PSN Store Update: 05/09/12

Peter Chapman 05/09/12 42 Comments

It’s been a few rough weeks for the poor sods who have to face the public over on the PS Blog. Repeated delays to PSN Store content in Europe have been met with reactions ranging from resigned apathy to vitriolic verbal attacks to ridiculous cry-baby whining.

Where the emotion comes from is quite understandable, of course: there’s been a number of things that appear to have gone quite wrong, from a consumer’s perspective. It’s certainly not the fault of the guys responding to comments on the blog but then, who else do disgruntled consumers have to complain to?

Anyway, now we’ve mentioned that nastiness, we can sit ourselves defiantly on the cloud and admire the silver lining.

PlayStation Plus is updating today and, in celebration, there’s a 25 per cent discount on the yearly subscription. This takes an already amazing value package and makes it cheaper. I like to imagine that some mischievous soul replaced the bottled water with vodka at the PlayStation Plus policy meeting and, by the end of it, we were all their “besht mates” and they wanted to buy us another round. Seriously, it’s £29.99 for a year of free games, discounts and early beta access. Get it.

Elsewhere on the Store, there’s the new freebie for Vita that makes going places fun: Treasure Park. We’re also getting PS3 and Vita versions of Zen Pinball 2, along with its PopCap-sanctioned Plants Vs Zombies table (where’s my Peggle table, guys?). There’s also the arrival of the Metal Gear Solid HD games as individual purchases for £11.99 each.

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Agarest: Generations of War Zero
From the void, the gods of darkness and light created Agarest, a most perfect and divine world. As the generations passed, paradise sadly fell to the ravages of time. War darkened the skies and Agarest soon became a torturous hell as the gods divided and immense armies clashed, desecrating the once beautiful land…
Price: £19.99/€24.99
PEGI: 16
Availability: Not available in Australia, Denmark, Finland, New Zealand, Norway
File Size: 14GB

Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty – HD Edition
From acclaimed director, Hideo Kojima, comes Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty HD Edition for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system. The HD Edition offers the epic gameplay and storytelling of the MGS franchise in true HD quality, along with game-save/trophy sharing between PS Vita and PS3.
Price: £11.99/€14.99/AU$23.95
PEGI: 16
Availability: All
File Size: 8606MB

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater – HD Edition
From acclaimed director, Hideo Kojima, comes Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater HD Edition for the PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system. The HD Edition offers the epic gameplay and storytelling of the MGS franchise in true HD quality, along with game-save/trophy sharing between PS Vita and PS3.
Price: £11.99/€14.99/AU$23.95
PEGI: 18
Availability: All
File Size: 9657MB

Rainbow Moon Premium Bundle
Download the Rainbow Moon Premium Bundle and embark on an epic adventure through a beautiful open world!
This bundle contains the following items:
• Rainbow Moon (full game)
• Rainbow Moon Melodies (soundtrack)
• Rainbow Moon Starter Pack (Medium)
Included in the Rainbow Moon Starter Pack (Medium) are 35,000 Rainbow Coins and 6,000 Rainbow Pearls (1,000 per character).
Price: £12.99/€16.99/AU$26.95
PEGI: 12
Availability: All
File Size: 2GB

Twisted Metal
Buckle up and hold on tight – it’s time to meet the mayhem head-on in the infamous Twisted Metal tournament. Join a twisted cast of characters including Sweet Tooth, Doll Face and Mr Grimm for the ultimate in car crash entertainment.
Price: £23.99/€29.99/AU$49.95
PEGI: 18
Availability: Not available in BG, HU, QA
File Size: 14GB

Zen Pinball 2
Price: Free
PEGI: 12
Availability: All
File Size: 389MB

Wicked Monsters BLAST! HD
Wicked Monster Blast for is an exciting family fun shooting gallery game for all ages – use the Playstation Move or Dualshock 3 Wireless Controller to blast enemies and solve puzzles and choose your favourite character from a cast of crazy characters to take on 15 crazy mini games and 20 levels of challenge mode with up to four of your friends!
Price: £7.99/€9.99
PEGI: 7
Availability: Only BG, HR, CZ, GR, HU, IN, IE, IS, KU, QA, SA, SL, ZA, TR, AE, UK
File Size: 525MB

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Treasure Park
Design puzzle sheets full of hidden treasure and booby traps with easy touchscreen controls, and then share them with your pals using the PS Vita system’s “near” feature. Compatible with PlayStation Vita only.
Price: Free
PEGI: 3
Availability: All

Zen Pinball 2
Price: Free
PEGI: 12
Availability: All
File Size: 252MB

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Rainbow Moon
PEGI: 12
Availability: All
File Size: 1829MB

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Battlefield 3: Armored Kill
Prices: £11.99/€14.99/AU$23.95
Availability: All
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Elite Drop 19 – Light ‘Em Up
Prices: Free for Elite Members
Availability: All
EA Sports Season Ticket
Prices: £19.99/€24.99/AU$39.95
Availability: Not available in BG, HR, IN, IS, KU, LU, QA, SA, SL, ZA, TR, UA, AE

LittleBigPlanet 2
World Peace Day Costume
Prices: Free
Availability: All

Street Fighter X Tekken
Boost Gem Trial Pack 5 (Free)
Color Palette Add-On 7 (Free)
SF Boost Gem Pack 11 (£0.79/€0.99/AU$1.75)
SF Boost Gem Pack 12 (£0.79/€0.99/AU$1.75)
TK Boost Gem Pack 11 (£0.79/€0.99/AU$1.75)
TK Boost Gem Pack 12 (£0.79/€0.99/AU$1.75)
Availability: All

Soul Calibur V
Armors Full Set (£5.49/€6.99/AU$11.45)
Customization Equipment Full Set (£3.19/€3.99/AU$6.95)
Headgears Full Set (£3.19/€3.99/AU$6.95)
Modern Costumes Full Set (£3.19/€3.99/AU$6.95)
Sexy Costumes Full Set (£3.99/€4.99/AU$8.45)
Tekken Costumes Full Set (£3.19/€3.99/AU$6.95)
Availability: All

Tales Of Graces F
Advanced Spellbook Set (£1.59/€1.99/AU$3.45)
Adventurer’S Nest Egg (Free)
Asbel’S Suit Costume (£2.99/€3.59/AU$6.25)
Attachment: Mini-Sophie (£0.79/€0.99/AU$1.75)
Attachments: Cat Set (£0.79/€0.99/AU$1.75)
Attachments: Glasses Set (£0.79/€0.99/AU$1.75)
Chain Capacity +2 (£1.59/€1.99/AU$3.45)
Expand Inventory (£1.59/€1.99/AU$3.45)
Hubert’S Suit Costume (£2.99/€3.59/AU$6.25)
Level Up +5 (#2) (£2.39/€2.99/AU$4.95)
Level Up +5 (#3) (£2.39/€2.99/AU$4.95)
Malik’ Suit Costume (£2.99/€3.59/AU$6.25)
Maximum Eleth +500 (£1.59/€1.99/AU$3.45)
Maximum Hp +1000 (£1.59/€1.99/AU$3.45)
Availability: All

Tekken Tag Tournament 2
Ancient Ogre/ Kunimitsu
Angel&Michelle
Lili’S Skirt
Snoop Dogg
Swimsuite Costume Pack
Prices: Free
Availability: All
Uncharted 3
DLC Stage 4 (67 Items)
Prices: Various
Availability: All

Zen Pinball 2
Various DLC tables (free trials also available)
Prices: Various
PEGI: 12
Availability: All

[/accordion] [accordion title=”PS Vita DLC”] Zen Pinball 2
Various DLC tables (free trials also available)
Prices: Various
PEGI: 12
Availability: All

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For all the other little bits and pieces, head on over to the EU PS Blog and go easy on the guys there today, eh?

Tags: PSN Store Updates

42 Comments

deadwelsh 05/09/12, 15:22

un fucking believable

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Sympozium 05/09/12, 15:56

Is Zen Pinball 2, really free? awesome! I’m really glad I can just use tables from previous games.

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- Sympozium 05/09/12, 17:02
  
  Oh read wrong. Trial, is it still Cross buy however? if not meh.
  
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hazelam 05/09/12, 16:45

no Machinarium?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxlhyX-4qKI

i’m gonna try not to overuse it, but this is scee here.

and how the hell did they only discover it was gonna be delayed, on the day of the frakking store update?

they have to be taking the piss now, they’re just seeing how far they can push people before they push them away completely.

they’ve already got two pretty high profile titles still MIA and now this.

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- hazelam 05/09/12, 16:57
  
  what a joke, apparently the Machinarium date was internal and hadn’t been confirmed.
  
  http://blog.eu.playstation.com/2012/09/04/heads-up-playstation-plus-update-4th-september/comment-page-6/#comment-266374
  
  it proves one thing that i’ve been saying.
  the only thing scee can actually do is make excuses for their failures.
  
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BoyDay 05/09/12, 16:56

Surprised nobody’s mentioned the ES Sports Season Ticket yet. I was annoyed last year when it didn’t come out in Europe on PS3 because I buy a fair amount of packs on FIFA UT so was missing out on the 20% DLC discount.

I bought a 360 (again) a couple of months back after playing Kinect at a friend’s house and deciding it was way better than Move, so I bought the season ticket on there at the weekend and it’s actually really good value for money. Here’s why:-

– You get 24 gold packs for EACH of Madden, NHL and FIFA 13
– The cost to buy these as DLC for one of the games costs around the same as the season ticket (slightly less than it on 360 and slightly more on PS3)
– You get 20% off all paid DLC for each of these games, plus Tiger Woods 13
– You get exclusive web content to things like FIFA Creation Centre
– You get early access to download a full version of each game for a few days before it comes out (it says in the app and on the EA Sports website that it’s three days, however FIFA for example will be available on Monday 24th when the game comes out on Friday 28th – not sure whether the PS3 will get an update before the usual Wednesday one on the 26th)
– This early access doesn’t depend on anything other than you having purchased the Season Ticket, so you don’t have to buy the full game at all if you decide from the early access that you don’t like it, or if you do buy it, you can choose where you get it – so console download or a retail disc version are both fine

So you get all this for around the price of 24 gold packs in FIFA UT which I would get anyway if I’d not got the Season Ticket, plus I’ll save 20% on any additional packs that I buy. Unless Tesco do their usual and sell the game for £25 on release day then I’ll get the Ultimate Edition too which will give me another 24 gold packs.

Some people will complain about it for the same reasons as season passes for other games, but this does give much better value for money in my opinion, and that’s just if you buy one game if you’re planning on getting at least two of FIFA, Madden and NHL and will use Ultimate Team in each, then you’re effectively getting back £20 per game in packs, plus saving 20% on any additional ones you buy – plus if something like the Euro 2012 expansion comes out again then you’ll also save 20% on that too.

Bit of a long post, but hopefully it clarifies the functionality of the Season Ticket to people who weren’t sure what it did, as I didn’t know until the weekend that it gives you the UT packs. And before anyone asks: no, I don’t work for EA Sports or any company affiliated with them! ;o)

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- BoyDay 05/09/12, 17:02
  
  Oops, “EA Sports Season Ticket”, not “ES Sports”
  
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XisTG 05/09/12, 20:17

I might stack up a subscription to last me until 2014. I reckon that even if the PS4 launches by 2013, the cross saves et al will carry over.

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Dazbobaby 05/09/12, 20:24

It seems that SCEE don’t fire idiotic useless people, they promote them.
That must be what they’re doing, no other excuse for these continuous mistakes.

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