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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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:01 pm by Shadowdragoon
(Split for 1250 char limit)
Next point, when will the following PSP games be avavible on the Store? The ones whit (VITA) is not vita compatible.
Final Fantasy Crisis Core
Ghost in the Shell: Stand alone Complex
Invizimals
Kingdom Hearts Birth by Sleap
PoPoLoCrois
Tales of Eternia
Tales of the World Radiant Mythology
Thrillville
Valkyria Chronicles 2 (Not Vita Compatible)
Valkyrie Profile Lenneth
Third:
Cross Region Gifting. WHEN?
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:06 pm by fozza73
For those having trouble with LIMBO.
Instead of going under PS+, try under SEARCH. Proceed to checkout and it will download the free trial (should be about 93MB) Then during gameplay, press start and choose ‘purchase full game upgrade.’
Bizarrely it should take you to a page that looks like the old store, and then it should, as long as your a PS+ member, show that the upgrade is free. I downloaded it (about 6KB) and it worked fine.
Hope it does for you too, but hey this is SCEE were talking about remember. And oh yeah, why is this down to me and others to pass on. it seems blog staff clock off at 4.38pm. Nice.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:09 pm by another_gamer195
@ JediKnight246
thnx for info on ME, but when you say it has trophies i am hoping you mean it has proper ones, i mean i am happy to have access to the game, but the thought of spending 50plus hours for 12 bronze trophies, it would spoil it somehow, similar to RE4.. i would really of enjoyed it more with No trophies, guess they have become as important as some aspects/missions of the actual game itself, which has surely got to be wrong. think that finding a good game that also has sensible trophy requirements is getting harder every year. Anyway as i said the game itself is whats important.
Also @ Store team, is it true that ME3 has Increased in price, actually Tripled ?.. Surely that is a mistake.? however if it isn’t then i am totally disgusted, i mean i can get what you say about publishers telling You to set Their rrp in your own store, with new games, think it is spineless, (hehe, digital, spineless.. never mind) but i Get it. I will Not accept this excuse for a price increase though. So can we, or i have some answer over this please. as really. really want to hear the answer for this one. thank you.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:11 pm by Golwar
Hm, never played a Monster Hunter. Which one of those is considered the best? Are they still good enough to feed my Vita?
@Plus
I want Limbo and the monthly avatars.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:17 pm by zxRATTLExz
@ Marky264 & Dermado.
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Cheers for that. Yes it was part of the WBP. I will have a look at my account management later on and sort that out. You can always rely on the community
Thanks again
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:20 pm by zxRATTLExz
Oh and for those looking for the Limbo Trial and unlock version at 95MB, i found it in the unique games section. Sony should make more effort to make things simple for people because we shouldn’t have to second guess what genre they decide to classify a game as.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:26 pm by redknight4
I just had a few questions and ideas. Is the new store going to be optimized to be as fast as the old store? will you add a sort by game name to the sort options so content for each game is grouped together. A crash reporting system would be great since it does crash back to xmb at times and would help you squash bugs.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:27 pm by zaqair123456
Any plans to release I am an Air Traffic Controller Airport Hero Haneda in Europe?
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:28 pm by supersmith2500
*sigh* Now Store is loading slow. -__-
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:28 pm by Halosian
Hmmm, yet another screw up for the new store. Purchased all items available for Plus this week and for some reason the purchase went through but the items don’t appear in my download list and I can’t add items to my cart again.
Any answers???
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:31 pm by supersmith2500
Great, more issues with the Store this time running REAL slow.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:36 pm by A_Nonny_Moose
All Stars Racing Transformed is no longer on the Vita store. Was it released early by mistake (retail release is Friday), and will it show up again with a reasonable price?
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:38 pm by Jestersoil
Hey Jawad,
great update for PS+, even though i have all ps3 content
i’ve got one question for you: will there be any offer on The Walking Dead or Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD before the end of the year???
thanks in advance
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:40 pm by AsmodeanBT
God the new store is so -ing awful and slow.
And we still want that -ing SingStar malware gone!
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:43 pm by supersmith2500
@AsmodeanBT:
Sometimes it won’t even load at all. -___-
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:43 pm by Azuardo
I’m still having problems obtaining LIMBO. Could really do with some help here!
I download the trail of the game a long time ago and played it and deleted it. Now we’re at this point where I want to get the free game with PS+. But every time I go to download the game from wherever I locate it on the Store, it already has the symbol saying I’ve purchased it in the past, and when I do go to download it, it only downloads the 6kb trial and not the demo. Obviously I deleted the demo after I played it last year. I don’t understand why it isn’t re-downloading the demo for me. I’ve tried deleting every save data related to LIMBO on my PS3, but still it only downloads the trial every time I download LIMBO off PSN.
Really don’t know what I’m missing here!
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:45 pm by Azuardo
I should clarify – it’s only downloading the 6kb UNLOCK key, and not the trial demo, is what I mean. I can’t get the demo to get into the game to use the unlock key!
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:46 pm by Fordhandsfree
I have 12gb left on my PS3. The store tells me Arkham City is 7.5gb. I click on download and it says there is not enough system memory. Anybody know what thats all about?
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:48 pm by monoliet
lol monsterhunter % , almoast everybody wo needed already buy in past = why no monsterhunter portabel 3 hd ???
- wat is new lots of black empti boxes = not lovely to see wen u scrol down list
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:49 pm by Player42791
I get the feeling Jawad is hinting at spyro coming next week.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:49 pm by monoliet
Fordhandsfree
wen u download = bigger
wen instaling = zipping in to smaller file zise
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:51 pm by Azuardo
@Fordhandsfree
I’ve had this problem recently, too. I think it’s possibly because the system still needs extra space during the installation process, as it might take up a bit of extra space going from download to install.
I don’t know. But I’m guessing it’s something like that. If it makes any sort of sense :/
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:51 pm by fps_d0minat0r
@ Golwar
Monster Hunter games incorporate the previous edition, and add more content and graphical updates.
Monster hunter freedom unite is the newest one and therefore the best one to get because it includes everything the previous ones do and more.
Bargain for £4. I played it 99% of the time on my PSP clocking over 300 hours easily.
Capcom wont make the new MH games for Sony anymore…..then they wonder why they did so bad financially. serves them right.
anyway, why is the store so slow? tooks like 3 minutes just adding batman to the cart.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:52 pm by Player42791
@Fordhandsfree
You need to have double the required space free. Basically the installer and the installed game are 7.5GB each. You download the installer then it installs the game and deletes itself. The game still takes up 7.5GB in the end but you need twice that to be able to install it.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:53 pm by Player42791
@Azuardo
You should be able to find the trial in your download list
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:53 pm by A_Nonny_Moose
You need twicce as much space as it says or it won’t be able to install, because the install file and the game file both take up 7.5gb, and they will be on your HDD at the same time during installation.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:53 pm by hayzink
@Fordhandsfree
you need 15gb to dl a 7.5 gb file.
it needs space to download and then the same space again to install, once installed the downloaded file is auto deleted leaving you with the correct amount of free space
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:53 pm by CyDoNiA-UK
Well this is a waste of time. Guess I will just go watch TV for a bit cos can’t download anything at the moment. Not only is it slow (even slower than normal for the new store) I am getting “We’re, sorry this product cannot be purchased at this time”.
Sort it out Sony. Infact as I said before put the old store back. Nothing about this new store is an improvement to me.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:54 pm by Fordhandsfree
@momoliet
Ok, Ive never had this issue before though with less space and bigger files. But I will clear some more room if I can manage!
Thanks
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:58 pm by Golwar
Thanks fps_d0minat0r, I’ll check it out.
I guess everyone is trying to get the new (Plus) content and that slows down the store. I wonder if that is also the reason why I see several blank fields in the new store now. The last thing that I want is the return of that plague.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:58 pm by L21KDY
will mass effect triolgy be available on store I hear in us it is as a massive 34gb
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 6:59 pm by Azuardo
Thank you, Player42791.
I was actually doing that originally, but my downloads weren’t showing up! Turns out I have to wait about 20 seconds before they show up.
This store is unbelievably slow!
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:01 pm by Fordhandsfree
@Player42791 @hayzink
Thanks for the help guys, obviously this is the case, I must have just had the required amount in previous cases then. Ill just delete some stuff.
@Azuardo
Thanks for helping man. I tried to look into your limbo query and it does the same for me (I purchased it a while back though) Only thing I can suggest is to rummage though your DL list for the trial. This new store has took one step forwards and 2 steps back!
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:06 pm by Azuardo
Yeah! The further I scroll down my download list, the longer it takes to load! It’s not loading my games halfway down AT ALL now!
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:07 pm by Hellscovern
I got the Store update and now it’s much slower than it was before and it wasn’t that speedy then, not only that vanquish is charging the full price and not free despite being a PS+ member same goes for limbo anyone else having these issues
236
Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:12 pm by TrIpLe-S-92
What ever happened to Counter Strike: GO? Did you think we’d forget about it?
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:12 pm by supersmith2500
The Store needs to revert, it’s horrible and more problems keep occured EVERY TIME now. >:(
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:18 pm by Agozer
Any word on the latest Dead or Alive 5 costume DLC bundle? According to last week’s PS Store update, it was supposed to have been released then. Bundle nowhere to be seen, only the individual DLC packs were available. Same thing this week.
I’d rather not buy the costume DLCs separately, since the bulk discount is nice. Earlier DLC packs have been bundled just fine, yet suddenly there is none. What gives?
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:20 pm by Crazy_Dave86
The new and “improved” store is nothing but a joke! The old one was more user friendly, simple to navigate and easy to find the content needed…….it also ran smoothly, for me the new store is buggy and slow! Where is the Limbo demo/trail? not much point in giving us the unlock seeing as there is no demo/trail to unlock!!
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:22 pm by ukcrazyguy
Resident evil 2 for vita is being looked into?honestly how long does it take. Iv been asking the same question for months.I’d understand if there was actually a problem with it, BUT there isnt
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:23 pm by spagetti69
@Shadowdragoon. Valkeria Chronicles is Vita comparable. Sure I told you this last week. Not sure about the rest of your list though.
Thanks for the Resident Evil 2 reply Jawad. Appreciated.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:25 pm by buster2006
Any update on the Limbo problem? I clicked download from the main PS+ page and it only downloaded a 6kb unlock file. Now whenever I try to download the trial it only ever redownloads the unlock. I’ve tried searching for Limbo and even browsed for it through Games -> PS3 demos but I still only get the unlock to download.
It’s somewhere in my download history as I played the demo when it first came out, but seeing as this was ages ago and I’ve downloaded a lot since then, I can’t be bothered to find it in my history (it also doesn’t help that the new PSN store is absolutely rubbish and painfully slow).
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:27 pm by Sir_Sorrows
Can you FIX your store. I’ve spent the last 20 minutes trying to buy Guardians of Middle Earth and all I get are crashes. It took me 5 minuters just to find where it was on the store. What is this?
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:31 pm by supersmith2500
Jawad, please look into these problems:
- Store is slow or even times out
- 3 Icons are missing in PSVita games section
- Limbo trial is nowhere to be found
- Virtua Fighter 2 still has the wrong icon
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:37 pm by Voodoo341
Very disappointing PS+ discounts again but that’s the norm now for SCEE. Why can’t SCEE check the content before loading it onto the store. Another week of wrong prices and ripped off customers.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:40 pm by Dermado
Right, to clarify again, for LIMBO, if you have played the demo in the past and cant download it again, log into your account, click X on account managment, go down to download history, scroll down till you see LIMBO, download it.
unless they have turbo’d the store in the last half hour its simply not working correctly, this way is considerably faster.
As for if you havent downloaded the demo in the past and are still having an issue? ell afaia no one is having that issue, but apparently going right past the description and pressing X should take you to the demo, but only if you havent dld it before.
Yes the new store sucks, yes continue complaining, but kindly stop asking if its just finding the demo that is the issue ;_;
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:40 pm by Ryusennin
I’m baffled that Sony doesn’t communicate more (if at all) on Mass Effect 1. This is the single most important event on PS3 this year.
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:43 pm by Dermado
2 extra things. one, Smith did you download the demo for LIMBO in the past? that seems to be the whole problem causer.
also irt to SCEE sucking, yes, yes they do, as do the awful robot replying email staff, and 3 out of the 4 people I spoke to on the phone, two managers who tried using “we are looking into it” and “we are aware of the problem and threads” (concerning Singstar being unwanted, the store sucking and something else), but the most recent one was actually super nice and tried to help, tried to get her name so I could request her in the future when crap happens, they apparently dont do that, so terribad customer service is expected ;(
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:48 pm by dark_angel69
Hey Jawad
I have a question for you which I asked in the Christmas deal post before this was up but I guess you haven’t seen it. One of my questions has been answered by someone else so I’ll ask the other here.
Q1 – Can we import the save file from that ME into ME2 to continue the story like the xbox done or does only the comic from ME2 make the choices?
Now I have another question which I’ve probably asked Fred ages ago but never got a reply and just remembered there now.
Q2 – Why do we have to go through a hassle with the free stuff (demos, ps+ games, etc) by putting them into the chart and then download?
For that second question it seems to be getting slower and slower each time I do that. I miss the old way when all free things was able to download straight away
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Posted on 5 December, 2012 at 7:48 pm by Dermado
Ryu, “single most important event”? only of this year? you mean this CENTURY O=!. no exagerate less >_>. The new store was more important, Singstar was more important, upping prices to make “discounts” more appealing was more important , taking money and denying content was more important, advertising discounts and getting the end date wrong yet not changing it in the forum or honouring it was more important.
heck the PS3 super hack play any game download key thing from earlier in the year was miles more important o_o.
anyway, yes they should do a LOT more testing with the store and updates, but lets face it if that were to happen it would have been pulled months ago and only returned when it didnt suck.
Something having the wrong icon is really pretty unimortant compared to the actual issues that we are still putting up with >_>.
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