This week on the PlayStation Store, Land of the Lost, Drag Me to Hell, and South Park Spooktacular are now available for download. Lots of new TV shows are also available including the latest episodes of Heroes, House, Smallville and other favorites. As for this week’s top movie downloads, Trick ‘r Treat is the number one download followed by X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Year One in second and third place, respectively.
Infinity Ward has scrapped the co-op support for Modern Warfare 2’s main campaign mode, claiming it “really broke” the game’s cinematic experience. Speaking to VG247, communications head Robert Bowling commented, “We did it early on; that’s what Spec Ops started out as, as co-op through story.” As a result, the original co-op mode formed the nucleus of what would later become the Spec Ops feature, allowing players to tackle a number of segments from the main campaign which proved suitable for a two-player experience.
Sony has posted a trailer for the upcoming God of War Collection. Expected in November, the collection contains God of War and God of War II, both remastered in full HD on a single Blu-ray Disc. If you pre-order the game, you also receive a voucher code to download the God of War III demo.
Naughty Dog are releasing a prequel to the original Uncharted, as a motion comic. The announce was made during a live chat on the PlayStation website by Neil Druckmann of Naughty Dog, “We have an exclusive announcement! We’re releasing a prequel story to Uncharted 1 as a motion comic voiced by your favorite actors from the two games. Stay tuned for more info.”
This week on the PlayStation Store, the price promotion on the European Store continues on several PSOne and PSP titles. A new PSP Minis title is also available from the European Store. As for the US Store, several downloadable games are now available for purchase, including SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike and Harvest Moon: Boy & Girl. New videos and premium themes are also available from the US Store.
Sony Computer Entertainment of America has officially announced the new PlayStation 3 system with 250GB HDD. The new model will be available on November 3 for $349.99 USD. Sony’s new PS3 Slim model has sold well since its launch in September, and this latest 250GB unit will offer the same form and functionality as the 120GB model, but with a larger hard drive. Sony has sold some 1 million units worldwide in the first three weeks of its launch.
This week on the PlayStation Store, a number of new downloadable games are available in both Europe and the US, including .detuned and Mushroom Wars. Both stores are also having price promotions on several titles so be sure to check them out. New add-on content this week includes a new Buzz! Quiz TV game pack, new High Velocity Bowling packs and new tracks for Guitar Hero 5 and Rock Band. If you are looking for more dynamic themes, the European store has three new themes available for purchase.
The Ratchet & Clank: Gadgetron HQ space will be launching into PlayStation Home later today. The game space will feature three mini-games, like the massive Skunk Works’ tower defense game. The space will be jam-packed with things to do, rewards to win, virtual items to collect (like a full-on Ratchet outfit), and sheep to wrangle.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves has only been available for a few days now and already Naughty Dog are making additions to the game. Naughty Dog have revised one multiplayer playlist, and added two new ones. The ‘Deathmatch’ playlist has been revised, and consists of standard game types only (variants such as ‘RPGs only’ have been removed).
Sony is promoting inFamous in Japan with a God of War 3 demo coupon. Japanese gamers can get their hands on the demo by redeeming the code on the PlayStation Store. The demo will be available to download from November 19th 2009 until February 2010. Unfortunately, there was no mention if the demo would also be available in the West.
