February is Minis month and as you can see below the massive sale takes up half of the update. There are some real gems on offer so be sure to pick them up if you’ve missed them first time around. Of course, it’s not just about the Minis as the Killzone 3 multiplayer beta is now open to everybody from 11am [GMT] Thursday. Elsewhere are the trial and unlocks for Beat Sketcher and Tetris, along with the Fight Night Champion demo and the usual range of add-on content and other media.
This particular writer has his eyes on Crash Bandicoot 2, what’s catching your eye this week?
PlayStation Store (via PS3, PSP and Media Go)
The February Mega minis Sale (available on PS3 and PSP)
(Offer prices available until the 16th February)
All minis available @ £0.99/€1.19
- Monopoly
- Hero Of Sparta
- BREAKQUEST
- Championship Manager 2010 Express
- SPOT THE DIFFERENCES!
- Zombie Tycoon
- Stand O’Food
- Fieldrunners
- 5-in-1 Arcade Hits
- Bowling 3D
- DynoGems
- Echoes
- Red Bull X-Fighters
- Arcade Darts
- VEMPIRE
- Bloons TD
- VT Tennis
- Tehra: Dark Warrior
- Sneezies
- Mahjongg Artifacts
Additional Special Offers
(Offer prices available until the 16th February)
- Rainbow 6: Vegas 2 (was – £23.99/€29.99 now – £15.99/€19.99)
- Shaun White Snowboarding: The Mile High Pack (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £2.39/€2.99)
- Funky Lab Rat (was – £5.49/€6.99 now – £3.99/€4.99)
- Disney’s Action Game Featuring Hercules (PSone) (was – £4.39/€5.49 now – £1.99/€2.49)
- The Little Mermaid II (PSone) (was – £3.19/€3.99 now – £1.59/€1.99)
- Vintage Comic Mickey Theme (was – £1.19/€1.49 now – £0.59/€0.75)
- GTA IV: The Lost and Damned & The Ballad of Gay Tony Bundle (£15.99/€19.99) (offer ending Wednesday, 9th February)
Trial and Unlock (PS3)
- Beat Sketcher (£7.99/€9.99)
- Tetris (£7.99/€9.99)
Full Games (PS3)
- Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 (£11.99/€14.99)
- X-Men Arcade (£6.29/€7.99)
Full Games (PSP)
- BlazBlue Calamity Trigger Portable (£23.99/€29.99)
- Lord of Arcana (£27.99/€34.99)
- PSP Bi-Pack – GRAW 2 + Splinter Cell Essentials (£15.99/€19.99)
Open Beta (PS3)
- Killzone®3 Multiplayer Open Beta Rating: PEGI 18
Availability: Not available in Germany
Available from 11am GMT, Thursday 3rd February
Demos (PS3)
- EA Sports Fight Night Champion
PSone Classics (PS3 and PSP)
- Crash Bandicoot 2 (£3.99/€4.99)
minis (PS3 and PSP)
- MOZOX Space Salvager (£1.74/€1.99)
- Twin Blades (£2.49/€2.99)
Add-On Game Content (PS3)
- ModNation Racers
- Super Fan Mod Pack (£1.39/€1.75)
- Helghast Mod Pack (£1.39/€1.75)
- LittleBigPlanet
- Chinese New Year Costume (Free)
- Groundhog Day Costume (Free)
- EyePet Move – Valentines Styling Pack (£2.39/€2.99)
- Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock – February Mega Pack (£13.99/€17.99)
- Downloadable Track Pack featuring:
- ‘Blooddrunk’, ‘Living Dead Beat’, ‘Was It Worth It’ by Children Of Bodom; ‘World On Fire’ by Firewind; ‘Get Your Gunn’, ‘Coma White’, ‘Tourniquet’ by Marilyn Manson; and ‘Parade Of The Dead’, ‘Crazy Horse’, ‘Black Sunday’ by Black Label Society.
- Downloadable Track Pack featuring:
- Rock Band 3
- London Calling (Album) by The Clash (£9.99/€14.99) (contains the tracks listed below which are also available separately)
- Brand New Cadillac (£0.99/€1.49)
- Clampdown (£0.99/€1.49)
- Death Or Glory (£0.99/€1.49)
- Four Horsemen (£0.99/€1.49)
- Hateful (£0.99/€1.49)
- I’m Not Down (£0.99/€1.49)
- Jimmy Jazz (£0.99/€1.49)
- Koka Kola (£0.99/€1.49)
- London Calling (£0.99/€1.49)
- Lost In The Supermarket (£0.99/€1.49)
- Lover’s Rock (£0.99/€1.49)
- Revolution Rock (£0.99/€1.49)
- Rudie Can’t Fail (£0.99/€1.49)
- Spanish Bombs (£0.99/€1.49)
- The Card Cheat (£0.99/€1.49)
- The Guns Of Brixton (£0.99/€1.49)
- The Right Profile (£0.99/€1.49)
- Wrong ‘Em Boyo (£0.99/€1.49)
- Rock Band Network
- ‘Fate of the Maiden’ by Amberian Dawn (£0.99/€1.49)
- ‘Gabrielle’ by Ween (£0.99/€1.49)
- ‘Jumpers’ by Sleater-Kinney (£0.99/€1.49)
- ‘Roll the Dice’ by Damone (£0.59/€0.79)
- ‘Steppin’ Lightly’ by Gov’t Mule (£0.99/€1.49)
FirstPlay (PS3)
- FirstPlay Episode 43 (£0.99/€1.20)
Availability: Ireland and UK only
Dynamic Themes (PS3)
- Lama Themes – Dynamic Valentine Hearts Theme (£1.59/€1.99)
Wallpapers (PSP)
- Legends of War: Patton’s Campaign Wallpaper 7
Videos (PS3)
- Dead Space 2 Launch Trailer
- Plants vs. Zombies Trailer
Source: EU Blog.
cc_star
Not wanting to come over all negative ninny in the post, but a bit disappointed that The Undergarden didn’t make the cut and am more than a little bemused at Auditorium HD’s continued absence.
Oh well, at least Crash2 turned up after over 2 years
R1MJAW
I’m right there with you in the disappointment over the no show of Undergarden. The EU blog post about it has been hastily and sneakily edited to say it’s not due to be released here until February 23rd.
I got fed up waiting for Auditorium, so I just bought it from the US store, I may well do the same for Undergarden.
PoorPaddy89
Crash Bandicoot 2 is immense. One of the first games I ever completed, after Croc, which also needs to go on the store!
ARUMIR Sympozium
Oh Croc was on of my first Playstation games that I throughly enjoyed, it needs to be on the PSN!!!
The platforming.. the graphics …. ARGH!! unmatched!!
PoorPaddy89
At the age of 6, Croc started me on the downward slope that is becoming a gaming nerd. I need this. I was so happy after I beat that last boss (forgotten his name – it’s on the tip of my tongue!).
asparagushunter
Croc was awesome. I remember it being slated in so many magazines, but it was great fun.
monkeyspoon
I got crash 2 years ago. Did it go away then?
TheDeathAvenger
I think it had to be removed due to a legal issue.
TheDeathAvenger
Though now I think of it, I think there was something to do with bugs, if that’s the case and it has been fixed, I’d assume you could just download the new version free of charge. Not positive about this, though.
Squalje
Fight Night Champion Demo and a lucky dip in the Mini sale for me.
cc_star
There plenty of Minis reviewed here:
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2009/10/22/psp-minis-review-round-up-2/
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2009/11/22/psp-minis-review-round-up-3/
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2009/12/03/psp-minis-review-round-up-4/
http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2010/01/25/psp-minis-review-round-up-5/
cc_star
Oh, and http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2009/10/05/psp-minis-review-round-up/ of course
Squalje
Why thank you Chris. My laziness meant I was happy to be left to the mercy of the random gods.
Aquastyle
Finally I’ll get to play some Killzone 3, awesome start of the early weekend tomorrow!
ARUMIR Sympozium
No….!!!! not the X-men
Kovacs
Welcome … to DIE!
Delriach
I am Magneto, master of magnet! HA HA HA!
asparagushunter
I’m a bit bemused by the fact that on tuesday the official blog was advertising it was out on the eu store today, and now they’re saying ‘actually, it’s not’. Bit weird…
BigCheese
Well it’s about time Crash 2 was on there! My Store-bought Naughty Dog Quadrilogy has been one game short for well over a year now! Apart from that, and the Killzone Beta, nothing for me again this week.
aerobes
A few minis in there and not much else for me.
Possibly Killzone 3 and Fight Night too though, like cc, I’m disappointed by no Undergarden and/or Auditorium.
solidsteven
It’s the Beta for me.
DiscoChimp
Where is it?? I can’t find it in the store?
Aquastyle
You’ll have to wait till tomorrow to play the beta…
DiscoChimp
Grrrr… ;)
Benyboyuk
Does anyone know if GTA IV: The Lost and Damned & The Ballad of Gay Tony Bundle, is the standalone games or will I need a copy of GTA IV to play them?
cc_star
My understanding is if you buy the disc for tL&D & tBoGT it is standalone, but the digital copies require you to own the game.
I may be wrong though
jayjay119
I thought that was only for the 360 version? I definitely heard something like this so I don’t think you are entirely wrong.
E8_BALL_
you are right cc
i bought the disk, but my bro brought dlc, iv needed
one benifit of the dlc, is that it adds new music to iv
whilst disk does not, but has more tracks in l&d & tbogt the dlc version
after realising dlc added more music to iv, i dloaded his file
now i have best of both :)
E8_BALL_
edit* the dlc version
*than the dlc version
E8_BALL_
zzzZZZ
edit 1st line
brought – bought
an edit feature much needed to reduce clutter &or incorrect spelling, at least when im in town
ARUMIR Sympozium
I don’t think you need the disc it might be like a PSN game
MaD dOctoR 79
no, it is an add on for the disc based game, so you will need the disc.
ARUMIR Sympozium
oh…
MaD dOctoR 79
yes you do need the disc, to play them, (it’s cheap now anyway) as it works from the in game menu, like Red Dead Redemption.
the only way to get the standalone version is on disc, but it’s at least £10 dearer, unless you can still find the complete GTAIV game disc (which is doubtful)
Benyboyuk
Thanks for the replies everyone :)
rht992
to anyone who doesn’t have them i completed the ballad of gay tony the other night and i can tell you its the best dlc i’ve ever bought. amazing stuff
DrNate86
Looking forward to trying out Fight Night and Killzone! Will grab the vintage Mickey theme as well methinks.