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PSN Thursday: (Motor)storming through Uncharted territories
You've heard us talking about Uncharted: Drake's Fortune before, both in positive and less-than-positive lights. Now you'll get to decide for yourself. As planned, the demo for this PlayStation 3-exclusive title is heading to the PS Network today, along with a demo of College Hoops 2K8.Additionally, Sony is giving Motorstorm fanatics some more content. The Devil's Weekend add-on ($5.99) includes a new track (Devil's Crossing), five new vehicles with three styles apiece, and The Devil's Weekend festival with nine new races. For Guitar Hero III, the Foo Fighters and Velvet Revolver packs that were previously announced for Xbox Live will also be available on the PS3 for $6.25 apiece. An assortment of game videos and movie trailers, a new wallpaper featuring Call of Duty 4 is available for free, as well as three new themes (Classy Pink, Pixel and Nature) to spice up your new firmware update. More details after the break.Update: Sony notes on the PlayStation blog that the Uncharted demo will only work on American PS3 systems due to a bug. The demo is still undergoing localization and will see official release in other territories at a later date. [Via PS3 Fanboy]
PSN gets new demos, Twisted Metal 2 in update
Thursdays have come to be a bright spot in the week for PlayStation 3 owners, and not just because they have The Office to look forward to. They've also learned its the day when they'll get a fresh infusion of content on the PlayStation Network. This week doesn't disappoint with demos of TimeShift and Need for Speed ProStreet. Perhaps even more exciting to a select few of you is the news that you'll also be able to download the undeniably classic Twisted Metal 2. For the low, low price of $5.99 you can see how Sweet Tooth and the others have held up in the 11 years since they were first released.
American PSN store gets Spyro in update, Europe gets more
With just some wallpapers, trailers and PS Eye software, there's not a whole lot to crow about in the new PlayStation Network update if you live in America. (Check the list after the break if you don't believe us.) Sure, you can drop $5.99 to play Spyro the Dragon, and, yes, Spyro is a really rad game. But it's not exactly a red-letter day.If you live in Europe though, the update was, dare we say, bountiful. First you've got three, count 'em, three PlayStation Eye games, Aqua Vita (£1.99), Operation Creature Feature (£3.49) and Trials of Topoq (£3.49). Then you've got demos for Tony Hawk's Proving Ground and Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction. We'll get you next time, Europe ... next time.
PlayStation Store gets new demos, trailers
If you took advantage of the new price drop on the 80 GB PS3, you'll be happy to hear that you can start putting those luxurious gigs to good use with tons of new content on the PlayStation Store. First off, you've got some new demos for Folklore and Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights and videos for Uncharted, Turok and Devil May Cry 4. In addition to some movie trailers, there's also a new Eye of Judgement-based theme.As if that weren't enough, the new update also come equipped with value, as the price of David Jaffe's super fun Calling All Cars has been reduced for one week to $4.99. ... Hey, does this mean it actually is in the garage sale bin now?
PSN Thursday: Everyday Shooter, Ratchet & Clank demo, and more
There's a slew of new things on the PlayStation Network Store today via a much needed update, including the downloadable game Everyday Shooter and a Ratchet & Clank Future demo. In layman's terms, this means hundreds of PS3 owners will be unreachable for the next couple of weeks. Stock up on food and water, and make your bathroom plans in advance. Here's the full release list: Everyday Shooter full game ($9.99) Ratchet & Clank demo (free) Conan demo (free) NHL 2K8 demo (free) Uncharted behind the scenes video (free) Folklore trailer (free) Fallout 3 trailer (free) Ratchet and Clank wallpaper (free) Everyday Shooter wallpaper (free) The Assassination of Jesse James movie trailer (free) Spiderwick Chronicles movie trailer (free) Walk Hard movie trailer (free)
PSN update: US gets NBA 2K8, Europe gets new Folklore demo
Today's additions to the PlayStation Store may not incite frenzy, but with the entire video game world talking about a certain spartan, maybe Sony thought it was to retain their big guns for another week where they could garner more press. For US PS3 owners, in addition to an assortment of free trailers, we have demos for Clive Barker's Jericho (which also came out today on the Xbox 360 and PC) and NBA 2K8, a new vehicle for Motorstorm dubbed the Castro Capitano ($0.99) and Speed Master feature for Ninja Gaiden Sigma. European gamers today got some Warhawk and Heavenly Sword wallpaper, a quartet of new Motorstorm vehicles (£1.49 for each pair), the Ninja Gaiden SIgma Speed Master pack a demos for Sega Rally and Folklore (this is a different demo than the one previously released). [Via PS3 Fanboy]
