The latest PSN “heads-up” post has gone live over on the EU PS Blog, detailing the treats in store for Sony fans this week. The big release is AMY, and you can read our hands on with the game here.
In terms of demos, there will be Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Asura’s Wrath to play about with. The full list is as follows:
PlayStation Plus Discount
For PLUS this week we have a 20% discount on Darksiders. Additionally, PS Plus members also save extra on some of the special offers we’ll be announcing here later today.
Full Games (PS3)
- AMY (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 16
- Zack Zero (£9.99/€12.99) Rating: PEGI 12
- Darksiders (£11.99/€14.99)Rating: PEGI 18
minis (PS3/PSP)
- Psycho Soldier (£1.99/€2.49) Rating: PEGI 7
- Victory Road (£1.99/€2.49) Rating: PEGI 7
- Trailblazer (£1.99/€2.49) Rating: PEGI 7
Demos (PS3)
- GRAND SLAM TENNIS 2 Demo Rating: PEGI 3
- Final Fantasy XIII-2 Demo Rating: PEGI 16
- Asura’s Wrath Demo Rating: PEGI 16
Add-On Game Content (PS3)
- The King of Fighters XIII – Mr.Karate (£3.19/€3.99) Rating: PEGI 12
- Funky Lab Rat
- Challenges Pack (£2.39/€2.99)
(Includes the following content, also available separately)
- Even more challenges (£1.59/€1.99)
- Funky Lab Rat New Challenges (£1.59/€1.99)
- Magic: The Gathering
- Magic 2012 Pack 3 (£1.99/€2.49)
- Eyepet
- Eyepet & Friends – Cookery Kit (£2.39/€2.99)
(Includes the following content, also available separately)
- Chef Costume (£0.79/€0.99)
- Cooking Stickers Pack (£0.40/€0.49)
- Cooking Soft Play Blocks Pack (£1.59/€1.99)
- Cooking Patterns Pack (£0.40/€0.49)
- Disgaea 4
- Adell (£2.39/€2.99)
- Laharl Kaiser V (£1.59/€1.99)
- Rozalin (£2.39/€2.99)
- Marvel vs Capcom 3
- Brawler Pack (£3.19/€3.99)
- Battlefield 3
- SPECACT Kit & Dog Tag Bundle (£2.39/€2.99)
- Little Big Planet 2
- New Year Firework Costume (1 Week Only)
- Dancestar Party
- Mix 6 (£5.49/€6.99)
(Includes the following content)
- Alison Limerick – Where Love Lives
- Crystal Waters – Gypsy Woman (She’S Homeless)
- Tlc – Creep
- M-People – Movin’ On Up
Avatars
- Disney Universe
- Abu (£0.20/€0.25)
- Aladdin (£0.20/€0.25)
- Alice (£0.20/€0.25)
- Angelica (£0.20/€0.25)
- Ariel (£0.20/€0.25)
- Baloo (£0.20/€0.25)
- Barbosa (£0.20/€0.25)
- Blackbeard (£0.20/€0.25)
- Burne (£0.20/€0.25)
- Celia (£0.20/€0.25)
- Cheshire (£0.20/€0.25)
- Cockroach (£0.20/€0.25)
- Donaldduck (£0.20/€0.25)
- Duclu (£0.20/€0.25)
- Duquorra (£0.20/€0.25)
- Dusamflynn (£0.20/€0.25)
- Dutron (£0.20/€0.25)
- Eve (£0.20/€0.25)
- Gibbs (£0.20/€0.25)
- Goofy (£0.20/€0.25)
- Iago (£0.20/€0.25)
- Jacksparrow (£0.20/€0.25)
- Jafar (£0.20/€0.25)
- Jasmine (£0.20/€0.25)
- Madhatter (£0.20/€0.25)
- Mickeymouse (£0.20/€0.25)
- Mike (£0.20/€0.25)
- Minniemouse (£0.20/€0.25)
- Mo (£0.20/€0.25)
- Nemo (£0.20/€0.25)
- Pumbaa (£0.20/€0.25)
- Rafiki (£0.20/€0.25)
- Randall (£0.20/€0.25)
- Rapunzel (£0.20/€0.25)
- Redqueen (£0.20/€0.25)
- Robinhood (£0.20/€0.25)
- Scar (£0.20/€0.25)
- Simba (£0.20/€0.25)
- Stitch (£0.20/€0.25)
- Sulley (£0.20/€0.25)
- Sushichef (£0.20/€0.25)
- Timon (£0.20/€0.25)
- Tinkerbell (£0.20/€0.25)
- Walle (£0.20/€0.25)
- Whiterabbit (£0.20/€0.25)
- RED FACTION ARMAGEDDON
- Beserker (£0.20/€0.25)
- Darius Cover (£0.20/€0.25)
- Darius Hammer Drop (£0.20/€0.25)
- Darius Nano Forge (£0.20/€0.25)
- Darius Profile (£0.20/€0.25)
- Kara (£0.20/€0.25)
- Ravager (£0.20/€0.25)
- Rings (£0.20/€0.25)
- Rings Branded (£0.20/€0.25)
- SAINTS ROW THE THIRD
- Cyrus Temple (£0.20/€0.25)
- Fleur De Lis (£0.20/€0.25)
- Genki Ethical (£0.20/€0.25)
- Genkimobile (£0.20/€0.25)
- Joe Cola Logo (£0.20/€0.25)
- Johnny Gat (£0.20/€0.25)
- Killbane (£0.20/€0.25)
- Matt Miller (£0.20/€0.25)
- Oleg (£0.20/€0.25)
- Panda (£0.20/€0.25)
- Phillipe Loren (£0.20/€0.25)
- Pierce (£0.20/€0.25)
- Professor Genki (£0.20/€0.25)
- Shaundi (£0.20/€0.25)
- Sr3 City (£0.20/€0.25)
- Sr3 Logo (£0.20/€0.25)
- Stag Logo (£0.20/€0.25)
- Tiger (£0.20/€0.25)
- Viola And Kiki (£0.20/€0.25)
- Zimos (£0.20/€0.25)
- PixelJunk SideScroller
- Avatar Bundle 2 (£0.79/€0.99)
(Includes the following content, also available separately)
- 2P Machine Gun Ship Avatar (£0.21/€0.25)
- Bullet Swarm Avatar (£0.21/€0.25)
- Hermit Crab Avatar (£0.21/€0.25)
- Train Boss Avatar (£0.21/€0.25)
- Q-Games Logo Avatar (£0.21/€0.25)
- Avatar Bundle 4 (£0.79/€0.99)
(Includes the following content, also available separately)
- 1P Bomber Ship Avatar (£0.21/€0.25)
- Cannons Avatar (£0.21/€0.25)
- Bat Avatar (£0.21/€0.25)
- E.R.S. Pinita Colada Avatar (£0.21/€0.25)
- Pixeljunk Crown Avatar (£0.21/€0.25)
- Carnival Island
- Avatar Bundle 3 (£0.79/€0.99)
(Includes the following content, also available separately)
- Queenie The Numbat (£0.21/€0.25)
- Champ The Lake Monster (£0.21/€0.25)
- Fingers The Racoon (£0.21/€0.25)
- Nathan The Koala (£0.21/€0.25)
- Seth The Turtle (£0.21/€0.25)
- Avatar Bundle 4 (£0.79/€0.99)
(Includes the following content, also available separately)
- Oscar The Fox (£0.21/€0.25)
- Captain Spaghetti The Jellyfish (£0.21/€0.25)
- Harley The Hippo (£0.21/€0.25)
- Peaches The Elephant (£0.21/€0.25)
- Fallstaff The Swallow (£0.21/€0.25)
Studio Themes (PSP)
- PS3 DNA Static Theme by Craig Redman (£1.59/€1.99)
PSP DNA Static Theme by Craig Redman (£0.79/€0.99)
Dynamic Themes (PS3)
- Places/Landmarks
- Dynamic holiday in Mediterranean theme (£1.59/€1.99)
- Nature
- Dynamic lions theme (£1.59/€1.99)
- Dynamic relaxing sunset theme (£1.59/€1.99)
- Dynamic sea and forest scenery theme (£1.59/€1.99)
- Dynamic snow dust theme (£1.59/€1.99)
- Glowing Jellyfish (£1.59/€1.99)
- Sci-Fi/Fantasy
- Dynamic space vortex theme (£1.59/€1.99)
- Seasonal
- Dynamic Claus of War Theme (£1.59/€1.99)
Videos (PS3)
- Access TV
- Sonic Cd Launch Trailer
- Top Gun: Hard Lock Official Trailer
Permanent Price Drops
- House of the Dead: OVERKILL (Was £27.99/€34.99 – Now £19.99/€24.99) Rating: PEGI 18
- Sonic Generations (Was £31.99/€39.99 – Now £19.99/€24.99) Rating: PEGI 7
- Mad Blocker Alpha: ROTF (Was £3.99/€4.99 – Now £1.99/€2.49) Rating: PEGI 3
- Ninjamurai (Was £2.49/€2.99 – Now £1.74/€1.99) Rating: PEGI 12
- Revoltin’ Youth (Was £1.74/€1.99 – Now £1.24/€1.49) Rating: PEGI 3
Source: EU PS Blog
zb100
So…
– Azure’s Wrath demo, essentially one long QTE with a bit of steering/dodging;
– FF13-2, certainly seems a lot less linear & also reminds me how much of a time-sync the titles are!
Serah’s halter neck sez I must finish the first XIII instalment first though.
zb100
*timeSINK not Sync, although there’s plenty of that…
…and more complicated combat!
hazelam
given what’s known about the plot of FFXIII 2 so far, time-synch could be an accurate description. ^_^
zb100
True that – very apt! Even my typos are cutting edge…
hazelam
anybody else played the Asura’s Wrath demo?
what the flippin eck was that all about?
i thought kratos was a one note character.
still, at least there’s some competition in the angriest man in gaming awards now. ^_^
as for the gameplay, QTE central, then QTE outskirts, then QTE countryside, in fact if QTE was a country, this game would be its prime minister, not my kind of place at all.
this looks like one of those games where i’d enjoy watching somebody else play rather than playing it myself.
that’s why i love youtube. ^_^
i thought the FFXIII 2 demo was pretty cool though, the monster taming thing seems like it could get interesting, especially if you can get a behemoth later on.
i did discover that you could press R1 to get the moogle to make those half visible treasure spheres accessible.
i’m guessing that was something you get told about in an earlier chapter.
i’m not sure about the new version of the crystarium, but the game did seem more open than XIII, but then that was too small a section to get a proper idea.
anyway, i think i’ll be picking this one up at some point, sooner rather than later.
zb100
Very eloquently put & totally agreed.
TSBonyman
I thought Asura’s Wrath was a bit of ridiculous fun, with it’s planet-sized enemies but i don’t see myself being interested beyond the demo.
FFXIII2 demo just put me off ever playing another FF game. I quit after 20 mins hammering away at the enemy with the only result being that his energy increased slightly. Definitely not for me.
hazelam
seems i was right about what scee’s intentions were when they changed the license agreement for the pick and mix minis.
for more info on the issue see here.
http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/Technical-Help/PSN-Pick-n-Mix-Minis-transfer-problems/td-p/14516579/highlight/true
and the relevant post.
http://community.eu.playstation.com/t5/Technical-Help/PSN-Pick-n-Mix-Minis-transfer-problems/m-p/14721941/message-uid/14721941/highlight/true#U14721941
“I’m in Australia and support emailed me and told me to call them. I called them on a Saturday and the guy I spoke to told me he would get the PSN team to call me on the Monday. They never called, then I got an email yesterday (Wednesday) saying the product info states that it’s PS3 only and basically tough luck. I replied but haven’t heard back. I wasn’t particularly angry about all this until they pulled that shady act on me. I don’t appreciate being treated like an ignorant moron.”
they say that because the new license agreement says these minis are only for use on ps3 that they don’t have to do anything to fix the issue.
i’ve heard some crap excuses from scee before, but this is a flat out lie.
they know full well the license as it was at the time of purchase is the one that applies, not this thing they changed it to afterwards.
this is just criminal, it’s absolutely criminal.
there is simply no defence for this kind of action.