Hello all, I’m back for another week of PlayStation Store fun! As seems quite fitting after a couple of slower weeks on the store, this week’s update is absolutely crammed with content.
We have four PSN games up for grabs, from our very own Numblast, to the comic-inspired shooter Punisher: No Mercy, as well as the old-school classic James Pond: Robocod. We have plenty for PSP owners too, with Monster Hunter Freedom Unite available digitally, as well as the PSP version of Numblast amongst other things.
We’ll also have a special publish on Friday morning for the digital PSP version of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (which should be available around mid-morning).
Add to all of that content such as the Expansion Speed pack for MotorStorm: Pacific Rift, a hearty amount of additional content for you PS3 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 fans and LBP’s Sacktue of Liberty costume. There’s also another trailer for Battlefield 1943, which will be released next week (I’ve just read the review in my copy of Edge magazine today and it was given a healthy 9/10) so check that out if you haven’t already taken a look at this game. We also have plenty more Batman Arkham Asylum trailers on the store this week too, and this game is really looking like a good one.
Phew…I think that should be enough to keep us all busy for a week!
Downloadable Games
Numblast (£3.99/€4.99)
To play Numblast, move the cursor around the board and swap the positions of numeric cells to create combos of identical numbers aligned in 2×2 squares. These combos trigger explosions and as your skills improve so will the size of your combos.
PEGI 3+
Punisher: No Mercy (£6.99/€7.99)
The Punisher comes straight from the Marvel Universe to the PlayStation Network in this exclusive game – Offering frantic, arcade-style shooting action, with a heavy emphasis on multiplayer (supports eight players online), the goal is simple – survive!
PEGI 18+
topatoi: The Great Tree Story (£7.99/€9.99)
You may have already read the post by Natalia from the Boolat team on the blog yesterday about topatoi – this unique puzzle/platform game allows you to control a gyroscopic vehicle and offers varied and inventive ways to control, and make your way round, the 3D environments.
PEGI 7+
Trial (and unlock)
Red Baron Arcade (Trial free – unlock key £6.29/€7.99)
Available to buy via this trial version, the full version of Red Baron Arcade features 20 historic WW1 planes, where you can battle against countless enemies including zeppelins, battleships and other authentic aircraft. This game offers 36 levels of single player action, and you can also take the fight online against 7 other players.
PEGI 7+
PSone Classics (PS3 & PSP compatible)
James Pond 2: Codename Robocod (£3.99/€4.99)
(I don’t know about you, but this game was one of my most-played when I was younger). Join James Pond as he jumps and stretches his way around some truly memorable levels. This is a true platforming classic.
PEGI 3+
Add-On Game Content
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
There is a vast array of content which will allow you to customise the way you play the game, give you a competitive edge (if you feel you need it) or add more gameplay; all this new content is listed below:
PEGI 3+
- +0.5 Putting Equipment (£0.79/€0.99)
- +0.5 Short Game Apparel (£0.79/€0.99)
- +0.5 Short Game Equipment (£0.79/€0.99)
- +1 Accuracy Apparel (£1.19/€1.49)
- +1 Accuracy Equipment (£1.19/€1.49)
- +1 Power Apparel (£1.19/€1.49)
- +1 Power Equipment (£1.19/€1.49)
- +1 Putting Apparel (£1.19/€1.49)
- +1 Putting Equipment (£1.19/€1.49)
- +1 Short Game Apparel (£1.19/€1.49)
- +1 Short Game Equipment (£1.19/€1.49)
- +1.5 Accuracy Apparel (£1.19/€1.49)
- +1.5 Accuracy Equipment (£1.19/€1.49)
- +1.5 Power Apparel (£1.19/€1.49)
- +1.5 Power Equipment (£1.19/€1.49)
- +1.5 Putting Apparel (£1.19/€1.49)
- +1.5 Putting Equipment (£1.19/€1.49)
- +1.5 Short Game Equipment (£1.19/€1.49)
- +1.5 Short Game Apparel (£1.19/€1.49)
- +2 Accuracy Apparel (£1.59/€1.99)
- +2 Accuracy Equipment (£1.59/€1.99)
- +2 Power Apparel (£1.59/€1.99)
- +2 Power Equipment (£1.59/€1.99)
- +2 Putting Apparel (£1.59/€1.99)
- +2 Putting Equipment (£1.59/€1.99)
- +2 Short Game Apparel (£1.59/€1.99)
- +2 Short Game Equipment (£1.59/€1.99)
- Advanced Drivers (£1.19/€1.49)
- Advanced Fairway Woods (£1.19/€1.49)
- Advanced Irons (£1.19/€1.49)
- Advanced Putters (£0.79/€0.99)
- Advanced Wedges (£1.19/€1.49)
- Expert Drivers (£1.59/€1.99)
- Expert Fairway Woods (£1.59/€1.99)
- Expert Irons (£1.59/€1.99)
- Expert Putters (£0.79/€0.99)
- Expert Wedges (£1.59/€1.99)
- Intermediate Drivers (£0.79/€0.99)
- Intermediate Fairway Woods (£0.79/€0.99)
- Intermediate Irons (£0.79/€0.99)
- Intermediate Putters (£0.79/€0.99)
- Intermediate Wedges (£0.79/€0.99)
- Max Stats Costumes (£2.39/€2.99)
- The Predator Fantasy Course (£4.79/€5.99)
- Spyglass Hill (£4.79/€5.99)
- Course Pass (£1.59/€1.99)
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift – Expansion Speed (£4.79/€5.99)
The Expansion Speed pack contains three extra tracks, with three track variants, three previously unseen vehicles and a Speed mini-festival featuring 48 new brutal events. There are also plenty of unlockable rewards, and new trophies to be gained too.
PEGI 12+
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift – Monarch Signature Livery Pack (free)
Another exclusive livery pack to customise your vehicle with, available for a limited time only; hurry if you want to download this free pack before it’s gone.
PEGI 12+
LittleBigPlanet – Sacktue of Liberty Costume (free)
Free and available only for one week, you can dress your Sackboy up in iconic fashion!
PEGI 7+
Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires
You can now customise your characters with these additional armour sets:
PEGI 12+
- Kempo Armour Set (men) (free)
- Royal Armour Set (men) (free)
- Artemis Armour Set (women) (free)
- Queen Armour Set (women) (free)
Guitar Hero: World Tour
This week Guitar Hero offers tracks from the punk label Epitaph available to download:
- 21st Century Digital Boy by Bad Religion (£1.59/€1.99)
- Linoleum by NoFX (£1.59/€1.99)
- Ruby Soho by Rancid (£1.59/€1.99)
- Epitaph Punk-O-Rama Track Pack (This pack contains all three tracks listed above) (£4.39/€5.99)
PEGI 12+
Rock Band
Further your Rock Band experience with this selection from Foreigner, an additional track by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club as well as the second pack taken from the Warped Tour 2009:
- Blue Morning, Blue Day by Foreigner (£0.99/€1.49)
- Feels Like The First Time by Foreigner (£0.99/€1.49)
- Head Knocker by Foreigner (£0.99/€1.49)
- Foreigner Pack 01 (this combines all the above tracks in one pack) (£2.49/€3.99)
- Hey John, What’s Your Name Again? By The Devil Wears Prada (£0.99/€1.49)
- Image of the Invisible by Thrice (£0.99/€1.49)
- Sweet Talk by Dear and the Headlights (£0.99/€1.49)
- Warped Tour 2009 Pack 02 (this combines the above tracks in one pack) (£2.49/€3.99)
- Weapon of Choice by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (£0.99/€1.49)
Videos(free)
- WipEout HD Fury Trailer
- Battlefield 1943 Coral Sea Trailer
- MotorStorm: Pacific Rift Adrenaline Expansion Trailer
- Batman: Arkham Asylum Combat Trailer
- Batman: Arkham Asylum Breakout Trailer
- Batman: Arkham Asylum Invisible Predator Trailer
- Bayonetta Second Climax Trailer
- Mini Ninjas Hiro Gameplay Trailer
- Astro Tripper Trailer
PlayStation Store via PSP and Media Manager
Downloadable Games (also available via the PS3 store)
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (£24.99/€39.99)
The massive hit in Japan makes it way over to Europe and now you can experience the phenomenon for yourself. Embark on a massive adventure (with up to three friends in Ad-Hoc Mode) hunting down possibly the fiercest monsters ever known!
PEGI 12+
(817 MB required)
Numblast PSP (£3.99/€4.99)
The only difference between this version and the PS3 version is that you can take this one of the move with you via your PSP. Create those combos everywhere you go!
PEGI 3+
(43MB required)
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (available from Friday the 3rd of July – £29.99/€39.99)
Play tournament golf with Tiger Woods and many other PGA Tour pros as you aim to be the best golfer in the world, feel the drama with every swing.
PEGI 3+
(982MB required)
Donkey Xote (£7.99/€9.99)
Join Rucio, Sancho and Don Quixote on a journey to Barcelona Fair, where a prestigious battle is set to take place.
PEGI 3+
(687MB required)
Super Hind (£15.99/€19.99)
What would you do if you were given access to the deadliest military helicopter created and the power to change the world? Now is your chance to find out.
PEGI 7+
(182MB required)
Add-On Game Content (also available via the PS3 store)
Rock Band Unplugged
Further your Rock Band Unplugged experience with this selection of tracks now available:
PEGI 12+
- Losing My Religion by R.E.M. (£0.99/€1.49)
- Sin Wagon by Dixie Chicks (£0.99/€1.49)
- Still Alive by GLaDOS and Jonathan Coulton (£0.99/€1.49)
(Average: 3.54 out of 5)
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Posted on 4 July, 2009 at 1:34 pm by Glancelot
So, I discover that you deleted my comment… was not insulting, just saying that, as an old sony consumer, I was disappointed… But it seems like we can’t say these kind of things here… I don’t think you can progress with people saying “Sony, you rock” all the time, but if you think so…
Well, I will repeat what I said in different words, because I can’t accept censure : you should have explained about the absence of Trine on the psn. We can accept a game to be delayed, but the least you can do in this case is to say why.
If you want users to buy games from the playstation store, then give a demo for each of them, as on xbox live.
We should have the same games and prices as the us and japanese store (I know that there are taxes in France that explain part of the difference, but It doesn’t explain the whole difference). And, when games arrive here so late, you should explain, and apologize if it is your own fault.
Well, I guess you won’t read what I say, and maybe delete it. I don’t know, since you had no reasons to delete the first one…
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Posted on 4 July, 2009 at 4:44 pm by Darkos87
The punisher is not worth it if you have -insert generic FPS- already
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Posted on 4 July, 2009 at 5:11 pm by ProphetOfRage
Not a good update in my opinion.
It looks like a lot but the downloadable games are too expensive and most of the other content is EA add ons which are unreasonably priced.
I bought Pain before, none of the add ons and the COD 4 map pack but that’s it. I’ve never even been nearly tempted by anything else.
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Posted on 4 July, 2009 at 6:00 pm by Callofduty1
I VERY AM DISGUSTED WITH THE EU PSN STORE WHERE IS SUIKODEN, METAL GEAR SOLID,WILD ARMS, RESIDENT EVIL DIRECTORS CUT I BET AS WELL WE WONT GET THE USA RECENTLY ANNOUNCED RESIDENT EVIL 2 , RESI 3 AND DINO CRISIS IM AM REALLY REALLY FED UP ITS SO UNFAIR WILL YOU TELL SCEE TO GET ITS ACT TOGETHER PLEASE
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Posted on 4 July, 2009 at 10:08 pm by RevolutionBlues
People with complaints are a thousand times more likely to put pen to paper (or finger to keyboard) than people with praise. The important thing to remember is that there are not a thousand times as many people with complaints as there are people with praise.
Now, about that Last Guy trophy patch and DLC pack………
;o)
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Posted on 5 July, 2009 at 2:11 pm by FascistBullyBoy
I don’t know why yourself and people on here are saying your job must be so difficult listening to complaints and reply etc.
From what I have seen here is a summary of your replies:
I can’t comment on that one
That release period should never have been given
It will be here soon
The 3rd party developer will be on the blog to talk about that one
As soon as I have that info I will share it
I’ll ask (someone else) that question
I’m hoping to bring news soon, be patient
It’s the 3rd party developers fault and so on and so on.
Oh why thank you, I think calling me sir should be compulsory.
I’m afraid that this blog is turning out to be just another marketing tool fronted by toothless and clueless PR people who are still shackled heavily by SCEE, exactly like Threespeech it is turning out to be a complete waste of time.
Posted on 6 July, 2009 at 9:11 am by Mike Kebby
I don’t believe I ever said anything about my job being ‘difficult’, also contributing to the blog is a new addition to my job role, so I’m coming on here because I WANT to. I respond to your questions because I’ve been asked to, but also because I WANT to engage with SCEE customers.
Also, if you can’t ascertain the tone used in my comments let me be very clear – I will answer whatever questions I have the answers to (or am allowed to share information about), if not I will go away and find out what I can say here on the blog. As for your assumption that I really want readers to call me sir, that was a very flippant response by me, made in jest – sorry you believe me to be conceited enough to really want that to be what I am known as here on the blog.
I also don’t work in PR – I am part of the store management team, so I’m not exactly shackled
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Posted on 5 July, 2009 at 5:10 pm by deadrest
i concur
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Posted on 5 July, 2009 at 7:11 pm by Bdare
tbh playstation updates are a bit mediocre and really think that much thought should be put in when releasing updates. Wheres MGS1 on psn??? Fat Princess???. Really and the whole xmb interface is good but i do think it needs an overhaul in design for casual gamers to make it more accessible and appealing. Voice Chat is dearly needed and its online service is damaged severly as ppl barely except for . As a PS3 owner i love it and have bin loyal since the PS1 but beginning to question its performance although Playstation games are better and great titles the online aspect esp in the uk needs help and also a video store is needed. Come Playstation pull your finger out
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Posted on 5 July, 2009 at 10:14 pm by limanima
I would really like to see a demo of topatoi.I like puzzlers and platformers so this seems the game for me. But i really don’t want to take the chance. I’ve looked on the internet for gameplay videos and I can’t find none. Just a trailer that just not much.
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Posted on 6 July, 2009 at 2:38 pm by deadrest
mike just please put mgs1 in the realm of fact 4 wks of not knowing we are all desperate to play it , you get a lot of stick & it is unfair but if we got something to aim for everyone would leave it , but cos we r waiting for answers it gets intense put it to bed mike i think we wont see it till at least october when psp go comes out…..
Posted on 8 July, 2009 at 9:59 am by Mike Kebby
Unless it has been properly announced that a game is coming, then you should never expect a game to release on the store. I think a lot of the upset caused to consumers comes from rumours about games releasing on the store.
Until somebody says to me that MGS is definitely coming to our store, then I cannot confirm for you all, therefore unless you hear otherwise it may be best to presume it is not coming, and then hopefully we can at some point give you better news.
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Posted on 8 July, 2009 at 10:04 am by bunimomike
I don’t often reply/comment on things like this but the Tiger Woods updates are an absolute and utter disgrace. What you’re saying is that if you want to play better then you need these clubs. EA (and Sony) you should be ashamed of yourselves. I’ve been enjoying this demo for quite some time with my girlfriend suggesting we buy it. Reviews have been fairly strong so the money was going to leave my wallet within the next couple of months.
However, I’ve decided to give the game a miss as a protest to what you’ve just done.
I completely understand the money to be made with microtransactions and DLC but this is in a different league.
Once again… disgraceful.
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Posted on 8 July, 2009 at 10:06 am by bunimomike
Oh… one more thing. Sony – aren’t you a film studio too? The PSN is the perfect place to push your films with HD trailers but you seem to have completely forgotten about this.
Now I have that off my chest I can calm down and smile once more. *phew*
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Posted on 8 July, 2009 at 3:41 pm by deadrest
thet suks no mgs1 why arnt we equal to u.s psn ? thats like racism
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Posted on 8 July, 2009 at 11:09 pm by deadrest
why arnt we equal to u.s psn let us use there psn , make psn cards available stop discriminating
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