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Playstation Store 03/26/09

kassatsu

Banned
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Thanks to Goldrusher for the banner, McBacon for Euro PSN store help, and Tntnnbltn for SingStore info.

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► GDC Information Chaos 09
○ Phyre Engine 2.40 announced with hidden game announcements
○ Multiplayer Noby Noby Boy
○ Fat Princess out in Summer

► Xi ARG started in Home this week

► RE5 DLC delayed until April 9th in Japan

► Out This Week (known)
○ Minna de Spelunker (Japan maybe???)
○ Burn Zombie Burn
○ Resistance 2 DLC
○ Rock Band Tracks (Pearl Jam - Ten)



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NOW UP!
/!\ Updates Thursday @ ~ 5PM EST

DEMOS

► Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce (PSP)
○ 211 MB

GAMES

► Burn Zombie Burn!
○ $9.99

► Platypus (PSP)
○ $9.99

► Worms
○ $12.99

ADD-ONS

► Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
○ Item World Command Attack Mode ($3.99)
○ Defender of Earth Character Pack ($5.99 or $1.99 each)
– Gordon
– Jennifer
– Thursday

► Guitar Hero World Tour
♪ "James Bond Theme" ($1.99)

○ Queen Track Pack ($5.49 or $1.99)
♪ "We Are The Champions"
♪ "Fat Bottomed Girls"
♪ "C-lebrity"

► LittleBigPlanet
○ Buzz Costume with Stickers ($1.99)

► Karaoke Revolution American Idol 2
○ Various Tracks ($1.49 each)
♪ (I've Had) The Time of My Life
♪ Dance, Dance
♪ I Love Rock N Roll
♪ Irresistible
♪ My Immortal
♪ Put Your Records On
♪ Spoonman
♪ Sweet Caroline
♪ The Joker and The Thief
♪ The Spirit Of Radio
♪ Youth Gone Wild

► Pain
○ El Chile Grande Character ($0.99)

► Resistance 2
○ Aftermath Map Pack ($5.99)

○ Multiplayer skins ($3.99 bundle or $0.99 each)
– Rachael Parker
– Female Soldier
– Ravager
– Cloven (Retribution model)
– Ranger Variation
– Black Ops Variation

► Rockband
○ "Ten" - Pearl Jam ($17.99 or $1.99 each)
♪ "Once"
♪ "Even Flow"
♪ "Why Go"
♪ "Black"
♪ "Jeremy"
♪ "Oceans"
♪ "Porch"
♪ "Garden"
♪ "Deep"
♪ "Release"
♪ "Master/Slave"

► Tom Clancy's End War
○ Veteran Map Pack

VIDEOS

► F.E.A.R. 2
○ F.E.A.R. to F.E.A.R. 2 Trailer

► Pulse
○ 3/26 Edition

► Red Alert 3
○ Meet the Red Alert 3: Ultimate Edition Dev Team

► Wanted: Weapons of Fate
○ Launch Trailer

THEMES & WALLPAPERS

► Disgaea 3
○ Defender of Earth Theme ($0.99)

► MLB 09 The Show (PS3 & PSP)
○ Marlins Theme
○ Astros Theme
○ Dodgers Theme
○ Cardinals Theme
○ Blue Jays Theme

► Rag Doll Kung Fu
○ Plastic Hip Wallpaper

► Premium Themes
○ PS3 ($1.49 each)
– Arctic Penguins Theme
– Chinese Fighting Dragons Theme
– Celtic Maiden Theme
– Gamer Girlz Theme
○ PSP ($1.49 or $0.99)
– Arctic Penguins Theme
– Chinese Fighting Dragons Theme
– Celtic Maiden 1 Theme
– Celtic Maiden 2 Theme
– Gamer Girlz Theme

SING STORE

► 16 English language songs
► Billy Joel song pack




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NOW UP!
/!\ Some content not available in every Store.

GAMES

► Burn Zombie Burn! (€7.99 | £6.29)

► Magic Carpet (PSone) (€4.99 | £4.79)

► Buzz! Brain of the UK (PSP) (£19.99)

ADD-ONS

► Call of Duty: World at War
○ Map Pack 1 (€9.99 | £7.99)

► Guitar Hero World Tour

♪ "James Bond Theme" (€1.99 | £1.59)

○ Queen Track Pack (€5.49 or €1.99 | £4.39 or £1.59)
♪ "We Are The Champions"
♪ "Fat Bottomed Girls"
♪ "C-lebrity"

► LittleBigPlanet
○ Buzz! costume (€1.99 | £1.59)

► PAIN
○ Smack Pack (€3.99 | £3.19)
○ El Chile Grande (€0.99 | £0.69)

► Resistance 2

○ Aftermath Map Pack (€4.99 | £3.99)

○ Multiplayer skins (€0.75 each | £0.59 each)
- Rachael Parker
- Female Soldier
- Ravager
- Cloven (Retribution model)
- Ranger Variation
- Black Ops Variation

► Rock Band

○ "Ten" - Pearl Jam (€1.49 each | £0.99 each)
♪ "Once"
♪ "Even Flow"
♪ "Why Go"
♪ "Black"
♪ "Jeremy"
♪ "Oceans"
♪ "Porch"
♪ "Garden"
♪ "Deep"
♪ "Release"
♪ "Master/Slave"

► Tom Clancy's EndWar
○ Veteran Map Pack (free)

► Unreal Tournament III
○ Titan Mutator Bonus Pack (free)

THEMES & WALLPAPERS

► Crash Commando - wallpaper

► Rag Doll Kung Fu - wallpaper

► Red Alert 3 - theme & wallpapers

SING STORE

► 26 English language songs
► Billy Joel song pack



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NOW UP!
/!\ Updates throughout the week.

DEMO

► Yuusha 30 - King 30 Demo (PSP)
○ 8786 KB

GAMES

► Minna de Spelunker
○ ¥2400

► PSOne (¥600 each)
○ Carnage Heart EZ (PSP Only)
○ Assault Suits Valken 2
○ Front Mission 3
○ Advanced Variable Geo

THING

► 30 Things A PS3 Can Do!
○ 231 MB

ADD-ONS

► Civilization Revolution
○ Iconic Pack (¥400)
○ Eternal Pack (¥400)
○ Mythic Pack (¥400)

► LittleBigPlanet
○ Patapon Costume (¥200)

► Midnight Club Los Angeles
○ South Central Map Expansion (free)
○ South Central Premium Upgrade (¥1000)

► Mr. Pain [Pain]
○ Movie Studio (¥600)
○ The Hoff (¥200)

► Shin Sengoku Musou Multi-Raid (PSP)
○ Addtional Content Version 5

► Sonic World Adventure
○ Supagonia Adventure Pack (¥300)

VIDEOS

► Fallout 3
○ Introduction Movie

THEMES & WALLPAPERS

► AngelLoveOnline
○ Custom Theme #4

► Minna de Spelunker
○ Custom Theme



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NOW UP!
/!\ Updates throughout the week.

GAMES

► Namco Museum.comm ( Japanese Ver. )
○ HK$ 90.00

► PSOne ( Japanese Vers. | HK$ 33.00 each )
○ Dead or Alive
○ Deception (Koukumeikan)
○ Monster Farm Jump

ADD-ONS

► Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice ( English Ver. )
○ Item World Command Attack Mode (HK$ 34.00)
○ Defender of Earth Character Pack (HK$ 49.00 or HK$ 14.00 each)
– Gordon
– Jennifer
– Thursday

► Dynasty Warriors Multi-Raid ( Japanese Ver. | PSP )
○ Additional Content Version 5

► Everyone's Golf 5 ( Japanese Ver. )
○ Additional Character Sackboy (HK$ 38.00)

► LittleBigPlanet ( English | Chinese | Korean Ver. )
○ Buzz Costume (HK$ 15.00)

► Pain ( English Ver. )
○ El Chile Grande Character (HK$ 8.00)

VIDEOS

► Bokujou Monogatari: Sugar-mura to Minna no Negai [Harvest Moon: Sugar Village & Everyone's Wishes] (PSP)
○ Promotional Video

► Lumines Supernova
○ Promotional Video

► Motorstorm 2
○ Promotional Video

► Rag Doll Kung Fu
○ Fists of Plastic Trailer

THEMES & WALLPAPERS

► Disgaea 3
○ Defender of Earth Theme (HK$ 7.00)

► LaMB
○ Wallpaper 2

► LocoRoco 2 (PS3 & PSP)
○ Theme

► Motorstorm 2
○ Theme



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GAMES for Europe only (already released in the US)

► Bejeweled 2
► Penny Arcade Adventures - Episode 2
► Red Baron Arcade
► Worms
► Zuma

GAMES for US only (already released in Other Territories)

► Catan (Hong Kong)
► Final Fantasy Crystal Defenders R1 (Japan)
► Gomi Bako (Japan | Hong Kong)

GAMES IN MAR/APR

► Flock (April 9)
► Ragdoll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic (April 9)
► Pixel Junk Eden: Encore (Apr)
► Smash Cars (Apr)

LATER THIS YEAR (or Unknown)

► Alien Sports: Minigolf
► Assault Heroes
► Bomberman Ultra
► Battlefield 1943: Pacific
► CellFactor
► Cinnamon Beats
► Codename Cops Maxim Pinball
► Comet Crash
► Diner Dash (Summer 09)
► EyeCreate 2
► EyePet
► Fat Princess (Summer)
► Feeding Frenzy
► Hammer Fall
► Heavy Weapon
► Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao
► Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (ESRB rated)
► Military Madness
► OutRun Online Arcade (Europe Only)
► Peggle
► PixelJunk Dungeons
► Punisher: War Zone
► Puzzle Quest Galactrix
► Sarah's Emergency Room
► Skygods
► Star Trek D.A.C
► Switchball
► Texas Cheat'em
► Topatoi
► Trine (Q2 09)
► TV Show King
► Underfire
► Under Siege (Fall 09)
► Undertow
► Uno
► Zen Pinball

Games that are out already and have confirmed trophy patches coming:

► Bionic Commando: Rearmed :lol
► Disgaea 3
► SingStar
► Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix :lol
► Tomb Raider Underworld

PSone GAMES rated by ESRB (US)

► Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
► Medal of Honor
► Pandemonium
► Spyro 2
► Spyro: Year of The Dragon
► Street Fighter Alpha 2
► Street Fighter Alpha 3
► Super Buster Brothers Collection
► Wipeout XL

PSone GAMES rated by PEGI (Europe)

► Anna Kournikova's Smash Court Tennis
► Bust a Groove
► Colony Wars
► Cool Boarders 3
► Destruction Derby 2
► Devil Dice
► Everybody's Golf
► Klonoa
► Kurushi Final
► Motor Toon Grand Prix
► Namco Museum 1
► Namco Museum 2
► Namco Museum 4
► Omega Boost
► Ridge Racer
► Ridge Racer Type 4
► Rollcage
► Spyro: Year of the Dragon
► Street Fighter Alpha: Warriors' Dreams
► Tekken 2
► Tekken 3
► Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4
► Twisted Metal
► Vib Ribbon
► WipEout 2097
► Wip3out



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/!\ 2009 Content not available on the North American Stores.

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DEMOS

► PSP
○ Patapon 2

GAMES

► PSP
○ Bliss Island
○ Buzz! Master Quiz
○ EA Replay
○ Everybody's Golf
○ Fight Night Round 3
○ FlatOut: Head On
○ Free Running
○ Generation of Chaos
○ Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
○ International Athletics
○ Patapon 2
○ SOCOM Fireteam Bravo
○ Spectral vs. Generation
○ Spinout
○ Splinter Cell Essentials
○ Stateshift
○ Super Pocket Tennis
○ Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters
○ Resistance Retribution
○ Twisted Metal: Head-On
○ Tom Clancy's EndWar
○ World of Pool
○ WWII: Battle Over the Pacific

► PSOne
○ Disney's Action Game Feat. Hercules
○ Disney's The Little Mermand II
○ High Octane
○ Silent Hill
○ Street Skater 2



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DEMOS

► PS3
○ Crystal Defenders
○ Dress Vol. 1 Real Create
○ Ryu ga Gotoku 3 [Yakuza 3]

► PSP
○ Nanatama Chronicle of Dungeon Maker
○ Rei Cho Aniki
○ Shin Sangoku Musou Multi-Raid
○ Yuusha 30 "Hero 30"

GAMES

► PS3
○ Crystal Defenders
○ Dress
○ Gomi Bako
○ Namco Museum.comm

► PSP
○ Enkaku Sousa: Sana e no 23 Hiai
○ Minna no Golf Portable 2 PSP the Best
○ Saru! Get You!: Piposaru Senki
○ Ratchet and Clank Size Matters PSP the Best

PSone GAMES

○ CHAOS BREAK -Episode from "CHAOS HEAT"-
○ Chocobo Racing
○ Chou Aniki: Kyuukyoku Muteki Ginga Saikyou Otoko
○ Farland Story: Yottsu no Fuuin
○ Fish Eyes II
○ Fire Pro Wrestling G
○ G-Police
○ Gakkou wo Tsukurou!!2
○ Knight&Baby
○ KulaQuest
○ Lunar Wing
○ Monster Farm Jump
○ Neo ATLAS II
○ Pop n Pop
○ Soumatou [Deception III: Dark Delusion]
○ Tantei Jinguuji Saburou: Kagaribi ga Kienu Mani
○ Tantei Jinguuji Saburou: Mikan no Rupo
○ Tenshi Doumei
○ Urawaza Mahjong: Korette Tenwatte Yatsukai
○ Yamasa Digi Guide: Umekagetsu R



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DEMOS

► PSP
○ Dynasty Warriors Multi-Raid

GAMES

► PS3
○ Catan ( English Ver. | Chinese Ver.)
○ Trash Box

PSOne GAMES

○ Biohazard 3 Last Escape (Japanese Ver.)



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New guide for making an account.


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03/19/09 ( Wheel of Fortune — Silent Hill 1 (EU) )
03/12/09 ( Astro Tripper — Red Baron Arcade )
03/05/09 ( Watchmen / Demo — Killzone Liberation PSP )

02/26/09 ( No Gravity — Killzone 2 Demo (US) )
02/19/09 ( Noby Noby Boy — Yakuza 3 Demo (JPN) )
02/12/09 ( Qore — Flower )
02/02/09 ( 3 on 3 NHL Arcade / Demo — MLB 09 The Show Demo — Killzone 2 Demo (EU) — Resident Evil 5 Demo )

2008 Comprehensive List
2007 Comprehensive List


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/!\ All contain BC updates.

01/20/09 - 2.60 (Image Gallery, DivX 3.11 support)

12/01/08 - 2.53 (Flash player upgrades, RTMP streaming)
11/04/08 - 2.52 (On-screen keyboard fixes and PAL video settings)
10/14/08 - 2.50 (Tons of refinements to the speed and layout of the XMB, PS Store, Options and Account Management, Power management options, improved Bluetooth headset support)

09/16/08 - 2.43 (Preparation for launch of Japan video store - mandatory only for Japan)
07/29/08 - 2.42 (Stability of PS3 and PS1 games improved)
07/08/08 - 2.41 (Streamlined FW updating and new icon for platinum trophies)
07/02/08 - 2.40 (In-game XMB, Trophies, new Store view mode, friends limit increased to 100, better DivX support, upscaling of videos on the HDD, MP3 Surround support)
06/18/08 - 2.36 (Improved system stability when playing select PlayStation format software titles)
05/14/08 - 2.35 (Improved stability of some PS3 titles)
04/14/08 - 2.30 (PS Store revamped, DTS-HD-MA and DTS-HD audio codec support added)

03/24/08 - 2.20 (Blu-Ray profile 2.0 support, DVD/BD resume play, browser improved, DIVX support enhanced, PSP/PS3 remote play and connectivity enhanced)
03/12/08 - 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 sorting options for video & game, photo & audio playlist support, view videos while downloading, store & browser faster, new Flash version, Information 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 (Included AVC high profile support)
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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• NeoGAF Official PS3 Custom Theme Thread (Lots of cool stuff, Send your thanks to m0dus and the other contributors)
• The Official m0dus PS3 theme thread.
• Need a US PSN card, go here
• PSN Store Twitter Account
 

mrbagdt

Member
Resistance 2 DLC will hit thursday.

Aftermath Map Pack will be $5.99 and Character skins will be $0.99 a piece. Patch will also hit (which means a firmware update may be in store soon).
 

Speevy

Banned
First animated banner?

Anyway, getting everything as usual.

Also getting Catan tomorrow.

Maybe Spelunker later...
 

Captain N

Junior Member
mrbagdt said:
Resistance 2 DLC will hit thursday.

Aftermath Map Pack will be $5.99 and Character skins will be $0.99 a piece. Patch will also hit (which means a firmware update may be in store soon).

What does the Patch do that would mean a firmware is in store?
 

Speevy

Banned
Also, Monster Farm Jump is really bad, isn't it? IGN says so, but I'm thinking in terms of $6 worth of game.
 

vilmer_

Member
I was just checking the thread and I finally know where the themes are for the Japanese store :lol The weird thing is I went to download one, and it takes me to the 'purchase' screen and somehow I have ¥1000 in my account?
 

mrbagdt

Member
Captain N said:
What does the Patch do that would mean a firmware is in store?

Logging in with 2 PSN accounts will be possible with the new Resistance 2 patch. Previously, jstevenson said this was not possible because the firmware wasn't there to allow it...so I'm kind of guessing that maybe there will be a firmware update for this.
 

Speevy

Banned
vilmer_ said:
I was just checking the thread and I finally know where the themes are for the Japanese store :lol The weird thing is I went to download one, and it takes me to the 'purchase' screen and somehow I have ¥1000 in my account?


You loaded that much into your account?
 

vilmer_

Member
Speevy said:
You loaded that much into your account?

All I did was log in with my Japanese account, and check the theme section. I found one I wanted to try and it took me to the area where you can buy something, and apparently this theme is ¥100 and I'll be at ¥900 when it's subtracted. I'm not sure what happened :eek:
 
YoungHav said:
for the love of God where is Bomberman Ultra and/or Fat Princess?

Jeff is constantly asked about Bomberman on the PSblog but he says he doesn't know what's going on with it. We'll find out more about FP this week since its new build will be at GDC.
 

Speevy

Banned
vilmer_ said:
All I did was log in with my Japanese account, and check the theme section. I found one I wanted to try and it took me to the area where you can buy something, and apparently this theme is ¥100 and I'll be at ¥900 when it's subtracted. I'm not sure what happened :eek:



Have you ever loaded a Japanese PSN ticket into your account or registered for a contest?

One weird thing about my Japanese account is that I never actually set up the e-mail I'm using, so I could have been sent several promotional codes by now and wouldn't ever know it.
 

YoungHav

Banned
SolidSnakex said:
Jeff is constantly asked about Bomberman on the PSblog but he says he doesn't know what's going on with it. We'll find out more about FP this week since its new build will be at GDC.
thanks!
 
mrbagdt said:
Resistance 2 DLC will hit thursday.

Aftermath Map Pack will be $5.99 and Character skins will be $0.99 a piece. Patch will also hit (which means a firmware update may be in store soon).

How do you know this?
 

No_Style

Member
YoungHav said:
for the love of God where is Bomberman Ultra and/or Fat Princess?

Great question. It seemed like they announced Bomberman Ultra ages ago. I bet we'll see Bomberman Ultra before Fat Princess though.
 
Yeah haha, didn't even cross my mind to actually check the R2 thread. Thanks. The game has needed some decent weapon balancing for far too long and I'm disappointed to see that they took so long, but I do love it and would like to see some good changes made.
 

Tntnnbltn

Member
mrbagdt said:
Logging in with 2 PSN accounts will be possible with the new Resistance 2 patch. Previously, jstevenson said this was not possible because the firmware wasn't there to allow it...so I'm kind of guessing that maybe there will be a firmware update for this.
If I recall correctly, the backend functionality for this was included in the last firmware update.
 

Dizzan

MINI Member
Awesome banner!

Thanks for the hard work as always kassatsu and GR.

I'm assuming we'll see the GH Metallica demo this week.
 
Come on Tenchu PSone classic... Come on Tenchu PSone classic... Come on Tenchu PSone classic...

So I read that the grappling hook ISN'T in the new Wii / PSP (this week) Tenchu game

What the? That was the best part of the original - how could they take it out??? My only hope is that they release the original on PSN as some sort of promotion for the new game :(

It won't happen will it gaf :(

:(
 
HamPster PamPster said:
Come on Tenchu PSone classic... Come on Tenchu PSone classic... Come on Tenchu PSone classic...

So I read that the grappling hook ISN'T in the new Wii / PSP (this week) Tenchu game

What the? That was the best part of the original - how could they take it out??? My only hope is that they release the original on PSN as some sort of promotion for the new game :(

It won't happen will it gaf :(

:(

Tenchu 4 is different from previous Tenchu games--"more realistic" would sum it up if it still didn't have ninja cats and stuff like that. Think Splinter Cell with Ninja and almost more of a puzzle game. The Wii version was great outside of the poor controls. I plan to pick up the PSP version when it's out.
 

DMeisterJ

Banned
We get some Resistance 2 stuffs this week, and a firmware update if the patch does come on 3/26.

So, what do we think is the probability for PS1 games from SCEA?
 
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