Leading the way this week is Guardians of Middle-Earth – an authentic multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game set in the Lord of the Rings universe and crafted specifically for console systems. Gamers team up as the most powerful heroes from the greatest fantasy epic of all time, bringing up to 10 players together in strategic five vs five competitive multiplayer battle arenas.
Studio Ghibli and Namco Bandai’s beautiful Ni No Kuni receives a demo this week for RPG fans to have a bash at. With glorious visuals in the style Ghibli are famous for, step into the shoes of young Oliver as he sets off on a journey to save his mother.
PlayStation Plus subscribers, what a month you have! One of my favourite games of this console generation, Batman Arkham City, is your Game of the Month. You also gain access to the fabulous Vanquish and Limbo, too, which are similarly fabulous!
There’s also the 12 Deals of Christmas that started this week – remember, the deal will change regularly so be sure to stay tuned for the latest updates on PS Store.
The rest of the week’s content can be found below, including card game Uncharted: Fight for Fortune, a new Challenge Pack for Dragon’s Dogma, new missions for XCOM, an extra area to explore in Darksiders 2 and lots more!
Oh, and retro gamers might want to check out the PlayStation Mobile store today, as action strategy classic Lemmings returns! Look out for a Blog post from the developer tomorrow.
See you back here next week for more content. It should be a good one.
PlayStation Network New Content
Content may be added or removed, or move dates – please stay tuned to your weekly Store Update for the most up to date listings. Listed savings are approximate, based on SRP excluding Special Offer pricing and should be considered as a guide only.
PlayStation Plus
- Batman: Arkham City – 100% off
- Vanquish – 100% off
- Limbo – 100% off
- Marble Run Dynamic Theme – Exclusive
Plus discounts
- Jetpack Joyride – 50% off
- topatoi: The Great Tree Story – 10% off
- topatoi – 10% off
- 4 Elements HD – 10% off
- Rayman Origins – 10% off
- Breath of Fire 3 – 50% off
- Capcom Classics Reloaded – 50% off
- Capcom Classics Collection Remixed Essentials – 50% off
- Capcom Puzzle World – 50% off
- Mega Man Maverick Hunter X – 50% off
- Monster Hunter Freedom Essentials – 50% off
- Monster Hunter Freedom 2 Essentials – 50% off
- Monster Hunter Freedom Unite – 50% off
- Power Stone Collection – 50% off
- Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max – 50% off
PS3 games
Brothers In Arms: Hell’s Highway
Price: £15.99/€19.99
PEGI: 18
Availability: Not available in Bulgaria, Hungary, Qatar
Darksiders 2
Price: £29.99/€39.99
PEGI: 16
Availability: All
Fighting Vipers
Price: £3.69/€4.49
PEGI: 12
Availability: All
Mass Effect
Price: £11.99/€14.99
PEGI: 18
Availability: All
Page Chronica
Price: £8.79/€10.99
PEGI: 7
Availability: All
Sonic The Fighters
Price: £3.69/€4.49
PEGI: 7
Availability: All
Virtua Fighter 2
Price: £3.69/€4.49
PEGI: 12
Availability: All
Guardians Of Middle-Earth (trial available)
Price: £11.99/€14.99
PEGI: 12
Availability: All
Rotastic (trial available)
Price: £7.99/€9.99
PEGI: 12
Availability: Not available in Turkey
PS3 demos (Free)
LittleBigPlanet Karting
PEGI 7
Availability: All
Ni No Kuni
PEGI: 12
Availability: All
PS Vita
Uncharted: Fight For Fortune
Price: £3.19/€3.99
PEGI: 7
Availability: All
Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
Price: £34.99/€39.99
PEGI: 7
Availability: All
WRC 3 Fia
Price: £29.99/€34.99
PEGI: 3
Availability: Not available in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Kuwait, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Turkey, Ukraine
PSP games
Invizimals
Price: £6.99/€7.99
PEGI: 7
Availability: All
Invizimals: Shadow Zone
Price: £6.99/€7.99
PEGI: 7
Availability: All
Invizimals: The Lost Tribes
Price: £6.99/€7.99
PEGI: 7
Availability: All
PS Mobile
Lemmings
Price: Free, with in-game purchases
EcoFish
Price: £1.39/€1.79
minis
Hotel Mogul
Price: £1.99/€2.49
PEGI: 3
Availability: Not available in AU, NZ
PS3 DLC
Assassin’s Creed III – The Hidden Secrets Pack (Only for Season Pass holders)
Availability: All
Darksiders 2
- The Demon Lord Belial
Prices: £6.49/€7.99
Availability: All
Dragon’s Dogma
- A Trial for Adventurers – Challenge Pack
Prices: Free
Availability: All
Guardians Of Middle-Earth
- Guardians Of Middle-Earth – Season Pass
Prices: £11.99/€14.99
Availability: All
LittleBigPlanet
- Festive Goodies Level Kit (Re-release, only available until 31st December!)
Prices: £2.39/€2.99
Availability: All
LittleBigPlanet (Cross-Buy)
- Santa Hat And Beard Costume (Re-Release)
- Santa Coats & Boots (Re-Release, only available until 31st December!)
Prices: Free
Availability: All
Magic 2013
- Berserker Rage Foils (£0.79/€0.99)
- Berserker Rage Unlock (£0.79/€0.99)
- Grim Procession Foils (£0.79/€0.99)
- Grim Procession Unlock (£0.79/€0.99)
- Magic 2013 Deck Pack 2 (£1.99/€2.49)
Availability: All
Max Payne 3
- Painful Memories
Prices: £7.29/€8.99 (Free for Season Pass holders)
Availability: All
Resident Evil 6
- Resident Evil 6 Stage Map Pack A
Prices: £1.59/€1.99
Availability: All
Rock Band 3
- A Death (£0.59/€0.79)
- Act Of War (£0.59/€0.79)
- Controller (£0.99/€1.49)
- For The Kids Of The Multiculture (£0.99/€1.49)
- Jumping Ship (£0.99/€1.49)
- Remedy (£0.99/€1.49)
- She Talks To Angels (£0.99/€1.49)
- Sometimes Salvation (£0.99/€1.49)
- The Black Crowes Pack 01 (£2.49/€3.99)
Availability: Not available in Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Poland, Qatar, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE
Singstar
- Baccara – Yes Sir, I Can Boogie
- Carrie Underwood – So Small
- Dappy – No Regrets
- N.E.R.D – She Wants To Move
- Selena Gomez & The Scene -Love You Like A Love Song
- South Pacific -There Is Nothin’ Like A Dame
- South Pacific -Some Enchanted Evening
- South Pacific – I’m In Love With A Wonderful Guy
- South Pacific – Happy Talk
- South Pacific – I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
- The Platters – Only You (And You Alone)
- Zapato Veloz – Tractor Amarillo
Prices: £0.79/€0.99
Street Fighter X Tekken
- Boost Gem Trial Pack 8 (Free)
- Colour Palette Add-On 10 (Free)
- Sf Boost Gem Pack 19 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Sf Boost Gem Pack 20 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Sf Boost Gem Pack 21 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Sf/Tk Shared Assist Gem Pack 7 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Tk Boost Gem Pack 19 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Tk Boost Gem Pack 20 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Tk Boost Gem Pack 21 (£0.79/€0.99)
Availability: All
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD
- Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 HD Revert Pack
Prices: £3.99/€4.99
Availability: All
XCOM: Enemy Unknown
- Slingshot
Prices: £5.49/€6.99
Availability: All
PS Vita DLC
Street Fighter X Tekken
- Boost Gem Trial Pack 8 (Free)
- Colour Palette Add-On 10 (Free)
- Sf Boost Gem Pack 19 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Sf Boost Gem Pack 20 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Sf Boost Gem Pack 21 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Sf/Tk Shared Assist Gem Pack 7 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Tk Boost Gem Pack 19 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Tk Boost Gem Pack 20 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Tk Boost Gem Pack 21 (£0.79/€0.99)
Availability: All













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355 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:13 pm by zxRATTLExz
Hi Jawad, Virtua Fighter 2 has the Fighting Vipers picture in case you missed that.
Also, i’ve been unable to re-download Infamous for quite some time now. The version on my download list and also all the versions on the game download screen including the PS+trial won’t install without a Psp connected for some reason. The download/install bubble also has a yellow mark to the left of it and i’m not sure what that means, if anything. Any ideas ? Cheers
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:47 pm by Jawad Ashraf
I raised that issue already.
I’m not sure on problem with download infamous. What message are you getting exactly?
Best bet is to contact customers to guide you through it.
52
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:13 pm by KIERONOO
So is mass effect 1 available straight away or do we have to wait until Friday?
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:48 pm by Jawad Ashraf
Right now!
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:14 pm by zxRATTLExz
Did someone say Sound shapes dlc ? Are we due some ? Great if we are.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:14 pm by L21KDY
ps plus wow mass effect too wow great work
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:15 pm by Jamesyp00
How come Sonic all stars racing transformed has had it’s price raised? It was only £29.99 the other day you’ve slapped another £5 on top of it (It’s not as good as the first so w/e)
Really tempted to get Mass Effect 1 now instead of waiting for friday, no trilogy pack on the store though?
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:48 pm by Jawad Ashraf
Sorry, this is actually the Vita version.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:16 pm by Catkiller1
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 HD Revert Pack, for me this week!
It would have read better & not caused any confusion, if the PLUS discounts stated what platform they are for! PLUS freebies for me also.
Retro City Rampage still not released
At this rate it will release, when the US have a discount!
57
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:16 pm by dgnfly
@jawad
i bought tomba 2 when you guys released it. i want my money back cause i bought it and you guys took it out off my download list that’s called theft diden’t know SCEE starting stealing from ppl 2 get money
most likely the only way you guys make money is by stealing cause it can’t be content you guys hardly release any new or old games.
and where is the youtube app you said was coming shortly
58
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:16 pm by CorrisD
Pretty sweet update, this along with the PS+ stuff will make for a busy month.
Though like every week, any update on Spyro or SOTN?
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:50 pm by Jawad Ashraf
The update for Spyro is “Soon”, the update for SotN is a more hazey “Soon”… I would say have money ready in case they suddenly appear, though.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:17 pm by Jamesyp00
Also anyone unsure of what comes with Mass Effect 1 : It includes Bringing down the sky DLC, the Pinnacle station DLC doesn’t look like it’s coming to PS3.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:17 pm by Catkiller1
@ zxRATTLExz
There are Sound Shapes DLC packages within the US store so it’s only a matter of time before we receive them.
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 4:20 pm by Fred Dutton
Yes, these will be out in EU next week
61
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:18 pm by Mattbrad
Any chance of a list of all the PS plus games we’ve had for free? There’s no where on the net that labels each one we’ve had
62
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:18 pm by A_Nonny_Moose
Any info on the release date and pricing for the digital version of Sonic & Sega All Stars Racing Transformed for Vita?
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:52 pm by Jawad Ashraf
It’s listed above but under PS3 instead of Vita (had a derp moment…)
63
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:19 pm by JohnoBoy
Also, Power Stone collection is missing from the Israeli store.
64
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:19 pm by S-o-h-a-i-l
Hey Jawed, any chance of Assassins Creed 3 avatars ?
65
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:20 pm by de3bs0
Dawnguard and hearth fire by the end of this year
66
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:21 pm by Tonxey
Can’t complain this week, crikey. Been hoping for a demo of LBP Karting, and that RPG demo looks interesting too. And Arkham for free? Uh, yup, I’ll be having that thanks.
But now I’m also wondering if I should restart my Mass Effect runthrough on the PS3, so I can avoid playing ME3 on the PC (‘cos I’m still paranoid about EA’s Origin). Tricky…
67
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:21 pm by Aleczandah
I see people have finally given up asking about CS:GO. What an utter shambles.
68
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:21 pm by INS1GHTFUL
By the way Uncharted fight for fortune doesnt have a trial or demo. I thought there was supposed to be one?
69
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:21 pm by EternalChaos72
hey jawad, you alrady know my question. is there no update on capcom avatars?
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:53 pm by Jawad Ashraf
Sadly not…
70
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:21 pm by KusariSoul
Sorry forgot to ask, When Does Mortal Kombat Come To Vita Plus ?
71
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:22 pm by Catkiller1
@ salty-seadog
If you’ve been charged then you’re pretty silly for checking out! When you checkout it states what the price will be so if it wasn’t free you should’ve held off!
72
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:23 pm by KIERONOO
Just looked on the store. Mass effect 1 is a 10GB download. Better clear some space
73
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:24 pm by INS1GHTFUL
I have a general question about the store and the rating system. Looking at uncharted fight for fortune its had 17 downloads all 5 stars. does the store automatically give a 5 star rating when a game is bought. it seems like it does which is very misleading. Ive noticed this on other games too on the store where they have all 5 star reviews on the day of release.
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 4:05 pm by Jawad Ashraf
No, these are based on what you guys vote.
74
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:24 pm by Catkiller1
@ Fred & Jawad
With regards to the Batman Arkham City DLC that will be discounted next week. Please make sure the discounts are acceptable, as like i’ve stated numerous times, you can purchase the GOTY Edition for £14.95 with all DLC, so your discounts need to be cheaper than that!
75
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:25 pm by Blood_God_UK
Hi, Darksiders 2 The Demon Lord Belial dlc is not showing as free ( I have the seasons pass), and I still cant buy all-star battle royal on vita, please fix
Thanks
76
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:26 pm by Catkiller1
@ INS1GHTFUL
You have to physically submit a rating. Alot of purchasers will just rate it 5* without playing it first, so I wouldn’t acknowledge the ratings if I were you!
77
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:27 pm by Frankie_Sambuca
Bought Virtua Fighter 2 and Fighting Vipers, both awesome! However in the store where you look at screenshots one is clearly from Fighting Vipers 2, which isn’t on PS3 but should be next in the Model 3 collection along with Virtua Fighter 3 and Scud Race. Go on make it happen!
78
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:27 pm by dgnfly
@jawad
very important question… when are you guys going bankrupt cause with zero real games been released for months you sure are making no profit with european users.
79
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:29 pm by Catkiller1
I agree with Jawad, Virtua Fighter 2 is indeed a classic!
Sonic Fighters is horrible & i’m surprised they even bothered to release it again. Not sure on Viping Fighters but have heard mainly positive things.
80
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:30 pm by Gary485
So Sonic Racing Vita is £34.99 on the store. I got the PS3 version cheaper than that! Seriously, what’s with all these 3rd parties pricing their Vita games so unreasonably? Sony games tend to be priced reasonably on the Vita store with the only exceptions being Uncharted and Resistance. But it’s rare to see a full retail third party Vita game be priced at £29.99 or lower. Can’t Sony just put a limit on how much third parties are allowed to charge on the Vita store? I’m sorry, but more than £29.99 for a Vita game is ridiculous.
81
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:30 pm by de3bs0
My god Sony’s worse then bethesda dodge past the dawnguard question Fred,come on tell us whats happening,doesn’t matter anyway cause I is not buying it.
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 4:22 pm by Fred Dutton
This is entirely an issue for Bethesda I’m afraid. They make the DLC, not Sony – as soon as they have an announcement to make, you’ll hear about it.
82
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:31 pm by silmorat1
Any chance that Powerstone collection would be playable on the Vita? That game was awesome on the dreamcast – mega-awesome actually!
83
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:32 pm by CorrisD
Saw some of your earlier comments, it would be a Christmas treat to get our hands on SOTN and Spyro before Christmas, you better not be teasing us! lol.
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 4:08 pm by Jawad Ashraf
What would Christmas be without a tease?
84
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:33 pm by TAKE-AWAY
@Kuja84 Mass effect 2 has a patch now that allows saves to carry from one to two.
85
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:33 pm by stathmos
Thank goodness we get Arkham City and not Bioshock 2 (haven’t played it, but the first one was pretty lame) !
86
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:33 pm by Grimmy11
This may be a stupid question but how do i download Limbo? it’s free now but wherever i find it on the store (even under demos) it just downloads the unlock key and not the actual game!
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 4:12 pm by Jawad Ashraf
When you see it in PS Plus, click on ‘Game Page’ and you’ll get the main game from there.
87
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:34 pm by Basket21
Cant find little big planet karting demo in the new demos section.
Also when i go to the lpb karting main page there’s no link to a demo.
where is it
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 4:13 pm by Jawad Ashraf
It should be up now.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:36 pm by Jamesyp00
@Grimmy11 You just have to download the demo, the unlock key will then make it the full game
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:36 pm by sem1471
@A_Nonny_Moose
Incredibly, £34.99 is the price of the vita version.
PS3 version is £5 cheaper.
Crazy, i know.
90
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:37 pm by Carnivius_Prime
Pass. Nothing for me to buy and the Plus freebies don’t appeal to me much at all.
91
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:37 pm by Morfi79
I add Limbo to my cart, and even though it says FREE, my subtotal is 9.99. Something is wrong …
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:37 pm by taurus82
I think I’ll take Vanquish, Ni No Kuni demo and the Marble Run Dynamic Theme, cheers.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:38 pm by Morfi79
I add Limbo to my cart and even though in the list it says it’s free, in the subtotal it appears as 9.99. Something is not right
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:40 pm by Grimmy11
@Jamesyp00 I went through the demos and it still downloaded the unlock code, but I managed to re-download the demo by going through my download history from last year.
Thanks anyway
95
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:40 pm by supersmith2500
@Morfi79:
I got mine without problems. Did you download the Trial & Unlock and it’s key?
96
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:40 pm by Izorpo
Ni No Kuni demo and monthly plus content of course . I am disappointed there is no demo for Page Chronica
I’m confused about Topatoi (I bought the first one but not the dlc has it been discounted or is it just the bundle?
I was wanting to know if there were any plans for a price drop on games like Dark Myst (it’s 5 years old and lacks trophy support being over £6 seems a bit much
Also will we be getting discount of Wizorbs like the US did?
And finally possibility of Hello Flowerz price drop or being a sale item, have been curious about this game for awhile
97
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:40 pm by CcRr77
I don’t know if I’m looking in the wrong place but I can’t find the challenge of exile God of War 3 dlc anywhere? Anyone with an idea?
98
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:42 pm by Mougurijin
Guilty Geeeeaaaarr, why are you still not heeeeeerrre?!!!!
Can’t believe they’re trying to fob us off with Sonic the Fighters, Fighting Vipers, and Virtua Fighter II!
They may have “fighter” in their name, and might be reasonably good games, but it still feels like an insult nonetheless when Guilty Gear is what should’ve been there…
(Seriously. someone over there just click copy>paste from the US or JP store. no-one will tell – we’ll be too busy playing it.)
99
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:43 pm by Paulie_P
hi Jawad, is there any chance of Mega Man Powered Up being added to PSN?
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 3:43 pm by aeNdras
Hello there!
Nice update this week! But I have two questions!
1. When will we be able to purchases avatars on PSVITA from the PSN Store?
2. When will Netflix app for PSVITA launch in Sweden?
Regards,
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