PlayStation Store Update - 11/09/09

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Captain's Log. Stardate 1234, I have noticed that Mr. Sulu has been acting... strangely. He keeps asking me to fire him out of a cannon and cause as much pain to him as possible. I would have obliged, but I have prior appointments with Mr. Spock. Also noticed that the PlayStation Store has been updated with a tribblet of new games, like Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos and Fate/unlimited codes, as well as the long-awaited demo Katamari Forever. It also looks like Activision may be preparing for an attack with their upgraded Guitar Hero 5 warbirds, as a bunch of 'content update and import' downloads have appeared for Guitar Hero. Perhaps this is the beginning of something... wonderful. End log.

Supplemental: Apparently new dynamic, animated themes have become available in the Neutral Zone. Some are free, some are paid. I suspect the Romulans are behind this.

PS3 Games

Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos - AUD $15.95
Analyse a ton of elaborate crime scenes as you track down the evil Dr. Chaos for Interpol. Includes 4 player co-op and a bunch of mini-games too.

PSP Games

BIGS 2 - AUD $23.95
BIGS 2 is a baseball game that allows fans to experience all new career mode along iwth some legendary game modes.
Fate/unlimited codes - AUD $49.95
Fight through the Holy Grail War with Magi and Heroic Spirits. The game has 17 characters, 8 game modes and 255 missions.

PS3 Demos

FIFA 10 - 1005 MB
LittleBigPlanet - 1071 MB
Katamari Forever - 535 MB

PSP Demos

Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman! What Did I Do to Deserve This? - 55 MB

PS3 Game Packs

PAIN George Takei Pack - AUD $2.45
High Veolcity Bowling Back to School Ball Pack - AUD $1.75
High Velocity Bowling Graphic Pattern Ball Pack - AUD $1.75
High Velocity Bowling Heather Haug Haughtfer Pack - AUD $1.75

PSP Game Packs

Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero? Flonne's Castle - AUD $6.95

Guitar Hero

GHWT Downloadable Content Update - Free
Allows most Guitar Hero World Tour downloadable songs to work in certain Guitar Hero and Activision games.
GHWT Disc Import - AUD $6.95
Import songs from Guitar Hero World Tour use with certain Guitar Hero and Activision games that have this feature.
'100 Little Curses' by Street Sweeper Social Club - AUD $3.45
'Fight! Smash! Win!' by Street Sweeper Social Club - AUD $3.45
'Prodigal Son (Live)' by The Rolling Stones - AUD $3.45
'You Gotta Move (Live)' by The Rolling Stones - AUD $3.45
Street Sweeper Social Club Track Pack - AUD $9.25
Includes 'Fight! Smash! Win!', '100 Little Curses' and 'Somewhere In the World It's Midnight'.

Rock Band

'ABC' by The Jackson 5 - AUD $2.45
'Gasoline' by Audioslave - AUD $2.45
'Get Ready 2 Rokk' by Freezepop - AUD $1.30
'Kryptonite' by 3 Doors Down - AUD $2.45
'Less Talk More Rokk' by Freezpop - AUD $1.30
'Miss Murder' by AFI - AUD $2.45
'Opening Band' by Paul and Storm - AUD $1.30
'Origin of Species' by MC Frontalot - AUD $1.30
'Re: Your Brains' by Jonathon Coulton - AUD $1.30
'Science Genius Girl' by Freezepop - AUD $1.30
Freezepop Pack 01 - AUD $3.75
Includes 'Science Genius Girl,' 'Get Ready 2 Rokk' and 'Less Talk More Rokk'.
The Pax 2009 Collection - AUD $3.75
Includes 'Re: Your Brains' by Jonathon COulton, 'Origin of Species' by MC Frontalot and 'Opening Band' by Paul and Storm.

Rock Band Unplugged

'I Stand Alone' by Godsmack - AUD $2.45
'Love Spreads' by Stone Roses - AUD $2.45

Dynamic Themes

WipEout HD - Free
LittleBigPlanet Sackboy On the Run - AUD $3.45
MotorStorm - AUD $3.45

Trailers/Themes/Wallpapers

Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time Story Trailer
Batman Arkham Asylum History of Arkham Trailer
Battle Tanks Trailer
Shatter Trailer
Wet Video Short 5
Il2 Sturmovik Launch Trailer 2
Mini Ninjas Launch Trailer
Mini Ninjas Futo Gameplay
Mini Ninjas Suzume Gameplay
Batman Arkham Asylum Batman Theme Pack
Batman Arkham Asylum Joker Theme Pack
Dante's Inferno Gluttony Wallpaper
Dante's Inferno Lust Wallpaper
Dante's Inferno Limbo Wallpaper
Dante's Inferno Greed Wallpaper

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20 Comments

RXWAG

2 years ago

Fifa Demo!!! that is all...

IHateFrasierCrane

2 years ago

Is it me you're looking for?

Frozencry

2 years ago

That WipeOut Theme is hot.

ashlar

2 years ago

Katamari Demo!
Awesome.

LeonJ

2 years ago

Well it had to happen I guess, paid themes for the PS3.

Where are the cool PS1 games that the US is getting each week? Kind of annoying because I'd love to pick up a few of them, namely KOF and SF games.

ashlar

2 years ago

we suck, we get no ps1 games.

EXH1LARATE

2 years ago

those dynamic themes should be free. they are just moving billboard behind the xmb!

JP2daMC

2 years ago

I think they had paid themes at the start though. I don't think it's a new thing.

Flameforge

2 years ago

Looking forward to some of the Rock Band songs.

Flameforge

2 years ago

Jason Picker wrote

I think they had paid themes at the start though. I don't think it's a new thing.

The US have had paid themes for ages (just regular themes, not "dynamic"), but it's new for our store.

rankodour

2 years ago

The US PS Store now has Silent Hill and Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen as PSone classics.

Gregsy

2 years ago

According to this entry http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2009/09/10/‘heads-up’-playstation-store-update-10th-september-2009/ on the European PlayStation Blog, we were meant to be getting a demo for Fat Princess as well...

I guess it never happened. Still a good update. I downloaded the Katamari Forever and FIFA 10 demos, the WipEout theme and will probably end up buying Interpol: The Trail of Dr Chaos as my girlfriend loves those kind of games.

Benc82

2 years ago

*obligatory post asking where Trine is*

But seriously apparently its passed certification and due for release 18/9 or 25/9 - according to the EU PS blog.

mikezilla2

2 years ago

Katamari Forever - thats a pretty big download , and what dos Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos - AUD $15.95 play like ... . is it point and click ?

Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero ...... when did that get released in AU ?

bobboblaw

2 years ago

mikezilla2 wrote

Katamari Forever - thats a pretty big download , and what dos Interpol: The Trail of Dr. Chaos - AUD $15.95 play like ... . is it point and click ?

Really? I thought at 500MB it's one of the smallest. Most seem to be around 1GB+. The only one smaller one than that which I've seen was a 250MB Sonic demo.

As for Interpol, avoid at all costs

Does anyone else think devs should test themes before release? I'm grateful and appreciate they're free, but the new Batman one for example, has a bright white moon in the top right corner rendering any PSN notifications unreadable.

john_solids

2 years ago

Flameforge wrote

Jason Picker wrote

I think they had paid themes at the start though. I don't think it's a new thing.

The US have had paid themes for ages (just regular themes, not "dynamic"), but it's new for our store.

except for last week when they had the normal Burn Zombie Burn theme on there for 2.45 (or 3.45 cant remember) and not a dynamic theme

EXH1LARATE wrote

those dynamic themes should be free. they are just moving billboard behind the xmb!

Quote

Dynamic themes were recently introduced on the Playstation 3 via the 3.0 firmware update. Although it adds a lot of personality to the XMB (XrossMediaBar), these themes cost a hefty price of $2.99 each on the Playstation Store.

Apparently, the costs are much heavier for the company behind the dynamic themes. Dylan Cuthbert, the President and Executive Producer of Q-Games, made the following statement on comments section of the Playstation.Blog:

“Remember that we’ll be lucky to sell even a few thousand themes and so the cost of developing the theme (3-4 weeks of coder/artist time, checking, testing etc) will still far exceed any money we make from it.”

Of course, there are still plenty of incentives, such as for marketing and promotional purposes, for game companies to create a dynamic theme for the Playstation 3.

http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-6894-SF-Console-Game-Examiner~y2009m9d5-Playstation-3-dynamic-themes-are-not-profitable

Gregsy

2 years ago

bobboblaw wrote

As for Interpol, avoid at all costs

Haha, there was no way they were going to like it anyway. I don't mind some of these types of games, especially when I don't feel like playing anything else.

BurnZ

2 years ago

Gregsy wrote

It did.

It was on there at 6am, but they have since removed it.

I was able to get it at that time, the file is still on there as it is in my downloads history.

fatpizza

2 years ago

If you actually go to the Fat Princess icon, it gives you a "Preview" option rather than a "Purchase" one. Maybe that's a trial? I already own it so I can't really test it.

john_solids

2 years ago

preview is usually the video that pops up of the trailer. if it were the demo it would normally have its own icon not the same one, i havent had a look though, but thats what its usually like.

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