A Happy New Year to all! I hope you received plenty of games over the holidays and enjoyed them all.
Today, Chris kicks off the January sale – find out more info right here. Maybe you have some Christmas money spare, or perhaps it’s time to treat yourself after all the presents you’ve picked out for loved ones. Enjoy!
It’s a relatively quiet week for new content, but one title to look out for is Auditorium HD. Play, explore and discover while converting light into sound in this immersive puzzler.
Elsewhere, PlayStation Plus subscribers get exclusive access to the God of War: Ascension multiplayer beta today. Experience familiar GOW gameplay, but this time challenge your friends in gruesome battles.
Check out the rest of this week’s content below and return next week for more updates – it should be a good’un!
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
- God of War: Ascension Multiplayer Beta Trial – PS Plus Exclusive
- Chroma Theme – PS Plus Exclusive
- Dr. Maybee and the Adventures of Scary Girl – 10% off
- Caterpillar – 10% off
- Gold Fever – 10% off
- Panda Craze – 10% off
- Rocks N Rockets – 10% off
- Shapo – 10% off
- Stick Man Rescue – 10% off
- Smash Cars – 10% off
- Wakeboarding HD – 10% off
PlayStation 3
Auditorium HD (trial available)
Price: £6.49/€7.99
PEGI: 3
Availability: Not available in Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine
Captain Morgane and the Golden Turtle
Price: £15.99/€19.99
PEGI: 12
Availability: Not available in Turkey
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North
Price: £15.99/€19.99
PEGI: 18
Availability: Not available in Bulgaria, Hungary, Qatar
PS Vita
Imaginstruments
Price: Free
PEGI: 3
PlayStation Mobile
Life of Pixel
Price: £1.59/€1.99
Haunt the House: Terrortown
Price: £2.79/€3.49
PS3 DLC
Assassin’s Creed III
The Battle Hardened Pack
Prices: £7.99/€9.99
Availability: All
Prices: (£3.19/€3.99)
Availability: All
- Dance Magic Item Pack 1
- Dance Magic Song Pack 1
Prices: £1.59/€1.99
Availability: All
Prices: £3.69/€4.49
Availability: All
LittleBigPlanet (Cross-Buy)
- New Year Firework Costume (Free)
- Marvel Heroes Costume Pack 6 (£4.79/€5.99)
- Sabre Tooth (£1.59/€1.99)
- Black Cat (£1.59/€1.99)
- Deadpool (£1.59/€1.99)
- Dr Doom (£1.59/€1.99)
- Hawkeye Costume (£1.59/€1.99)
Availability: All
Magic 2013
- Magic 2013 Deck Pack 3 (£1.99/€2.49)
- Mana Mastery Foils (£0.79/€0.99)
- Mana Mastery Unlock (£0.79/€0.99)
- Rogue’s Gallery Foils (£0.79/€0.99)
- Rogue’s Gallery Unlock (£0.79/€0.99)
Availability: All
- Forbidden City (£0.99/€1.49)
- Foster The People Pack 01 (£2.49/€3.99)
- Giant Bombstep: Reloaded (£0.59/€0.75)
- Indoctrination (£0.59/€0.75)
- Inversion (£0.59/€0.75)
- Just A Lie (£0.99/€1.49)
- Moves Like Jagger (£0.99/€1.49)
- My Chemical Romance Pack 01 (£2.49/€3.99)
- Party Hard (£0.99/€1.49)
- Raise Your Glass (£0.99/€1.49)
- Robots (£0.59/€0.75)
- The Age Of Betrayal (£0.59/€0.75)
- The Hourglass Paroxysm – Part I (£0.59/€0.75)
- The Hourglass Paroxysm – Part II (£0.59/€0.75)
- These Days (£0.99/€1.49)
- These Voices (£0.99/€1.49)
- This War Will Never Start (£0.59/€0.75)
- Tonight Tonight (£0.99/€1.49)
- We Are Young (£0.99/€1.49)
- I’m Still Standing (£1.19/€1.49)
- Animal (£0.99/€1.49)
- Cody (£0.99/€1.49)
- Cold (£0.99/€1.49)
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
- Stevie Wonder – For Once in My Life (£1.39/€1.15)
- Selena Gomez & The Scene – Hit The Lights (£1.39/€1.15)
- Reece Mastin – Shut Up And Kiss Me (£1.39/€1.15)
- Freddie Mercury pack (£5.35/€6.49)
- Sfxt Boost Gem Trial Pack 9 (Free)
- Sfxt Sf Boost Gem Pack 22 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Sfxt Sf Boost Gem Pack 23 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Sfxt Sf Boost Gem Pack 24 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Sfxt Tk Boost Gem Pack 22 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Sfxt Tk Boost Gem Pack 23 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Sfxt Tk Boost Gem Pack 24 (£0.79/€0.99)
Availability: Not available in Poland
PS Vita DLC
LittleBigPlanet Vita (Cross-Buy)
- New Year Firework Costume (Free)
- Marvel Heroes Costume Pack 6 (£4.79/€5.99)
- Sabre Tooth (£1.59/€1.99)
- Black Cat (£1.59/€1.99)
- Deadpool (£1.59/€1.99)
- Dr Doom (£1.59/€1.99)
- Hawkeye Costume (£1.59/€1.99)
Availability: All
Street Fighter X Tekken
- Sfxt Boost Gem Trial Pack 9 (Free)
- Sfxt Sf Boost Gem Pack 22 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Sfxt Sf Boost Gem Pack 23 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Sfxt Sf Boost Gem Pack 24 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Sfxt Tk Boost Gem Pack 22 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Sfxt Tk Boost Gem Pack 23 (£0.79/€0.99)
- Sfxt Tk Boost Gem Pack 24 (£0.79/€0.99)
Availability: Not available in Poland
Avatars
The Studio Avatars
- Skull Flags Avatar Bundle 2
- The Studio Skull Flags 5
- The Studio Skull Flags 6
- The Studio Skull Flags 7
- The Studio Skull Flags 8
Flying Tiger Themes
- Aqua Police Hook-Ups Avatar
- Bad Nurse Yoko Hook-Ups Avatar
- Detonator Hook-Ups Avatar
- Devil Maiden Hook-Ups Avatar
- Jungle Girl Hook-Ups Avatar
- Mandy Maid Hook-Ups Avatar
- Nurse Trixie Hook-Ups Avatar
- Pocahook-Ups Avatar
- School Girl Sakura Hook-Ups Avatar
- See Saw Suzi Hook-Ups Avatar

















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248 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:15 pm by KyDvXX
Hi! What about playstation mobile for Russia?
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:16 pm by Artemisthemp
#42 There is a Netflix app for the Vita, just like their is a Youtube app, but they are only available in US and UK to my knowledge.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:16 pm by Wraxend
Glad to see your starting the year as you mean to go on… poorly.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:16 pm by dean1076
Hi Jawad happy new year to all at SCee hope this year is going to be better as to prices of retail digital releases.
Also could you answer if ps3 is going to be getting Minecraft its a game thousands of ps3 owners are missing out on, i have it on xbox and pc but i dont use those often, im always on ps3, i would sell my xbox 360 if minecraft came on psn, so please say yes see ya deano..
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:16 pm by SERGEANT-Q6R
Hi Jawad Ashraf
I have one question
Why the medal of honor warfighter DLC The hunt map pack are not availble in QATAR
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:16 pm by Sahlokniira
Any info on ‘Dokuro’ + ‘Ragnarok Odyssey’ For The VITA For us in EU ?
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:17 pm by StefNighthawk
LOL,
Auditorium HD (trial available)
Price: £6.49/€7.99
PEGI: 3
Availability: Not available in Austria, Bulgaria, Germany, Finland, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine
Seeing Netherlands and Luxembourg in there I assume you forgot to mention Belgium in that “not available” list
Also, why not mention the early releases of BioShock 2 and Mortal Kombat for PS+?
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:17 pm by Podyman
Wow, thank you. I can’t believe this – free Singstar Icon Uninstaller! You made my day! It’s nice how fast you solved thousands of complaints. Now i can start buying from PSN store again. SCEE, you are best company in the world.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:17 pm by hawken
Jawad, can you help me?
Chris Howe told me to contact customer support and I have send them four (4) emails, but I have not recived any reply from them. (And yes, money was taken from my wallet.)
Whole story.
Me: Chris, I Bought Uncharted: Fight for Fortune Complete Edition for Vita and it says it is Trial-version and tells me to buy full version. I thought that I did buy full version when I bought Complete Edition????
Chris: There is a trial version as well, did the money get taken from your wallet? If so and you have not received the full game you will need to contact customer services.
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2011/08/01/guide-to-playstation-customer-services/
Direct link: http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/12/19/heads-up-store-update-19th-and-21st-december-2012/#comment-325359
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:17 pm by Falcon1991
Happy new Year Jawad..
As I got the Season Pass I’ll be getting the AC3 DLC. I also bought a pretty Virtue avatar.
If I could make one recommendation for 2013 it is that I’d like to see more gaming avatars. Some of the Studios and others are nice, but it’d be nice to see a bit more game ones.
BTW, on the store it says Jetpack Joyride is free. Is it the whole game and with trophies?
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:19 pm by DocWeed
What a joke gameing is ment to make u happy but I only get pis,,d off when I read this blog the vita is the best but sony dont care for it lies on sales, games and updateds US are treated like gods over us I no ps4 will be betta than xbox by far but still for the first time im leaveing sony and there money grabing lieing ways the only reson I have not yet is because of the £1000s I have spent on the store and hardware.you read any of the blogs here they all say the same sony do not care for us they lie and never I meen never give u a answer I feel a fool for following blindly for so long
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:19 pm by mazegami
Yay virtues last reward avatars!!… but what about Alice, K, Dio and Luna?? Strange to leave them out…
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:19 pm by KillaT2501
Could we please get Fantavision as a PS2 classic?
I have spent many, many winter nights playing this unique classic and would love to relive them (preferably on the VITA but I’ll take what I can get). There was a similar AR game released for the VITA but it just wasn’t as captivating or fun.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:20 pm by Catkiller1
@ Falcon1991
Yes Jetpack Joyride has trophies & it’s free!
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:20 pm by supersmith2500
Also I hate to ask, why is Imaginstruments listed on PS Store when we cannot download it? Or has it been shafted to next week? I mean this is why I hate 3 month delays. ;(
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:21 pm by FnlD
Bit of an old thing to comment on, but since this is the store update post I thought I’d better leave this here:
I wanted to download the Rock Band ‘Days Of Peace’ pack. I couldn’t find it in the PlayStation Store, but in-game I could. However, if I select it I’m taken to a Roy Orbison 75th Birthday pack, which is different from the actual Roy Orbison 75th Birthday pack.
Weird things going on. And I really want the Days Of Peace pack! Hope someone can take a look at it.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:21 pm by clarkes1990
@Jawad
Any info on when WWE Wrestlefest will be released?
And Wrecked: Revenge Revisited was supposed to be in the December Festive Sale but was never added.
The game isn’t availble on the store anymore, just the trial.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:21 pm by another_gamer195
Yeay., been awaiting Borderlands2s Creature Dome. Have a question regarding the sale of themes, If i was to buy one will it replace the singstar one, Am not too bothered about the icon myself, But that terrible wallpaper that appears now is really annoying me, So do themes overwrite that. If not then can i ask is it really fair to sell them, as i would feel cheated IF i bought one but it never done ‘what it says on the tin’, it IS meant to customize my xmb, ?.. or have i misread something. hope next weeks update is stronger, maybe Demon Souls ?. plus if it’s a fair conversion to US’s 19.99 price then it should be a Very popular game.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:23 pm by frodouk
A new year yet the same whining and complaining children on here. Awesome.
Happy New Year everybody.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:23 pm by Falcon1991
Wow, thanks Catkiller!
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:24 pm by monoliet
dean1076 =
jes total agry , i now lots who want to play minecraft
we geting soon lesser terraria = pfffffffff
StefNighthawk =
belgium = not nown by sony
netherlands jes – Luxembourg = jes
but flemish + walonie = no them not reconise use .
i tink them not want ore mony to
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:24 pm by homer_snake
Help Jawad.
!)
I tried to add my PS Plus games to my basket via computer SEN network few minutes ago but they are charging me for it!!!(They’re not free while in the basket
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:24 pm by KylieDog
….and I keep hold of my money.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:24 pm by XnoobsquadX
yet another lackluster update this week=/ comon Jawad gimme some vita love<3
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:25 pm by morpheus2n2
Well thats a mighty crap store update
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:25 pm by pjakinnear
I would like to ask if there is any news about LittleBigPlanet Costumes for PlayStation Vita.
It seems that Gurlukovich Soldier costume (from the Metal Gear Solid Level Kit ) and also the 6 costumes from the Move Pack has not been updated on the PlayStation Store nor in-game store.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:26 pm by brightchild0
Hi Jawad
1. Can you release a list of what is expected for the PS Vita this year. Doesn’t seem to be a lot of planned game release data on the web.
2. When will the UK get Earth Defense Force for the Vita?
Thanks for info you can give.
Damon
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:27 pm by Sahlokniira
@another_gamer195 if you live in usa You Get the option to have the Singstar icon on the xmb – but we in eu get forced to have it ..
And nope the buying themes wont cover it up, if only it was that simple
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:27 pm by Catkiller1
@ clarkes1990
Already answered you within the January Sale Post but Wrecked: Revenge Revisited was part of the Festive SALE as I bought it, so you mustn’t have noticed it!
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:29 pm by tapantaola
Any chance for a discount for Sonic CD?
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:30 pm by KillaT2501
Where is Netflix and Wake up Club for VITA???? There needs to be more functional aps for that bad boy!
With Jet Set Radio being so awesome how about some more Dreamcast classics for the VITA (Shenmue, Seaman and Crazy Taxi would be perfect!)
I realise my comments are off topic but I think there should be a place for people to request games (classic and otherwise) and be updated to the status of them.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:31 pm by Dante_Zero
Nico Nico is a japanese app yes but it’s available for US psvita owners and under went a massive overhaul a few months back and now supports english language which is why is was released in the US so why no release here please? TheUS blog used the app to stream live pressers into it aswell in english so why the issues?
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:31 pm by mazegami
Oh the other characters avatars are on the store so no worries
yay so getting some now
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:32 pm by Sean_Oberlander
Any chance of the Bioshock 2 DLC going on sale? I notice it’s currently not reduced at all, even though it was free for PS+ members this month (the game that is, DLC is still full RRP).
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:33 pm by Artemisthemp
So the Hyperdimension Neptunia Avatar should according to this Blog post be available on Danish PSN, but pretty sure those Avatar’s won’t be available in Denmark, Norway, Polen, Sweden and other country, that’s normally are excluded from NISA stuff
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:33 pm by de3bs0
I thought we were getting dawnguard in January,come on we’ve waited long enough,and it better not £20 either after a 6 month wait,I read in a blog it was surpose to come out today.more lies I guess.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:34 pm by chrisredfield_97
hey jaward happy new year first of all and welcome back to ps blog for another great year of gaming i wanted to know i’m a ps plus member and i would like to purchase for free god of war ascension beta because it’s exclusive to plus members if i download will i get the free god of war avatar like the US got yesterday or just the beta nad if not i would like to know when and why you didn’t have a nice day bye man thanx plz see my question
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:34 pm by Vigilante89
After Resident evil were given releases I was thinking Dino Crisis 1 & 2 might follow! Any news on that?
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:34 pm by Krakehz
When is the belgian/flemish store getting the english version of munch’s oddysee, been waiting for it since its release date of 19th december …
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:35 pm by RobLIVEuk
Yet again barely anything for the vita yet the American store is always getting all the good stuff
It’s so irritating!
Every week vita owners say the same and it goes nowhere
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:37 pm by frodouk
RobLIVEuk, what did the US get that is so much better than Europe?
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:38 pm by swatchthis
Is the new WWE ’13 DLC coming for us this week?
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:38 pm by grimbarian
Just got a new Rock Band guitar yesterday so over the moon to see some of the backlog of songs pushed through this week.
New drums for Christmas too – sad at mid 30′s, but it’ll make for a great drunken weekend coming up…
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:38 pm by S1Nb0
Hi Jawad,
I just want to know if games like Ultimate Ghosts and Goblins will ever be available on EU PSN. I badly want to play this on my vita
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:39 pm by wsquared
Hey any news on when the Irish will see PS Mobile for the Vita? Would love to grab a few of the games.
Welcome back and hope ya all had a good break.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:41 pm by Carnivius_Prime
Cool. Already got the God of War Beta a few weeks back and I enjoy it
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:43 pm by AlucardDHK
Well, another week i won’t spend money on the Vita. I hope next week brings RCR and EDF to make up for it!
Anyway, any news on when/if Resident Evil 2 will be made Vita compatible again? Or should i just go bug Capcom Europe about it? And any chance we get Parasite Eve as a PS1 classic? PE2 is not a bad game, but i much preferred the original.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:43 pm by lukas_koran
Is there any information about spreading PS Mobile to additional territories? Talking about the Czech Republic specifically.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:44 pm by Catkiller1
@ FRED/JAWAD
Dance Magic DLC Packs have been released but no price details for the full game??
What’s the situation on this please?
Kind Regards
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:45 pm by TINTINTB303
@ Everyone waiting for a VITA SALE
Please take a step back and think to yourself:
“What is special about February and the Vita??”
Answer: It will be the VITA’S 1ST BIRTHDAY!!!
I will bet my little toe that we will see some pretty decent Vita Sale items over that period
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