As if to purposefully annoy Europeans even further, SCEA has released one of the best store updates we've seen in a long time. Plenty of add-on packs, videos and even a demo. We like this week's update and hope to see the year continue with similar results. Here's the full release list:
- Toy Home expansion pack ($6.99)
- Major League Baseball 2K8 demo (free)
- PAIN character add-on "Ginger the Nurse" ($0.99)
- PAIN character add-on "Muffy the Cheerleader" ($0.99)
- Rock Band songs
- Black Tide's "Shockwave" ($0.99)
- Paramore's "Crushcrushcrush" ($0.99)
- Serj Tankian's "Beethovan's C***" ($0.99)
- Guitar Hero III "Dropkick Murpheys" song pack (free)
- Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds "Characters and courses" video (free)
- Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds "New shot system" video (free)
- Viking: Battle for Asgard teaser trailer (free)
- Viking "Episode 1 - Skarin's Calling" video (free)
- Viking "Episode 2 - Siege of Caldburg" video (free)
- God of War: Chains of Olympus theme (free)
- PAIN "Ginger" theme (free)
- PAIN "Muffy" theme (free)
- 2 Condemned 2: Bloodshot themes (free)
- Condemned 2: Bloodshot wallpaper (free)
Sony Europe - take note.
This is a PSN update. We're pleased to see a
God of War: Chains of Olympus theme, even though it's a PSP game. As for the
Toy Home expansion, that's a pleasant surprise, indeed. Though it's a little pricey. We're intrigued to see if the additional content is worth more than half the price of the original game.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
3-13-2008 @ 5:17PM
Brian Spence said...
I pretty much play video games by myself, so I have no interest in guitar hero or rock band (playing pretend instruments by yourself seems like the height of sadness to me). So most of these updates have been really lame. I'm not into baseball, I don't have a PSP, and PAIN hasn't had the greatest reviews.
Overall, not that great an update in my opinion. Anyone else feel the same?
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3-13-2008 @ 5:29PM
Tim Parsons said...
I have PAIN and I really don't have any interest in these add-on characters i'm wondering if anyone actually buys them
3-13-2008 @ 5:34PM
HAAS599 said...
i would buy a new launch enviroment
3-14-2008 @ 1:24PM
Lars said...
I buy the add-on characters. Not really for the characters themselves, although they can be quite amusing. I just buy the characters because I really like the game, and I want to encourage them to do more to it, so buying a 99cent character is my way of donating to the cause. Plus... hey, it's only 99cents, that couldn't even buy me enough gas to get to work.
3-13-2008 @ 5:17PM
Watcher said...
Oops, guys fix your link for Toy home expac. You have Pa3fanboy instead of ps3fanboy.
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3-13-2008 @ 5:18PM
Tim Parsons said...
Blah,. nothing of remote interest in this update for me ,. this is the worst update yet in my opinion as not even so much as one video is of interest to me. & anyone getting excited over MLB 2k8 demo ,. well no comment
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3-13-2008 @ 6:18PM
aaron_k7 said...
Maybe learn how to write while you're at it. I had trouble using the same bad grammar and punctuation as you did.
3-13-2008 @ 6:13PM
Tim Parsons said...
wow your too funny kid, P.S XBOX SUCKS!! If i wwanted a block heater i'd go buy ,. a block heater !
3-13-2008 @ 6:46PM
aaron_k7 said...
What's your profile picture?
3-13-2008 @ 5:25PM
Clownzy said...
the GoW theme is also a ps3 theme!
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3-13-2008 @ 5:44PM
Tim Parsons said...
all themes PSN released Themes are soooo Boring. There are much better ones out there user created,. the SONY released ones are lame and boring
3-14-2008 @ 1:27PM
Lars said...
You're just full of flames Tim, aren't you?
I have yet to find a theme that I like better than the original one. Love the original. Actually I'd like to see the original in black, if we could change the color of text too. Then I could use light backgrounds.
3-14-2008 @ 11:24PM
Popfrogs said...
@Lars: I found a theme that I keep coming back to. Actually there are 2 hand drawn icon themes that look nice.
http://www.ps3-themes.com/art-graphics/gant.html and
http://www.ps3-themes.com/animals-nature/buuf.html
3-13-2008 @ 5:27PM
chris.westermann said...
I don't know, is Pain trying to be porn? Just goes to show you that all the Pain team is doing is coming up with sexy characters rather then doing anything else, like say, making it a good game.
As for the new shot system for Hot Shots, I just hope they didn't hack in some lame Sixaxis control scheme where I have to whip the controller forward to hit the ball. Leave the motion control nonsense for Nintendo as its all they have going for them. So far with a few rare exceptions most sixaxis controls schemes are lame and almost unusable rather then being fun and innovative. Sony should just start to quietly ignore sixaxis and pretend it never existed, I am trying to.
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3-16-2008 @ 10:55AM
Vincent said...
No it doesn't use the sixaxis tilting. You can download Hot Shots Golf demo on the EU PSN, just make an acc there.
3-13-2008 @ 5:29PM
aaron_k7 said...
Wow, so much for PS1 classics...are we not doing that anymore? Oh, only in Japan? Forgot.
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3-13-2008 @ 5:37PM
Tim Parsons said...
you want PSone games I have a great suggestion,.. Go buy a PSone and find the games you want and STFU , stop whinning!
3-13-2008 @ 5:39PM
Lars said...
A fiver nets me 3 Rock Band songs and 2 PAIN characters!? Sweet!
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3-13-2008 @ 6:45PM
bluefrog said...
Unless you live in Canada, then you pay $1.99 for everything that's $0.99 in the US...and the dollars are worth the same.
3-14-2008 @ 1:32PM
Lars said...
At least in Canada you get healthcare, low crime, lower cost of living, and so on.