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— System-related Announcements

• Doing things a little different this week. It is finals week, so I won't be posting what is on the stores until it is up.

• Are you in Europe or Australia? Looking for a US PSN card? Ask here!

• The Silent Hill Homecoming Theme (free) up on PSN was made by GAF'S own Modus commissioned by Konami themselves. SUPPORT HIS WORK!!

— Release Announcements

• Home is out on 12/11! (Thursday)

— Patch / DLC Announcements

• echochrome trophy patch and 1000 user made levels today

• Resistance 1 DLC Map Packs are FREE starting Tomorrow

• Singstar patch that lets PS2 versions become playable out for before Christmas

NOW UP !

GAMES

► PowerUp Forever
○ $9.99

ADD-ONS

► Age of Booty
○ Map Pack 4
○ Map Pack 5

► Guitar Hero World Tour
○ Nirvana Track Pack ($5.49 or $1.99 per song)
♪ "Negative Creep"
♪ "Sliver"
♪ "You Know You're Right"

○ European Track Pack ($5.49 or $1.99 per song)
♪ "Dis Moi" - BBBrunes
♪ "Mama Mae" - Negrita
♪ "'54, '74, '90, 2010" - Sportfreunde Stiller

► High Velocity Bowling
○ Tiff’s Big Zero Trick Shot Pack
○ Gearhead Ball Pack ($0.99)

► Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2
○ Various Tracks ($1.49 each)
♪ Over The Rainbow
♪ How To Save A Life
♪ Waiting For Tonight
♪ Heart of Glass

► LittleBigPlanet
○ Street Fighter costumes ($5.99 or $1.99 per character)
- Zangief
- Chun-Li
- Guile
- Ryu

○ Santa Coat & Trousers (free)

► Mercenaries 2
○ Blow It Up Again Content Pack

► Resistance: Fall of Man
○ Map Packs (FREE)

► Rock Band
○ No Doubt - The Singles 1992-2003 ($19.99 or $1.99 per song)
♪ "Just a Girl"
♪ "It’s My Life"
♪ "Hey Baby"
♪ "Bathwater”
♪ "Sunday Morning"
♪ "Hella Good"
♪ "Underneath It All"
♪ "Excuse Me Mr.”
♪ "Running"
♪ "Spiderwebs”
♪ "Simple Kind of Life”
♪ “Don’t Speak”
♪ “Ex-Girlfriend”

► Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
○ Apprentice Mission Pack ($9.99)
○ The Force Unleashed Character Pack 2 ($4.99)

► Tom Clancy's EndWar
○ Escalation Expansion Pack ($9.99)

VIDEOS

► Resistance 2
○ Accolades Trailer

► LOTR: Conquest
○ Good to be Bad Trailer

► Xam'd: Lost Memories
○ Release Announcement Video
○ Exclusive Interviews

MOVIES AND BLU-RAY TRAILERS

► Batman Tech Video

► Not Easily Broken

► Paul Blart: Mall Cop Trailer

► Step Brothers Blu-ray Trailer

► The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc Blu-ray Trailer


THEMES & WALLPAPERS

► Resistance 2
○ Americana Theme
○ Man vs. Chimera Theme
○ SRPA Team Theme

► Xam’d Lost Memories
○ Theme

► Mountain Dew
○ Wallpaper

PSP STORE VIDEOS

► Resistance 2
○ Accolades Trailer

► Xam’d: Lost Memories
○ Exclusive Interviews Video
○ Release Announcement Video

► BRAIN CHALLENGE
○ video

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

GAMES

► Astro Tripper (€3,99 / £3.19)
► Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlord (£15.99)

► Jet Rider 2 (PSone) (€4,99 / £3.99)

► Brain Challenge (PSP) (€9,99 / £7.99)
► NBA LIVE 09 (PSP) (€39,99 / £29.99)
► Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09 (PSP) (€39,99 / £31.99)

ADD-ONS

► Guitar Hero World Tour

○ Nirvana Track Pack (€5,49/£4.39 or €1,99/£1.59 per song)
♪ "Negative Creep"
♪ "Sliver"
♪ "You Know You're Right"

○ European Track Pack (€5,49/£4.39 or €1,99/£1.59 per song)
♪ "Dis Moi" - BBBrunes
♪ "Mama Mae" - Negrita
♪ "'54, '74, '90, 2010" - Sportfreunde Stiller

► LittleBigPlanet

○ Street Fighter costumes (€5,99/£4.79 or €1,99/£1.59 per character)
- Zangief
- Chun-Li
- Guile
- Ryu

○ Santa outfit - boots & trousers (free)

► Rock Band

○ No Doubt - The Singles 1992-2003 (€14,99/£9.99 or €1,49/£0.99 per song)
♪ "Just a Girl"
♪ "It’s My Life"
♪ "Hey Baby"
♪ "Bathwater”
♪ "Sunday Morning"
♪ "Hella Good"
♪ "Underneath It All"
♪ "Excuse Me Mr.”
♪ "Running"
♪ "Spiderwebs”
♪ "Simple Kind of Life”
♪ “Don’t Speak”
♪ “Ex-Girlfriend”

► Tom Clancy's EndWar

○ Escalation Expansion Pack (£7.99)

VIDEOS

► Crash Commando
○ Trailer

► Prince of Persia
○ E3 Gameplay Trailer
○ Debut Trailer

► Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer
○ Trailer

SHOOT

► Prison Food
○ full movie
○ Trailer
○ Behind The Scenes
○ Interview with director Uwe Flade

THEMES & WALLPAPERS

► GTI Club+ - wallpapers
► Tom Clancy's EndWar - wallpapers

NOW UP!

BETAS

► Namco Museum

GAMES

► Siren: New Translation
○ Full Game (¥4500)
○ Episode 1-4 Bundle (¥1500)
○ Episode 5-12 (¥400 each)

► PSOne (¥600 each)
○ The Silver Case
○ Saga Frontier 2
○ Bushido Blade 2
○ Puzzle Bobble 3DX
○ Dead or Alive

► PSP (¥2200 each)
○ echochrome PSP The Best
○ Ape Escape: Saru Saru Master Moves PSP The Best

ADD-ONS

► LittleBigPlanet
○ Santa Coat and Trousers (Free)

Videos

► echochrome
○ 1000 more stages video

► Prince of Persia
○ Promotional Video

THEMES & WALLPAPERS

► Cross Edge (¥200 each)
○ Orica Theme
○ Misha Theme

► LocoRoco 2 (PSP/PS3 Versions)
○ Reading MuiMui
○ MuiMui Ship

NOW UP!

BETAS

► Namco Museum

GAMES

► Prince of Persia Classic (English Version)
○ HK$ 76.00

► Soldner-X (English Version)
○ HK$ 76.00

ADD-ONS

► Cross Edge (Japanese Version)
○ New Form Set 2 (HK$ 45.00)

► Hot Shots Golf 5 (Japanese Version)
○ Jurassic Island Country Club (HK$ 55.00)

► LittleBigPlanet (English / Chinese / Korean Version)
○ Santa Coat and Trousers (Free)

VIDEOS

► Hakuna Matata
○ All in 1 video

► Soul Calibur 4
○ Game Preview

THEMES & WALLPAPERS

► Cross Edge (HK$ 15.00 each)
○ Mikoto Theme
○ Aneesha Theme
○ Irma Theme
○ Elma Theme
○ Orica Theme
○ Misha Theme

► Hakuna Matata
○ Theme
○ Acacia Wallpaper
○ Aloe Wallpaper
○ Anna & Eric Wallpaper

► LocoRoco 2 (PSP Only)
○ Theme 1
○ Theme 2
○ Wallpaper 1
○ Wallpaper 2



​

GAMES for Europe only (already released in the US)

► Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars
► PowerUp Forever

GAMES for US only (already released in Europe)

► Astro Tripper
► GTi Club+

GAMES BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR

► Crash Commando (December 18)
► Lumines Supernova (December 23)

► Cuboid
► EyeCreate 2
► Kart Attack
► Magic Ball
► Penny Arcade Adventures - Episode 2 ($14.95)
► Spelunker HD (Winter 2008)

GAMES 2009 (or Unknown)

► Alien Sports: Minigolf
► Assault Heroes
► Bomberman Ultra ($9.99)
► Burn Zombie Burn (January)
► Cinnamon Beats
► Codename Cops Maxim Pinball
► 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.)
► EyePet
► Fat Princess
► Flock (January)
► Flower
► Massive Action Game (might be PSN?)
► Noby Noby Boy (Jan 29 - Japan PSN)
► PixelJunk Dungeons
► Ragdoll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic
► Sarah's Emergency Room
► Savage Moon
► Skygods
► Switchball
► Trine (Q2 09)
► Underfire
► Undertow
► Wheel of Fortune

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

► Age of Booty
► Bionic Commando: Rearmed
► Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway
► Fallout 3
► SingStar
► SOCOM Confrontation
► Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

PSone GAMES rated by ESRB (US)

► Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
► Castlevania Chronicles
► Pandemonium
► Street Fighter Alpha 2
► Street Fighter Alpha 3
► Suikoden
► Super Buster Brothers Collection
► Wipeout XL

PSone GAMES rated by PEGI (Europe)

► 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
► Tekken 2
► Tekken 3
► Twisted Metal
► Vib Ribbon
► WipEout 2097
► Wip3out

PSone GAMES (Japan)

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

DEMOS

► Go! Sudoku
► Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2

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
► Sim City 2000
► Spin Jam
► Street Skater
► Syphon Filter 3
► Theme Hospital
► Theme Park
► 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

► FolksSoul
► Go! Sports Ski
► Go! Sudoku
► Heavenly Sword ("Kai")

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.

DEMOS

► Armored Core for Answer
► Battle Fantasia
► Lair
► Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2

THEMES & WALLPAPERS (incomplete)

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

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):

12/04/08 (Qore 7 + games: Soldner-X + DLC: Age of Booty, Farcary 2, Grid, LBP, GHWT, KaraRev, Naruto, RB, SC4)

11/25/08 (demos: Dead Space + games: SSFT2HD, Brain Challenge + DLC: GHWT, RB, Karaoke Rev, LBP)
11/20/08 (demos: MotoGP 08 + DLC: Bioshock, Dead Space, LBP, American Idol, RB, GHWT)
11/13/08 (games: Age of Booty + DLC: FIFA09, Hotshots Golf 5, LBP, NFS:Undercover, Pain, CivRev, Force Unleashed)
11/06/08 (Qore 6 + demos: MGS4, NCAA Basketball 09 + DLC: Buzz, LBP, GHWT, Rockband)
2007 - "almost" Comprehensive List (includes Japanese PSone games)

/!\ All contain BC updates.

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)

• 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.

 

[Flunkie]

Yay, now everyone will get to "experience" Home.

 

[Nizz]

Wow, early post.

 

[Ploid 3.0]

This one was hard to find for me. I got it though.

 

[Kaako]

I'm coming HOME again. Do you think about me now and then?

 

[kassatsu]

This week's LBP dlc, minus the beard and hat ;p

 

[LiquidMetal14]

Japan got Saga Frontier 2?!?!!??! Come on now Sony, step it up with the PS1 releases!

 

[rainking187]

The PSBlog says that tomorrow there will be a new Resistance 2 theme, and that both map packs for the original Resistance will be available for free.

 

[Kyoufu]

Bushido Blade 2 - So awesome.

 

[YYZ]

This week's LBP dlc, minus the beard and hat ;p

There's also Street Fighter, but not free (Ryu, Zangief, Guile, Chun Li)

$1.99 each or $6.00 (I think) for all four.

 

[LiquidMetal14]

There's also Street Fighter, but not free (Ryu, Zangief, Guile, Chun Li)

$1.99 each or $6.00 (I think) for all four.

Sounds good to me! I was ready for the 1.99 each but nice to see the bundle. And LOVE the Santy Claus outfit!

 

[kuYuri]

Might as well have used this kassatsu.

 

[Rolf NB]

Dear SCEE,
Penny Arcade Adventures. Stat.

kthxbye

 

[kassatsu]

Might as well have used this kassatsu.

Could have ;p

So what are the odds that we get a PSOne game tomorrow on the US Store?

 

[Proc]

are people on gaf actually buying the lbp costumes?

 

[zoku88]

Well, I already know what Im buying. Lumines, here I come ^^

 

[_Angelus_]

So HOME is actually releasing tomorrow?
Thats amazing timing, since thats when UPS is suppose to deliver my new PS3.

Its like Home releasing is too much since well I already have other things planed for the PS3 this day. Gonna surf on it,watch some BluRay,and maybe buy a game or two from PSN before trying out MotorStorm 2 and Valkyrie Chronicles.

Feels like Christmas.

 

[polg]

Dear SCEE,
SSF2THDR. Stat.

kthxbye

fixed

 

[LiquidMetal14]

are people on gaf actually buying the lbp costumes?

Yes? While they are a tad overpriced I understand the licensing behind it. And I'm a fan who likes me some LBP costumes.

 

[Byakuya769]

Hey I've gotten the Namco Arcade beta from the jpn store... anyone know how to get the arcade units to work within Home? (you win them for playing the game.. you can place pac-man, dig dug, galaga, and xavior in your personal home space!)

 

[sykoex]

I'm thinking of renting LBP from gamefly, is the general laggyness gone or should I hold off for a while?

 

[MoogPaul]

Dear SCEE,
At his point, anything decent from PS1

kthxbye

truly fixed.

 

[Speevy]

I thought Lumines was confirmed for this week.

 

[kuYuri]

are people on gaf actually buying the lbp costumes?

I haven't bought any yet, but I may buy the SFII costumes. ;(

 

[_Angelus_]

The LBP dudes look cute as hell.

 

[Septimus]

I'm thinking of renting LBP from gamefly, is the general laggyness gone or should I hold off for a while?

Never really lagged online multiplayer for me. It's depends on the connections of you and who you play with.

 

[kassatsu]

Rest of the Japanese Content is now up

Siren got a price cut.
2 PSP games
LBP DLC
X Edge Premium Themes

 

[neojubei]

Bushido Blade 2 - So awesome.

Hell yea, finally.

 

[dallow_bg]

► PSOne (¥600 each)
○ The Silver Case

Early Suda51 game.

 

[lupinko]

Rest of the Japanese Content is now up

Siren got a price cut.

No, not really, that's how much I paid for it, if not a little less.

I'm guessing that's a price cut in comparison to the BD release of the game in Japan since that was priced a little higher than the special limited only pre-release for J-PSN.

 

[kassatsu]

No, not really, that's how much I paid for it, if not a little less.

I'm guessing that's a price cut in comparison to the BD release of the game in Japan since that was priced a little higher than the special limited only pre-release for J-PSN.

I see, why else would they have bumped it to the top of the store? I assumed price cut?

 

[neojubei]

There's also Street Fighter, but not free (Ryu, Zangief, Guile, Chun Li)

$1.99 each or $6.00 (I think) for all four.

Buying all 4, too bad there isn't a blanka sackboy

 

[Spooks]

So wait. Is this the full version of home?

 

[kassatsu]

So wait. Is this the full version of home?

Open Beta.

 

[sca2511]

are people on gaf actually buying the lbp costumes?

yes. well my girlfriend does and i take it from her account

 

[YYZ]

Buying all 4, too bad there isn't a blanka sackboy

good point, Blanka Sackboy would be pretty unique.

I'm also getting all four.

 

[Dead Prince]

Hope to see more psp/ps1 games on the US PSN Store. if not i'll just pick up the LBP DLC then.

 

[Spooks]

Open Beta.

K that's what I thought. Are they adding anything else to it since it's going to be open now?

 

[lupinko]

I see, why else would they have bumped it to the top of the store? I assumed price cut?

Nah, in that case, it has more to do with the fact that when Siren: NT was released in Japan, it was released a week before the BD release. In Japan, Siren was originally only a BD game (whereas the west would get PSN releases, North America never seeing a BD release by the way), but a week prior to the game's release in Japan, SCEI did a special promotion for Siren: NT, it was their "Siren Survival Promotion", basically for the people who bought the game, chapters 3-12 (I think it was 12 chapters, been awhile since I played the game anyway) were all time-release locked with each progressing day leading up to the BD release a new chapter would be unlocked for play. The fun marketing ploy was can you survive the horror in said days or something cliche like that.

Unlike the PSN releases in the west, this release was just the full game, with no option to buy the separate "episodes" (more like just a cheesy way of allowing the game to be downloaded less painfully, it is a 9GB game after all), with the first two chapters playable on the first day and the others not playable until the release of the retail game. This version of Siren: NT was only sold for like 2 days, and after those two days it disappeared from PS Store, only to return now.

Oh and they also decorated the Japanese store all with Siren Red during that time, really cool stuff.

 

[theinfinityissue]

Just about every single time I get drunk, out comes the copy of Bushido Blade 2 and I start trying to get anyone to play it. That is one game I could seriously play a thousand consecutive rounds of. Of course, a round can be like 2 seconds.. but that's not the point.

 

[Synless]

Japan got Saga Frontier 2?!?!!??! Come on now Sony, step it up with the PS1 releases!

They won't.......we've been waiting since launch. Japan kicks ass though, they are getting such good games.

 

[Speevy]

They won't.......we've been waiting since launch. Japan kicks ass though, they are getting such good games.

You have no idea how many times I've actually considered learning Japanese to play these games, except that I'll never use it and don't have time.


We need a "Gaming Japanese Training Course" like Rosetta Stone but for gamers.

Teach me the Japanese lettering for things like "Start", "Continue", "There are 7 mystic and/or sacred stones.", and "You must destroy the great evil poison cloud before it envelops the world, and return the 7 mystic stones, which will restore the flow of time."

 

[kassatsu]

Nah, in that case, it has more to do with the fact that when Siren: NT was released in Japan, it was released a week before the BD release. In Japan, Siren was originally only a BD game (whereas the west would get PSN releases, North America never seeing a BD release by the way), but a week prior to the game's release in Japan, SCEI did a special promotion for Siren: NT, it was their "Siren Survival Promotion", basically for the people who bought the game, chapters 3-12 (I think it was 12 chapters, been awhile since I played the game anyway) were all time-release locked with each progressing day leading up to the BD release a new chapter would be unlocked for play. The fun marketing ploy was can you survive the horror in said days or something cliche like that.

Unlike the PSN releases in the west, this release was just the full game, with no option to buy the separate "episodes" (more like just a cheesy way of allowing the game to be downloaded less painfully, it is a 9GB game after all), with the first two chapters playable on the first day and the others not playable until the release of the retail game. This version of Siren: NT was only sold for like 2 days, and after those two days it disappeared from PS Store, only to return now.

Oh and they also decorated the Japanese store all with Siren Red during that time, really cool stuff.

Oh ok thanks

 

[Aeon712]

Screw Home, It's all about Luminus .

 

[GeoramA]

I thought Lumines was confirmed for this week.

It is according to Pulse. Kinda strange no price has been set.

 

[BobJustBob]

Japan got Saga Frontier 2?!?!!??! Come on now Sony, step it up with the PS1 releases!

Really? That's on my list! All I want from the PS1 is Saga Frontier 2, Legend of Mana, Torneko, and Aquanaut's Holiday. MAKE IT HAPPEN SONY DAMMIT.

 

[OldJadedGamer]

I just scroll through the list searching for my free weekly sackboy. Big fan of this one.

 

[Bearillusion]

Street Fighter for non US residents! Please!!!!

 

[Shadow780]

When is that starship troopers tower defense game coming? (sorry forgot what it was called)

 

[Teknoman]

Japan got Saga Frontier 2?!?!!??! Come on now Sony, step it up with the PS1 releases!

Was just about to post this.