This week on the PSP PlayStation Store, many games are available on discount on the European Store. Both the European Store and US Stores have received several new games including GTA: Chinatown Wars and WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2010. In addition, GTA Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories are available to purchase from the US Store. You can also find the new episode of PULSE from the US store and a selection of new premium XMB themes. Check out the list of new content below.
This week on the PlayStation Store you will find many titles available at a discount on both the European and US Stores. Europe has a new demo available for download and the US has three new demos, including the first of two Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time demos. A new episode of PULSE is available to download from the US store and the first episode of Uncharted: Eye of Indra. Check out the lists below for details on what’s new.
The PlayStation 3 PlayTV software has been updated to v1.21 today. The biggest change in the 24MB patch is the ability to watch, pause and record high-definition TV, though it’s not clear which countries this feature applies to. Other features include multi-channel audio playback, improved remote play usability, better SD upscaling, and support for Sony’s Aino remote play.
PlayStation Home will be updated to v1.32 tomorrow addressing issues in the current version of PlayStation Home. Originally, the update was supposed to go live today but has been pushed back by a day. The update will add three new game spaces: Uncharted 2, Tekken 6 and Street Fighter 4. The latter two will only be available in the US for the time being. As we mentioned earlier this week, the Uncharted 2 space will feature three mini-games.
If you are unfamiliar with the story of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune but want to play Among Thieves, Naughty Dog has released a motion comic to fill you in on the action. The motion comic will be available in four parts, of which, we have a trailer of the first episode below. The Uncharted Motion Comics’ first episode goes live on PSN later today, and the complete set of four will be available by the end of November. The individual price for each episode has yet to be confirmed but you can purchase all four episode for $2.49.
Mushroom Wars is an all-ages, fast-paced, real time strategy (RTS) game that brings arcade skirmish gameplay to the forefront. With a quaint visual style featuring opposing tribes of mushroom armies, your battles take place in close-quarters maps using simple, straight-forward controls.
The first of two Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time demos will be available to download from the PlayStation Store tomorrow. That’s correct – there will be two demos available for this game. The Clank Demo will be released as part of tomorrow’s PlayStation Store update.
Grand Theft Auto: China Chinatown Wars is now available on the PSP via the PlayStation Store and on UMD. Originally released on the Nintendo DS, Chinatown Wars brings a unique, arcade-like approach to the series. On the PSP, the game includes some exclusive missions, music, re-optimized controls, and an intense high-resolution graphical overhaul that could only be done on this platform.
The Uncharted 2 PlayStation Home Space will be going live tomorrow. The PlayStation Space will feature a Nepalese village environment contains no less than three mini-games as well as an array of must have PlayStation Home Rewards, leaderboards and more. Take part in the multiplayer Fortunate Thieves adventure or try and re-assemble all of the pieces of the shattered mask for the mysterious Stone Face in Mask Mayhem.
The PSOne Classics Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee and Oddworld: Abe’s Exodus will both be available on the PlayStation Store for only $9.99 each starting Thursday, October 22. Finally, gamers who never got the chance to meet and play as Abe when he first came out on the PSone system, will now get that chance to meet the guy who graced many magazine covers and proved the unlikely hero that captured people’s hearts.
