Thank you to Chubigans for the custom banner and Crisis for the help with the lists today.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
I'm back.
-Europe content is up now.
-North America content is up now.
-The Official m0dus theme thread. He has added two awesome themes this week: Street Fighter 2 and Little Big Planet. You can find his other work there too. Truly awesome stuff.
-Pro Evo 2008 received an online update this last week.
-The Singstar Singstore got updated this last week.
-The online mode of the Burnout Paradise demo will only be available until February 14th.
-FYI about the Patapon demo: You need to install it to your PSP from your Japan account. You also need to sync (activate) your PSP with your Japan account. Although this can disable some things that are already on your PSP, you can change the activation back to normal at any time and they will be enabled again (i.e. PS1 games, no deleting required). This demo is in Japanese but will work on any PSP.
-I don't usually add any personal opinions to the OP but for the love of god, buy Pixeljunk Monsters. It's way too awesome not to own and it's only $9.99! There is an English language demo on the Japanese store.
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THIS WEEK:
United States/Canada
Games/Demos:
-Go! Sports Skydiving - $4.99
-Crash Bandicoot 3: Warped (PS1) - $5.99
-Lost Planet demo (online only)
DLC:
-Motorstorm - Chinese New Year skin - free
Rock Band tracks - $1.99 each:
-Kiss' "Calling Dr. Love"
-Faith No More - "We Care A Lot"
-B-52's - "Roam"
Trailers:
-Burnout - "Paradise Dev Diary"
-Burnout - "Launch Trailer 1"
-Burnout - "Launch Trailer 2"
-Conflict: Denied Ops - "Diary"
-MLB 08 The Show "First Look"
-Uncharted "Final" Trailer
Other:
-Uncharted wallpapers (2 of them)
United Kingdom
Games/Demos:
Sky Diving - £3.49/4.99
Turok demo
Conflict: Denied Ops demo
DLC:
MotorStorm - Chinese New Year Gift - free
Folklore - Malion Pack - free
Trailers:
Lost Planet
Japan
Games/Demos:
-Snakeball - 800 yen
-Lost Planet demo (online only)
-Patapon (PSP) demo
DLC:
-Motorstorm Chinese New Year vehicle pack - free
-Piyotama - Valentine theme free
-Snakeball Multiplayer add-on - 200 yen
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COMING BEFORE THE END OF 2008:
Demos:
-Hot Shots Golf 5
PSN Games:
Released in the US and still to come for Europe:
-Blast Factor: Advanced Research
-Flow Expansion Pack
-High Velocity Bowling
-PAIN
-Riff: Everyday Shooter
-Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix
February
-Unnamed game show games - one possible example: Deal or No Deal (releasing before GDC)
March
-Echo Chrome - Japan
April
-Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (4/19)
Other 2008 games
-Bionic Commando: Rearmed
-Commando 3
-Dark Mist
-Elefunk
-HOME
-Rocketman: Axis of Evil
-Rat Race
-Skydiving
-Soldner X
-Wipeout HD
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STUFF YOU CAN FIND ONLY ON THE FOREIGN STORES:
UNITED KINGDOM:
-Heavenly Sword theme
-Killzone 2 theme
-Manga theme
-MotorStorm theme
-Retro theme
-Snakeball theme
-SingStar theme
JAPAN:
-Dark Mist - 800 yen
-Gran Turismo 5: Prologue - 4500 yen
-Mainichi Issho - full game - free
-Current Japanese PS1 game list - 600 yen each
-Go! Sports Ski demo
-Heavenly Sword - "Kai" demo
-G1 Jockey 4 2007 demo
-Imabikisou demo
-Lost Planet (online) demo
-PixelJunk Monsters demo
-Record of Agarest demo
-XI[sai] - PS1 game demo
-Yakuza 3 demos (2 of them)
-Mainicchi Issho themes (2 of them)
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PREVIOUS WEEKS:
PSN Content 01/31/08 (Conflict: DO demo; Folklore and RB DLC)
PSN Content 01/24/08 (PixelJunk Monsters, Jet Moto 2 (PS1) games; DMC4 and The Club demos; Stranglehold, NFS: PS, Folklore, RB, and GH3 DLC)
PSN Content 01/17/08 (Blast Factor Bundle, Mesmerize: Trace (PSEye), Tori-Emaki (PSEye); Turok and FIFA Street 3 demos; MotorStorm and RB DLC)
PSN Content 01/10/08 (Crash Bandicoot 2 (PS1) game; Kane and Lynch and Super Stardust HD demos; Folklore, NFS and RB DLC)
PSN Content 01/03/08 (NFL Tour '09 demo; NFS: PS, Rock Band and GH3 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)
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 February 7th, 2008.
Games/Demos:
-Go! Puzzle - $5.99 (same as PS3 version)
-Harvey Birdman demo
-Puzzle Guzzle demo
Trailers:
-Brave Story: New Traveler
-flOw
-Twisted Metal: Head On - "Behind the Scenes Video 1"
-Twisted Metal: Head On - "Behind the Scenes Video 2"
Other:
-The Cryptics Digital Video Comic - $2.99
-The Cryptics Video - free