Along with the new costumes for Sackboy there will be another new level for Pain and a new character - The Hoff.
Head over to the US blog to read the cheesy launch speech from The Hoff himself. Or just take advantage of my copy & paste skillz:
It’s The Hoff again…coming to you from Korea, where I am filming a new movie. Now that the elections are over, let’s concentrate on the real nitty gritty … PAIN: Movie Studio! With only 1 day left before the Hoff invades your PS3, I had to make a call into the Ryan Seacrest show on KIIS FM to tell all the listeners in Hoff-land to come check me out this Thursday! We talk about my new role in PAIN: Movie Studio, my upcoming movie, K.I.T.T. and more! If that’s still not PAINful enough for you, check out PAIN’s producers, Travis and Jason, talking about The Hoff and how they got me into PAIN: Movie Studio on the new PlayStation Nation Podcast!
Two things:
1) A new movie? WTF!
2) Hoff-land sounds like a very scary place.
This might just be for the US store so don’t roast me if Europe doesn’t get it. It’s a shame there’s no official or even semi-official European blog that could update all of us “old-worlders” about the Store contents…
November 13th, 2008 at 1:19 pm
I cant wait to launch the hoff into some buildings and exploding barrels, i really hope this is on both the US store and the European one.
I bet the german ps3 owners go mental for this! lol
colossalblue Says:
November 13th, 2008 at 1:36 pm
He’s still a massive star in Germany isn’t he? I’d forgotten that.
hannes_truce Says:
November 13th, 2008 at 1:40 pm
yup, dont understand it myself, and i’m origionally from germany.
even my little bro who still lives over there goes mental for a bit of the Hoff.
it’s just wrong lol
karlsquell Says:
November 13th, 2008 at 4:01 pm
lets make it clear once at for all
dear internet we (the germans) dont give a fuck about the hoff.
yeah he had his time back when he was on the tv with kitt and semi nude bitches but now…
cmon hes a wreck. and go ask around nobody cares about him.
oh and mister hoff.
you did do a fuck to break down the berlin wall. everybody knows that except you! but maybe your a little self-aware these days. i mean come on you are in pain. everebody whats to hurt you. that has to make you thinking. i am not even going to start rambling about the c&c trailers.
best regards… and never ever say germans like the hoff again
Eldave0 Says:
November 13th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
alas he is correct. i recently went to berlin with my fiancee and the whole way there i was bugging her saying the first thing we had to do when we got there was find a hasslehoff monument/shrine/something else hoff related. after 3 hrs searching i gave it up as a bad job
colossalblue Says:
November 13th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Alright, calm down, I just remember hearing that he’s big in Germany, I thought “huh, those crazy Germans love a bit of cheesy soft rock and a hairy chest” and promptly forgot about it. Nobody wants to insult a nation here. Well, maybe the French, maybe we’d like to insult them…
karlsquell Says:
November 13th, 2008 at 5:05 pm
just thought it might be the right time to tell. was bothering me a while now. people dont know better. so better tell em.
have fun kids. and fight the good fight.
JimmyTruce Says:
November 13th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Hannes - I’m sure I saw The Hoff’s entire back catalogue in your flat last time I was round
November 13th, 2008 at 1:38 pm
He’s freaking huge over there!
November 13th, 2008 at 1:55 pm
Don’t fear the Hoff! Embrace Him!
Eldave0 Says:
November 13th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
…and certainly dont hassle the hoff
andytorr Says:
November 13th, 2008 at 3:42 pm
A*
November 13th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
I have been looking forward to launching The Hoff in PAIN, I am glad it’s finally here today
November 13th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
THE HOFF, I wish I had this game just to blow him up
colossalblue Says:
November 13th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
Pain is worth a fiver of anybody’s money, I spent the first evening I got it playing for a bout 4 hours and lughing constantly. It can be infuriatingly difficult to do what needs to be done to unlock bits and the trophies are so hard they’re pointless but as a pick up and play game it’s awesome.
November 13th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
The movies are for Europe. They are called Shoot, as discussed in this thread.
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/forum/playstation-news/playstation-network-down-tonight/page-1/
Quote: It may also have something to do with “Shoot”
These are free downloadable movies via the PSN available from Nov 13th. Six Hollywood directors have each shot a short film in HD, shaped only by one of a number of words that capture the essence of PlayStation: Play, Create, Share, Connect, Discover and Challenge.
November 13th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
PAIN didn’t work 4 me ! I downloaded and installed it but it keeps on crashing and there’s no new trophies !! WTF !
GChris Says:
November 13th, 2008 at 5:57 pm
Best I can suggest is that your game data could be corrupt. Go to game data (that’s game data NOT game saves!) and delete anything to do with PAIN. You’ll have to re-download the latest version (and any expansions probably) but maybe it will work then? If all else fails call Sony.
November 13th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
store update lots of stuff inc FIFA09 full game 29.99
November 13th, 2008 at 6:04 pm
then all my tropies will be gone
NOOOOOO !
GChris Says:
November 14th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Trophies are stored separately. Just in case make sure you view your trophies first, as that syncs them with the on-line records, then if they do disappear they should come back if you load the game and then go into trophies, to re-sync them from the on-line records.
I had to replace my PS3 and lost 5 months worth of game saves, but didn’t lose a single trophy because I was able to re-sync with the on-line records.