Hello everybody! Before we start this week’s ‘Heads-Up’ I have an announcement to make, this will be the last time I will write for the PSN Store weekly blog post… However, this leads on to some great news because I am delighted to announce that, as of today, I will be passing on the mighty blog keyboard to the newest member of the PlayStation Store team, Jawad Ashraf. I will still be assisting him with comments but Jawad will have more time dedicated to try and get the answers you want. Jawad, over to you!
Hello everyone! I am delighted to be welcomed on board the team and I hope this can only mean an even better service for you, our customers. Without me rambling too long, let’s get on with this week’s updates.
To kick things off, Arc the Lad (yes, Arc the Lad!) is now on the store for everyone to enjoy, and if you’re a PlayStation Plus member it’ll be free for a whole month. For PS3 we have Splinter Cell Double Agent. You take on the role of Sam Fisher. In order to stop an attack on American soil, you must infiltrate and destroy a vicious terrorist group. As a double agent you decide what you want to do – which side do you fight for?
Uncharted fans will be happy to know we have the Flashback Map Pack released this week. This was part of the Fortune Hunter Club and is now available to non-members. The pack includes the following multiplayer maps – Sanctuary, Fort, Cave and Lost City. Be sure to pick this up!
We also have DLC including more costume packs for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. Dress Chun-Li in her Alpha costume (part of the Femme Fatale pack) or Sentinel in his classic rendition (part of the New Age of Heroes pack).
And because Chinese New Year is also upon us, there’s a free costume to obtain for LittleBigPlanet 2 to celebrate. Oh, and this is available for only one week so hurry, hurry, hurry!
To continue with what was started last week, we’ve also got the FAQ at the end of this post for some of last week’s major questions. If we didn’t answer this week then hopefully it’ll be next week, but do keep asking!
If there isn’t anything taking your fancy then hopefully next week will. Look forward to it! Until then, happy gaming!
PlayStation Network New Content
Full Games (PS3)
- Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Double Agent (£15.99/€19.99) Rating: PEGI 18
Availability: All Locales
File Size: 6.5GB
PSOne Classics (PSP/PS3)
- Arc the Lad (£3.99/€4.99) Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not available in Norway
File Size: 300MB
- Pandemonium 2 (£3.99/€4.99) Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: All Locales
File Size: 200MB
minis (PS3/PSP)
- Stickman Rescue (£2.49/€2.99) Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: All Locales
File Size: 7MB
- P.O.W – Prisoners of War (£1.99/€2.49) Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: Not available in Germany
File Size: 34MB
Demos (PS3)
- Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning Demo Rating: PEGI 18
Availability: Not available in Germany
File Size: 2.5GB
PlayStation Plus
- Starhawk Beta
Availability: All Locales
File Size: 1.3GB
- Arc the Lad (100% Discount until 15th February 2012) Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not available in Norway
File Size: 300MB
- Crazy Taxi (75% off) Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: All Locales
File Size: 220MB
- Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath (30% off) Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: All Locales
File Size: 3.3GB
Add-On Game Content (PS3)
Disney Universe
- Baby Elephant Costume (£0.79/€0.99)
- Bagheera Costume (£0.79/€0.99)
- King Louie Costume (£0.79/€0.99)
- Mowgli Costume (£0.79/€0.99)
- Shere Khan Costume (£0.79/€0.99)
Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: All Locales
Dynasty Warriors 7 Xtreme Legends
- Costume Pack 3 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Excel Stage Pack 2 (£2.39/€2.99)
- New Weapon Pack 2 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Wall Papers 1 (£2.39/€2.99)
- Wall Papers 2 (£2.39/€2.99)
- Wall Papers 3 (£2.39/€2.99)
- Wall Papers 4 (£2.39/€2.99)
- New Weapon Pack 4 (£1.59/€1.99)
- Original Costume Pack 5 (£3.99/€4.99)
Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: Not available in New Zealand
Eyepet
- EyePet & Friends Science Kit (£2.39/€2.99)
(Includes the following content, also available separately) - Hazard Suit Costume (£0.79/€0.99)
- Science Stickers (£0.40/€0.49)
- Science Fill Patterns (£0.40/€0.49)
- Science Soft Play Blocks (£1.59/€1.99)
- Eyepet – Lucky Dip Vehicles 2 (Free)
Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: All Locales
Gran Turismo 5
- GT5 – Car Pack 3 (£4.79/€5.99)
- GT5 – Speed Test Pack (£3.19/€3.99)
Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: All Locales
- LittleBigPlanet2 – Chinese New Year Costumes (Free)
Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: All Locales
Saints Row The Third
- Cheapyd Pack
- Genkibowl Vii (£4.39/€5.49)
Rating: PEGI 18
Availability: All Locales
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3
- Femme Fatale Pack (£3.19/€3.99)
- New Age Of Heroes Pack (£3.19/€3.99)
- Villain Pack (£3.19/€3.99)
Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: All Locales
- Uncharted 3 – Flashback Map Pack #1 (£6.49/€7.99) Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: All Locales
- Who Wants To Be A Football Millionaire? (£2.39/€2.99) Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: All Locales
- Worms 2: Armageddon – Mayhem Pack (Free) Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: All Locales
Dynamic Themes (PS3)
Abstract
Hypnotic Flower (£1.59/€1.99)
World at Night Dynamic Theme (£1.59/€1.99)
Nature
- Dynamic Black Spider Theme (£1.59/€1.99)
- Dynamic river and trees theme (£1.59/€1.99)
- Dynamic sea waves beating rocks theme (£1.59/€1.99)
- Dynamic snow night theme (£1.59/€1.99)
Places/Landmarks
- Dynamic Eiffel tower theme two (£1.59/€1.99)
- Dynamic ferris wheel theme (£1.59/€1.99)
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
- Dynamic Dragon Theme 3 (£1.59/€1.99)
- Space Flight (£1.59/€1.99)
Studio Themes (PSP)
Videos (PS3)
- Access 017
- Final Fantasy XIII – “Battle In Valhalla” Trailer
- Tom Clancy’S Rainbow 6 Patriots: Debut Trailer
Permanent Price Drops
- Vibes Mini (Was £3.99/€4.99 – Now £2.49/€2.99) Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: All Locales
- Stellar Attack Mini (Was £3.49/€3.99 – Now £2.49/€2.99) Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: All Locales
- Ace Armstrong Vs The Alien Scumbags Mini (Was £4.99/€4.99 – Now £2.49/€2.99) Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: All Locales
- Fighting Fantasy: Talisman Of Death Mini (Was £3.49/€3.99 – Now £2.49/€2.99) Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: All Locales
- Cubixx HD (Was £6.29/€7.99 – Now £4.99/€6.99) Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: All Locales
Special Offer Selection
For this week’s offers make sure you check out the January Sale post for updates!
FAQ
1. What’s the deal with the Jurassic Park code?
A. We have raised this issue with customer services; details of how to contact them are here.
2. Warhammer 40k DLC.
A We have been told DLC could arrive at the end of January at the earliest (this could easily chage!)
3. Where’s Arc the Lad?
A. That’s on the store right now!
4. When will PS2 Classics be released?
A. We are working to get these out as soon as we can but have no solid date to announce. Rest assured these are coming.
5. When can we expect Resident Evil 2 and 3?
A. We are trying to get these out as a priority but certain issues arise that we cannot control or simply take time to rectify. We’ll do our best to get these out to you!














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285 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 19 January, 2012 at 12:18 pm by dandare2309
America psn has ps2 on it, when will we be having it
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Posted on 19 January, 2012 at 12:19 pm by STEALTHSNAKE1
please please please can we have any info in q realease date if any? for choplifter hd. thanks
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Posted on 19 January, 2012 at 12:30 pm by TheKillerSnowman
hi Jawad, i have one thing to ask you if we can get Alien – Resurrection PSone Classic to the PS store? if you can fix it to the store i will buy my fist PSone game and when we get the PS2 game to the store i wanna see Aliens vs. Predator 2 (PS2) and the Predator game on the PS2. i like only the Aliens and Predator games on the PS1 and PS2.
thats good that you diden´t get anny avatars this week. i don´t like them
good luck geting the games i wanna see in the store so i have something to play on my PS3
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Posted on 19 January, 2012 at 12:42 pm by Chr15toff3e
@Jawad
That’s fair. But any update, no matter how vague, is better than no update at all. That’s the only point I’m trying to make. It would be silly of me to think that your team can sort out everybody’s problem, and I can understand that you have to refuse to answer a lot of them, but there has been a lack of replies on here in the last month or two. And really nobody gets a reply after the third page, but you’ve just answered, so I’ll stop complaining now.
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Posted on 19 January, 2012 at 12:43 pm by STEALTHSNAKE1
please please please, can we have any info of a realease date if any for choplifter hd ? thanks
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Posted on 19 January, 2012 at 12:44 pm by seanoc1
@196 @200
Thanks for making the effort to come over here and post Joel, it’s more than Sony have said for the last month. Nice to see that the devs care even if your publisher doesn’t and I’m sure Trine 2 will be great whenever we finally get to play it.
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Posted on 19 January, 2012 at 1:37 pm by Benjamin81
@zanyek i doubt the burnout complete issue will ever be resolved. I will let plus expire and just buy the game the next time it goes on sale. It’s the only solution in my opinion.
@Frozenbyte i’m sorry for you guys that you have to deal with the scee amateurs. i’m looking forward to your game and willbuy it day one. After this trine 2 release debacle it would be the right thing for Sony to do day one plus discount.
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Posted on 19 January, 2012 at 1:44 pm by FrozenbyteGames
Thanks guys. I would like to say that it’s not entirely fair to blame SCEE QA for the delay, there were other reasons too (we’re not even 100% sure what they were exactly but I know the QA part has been “normal”). But of course the situation is very annoying to everybody so I just hope that the game gets out as soon as possible (February)…
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Posted on 19 January, 2012 at 2:00 pm by Benjamin81
@frozenbyte oh i think it is entirely fair to blame scee for this. They should know that trine 2 is a high profile downloadable game and have it ready in sync with other regions/stores. Especially since Trine 1 was a PSN exclusive on the console side. I’ll bet the linux version of the game ships before scee gets their act together.
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Posted on 19 January, 2012 at 2:21 pm by MRigz
Aww still no Trine 2. God dammit!
“From the information that I have right now, I would say that it’s best to expect the game in February. If things go well then it could be early or mid-February. This is our best guess at the moment (but no promise, because it’s not up to us).”
Well judging by SCEE’s track record, i guess we will be lucky to get Trine 2 around Christmas, hopefully.
Alos, whats with treating us like idiots, not updating us on Trine 2 because its “confidential”…Really!!! Were not asking for your bank account details!!
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Posted on 19 January, 2012 at 2:26 pm by JolipinatorJG
Croc?
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Posted on 19 January, 2012 at 2:28 pm by chad1990
How irritating…I bought Oddworld Stranger Wrath last week, now there’s a £3 discount on PS Plus! It may be only £3 but i could’ve saved that for a ps1 classic if I just waited another week!
These updates should be posted earlier than the very day they commence…I think i’m guna have to wait awhile before i ever decide to purchase anything in the future =[
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Posted on 20 January, 2012 at 9:15 am by STEALTHSNAKE1
please please please can we have some information on a realease date if any ? for choplifter HD ? thanks.
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Posted on 20 January, 2012 at 10:39 am by Doyle-UK
Does Double Agent have trophies?
265
Posted on 20 January, 2012 at 10:52 am by Martingutten
monkeypawgames didn’t seem to know that Arc the Lad was not released in Norway. So, it should be SCEE’s fault. Typical….
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Posted on 20 January, 2012 at 2:25 pm by slayerking69
Has anyone else noticed it’s no longer activate on up to 5 devices now? It’s now 2
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Posted on 20 January, 2012 at 3:31 pm by techmode
@slayerking69, it was already announced that you aren’t able to download 2 times in place of 5.Luckily, you can deactived it on the site of sony.
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Posted on 20 January, 2012 at 11:28 pm by RuMaDa
The link for Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath at Portuguese PS store isn’t working, can you fix that please!?
I wanna buy it with the 30% off.
Posted on 23 January, 2012 at 9:23 am by Jawad Ashraf
I will ask the team to look into this. Thanks for notifying us.
Posted on 23 January, 2012 at 9:59 am by Jawad Ashraf
Update:
There’s been a slight technical fault that has pushed this back slightly until the 25th January. You will still be able to get the Plus discount. Thanks for your patience on this.
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Posted on 21 January, 2012 at 8:37 am by MrEckert
Yes please give the Portuguese store a working link for Oddworld Stranger’s Wrath. I’ve been waiting for this one since it came out on the other stores!
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Posted on 21 January, 2012 at 11:53 pm by STEALTHSNAKE1
choplifter hd trial downloaded on Xbox 360 for free, thanx for nothing Sony. and goodbye.
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Posted on 22 January, 2012 at 9:55 am by solarwind12
I have to say that the psn is sorely lacking in both content and service compared to the xbox live store, i have got to wonder why i bother keeping my ps sometimes, as post 270 says he got choplifter trial off there, meaning they have the full game, as well as Trine2 along with other games the psn hasn’t got, But as to the games psn has Why no trial on some of them?, like the recent zombie game, all zombies must die (is it?), Live has a demo or trial for 99% of arcade games, They’ve even got The Darkness2 demo up. I mean whats the point of staying loyal to ps, ok, i’d of missed uncharted 2 and All the God of Wars, Maybe Resistance3, But the exclusives they have aren’t nothing to turn your nose up at.. But what Really gets me is that if a game isn’t a ps3 exclusive, then usually it’s an ‘inferior’ port from x-box.. so for all the ps3′s power, we hardly never get to witness it… To cut things short, it is beyond time that scee gets it’s act together, even if they start by giving the EU what the US ‘takes for granted’.
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Posted on 22 January, 2012 at 10:05 am by solarwind12
@ DOYLE-UK Post264..
I heard that Double Agent hasn’t got trophies, but am not 100%, If this is true though i am (again) disgusted. £16 for a 6 year old game was bad enough, but i was going to buy it, But no-trophies is totally taking the {rubbish out|, I just cannot imagine Why ubisoft would bother making it into a digital game without adding trophies,, not that it is hard for them to do, but who’d want to replay that again, for that price, unless you had trophies to try and achieve, I bet the people who have bought it would of been gutted… thats if my info is correct.
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Posted on 22 January, 2012 at 2:43 pm by chrisbutt_2000
Hi
I bought Darksiders on the PS Store the other day, it downloaded & installed fine, but after booting up the game, it just stayed on the loading screen, it wasn’t frozen everything was moving, after 10mins :O i quit game & tried again, no luck.
So last night i deleted the game and re downloaded it from download list, but it failed to install said their was an error.
Right now I’ve downloaded it again and its been stuck on 61% (installing) for half hour
Help lol
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Posted on 23 January, 2012 at 10:15 am by Martingutten
So, any update on Arc the Lad in Norway?
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Posted on 23 January, 2012 at 12:57 pm by Jedi_Amara
Is Arc the Lad 50Hz or 60Hz?
Posted on 24 January, 2012 at 10:52 am by Jawad Ashraf
60Hz.
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Posted on 23 January, 2012 at 12:59 pm by Jedi_Amara
Oh, and wasn’t Arc the Lad released last year in the “import” section? Is there any difference?
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Posted on 23 January, 2012 at 2:18 pm by chrisandsheva
@ Jedi_Amara
Arc the Lad was released last month, but they released it in japanese by mistake, so the one up on the store now is the English language version, haven’t a clue about 50 hz or 60, is this a international thing,?.. or is one just better than the other.. am sure my tv only supports 50hz even though it’s a bravia (smart 3d etc), so if 60 is a better picture i want to know how or if i can get it.. as the saleman give me lots of spin about it being one of best pic quality (for price) i could get.
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Posted on 23 January, 2012 at 10:24 pm by tigoncas40
Hey, I would like to know why and when did Playsation took Monopoly Mini Game from the store… I saw some videos and I was gonna buy it for those 2€ Mini games… But then I saw it was gone from the store… Please bring it back..
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Posted on 23 January, 2012 at 10:36 pm by tigoncas
PLEASE BRING MONOPOLY MINI GAME BACK!!!
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Posted on 24 January, 2012 at 10:43 am by Skookie30
“Is Arc the Lad 50Hz or 60Hz?”
It 60Hz says on the description however it in 4:3 ratio
if you buy games from SCEA store all games run 60Hz 16:9 ratio.
i mean come on SCEE why 4:3 my telly even though it’s SD it is a 50Hz/60Hz widescreen telly.
my next telly be in HD hope in march alas it won’t be sony with it’ 50Hz refresh rate that cause blur.
no 100Hz or higher the better.
a samsung.
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Posted on 24 January, 2012 at 11:44 am by tigoncas
BRING MONOPOLY MINI BACK!!!
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Posted on 24 January, 2012 at 12:19 pm by Jedi_Amara
Thanks for the replies guys! Didn’t expect them on such an old post
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Posted on 24 January, 2012 at 3:12 pm by tigoncas
We want Monopoly Mini Game it was Released April 15, 2010…! Bring it back!
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Posted on 24 January, 2012 at 4:14 pm by tigoncas
I found out why it isn’t… It is only avaiable in some Countries… i found Stupid that after 2 years it still restricted to UK, Spain, Netherlands, and some other… Can’t other people play?? What the hell PSN! Monopoly is a classic everywhere…
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Posted on 13 February, 2012 at 3:45 pm by mjf139
Hello, Do you think you could Possibly put assassin’s creed bloodlines on the psp in the power sale i saw it last time there was a power sale but didn’t have the money on my account
i think it was like £4 Please reply back i really want it, but i don’t have the money to buy it at it’s full price
Thanks Mjf139
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