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 4:51 pm by de3bs0
When you bought ratchet n clank q force look underneath game disc icon there should be 2 disc show up click on bottom one and download it and transfer to ps vita
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 4:54 pm by vonhammer
“DeadNot sure what the Ascension Multiplayer will play like”
@Catkiller1
I really like it.I’ve been in since december and I played it solid until the servers went down for christmas.
There is a learning curve that could frustrate,especially if your opponent knows the combat.But if it clicks it’s a lot of fun,and is unique by today’s mp offerings.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 4:54 pm by de3bs0
Ok I’ll ask again.i thought we were getting dawnguard in January where is it.
Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 4:58 pm by Fred Dutton
Again, that’s a question only Bethesda can answer
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 4:58 pm by esp3001
Having seen many others before me ask without response, I guess it is frivolous for me to ask on the whereabouts of the Vita Netflix app, but I shall anyway…
What’s going on with the Vita Netflix app (please)?
I have asked this question a number of times myself, not only to the blog but also to Netflix UK, both companies have failed to answer me. Please, can’t somebody shed a little bit of light? Even if it’s not going to happen, at least we’ll all know.
Thank you, hope you enjoyed your festive breaks.
Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:00 pm by Fred Dutton
Sorry, but I don’t have any news on this to pass on. If I hear something from Netflix, I’ll let you all know.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 4:59 pm by de3bs0
New year,same SCEE (CENSORED)
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:00 pm by CreditDue
is the ME3 dlc a mistake? I’m not seeing anything on the store, or on the Bioware forums..
Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:05 pm by Jawad Ashraf
Turns out this is in-game only, so be sure to check it through the game.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:03 pm by MASPALOMAZ
Yes its true. In the US-Blog they complain even more and envy the european content. But not the complainers are wrong…
Sony is. Because in Steam sales you dont see people complaining. Only about the amount of games in their library and that they cant play them all at once.
So to say the customer is at fault for complaing is ridiculous.
Like, see Might & Magic – Clash of Heroes. Its now coming to Android/iOS for 2$. In PSN Store its 15eur. Same for the GTA games and everything else.
Why does Sony make it so easy for Steam and Android to take the videogame market over?
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:05 pm by extermin8or_
Happy New Year
Now I was wondering when the Rachet and Clank Vita version will be released?
And as much as I love it the lack of Vita tiles that are known to be new for the vita this year? :/ It certainly has plenty for games but I want to know what is going on in the next 6 months or so in terms of games :p
Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:07 pm by Fred Dutton
We’ll have a confirmed date for you very soon – stay tuned.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:06 pm by CreditDue
Thanks, Jawad
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:09 pm by supersmith2500
@Fred:
Cools, finally downloading it, Thanks Fred. ^^
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:09 pm by violentcop6
Hello!
Will “Parappa the Rapper” and “Heart of Darkness” come out on PSOne classics?
162
Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:13 pm by ukgoa
Why is there no PS+ discount on the Farming Collection bundle (Harvest Moon + Innocent Life)?
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:14 pm by dark_angel69
@Jawad
Welcome back. Just two questions for you.
Q1 – When could we be seeing more Rocksmith songs?
Q2 – Will we be able to pre-order Dead Space 3 like the americans?
@Fred
A little reply to you from me at your reply to comment 131.
Your right about the US complains we get better stuff and EU complains us gets the better stuff. I wouldn’t say it seems we cant win cos it sure looks like we’re already in the lead. lol. Only problem is that most people in EU would already have bought the games (like me) but I still think we have the better stuff and on the bright side I have games to play this month which i never played before.
Perhaps if there was a way to allow people to make a selection between the EU and US no-matter which their account is in. I think when someone buys ps+ maybe they should have an option to choose between EU or US until it expires without making a new account. Don’t see that being possible but was just a thought like and could help prevent so many from complaining. They would finally get what they want and realise the mistake they made switching to the US. lol
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:18 pm by another_gamer195
PS plus is Bad for US customers, PS plus is Bad for EU customers. equals can’t win, myself i would pick US one, as there games seem to Not be as good, meaning i probably wouldn’t of allready bought them, and wouldn’t face disappointing updates telling me i would be getting something i had allready had, reason i let my plus lapse, Main reason i would pick US is their discounts, Whatever the US bloggers are complaining at regarding worst games, they seem content, well quite enough equaling same thing. about the amount of discounts on new psn/ps3 releases. I really dont know what to say to people who believe the opposite, i mean ‘you mustn’t have spent much on games’ ISn’t right, But i really don’t see any other reason why anyone prefers EU plus, instead of US plus. Give me discounts like the US get and i would resub immediately, and not even care what was in the (lol, imo) IGC offerings.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:23 pm by Mougurijin
Still waiting for PSN Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus…
It’s been two months since XBLA managed to release that game pretty much worldwide:
UK & 7 other countries (24/Oct/2012), then 21 other countries (9/Nov/2012).
On PSN it’s just slowly trickling out one country at a time, so far only two countries:
Japan (1/Nov/2012), then USA (4/Dec/2012).
Guessing nobody still has any idea when it might finally arrive here?
I won’t be surprised if I’m asking the same thing in another couple of months time. -_-
166
Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:29 pm by kenduluk
Hi,
Is there any news on when Netflix will be available for Vita?
167
Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:29 pm by bravo9zero
Why can’t I purchase Jet Set Radio unlock from Store?
Says “There are no items you can purchase at this time”
I’ve downloaded the demo, pressed “unlock full game” etc.
I REALLY HATE this new store!
168
Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:30 pm by TheMART
“You can’t even your own promise and it seems you don’t care:
“Posted on 7 January, 2013 at 9:30 am by Fred Dutton
There is a new sale planned for this week. The list of deals is still TBC, but there may well be some Vita titles discounted.”
Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:29 pm by Fred Dutton
Hmmm… I don’t see a promise in that statement you’ve quoted. Rest assured, there will be Vita discounts coming over the next few months”
What the… There was lots of hinting early December that SCEE would give PSVita some love soonish/updating the 9th January festival sales as SCEA gave PS+ USA some great deals on LBPVita, Escape Plan etc. And now this is the new statement?
Come on Fred, can’t serious. Next FEW MONTHS? First skipping the most important sales month of the year, December that is, keeping everyone on the edge of their seats for some PSVita love early 2013 with Festival sales (with statements like ‘coming soon’ by Chris) and now the statement is ‘next FEW MONTHS’? Really? MANAGING EXPECTATIONS GUYS, freaking get on it. This is (CENSORED) me off big time.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:32 pm by TheMART
“You can’t even your own promise and it seems you don’t care:
“Posted on 7 January, 2013 at 9:30 am by Fred Dutton
There is a new sale planned for this week. The list of deals is still TBC, but there may well be some Vita titles discounted.”
Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 3:29 pm by Fred Dutton
Hmmm… I don’t see a promise in that statement you’ve quoted. Rest assured, there will be Vita discounts coming over the next few months”
What teh… There was lots of hinting early December that SCEE would give PSVita some love soonish/updating the 9th January festival sales as SCEA gave PS+ USA some great deals on LBPVita, Escape Plan etc. And now this is the new statement?
Come on Fred, can’t serious. Next FEW MONTHS? First skipping the most important sales month of the year, December that is, keeping everyone on the edge of their seats for some PSVita love early 2013 with Festival sales (with statements like ‘coming soon’ by Chris) and now the statement is ‘next FEW MONTHS’? Really? MANAGING EXPECTATIONS GUYS, freaking get on it. This is p!ss!ng me off big time
170
Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:38 pm by mitch_uk_psn
In regards to Netflix, they recently updated their support pages and think the app is out here on Vita – http://support.netflix.com/en/node/1458#gsc.tab=0
171
Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:46 pm by AAToSan
When “Demon’s Souls” for EU will be available?
172
Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:51 pm by shadowwolf341
im i gonna get the info 4 the anarchy reigns i asked 4 again is anarchy reigns available psn 2 download
173
Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 5:55 pm by AAToSan
Why Lord of the Rings: The War in the North in US Store $19.99, and 999 RUR (33$) in Russian store?
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 6:08 pm by Artemisthemp
#171 January 23 2013
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 6:14 pm by RSStation
Please add “the getaway” and “the getaway : black monday” on the store. This has been requested a few times now. I dont understnd the problem since its a sony title.
Please reply so that i can acknowledge that you have seen the post.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 6:20 pm by de3bs0
What’s the borderlands collectors editions dlc,ohh and by the way it’s not in the store
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 6:22 pm by dante-984
hello sony you call that a january sale, you having a laff?
178
Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 6:25 pm by THE_FORCE
Yea hai can u tell me when Mario 3D will be available on the store? Kthxbai.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 6:48 pm by Artemisthemp
Will EU also get the Eye of Kratos Avatar, that US PSN+ customer currently can download?
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 6:54 pm by another_gamer195
debs0
Borderlands dlc not in store ?. darn.. anyway the collectors ed dlc is just more skins and some kinda special grenade, like we really need more of those, lol. But i hear the Creature Dome dlc is good, like a arena were you face waves of bad a enemies, i think, also i heard they drop better loot that you can take back into story mode. hope it’s there l8r as i want that, also lol at GM in cubicle..
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 7:30 pm by fps_d0minat0r
ive been playing guardians of middle earth (or trying to anyway) but it takes forever to find games. the longest I have waited was 20 minutes and then i gave up.
before putting games on PS plus, atleast let the developer know the game sucks so they can fix it.
then they had the cheek to tell me I had a bad internet connection….
there should be some sort of standard.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 7:42 pm by de3bs0
&Another gamer thanks I’ll try it out sometime,don’t really need skins and stuff
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 7:53 pm by spagetti69
Happy new year all.
Any chance of Resident Evil 2 for the Vita.
It would fit in perfectly with Resident Evil 1 and Resisent Evil 3.
Thank you.
184
Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 8:21 pm by RandomBeast
Are we going to get Demon’s Souls like the US?
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 8:34 pm by Spam_the_Insane
Still no download button for Terraria? =(
https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-nz/games/terraria/cid=EP4040-NPEL00520_00-DISCONLYPARENT00
Please see if this can be fixed its over a month now =(
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 8:36 pm by Shadowdragoon
Do wonder if I get a response anytime..
Cant you guys play nice whis NIS and get the games and DLC here? or atleast let UK accounts gift those games to us in the not avavible countries?
Is the NIS not getting to release DLC in Scandinavia still secret?
Still not seeing Disgaea 3 on the Vita..
Or is it that the SCEE is stupid enough to demand native language descriptions on dlc when most countries in EU have a rather good grasp of english.
(Pretty sure its been close to confirmed that this is the issue)
Next point, when will the following PSP games be avavible on the Store? The ones whit (VITA) is not vita compatible. Sideloading thru PS3 do not make a game vita compatible in this list.
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?
187
Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 8:47 pm by sazio1984
Hi Jawad.
Can you help me to find out what the latest is surrounding the ‘Anger Management’ DLC pack for Angry Birds Trilogy?
It’s been announced as being available right now and i cannot (for the life of me) find it ANYWHERE on the PSN Store…
Please help!
Thanks.
Posted on 10 January, 2013 at 10:01 am by Jawad Ashraf
It’s not due yet from what I can see on our end, sorry.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 9:02 pm by Certinty
@ Fred Dutton at his reply to esp3001 (post 154). I’m grateful that you will pass us any information you hear from Netflix but the wait is getting ridiculous. It’s almost been a year since the US have got the app and we’ve been waiting ever since. The worst thing is that app actually worked until you guys at Sony had to add the feature of having to format your memory card when using it with a different PSN account. Isn’t there any way you guys can contact them? That’s clearly the only way we’re going to get anywhere here.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 9:16 pm by anunnakid
Poor week for PS vita.
The us got Earth defenders and we get a music game without trophies, one that get out of sync as soon as you touch the baselines…
My god, where are these games?:
Retro city rampage
Ragnarök Odyssey
Earth Defenders 3
I’m gonna get me an American account because I can’t wait around for someone else to control my needs.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 9:18 pm by supvic
The sale prices from 12th Dec to 9th Jan were reset to their default full price the entire time they were on “sale”! but no one at SCEE could fix it because everyone was on holiday.
Could you PLEASE put those games on sale properly this time? at least for a week, just give us a chance. What’s the point in saying it’s on sale when the prices were exactly the same?
example: Resident Evil Operation Raccoon still says it’s on sale but the current sale price matches the “was” price in the description:
https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-nz/games/resident-evil-operation-raccoon-city/cid=EP0102-NPEB00984_00-REORCDIGITAL0000
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 9:42 pm by CP-Daniel
err.. TheS pyro games for ps2? will they be released on the psn store? in not long? I’m Already done with the 3 first ones that recently popped up on the PsOne classics.. long story short, fanboy need’s all of them! on the same console!
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 9:43 pm by NightRanma
Kind of a poor update, especially considering we got nothing at all last week.. =\
At least next week I can get EDF 2017 Portable, and maybe Retro City Rampage.
Can someone get onto Sega and ask about getting Phantasy Star Portable 2 working on Vita? They don’t seem to take any notice of my pestering them about it on Twitter.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 10:30 pm by kivi95
190# Next week for RCR.
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Posted on 9 January, 2013 at 11:11 pm by Alcochetano
A little help here please.
I’ve accidentally deleted wrecked revenge revisited from my console.
After logging in to the store to re-download the trial, all I get every time is just the unlock key.
I know I’m in the general view page for the game, and it even indicates the size of the demo on top, but still I cannot download what I need.
Is this a general problem with this game in the store or is it just me?
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Posted on 10 January, 2013 at 12:47 am by ducky1549
When is the sale for vita games that was announced back in December? Cause there was no sales during the festive season for them.
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Posted on 10 January, 2013 at 12:48 am by Player42791
@Alcochetano
Have you tried downloading it from your download list rather than the store? There probably will be some way to get it from the store again but you should definately be able to get it from your download list.
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Posted on 10 January, 2013 at 1:00 am by Bjarkan78
First of all im new to this, but i hope to catch someone here.
Im having troubles with the Sony Music Unlimited app, i cant get it on my ps3 when i try to download it, it says i cant since i allready have a premium subscription, and indeed i have it, its working quite nicely on all other platforms.
Oh and wheres the netflix psvita app ?
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Posted on 10 January, 2013 at 8:04 am by jcadden85
CS:GOne – 20 weeks (5 months)
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Posted on 10 January, 2013 at 9:38 am by Catkiller1
If anyone is interested in Retro titles then you’ll be happy to read this: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/01/09/report-capcom-arcade-cabinet-coming-to-psn-xbla/
I was hoping for a retail release of CAPCOM Classics Volumes 1 & 2 similar to SEGA Ultimate Megadrive Collection, but this will do!
By researching a little more, the majority of the titles that were released within the volumes, will be available to download eventually!
Very Happy indeed, I just hope they get the prices right.
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Posted on 10 January, 2013 at 9:48 am by Sutorcen
Cmon guys, show some love to the Vita…
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