Good day to you all, hope you’ve all had a good week.
Today, as most of you blog readers will know, is the day that we unleash the ModNation Racers Beta for you, and for the first 100,000 people who download it when the store updates (should be mid-afternoon), I can assure you, you’ll be having a LOT of fun. I will update on here, and via my twitter feed, as soon as the store is live.
We also have a fresh batch of special offers available for you, with a selection that should cater for all tastes. Personally, I think Smash Cars is great value, and that reduction on Unbound Saga is also very tempting is it not? Okay, enough tactless sales attempts I promise.
We also have some new dynamic themes for Heavy Rain, Buzz! and Singstar, and another mini title, Vector TD, is added to the minis family. This is all wrapped up with a few more bits and pieces, full details below.
Finally, this week, in another attempt to shamelessly please you all with freebies, I have a couple of handfuls of dynamically themed codes (very subtle hint on what they’re for I know) to give away. However, rather than ask you to pander to me for them, let’s try this instead; those who want to try and get a code from me reply below completing the following sentence “I don’t deserve one of your codes because…” I’ll give codes away today and tomorrow, to those replies I deem the best.
I look forward to reading your comments
PlayStation Store via PS3
Special Offers
(Valid until the 4th of February)
- Smash Cars (was – £11.99/€14.99 now – £6.29/€7.99)
- Digger HD (was – £7.99/€9.99 now – £4.79/€5.99)
- Cuboid (was – £7.99/€9.99 now – £5.49/€6.99)
- Interpol (was – £7.99/€9.99 now – £5.49/€6.99)
- Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom (was – £7.99/€9.99 now – £5.49/€6.99)
- Unbound Saga (PSP) (was – £11.99/€14.99 now – £3.99/€4.99)
- Buzz! Master Quiz (PSP) (was – £19.99/€29.99 now – £14.99/€19.99)
- Elemental Monster TD Portable (PSP) (was – £6.29/€7.99 now – £3.19/€3.99)
- LocoRoco (PSP) (was – £14.99/€19.99 now – £11.99/€14.99)
- Super Stardust Portable (PSP) (was – £6.29/€7.99 now – £3.99/€4.99)
Beta (free)
- ModNation Racers (limited to first 100,000 users who download, the beta will then be removed from the store) Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: All locales
minis (emulated for PS3/PSP)
- Vector TD (£2.49/€2.99) Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: Not available in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain and Switzerland
Add-On Game Content
- Dragon Ball: Raging Blast – Warriors of Justice Pack (free) Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: All locales
- Rock Band
- 1901 by Phoenix (£0.99/€1.49)
- Blue Jeans by Silvertide (£0.99/€1.49)
- Lisztomania by Phoenix (£0.99/€1.49)
- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Live Anthology Pack 2 (£4.99/€7.99)
- (contains the following tracks which are also sold separately)
- A Woman In Love (Live) (£0.99/€1.49)
- Breakdown (Live) (£0.99/€1.49)
- Century City (Live) (£0.99/€1.49)
- Jammin’ Me (Live) (£0.99/€1.49)
- Nightwatchman (Live) (£0.99/€1.49)
- The Waiting (Live) (£0.99/€1.49)
Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not available in Czech Republic, Greece, Luxembourg, Poland, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and UAE
- Guitar Hero 5
- Metal Track Pack (£4.39/€5.49) (contains the following tracks which are also sold separately)
- Laser Cannon Deth Sentence By Dethklok (£1.59/€1.99)
- Still I Rise By Shadows Fall (£1.59/€1.99)
- Twilight Of The Thunder God By Amon Amarth (£1.59/€1.99)
- The New Blues Masters Track Pack (£4.39/€5.49)
- (contains the following tracks which are also sold separately)
- Broken Man By Scott Mckeon (£1.59/€1.99)
- Lonesome Road Blues By Joe Bonamassa (£1.59/€1.99)
- Who I Am By Tyler Bryant (£1.59/€1.99)
Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not available in Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and United Arab Emirates
(Locale Additions)
- SOCOM: Confrontation – Cold Front Map Pack (€9.99) Rating: USK 16
Availability: Added to Germany
- Fallout 3
- Broken Steel (€9.99)
- Operation Anchorage (€9.99)
- The Pitt (€9.99)
- Point Lookout (€9.99)
- Mothership Zeta (€9.99)
Rating: PEGI 18
Availability: Added to Switzerland
Videos (free)
- DC Universe Doomsday First Look Trailer
Dynamic Themes
- Heavy Rain Dynamic Theme (£1.59/€1.99)
- Singstar Dynamic Theme (£1.59/€1.99)
- Buzz! Dynamic Theme (£1.59/€1.99)
Wallpapers (free)
- Dante’s Inferno Violence Circle Wallpaper
- LocoRoco Midnight Carnival Party Wallpaper
PlayStation Store via PSP and Media Go
Special Offers (also available via the PS3 store)
(Valid until the 4th of February)
- Unbound Saga (PSP) (was – £11.99/€14.99 now – £3.99/€4.99)
- Buzz! Master Quiz (PSP) (was – £19.99/€29.99 now – £14.99/€19.99)
- Elemental Monster TD Portable (PSP) (was – £6.29/€7.99 now – £3.19/€3.99)
- LocoRoco (PSP) (was – £14.99/€19.99 now – £11.99/€14.99)
- Super Stardust Portable (PSP) (was – £6.29/€7.99 now – £3.99/€4.99)
Downloadable Games (also available via the PS3 store)
- Need for Speed Underground Rivals (£15.99/€19.99) Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: All locales
- The History Channel: The Great Battles of Rome (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not available in Czech Republic and Poland
- Ben 10: Protector of Earth (£9.99/€14.99) Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: Not available in Belgium, Netherlands and Russia
(Locale Additions)
- Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs (€29.99) Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: Added to all locales (already available in the UK)
minis (also available via the PS3 store)
- Vector TD (£2.49/€2.99) Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: Not available in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain and Switzerland
Themes (free)
- Savage Moon Theme Red
- Savage Moon Theme Weapon
- Savage Moon Theme Tower
Wallpapers (free)
- LocoRoco Midnight Carnival Party Wallpaper
- LocoRoco Midnight Carnival Christmas Wallpaper











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981 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:07 pm by Darkscorpius
Hopefully I manage to get Modnation Racers and I might grab Unbound Saga this week. Bioware need to hurry up with Return to Ostagar, so I can start my third playthrough, then again I’ve got Darksiders to finish then Bayonetta to play.
I don’t deserve one of your codes because using a theme would mean changing my current wallpaper and I can’t possibly do that, such is my obsession with Avril Lavigne.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:07 pm by X201
I don’t deserve one of your codes because…
…I would probably win a code for the Heavy Rain theme, and I’ll get a code for that along with the Special edition box, so that would mean that your code would lie unused and unloved at the bottom of a drawer, next to an old sock with a hole in it.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:08 pm by GT911UK
I don’t deserve one of your codes because…they simply looked too good for my PS3 and I also don’t deserve in not deserving a code. :p
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:08 pm by xKillerMonkeyx
I don’t deserve one of your codes because i will be to busy playing Modnation Racers beta to even use it
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:08 pm by Retro_1973
I don’t deserve one of your codes because I touch mantez at night…
Well it was worth a try!!! lol
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:08 pm by JetarR
I don’t deserve a code because I see right through the elaborate reverse psychology Mr. Mike is doing here.
Coincedentally I also don’t deserve a pony and a rainbow.
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 2:33 pm by Mike Kebby
I know, it’s a very blatant attempt to keep things sweet here this week
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:09 pm by noruraeus
I don’t deserve a code because I have been using the default theme for so long that is has been burned into my retina.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:09 pm by flamingcarrot
I definately don’t deserve a code, as I got to go to the MAG launch party last night, and picked up a free steelbook copy of the game! I also got free sweets and sausages and beer, and helped to beat IGNuk so I honestly couldn’t handle any more treats today…………
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:10 pm by TheIsotope
Does anyone else get the feeling FF8 isnt going to come yet for a good couple of weeks?
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:10 pm by FFObsessed
I don’t deserve one of your codes because I HATE YOU KEBBY!!!
I HAAAATE YOOOOOOOU!!!!1
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:11 pm by rayk2099
Heavy Rain Dynamic Theme!
Heard it’s awesome!
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:11 pm by FurCue
I don’t deserve one of your codes because I’m never gonna give you up, never gonna let you down, never gonna run around and desert you. Never gonna make you cry, never gonna say goodbye, never gonna tell a lie and hurt you.
213
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:11 pm by GraemeFindlay74
Hi Mike,
Does this mean that FF8 will be out next week to meet it’s January release?
cheers
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:12 pm by stage-gr
Chuck Norris doesn’t care if I don’t deserve one of your codes because he will stare you down until you beg me to accept it
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:12 pm by Roxas598
FFVIII is due for February 4th
But a side order of salt is needed
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:12 pm by PsychoboyUK
I don’t deserve one of your codes because… Every time i try to get a freebie code i never get one
!!!!
Can’t wait for modnation i have my PS3 primed XD
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:12 pm by funnydude6556
why isn’t all this showing on my PS3′s version of the online store?! Surely if you’ve updated it’s not fair on people like me who’s PS3′s haven’t recieved the update yet, it’s an unfair advantage.
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 2:34 pm by Mike Kebby
This update is pre-store publish, this is a heads up post. The store is now live however
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:13 pm by Dark---Mercury
I don’t deserve one of your codes because I have no eyes…only eyelashes.
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 2:34 pm by Mike Kebby
Then the lovely themes will be wasted on you
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:13 pm by Cutz0r
I don’t deserve one of your codes because I have already got the Ratchet and Clank dynamic theme and I am just waiting for an Uncharted 2 one
220
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:13 pm by BiosNova
I don’t deserve one of your codes because all your codes are belong to me!
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 2:35 pm by Mike Kebby
I was waiting for someone to to do this! Well played, code on it’s way
221
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:13 pm by SCOTT-187-PALMER
i dont deserve one of your codes because im writing this on my mobile phone while im supposed to be working
222
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:13 pm by Suzzopher
Mike, I am getting a wee bit concerned about my PSP Go
Can you say yes or no if we are ever going to get the following as digital releases:
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Final Fantasy Tactics The War of the Lions
Ridge Racer
Half Minute Hero(my most game of 2010 and I only have a PSP Go)
Thanks
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 2:36 pm by Mike Kebby
I know for certain that Dissidia and Half Minute Hero are coming via the store, I’ll try and find out about the other two.
223
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:14 pm by Ezz
I don’t deserve one of your codes becauseI’ve just brought a MacBook Pro and can’t tether it to my PSPGo or MediaShare with my PS3.
224
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:14 pm by iliuthenin
I don’t deserve one of your codes because my clients would kill me if they found out I’m waiting for the psn update (modnation racers) and posting here instead of finishing their project which has its deadline next monday.
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 2:37 pm by Mike Kebby
Hehe, such honesty…well if you do lose your clients, these themes will at least keep your console looking mighty perty. Code on it’s way
225
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:14 pm by ArturNOW
I don’t deserve one of your codes because I live in Poland and my rabbit doesn’t play my games!
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:14 pm by Uterr
I don’t deserve one of your codes because I always use the default theme on XMB!!!
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:15 pm by seany1
i dont deserve a code because … im onto what you are doing lol using this as a way to cover up 1 of the worst store updates eveeeeeerrrr lol
228
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:16 pm by JordanBlack68
I don’t deserve a code because I don’t have any decent internet at the moment and using my iPhone 3G connected tethered to my laptop.
229
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:16 pm by Sisee
Another “joke” update.
When will SCEE learn that to make money they need to sell things people want.
I don’t know what idiots are making the decisions in head office but they need to be replaced.
STILL no Final Fantasy VIII, which was reported to be up this month (almost passed).
STILL no Dissidia: Final Fantasy for PSP, why? Other regions have it, and the demo is there.
STILL no word on where our Silent Hill is, the US have it, so why hasn’t the EU version been relished?
And I’m not mentioning all the PSone Classics the Americans are enjoying, but we’re being denied.
I’d accept these situations, but I need an explanation.
There is no logical reason that SCEE haven’t yet put the above games for general sale on the PSN.
And there was no official explanation as to why Silent Hill was removed, days after it’s original PSN release.
I sincerely hope that SCEE aren’t planning to alienate it’s customers like this for much longer.
It’s insulting that I payed a lot of money for my Sony branded gaming gear, just to get almost 3rd world releases.
It’s pathetic and SCEE should be ashamed.
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 2:40 pm by Mike Kebby
Sisee, I’ve explained countless times why Silent Hill was removed. We thought we had clearance to release it and therefore put it on the store, then we were told that legal clearances had not been given so we had to take it down immediately. Until Konami have clearance to release it in Europe there’s nothing we can do I’m afraid.
FFVIII and Dissidia are both coming in February. I know the delays have been far too long, and I appreciate the frustration caused by this, but they are coming.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:16 pm by Dollami
I don’t deserve one of your codes because…I never win any of these codes anyway.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:16 pm by funnydude6556
I don’t deserve one of your codes because I steal from little kids and not just any kids, little kids related to employees of sony.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:16 pm by X201
Blog post 201!
x201 @ 201
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:16 pm by devels
@216 The Update is not in the Store yet.
Mike Will let us know when it hits the shelfs.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:16 pm by Sasukekun
I don’t deserve one of your codes because I’d only stick it on ebay. Thereby abusing your trust in even giving me one in the first place.
I’m sure that from that point onwards you would look upon me with scorn and disdain.
Also, any update on Peggle?
235
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:17 pm by Pray07
I don’t deserve a code because I’ve got a dissertation to be writing, although my phone did die today, and it would help null the pain of the *gulp* courtesy phone D:
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:17 pm by g-unit98_
Uhh how much longer the most i can stay up is 2 more hours and it will be 2 am and i really dont wanan miss this
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:17 pm by ninja_tom
Hi Mike, sorry for the cross-posting from last week but I just thought I would give you a heads up on the pricing for Fireteam Bravo 3, it is £16.99 from thegamecollection on pre-order. Please use this as a guide for your pricing on PSN. I reckon it should be, what, at least 10% less than this? WDYT? I will make a deal with you, if you can get it on store for £16 I will get it on day 1, how does that sound?
Oh, and can add a “I don’t deserve one of your codes because… I’m a pricing whistleblower”
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:17 pm by Uterr
One question, I have pre-ordered the collector’s edition of Heavy Rain and it includes a dinamic theme, is it the same theme that is listed for today?
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:17 pm by Iyonix
I don’t deserve one of your codes because I’m too stupid to know what to do with it.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:18 pm by funnydude6556
alternative I also don’t deserve one because the pants were all dead
241
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:18 pm by Guillemots
I don’t deserve one of your codes because i buy stuffs from the other PSN stores
242
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:18 pm by ESPGANESAIII
I dont deserve one of your codes because my face has fallen off
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:19 pm by Shuya86
I don’t deserve one of your codes because… “I am neither enemy nor friend. I am back from a world where such words are meaningless.”
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:20 pm by chortler
I don’t deserve one of your codes because I ate your entire wheel of cheese.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:20 pm by twoofclubs
I don’t deserve a code because I’d only end up eating it anyway.
246
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:20 pm by ghamdikh1
I don’t deserve a code because IM FROM USA LOL.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:20 pm by graz16
I don’t deserve a code because I won’t be buying ANY new PSP games from the PSN. Assassin’s Creed Bloodlines, Silent Hill Origins, Ridge Racer, Red Alert to name just some games that are all over the internet with blatant game breaking bugs that have not as yet been addressed, apart from AC eventually, but while acknowledged by the respective publishers are STILL on sale. UMD’s all the way for me thanks.
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:20 pm by g-unit98_
its not even a code right cause in modnation you just download it
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:21 pm by Scourgewood
I don’t deserve one of your codes because I’m not worthy, (kneels and shades eyes.)
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Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 1:21 pm by fords30
I don’t deserve a code because I’ve kidnapped ‘drof1337′ (aka Ross McGrath) in a desperate attempt to win a code..I should have known better and chosen someone more important!
I kid, I kid. Anyway..
Not a bad update at all!
Really glad to see you guys are putting on Special Offers on a frequent basis now. Only other thing was the premium avatars..
I’m not sure how successful the LBP ones have been for you guys; the numbers they have done and such, but I would guess that they’ve done well. I hope that shows that there’s definitely a demand there for them and we’ll see some more soon. Pricing was spot on as well, that’s another thing to mention.
Looking forward to trying out the ModNation Racers ‘Beta’. Totally digging the God of War: Collection at the moment though! Beat GoW(1) a couple of days ago – So awesome.
Thanks again.
Posted on 21 January, 2010 at 2:44 pm by Mike Kebby
Leave my staff alone
Special Offers are indeed here to stay, and as for premium avatars more are coming, I just don’t have any more information at present.
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