PlayStation Store (via PS3, PSP and Media Go)
Hello Guys – it’s Wednesday and it’s PLAY time!
Yes, the first of the PlayStation Network PLAY titles launches this week in the form of Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition. If you haven’t already pre-ordered the title you can grab it from today and get the GILL character unlock as part of the package.
Street Fighter III: Third Strike Online Edition, one of the most revered, deep, and sophisticated fighting games of all time, now takes the battle online. Fighting game fans new and old owe it to themselves to experience this mastery of 2D fighting. Throw down with enhanced HD-filtered graphics, arcade-perfect gameplay, GGPO seamless multiplayer, YouTube replay sharing, new art, and I am assured there is no Capcom Online DRM (for those of you who were worried).
If you have pre-ordered, after the publish today you can visit the PLAY section and download a bundle of the Trial/Unlock/DLC at no cost. You should also be receiving an email in the next day or two as a reminder.
And for those of you in Italy, Capcom (after discussion with us) has taken the decision to hold back the publish of SF III for you guys, which should only be for short time – this is because we are currently planning to involve Italy in the PLAY program, but without the pre-order element. I will keep you Italian consumers updated on this as much as possible but the plan is to provide you with the titles, free gifts and the chance to get a free copy of PAYDAY: The Heist too. I will update you with the status on this as soon as I can, but we are working on it.
So what else is publishing today? We’ve got lots. Plenty of trial and unlocks, we’ve got demos for PES 2012, NHL 12 and Space Marine (and we’ve made it available in Germany for Plus subscribers), there’s also a truck load of DLC (including some for White Knight Chronicle II) and loads of Street Fighter III avatars.
And don’t forget the PSP sale starting today – check out Andy’s post for the full listing, there should be something for everyone in either this bunch of offers or the next.
Okay I will be on and off for comments today and I’ll also be back for comments tomorrow, but if I get swamped Andy will step in.
See you all later on!
Special Offer Selection
For all this information go visit Andy Stewart’s new Special Offers Update.
Trial & Unlock (PS3)
- Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition (£11.99/€14.99) Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not available in Italy
- Hamilton’s Great Adventure (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: All Locales
- Backbreaker: Vengeance (£11.99/€14.99) Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: Not available in Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, India, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, or UAE
- Crazy Machines Elements (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: Not available in South Africa
Full Games (PS3)
- Disney’s Cars 2: The Video Game (£47.99/€59.99) Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: Only available in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden
- Dead Space (£15.99/€19.99) Rating: PEGI 18
Availability: Now available in all locales
- Arkedo Series: 01 – JUMP! (£1.59/€1.99) Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: Not available in Australia or New Zealand
NEOGEO Station (PS3)
- Baseball Stars 2 (£7.19/€8.99) Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: All locales
minis (PS3 and PSP)
- Revoltin’ Youth (£1.74/€1.99)
Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: All locales
- Doodle Fit (£1.74/€1.99)
Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: All locales
Demos (PS3)
- NHL 12 Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: Not Available in India, Portugal or Spain
- Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine (Single Player Demo)
Rating: PEGI 18
Availability: All locales
Only available in Germany for Plus Subscribers
- PES 2012 – Pro Evolution Soccer Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: All locales
Add-On Game Content (PS3)
Dead Block – More Dead to Block Map Pack (£2.39/€2.99)
Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: All Locales
Brink
- Fallout And Spec-Ops Combo Pack (£1.19/€1.49)
- Brink Doom®/Psycho Combo Pack (£1.19/€1.49)
Rating: PEGI 6
Availability: All Locales
- EyePet – Lucky Dip Styling Pack: Rain 1 (free)
Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: All Locales
Dragon Age 2
- All-Class Item Pack II Bundle (£3.99/€4.99)
(contains the following content also available separately) - Mage Item Pack 2 (£2.39/€2.99)
- Rogue Item Pack 2 (£2.39/€2.99)
- Warrior Item Pack 2 (£2.39/€2.99)
Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: All Locales
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3
- ‘True Dynasty Warrior Gundam… May Your Life Be Eternal’ (£0.79/€0.99)
- ‘Final Trial Against the Giants’ Extra Mission (£0.79/€0.99)
- ‘Humankind and Gundams’ Extra Mission (£0.79/€0.99)
Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not Available in New Zealand
- Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planewalkers 2012 – Foil Conversion “Ancient Depths” (£0.79/€0.99)
Availability: All Locales
Motorstorm Apocalpyse
- Eurogamer Racing Truck (free)
- Games Radar Superbike (free)
- Glowing Wheel Rims Pack (free)
- Summer Livery (free)
Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: All Locales
Rock Band Network
- Demons with Ryu – Emmure (£0.99/€1.49)
- Epic Symphony In A Flat Minor, Third Movement: Zero Hour – Van Friscia (£0.59/€0.79)
- Give It Up! Give It Up! – His Statue Falls (£0.99/€1.49)
- River Of Glass – Rishloo (£0.59/€0.79)
- Zombies!! (Coming Out Tonight) – Ultra Saturday (£0.59/€0.79)
Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not Available in Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, India, Israel, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Poland, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE
Rock Band 3
- Incubus Pack 01 (£2.49/€3.99)
(contains the following songs also available separately) - Adolescents (£0.99/€1.49)
- Pardon Me (£0.99/€1.49)
- Wish You Were Here (£0.99/€1.49)
Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not Available in Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, India, Israel, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Poland, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE
Yoostar2
- 500,000 Bucks (£1.39/€1.75)
- Take Off Your Hat (£1.39/€1.75)
- Re-Entering Earth’S Atmosphere (£1.39/€1.75)
- From The Desk Of Tony Montana (£1.39/€1.75)
- Yoo Are The Light Of Zartha (£1.39/€1.75)
- Child, You Always Knock Me For A Loop (£1.39/€1.75)
- Sleep Tight, Daddy (£1.39/€1.75)
- Shut Up And Pick Your Weapon (£1.39/€1.75)
- I’M In Way Over My Head (£1.39/€1.75)
- All Hail K! All Hail J! (£1.39/€1.75)
- I Coulda Been A Contender (£1.39/€1.75)
- It Is A Good Day To Die (£1.39/€1.75)
- A Pandacide (£1.39/€1.75)
Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not Available in Belgium, India, Netherlands, Portugal, Russian Federation and Ukraine
White Knight Chronicles II
- Black Knight Ticket (free)
- Dragon Knight Ticket (free)
- Moon Princess Ticket (free)
- Sun King Ticket (free)
- White Knight Ticket (free)
Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: All Locales
Worms 2: Armageddon
- Retro Pack (£2.99/€3.59)
- Time Attack (£2.99/€3.59)
Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: All Locales
Both available at 15% off for Plus subscribers
Avatars
Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike
- Akuma
- Alex
- Chun-Li
- Dudley
- Elena
- Gill
- Hugo
- Ibuki
- Ken
- Makoto
- Necro
- Oro
- Q
- Remy
- Ryu
- Sean
- Twelve
- Urien
- Yang
- Yun
All available @ £0.20/€0.25 each
Themes (PS3)
Studio Themes
- End Of Anarchy Dynamic Theme By Check Morris (£2.39/€2.99)
- Peaks And Flow Dynamic Theme By Jeffrey Bowman (£2.39/€2.99)
- All You See Is Rbg Static Theme By Roya Hamburger (£1.59/€1.99)
- Feeding Time Dynamic Theme By Matthew Green (£2.39/€2.99)
- Elements Static Theme By On Repeat (£1.59/€1.99)
All 20% off for Plus Subscribers
Games
- Bane Of Yoto Dynamic Theme (£1.59/€1.99)
Abstract
- Dynamic Abstract Background Theme 2 (£1.59/€1.99)
- Dynamic Jazz Session Theme (£1.59/€1.99)
Nature
- Dynamic Calm Lake Theme (£1.59/€1.99)
- Dynamic Swimming Pool Theme (£1.59/€1.99)
Sci-fi/Fantasy
- Alpine Assassin (£1.99/€2.49)
- Dragunov Theme (£1.25/€1.59)
- Gold Tiger Mp5 Theme (£1.25/€1.59)
Wallpapers (PS3)
- Fast Draw Showdown Wallpaper (free)
Availability: Not Available in Germany
Videos (PS3)
- Brink Gameplay Trailer #1 – Weapons
- Brink Gameplay Trailer #3 – Teamplay/Objective
- Gldx Trailer 1 – Preview
- Renegade Ops Upgrades Trailer
- The Cursed Crusade – E3 Trailer
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226 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:07 pm by Jamiesti
Nothing for me this week
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:07 pm by Yeroon
Any news on the Playstation Plus mid-month treats?
Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 2:01 pm by Ross McGrath
Aside from the new Studio themes this week, and 15% off the two Worms 2 packs, there’s nothing down for this week. I do believe you have something nice coming prior to the September 7th refresh though.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:08 pm by mufc4eva1989
NHL and PES demos for me
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:08 pm by Silent_Gig
Any chance of looking into Mr.Driller for PS1 for the store?
Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 2:14 pm by Ross McGrath
We can absolutely look into it, sure thing.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:08 pm by cheeky4life
To Bealinator (or any one else)
You talk about me going on about Crash Bash all the time, when every time you are on here you ask the same question over and over again “ETA on Tombi.” Now how is that fair when you criticise me every week for asking for Crash Bash. At least Tombi, Resi evils and others are in QA and you will be getting them very soon, Crash Bash is not even in Q&A yet, it’s going to take at least 12 to 16 months to come on store.
The reason why I want Crash Bash is coz I have NEVER played the game before and it’s a classic, at least you have played Tombi, Resi evils and others. Lots of people love Crash Bash and have requested for it and just coz you prefer Tombi, don’t assume others do to.
The final point is Crash Bash should be a more priority than Tombi. You say its on eBay for lots of money, coz the developer only made and sold about 900,000 copies worldwide, in fact the two Tombi games did so poor that the developer Whoopee camp closed down after making two games, whilst Crash Bash was one of the best selling games of the PSone era and sold well over 4 million copies worldwide (not bad for a Party spinoff).
Now tell me which game deserves to be on the store first?
Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 2:20 pm by Ross McGrath
Hey all the PSone games we have in process are being lokoed at, I know Tombi and Crash Bash are in the same batch so it’s not a matter or priority or which one will come first – asking for one doesn’t stop work on the others, you have nothing to worry about.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:09 pm by PHILYPOT08
nice street fighter avatars any news on MvC3 ones or resident evil 4 & 5 ?? they must be near releasing in SCEE hope so but nice update this week
Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 2:33 pm by Ross McGrath
There are going to be some Resident Evil avatars in September’s Plus update, I can tell you that.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:10 pm by Jamiesti
Cheeky4life
If you are THAT desperate for Crash Bash then buy the game and a PS1 and stop moaning every single week.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:10 pm by CozMick
Street Fighter 3, Pro Evo demo and SF3 avatars for me this week.
Great update.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:10 pm by SalmonCannon
wow what a poor update
nothing for me there at all… … .. .. ..any news on the ps+ mid month treat?
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:10 pm by cheeky4life
where are the PSone Classics Ross?
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:10 pm by manutreble
Ross any news on mortal kombat avatars .?
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:10 pm by beardyweirdy
still no persona 3
Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 2:33 pm by Ross McGrath
Oh I think there might be a hint about that floating around somewhere.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:10 pm by greazy91
3rd strike! \o/
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:10 pm by greazy91
3rd strike! \o/ yes can’t wait
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:10 pm by laticspieman
Please can plus users get a discount on the upcoming lbp2 move pack. Cheers.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:11 pm by patriot36954
Ross is the EA season ticket promotion just for the US or does it apply to us over here in the UK as well? Cheers
Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 2:34 pm by Ross McGrath
I believe that currently, we are not supporting the EA Season Ticket in SCEE territories. I don’t know if that will change or not.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:12 pm by aKaSoG
still no mid-month stuffies for the plus users?
lotsa nice demos to try at least.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:12 pm by grimbarian
Hey Ross, cheers for the latest ‘Heads up’
Do you have any news on the Test Drive Unlimited 2 Exploration Pack?
We have been told it was submitted well over a month ago, but still no word on when we can expect it on the store.
Hope you can help clear things up with it.
Cheers.
Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 2:41 pm by Ross McGrath
I’ve had a look through my system but it’s not on the radar yet. I will go and check with the gents upstairs later on to see what the status is internally and if I can share anything I will.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:12 pm by moss022
nothing for me this week!
good job deus ex human revolution is out friday should keep me busy for a while
Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 2:22 pm by Ross McGrath
Oh my, it’s really, really good! You have a lot to look forward to.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:12 pm by Shintuhadoken
MMM Third Strike and the Space Marine demo.
Tis a good day
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:13 pm by DutchGameGod21
Ross great update
But ross will driver and tom clancy rainbow six (psono games) Going to be availble on the dutch playstation store i know tgey are availble in the belgium store
And can you please look to the problem with the background of motorstorm under gamefranchise
And to the problems with the jams pond avartars because the store still keeps saying no image availble
And the last obe can you look to the problemes with MEDEVIL,ABE,VECTOR TD,ALIEN ZOMBIE DEATH
Because the store keeps saying you can not acces this content with your account
Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 2:44 pm by Ross McGrath
That’s quite a laundry list!
Well I know that at least Driver PSone is going to be available soon on all Stores, I will also talk to Ubisoft about Rainbow 6.
The rest of these issues I’m going to get the Operations and Merchandising teams to look at this afternoon, so I’ll pass on the info.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:13 pm by DARREN200COOK
Welcome back. A great update, my pre-order arrived it seems!
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:14 pm by elita411
What about the Pink Knight DLC like for the 10000000000th time?
Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 2:46 pm by Ross McGrath
I’ve been chasing it – we’re in contact with The Behemoth and I know they’ve recently submitted a new build of the Pink Knight DLC and it should be back in QA by now.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:14 pm by Milereb
This ‘<3' sums up how I feel about this store update.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:14 pm by Carnivius_Prime
Yup, I’ll be playing some Street Fighter III. Was worried the graphics might get too messed up with like SSFII HD but they seem fine going by the demo I downloaded off the US store. Can even have it pixel sharp and add scanlines for a nice CRT monitor look. Cheers.
Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 2:47 pm by Ross McGrath
Yes, it’s a very complete version – there’s a lot of cool features and a couple of nice graphics filters in there to get the look you’re going for.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:14 pm by almighty-slayer
Just Street Fighter for me then. Even though i don’t like fighters… Haha
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:14 pm by bobopudge
hopefully we can get some love for plus soon? Ross, see if you can pass a suggestion to Warner Bros of putting Arkham Asylum on the store and possibly making it free for plus members. The perfect hype for Arkham City when it is released along other stellar best selling games
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:15 pm by Ti_dus
In case you still don’t know: PS Plus Auto Updates DO NOT WORK on 3.70…everyone’s talking about it! Please fix this ASAP!
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:15 pm by Corruptions
“where are the PSone Classics Ross?”
This.
Wasn’t the last one we got Gex Deep Cover Gecko ? What came out on the 6th of July.
Oh well atleast I have Infamous 2 to play. :S
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:15 pm by Wraxend
@moss022 agree about Deus Ex
… Why do I bother reading these update posts when there this poor. Oh well 1/5 from me.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:16 pm by xx_Tooms109_xx
Hmmm …PES 2012?
I’ll try it but i aint hoping for much again – Now if someone could make a footy game anywhere near as good as pro evo on the ps1/ps2 i’d snatch their hands off.
Gutted that i dont like any footy games this gen (bar sensible soccer on XBLA) …This coming from someone who lives a breaths football.And someone who’d thought pro evo could never sink as low as it has.
Dont even get me started on FIFA.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:16 pm by psychobudgie
Pes demo for me. nothing much else.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:16 pm by SurrealNightmare
Yay! White Knight Chronicles II DLC at last and it looks like there’s more to come as well based on what the JPN store has got.
Are these the extra knight colours? The description you’ve given doesn’t really explain what they are though it’s nice to see that they’re free as well.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:16 pm by Shou_Kobayashi
Tried the Space Marine Demo yesterday in the evening. Looking forward to that game…
By the way, here might be a solution to the FSK18 Demo in Germany Debacle.
Sell a small theme to the german crowd with access to all the FSK16/18 (Pegi 16/18) Demos to come. Some kind of Season Pass…
Since it’s possible to prepurchase games on the store — or to sell Season Pass-plans that might be a quick solution UNTIL.
Because I feel left out, that only PLUS Subscribers can get the PEGI16 PEGI18 Demos…
It’s a problem since 6 years… so how about a solution…
What’s your stance on that Ross?
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:17 pm by windsorblue01
so no plus mid-month treats this month have you decided not to bother with them from now on
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:17 pm by moriarty1975
Still no sign of the Oil Stain DLC for ModNation?
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:17 pm by Bealinator
Hello Ross, a few questions:
1) I recently noticed Uncharted 2 DLC was cut in price, but when I go on it now it appears as though I haven’t bought it. It appears in my download history, but the red basket icon is no longer there. Would it be possible to fix this in case I get to download 1000 and can’t find the item on my download list?
2) Tombi? ETA?
3) Should have reported this a while ago, but there is an issue with Burnout Paradise. It seems that the game will suddenly auto-wipe your save file and force you to watch that annoying intro video which you can’t skip. Can you see if EA could patch this game?
Posted on 25 August, 2011 at 10:39 am by Andy Stewart
Hi Bealinator
1) You will have to contact customer services about this.
2) Sadly I don’t know but Ross is looking into it.
3) Again, this is one for customer services.
Sorry I can’t be of more help dude
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:17 pm by HiddenAway
Persona 3 Portable is out on 7th September
http://bit.ly/nYif4m
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:18 pm by RoninDennis
Weak update? Man, some people are never satisfied…
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:18 pm by GothPunk
Hi Ross, my copy of Deus Ex:HR Augmented Edition arrived early, do you know if the DLC code will work after the store publish today or should I wait until Friday?
Thanks
Posted on 25 August, 2011 at 10:41 am by Andy Stewart
Hi GothPunk
I would suggest waiting for Friday’s offical release before trying your code. If it does work before then that’s great but I can’t guarantee it will work before Friday.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:19 pm by OGSamir
Anyway we can Pre-Order RE4 and get 30 days free plus :p
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:19 pm by Klart
Any news on the PROMISED Playstation Plus mid-month treats?
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:20 pm by identity25
I put this on the other update but great set of psp offers!
Question: Do you know if we will see any more pinball hero tables/packs in the future (or is that not something you would know)?
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:21 pm by Chaosprower
And…not even a single PSP game released since June. That means infinitely more games released for iOS (1112 Episode 03 or Hector Episode 02 as an example of interesting games) this summer.
And the PSP sale doesn’t have anything by Square Enix.
Meanwhile, I just replaced the PS3 in my room by a Wii to play Xenoblade Chronicles, just for your info.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:21 pm by X_Weapon
I’ll try Warhammer 40000: SM Demo.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:23 pm by JDPasalacqua
Hey Ross, what’s going on at the minute with Resident Evil 2? Last I heard the PAL version wouldn’t work so the NTSC version was being tested or something similar?
Could you please clear this up for me?
Thanks.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:24 pm by Blastiel
Everytime I see something like the below :
Disney’s Cars 2: The Video Game (£47.99/€59.99)
A little piece of me dies.
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:24 pm by AlennTax_Eu
Hello Ross,
Still no Eta for Tombi ?
Is there a chance that we get Breath fo Fire 4 PSOne classics in the foreseeable future ?
(especially since it was released on the Jap AND Us store recently) I’ve mailed Capcom, but no answers so far …
How about a NIS sale soon ? (Disgaea 3 DLC, hint hint ^^)
BTW guys, Persona 3 Portable will be released on the store on september 7th:
http://blog.ghostlight.uk.com/post/persona-3-portable-gets-a-psn-price-and-release-date
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:24 pm by CodeMonkey_UK
Disney’s Cars 2: The Video Game (£47.99/€59.99)
Are they serious? Not that i want the game but this sort of pricing is ridiculous!
A quick google and i’ve halved the price. Better yet i can play it for 2 hours, get bored and sell it on and get most of my money back!
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Posted on 24 August, 2011 at 1:24 pm by T3RRIBLE_TEKK3RS
i have pre ordered Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike Online Edition but where is it for me to download?
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