PSN Thursday: Wheel of Fortune edition

Updated Thu, Mar 19, 2009, 7:50 PM·2 min read

Plenty of new content to get stuck into this week, including a whole load of DLC for a vast range of games. Wheel of Fortune arrives as this week's Spring Fever title, along with a demo for Red Alert 3: The Ultimate Edition. PSP owners have some more Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero DLC, a full game and a load of videos.

Choose your platform to view the corresponding release list:

(Note: Continue past the break to view both release lists.)

Playable Content

Wheel Of Fortune full game ($14.99)
Red Alert 3: Ultimate Edition demo (free)

Add-on Content

LittleBigPlanet Killzone 2 costume pack ($2.99)
High Velocity Bowling "Jill's Totally Straight" pack (free)
PAIN Smack pack ($2.99)
Call of Duty World At War map pack 1 ($9.99)
Midnight Club Los Angeles South Central expansion pack (free)
Midnight Club Los Angeles South Central vehicle pack ($9.99)
NCAA Basketball 09 Bracket pack (free)
Street Fighter IV Classic pack ($3.99)
Trivial Pursuit Movies pack (free)
Unreal Tournament 3 Titan pack (free)
FIFA 08 Ultimate Team pack (free)
Karaoke Revolution tracks ($1.49 each, check the PS Blog for full list)
Rock Band DLC (continued)
Guitar Hero DLC (continued)

Videos

4x inFamous trailers
Patapon 2 trailer
5x Resistance Retribution trailers
FEAR 2 Alma vignette
Monsters Vs Aliens teaser
Red Alert 3 Battlecast Primetime special
Unreal Tournament 3 Titan Pack trailer
2x Red Faction: Guerilla trailers
Wheel of Fortune trailer

Rock Band DLC

Get the Funk Out 01 3-pack ($5.50)

"Pick Up the Pieces" - Average White Band ($2)
"Shining Star" - Earth Wind & Fire ($2)
"Get Up (I Feel Like Being a) Sex Machine - Pt 1" - James Brown ($2)

Individual songs:

"Thrash Unreal" - Against Me! ($2)
"All the Things That Go to Make Heaven and Earth" - The New Pornographers ($2)
"Use It" - The New Pornographers ($2)
"Last Resort" - Papa Roach ($2)
"Lifeline" - Papa Roach ($2)

Guitar Hero World Tour DLC

European Track Pack 04 ($5.49)

"Carolina" by M-Clan ($1.99)
"Hier kommt Alex" by Die Toten Hosen ($1.99)
"What Have You Done" By Within Temptation ($1.99)

Jimi Hendrix Track Pack 02 ($5.49)

Themes and Wallpapers

5x MLB The Show themes
Wheel of Fortune theme
Amodeus Dark Angels theme 2 ($0.99)
FIFA 09 Ultimate Team theme

PSP Content

Luxor Pharoah's Challenge full game ($9.99)
Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero Marona of Phantom Isle expansion ($3.99)
5x Resistance Retribution videos
Patapon 2 teaser
Mercury Meltdown trailer
5x MLB 09 The Show themes
6x Mercury Meltdown wallpapers

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