Thank you to Metalmurphy and Crisis for their help in posting the lists and Chubigans for the custom banner.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
-Japanese content is up now.
-Europe content is up now.
-North America content is up now.
-Folding@Home 1.3 was released containing auto shutdown and music playback.
-PS3 firmware 2.10 was released containing DIVX and WMV codec support, BD 1.1 support, voice modulation, PS1 games playable via remote play.
-PSP firmware 3.80 was released containing Internet Radio.
-"*" denotes covers on Rock Band or GH DLC.
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THIS WEEK:
United States/Canada
Games/Demos:
-Snakeball demo
-Blacksite: Area 51 demo
-Snakeball - $9.99 (to purchase, enter the in-game store of the demo)
-Toy Home - $9.99
-Warhawk (PS1) - $5.99
-Trials of Topoq - $4.99 (PS Eye required)
-Mesmerize: Distort - $1.99 (PS Eye required)
DLC:
-Folklore - Christmas Pack - free
-Guitar Hero III - "We Three Kings" - Steve Ouimette - free
-High Stakes Poker - Add-on 1 - free
-High Stakes Poker - Add-on 2 - free
-Motorstorm - Holiday Paintjob - free
-WarHawk - Omega Dawn Expansion Pack - $7.99
Rock Band:
Individual Songs - $1.99 each:
"My Iron Lung" - Radiohead
"Buddy Holly" - Weezer
"Brass in Pocket" - The Pretenders*
Trailers:
-DMC4 - "Final" (mucho spoilers - BEWARE)
-GT5 Prologue - "Sizzle"
-PS3 TV spots - "Only On"
-PS3 TV spots - "Universe"
-PSP - "Features"
-THPG - "Mike V's Skater Story"
-Turok - "Dino Mauling"
-Uncharted - "Animation"
-Warhawk - "Omega Dawn"
Other:
-PAIN: Cookie theme
-PAIN: Santa theme
-Warhawk theme
-High Stakes Poker wallpapers (2 of them)
-Pain wallpapers (4 of them)
United Kingdom
Games/Demos:
-Timeshift multiplayer demo
-Toy Home - £4.99
-Populous: The Beginning - £3.49
DLC:
-Guitar Hero 3 - Boss Battle Track Pack - free
-Motorstorm - Holiday Paintjob - free
-WarHawk - Omega Dawn Expansion Pack - £3.99
Trailers:
-Assassins Creed - "TV Spot"
-Cain & Linch - "Fragile Alliance and Co-op"
-Cain & Linch - "Insider 1"
-Cain & Linch - "Insider 2"
-Cain & Linch - "TV Ad"
-Cain & Linch - "Fragile Alliance"
-Devil May Cry 4 - "TGS 2007"
-Grand Theft Auto 4 - "Trailer 3"
-Metal Gear Solid 4 - "TGS 2007"
-Sega Rally - "Artic"
-Sega Rally - "Canyon"
-Sky Diving
Other:
-High Stakes Poker wallpapers (2 of them)
-Pain wallpapers (4 of them)
-Uncharted - Forum Prize Winner wallpaper
-Manga theme
-Nature theme
-Pixels theme
-Retro theme
Japan
Games/Demos:
-Loco Roco - Christmas demo (only playable on PSP)
-????HELP???? - 800 yen
DLC:
-Mainicchi Issho DLC - ???
-Motorstorm - Holiday Paintjob - free
-Motorstorm - New Car Pack - 200 yen
-Record of Agarest DLC - 300 yen
-WarHawk - Omega Dawn Expansion Pack - 800 yen
Trailers:
-Devil May Cry 4 - "Final" (mucho spoilers - BEWARE)
-FIFA '08
-Gallian Chronicles
-Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
-Medal of Honor: Airborne
-PixelJunk Monsters
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COMING BEFORE THE SUMMER DROUGHT OF 2008:
Demos:
-Devil May Cry 4 - January
-Hot Shots Golf 5 - January
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
-Snake Ball
-Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix
January
-PixelJunk Monsters
-Wipeout HD
February
-Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
Other early 2008 games
-Commando 3
-Dark Mist
-Echo Chrome
-Elefunk
-PS Eye - Mesmerize: Trace
-PS Eye - Tori Emaki
-Rocketman: Axis of Evil
-Rat Race
-Skydiving
-Soldner X
-Super Stardust HD Expansion Pack
-Super Street Fighter 2 HD Turbo Hyper-Fighting, etc.
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STUFF YOU CAN FIND ONLY ON THE FOREIGN STORES:
UNITED KINGDOM:
-Cain & Linch demo
-Heavenly Sword theme
-Killzone 2 theme
-Lemmings theme
-Manga theme
-Mesmerize theme
-MotorStorm theme
-Retro theme
-Snakeball theme
-SingStar theme
-Tori Emaki theme
JAPAN:
-No Gran Turismo 5: Prologue demo any more
-No Hot Shots 5 demo any more
-Dark Mist - 800 yen
-Gran Turismo 5: Prologue - 4500 yen
-Mainichi Issho - full game - free
-PixelJunk Monsters - 900 yen
-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
-Mainicchi Issho themes (2 of them)
-Pixeljunk Monsters theme
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PREVIOUS WEEKS:
PSN Content 12/13/07 (Burnout: Paradise demo; HVBowling, RB and NFS DLC; GT5: Prologue game - JPN)
PSN Content 12/06/07 (High Velocity Bowling game; Wild Arms (PS1); Timeshift MP demo; Folklore, Rock Band, PAIN, and Motor Storm DLC; new themes)
PSN Content 11/29/07 (PAIN game; Oblivion: Shivering Isles expansion; GH3 and Rock Band DLC)
PSN Content 11/22/07 (Aquatopia and Operation: CF PS Eye games; MX vs. ATV demo; flOw, NFS: ProStreet and Rock Band DLC)
PSN Content 11/15/07 (Blazing Angels 2 and Toy Home demos)
PSN Content 11/08/07 (Uncharted and College Hoops 2K8 demos; GH3 and MotorStorm DLC; FIFA and Motorstorm in-game patches)
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)
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)
OTHER RESOURCES:
-NeoGAF Official PS3 Custom Theme Thread (Lots of cool stuff, Send your thanks to m0dus and the other contributors)
-The link to access the PS Store for the PSP.
JAPAN STORE HELP:
-Help on creating a Japan Store account. Alternate guide here.
-Some people's credit cards DO work on foreign stores with an incorrect address.
-Currency exchange fees (usually a standard and relatively small amount) may be applicable to your credit card. Check with your CC agreement for details.
-NCSX importers email you the code and don't charge shipping. When ordering, the freight charges that show initially will only disappear shortly before you get to the final checkout page. NCSX also currently appears to be out of stock of 3000 yen cards.
-Playasia DOES charge for shipping and you have to wait a few days to get your card. However, they have more options for the denominations.
-Buy a Japanese PSN card HERE or HERE or HERE or HERE or HERE or HERE or HERE or HERE or HERE.
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THIS WEEK ON PSP:
Setting some expectations for my listing of PSP Store content. I will only post the PSP list after it gets posted on the PS blog. I'm not going to track content outside of the U.S. nor am I going to track upcoming releases. It's simply way beyond what I have time for. If somebody else wants to start keeping track of that, feel free.
The last update was on December 6th.
Games/Demos:
-SOCOM US Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo - $14.99
-Warhawk - $5.99
Videos:
-Gangs of London Overview Trailer
-Metal Gear Solid 4 - TGS 2007 Trailer
-PS3 TV Spot
-PSP Feature Video 2007
-SOCOM FTB Trailer
Other:
-MLB 07 theme
-Gangs of London wallpapers (3 of them)
-SOCOM Fire Team Bravo wallpapers (2 of them)