The following is the beginning of a small series of hints that reflect certain avenues of interest in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale. I’m not going beyond simply labeling the hints as they are. Will what’s shown here, right now, be at the San Diego Comic Con this weekend? Possibly…but rest assured, it will be reflected in the game, as was every other past hint I put up.

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Hint 1 on Paul Gale Network
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Hint 1 (Large)

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Hint 2 on Paul Gale Network
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Hint 2 (Large)

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Hint 3 on Paul Gale Network
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Hint 3 (Large)

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Hint 4 on Paul Gale Network
PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Hint 4 (Large)

Speculate away, but I won’t be answering questions…at least probably not right off the bat.

Update 1: I’ll tell you this much, I took all 4 pictures myself.
Update 2: I won’t confirm or deny any assumptions thus far, but will say that there are things to the hints that no one has gotten yet…that to me are obvious (obviously). I’m looking forward to finally telling you all just what I’m referring to…eventually.

92 thoughts on “New hints for PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale before the San Diego Comic Con this weekend.”
  1. The first two could be hints of an Infamous-like scenario, or maybe they could represent a night and day cycle like in Jak and Daxter. The last two are really difficult I can’t think of anything! Interesting and well-made hints anyway! 🙂

  2. Well I got nothing. The best guess I have is #4 is about 007. My brother made the weird guess of the cars being about Transformers (That comment made me lol). But here is what I think people should focus on about the pictures for clues. Is on #1 and #2, it’s too much of a coincidence that they are taken in front of the same restaurant but one is at night, the other is at day and it goes from one car to two different ones. Also in #4, the bullet pile seems to be shaped in some way, maybe a head or a symbol/logo. Also I just noticed this while typing this comment, if you turn #4 upside down there are some bullets that seem to be in a form of letters. I see the letters ” L E L O” with a possible hyphen between them. So maybe Le-lo? I think I’m over thinking things with that one haha. But great job on the pictures, I’m baffled lol

    1. dude 0_0 i just notice something my shoch alot of people, You guys know that they mixed stages. Well the next stages is mixed with Cole from Infamous in the city with granturismo. Which mean if you look at picture 1 and 2 it represents night and day but also represents good or evil. Which has me confirmed that Cole from infamous is confirmed, could be solid snake or someone from call of duty. Remember, 1 from an exclusive and 1 from a 3rd party. which tells me someone from call of duty or solid snake will be shown sunday.

  3. what i see from looking at the hints, i see jak and daxter and crash. i just looked closely and looked at little hints, maybe i’m wrong though.

  4. Pic #4 is Solid Snake. Invert the picture horizontally and vertically. It clearly shows “LE” and “LO” as in LA LE LI LO LU. As in, the Patriots.

    The gun looks like a USP. One of Snake’s pistols of choice next to the Socom.

  5. Without a doubt, the gun pictures refer to Solid Snake. First off, you can see La Le Li Lo Lu written in the bullets on the last pic. Secondly, the USP (I believe is the correct gun) is one of Snake’s weapons, though the SOCOM is more iconic to him. Thirdly, Solid Snake has an infinite ammo bandana which may not have been an intended hint, but who knows.

    Probably because the reveals are at comic con, I’m guessing the car pics refer to Cole McGrath? The first car is centered between the two other ones and is orange. The two other cars are at different ends and show how Cole’s powers change color and become different powers I guess. Also, outdoor grill just has a lightning-y sound to it.

    1. Just realized that these hints may not be directed at comic con reveals. I thought my Cole idea was a bit of a stretch. I believe the yellow and silver car hints at Ratchet and Clank. The orange car could hint at Crash.

  6. Hey Paul, we already got #4 at GameFAQs. We noticed the hidden meaning of the bullets. (Le Lo)

    Now might I ask, the other three. Are they all characters hints or just hints?

  7. If these are related hints, then they most likely point to a GTA rep, probably Niko Bellic.

    If they are separate… then it gets interesting. For 4… I have one phrase for you…

    La Le Lu Le Lo…

  8. This is what I’m getting from the hints:

    Hint 1: Orange – Crash Bandicoot
    Hint 2: Yellow/Silver – Ratchet & Clank
    Hint 1+2: Cars – Gran Turismo (maybe a stage)
    Hint 3+4: Guns – Lara Croft
    Hint 4: La Li Lu Le Lo – The Patriots – Snake

  9. you could give us more direct hints. speculating is fine, but the announcements are only days away anyways.

    anyway, if we assume that there will be 20 or so characters within the game, that means we’ll only be getting 10 or so characters. i hope SuperBot wouldn’t waste any more space with the likes of Fat Princess or Radec. There are far, far more much much memorable characters within the PS1+PS2 universe. all those RPGs and other games have so much characters. I’d rather take Raziel or Dante than Radec/Fat Princess. every character slot alloted to those kinds of characters is a slot wasted and an opportunity missed. If Radec were not present no one would miss him. just had to share my thoughts.

    back on topic, the first one is, my guess, from GTA. cruising at night, then blocking traffic during the day, on the same city.

    second one, not sure. there are too many games that had guns in them (or at least bullets). i can’t think of any bullet hell games that would fit All-Stars, and i just dread the possibility of having another “shooter” character. the 3rd hint seems to be either Ratchet/Clank or Jak/Daxter. because the colours match for R&C, but then again Clank doesn’t shoot.
    hint 4 seems to be about a character who mainly uses a pistol all throughout the whole game. I’m guessing either Snake or Lara.

    i’m confused. are these 4 separate characters or are these all hints towards one character? it’s kinda confusing.

  10. -Orange Charger is Crash Bandicoot I suppose

    -Yellow Lamborghini and Silver Honda is Ratchet and Clank obviously

    -Pistol to Rifle, Little to Big. Sackboy

    -La Li Lu Le Lo hidden word. Patriots is Solid Snake

    Very wise guy, Paul (:

    1. Yes, the Paul_Gale that just wrote to you a minute ago on GameFaqs is indeed me. This goes to you, Haku125, and the rest of the community there. 🙂 Anyone else that claims to be me that doesn’t come from that screen name is a fake.

  11. Also Paul, Sony has been light on filling us in with the vita version. Do you know if we will also get the alt costumes by preordering the vita version? Also do you know whether the vita version runs at 60 fps?

    1. The PS Vita version of the game is playable both solo and through wifi with others. Alternate character costumes will work on the Vita, but it’s unknown at this time whether or not by only pre-ordering the portable version, will you gain access for free, to those alternate costumes. Yes, the game’s last build was running at the same speed as its PS3 big brother.

      1. Makes sense that it would be the same frame rate as the big brother as for an efficient WiFi battling system, they would need a connection and frame rate that would be very similar

      2. Just wanted to log in and tell you that yes it’s confirmed. I asked when they posted on the PS blog and they said I didn’t need to pre-order both to get costume for each, they work on both.

  12. What’s the time frame when you can finally tell us everything about those hints? I’m assuming these are not all just for the Comic-Con.

  13. It might be far-fetched, but I was just reading some comments at the GameFAQs topic and someone noticed the Bayonet on the third picture. Which made me think about Bayonetta, just because of the name not of the weapon, and she uses four small pistols. Besides that Sega could want her to have more exposure, because she is featured in Anarchy Reigns and there might be a Bayonetta 2 coming up. But in the end this is just my imagination wondering off.

  14. I feel like that first one isn’t actually Crash… though I don’t know what else it could be. Nothing stands out about it besides the color. It’s apparently a Charger type of car? And it’s at night, sure, but that doesn’t tell me anything.

    Second is Ratchet & Clank, of course.

    Third… People say Sackboy. I feel like there is something more.

    Fourth has to be Cloud. I mean, look at the bullet arrangement, it’s his hair. You guys are looking too much into the La Li Lu Le Lo.

  15. Hi Paul, thanks for doing this buy the way, and as behalf of the Playstation Forums I would like to take a guess on the characters based on the pictures you have provided.

    #1. Crash Bandicoot
    #2. Ratchet & Clank
    #3. SackBoy
    #4. Snake

    Thank you again Paul 🙂

  16. Just to be clear- these are multiple hints for multiple characters, no doubt, but you’re not for certain if these characters will be announced this weekend, correct?

    So, if a character gets shown this weekend that has nothing to do with your hints… we’ll have to keep waiting on what your hints meant, right?

  17. (Copy/pasted from my post on the PS forums)
    There’s a sign that says 59 cents.

    5 + 9 = 14

    14 letters in C r a s h B a n d i c o o t

    Also, 12 letters in O U T D O O R G R I L L
    12 letters in R A T C H E T C L A N K
    But also 12 in J A K A N D D A X T E R

    Do I win?

  18. 1 and 2 make sense not just because of colour, but if you look at #1, you can see 2 trees and a sign that says outdoors, and the car seems pretty close to the trees, which means its Crash since tree=Wumpa fruit and his game takes place mostly outdoors.

    #2 has the outdoors sign too, which makes me think Ratchet and Clank since they travel to planets, AND alot of those planets are planets with trees and stuff, which also helps lead to the picture being Ratchet and Clank.

  19. Update from what I’m getting from the hints:

    Hint 1:
    Orange colour – Crash Bandicoot

    Hint 2:
    Yellow/Silver colours – Ratchet & Clank
    Both cars look as though they’re going to crash – Crash Bandicoot

    Hint 1+2:
    Cars – Gran Turismo (maybe a stage)
    Day & Night -> Good karma / Bad karma – Cole MacGrath

    Hint 3:
    Little gun / Big gun + string attached – Little Big Planet – Sackboy (made of string)
    Behind the pistol there are 13 bullets of a larger size than the other ammo -> Final Fantasy 13 – Lightning

    Hint 4:
    La Li Lu Le Lo – The Patriots – Snake
    Outline of ammo – Crash Bandicoot (rotate the image by 90 degrees clockwise and you can see Crash’s pointed ears, his spikey hair and nose)

    Hint 3+4:
    Guns -> Lots of ammunition shells – Lara Croft (her pistol normally have unlimited ammunition)

    Did I get any of these right Paul or did I go way beyond my imagination? 😛

  20. Hey Paul thanks for the hints. Give people on the forums something to talk about. I have just one question, do you know if you can save replays of a match and take pics during the match like in brawl. Just curious cause it would be awesome if there was like a direct youtube upload like in Uncharted 3.

  21. Quick thing, just to confirm or deny any rumors, will the 4 hints only be linking up to comic con or could it be hints at some of our favorite mascots that are not going to premiere at comic con?

  22. the 2 one could be jak and daxter because there are two cars, one will represent jak and the other daxter, also, jak and daxter games are very well known for the racing, also there is jak x, a game for only racing, it can also be ratchet and clank, because of the cars color, or jak may be the first one? no idea the last two but, they can be solid snake and other guy

  23. I think I have it figured out, see it can’t be Crash, since why would they make the hint for the HIGHEST requested character so obvious. I think it is………….,,Spike, it makes sense, the trees are SPIKEy, trees=monkeys, its Ape Escape! Plus the recently leaked Ape Escape level also points to Spike. Maybe…maybe Paul made it LOOK like it was Crash to stray us away from the truth. He was teasing us into thinking he was in it with all those hints for him. Plus, Ape Escape takes place outside and isn’t Spike’s hair orange, or his shirt? He probably placed the car in front to trick us into thinking it was important to the hint, but it really was the things in the background that were important, it shouldn’t be that obvious.

  24. Hey Paul, I got a cracker of a question. We all know that you can’t take about new stages and characters. What about the characters and stages that have been revealed? For example, let’s say there was a major leak that revealed Rachet and Clank and Superbot admitted they were in Battle Royale. Would you be allowed to talk about their moves, their costumes, etc? Or would that still be down to Superbot to annouce?

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