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[tanod]

Many many thanks to Goldrusher. He did pretty much everything this week.

Thanks for the HK list, Strider2K99!

• September 4th, PAIN receiving trophy patch and amusement park DELAYED
• PSN Cards will be released in September in Blockbuster, Riteaid, and 7-11. They can be currently found around army bases and in the following stores in the Midwest: Pamida, and Meijer.
• More Home Beta invites went out over the last week.
• Limited public beta for Little Big Planet is to take place sometime before its release on Oct. 21st. There will be NO demo.
• Public beta for Resistance is to start late in September.
• This week, NFL Head Coach 09 becomes the first 3rd party (disc/retail) game to be released on any current-gen console network platform.

NOW UP!
/!\

GAMES

► NFL Head Coach 09 ($49.99)

DEMOS

► PURE

QORE #4 - September 2008 ($2.99 Issue, $24.99 Annual Subscription)

► Featured Games
○ LittleBigPlanet
○ MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
○ Prince of Persia
► Goodies
○ Demo: MotorStorm: Pacific Rift (available for download next week)
○ artwork
○ new mini-game

GAME CONTENT

► Haze - Destruction Map Pack ($9.99) - 7 maps

► Rock Band
PAX Pack 1 ($2.99 for all or $0.99 each)
♪ “Skullcrusher Mountain” - Jonathan Coulton
♪ “Shhh….” - The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets
♪ “Livin’ at the Corner of Dude and Catastrophe” - MC Frontalot

GAME VIDEOS

► Midnight Club Los Angeles
-Trailer 2
-Trailer 3

► Saints Row 2
-Uncle Gary Motorcycles Trailer
-Uncle Gary Taunting Trailer

► Super Stardust HD
-Tips Video 1: Arcade Mode
-Tips Video 2: Solo Mode

► Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway - Making Of #3: Counter Attack
► Jeopardy! - Trailer
► Legendary - Behind The Scenes - Episode 1
► PAIN - Call Tha Shot Mode Trailer
► Red Baron Arcade - Trailer

THEMES & WALLPAPERS

► The Last Guy - wallpaper

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

DEMOS

► NHL 2K9 (641 MB)
► PURE (1617 MB)

GAME CONTENT

► Haze - Destruction Pack (€4,99 - £3.49)
► Warhawk - Triple Combo Pack (€11,99 - £7.99) - (all 3 add-ons)

THEMES & WALLPAPERS

► Soulcalibur IV - wallpapers

MOVEMENT

► London
♫ Hats Off
♫ It’s a Wrap!
♫ Missing Andy: Under Pressure
♫ Missing Andy: Dance
♫ Missing Andy Interview
♫ Dead Monroe: Sweetheart
♫ Dead Monroe: You’re No Good For Me
♫ Dead Monroe Interview

NOW UP!

WIP

NOW UP!

GAMES

► Star Strike HD (Super Stardust HD)

DEMOS

► Star Strike HD (Super Stardust HD)

GAME CONTENT

► Star Strike HD (Super Stardust HD)
-Solo Add-on
-Team Add-on

GAME VIDEOS

► Brother's in Arms: Hell's Highway trailers
-Making of #1: Operation
-Making of #2: Roll Call

► The Aquanaut's Holiday: Memories of Summer 1996 (PSone JPN version)

THEMES & WALLPAPERS

► Soul Calibur IV Wallpapers (x2)


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GAMES for Europe only (already released in the US)

► 1942: Joint Strike
► Novastrike (August)
► Rocketmen: It Came From Uranus

GAMES BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR

► HOME - Official Wide Release (Fall)
► SOCOM: Confrontation (US: October 14th)

► Burnout Paradise ($29.99) - will include all updates
► Crash Commando
► Dark Mist (Not yet rated by ESRB, might not be coming out in North America, does have posters inside the North American version of the Home beta. There might still be hope.)
► EyeCreate 2
► FLOWER
► Jeopardy (September 11th)
► Kart Attack
► Lumines Supernova
► Mega Man 9 ($9.99) (September)
► Penny Arcade Adventures - Episode 1
► Penny Arcade Adventures - Episode 2
► PowerUp Forever
► Red Baron Arcade
► Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer
► Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
► Wipeout HD

GAMES 2009 (or Unknown)

► Age of Booty
► Alien Sports: Minigolf
► Assault Heroes
► Burn Zombie Burn
► Cinnamon Beats
► Codename Cops Maxim Pinball
► EyePet
► Fat Princess
► Geon: Emotions
► Linger in Shadows
► Massive Action Game (might be PSN?)
► PixelJunk Dungeons
► Puzzle Quest (and its expansion)
► Ragdoll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic
► Sarah's Emergency Room
► Skygods
► Switchball
► Underfire
► Undertow
► Wheel of Fortune

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

► Battlefield: Bad Company
► Bionic Commando: Rearmed
► Burnout: Paradise
► Novastrike (September)
► PAIN (September)

PSone GAMES rated by ESRB (US)

► Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
► Castlevania Chronicles
► Pandemonium
► Suikoden
► Super Buster Brothers Collection
► Wipeout XL

PSone GAMES rated by PEGI (Europe)

► Bust a Groove
► Crash Bandicoot 3
► Colony Wars
► Cool Boarders 2
► 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
► Prince of Persia Classic
► Ridge Racer
► Ridge Racer Type 4
► Rollcage
► Spyro: Year of the Dragon
► Tekken 2
► Tekken 3
► Twisted Metal
► Vib Ribbon
► WipEout 2097
► Wip3out

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

GAMES

► Dark Mist (£4.99 - €7.99)

PSone GAMES (£3.49 - €4.99 each)

► Bishi Bashi Special
► Command & Conquer
► Command & Conquer: Red Alert
► Crash Team Racing
► Fade to Black
► G-Police
► Hardcore 4x4
► Judge Dredd
► Street Skater
► Syphon Filter 3
► Theme Hospital
► Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six

THEMES & WALLPAPERS

► Dark Sector - theme & wallpaper
► Haze - wallpaper
► Heavenly Sword - theme
► Killzone 2 - theme
► MotorStorm - theme & wallpaper
► Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - theme
► SingStar - theme
► Snakeball - theme
► Tekken 5 - wallpaper
► Manga theme

DEMOS

► Lair (1.9 GB)

THEMES & WALLPAPERS

► Dark Mist - theme
► Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 - wallpaper

DEMOS

► Armored Core: For Answer
► Go! Sports Ski
► Heavenly Sword ("Kai")
► Record of Agarest War
► Vampire Rain

PSone DEMOS

► XI[sai]

GAMES

► Dark Mist (¥800)
► Mainichi Issho (thread) (free)

PSone GAMES (¥600 each)

Complete list under PSone-Klassiker in this thread by junkiexxl at consolewars.de.

Instructions on how to create a Japanese PSN account and buy Japanese PSN cards can be found in the "PSN Content 2007 - 'almost' Comprehensive List" thread.

A translation of the main categories (thanks to Zoe):

09/04/08 (Qore 4 + games: NFL Head Coach 09 + demo: Pure + DLC: Haze and RB)
08/28/08 (games: The Last Guy + demos: NHL 09, Soul Calibur 4 + DLC: RB and WarHawk)
08/21/08 (games: R&C: Quest for Booty, EA Sports Live Score Tracker + demos: The Last Guy, NFL Head Coach 09, Star Wars: FU + DLC: RB, GH3, Haze and Hot Shots 5)
08/14/08 (games: Bionic Commando: Rearmed, Street Fighter Alpha (PS1) + demos: Bionic Commando: Rearmed, 1942: Joint Strike, NHL 2K9, Tiger Woods 2009 + DLC: RB)
08/07/08 (Qore 3 + DLC: GH3, Nascar '09, Snakeball, and RB)
2007 - "almost" Comprehensive List (includes Japanese PSone games)

/!\ All contain BC updates.

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)

• 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.
• http://store.playstation.com: PC access to a PlayStation Store for PSP

 

[Dante]

First to post Qore LBP impressions wins!

 

[DJ Crimson]

Is the SOCOM beta coming out tomorrow for those who preordered?

 

[kassatsu]

The Qore icon has a sackboy in the background ;o

Stuff:

DEATH ORB 3000 FINAL ENCOUNTER! (R2)
Qore Wars (L2)

LBP:
1 Preview Video
1 "Big Tutorial"
LBP Art
LBP Theme

Motorstorm:
1 Preview Video "Welcome to the Jungle"
Artwork
Demo(not up yet)

Prince of Persia:
2 preview videos
Artwork

Bioshock:
1 preview video
Artwork

What's Hot:
Trailer/Previews (Sanctuary, Kill Bill 1/2, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rise of the Argonauts)
Upcoming Games
Upcoming Blu-Ray movies
Qore Bloopers!

 

[h3ro]

Man I wish there was a way for me to get this theme without buying Qore... (I'd rather buy the one that gets me into the R2 Beta )

Edit: Kassatu beat me by mere seconds... :lol

 

[Flunkie]

Sackboy FTW. Although I could see him becoming much harder to find compared to the wrestlers.

 

[Lion Heart]

sackboy FTW

unpossible ^

 

[Ranger X]

Nice week but still no PS1 games.

 

[kassatsu]

First to post Qore LBP impressions wins!

Watching Football now >_>;

 

[Corran Horn]

Cool to see another ps3 game appear on PSN

 

[careksims]

Haha! Found the lil guy. I'm missing those wrestlers already!

Ohh this week will be just Qore and Pure demo

 

[HoTHiTTeR]

I wish Qore could work over remote play

 

[MrOctober]

Don't buy the Rock Band pack, it's broken. MC Frontalot is definitely busted and won't load. I had no problem with Skullcrusher Mountain but others have had problems with the whole pack. Harmonix is working on it and will let us know soon when it gets fixed.

 

[Tiduz]

so, when is the novastrike update coming?i thought it was august but i guess im wrong

Don't buy the Rock Band pack, it's broken. MC Frontalot is definitely busted and won't load. I had no problem with Skullcrusher Mountain but others have had problems with the whole pack. Harmonix is working on it and will let us know soon when it gets fixed.

i just installed before reading this

fuck. please dont tell me i have to delete and redl

 

[TheMissingLink]

Man. When I heard about the NBA Live 09 demo being out on the 360 this morning, I was psyched to download it today.

Nope.

And then I read that we can't play the Motorstorm demo till 9/11.

Gah.

At least I get some Veronica Belmont and that other cutie.

 

[womfalcs3]

I'm so excited for Jeopardy!.

Downloading the trailer now. I hope it hypes me up.

EDIT:

Very nice. Trophies, online, clues actually written by the those who write for the show, character customization.

I'm in. My next DL game.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Clever work on the banner as usual :lol

 

[FlyinJ]

Wait a second...

No one can play the Motorstorm demo when it comes out other than people who bought Qore this week?

wtf

 

[Zombie James]

Still no Canadian Sackboy! At least name the heading 'North America'.

 

[MrOctober]

so, when is the novastrike update coming?i thought it was august but i guess im wrong



i just installed before reading this

fuck. please dont tell me i have to delete and redl

I will be fucking pissed if i have to do that. I don't understand why the option to delete individual songs isn't there.

 

[McLovin]

Awesome update.. really glad I got the 1 year Qore subscription ^.^
I don't see it

 

[Wollan]

Wait a second...
No one can play the Motorstorm demo when it comes out other than people who bought Qore this week?
wtf

Qore Episode 4 buyers and Pre-order people will gain access to demo next week.
The rest will have to wait until a week or two before game release.

 

[kassatsu]

Wait a second...

No one can play the Motorstorm demo when it comes out other than people who bought Qore this week?

wtf

I think someone said if you preorder you get access as well.

Awesome update.. really glad I got the 1 year Qore subscription ^.^
I don't see it

Check your download list, it will be in there.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

Eww NFL Head Coach for $49 on PSN? I got a deal getting the Madden 09 collectors edition. Wow PSN should complain to retailers that it has to charge more for what they charge.

 

[Wollan]

Wow PSN should complain to retailers that it has to charge more for what they charge.

To be more precise, this is all up to EA what they want to charge (and their relationship with retailers). Sony just puts it up and takes their percentage.

 

[Shard]

Don't forget about Lumines Supernova, which is releasing in October, also Red Baron Arcade releases in two weeks.

 

[Baha]

Qore's biggest failing imo is the inability to use any of the images in the galleries they give us as wallpaper. I mean c'mon, there is some really nice HD art there that screams 'WALLPAPER!!' to me

Oh, and what are the chances of an english Armored Core: 4 Answer demo? Japan got one right?

 

[borsdy]

Still no Canadian Sackboy!

!

 

[ascii42]

Eww NFL Head Coach for $49 on PSN? I got a deal getting the Madden 09 collectors edition. Wow PSN should complain to retailers that it has to charge more for what they charge.

Head Coach is $49.99 individually at retail stores.

 

[Spy]

I really want a Bomberman game on the PSN!

 

[tzp2gameknight]

Slow week in the demos and games department... Downloaded the Pure Demo though, I'll give that a spin later.

 

[McLovin]

I think someone said if you preorder you get access as well.


Check your download list, it will be in there.

=_= I'm talking about the sackboy in the banner :lol

 

[kassatsu]

=_= I'm talking about the sackboy in the banner :lol

oh :lol

 

[kuYuri]

tanod, here's the HK store update I posted in the last thread.

This is the update for the HK Store from yesterday, September 3rd.

Star Strike HD (Super Stardust HD)
- Full game
- Demo
- Solo Add-on
- Team Add-on

Brother's in Arms: Hell's Highway trailers
- Making of #1: Operation
- Making of #2: Roll Call

The Aquanaut's Holiday: Memories of Summer 1996 (PSone JPN version)

Soul Calibur IV Wallpapers
- French maid Amy
- School uniform Raphael

 

[seattle6418]

Oh crap, where's my Ferrari challenge demo???

WHERE IS IT???

Games cost an arm and a leg here in Brazil, not to mention that i have to order them and it takes like forever to be shipped and stuff.

I need a demo for everything, there's no such thing as a blind buy, unless its a proven franchise like GT, GTA or MGS.

Game Demos dev people, every game should have its demo!

And no demo for LBP? That's like "THE" game i can't buy without trying it first. WTF...

 

[CoG]

Star Strike HD (Super Stardust HD)

I love how Japanese games get renamed to cooler names

 

[McLovin]

oh :lol

well where is it >.<

 

[Choke on the Magic]

I got my HOME beta key today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Oneself]

I think Castlevania Chronicles was coming soon on PSN last year. Soon is fucking far.

 

[kassatsu]

I got my HOME beta key today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Was the email sent today?

 

[Like the hat?]

well where is it >.<

Spoiler

on the front of the red atv thing

heh i stared at the banner for like two minutes, couldnt find it, then i looked at it again a few minutes later and saw it right away

 

[sykoex]

Those SSHD videos were actually pretty helpful. I didn't realize how powerful boosting was against bosses. You can go through them like a hot knife through butter, it's pretty much like having momentary invincibility.

 

[DrPirate]

Spoiler

on the front of the red atv thing

heh i stared at the banner for like two minutes, couldnt find it, then i looked at it again a few minutes later and saw it right away

Damn thanks! Now I can't unsee it!

 

[brandonh83]

I got my HOME beta key today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MOTHER FUCKER

I mean... congrats...

 

[Mr.Squirrel]

I SEE IT I SEE IT!!!!!!!!

 

[MadFuzzy]

Japanese store updates so far this week:

Demos:

The Last Guy

Add-ons:

Soul Calibur IV Custom Parts #3 - 300 yen (?)

Videos:

Ratchet and Clank Quest For Booty
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2009
Aquanaut's Holiday
Soul Calibur IV
Unreal Tournament III

Looks like they may also be taking registrations for the SOCOM Confrontation beta via the Japanese Store as well.

 

[kassatsu]

Japanese store updates so far this week:

Demos:

The Last Guy

Add-ons:

Soul Calibur IV Custom Parts #3 - 300 yen (?)

Videos:

Ratchet and Clank Quest For Booty
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2009
Aquanaut's Holiday
Soul Calibur IV
Unreal Tournament III

There is a socom theme as well.

 

[Erebus]

The only good thing about today's update was Pure demo. I really really enjoyed it even though I'm not sure if I will buy the game.

 

[Maggot9]

There is a socom theme as well.

Japan got a Socom theme before we did?

 

[Gbeav]

The only good thing about today's update was Pure demo. I really really enjoyed it even though I'm not sure if I will buy the game.

I found it basically a snowboarding game with wheels.