A huge update to the playstation store this week. Both the US and European stores have several new downloadable games available to purchase include FLOCK and Rag Doll Kung Fu. Both stores also have two new playable demos each. There is also new game add-on content for LittleBigPlanet, Guitar Hero, Rock Band and more. As always you will also find a selection of new videos and trailers too. Check out the complete list below.
Rag Doll Kung Fu Trophies
A fast-paced combat game with an imaginative look and feel, Ragdoll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic focuses on fun with exaggerated ragdoll physics action and charming High Definition (HD) visual effects.
PlayStation Home getting The Godfather II Game Space
In tomorrow’s PlayStation Home update, The Godfather II game space will be launched in the US. The game space will feature a Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Table. To celebrate the launch of this new space, Electronic Arts is holding a virtual Celebrity Poker Tournament on Thursday night (8:00PM EST, 5:00PM PT). All you have to do is thread up your avatar to look like celebrity and head on up the tables for a game.
In other Home-related news, Capcom is updating their Resident Evil 5 Game Space with a new mini-game and some new costumes in the souvenir shop. They’re also going to host some co-op RE5 matches through Home next week – make sure to login on Thursday, April 16, from 6 to 10PM EST or 3 to 7PM PT.
Europe getting PlayStation Blog
As of April 17th 2009, Europe will have its own dedicated PlayStation Blog, similar to the US version. Gamers in Europe have been requesting a dedicated blog for the European market ever since the US PlayStation Blog went live, and finally our prayers have been answered. The current semi-official blog for Europe, ThreeSpeech, will be shutting down as a result but the team will continue to blog on the new European PlayStation Blog. ThreeSpeech will be posting a further update within the next few days.
ThreeSpeech Statement:
"It’s your feedback, comments and suggestions that have made this possible, so you should all be very proud! Obviously both Three Speech and SCE UK are very grateful to everyone who has made this site so busy and lively over the past two and half years. Your input has really helped PlayStation to grow, and the new blog will be a further way for you to contribute ideas. It’s been good fun meeting all of you and we’re looking forward to seeing you on the EU blog!"
[Via: ThreeSpeech]
PlayTV updated to version 1.10
A patch for the
European digital TV add-on, PlayTV, has now been released bringing it
to version 1.10. The patch was announced a few days ago and is now finally available to download. You can update your version by launching PlayTV and selecting the Software Update option from the main menu. The new patch automatically upscales Standard Definition (SD) broadcasts to High Definition (HD). A few sound enhancement have been made too, such as volume control with
the official PS3 Blu-Ray remote and audio normalisation (similar to the
feature added to music playback in firmware 2.70).
You can now also jump directly into TV mode from the XMB, so you don’t
need the hassle of going through the PlayTV menus beforehand. In terms
of playback, other than the sound changes, the only other change is
slightly better rewind and fastforword handling, with new speeds added.
Watchmen: The End is Nigh Trophies
This action-brawler acts as the prequel to the story in the Watchmen graphic novels and movie. Taking place in an alternate history of the 1980s, the game stars the two masked vigilantes Rorschach and Nite Owl, and features a co-operative mode so that players can team up to beat down the bad guys.
PlayStation Store update for April 2nd 2009
It’s the first PlayStation Store update of April and it’s somewhat disappointing. There are no new playable demos on either store but the US Store does have a new downloadable game as well as the Killzone 2 4-D version. New add-on content is available for various games, including (but not limited to) PAIN, Command and Conquer, Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Qore Episode 11 is available to download for free from the US PlayStation Store. Check out the complete list of new content for both stores below.
European Additions:
- Game Add-on Content
- Pain
- Brock Lee Pack (£0.79/?0.99)
- Ao No Kutso Pack (£0.79/?0.99)
- Sonic Unleased – Chun-Nan Adventure Pack (£3.19/?3.99)
- Street Fighter IV – Classic Pack (£3.19/?3.99)
- Unreal Tournament 3 – Titan Pack
- Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 – Isles of Conflict
- Fifa 09 Ultimate Team Trial
- English
- French
- Italian
- German
- Spanish
- Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
- Storm Game Pack 9
- Storm Game Pack 10
- Guitar Hero World Tour
- The Pixies Track Pack (£4.39/?5.49)
- Debaser By The Pixies (£1.59/?1.99)
- Monkey Gone To Heaven (£1.59/?1.99)
- The Sad Punk’ By The Pixies (£1.59/?1.99)
- Rock Band
- C’mon C’mon (£0.99/?1.49)
- Don’t Stop Believing (£0.99/?1.49)
- Geraldine (£0.99/?1.49)
- Heartbreaker (£0.99/?1.49)
- I Can’t Keep My Eyes Off Of You (£0.59/?0.79)
- Spongebob Squarepants Pack 01 (£1.69/?2.29)
- The Best Day Ever (£0.59/?0.79)
- Where’s Gary? (£0.59/?0.79)
- Pain
- Videos
- EveryBody’s Golf Extra Excitement Trailer
- Split Second Announcement Trailer
- R.U.S.E. Announcement Trailer: The Bluff
- Vasco Rossi – Rewind Skycam
- Wallpaper
- Rag Doll Kung Fu Hero Wallpaper
- Themes
- Pain
- Brock Lee Theme
- El Chille Grande Theme
- Rag Doll Kung Fu Theme
- Motorstorm Pacific Rift
- Island Theme
- Festival Theme
- Pain
US Additions:
- Qore Episode 11 April 2009
- Media
- Killzone 2 Behind the Bullet
- Downloadable Games
- Comet Crash ($9.99)
- Game Add-on Content
- LittleBigPlanet Patapon Costume Pack ($1.99)
- PAIN: Brock Lee Character ($0.99)
- Command & Conquer Red Alert 3: Isles of Conflict Map Pack
- Rock Band
- "I Can’t Keep My Eyes Off of You" – SpongeBob SquarePants ($0.99)
- "The Best Day Ever" – SpongeBob SquarePants ($0.99)
- "Where’s Gary?" – SpongeBob SquarePants ($0.99)
- SpongeBob SquarePants Pack 01 ($2.99)
- "Geraldine" – Glasvegas ($1.99)
- "Don’t Stop Believing" – Journey ($1.99)
- "Heartbreaker" – Pat Benatar ($1.99)
- "C’mon C’mon" – The Von Bondies ($1.99)
- Guitar Hero World Tour
- "Debaser" by The Pixies ($1.99)
- "Monkey Gone To Heaven" by The Pixies ($1.99)
- "The Sad Punk" by The Pixies ($1.99)
- The Pixies Track Pack ($5.49)
- Game Videos
- Killzone 2 TV Spot (Short)
- Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time Teaser Trailer
- Command and Conquer Red Alert 3: Ultimate Edition Launch Trailer
- Modern Warfare 2 Teaser
- Wanted: Weapons of Fate Launch Trailer
- Movie and Blu-ray Disc Trailers
- Obsessed Theatrical Trailer
- Beverly Hills Chihuahua Featurette
- PS3 Themes
- PAIN: Brock Lee Character Theme
- MLB Team Themes – Pack 3 (x5) (includes Brewers, Mets, Twins, White Sox, and Yankees)
- Wallpaper
- Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic Hero Wallpaper
Burn Zombie Burn! Trophies
You play Bruce – an average every-day Joe who was looking forward to some ‘quality time’ with his girlfriend Daisy. In true B-movie style their Saturday night is ruined by an invasion of zombies. Set across six classic American horror movie inspired levels, Burn Zombie Burn is a third-person shoot-em-up in the classic coin-op tradition featuring next-gen game play mechanics, and possessing that ‘one-more-go’ addictiveness which define all of the great shooters.
System Software Ver. 2.70
Settings
- [Dynamic Normalizer] has been added as an option under [Music Settings].
Game
- You can now easily search the Internet for information about your PLAYSTATION®3 format software, as well as for games you purchased from PlayStation®Store. Select the icon for the game, and then select [Internet Search] from the options menu to get search results based on the game title.
Network
- You can now copy and paste text from a Web page viewed in the Internet browser.
- [Copy Address of This Page] and [Copy Address of This Link] have been added as options under [File] in the browse mode menu of the Internet browser.
- [Browser Security] has been added as an option to the browse mode menu of the Internet browser. The websites for the Web filtering services that used to be listed under [Bookmarks] have been moved under this new option.
Friends
- Text chat
- The order in which Friends are listed in the Friends list has been changed. When you have pending requests to add Users as Friends, the icons for these Users are now displayed at the top of the Friends list.
- The maximum size for files that can be attached to messages has been increased to 3MB.
Other
- Polish, Greek, Czech, Slovak, and Turkish can now be displayed in the Internet browser.
Comet Crash Trophies
Comet Crash takes real-time strategy to a new level by blending classical tower defense gameplay with offensive counterattacks and dynamic AI.