‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 22nd February 2012

@ LIKE NO One, also they are getting what we get last of two weeks ago i can’t remember is the sega collection, with sonic, alternate beast, enz. A bit unfair, next time im going to get a us psn plus, because we are getting screwed so hard in europe:(.

To those of ye using the “get it second hand!” crap in response to demands for PS1 classics I will simply say this: not all games work perfectly on a PS3. I got Spyro 2 and 3 recently and the cutscenes don’t play at all. I’d rather wait for an emulated version than have those cutscenes which simply don’t finish!

Could you from now on please let new games on the store be on a separate list (with own headline)from the “disc, now on demand” one? It’s kind of confusing when looking for new content when those two are on the same section.

Otherwise, I love this update every week!

LIKE-NO-ONE

EU actually got the Far Cry 2 game last week.

so, you refuse to fix your mistake, and then i’ve got to phone your worthless support line on an 0844 number that you make money from to get a refund, knowing how long it’ll take and how clueless your support staff are i know it’ll cost more than the refund is worth.

http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/Technical-Help/PSN-Pi ck-n-Mix-Minis-transfer-problems/m-p/15176525/highlight/true#M113367

“you can request a refund from our Network Team.

This would have to be done through the Support Line, who will then pass this over to be processed. If you have contacted them before and have a reference number you can mention this in any correspondance (or call) and they will be able to see your previous dealings so they can continue with your case from here.”

this is how you treat your paying customers?

it’s an insult, you shouldn’t be allowed to even do business in this or any other country.

much better companies have gone under while you inexplicably manage to keep operating.
proof there is no real justice in this world.

Will we be receiving Catherine in the full game trial section?

viewtiful joe as a ps2 classic please!!!!!

Twinkling82
I know. But they got MORE games in one month. I keep waiting for something good to come along but nothing so far !!
All they do is trying to get new people to subscribe, they dont care about the old memberss! because they keep giving us the “second chance” stuff which most people got in the Plus before. I should’ve waited a year to get a subscription because i would be getting all last year’s stuff.

I never get a reply from anyone at Sony when I comment but maybe someone here nows if Virtua Fighter 4 has local multiplayer?? I ask because the Splinter Cell games were lacking that feature and I almost bought them…luckily I heard about it before I made the purchase

Here are some PS1 games I’d like to see.

Part 1:

007: Tomorrow Never Dies & The World Is Not Enough
Ace Combat 1, 2 & 3
Akuji the Heartless
Alien: Resurrection
Alien Trilogy
Alone in the Dark 2 & The New Nightmare
Alundra 1 & 2
Anna Kournikova’s Smash Court Tennis
Ape Escape
Apocalypse
Arc the Lad 2 & 3
Arc Arena
Armored Core
Armored Core: Project Phantasma
Asteroids
Atari Anniversary Edition
B-Movie
Battle Arena Toshinden series
BattleTanx: Global Assault
Beatmania
Bishy Bashy Special series
Blast Chamber
Blast Radius
Bloody Roar 1 & 2
Brave Fencer Mushashi
Breath of Fire III & IV
Broken Sword 1 & 2
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time
Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters
Bushido Blade 1 & 2
Bust a Groove 1 & 2
Bust-A-Move games
C-12: Final Resistance
Carmageddon
Carnage Heart
Castlevania Chronicles & Symphony of the Night
Chase the Express
Chessmaster II & 3D
Chrono Cross
Chrono Trigger
Civilization II
Circuit Brakers
Clock Tower series
Colin McRae Rally 1 & 2
Colony Wars 1, 2 & 3
Constructor
Cool Boarders 3, 4 & 2001
Cowboy Bebop
Crash Bash
Croc 1 & 2
Danger Girl
Dead or Alive
Demolition Racer
Destruction Derby 2 & Raw
Devil Dice
Diablo
Die Hard Trilogy 1 & 2
Dino Crisis 1 & 2

Part 2:

Discworld games
Disney’s Tarzan
Dragon Quest VII
Driver 2
Duke Nukem series
Dune 2000
Dynasty Warriors
Eagle One: Harrier Attack
Earthworm Jim 2
Ehrgeiz
Einhänder
Everybody’s Golf
Fatal Fury: Wild Ambition
Final Fantasy I, II, IV & Tactics
Fluid
Forsaken
Front Mission 1 & 2
G-Darius
G-Police: Weapons of Justice
Galerians
Ghost in the Shell
Gran Turismo 1 & 2
Grand Theft Auto 1, 2 & London
The Granstream Saga
Grind Session
Guilty Gear
Gunfighter: The Legend of Jesse James
Harry Potter 1 & 2
Harvest Moon: Back To Nature
Heart of Darkness
Hogs of War
Hydro Thunder
In Cold Blood
Incredible Crisis
The Italian Job
Jade Cocoon
Jumping Flash 2
Kensei: Sacred Fist
Killer Loop
King of Fighters series
King’s Field series
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
Koudelka
Kurushi
Landmaker
Legend of Dragoon
Legend of Mana
Lego games
Lifeforce Tenka
Loaded & Re-Loaded
LSD
Max Power Racing
MDK
Medal of Honour 1 & 2
Medievil 2
Mega Man games
Metal Gear Solid: Special Missions
Micro Machines V3
Micro Maniacs
MoHo
Monkey Hero
Monster Rancher series
Mortal Kombat series
Moto Racer 1, 2 & 3
Motorhead
Mr Driller
Mr Driller G
Ms. Pac-Man Maze Madness

Part 3:

Muppet Monster Adventure & Race Mania
Music & Music 2000
Myst
N2O
N-Gen Racing
NAMCO Museum collections
Need for Speed series
Nightmare Creatures 1 & 2
No-One Can Stop Mr Domino
Nuclear Strike
O.D.T.
Ogre Battle: The March of the Black Queen
Omega Boost
One
One Piece Mansion
Overboard!
Pac-Man World
Panzer Front 1 & 2
Parasite Eve
PaRappa the Rapper
Persona 1 & 2
Pitfall 3D
Poclet Fighter
Point Blank 1, 2 & 3
Policenauts
Pool Shark
Porsche Challenge
Poy Poy 1 & 2
Power Diggerz
Prism Land
Puchi Carat
Quake II
R-Type Delta
Rage Racer
Railroad Tycoon II
Rally Cross 1 & 2
Rapid Racer
Rayman Rush
R/C Stunt Copter
Resident Evil 2, 3 & Survivor
Ridge Racer
Ridge Racer Revolution
Rival Schools
Riven
Road Rash 3d
Rogue Trip
Rollcage 1 & 2
RPG Maker
Saga Frontier 1 & 2
Shadow Man
Sheep, Dog ‘n’ Wolf
Silent Bomber
Skullmonkeys
Sledstorm
SnoCross Championship Racing
Snow Racer
Soul Blade
Soviet Strike
Speed Freaks
Spider-Man 1 & 2
Spyro the Dragon 1, 2 & 3
Star Ixiom
Star Ocean: The Second Story
Star Trek: Invasion
Street Fighter games
Strider 2
Suikoden 1 & 2
Supersonic Racers
Syndicate Wars
Syphon Filter 2
T’ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger

Part 4:

Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together
Team Buddies
Technomage
Tekken 3
Tempest X
Tenchu 1 & 2
Terracon
Theme Park World
Thousand Arms
Thrasher: Skate and Destroy
Time Crisis 1 & Project Titan
Timeshock
Tobal 1 & 2
TOCA 1 & 2
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear
Tombi 1 & 2
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1, 2 & 3
Treasures of the Deep
Twisted Metal 2, 3 & 4
UmJammer Lammy
Urban Chaos
V2000
V-Rally 1 & 2
Valkyrie Profile
Vandal Hearts 1 & 2
Vanishing Point
Vib-Ribbon
Vigilante 8 1 & 2
Warcraft 2: The Dark Saga
Wargames
Warhammer: Dark Omen
Warhawk
Warzone 2100
Wild 9
Wild Arms 2
Wing Commander 3 & 4
WipEout 2097
Wip3out: Special Edition
World’s Scariest Police Chases
Worms Armageddon & World Party
Wreckin’ Crew
WTC: World Touring Cars
Wu-Tang: Taste the Pain
Xenogears
Z

Here are some PS2 games I’d like to see.

Part 1:

.hack// series
Ace Combat 4, 5 & Zero
Aggressive Inline
Airblade
Alien Hominid
Amplitude
Ape Escape 2, 3 & Pumped & Primed
Ar Tonelico 1 & 2
Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits & End of Darkness
Armored Core series
Atelier Iris 1, 2 & 3
Atlantis III: The New World
Area 51
Auto Modellista
Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance 1 & 2
Barbarian
The Bard’s Tale
Battle Engine Aquila
Battlefield 2: Modern Combat
Beyond Good & Evil
Black
BloodRayne 1 & 2
Blood Will Tell
Bloody Roar 3 & 4
The Bouncer
Breath of Fire: Dragon Quarter
Broken Sword 3
Brothers in Arms 1 & 2
Bujingai: Swordmaster
Burnout series
Call of Duty 1, 2 & 3
Canis Canem Edit
Castlevania: Lament of Innocence & Curse of Darkness
Champions of Norrath: Realms of Everquest
Champions: Return to Arms
Chaos Legion
Clock Tower 3
Cold Fear
Cold Winter
Conflict series
Crash Bandicoot series
Dark Cloud
Dark Chronicle
Darkwatch
Dead or Alive 2
Dead to Rights 1 & 2
Death by Degrees
Destroy All Humans 1 & 2
Deus Ex: The Conspiracy
Devil May Cry series
Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII
Disgaea 1 & 2
Dragon Ball Z games
Dragon Quest VIII
Drakan: The Ancients’ Gates

Part 2:

Drakengard 1 & 2
Dropship: United Peace Force
Dynasty Warriors series
Ecco the Dolphin: Defender of the Future
Enter the Matrix
Escape from Monkey Island
Eternal Ring
Evil Twin: Cyprien’s Chronicles
Extermination
EyeToy games
Fahrenheit
Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel
Fantavision
Fatal Fury: Battle Archives Vol. 1
Final Fantasy X, X-2, XI (and expansions), XII
Flatout 1 & 2
Flipnic
Flower, Sun, and Rain
Forbidden Siren 1 & 2
Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone
Freak Out
Freedom Fighters
Frequency
Front Mission 4 & 5
Full Spectrum Warrior 1 & 2
Galerians: Ash
Genji: Dawn of the Samurai
The Getaway 1 & 2
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
Gitaroo Man
Gladius
Goblin Commander: Unleash the Horde
God of War 1 & 2
Gradius 3, 4 & 5
Gran Turismo 3, 4 & Concepts
Grand Theft Auto series
Grandia 2, 3 & Xtreme
Grimgrimoire
Guilty Gear series
Gun
Gungrave
Half-Life
Harry Potter games
Haunting Ground
Haven: Call of the King
Headhunter 1 & 2
Herdy Gerdy
Heroes of the Pacific
Hitman 2, Contracts & Blood Money
I-Ninja
Ico
Jade Coccon 2
Jak and Daxter series
James Bond games
Jo Jo’s Bizarre Adventure
Just Cause
Katamari games
Kessen 1, 2 & 2
Kill.Switch
Killer7
Killzone
King Kong

Part 3:

King of Fighters series
King’s Field IV
Kingdom Hearts 1, 2 & RE: Chain of Memories
Klonoa 2
Kya: Dark Lineage
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 2, Blood Omen 2 & Defiance
Legend of Kay
Lego games
Mad Maestro!
Mafia
Makai Kingdom: Chronicles of the Sacred Tome
Manhunt 1 & 2
The Mark of Kri
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
The Matrix: Path of Neo
Max Payne 1 & 2
MDK 2
Medal of Honour series
Mercenaries
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance & 3: Subsistence
Metal Slug series
Midnight Club series
Mojib-Ribbon
Monster Rancher 3, 4 & EVO
Mortal Kombat games
Mr Moskeeto
Myst III: Exile
Naruto games
Need for Speed series
Nightshade
No One Lives Forever
Obscure 1 & 2
Odin Sphere
Okami
Oni
Onimusha series
PaRappa the Rapper 2
Pitfall: The Lost Expedition
Primal
Prince of Persia trilogy
Prisoner of War
Project Eden
Project Zero series
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy
Psychonauts
The Punisher
R-Type Final
Ratchet & Clank series
Rayman games
Red Dead Revolver
Red Faction 1 & 2
Reign of Fire
Resident Evil games
Rez
Ridge Racer 5
Rise to Honor
Robotech: Battlecry & Invasion
Rocky
Rocky: Legends
Rogue Galaxy
Rule of Rose
Rumble Roses
Rygar: The Legendary Adventure
Sakura Wars: So Long, My Love

Part 4:

Samurai Champloo: Sidetracked
Samurai Shodown Anthology
Samurai Warriors games
Scaler
Scarface: The World Is Yours
Second Sight
Shadow Hearts series
Shadow Man 2
Shadow of the Colossus
Shadow of Rome
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 1 & 2
Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2
Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer’s Call
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 (3 FES) & 4
Shinobi
Silent Hill series
The Sims games
Sky Odyssey
Sly Cooper series
Sniper Elite
SOCOM series
SOS: The Final Escape
Soul Calibur 2 & 3
Space Channel 5
Spartan: Total Warrior
Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy
Spider-Man 2
Spy Fiction
Spy Hunter 1 & 2
SSX 1, Tricky & 3
Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force
Star Wars: Battlefront 1 & 2
State of Emergency
Street Fighter games
Stuntman 1 & 2
The Suffering 1 & 2
Suikoden series
Summoner 1 & 2
Syphon Filter games
Tales of series
Tekken 4, 5 & Tag Tournament
Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven & Fatal Shadows
Theme Park World
The Thing
Time Crisis 2, 3 & Crisis Zone
Timesplitters 1, 2 & 3
TOCA Race Driver series
Tom Clancy’s games
Tomb Raider games
Tony Hawk’s games
Tourist Trophy
Transformers
True Crime 1 & 2
Tsuyokiss ~Mighty Heart~
Turok: Evolution

Part 5:

Twisted Metal Black
Valkyrie Profile 2
Van Helsing
Vib-Ripple
Viewtiful Joe 1 & 2
Virtua Cop: Elite Edition
The Warriors
Warriors Orochi 1 & 2
Way of the Samurai 1 & 2
Wild Arms 3, 4 & 5
WipEout Fusion & Pulse
Worms games
Xenosaga series
XG3 & XGRA
XIII
Yakuza 1 & 2
Ys series
Zone of the Enders 1 & 2

I am so pleased that PS2 Classics have finally hit the PSN. I am a huge Contra fan and was amaazed when i saw Neo Contra as 1 of the 1st released, awesome game. I don’t want to start the when is this game coming out but since Neo Contra is there, will we be seeing the legendary Contra: Shattered Soldier?, that is the best Run & Gun game i’ve ever played and i never ever thought i would get the chance to own it again but since PS2 Classics is up and Neo Contra is out, i’m sure Contra: Shattered Soldier will show up eventually.

any idea whats gone wrong with the second lot of codes from the vita preorder pack?

first codes didnt work, 2nd codes i found in my junk email but its only reducing little deviants by £3 instead of £5

@ BigPaja – Final Fantasy x is already coming to ps3 and vita in HD, why would you want the same game as a ps2 classic on the store?

@220 – God of war 1+2,Zone of the Enders 1 & 2, worms, metal gear 2+3,Beyond Good & Evil are ALL on ps3 in HD why would you want a SD ps2 port of them?

@ xchris2008x 223 and 224:

There are plenty of reasons.

Because the heritage needs to be preserved in original form as well. Because some people would prefer the original over an HD remake for various purposes. Because they would be cheaper as PS2 classics. Because HD remakes don’t guarantee quality – case in point, the Splinter Cell trilogy. Because the HD upgrade does not make the games look dramatically better, it makes them look only slightly better. Because I’m sick and tired of people demanding HD remakes when it’s not necessary. Because no-one is willing to go all the way and make full HD remakes – they always settle for 720p. Because what would the PS2 Classics section be without these games?

Also, I already own some of the games on the list (like Final Fantasy X). I simply want diversity and completeness.

Hell, I even own the HD remake of the Sly Cooper Trilogy and I still want to see the games released as PS2 Classics.

awesome, those ps2 games are great, hope kingdom hearts I&II wil be comming too, in the store.

Is it possible if you PlayStation Blog people could confirm some PSP/Vita functionality with me? I’m looking to purchase the Persona 2/3 bundle, but it’s not listed as Vita compatible, however, individually the games (Persona 2 and Persona 3) are listed as Vita compatible.

Is it possible the bundle will work on Vita and that it just hasn’t had it’s status updated? If the games are individually compatible surely the bundle will work, right?

brought need for speed most wanted and i think its the american version cause when you load it up the picture goes all blurry and the writing is nearly unreadable i tried changing my ps3 tv settings no change and then when i quit the game the xmb is also blurry and i have to turn the ps3 off just to reset the blurrness is anyone else had this problem

@ Bealinator

In future use this site: http://www.ps3comp.com/view.asp?console=psone

The site has a database of PS1 games & displays what errors or bugs etc, are within each title, if any!

@ BigPaja POST NUMBER 224

That’s a bit strange that you would want them as PS2 Classics too, when you own the HD Trilogy! Nice lists though

@quidditys_shore

stardust was discounted by £4 not 5 so think this effects all games

Still no GrimGrimoire or Odin Sphere.

@Jawad Can we have some response to the issue regarding the preorder discount vouchers not taking £5 discount off our chosen games? The whole thing has been a disaster & the lack of any communication to let us know what is happening is getting beyond a joke

So, being as the SCEE version of PS+ is vastly inferior to the SCEA offering, is it okay for me to make a US account and just subscribe to their PS+?
Plus I’d be able to buy games such as Trine 2. Maybe we should all just make US accounts and to hell with SCEE and it’s insulting updates.

Also, are you using the ‘classics’ in ‘PS2 classics’ ironically? 98% of games available are shovelware in my opinion.

I’m having a bitter day.

@Jawad It was for Escape Plan but price was only discounted by £3.50 not £5. Others were having same issues with other the games tho too. Just checked on the store tho & Escape Plan is now showing as £4.99 so guess its already been sorted for that title at least. Thanks for the quick response

@jawad

last night when discount came through i bought stardust @£2.49 it should have been £1.49

@jawad

im just pointing this out for others i dont want a refund or anything.

theres no in game option to change the hz even changed my tv to ntsc and that didnt help,also there should of been an option when pressing the home button to change the screen size of a game because the only option in need for speed most wanted is to move the screen around and not adjust it,it makes all the words are nearly cut off screen

Are you only sending out UK pre-order voucher codes for the moment? I am yet to receive my email with the discount code. Was looking forward to Escape Plan, but won’t buy it without the discount

ps+ members are getting screwed…..

Does Anyone Know When Jak And Daxter Will Be On The Psn Store

Hey, I have a question regarding the Far Cry 2 download for PS+ members. I had originally downloaded the trial version a little before the full game release came, but hadn’t yet tried it as it’s been hard to find a solid hour I can play without any interruptions.
When the full game came out, I went to download it but it’s the same file as the trial is, so I deleted my trial and re-downloaded it. However it still has a timer bar and says it will expire after I’ve played for one hour. Is there any way to fix this?

Thanks for any help
(:

My apologies! Forgot this yesterday…

Trine 2 status update: nothing new. We haven’t heard the QA results yet, I was expecting it by now so it’s very close… If we hear something today or Friday I will post a new message here, otherwise let’s wait for next week’s update (the game won’t be there but perhaps we’ll know the date finally)… Fingers crossed still!

- Joel, Frozenbyte team, developers of Trine 2

Machinarium is released on the US store next week, so hopefully we receive it on Wednesday!

@ FrozenbyteGames

It’s great that SONY don’t even bother to liase with development teams, other companies & Customers, with regards to information that should be provided. All the focus is on the VITA at the moment & there’s always some excuse as to why certain things are delayed or encounter problems etc By the time Trine 2 finally releases within our store, the US will have a discount on their release like what happened with Choplifter HD! It’s not fair on you guys or the gamers that are eagerly awaiting titles, that are in the pipeline etc!

Their needs to be an expansion or some sort of meeting to strategise what takes priority etc & that information is revealed on a regular basis to the loyal customers who deserve answers. I understand this is just a Blog etc, but why should we have to pay to contact Customer Support, when most of the time the employee on the other end of the line, has no clue whatsoever & offers no alternative to a situation. Customer Support needs to change to a free 0800 number, sooner rather than later!

One thing I dont understand is that USA PSN store operates more efficiently than EU PSN store. A lot of people especially me are begging for PSone classics such as Spyro 1,2 and 3, Crash bash ETC and they are also concerned with the fact that its available in US and not EU. Also we wouldnt want to get a second hand version as the games would be scratched pretty much and scratched psone games are less likely to work. Please At least get all 3 psone spyro games onto PSN store and I dont care if they have to be the American version because both EU and American version are pretty much the same and I wish I was in America so I would have got the Spyro classics already. Jawad, you are our only hope and please get this sorted As soon as possible and if you do think about it. The number of people especially me bugging you for the Spyro games will stop

http://games.gamepressure.com/game_info.asp?ID=16753

It’s good to see Toki will finally release on PSN! Used to love that game in the Arcades many moons ago Here’s a link to the original Toki, so you don’t get confused with Toki Tori: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoVNYLowa6Q Here’s the new updated version incoming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXmDlhjHKAk

Looks like Kings Quest is having an update, as TellTale Games are releasing episodic content in June!

Also Kingdom Hearts 3…..really? http://games.gamepressure.com/game_info.asp?ID=14806

You’ll find some interesting releases scheduled, within the above website!

I agree!

If we can’t get EU releases, they should just release them within the imports section, as it was stated last year that we would receive Japanese & American imports!!!! Just release them as American imports already! Especially Castlevania Chronicles, Symphony of the Night & the many RPGs!

US store now has ME3 Digital Download pre-order with exclusive theme, why isn’t this on the EU store yet?

Why is Jak and Daxter HD Collection not in store yet?!! It’s supposed to be released the 22nd!!! It’s almost the 24th and still nothing!!
Please Respond! I’m tired of the bad service

Wow BigPaja what a list, but some PS2 games have already gotten a HD collection revamp so why want them?

I got two preorder packs, one for each vita I bought, I have only received one discount code so far, is there a delay in sending them out?