Thanks to Goldrusher for the custom banner and to him and stalkingsilence for help on the lists.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Japanese content is up now.
-Europe content is up now.
-North America content is up now.
-The PS Store is rumored to have a revamp coming on April 15th.
-Jonnyram on GAF has said that the Japanese Open Home beta is starting on the 24th of March. We'll find out soon whether he was correct.
-PS3 firmware 2.17 went up last night. It's only some bug fixes for online games. No new features.
-Even if you don't have GH3, if you ever plan to own or play it, download the free track pack today. In case they take it down (which is likely since it's a holiday thing), you can always delete it from your PS3 and it will remain on your download list.
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THIS WEEK:
United States/Canada
Games/Demos:
-MLB 2K8 demo
-Toy Home Expansion Pack - $6.99
DLC:
-Guitar Hero 3 - Drop Kick Murphys Pack - FREE
--"Famous for Nothing"
--"Flannigan's Ball"
--"Johnny, I Hardly Knew Ya"
-PAIN - Character "Muffy" (Cheerleader) - $0.99
-PAIN - Character "Ginger" (Nurse) - $0.99
-Rock Band tracks - SXSW - $0.99 each:
--Serj Tankian - "Beethoven's C***" (Master)
--Black Tide - "Shockwave" (Master)
--Paramore - "Crushcrushcrush" (Master)
Trailers:
-Hot Shots Golf 5 - "Characters and Courses"
-Hot Shots Golf 5 - "New Shot System"
-Viking - "Battle for Asgard"
-Viking - "Episode 1: Skarin's Calling"
-Viking - "Episode 2: Siege of Caldburg"
Other:
-Condemned 2: Bloodshot themes (2 of them)
-God of War: Chains of Olympus theme
-PAIN - Character "Muffy" theme
-PAIN - Character "Ginger" theme
United Kingdom
DLC:
-Guitar Hero III: Modern Metal Track Pack - 5.99 / £3.99 / AUD 9.95
--Avenged Sevenfold - Almost Easy
--Thrice - The Arsonist
--The Deftones - Hole in the earth
Trailers:
-Elefunk
Other:
-PixelJunk Monsters theme
Japan
Trailers:
-will check when I get home but there are about 6 new ones this week
Other:
-Dark Mist themes (5 of them) - ¥100 each <--WTFISTHISSHIT?!
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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 (3/20)
-High Velocity Bowling (April)
-PAIN (3/20)
-Rocketman: Axis of Evil
-Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix
April
-Dark Mist
-Elefunk
-Gran Turismo 5: Prologue (3/27 EU) (4/17 US)
May
-Bionic Commando: Rearmed
-Echo Chrome
Other 2008 games
-1942
-Commando 3
-HOME
-Kart Attack
-Novastrike
-PixelJunk Dungeons (releasing after Eden)
-PixelJunk Eden
-Plunder
-Rat Race
-SOCOM: Confrontation
-Soldner X
-Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix
-Wipeout HD
-Unnamed game show games - one possible example: Deal or No Deal
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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:
-Current Japanese PS1 game list - 600 yen each
-Dark Mist - 800 yen
-Gran Turismo 5: Prologue - 4500 yen
-Mainichi Issho - full game - free
-Echochrome demo
-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 03/06/08 (Rocketman game and demo; GH3 and RB DLC)
PSN Content 02/28/08 (GH3, PAIN and RB DLC)
PSN Content 02/21/08 (Jet Moto 3 (PS1) game; PixelJunk Monsters, God of War: COO (PSP) demos; PAIN, RB DLC)
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 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)
03/12/07 - 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 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 March 13th, 2008.
Games/Demos:
-WipEout Pulse Demo
Other:
-God of War: Chains of Olympus theme
-God of War: Chains of Olympus wallpapers (4 of them)