Although it happened last night; here is your list of items released for the Playstation Store for you PS3 and PSP owners. It seems like a lot of content hit the store this week including plenty of price drops which should help as well. The highlight of course is the release of the Aliens vs. Predator Multiplayer Demo, go and download it now; its worth it. The other exciting release yesterday was also the Battlefield Bad Company 2 Demo which was a hit with me when it was in Beta. Here is a list of everything you can check out on the store today.
PS3:
Fret Nice ($14.99) [With Demo]
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Multiplayer Demo
Aliens vs. Predator Demo
Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce Demo
Tank Battles Demo
Qore Episode 21 February 2010 ($2.99)
White Knight Chronicles International Edition Makeover Ticket ($4.99)
Exclusively for the Playstation 3, and developed by NIS America, this new RPG will be released on Feburary 23rd, 2010 which is only a few weeks away.
It takes place in a world called Jonovald, which is governed by two gods: Meiktilia who presides over the death of all people and the destruction of all things, and Formival who presides over the birth of all people and the creation of all things. Meiktilia blesses two types of people with special powers; Blades and Sealers. Blades have the skills to destroy the physical structure of things, and Sealers use magical abilities to destroy the metaphysical, the spiritual structure of things. The two main characters are Nine who is a Blade, and Aisha who is a Sealer.
The new Firmware 3.10 update that we posted about yesterday which include Facebook integration is now available for download. To keep up with Microsoft it looks like Sony went ahead and released the update instead of waiting for the Thursday update of the Playstation Store Network.
Although it seems kind of odd that Facebook would be included in this update only because the PS3 already has a web browser built in so it doesn't make quite a lot of sense. However, with the Facebook app it seems Sony must want to make the social lives of gamers easier when it comes to their Playstation 3. As mentioned yesterday as well a couple of tweaks were added to this update that I'm sure you'll notice.
The Photo category on the XMB has been revamped to make it easier to see more of your photos stored on the PS3.
The PSN Friends List has been modified based on feedback we received after update 3.00. Additionally, you can now choose a color for your PSN ID on the XMB.
In it's latest update on the Playstation Blog, Sony has officially announced details for Facebook integration in the new Firmware 3.10 update for the Playstation 3. With Facebook integration you'll be able to link your Playstation Network account to your Facebook account and have it updated whenever Trophies or Store activity is happening. Now this is obviously in an effort to keep up with Microsoft and the Xbox 360. Their new update will add Facebook, Twitter and Last.fm. One wonders if Sony will be playing catch after this update. Other features the update will include are....
The Photo category on the XMB has been revamped to make it easier to see more of your photos stored on the PS3.
The PSN Friends List has been modified based on feedback we received after update 3.00. Additionally, you can now choose a color for your PSN ID on the XMB.
Check out the video above for a full fledged preview of things to come.
The Playstation Network update for this week is pretty bare. The one highlight title is Braid the once Xbox Live Arcade exclusive title making its debut on Playstation 3. Aside from that you have the obglatory Rock Band tracks as well as a few demos here and there. Nothing to writer home about this week. Let's see what next week has in store for us.
PS3:
Tank Battles Price Drop (Price Drop To $6.99)
Braid ($14.99)
Star Trek: D-A-C ($9.99) [With Demo]
Command & Conquer: Red Alert ($5.99) [PS1]
Inferno Pool Demo
NCAA Basketball 10 Demo
MX Vs. ATV Reflex Demo
PAIN Fat Princess Character (Free)
PAIN Speed Oocher Mode ($1.99)
Rag Doll Kung Fu Mistress of Mime Character (Free)
Rag Doll Kung Fu Shaolin Scarecrow Character (Free)
It's official. Sony has announced that it will be partnering with the largest movie rental service, Netflix. It will be streaming movies and TV shows straight to your Playstation 3 this November.
Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) and Netflix, Inc. [Nasdaq: NFLX] today announced that they are joining forces to make thousands of movies and TV episodes from Netflix available to be streamed instantly to TVs via the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) computer entertainment system. Netflix expects to begin streaming via the PS3 system next month at no additional cost to Netflix members in the United States who have a PS3 system.
Today’s announcement pairs two of the most popular and fastest growing home entertainment brands in the U.S. The PS3 system’s installed base has reached close to 9 million units in the United States, and Netflix recently reported 11.1 million U.S. subscribers as of September 30.
Just so we don't miss anything, we're here to bring you the Playstation Network update which went live yesterday. The highlight of the update? The first of the two Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crank in the Time demos hit and features Clank's gameplay.
PS3:
Trine ($19.99)
Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee ($9.99) [PS1]
Oddworld: Abe’s Exodus ($9.99) [PS1]
Ratchet And Clank Future: A Crack In Time – Clank Demo
Critter Crunch Demo
Dragon Ball: Raging Blast Demo
FIFA Soccer 10 Live Season 2.0 All Leagues ($9.99)
Lumines Supernova Add-on Bundle ($4.99)
Lumines Supernova Holiday pack ($2.49)
Way of the Samurai 3 – Head & Apparel Items
Guitar Hero 5 Tracks
Rock Band Tracks
Price Drops:
Lumines Supernova Permanent Price Drop (Now $9.99)
Burnout Paradise Temporary Price Drop (Now $14.99)
Siren Halloween Sale (Full Game Now $29.99, Originally $39.99 – Three Bundles Now $11.99, Originally $14.99)
PSP:
Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron Demo
Rock Band Unplugged Tracks
Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee ($9.99) [PS1]
Oddworld: Abe’s Exodus ($9.99) [PS1]
Check out a list of the downloadable UMD titles for you PSP Go users below.
The release of the Playstation 3 version for Dragon Age: Origins was finally confirmed today during a live developer chat on the Playstation Blog. The game will officially be on store shelves on November 3rd and hit Europe a little later in the month it seems. The game will be sticking with its release the same day as the Xbox 360 and PC versions.
There was also a comment made about BioWare's curiosity in Playstation Home, however, Ray Muzyka from Bioware reiterated that they are "exploring it", but have no plans for an announcement yet.
If it wasn't for Batman: Arkham Asylum we probably wouldn't have seen the invention of challenge rooms hitting the scene for major game releases. But, because of Arkham Asylum, God of War 3 will use its downloadable content strategy on those challenge rooms. GamePro magazine managed to have a chat with Director Stig Asmussen.
"It would make a lot of sense to be able to download [challenge rooms]," said Asmussen to GamePro. "That's something we might see in the future."
So you can probably excect God of War 3 to be shipping with a few challenge rooms already in game and then expect to see more added later on.
After waiting for the entire day, the Playstation Store update is finally here. We have new PSN games hitting this week like .detuned and Mushroom Wars. Check out what's up on the Store below.
Playstation 3
.detuned ($2.99)
BUZZ! Junior: Monster Rally (4.99)
Mushroom Wars ($9.99)
topatoi ($9.99)
[PsOne Classics] Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation ($5.99)
NBA 2k10 Demo (Free)
Game Add-Ons: High Velocity Bowling ([Doug Graves, Halloween and Planets Pack]$.99), Hot Shots Golf Costumes ($2.99), BUZZ!: Quiz TV Space Pack ($5.99)
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