‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 23rd February 2011

And so, the sun sets on February and we round off with another strong week of content with fun stuff to be had for PS3 and PSP.

The UnderGarden floats onto PSN this week, spreading joy, pollen and brightly coloured cuteness in its wake, the perfect counter-point to Alien Breed: Descent, the third chapter of Team 17’s twin-stick, extra-terrestrial bug hunt. TNT Racers is also now available for all across Europe.

For all your freebie lovers, we’ve got demos of Dragon Age 2, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars and platform exclusive, Yakuza 4.

Awesome DLC this week in the shape of the highly anticipated Dead Money for Fallout: New Vegas and the Retro Map Pack for KillZone 3. We’ve also got the first of three new Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit packs this week – Armed and Dangerous which brings new content for you Autolog junkies.

More fan favourites on PSP with Ys I & II Chronicles and Tactics Ogre, and some low cost titles to be revisited with Peter Jackson’s King Kong and Disney/Pixar’s movie tie-in, Cars.

To get you in the mood for David Jaffe’s Twisted Metal reboot, we bring you the roots of the franchise this week with Twisted Metal on PSone.

I’m here this week so will be commenting on and off in the afternoon – I have a meeting between 3.00pm and 5.00pm so if I haven’t responded please be patient.

A quick reminder that I can’t tell you release dates for games when a date hasn’t been announced by the publisher, so please, please don’t ask me – however I can tell you that Hoard, Under Siege, BTTF and Strong Bad: CGFAP all have preliminary internal release dates with us now – so the wait for these titles will (fingers crossed) not be a long one.

Catch you later.

PlayStation Store (via PS3, PSP and Media Go)

The February Mega minis Sale (available on PS3 and PSP)

(Offer prices available until the 2nd March)

Unless otherwise listed, all minis available @ £0.99/€1.19

• Ice Road Truckers
• YetiSports
• Let’s Golf!
• Pinball Dreams
• Age of Zombies
• Bloons
• Brick Breaker
• Bubble Trubble
• Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess
• Dracula: Undead Awakening
• Vector TD
• This Is Football Management (£0.95/€1.19)
• Cubixx
• NormalTanks
• The Mystery of the Crystal Portal
• Alien Zombie Death
• 4×4 Jam
• Coconut Dodge
• Aero Racer
• Supermarket Mania

Additional Special Offers

(Offer prices available until the 2nd March)

• Alien Breed: Impact (was – £7.19/€8.99 now – £4.79/€5.99)
• Alien Breed: Assault (was – £7.19/€8.99 now – £4.79/€5.99)
• Sky Fighter (was – £7.99/€9.99 now £3.99/€4.99)
• Split/Second – Master Unlock (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £1.99/€2.49)
• Split/Second – Track and Mode Unlock (was – £2.39/€2.99 now – £1.19/€1.49)
• Split/Second – Full Vehicle Unlock (was – £2.39/€2.99 now – £1.19/€1.49)
• Split/Second – Survival at the Rock (was – £5.49/€6.99 now – £2.99/€3.59)
• Constructor (PSone) (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £2.39/€2.99)
• Guilty Gear (PSone) (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £2.39/€2.99)
• James Pond: Robocod (PSone) (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £2.39/€2.99)
• Creatures 3: Raised in Space (Psone) (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £2.39/€2.99)

• DC Universe Online 90-day subscription (was – £27.99/€34.99 now – £19.99/€24.99)

Trial and Unlock (PS3)

• Alien Breed: Descent (£7.19/€8.99) Rating: PEGI 16

Availability: All locales, trial not available in Germany File Size: 1684 MB

• TNT Racers (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: All locales File Size: 150 MB

• The Undergarden (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: All locales File Size: 322 MB

Full Games (PSP)

• Ys I & II Chronicles (£15.99/€19.99) Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: Not available in Australia, Israel, Kuwait, New Zealand and Ukraine File Size: 915 MB

• Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together (out on Friday) (£27.99/€34.99) Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: Not available in Israel, Kuwait and Ukraine File Size: 1122 MB

• Peter Jackson’s King Kong (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: Not available in Israel, Kuwait and Ukraine File Size: 488 MB

PSP Essentials (PSP)

• Cars (Disney/Pixar) (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: All locales File Size: 259 MB

PSone Classics (PS3 and PSP)

• Twisted Metal (£3.99/€4.99) Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: All locales File Size: 68 MB

Demos (PS3)

• Dragon Age 2 Rating: PEGI 18

Availability: Not available in Germany File Size: 1522 MB

• LEGO Star Wars III: The Clone Wars Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: Only available in Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Spain and United Kingdom File Size: 1517 MB

• Yakuza 4 Rating: PEGI 18

Availability: Not available in Germany and New Zealand File Size: 394 MB

Add-On Game Content (PS3)

• Fallout: New Vegas – Dead Money (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 18

Availability: All locales

• KillZone 3 – Retro Map Pack (£3.99/€4.99) Rating: PEGI 18

Availability: All locales

• Marvel Superhero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet – The Thanos Throwdown (£1.99/€2.49) Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: Not available in Russian Federation and Ukraine

• Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit – Armed and Dangerous Pack (£5.49/€6.99) Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: All locales

• EyePet Move – Lucky Dip Costume Pack: Animals One (free) Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: All locales

• DJ Hero 2

• Pendulum Mix Pack (£6.29/€7.99)
• DJ Hero DLC Compatibility Pack (free – previously in-game only)

Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: Not available in Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Ukraine and United Arab Emirates

• Def Jam Rapstar

• Common – The Light (£1.19/€1.49)
• Lloyd Banks – Beamer, Benz, Or Bentley (£1.19/€1.49)
• Plies – Shawty (£1.19/€1.49)
• LL Cool J – Luv U Better (£1.19/€1.49)

Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: ‘Common – The Light’ and ‘Lloyd Banks – Beamer, Benz, Or Bentley’ available in All locales

‘Plies – Shawty’ not available in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom

‘LL Cool J – Luv U Better’ only available in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom

• Rock Band 3

• Bob Marley Pack 01 (£4.99/€7.99) (contains the following tracks also sold separately)
• ‘Bend Down Low’ (£0.99/€1.49)
• ‘Burnin’ and Lootin” (£0.99/€1.49)
• ‘Coming in from the Cold’ (£0.99/€1.49)
• ‘Lively Up Yourself’ (£0.99/€1.49)
• ‘No More Trouble’ (£0.99/€1.49)
• ‘Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)’ (£0.99/€1.49)
• ‘Small Axe’ (£0.99/€1.49)
• Pat Benetar Pack 01 (£4.99/€7.99) (contains the following tracks also sold separately)
• ‘Fire and Ice’ (£0.99/€1.49)
• ‘Love is a Battlefield’ (£0.99/€1.49)
• ‘Shadows of the Night’ (£0.99/€1.49)
• ‘We Belong’ (£0.99/€1.49)
• ‘Invincible’ (£0.99/€1.49)
• ‘Promises in the Dark’ (£0.99/€1.49)

Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: Not available in Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, India, Israel, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Poland, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine and UAE

• Rock Band Network

• ‘Genocide’ by Evile (£0.99/€1.49)
• ‘Numb & Intoxicated’ by Kataklysm (£0.99/€1.49)
• ‘Serial Killer’ by Damone (£0.59/€0.79)
• ‘The Hounds of Anubis’ by The Word Alive (£0.99/€1.49)
• ‘The One You Want’ by The Get Up Kids (£0.99/€1.49)

Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: Not available in Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, India, Israel, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Poland, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine and UAE

FirstPlay (PS3)

• FirstPlay Episode 46 (£0.99/€1.20)

Availability: Ireland and UK only

Avatars (PS3)

• Putty Squad

• Aqua Pup Avatar
• Aqua Pup v2 Avatar
• Chicken Avatar
• Dweezil Bomber Avatar
• Napalm Avatar
• Parachute Pup Avatar
• Parachute Pup v2 Avatar
• Sausage Avatar
• Tomata Avatar
• Uncle Ted Avatar
• Uncle Ted v2 Avatar
• WW2 German Bee Avatar
• WW2 British Bee Avatar

All available @ £0.20/€0.25

• Yakuza 4

• Akiyama Avatar
• Kazuma Avatar
• Rio Avatar
• Saejima Avatar
• Tanimura Avatar

All available @ £0.20/€0.25

Themes (PS3)

• Acceleration of SUGURI Theme

Premium Themes (PS3)

• Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 Theme (£1.19/€1.49)

• Disruptive Themes

• DP Materials – Leopard Theme (£0.79/€0.99)
• DP Materials – Woodgrain Theme (£0.79/€0.99)

Dynamic Themes (PS3)

• Lama Themes

• Dynamic Formula Flag Theme (£1.59/€1.99)
• Dynamic Pirate Flag Theme (£1.59/€1.99)

• Disruptive Themes

• Suspended Beauty (£1.99/€2.49)
• Eiffel Tower (£1.99/€2.49)

• Animal Friends: Dogs Theme (£2.39/€2.99)
• Dynamic Soccer Theme – Spain (£1.25/€1.59)
• Dynamic Soccer Theme – England (£1.25/€1.59)

Wallpapers (PS3)

• Tales from Space: About a Blob Wallpaper 3
• Acceleration of SUGURI Wallpaper

Videos (PS3)

• Test Drive: Unlimited 2

• Car Customisation Trailer
• Jaguar Trailer
• Developer Diary One

• Knights Contract

• GamesCom Trailer
• TGS Trailer
• Level Up Trailer

• Crysis 2 Be Strong Trailer
• Dragon Age II Champion Trailer
• Dragon’s Lair Gameplay Trailer
• Yakuza 4 Ladies of Yakuza 4 Trailer
• The Undergarden World Trailer
• Mass Effect III Announce Trailer
• Acceleration of SUGURI Trailer