Thanks to goldrusher for his help on the list and for the banner. His debut week.
You can never have too many banners. Thanks to Chubigans.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Japanese content is up now.
-Europe content is up now.
-North America content is up now.
-The Official m0dus theme thread. Truly awesome stuff.
-@J-GAF: There is a 50% off sale on 3 titles on the Japan Store.
-EU: Singstar received an update this last week and the Singstore was updated with 12 new songs.
-Sony has released the top 10 purchases and demo downloads for both the European and US Stores.
-Lost Planet online demo has been "fixed." Redownload and give it another shot if you had problems.
-There will be a substantive update to the closed HOME beta next week.
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THIS WEEK:
United States/Canada
Games/Demos:
-PixelJunk Monsters demo
-Jet Moto 3 (PS1) - $5.99
DLC:
-PAIN - Hung Lo Character - $0.99
-PAIN - Fun with Explosives Single Player mode - free
Rock Band tracks - $1.99 each:
-Garbage - "Why Do You Love Me?" (master)
-Stone Temple Pilots - "Sex Type Thing" (master)
-Weezer - "El Scorcho" (master)
Trailers:
-Bionic Commando: Rearmed
-Conflict: Denied Ops - "Developer Diary 4"
-MLB08 The Show - "Replay Vault Tutorial"
-MLB08 The Show - "Pitcher Batter Analysis Tutorial"
-MLB08 The Show - "Stolen Base"
Other:
-Lair: Asylian theme
United Kingdom
Games/Demos:
-Lost Planet (online) demo
Trailers:
-Assassin's Creed - "Developers Diary - Altair"
-Conflict: Denied Ops - "Launch"
Other:
-Devil May Cry 4 wallpaper
-Sport theme
Japan
Games/Demos:
-50% off of:
-Lemmings
-Super Rubadub
-Super Stardust HD
DLC:
-Toy Home - 2nd Gear expansion - 500 yen
Trailers:
-Bionic Commando: ReArmed
-Devil May Cry 4 - "Interview"
-Lost Planet - "Trailer 2"
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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
-Flow Expansion Pack
-High Velocity Bowling
-PAIN
-Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix
March
-Echo Chrome - Japan/Spring in the U.S.
-Rocketman: Axis of Evil
April
-Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (4/19)
May
-Bionic Commando: Rearmed
Other 2008 games
-Commando 3
-Dark Mist
-Elefunk
-HOME
-Kart Attack
-Novastrike
-PixelJunk Dungeons (releasing after Eden)
-PixelJunk Eden
-Rat Race
-SOCOM: Confrontation
-Soldner X
-Toy Home - 2nd Gear expansion
-Unnamed game show games - one possible example: Deal or No Deal
-Wipeout HD
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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:
-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
-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 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 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 21th, 2008.
Games/Demos:
-Jet Moto 3 (PS1) - $5.99
-God of War: Chains of Olympus demo