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ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Japanese content is up now.
-Europe content is up now.
-North America content is up NAOW!!!!!!
-Stores are now up in your home country if you live in Poland, Greece, Saudi Arabia or the Czech Republic.
-3 themes are on the store but for the ones with web links, you have to download them to your PC and transfer them to your PS3 via USB stick or memory card.
-Firmware 2.0 was released.
DOWNLOADABLE THEMES:
By Sony: Sample (via Borghe on GAF, Thanks for hosting)
By G35Turbo: Tekken 6
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THIS WEEK:
United States/Canada
Games:
-College Hoops 2K8 demo
-Uncharted demo (doesn't work on PAL systems - not region locked, bug related)
-MotorStorm version 3.0
-Guitar Hero 3 DLC - Foo Fighters Pack - $6.25 / $7.25 CDN
-Guitar Hero 3 DLC - Velvet Revolver Pack - $6.25 / $7.25 CDN
-MotorStorm DLC - Devil's Weekend - $5.99 (Details)
-FIFA 2008 version 1.1
Trailers:
-Burnout Paradise - Carson GT
-Burnout Paradise - Manhattan
-Devil May Cry 4 - "TGS Trailer 2"
-MotorStorm - "Devil's Crossing"
-Ratchet & Clank - "Launch"
-WWE Smackdown! vs Raw 2008
Other
-Call of Duty 4 wallpapers (4 of them)
-Classy Pink Theme
-Nature Theme
-Pixels Theme
United Kingdom:
Games:
MotorStorm pack 5,99
-CoolBoarders (PS1) - 3.49 pounds / 4.99 euros
-Folklore DLC - 1.49 pounds / 1.99 euros
-Tekken 5: DR Online - 14.99 pounds / 19.99 euros
-Tekken 5: DR Online Patch - 3.49 pounds / 4.99 euros
-MotorStorm DLC - Devil's Weekend - 3.99 pounds / 5.99 euros
Trailers:
-PSP - "Promo"
-Uncharted - "Animation"
Japan
Games:
-Winning Eleven demo
-Dark Mist - 800 yen
Trailers:
-Devil May Cry 4 (FULL TGS Trailer)
-Heavenly Sword - Anime Series part 4
-Winning Eleven
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COMING BEFORE THE END OF 2007:
Demos:
-Burnout Paradise - December
-Hot Shots Golf 5 - December
-RAW vs. Smackdown - was supposed to come on October 18th
PSN Games:
Released in the US and still to come for Europe:
-Blast Factor: Advanced Research (November)
-Riff: Everyday Shooter (December)
-Piyotama (December)
-Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix (no date)
November
-PAIN
-PS Eye - Aqua Vita
-PS Eye - Mesmerize: Distort
-PS Eye - Mesmerize: Trace
-PS Eye - Operation Creature Feature
-PS Eye - Tori Emaki
-PS Eye - Trials of Topoq
-Snake Ball
-Toy Home
December
-Dark Mist
-Elefunk
-Gran Turismo 5: Prologue - JPN (2008 in NA/Europe)
-High Velocity Bowling
-Rocketman: Axis of Evil
-Skydiving
Others scheduled for 2007
-Commando 3
-Soldner X
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GAMES YOU CAN FIND ONLY ON THE FOREIGN STORES:
JAPAN:
-No Hot Shots 5 demo any more
-Gran Turismo 5: Prologue demo (available only until November 30th)
-Heavenly Sword - "Kai" demo
-G1 Jockey 4 2007 demo
-Imabikisou demo
-Record of Agarest demo
-XI[sai] - PS1 game demo
-Mainichi Issho - full game - free
-Japanese PS1 game list - 600 yen each
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PREVIOUS WEEKS:
PSN Content 11/01/07 (TimeShift & NFSS demos; Godfather DLC; Twisted Metal 2 for PS1)
PSN Content 10/25/07 (Ninja Gaiden and Piyotama DLC, Spyro for PS1)
PSN Content 10/18/07 (Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, Folklore and Juiced 2 demos)
PSN Content 10/11/07 (Everyday Shooter game; Ratchet & Clank Future, Conan, and NHL 2K8 demos)
PSN Content 10/04/07 (Go Sports Ski game; Simpsons & Bladestorm demos, Last set of TGS trailers - JPN)
PSN Content 09/27/07 (Jericho and NBA 2K8 demos; NG: Sigma and MotorStorm DLC, 2nd set of TGS trailers - JPN)
PSN Content 09/20/07 (LocoRoco PS3; NBA 08, Sega Rally Revo, Skate, Stuntman: Ignition demos, 1st set of TGS trailers - JPN)
PSN Content 09/13/07 (PixelJunk Racer, Poker; Tony Hawk, NHL, FIFA, PixelJunk Racer and Harry Potter demos)
PSN Content 09/06/07 (Stranglehold & NBA Live demos, Motorstorm & NG Sigma DLC, HS preview - part 5 of 5)
PSN Content 08/30/07 (Warhawk, SPF2THD Remix, Tekken 5 online, APF, Tiger 08, NASCAR demos, HS preview - part 4 of 5)
PSN Content 08/23/07 (New Folklore demo, New MGS4 & Timeshift trailers, Folding at Home v1.2, HS preview - part 3 of 5)
PSN Content 08/16/07 (DiRT & NCAA demos, Folklore & Timeshift trailers, HS preview - part 2 of 5)
PSN Content 08/09/07 (Piyotama, HS preview - part 1 of 5)
PSN Content 08/02/07 (Blast Factor: Advanced Research, GRAW2, The Darkness, & Bladestorm demos, Tekken 5 Online - JPN)
FIRMWARE UPDATES: (all contain BC updates)
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)
OTHER REFERENCES:
-The link to access the PS Store from your PC (only available for Japan Store). You may have to clear your cookies to access it.
-Help on creating a Japan Store account
-A link to NCSX Importers to purchase a 3,000 yen PSN Card. - $36.50