This week on the PSP PlayStation Store a number of new games are available from the European Store, including Tekken 6 and Avatar. Three Metal Gear Solid titles are also available for download too. The US Store has a number of new titles too, including Silent Hill: Origins, and the two Death Jr. titles. Five new Minis titles are available on the European Store and two new titles on the US Store. Check out the complete list below.
This week on the PlayStation Store, Call of Duty Classic is available to download from the European Store. On the US Store, PixelJunk Shooter is now available to download along with other new titles. There are three new playable demos on the US Store and one new one on the European Store. In addition, both stores have a Uncharted The Eye of Indra Skins and Comics Bundle, giving you two multiplayer skins for Uncharted 2 and all four episodes of the motion comic.
The MAG Beta is now over, after running for the past few months. With the end of the Beta, the only thing left to look forward to is the launch of the game on January 26th 2010. The official box art for North America has been revealed (see below) as well as some statistics from the beta. In short, over 42,000 matches were played during the beta test. Between November 9th and December 5th, over 65,000 players logged on, making almost 18 million kills. See the full statistics below.
The latest patch for SOCOM: Confrontation contains a massive amount of new content and features, and is completely free to download. Patch v1.60 adds The Dutch KCT and Italian COMSUBIN Special Forces teams, two new primary weapons for the new Special Force teams above and four new weapons including the 9mm Sub Machine Gun, M82A1A, AK-74 and SR-25. In addition to the new characters and weapons, the team has also added 100% Random Medleys to the patch update.
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Sony has revealed exclusive pre-orders items for Darksiders in the UK, which include PlayStation Home outfits, in-game weapons, comic book and more. The War costume, worn by the horseman in the game, will be exclusive with pre-orders from Play.com. Another PlayStation Home item, the Ruin mask, is exclusive with pre-orders from Amazon.
Owners of the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Blu-ray Disc have something to get excited about this week. On December 12th at 8:00PM GMT live from London, the the world’s first worldwide screening of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will take place. Star Daniel Radcliffe and director David Yates will watch the movie and answer your questions during this live screening via BD-Live.
Audi has signed up to be the first automotive brand to use the PlayStation Home social gaming portal to test concept cars. Audi has worked with games marketing specialist Veemee to create a hub called the Audi Space where users can virtually test drive its new electric sports car, the Audi e-tron. In the Audi Space, users can learn more about the Audi brand and “meet up, hang out and experience the world of Audi”.
There has been a lot of speculation on what Sony would be calling their upcoming motion controller. If Sony was preparing a surprising unveiling of the name, then their plans have been thwarted. In a press conference held in New York City this mornin, Electronic Arts CEO John Riccitiello let slip the name of the controller – or did he?
New downloadable content is headed to Brutal Legend next week. EA and Double Fine have announced Hammer of Infinite Fate, the second DLC pack for the title. The Hammer of Infinite Fate pack comes with three new outfits for Eddie Rigg: the Mountain Man, Black Metal and Zaulia Thread. The Deuce will also get a face lift with four brand new paint jobs and four purchaseable upgrades including the Oculus of the Lost, and a GPS.
