Good morning. I hope your collective appetites have been sufficiently wet by all the announcements made at gamescom, I for one am personally very excited about the new additions coming to the PlayStation Network.

Talking of wet, WET is one of four demos we have releasing on the store later today (did you see what I did there…ahem, apologies), alongside Mini Ninjas and IL2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey. You can also fling Andy Dick around in Pain from today, as well as get yourself a Street Fighter II themed table for Zen Pinball. We also have another batch of trailers from gamescom, including footage from the Sony press conference.

Tomorrow morning you will also be able to get hold of a trailer for the forthcoming Avatar game taken from the Avatar game day event.

Finally, for our PSP users we have a variety of content available (especially for RPG fans) with Wild Arms XF, Riviera, and the demo for DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY available, amongst other things. Scroll down for the full list.

The store will be updated later this afternoon, and as usual any problems or feedback please leave a comment.

Demos (free)

Colin McRae DiRT 2
PEGI 3+

WET
PEGI 18+

Mini Ninjas
PEGI 7+

IL2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey
PEGI 7+

Add-On Game Content

Pain – Andy Dick Pack (£0.79/€0.99)
PEGI 16+

Zen Pinball – Street Fighter II Tribute Table (£1.59/€1.99)
PEGI 7+

Guitar Hero: World Tour – Duelling Banjos Track (£1.59/€1.99)
PEGI 12+

Rock Band

• Foo Fighters Pack 02 (this combines the below three Foo Fighters tracks in one pack) (£2.49/€2.99)
• All My Life by Foo Fighters (£0.99/€1.49)
• I’ll Stick Around by Foo Fighters (£0.99/€1.49)
• Lonely As You by Foo Fighters (£0.99/€1.49)
• I Predict A Riot by Kaiser Chiefs (£0.99/€1.49)
• I’m Shipping Up To Boston by Dropkick Murphys (£0.99/€1.49)
• Inside Out by Eve 6 (£0.99/€1.49)
• No Rain by Blind Melon (£0.99/€1.49)
• There’s No Other Way by Blur (£0.99/€1.49)

PEGI 12+

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Good morning all.

Last night we published the following videos onto the PlayStation Store for you to enjoy, so if you haven’t already had a look, you can find these in the Latest, and Videos sections of the store.

There will also be further videos from gamescom released in this Thursday’s post, so be sure to join us again tomorrow for further gamescom goodness (and more).

Videos (free)

• Minis Trailer
• PlayStation Network Digital Comics Trailer
• Buzz! Quiz World Trailer
• Dead Nation Trailer
• EyePet Trailer
• Gravity Crash Trailer
• Hustle Kings Trailer
• LocoRoco Midnight Carnival Trailer
• PixelJunk Shooter Trailer
• PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe Trailer
• White Knight Chronicles Trailer

PlayStation Store via PSP and Media Go

Videos (free)

• Minis Trailer
• Buzz! Quiz World Trailer
• Echoshift Trailer
• Gravity Crash Trailer
• LocoRoco Midnight Carnival Trailer
• PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe Trailer
• LittleBigPlanet Trailer
• Invizimals Trailer

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Howdy all.

Before I start the content run-down for you, I just want to clarify what kind of help I can give you in the comments section in these updates; as I’ve seen a few comments around the blog asking for some clarity on this. I will endeavour to answer as many questions specifically about the PlayStation Store as I can and if I don’t have the answer I will go and try to find out (if I can help regarding other areas I will try, but it’s likely I won’t have the info you want, but that’s not to say I won’t try to find out for you). If I don’t respond to your questions directly in the comments section it is not because I am ignoring them, it is either because I don’t have an answer, or I am trying to find out, but I DO read all your comments.

Okay, so onto the content coming to the store later today – the eagerly awaited Marvel vs Capcom 2 is released this week, so for all your fight fans this is going to keep your finger reflexes on good form I’m sure. We also have the puzzler Droplitz available for you, as well as a demo for the Western based shooter Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (I had a lot of fun playing this game, so give it a try for yourself, and see if you’d make it as a gunslinger). We also have another large array of additional content available for titles such as Red Faction: Guerilla, LittleBigPlanet, Pain, Madden NFL 10 and more…

Also, not forgetting the PSP owners, this week Patapon is released digitally, we have a trailer for MGS Peace Walker, and tomorrow morning (Friday 14th August) we will be releasing Madden NFL 2010 on the store too! We’ve also made Resistance Retribution and Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow available for our German users too

** Unfortunately Tiger Woods Gary Player pack has had to be removed **

Downloadable Games

Droplitz (£7.99/€9.99) PEGI 3+

Trial and Unlock Key

(Download the trial to try the game for free, and then purchase the Unlock Key if you would like to own the full game) Marvel vs Capcom 2 (Trial free, Unlock Key £11.99/€14.99) PEGI 12+

Demos (free)

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood PEGI 16+

Add-On Game Content

Red Faction: Guerilla – Demons of the Badlands (£6.29/€7.99) PEGI 12+ Pain PEGI 16+

• Museum Pack (£3.99/€4.99)
• Knockin’ Bloks Pack (£1.59/€1.99)
• Smooth Jarvis Pack (free)

LittleBigPlanet PEGI 7+

• Ada Lovelace Costume (£0.79/€0.99)
• Boudicca Costume (£0.79/€0.99)
• Genghis Khan Costume (£0.79/€0.99)
• Mozart Costume (£0.79/€0.99)
• History Costume Kit Pack (£2.39/€2.99)
• History Level Kit Pack (£3.19/€3.99)

Madden NFL 10 PEGI 3+

• DB Scout (£0.45/€0.49)
• Dig Deep (£0.45/€0.49)
• DL Scout (£0.45/€0.49)
• Game Day Instincts (£0.45/€0.49)
• Hometown Hero (£0.45/€0.49)
• LB Scout (£0.45/€0.49)
• Madden Max Pack (This pack contains ALL Madden packs currently available) (£6.29/€7.99)
• Max Franchise Pack (This pack contains all of the Franchise packs available, Get all player, staff and scout packs combined)
• Not Done Yet (£0.79/€0.99)
• OL Scout (£0.45/€0.49)
• One More Year (£1.19/€1.49)
• Online Franchise (£6.29/€7.99)
• Pick a Superstar (£0.79/€0.99)
• PK Scout (£0.45/€0.49)
• Play Through the Pain (£0.79/€0.99)
• QB Scout (£0.45/€0.49)
• RB Scout (£0.45/€0.49)
• Star Player (£0.79/€0.99)
• Super Superstar (£1.19/€1.49)
• WR Scout (£0.45/€0.49)
• Elite Status (£3.19/€3.99)
• Expert Medical Staff (£1.19/€1.49)
• Expert Scout Pack (This pack contains all 8 individual Scout Packs) (£2.39/€2.99)
• Franchise Player Pack (This pack contains all the Franchise player packs available) (£2.39/€2.99)
• Great Staff Pack (This pack contains all the Staff packs available) (£2.39/€2.99)
• Skilled Medical Staff (£0.79/€0.99)
• World Class Training Staff (£1.19/€1.49)

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Hi guys, welcome to this week’s PlayStation Home update, which includes new spaces, outfits and some great new rewards…

First up, we have some very special race costumes coming to you straight from MotorStorm Pacific Rift. These new outfits will be available in Home Threads, check out the screenshots below for the male and female flavours…

We also have the launch of a brand-new, never before seen space – the MotorStorm Sphere. Check out the b-roll and screenshots below:

This space will be accessible for a very limited time only (so be quick!). By entering the MotorStorm Sphere you will secure yourself a rare PS Home Reward and the opportunity to see the very first work in progress artwork of a new MotorStorm Space (which will be coming to PS Home later in the year).

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Hi everyone,

My name is Angela Madronero and I’m the European PlayStation Store Manager. For a while now, we’ve seen a number of recurring questions about the PlayStation Store appearing on the blog. Many of the questions can’t be covered in the weekly PlayStation Store update; therefore, I wanted to take this opportunity to respond to some of the most frequently asked questions.

How has the European PlayStation Store grown since its launch? Are there any plans to increase the reach of the store further?

The first thing to say is that the “European” PlayStation Store is also available in non-European countries. Basically, the countries that make up the SCEE region (which historically operated the PAL TV system) all come under the banner of Europe. For the purposes of this blog I’ll continue to call it the European Store, which operates alongside our sister stores in servicing American, Japanese and Asian markets.

We have 29 stores across 25 countries, which require the use of 13 currencies and 8 languages. As you can imagine, it takes a significant amount of coordination and operational support to maintain our existing stores; however, our current list of countries is by no means final. We are definitely interested in further geographic expansion of the PlayStation Store.

The PlayStation Store is a commercial enterprise; therefore, we need to prioritise the roll-out of additional stores by reviewing a country’s PLAYSTATION 3 installed base, broadband penetration and e-commerce environment. These reviews are completed on a case-by-case basis. Ultimately, the roll-out of additional countries needs to make commercial sense.

What improvements have been made to the PlayStation Store since launch?

Those people who have been using PS Store since 2007 will have seen many changes in such a relatively short space of time. The changes are usually made in response to user comments, or to improve operational efficiency.

From a user point of view, over the course of two years we’ve:

• Re-launched the PS3 store with a significantly improved layout and design using a native PS3 technology rather than the original browser-based store. This dramatically improved the speed performance and provided a richer graphical experience. We were also able to configure the same store design to both High-definition and Standard-definition TV.
• Implemented an ‘A-Z’ search section throughout all stores.
• Rolled-out a ‘Preview Button’ for sneak peeks at content.
• Launched the PSP Store and made PSP content available via the PC (Media Go).

Our most recent updates include:

• Design refresh
• Search functionality within English language stores; roll-out across non-English language stores to follow
• Additional rotating advertising slots in order to highlight new content

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