already begun on who from the commercial will be making it into the game].
** [http://vividgamer.com/2012/04/27/could-playstation-all-stars-characters-be-hidden-in-sonys-michael-teaser/ Speculation has already begun on who from the commercial will be making it into the game].
* [[Sincerest Form of Flattery]]: It's pretty clear from gameplay and screenshots that it's heavily inspired by ''[[Super Smash Bros]]'' Probably not a bad thing, though.
* [[Sincerest Form of Flattery]]: It's pretty clear from gameplay and screenshots that it's heavily inspired by ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' Probably not a bad thing, though.
* [[Trick Bomb]]: The Hedgehog Grenade from [[Resistance]] is a usable item.
* [[Trick Bomb]]: The Hedgehog Grenade from [[Resistance]] is a usable item.
* [[The Unexpected]]:
* [[The Unexpected]]:
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