How To Unlock All PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale Characters

How to unlock all secret PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale characters? That question will be answered in this guide that shows you how and who to unlock to get the full roster.

Although the initial roster is available from the get-go (all 20), the PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale characters select screen has room for plenty of bonus characters.

Sony Computer Entertainment has confirmed more than the out-of-the-gate playable 20 characters will be made available in PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale through free downloadable content in early 2013. The first of these free DLC characters (making the fighting game’s total 22 characters) have been revealed as Kat and Emmett Graves.

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How To Unlock Characters In PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

Below we’ve listed the secret characters in random order. Take the following steps to unlock each one.

  • Kat (from Gravity Rush)

    How To Unlock: Kat from the PlayStation Vita game Gravity Rush is one of the first two DLC characters. She will be free to everyone for the first two weeks once they are available for download in Early 2013.
    Seth Killian, the game’s Lead Game Designer at Sony Santa Monica Studio, confirmed these details on the official PlayStation blog.
    Description: Kat’s approach turns gravity on its head with some mind-bending new ways to move as she positions herself for her unique brand of aerial assault.
    In addition to their own story mode complete with rivalry cinematic, a DLC character will have its own trials and challenges, as well as an additional unlockable costume, plus a “very cool little thing” Sony calls the character’s “minion” (Kat’s cat maybe?). They promised to treat downloadable characters just like the full fledged on-disc characters.

Here’s the Gravity Rush live-action trailer that shows Kat defying gravity:

  • Emmett Graves (from Starhawk)

    How To Unlock: Emmett Graves from the PlayStation 3 game Starhawk is one of the first two DLC characters. He will be free to everyone for the first two weeks once they are available for download in Early 2013.
    Seth Killian, the game’s Lead Game Designer at Sony Santa Monica Studio, confirmed these details on the official PlayStation blog.
    Description: In addition to the signature weapons you’ll remember from his duels with the Outcasts on Dust, Emmett’s playstyle will also utilize Starhawk’s unique “Build and Battle” system, calling down help from the sky.
    In addition to their own story mode complete with rivalry cinematic, a DLC character will have its own trials and challenges, as well as an additional unlockable costume, plus a “very cool little thing” Sony calls the character’s “minion”. They promised to treat downloadable characters just like the full fledged on-disc characters.

This action-packed Starhawk story trailer introduces Emmett Graves:

  • Isaac (from Dead Space)

    How To Unlock: Isaac from the PlayStation 3 Dead Space series is one of the second set of two paid DLC characters.

Watch Seth Kilian’s primer on the new Isaac & Zeus characters:

  • Zeus (from God of War 3)

    How To Unlock: Zeus from the PlayStation 3 game God of War 3 is one of the second set of two paid DLC characters. — You can watch him in action in the video with Isaac above.

  • Crash Bandicoot (in discussion)

    How To Unlock: Unlocking would work the same as the previous two downloadable characters. HOWEVER, Crash Bandicoot is unconfirmed as of yet, with Sony and Activision (who own the rights to Crash) still in negotiations to get him into the game.
    Details: Omar Kendall, the game’s Director at SuperBot Entertainment, confirmed that in a recent interview that “I completely understand how big and important a character like Crash is to the PlayStation universe.” And adding “We want to make it clear to fans that we understand how important a character Crash is to the PlayStation universe. Obviously, we try everything in our power to try and get characters like Crash.”

Just for laughs, here are some classic Crash Bandicoot TV commercials:

  • Future DLC Characters (in dicussion)

    Details: Seth Killian, the game’s Lead Game Designer at Sony Santa Monica Studio, confirmed in a comment on the official PlayStation blog that “We would like to release more [downloadable characters], so hopefully Kat and Emmett are just the first.”

Who could be next? Crash Bandicoot, Spyro the Dragon, Lara Croft from Tomb Raider, Cloud from Final Fantasy, Sora from Kingdom Hearts, Crono from Chrono Trigger, Gex the Gecko, Aya from Parasite Eve, Gabe Logan from Syphon Filter, etc.

What new PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale characters would you like to play as?