I know for many of you this week couldn’t come soon enough (myself included), as this week sees the release of the brilliant Battlefield 1943. For those of you who enjoy a good session of online multiplayer shooter action, this is a great new addition to the genre, and set against such beautiful backdrops too.
This week we also have two demos available for you to try, we finally have Ghostbusters on the store (a game which needs no introduction from me), and we also have a demo for the epic racing game Fuel.
The second expansion pack for MotorStorm: Pacific Rift is available this week too, as well some extra content for Skate 2, High Velocity Bowling, Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires, and as usual extra tracks for Guitar Hero: World Tour and Rock Band. There are also a handful of additional PSP games available for download now too.
Right, off to the battlefield!
Downloadable Games (Trial and unlock)
Battlefield 1943 (Trial free, unlock key £9.99/€12.99)
You can explore the beautiful pacific islands by land, air and sea as you take the fight to the enemy. Battlefield 1943 features a great mix of both infantry and vehicle combat. You can also call in, and guide airstrikes upon the enemy bases and choose from a range of weaponry to gain the upper hand on the enemy team and win the day.
PEGI 16+
Demos (free)
Ghostbusters – The Video Game
Grab your proton pack, ready those streams, and take aim at a new collection of ghosts in this all-new adventure written by the original Ghostbusters creators!
PEGI 12+
Fuel
Explore the ravaged landscapes in this epic racer; this demo offers the chance to try one race and one challenge from the game, as well as try the Free Ride mode in a small section of the wastelands.
PEGI 7+
Add-On Game Content
MotorStorm: Pacific Rift – Expansion Adrenaline (£4.79/€5.99)
Following on from last week’s Expansion Speed pack, the Expansion Adrenaline pack contains three extra tracks, five track variants, four previously unseen vehicles, as well as six bonus characters, and a massive selection of new paintjobs for your vehicles. There are also new trophies to be gained too.
PEGI 12+
Skate 2 – Maloof Money Cup Pack (£1.59/€1.99)
Grab your deck and hit the course of one of skateboarding’s biggest contests; battle against some of skating’s hardest riders for some serious Maloof loot!
PEGI 16+
High Velocity Bowling – Route 66 Americana Ball Pack & 4th July Americana Ball Pack (£0.79/€0.99 each)
HVB has gone all Americana themed this week, with these two themed ball packs.
PEGI 3+
Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires – Additional Music Set
This pack contains additional music tracks to play in game and they will appear in the game’s BGM Select screen from the main menu.
PEGI 12+
Rock Band
Further your Rock Band experience with this selection from Green Day, an additional pack for Pearl Jam and tracks taken from the Mayhem Tour 2009:
PEGI 12+
- 21 Guns by Green Day (£0.99/€1.49)
- East Jesus Nowhere by Green Day (£0.99/€1.49)
- Know Your Enemy by Green Day (£0.99/€1.49)
- Green Day Pack 01(this combines all the above tracks in one pack) (£2.49/€3.99)
- Black Magic by Slayer (£0.99/€1.49)
- Conquer All by Behemoth (£0.99/€1.49)
- Disposable Teens by Marilyn Manson (£0.99/€1.49)
- Embedded by Job for a Cowboy (£0.99/€1.49)
- Empire of the Gun by God Forbid (£0.99/€1.49)
- Hammer Smashed Face by Cannibal Corpse (£0.99/€1.49)
- This Is Exile by Whitechapel (£0.99/€1.49)
- What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse by Black Dahlia Murder (£0.99/€1.49)
- Ten Bonus Pack by Pearl Jam (£2.49/€3.99)
Guitar Hero: World Tour
This week Guitar Hero offers tracks from the Victory record label available to download:
PEGI 12+
- Bomb the World by The Sleeping (£1.59/€1.99)
- I Am the Arsonist by Silverstein (£1.59/€1.99)
- NJ Legion Iced Tea by A Day To Remember (£1.59/€1.99)
- Victory Records Track Pack (This pack contains all three tracks listed above) (£4.39/€5.99)
Videos (free)
- inFamous Duality Trailer
Themes (free)
- Overlord II Minions Theme
PlayStation Store via PSP and Media Manager
Downloadable Games (also available via the PS3 store)
Archer Maclean’s Mercury (£4.79/€5.99)
Guide your mercury through each 3D maze whilst navigating the challenges encountered along the way in this addictive puzzle game.
PEGI 3+
(258MB required)
Final Armada (£7.99/€9.99)
Strap yourself into the Aggressor, a powerful combat vehicle of mass destruction, and fight your way through swarms of enemies.
PEGI 12
(388MB required)
King of Pool (£7.99/€9.99)
Choose from a range of snooker and pool games, as you challenge rivals in Career mode, show off your skills in Trick Shot mode, or practise your shots in Free Play mode.
PEGI 3+
(42MB required)
Little Britain (£11.99/€14.99)
You know the TV show, but now you have the chance to experience more via the various action packed mini-games featuring loved characters like Lou and Andy and Marjorie Dawes.
BBFC12
(191MB required)
Championship Manager 2006 (£3.99/€4.99)
Now you can test your football management skills on the move, in this PSP version of the hit franchise Championship Manager.
PEGI 3+
(145MB 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+
- Here Comes Your Man by The Pixies (£0.99/€1.49)
- Pride and Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble (£0.99/€1.49)
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210 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 8:47 pm by daffycare
fantastic update this week thank you, hope next week will be just as good
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 8:49 pm by CJSgamer
STILL NO FILE SIZES! PLEASE ADD THEM!
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 8:51 pm by CJSgamer
EG! VIDEO A: 250MB
ITS NOT THAT HARD REPLY AT KEAST
Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 9:43 am by Mike Kebby
As I replied last week, we only store file size information for PSP content – I do not have the time (or anyone else on the team for that matter) to download every piece of content to take note of the filesizes I’m afraid. (The blog updates are an addition to my already large job role anyway, so I can’t spare the time). Sorry, I know it would be useful for you, and I’m trying to find a solution to getting easy access to filesizes so they can appear on the store.
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 9:01 pm by wbrinkman
filesizes are unimportant when you get ~10gb for 1 euro these days.
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 9:03 pm by reakt
Awesome update! Thanks guys!
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 9:06 pm by Komond_Deckard
Nice update
I only miss a better organization, and I want to remember it hoping once we have an organization like the US one, for example one for only demos, only psn exclusive games, only full games… those things are very useful and I think they are even imperative in a service like this one.
I guess you have to recognize that aspect of the store could be much better for users.
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 9:11 pm by S4ED_K
This is a excellent update
thank you so much and battlefield is one awesome game. gonna play this throughout summer me thinks
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 9:11 pm by serendipiddy
To get Mercury, or not to get mercury..? THAT is the question
such a difficult one too.. still making my way through FF7 and free running and tokobots both look like fun.. hum..
easy choice for dad: he gets Battlefield, that should satisfy the ps3
Great update, ps3 AND psp will have content tummys
ty everyone!
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 9:15 pm by Komond_Deckard
I keep reading people saying it’s a bad update… I guess some people confuses “nothing I like” with “bad update”. Sometimes I don’t see anything I’m interested but I can recognize there are good things.
What I think is you should try updating at least one PSOne game each week.
Well, I just wanted to complete my last message, I really think it is a good update.
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 9:17 pm by RedKyubi
Good update, really..
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 9:27 pm by Cringles88
Hate how the 1943 demo is timed, that’s a really bad idea, i only had 3 matches, and 1 that was lag free…needless to say, its fun, but i wont be buying.
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 9:31 pm by freakzilla149
Battlefield is only a consolation for the several recent let downs. You guys really need to get your [DELETED] together (not directed at you Mike, it seems you’re doing all you can).
And the fact that BF (a multiplat) can have a simultaneous US/EU launch but not Sony exclusives is quite irritating.
Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 9:46 am by Mike Kebby
We’ve had quite a lot of games released over the past few weeks, I realise that people want certain games, but if they are not available yet I’m afraid we can only give you what has been submitted and is ready.
I understand your frustration certainly though.
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 9:35 pm by Brokenbricks
Nice update Sony/Mike, i’ve been looking forward to busting some ghosts! Do you know if there are any plans for any inFamous dlc?
Keep up the good work!
Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 9:46 am by Mike Kebby
I would love to see some inFamous DLC, I’ll see what I can find out for you
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 9:47 pm by taurus82
Does anyone know when and how (firmware or PlayStation Store) .deTuned (the demoscene/music visualisation thingy) is released?
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 10:10 pm by amusedpenguin
Im still rather annoyed by the lack of Fallout DLC. Dont get me wrong. I have a great time searching the Capital Wasteland but Im getting annoyed by PS3 being left out of all the fun PC and Xbox’s get.
Its gone way past the end of June guys at Bethesda. Get it on cos PS3 is waiting and being fairly patient considering.
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 10:37 pm by Spurvugle
Awesome!=)
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 10:42 pm by get2sammyb
Shame Battlefield doesn’t work eh?
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Posted on 9 July, 2009 at 11:40 pm by Diablo_Rosso
Battlefield does work.
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 12:22 am by andrewDC94
hey, im sure you get loads of this, but, has sony sorted out this whole picture frame thing for Home? Sony has already said we WILL be getting them. the question is when? if not when then soon?
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 12:34 am by LAClennell
Mike, when is Silent Hill coming back?
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 3:03 am by GTR34mh
MS2 DLC and BF1943, great! Should keep me entertained for a while
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 4:45 am by Tebbit
when is trine coming out? it was this week on the us store right?
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 6:17 am by Spathis
Much better Mike, is Fat Princess still a summer release?
Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 9:47 am by Mike Kebby
At present that’s all that can be said
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 7:00 am by Onna76_NL
Again the US has 2 new PS classics and again Europe has “zero”. The teasing is really getting old SCEE! Other than that amazing update. Finally demo’s *hallelujah*.
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 7:05 am by HazelAM
isn’t it about time europe had some sort of pulse type video series?
and whatever happened to opmhd?
our version of qore.
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 7:36 am by Aprisaiden
An ok update i guess but when can we get more information on PixelJunk Shooter, Fat Princess, a release date for MGS1, etc.
Its been a long time since i bought anything off the PSN (last game i bought off PSN was Burn Zombie Burn) so it is a little frustrating to see the US get content that i want to buy but cannot for no reason.
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 8:20 am by Lee_and_Nomi
First time poster. Great update, although actually what to download for battlefield was a bit confusing.
Downloaded the motorstorm update as well but I haven’t have a chance to go over that yet. Seems odd that they would release both updates one after another. Surely spreading the gap between them would give people time to get dive into both fully and also extend the life of the game.
Anyway I’ll hopefully be back on 1943 tonight, getting confused as to why my planes always lose altitude after a couple of seconds. Add me if you like.
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 8:48 am by AcidCrashX
Thanks guys for the update! BF1942 should tide me over well til Trine gets released!
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 9:02 am by Bovrillor
Wow, another pathetic PSP selection.
So far I’ve bought 3 games from the PSN Store – FFVII (great), Syphon Filter Combat Ops (only manages to connect to a game very rarely) and Syndicate Wars (poor emulation, terrible controls).
I want my money back on those last two!
I can’t believe Europe still gets such dreadful treatment from Sony… sort it out guys!
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 10:10 am by nofi
Well, I reckon this is one of the best Store Updates in months, so well done Mike and the team. Try not to let the moaners bother you, it’s obvious you can’t please everyone.
=)
Nofi.
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 10:26 am by fords30
Can’t quite believe the moaners on here..Regardless, great update SCEE.
Picked up Battlefield 1943 and the Adrenaline pack for MSPR. Keep up the good work.
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 10:26 am by Liamario
Hi Mike
You’ve a stronger constitution than I. Questions you’ve answered several times. People complaining about games from third parties not being released….. I’m thinking that may be it would be good to have some place where people can ask these questions. A FAQ section so people can see if the question has been asked 50 times already. It would also give people the oppurtunity to ask about patches etc… that wouldn’t normally be relevant to the blog post.
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 10:27 am by MazzingerZ
Has anyone donwloaded TAPATOI???? I can’t find as single gameplay video nor reviews on the whole internet…only the teaser trailer that doens’t show much…I’m interested but at the same time it feels as this game doesn’t even exists…like a pishing website…
Not even PS official website say much about this game? What’s going on? …the preview in the PS Store contains only some screenshots.
When would be getting more info about the game??? Please answer, I’d like to buy it for my kids and myself, I love platformers
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 10:30 am by muzzar69
1 thing the PSN needs is more themes.
mike any chance of getting a theme or wallpaper of kratos removing helios head?
that was the best part of E3, no game has made me laugh that hard.
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 10:35 am by fords30
@184.
How about this: http://bit.ly/LFXmH ?
More can be found here: http://bit.ly/926AW
Just go to Google Images & search “God of War 3 1920×1080″ etc.
Hope this helps.
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 10:48 am by Skookie30
haveing 1 psn game & 1 demo or 2 & 2 dlc is Hardly a massive update to me this update is So So Not Great but Not bad, i trully think SCEE does not want our money, so i ask again mike is Fallout-3 dlc coming out next week.
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 10:50 am by nofi
@MazzingerZ – we’ll be reviewing Topatoi very soon on thesixthaxis.com mate.
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 10:59 am by Skookie30
@MazzingerZ wot nofi is trying to say is to check this: http://www.thesixthaxis.com/ :/
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 11:07 am by Midnite_Blaze
Another week’s update, and still no Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil: Directors Cut, Silent Hill, etc. You guys should hire someone soley to communicate with third party developers and get titles such as these to the EU stores in the same week as the US. It is not fair on us that we should have to wait MONTHS and then pay MORE for doing so!!!
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 11:46 am by Harlequiine
I’m confused at people who say tell Sony to get their [DELETED] together and release more games. Now, if the content has been released in one region and not the other, I understand. But if the game is unfinished, how can they release it? They can only have so many teams working on so many video games at once.. otherwise we’d only have PSN games and no BD games. Just be happy with a new game every two weeks.
Unless it’s already in another region. Ahem, Worms in Australia.
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 12:15 pm by Ishar
Great update !!!
I will buy Battlefield 1943 and Motorstorm’s DLC !
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 1:05 pm by hedges1001
please respond sir kebby!
and so you know im doing this via my ps3.
i love my ps3 and some parts of SCEE but i am constantly ignored on the subject of disgaea 3 trophies and dlc. i know its not your fault but only you have the ability to get answers from square enix and/or NIS europe. so can you please dig up some info on this?
btw good update last 2 weeks loving bf 1943 and topatoi!!
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 1:06 pm by hedges1001
not to mention numblast is awesome like puzzle crack i mean quest. puzzle quest
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 2:15 pm by Grind_Axis
Haha, I’m going to buy BF1943 now and Ghostbusters soon. My wallet isn’t going to be happy. Damn you demos!
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 2:28 pm by Samii
LOL!
People calling me an Xbot! Unlike most of you I had the PS3 since day one and have never owned an Xbox.
It’s just blindingly obvious Sony don’t care one iota about its customers! They only give 3 month warranties for their replacement PS3′s which shows they have no faith! They have ended Continuous Play because they were getting inundated with cases of YLOD, which is the exact same as RROD, with solder and thermal paste melting!
They even discontinued the 60GB and 20GB because they rushed production of those models to compete with the growing 360 userbase. That rush ment they weren’t built properly!
Then there’s Sony’s regional bias, Sony’s overpricing of EU games (Only PJM is cheaper on EU Store), Sony’s lack of acceptance over poor build quality (M$ tripled the warranty of the 360 due to the exact same failure as YLOD).
Also, that isn’t a great update Mike! Only one PS3 game and its just a recycled game.
Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 3:23 pm by Mike Kebby
Well we’ll agree to disagree on what constitutes a good update then Samii – I think a couple of demos and a great game is a good update, you have to remember like any store, it’s not always possible to have a great line-up of new content every single week. Again though, everybody’s different, so we won’t be able to please everyone each and every week.
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 4:14 pm by eothred
When will you release the video store? I am eagerly awaiting this! Should at least be easy for you to get licenses arranged for the movies from your own production company right?
And on a different note, have you considered making music applications for e.g. spotify and/or last.fm? It would be an excellent expansion for ps3 as the ultimate next generation multimedia console!
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 4:31 pm by slayerking69
I agree with sammi these updates are not good. I think the only people that are happy are 10 year olds.
How hard is it to have a classic every week? the US store and asian stores get all the good stuff and we get lumbered with the rubbish, FF7 doesn’t make every update sony does great.
I’m sure out of the whole ps1 library you could find at least one you can add to the store every week, I really don’t believe that these companies don’t want to make money.
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 5:30 pm by B1ack_Magic
My god people love to moan.
Btw, Shatter needs to go up on July 23rd, same as the US, as I want it for my birthday! Please.
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 6:44 pm by loonytoon1982
Great update but only because of Battlefield 1943 being so good
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Posted on 10 July, 2009 at 9:26 pm by Brokenbricks
Thanks for the reply Mike. I think everyone giving him a hard time about the store updates needs to calm down.
I think the store updates are on the whole have been generally good over the last few months and with the amount of new content being added to Home now as another bonus.
Everyone please remember software/game devlopment takes time and the slightest thing can cause problems. I would rather have solid, no buggy software that is how it was intended as opposed to some rushed job just to get it out the door which keeps crashing my PS3. If it’s not ready it’s not ready.
Remember Sony don’t charge anything for PSN. For a similar service on Xbox you have to pay.
Also Battlefield rocks!
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