Courtesy of Grace Chen // Senior Manager, PlayStation Store
Hey, everyone. It’s time again for the weekly PlayStation Store update.
Qore
Qore Episode 08: January, 2009 ($2.99)
Episode 08 of Qore: Presented by the PlayStation Network travels to the Netherlands to go inside Guerrilla and get an exclusive look at one of the new year’s most anticipated games, Killzone 2.
File size: 1377 MB (HD)
Price Update
Mercenaries 2: World in Flames - Blow It Up Again DLC Pack ($1.99)
Rock Band tracks: “Are You Dead Yet,” “Hay Poco Rock n Roll,” “Ready, Set, Go!”, “The Real World,” “Tempted,” “Tutto E Possible” ($1.99)
Downloadable Games
Cuboid ($9.99)
A stunning 3D puzzle game in which players navigate ancient ruins and lush environments, maneuvering a rectangular block through mystical exits. Cuboid’s 66 twisted levels will bend ... More »
New playstation home update tomorrow Jan 9
new update will include : Red Bull air race, and island space! It will be avalible on your world map.
Also new cloths shops,deisle? and a resedent evil t-shirt
Hey guys, time for the first European PSN Update of the year. The European demo of LOTS: Conquest is finally here so go grab it.
Concerning DLC, we have the usual Rock Band/Guitar Hero update, so enjoy!
Here's the full list below:
Playable Content
* Lord of the Rings: Conquest demo
Add-on Content
* Tom Clancy's EndWar "Faction Elite Pack" (£3.19)
* Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm "Storm Pack 4" (free)
* Rock Band DLC (listed after the break)
* Guitar Hero World Tour DLC (listed after the break)
Videos
* Tekken 6 trailer.
* Lord of the Rings: Conquest "Good To Be Bad" trailer.
* Brain Challenge trailer.
Rock Band DLC
* "Space Truckin" - Deep Purple (£0.99)
* "Funk #49" - James Gang (£0.99)
* "Hymn 43" - Jethro Tull (£0.99)
* "Take Back the City" - Snow Patrol (£0.99)
Not to be bested in the battle of marketing spins by Microsoft, Sony has released figures of their own to spin people's perception of the PS3's success. Sony claims that the year-over-year drop in sales during November was simply an anomaly and that the system has actually seen much better numbers overall.
There was understandably some concern following the release of the November NPDs when the PS3 was the only system of the three current-gen consoles to sell fewer consoles than in November 2007. But Sony claims this was an unusual set of circumstances that can be traced back to "an abnormally strong month due to a price cut (with) the introduction of the 40GB PS3," referring to that SKU's release on November 2, 2007.
Sony Computer Entertainment America VP Ian Jackson said (via CNET):
We've had a solid holiday season and have delivered consistent growth throughout this year. 2... More »
Update: It now appears the game will hit stores on June 19, according to a separate press release from the game's publisher, Atari.
Sony has confirmed via a press release this week that the upcoming videogame adaptation of Ghostbusters will be released simultaneously alongside the Blu-ray version of the original film on June 16, 2009.
Spotted by eagle eyed bloggers at Joystiq.com, the press release reads: "The simultaneous [June 16] launch of Ghostbusters: The Video Game, the highly anticipated videogame from Atari, celebrates the film's 25th anniversary."
Featuring a script penned by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Rami, Ghostbusters: The Video Game kicks of two years after the events of Ghostbusters II with players filling the shoes of a new recruit hired to test drive one of Egon’s latest gizmos.
Naturally – or perhaps we should say, supernaturally – the team soon find themselves combating an array of iconic spo... More »