PSN Content 03/20/08

[tanod]

Thanks to Goldrusher for the custom banner and help on the lists.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

-Japanese content is up now.
-Europe content is up now.
-North America content is up now.

-The PS Store is rumored to have a revamp coming on April 15th.
-Last week, somebody told me about a random blog they had found that copy/pasted without credit the entire OP from last week, including the formatting and the part where I said I still needed to list out the Japanese games. LOL
-There was a patch for Rock Band. In-game music store was added with previews and more detailed information of the tracks and the world tour mode is being adjusted so you don't get the same songs near as much.
-The Orange Box for PS3 received an online patch this week.
-Call of Duty 4 for PS3 received an online patch this week.
-Unreal Tournament 3 was updated to fix VOIP, streamline the mod system and fix a couple of bugs.

-Jonnyram on GAF has said that the Japanese Open Home beta is starting on the 24th of March. We'll find out soon whether he was correct.
-GT5 Prologue hits the European store next week on the 27th. If it's like Warhawk, it should go up at 12:01AM GMT Thursday. €39.99 (1.9GB)
-PS3 firmware 2.20 is going up in the next day or two. It includes BD Profile 2.0 and a bunch of other things. I guess they're making up for lost time with the FW updates.
-The European SingStore is getting 24 new songs tomorrow.

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THIS WEEK:

United States/Canada

Games/Demos:
-Condemned 2: Bloodshot demo
-SEGA Superstars Tennis demo

DLC:
-Tiger Woods 08 - "Doral Golf Resort, Blue Monster Course" add-on - $4.99
-Tiger Woods 08 - "Maxed out player" add-on - $2.49
-Tiger Woods 08 - "Turnberry Golf Resort" add-on - free

Rock Band tracks - $1.99 each or $5.49 for the pack:
-At the Gates - "Blinded By Fear" (master)
-Evile - "Thrasher" (master)
-The Haunted - "D.O.A." (master)

Trailers:
-Ape Quest - "PS3 Spec"
-Condemned 2: Bloodshot - "Launch"
-Eye of Judgment - "Set 2"
-Gran Turismo 5 Prologue - "Japan Intro"
-MotorStorm 2 - "Teaser"
-Soul Calibur IV - "Character Reveal"
-Turning Point


United Kingdom

Games/Demos:
-PAIN - £4.99 / €9.99

DLC:
-PAIN - "Muffy" add-on - £0.69 / €0.99
-PAIN - "Cookie" add-on - £0.69 / €0.99
-PAIN - "Hung-Lo" add-on - £0.69 / €0.99
-PAIN - "Santa" add-on - £0.69 / €0.99
-PAIN - "Scurv Dogg" add-on - £0.69 / €0.99
-PAIN - "Ginger" add-on - £0.69 / €0.99
-PAIN - "Fun with Explosives" add-on - free
-Stranglehold map pack - £9.99 / €14.99

Trailers:
-MotorStorm 2 - "Teaser"


Japan

Games/Demos:
-Addie no Okurimono: To Moze from Addie (PS1) - ¥600
-Gakkou o Tsukurou!! (PS1) - ¥600
-Kawa no Nushi Tsuri: Hikyou o Motomete (PS1) - ¥600
-Spyro the Dragon (PS1) - ¥600
-Metal Gear Solid (PS1) - ¥600
-Atelier Ellie - Alchemist of Salburg 2 (PS1) - ¥600
-Crash Bandicoot Carnival (PS1) - ¥600
-Dezaemon Kids (PS1) - ¥600
-PLUSII - Mahjong game (PS1) - ¥600
-Master of Monsters (PS1) - ¥600
-Echochrome - ¥1800

Trailers:
-Oblivion - "Face Making Movie Vol. 2"
-Professional Baseball Spirits 5
-Soulcalibur IV - "Promo Movie Darth Vader"
-Valkyria of the Battlefield: Gallian Chronicles - "Character Introduction Vol. 2: Largo"

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COMING BEFORE THE END OF 2008:

PSN Games:
Released in the US and still to come for Europe:
-Blast Factor: Advanced Research (3/27)
-High Velocity Bowling (April)
-Rocketman: Axis of Evil
-Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix
April
-Dark Mist
-Elefunk
-Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (3/27 EU) (4/17 US)
May
-Bionic Commando: Rearmed
-Echo Chrome
Other 2008 games
-1942
-Commando 3
-HOME
-Kart Attack
-Novastrike
-PixelJunk Dungeons (releasing after Eden)
-PixelJunk Eden
-Plunder
-Rat Race
-SOCOM: Confrontation
-Soldner X
-Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix
-Wipeout HD
-Unnamed game show games - one possible example: Deal or No Deal

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STUFF YOU CAN FIND ONLY ON THE FOREIGN STORES:

UNITED KINGDOM:
-Everybody's Golf 5 demo
-About 15-20 themes (some exclusive to the UK)

JAPAN:
-Current Japanese PS1 game list - ¥600 each
-Dark Mist - ¥800
-Echochrome - ¥1800
-Gran Turismo 5: Prologue - ¥4500
-Mainichi Issho - full game - free
-Echochrome demo
-Go! Sports Ski demo
-Heavenly Sword - "Kai" demo
-G1 Jockey 4 2007 demo
-Imabikisou demo
-Record of Agarest demo
-XI[sai] - PS1 game demo
-Yakuza 3 demos (2 of them)
-A couple of themes
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PREVIOUS WEEKS:
PSN Content 03/13/08 (MLB 2K8 demo; Toy Home expansion; RB, GH and PAIN DLC)
PSN Content 03/06/08 (Rocketman game and demo; GH3 and RB DLC)
PSN Content 02/28/08 (GH3, PAIN and RB DLC)
PSN Content 02/21/08 (Jet Moto 3 (PS1) game; PixelJunk Monsters, God of War: COO (PSP) demos; PAIN, RB DLC)
PSN Content 02/14/08 (MLB08 The Show and Patapon (PSP) demos, RB DLC)
PSN Content 02/07/08 (Go Sports Skydiving, and Crash Bandicoot 3 (PS1) games; Lost Planet online demo; MotorStorm and RB DLC)
PSN Content 2007 - "almost" Comprehensive List (includes Japanese PS1 games)

OTHER RESOURCES:
-NeoGAF Official PS3 Custom Theme Thread (Lots of cool stuff, Send your thanks to m0dus and the other contributors)
-The Official m0dus theme thread.
-The link to access the PS Store for the PSP.

JAPAN STORE HELP:
Contained in "PSN Content 2007 - 'almost' Comprehensive List" thread

FIRMWARE UPDATES: (all contain BC updates)
03/12/07 - 2.17 (Stability for online gaming improved)
12/17/07 - 2.10 (DIVX and WMV codec support, BD 1.1 support, voice modulation, PS1 games playable via remote play)
11/19/07 - 2.01 (Stability and bug fixes for issues with 2.00)
11/07/07 - 2.00 (New options for sorting Trailers and Games, Playlist support for Photos and Music, trailers from the store can be watched while they are still downloading, Store and browser are both much quicker, Browser has new flash version, Info board)
10/23/07 - 1.94 (Included on R&C disk - enables Dual Shock 3 support)
09/12/07 - 1.93 (Fix for Warhawk and PSN connection issues)
09/03/07 - 1.92 (Quicker XMB loading, web browser improvements, bug fixes)
07/23/07 - 1.90 (XMB Backgrounds, CD upsampling, can change PS1/PS2 video settings in-game, XMB game list sorting)
06/27/07 - 1.82
06/13/07 - 1.81 (fixed "full" option not sticking on RGB)
05/23/07 - 1.80 (PSX/PS2/DVD Upscaling, DNLA streaming, BLU-RAY 720p, Memory Card adapter functionality improved)
04/18/07 - 1.70 (Rumble for PS1/PS2, PS1 downloads playable on PS3)
03/22/07 - 1.60 (BG downloading, Folding@Home, Europe BC Enabled)
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THIS WEEK ON PSP:

The last update for the PSP store was on March 20th, 2008.

Games/Demos:
-Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee (UMD) - $10.99
-Flat Out: Head On demo

Trailers:
-Ape Quest
-Gran Turismo 5 Prologue - "Japan Intro"
-Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee - "Behind the scenes #1"
-Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee - "Behind the scenes #2"
-Patapon - "Gamer Advisory Panel QA"

Other:
-Ape Quest wallpaper (x3)
-Ape Quest theme
-Hot Shots Golf: Open Tee wallpaper

[_leech_]

[pswii60]

Fucking awesome banner! Actually shocked me a little :)

[angelfly]

Yet another great banner.

[cjdunn]

Thread title date is a little off.

cjdunn can't come to the PSN right now, he's too busy playing the awesomeness of Hot Shots Golf *Beep*

[dionysus]

The banner is genius. What game is it from though?

[Firewire]

Why bother with a N.A. section?

[Den_John]

The banner is genius. What game is it from though?

Condemned 2

[Mr. Wonderful]

Oh no! I'm going back in time!

Nice thread title.

[dionysus]

Condemned 2

Thanks. I was getting my hopes up for some PSN horror game I hadn't heard of. Maybe a truly episodic game. Ah well....

[krypt0nian]

NO.FUCKING.WAY!

[keenest]

Shouldn't the date be 03/20/08?

[~Devil Trigger~]

whatever site you use to host the banners lately does'nt work all the time.

I cant see the banner for some reason...

[tanod]

Shouldn't the date be 03/20/08?

woops

[Steroyd]

PLZ PAIN PLZ PAIN PLZ PAIN PLZ PAIN PLZ PAIN PLZ PAIN.

BRING ON THE PAIN! >:(

[tanod]

whatever site you use to host the banners lately does'nt work all the time. I cant see the banner for some reason...

How about now?

[Nightz]

Awesome banner!

[MadFuzzy]

Posted in the other thread already but, UK PSP store update:

FlatOut Head On demo
4x Warriors Orochi wallpaper

[xBerserker]

Great Banner Spooky!

Hopefully we get Echochrome in the other regions today

[Seiken]

omg the banner Fucking scary

[E-phonk]

United Kingdom Games/Demos: DLC: Trailers: Other:

Thanks! About what I expected...

[BenjaminBirdie]

That banner is PERFECT!

[BojTrek]

I am still not going to setup the JP or UK account to get the Hot Shots Golf demo...

In fact, I will just play the actual Hot Shots Golf Blu-Ray I picked up yesterday here in the US, instead of playing the demo if it comes out...

[fistfulofmetal]

so.. Condemned demo?

[McBradders]

Europe gets to meet Mr. T's friend PAIN today, right?

Right?!

[McLovin]

awesome banner! This guy is really good!

[tanod]

so.. Condemned demo?

No. It's just that it came out recently.

[cjdunn]

Looks like the Rock Band integrated store may hit this week.

Wow I actually contributed a bit of news to the thread!

[kaching]

Once Rockband has an ingame store, the North American updates are going to look much more barren

yes, i know the updates will probably still appear on PSN store as well.

[Oneself]

Uhm, Condemned 2 demo?.. it's great since I don't have the game yet.

[fps fanatic]

At the banner! Might be my most favorite yet.

[DMPrince]

hahaha. Banner. +5. Fuck the update. this is where it's at

[Keyser Soze]

Where is my freaking Euro update, it used to be up by now for the past few weeks

[xS1TH L0RDx]

i hope there's some good shit out today.

[Ranger X]

Yeah a Condemned 2 demo would be great. Or Dark Mist popping early or something.

[tanod]

Where is my freaking Euro update, it used to be up by now for the past few weeks

It's common knowledge that SCEE uploads all their content using a 56k modem. With PAIN and Blast Factor: Advanced Research coming this week, it's probably taking them a bit longer to upload it to the servers. Probably going up at the previous "normal" time this week. The last few weeks may have been exceptions for some unknown reason.

[OverHeat]

It's common knowledge that SCEE uploads all their content using a 56k modem. With PAIN and Blast Factor: Advanced Research coming this week, it's probably taking them a bit longer to upload it to the servers. Probably going up at the previous "normal" time this week. The last few weeks may have been exceptions for some unknown reason.

I hope it's a joke

[DMPrince]

I hope it's a joke

correct. they are sending everything through the postal service.

[SHOTEH FOCK OP]

Is Dark Mist coming out in America ever?

[Zoc]

nobody cares but me, but the JPN SSHD still doesn't have rumble...

[Wollan]

Shouldn't there be a new Insomniac Fullmoon Podcast today?
According to the last episode, yes.

[GrayFoxPL]

Thanks! About what I expected...

At least it's better then last week!


Stop begging for Dark Mist guys. It's the disapointmenton of the PSN.

It's pretty crap. Pretty crap is still crap!

[kaching]

What happened to the new SSHD DLC that was supposed to be coming? The one that accidentally appeared in EU when they patched the game to include in-game store a few months ago? That hasn't appeared on any release list again, has it?

[Steroyd]

Blech I liked PSN updates in the afternoon. :(

This better mean PAIN today. >:(

[Goldrusher]

Hong Kong store MGS4 wallpaper:

[SHOTEH FOCK OP]

Stop begging for Dark Mist guys. It's the disapointmenton of the PSN. It's pretty crap. Pretty crap is still crap!

kiss my mist

[StalkingSilence]

Here is the new content I came up with - this is just rumored new content.

Here's my list:

Thursday, March 20, 2008


Condemned 2: Bloodshot [Demo] | Rumor
Demo released for the "other console" on March 14, 2008
Set mid-way through the game's first level
The game's official website says "Demo Coming Soon" in the bottom left-hand corner
Update: Sega posted about the PS3 Demo on its blog
"...you can check out a DEMO for both Xbox 360 and PLAYSTATION3 when it releases very soon"
Source: VideoGamer.com :: SEGA America Blog

Dark Sector [Demo] | Rumor
Full game originally scheduled to release in January 22, 2008 - with demo in Fall 2007
Full game has a new release date for the game of March 25, 2008
One of the developers of the game said:
"We wanted to get a demo out roughly a month before the game ships... so its coming soon, but likely not before the holiday season."
Update: Several gaming blogs have said to expect the demo in "mid-March"
Source: Official Dark Sector Blog :: PSExtreme

The Darkness DLC | Rumor
New multiplayer deathmatch map "DM_Haunt"
Released on the "other console" on March 14
This game lacks a strong multiplayer following on PS3 and probably won't get this content, so just a rumor
Price: FREE
Source: Major Nelson

Rock Band DLC - "Earache Thrash Pack" | Confirmed
New Songs:
"Blinded By Fear" by At the Gates
"D.O.A." by The Haunted
"Thrasher" by Evile
Price: $1.99 per track, $5.49 for all three
Patch:
In-game music store
Increased diversity in Band World Tour song selection
Improved phoneme recognition
Microphone latency on PS3 improved
Faster loading of DLC
Source: Rock Band Forums :: PS3 Fanboy

Additional Content
Game Video - Motorstorm 2 Teaser Trailer | Rumor
Game Video - NOVASTRIKE Debut Trailer | Rumor
Game Video - WipEout HD Trailer | Rumor
PS3 Theme - Graffiti | Rumor
PSP Theme - Ape Quest | Rumor


Note: For the full post w/ working links and thumbnails, check out:
Rumored New PLAYSTATION Store Content for 03/20/08

[MadFuzzy]

What happened to the new SSHD DLC that was supposed to be coming? The one that accidentally appeared in EU when they patched the game to include in-game store a few months ago? That hasn't appeared on any release list again, has it?

I think the single player expansion was on the leaked list as down for release in Europe on 15th April (store relaunch day).

[Wollan]

Here is the new content I came up with

Why?

Edit: My bad, just skimmed through it after reading the first line and it seemed 'ambitious'. Missed the reasonings and sources.

[pancakesandsex]

Theres also the umihara kawase demon on the psp store for japan, that was sorta last week, but you listed the ps1 games so.