PlayStation Store Update: 09/07/09
(Update 2) Battlefield 1943 joined by FUEL demo. Skate 2 and Bowling packs, too.Published 09/07/2009 at 16:00.
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Original Story (11PM 08/07/09): Everyone seemed happy enough with last week’s new style Store Update, so here’s this week’s. Remember, this isn’t official until Sony actually get the stuff on the Store, but, you know, we do our best. Obviously this week’s big highlight is the wonderful Battlefield 1943 which we’ve been playing since Wednesday morning – it’s a stunning game and an absolute steal at a tenner. Enjoy.
PlayStation Store Update: 09/07/09
Battlefield 1943 Pacific [FULL GAME AND DEMO] CONFIRMED:
Totally fantastic team-based FPS based on the Second World War’s Pacific battles. For a measly tenner (two and a half Sackboy t-shirts, remember) you get a handful of maps and a tightly honed set of classes all wrapped around a gorgeous looking shooter which, when we played it, ran like butter. Unmissable, and if you don’t believe us there’ll be a free 30 minute demo too.
Ghostbusters [DEMO] CONFIRMED:
Mike Kebby all but confirmed that we’ll finally get the Ghostbusters demo in this week’s update when he posted last week’s on the EU Blog. We weren’t massive fans of the game, but if ‘busting is your thing then you’ll probably want to check out the demo, at least. Thanks, TonyLeMesmer.
Fuel [DEMO] CONFIRMED:
We’ve just had confirmation that a demo for FUEL will be available today on the PSN. The demo enables players to take on the Ocean Rush career event, where 7 racers pick their own paths through treacherous landscapes and short-cuts are key to taking the chequered flag. Gamers can also take on Blitz – a wild, high-pressure challenge where players must race against the clock to reach the next checkpoint before time runs out. Gamers who download the console versions can also play online for a limited period of 2 weeks from release, experiencing up to 16 player free ride in a limited area of the Tsunami Reef zone or challenging up to 6 other players in the Ocean Rush career race.
SingStar CONFIRMED:
Ten tracks from Coldplay (in two packs), five SingStar Essentials tracks and a boatload of other new downloads including two from Blur and a couple of classics from Erasure alongside recent stuff from Lily Allen. For the full list of tracks click here.
Guitar Hero: World Tour CONFIRMED:
“NJ Legion Iced Tea” from A Day To Remember, “Bomb The World” from The Sleeping and “I Am The Arsonist” from Silverstein make up the apparently accurately named “Victory Pack”. All three songs available singularly too, of course.
Rock Band CONFIRMED:
It would appear that today is Mayhem Day. Get Behemoth’s “Conquer All”, The Black Dahlia Murder’s “What a Horrible Night to Have a Curse”, Cannibal Corpse’s “Hammer Smashed Face”, God Forbid’s “Empire of the Gun”, Job for a Cowboy’s “Embedded”, Marilyn Manson’s “Disposable Teens”, Slayer’s “Black Magic” and Whitechapel’s “This is Exile”. Alternatively, there will be three Green Day tracks: “21 Guns”, “East Jesus Nowhere” and “Know Your Enemy”. Phew.
High Velocity Bowling CONFIRMED:
Two Ball pack sets: first is the 4th July Americana Ball, a special celebration pack of six bowling balls inspired by the things that make America great, including two unique see-through showcase balls, one containing the Liberty Bell itself, and the other a rocket to encourage you to light up the lanes. The second pack is a set of six bowling balls, inspired by the much-loved American road trip, Route 66. The pack includes two special see-through showcase balls, one containing a classic car and the other a petrol pump to fill her up with.
Skate 2: Maloof Competition CONFIRMED:
Hit the course of one of skateboarding’s biggest contests in the Skate 2 Maloof competition – then battle some of skating’s heaviest hitters for some serious Maloof loot.
Motorstorm: Pacific Rift CONFIRMED:
The Adrenaline Pack was leaked last week to the Hong Kong Store, so we can only assume that it’ll be out proper for everyone else this week. Adrenaline features three more tracks (Reefrunner, Brimstone and Hollowed Earth), five new track varients, four more vehicles (each vehicle in each pack will have three liveries), six new characters and some more paint jobs for your existing vehicles.
We spoke to Sony yesterday regarding Fat Princess - no update on the release date yet sadly so we’ve nothing we can share on that subject. Stay tuned to the EU Blog for the official list of content, including trailers and so on, this is just the meat of the Update.
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C_S15 | 08/07/2009 23:03
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No word on MGS1? Sad face.
On the upside, Battlefield! :D
Soild_Nat | 09/07/2009 10:03
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Dam so busy at the mo i had forgot about that!
Maybe with Battlefield this week it will get pulled for another week!
rockerboy007 | 11/07/2009 23:59
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But isn’t MGS already there? Isn’t it available in Europe? :)
TonyLeMesmer | 08/07/2009 23:04
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Ghostbuster’s should be coming this week according to Mike Kebby in the comments here
http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2009/07/02/playstation-store-update/
stefhutch20 | 08/07/2009 23:23
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Good find.
BryOnRye | 08/07/2009 23:06
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If any of this stuff doesn’t turn up tomorrow then I’m going straight to the EU blog and I’m gonna kick some ass.
colmshan1990 | 09/07/2009 00:48
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Please don’t. The EU blog don’t make the updates any more than you do. And, as is clearly stated in this article, nothing has been confirmed. If people keep going to a blogger who works for Sony and kicking their ass, it’s the same as people constantly kicking your ass if you work for some multinational company and some guy in another division, on a worksite 100s of miles away messed up. It’s just not fair to keep throwing crap at them. Imagine how lousy they feel going home every Thursday after a few hundred people go to their site just to abuse them because of someone else’s mistake. And it happens every week,as there’s always someone not happy.
Colinbarr66 | 09/07/2009 02:12
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SCEE are doing the best job they can do, I dont thinnk going to a blogger and moaning at them is going to make a difference to their work, the blogger cant physicly speed up development of a dlc pack or demo
BryOnRye | 09/07/2009 08:36
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Clearly my attempt at sarcasm wasn’t that obvious. maybe I should have used the ;) smiley.
C_S15 | 09/07/2009 16:13
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I understood your sarcasm. ;)
stefhutch20 | 08/07/2009 23:09
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Definitely getting the Green Day tracks for Rock Band. I’m a pretty big fan and as far as I’m aware these are the first Green Day songs to appear in a GH/RB game.
LivedeviL | 09/07/2009 11:54
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You are correct matey-boy, although I would have prefered some Hitchin’ A Ride, Jesus of Suburbia and Espionage :)
stefhutch20 | 09/07/2009 14:41
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Yeah, Jesus of Suburbia would’ve been sweet!
yogh_wayne | 08/07/2009 23:10
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I hope we’ll get the LBP Ghostbusters DLC tomorrow (even if it’s just a costumes and stickers pack).
gazzagb | 08/07/2009 23:16
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bring on BF:1943 although ill probs wait til i get back from holiday before getting the real game so the demos good enough for me :)
Erroneus | 08/07/2009 23:16
Wanted "Trophy Hunter" but was too late.
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Fallout 3 DLC! Though I’m pretty sure we are not going to see it, as the patch hasn’t been released… #”&”/)!%!! Bethesda!
Cerberus64 | 08/07/2009 23:17
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I’ll only buy the Ghostbusters game when they patch it so it’s possible to Platinum – ’cause at the moment it’s impossible due to a bug!
Forrest_01 | 09/07/2009 09:43
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What?? I have not heard about this?? What bug causes the problem for platinum??
Cerberus64 | 09/07/2009 16:19
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The ‘Payday’ and ‘No Job Too Big’ trophies are glitched and won’t unlock so neither will the Platinum!
Cappadocius | 08/07/2009 23:17
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Oh, can’t wait! Gonna check out the Store now – just in case miracles DO happen. It’s past 12 now – at least here…
Kevling | 09/07/2009 00:12
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Don’t waste your time. Usual update is teatimw in the UK…
wilboss | 08/07/2009 23:17
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Green Day, schweet – definite buy!
Still no Bomberman ULTRA, it really does take them an age to localise doesn’t it? :(
BoyDay | 09/07/2009 00:18
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It’s localised already – it’s the exact same game that came to XBLA well over a year ago! Since it’s been out on XBLA so long, licensing for the UK can’t be the issue, so I’d love to hear what their bullshit excuse is for this being delayed so long!
Withnail | 09/07/2009 07:29
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“It’s localised already – it’s the exact same game that came to XBLA well over a year ago”
Firstly, the EU PSN covers a wider area than XBLA does, with more countries to localise for.
Secondly, even if it has all the correct language strings, Sony still need to test whether it does or not, and whether they all display correctly in game. So the actual act of translation is only part of localisation.
Thirdly, and most importantly, it’s not even clear who is publishing it in Europe as Hudson don’t have a European publishing operation. This isn’t a problem on XBLA where there is a single cert process. If Hudson are doing it in Europe themselves (which would be a very rare event for them) then they will be doing it from the US, where simple things like the time difference can slow down the process.
Still, let’s ignore these bullshit excuses and just rant about it on the internet anyway.