So I’m a little bit late posting the store update this week because I stayed up too late playing LEGO: Harry Potter. Who cares if it’s for kids? Those LEGO games are a riot.
Starting things off with the latest discounted PSOne title in celebration of the Playstation brand’s 15 year anniversary is Street Fighter Alpha (8/13/08) for $2.99.
Sony’s latest PS3 gadget, the MOVE, is getting some love with a demo of the newly MOVE-compatible Heavy Rain, and an update to Hustle Kings (which is also 3D-compatible now).
I noticed a whole new section on the store devoted to Tomb Raider. This is clearly part of the hype surrounding the newest game in the series, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (available now for $14.99 or in demo form for free). Amongst the goodies were various trailers and themes from the 2008 game, Underworld.
Swords and Soldiers from Ronimo Games is now available for $9.99 (free demo). The game was originally WiiWare but has now made its way to HD. It’s an RTS featuring ninja monkeys and Aztec zombies, how can it go wrong?
Providing a perfect transition between games and DLC is DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue. This game actually came out last week and included the two DLC packs if you bought early. If you didn’t take advantage of that deal the game is still available at $14.99. The two DLC packs, The Snowy Mountain ($2.99) and Tankko the Warrior ($0.99) are now available separately.
Other DLC available:
- Borderlands New Revolution $9.99
- FIFA 11 Live Season: All Leagues $9.99
- FIFA 11 Online Pass $9.99
- Mafia II Greaser, Renegade, Vegas and War Hero Packs $2.99/ea
- Naughty Bear Episode 9 – Pirate Bear $4.99
- BlazBlue: Continuum Shift– Valkenhayn R. Hellsing $7.99
- ModNation Racers Air Raid w/ Kart
- My Aquarium Underwater Glamour Set $0.99
- Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock– Soundgarden’s “Telephantasm” Album $17.99
- Rock Band DLC and RBN (<L>=LEGO compatible)
- Anthrax Pack 1 (Among the Living, I’m the Man, <L>Indians, <L>Madhouse [Live] and <L> Metal Thrashing [Live]) $8.49 or $1.99/ea
- <L>”Closer to the Edge” – 30 Seconds to Mars $1.99
- “Coffin Nails” – Atreyu $1.99
- “I’m Not Okay (I Promise)” – My Chemical Romance $1.99
- “Welcome to the Black Parade” – My Chemical Romance $1.99
- “Out of Line” – Buckcherry
- <L>”Listen to the Music” – The Doobie Brothers $1.99
- <L>”Long Train Runnin'” – The Doobie Brothers $1.99
- “Cali Girl” – Ballyhoo $0.99
- “First We Feast, Then We Felony” – Circus Circus – $0.99
- “Hail Destroyer” – Cancer Bats $1.99
- “Leaderless & Self-Enlisted” – Norma Jean $1.99
- “Now Demolition” – Evile $1.99
Not a bad supply of demos this week. In addition to Lara Croft and Swords and Soldiers, the demos for EA MMA, PES 2011 and MySims Sky Heroes are out.
Sony also hasn’t been holding back on the new Avatars ($0.49/ea). This week sees a large release from ModNation Racers (Astro Kitty, Chief, Dolor, Drillbit, Espresso, Fade, Hale, Jez, Tag and Uncle Richard), Deadliest Warrior The Game (Apache, Centurion, Knight, Ninja, Viking, Spartan, Samurai and Pirate), and Mega Man 10 (Bass Running w/ Blaster, Bass Running, Solar Man, Strike Man and Treble). Flying solo is Chuck from Dead Rising 2.
New themes are present as well. The only new Dynamic theme is the Zombie Mistress ($2.99). Non-dynamic premium themes are Baltic Sky ($1.49), Blackbeard’s Curse ($1.49), Deadliest Warrior ($1.99), Dragon ($1.99), Vision ($1.49), Mayan Skulls ($1.49), Inner Warrior ($1.99) and Haunted English Castle ($1.49). Don’t forget the Swords and Soldiers theme and the five Kung Fu Rider wallpapers.
For videos we get another collection from the Dew Tour; promos for Resistance 3, Bioshock Infinite and Swords and Soldiers; and Developer Diary #5 from Mafia II.
And I’m not forgetting the PSP updates. The Blackbeard’s Curse, Deadliest Warrior and Mayan Skulls themes all have PSP counterparts. The portable also gets exclusive machine gun themes: RPD and UMP for $1.49/ea). Demos for God of War: Ghost of Sparta and DragonBallZ: Tenkaichi Tag Team are available for all. Retail title Rapala Pro Bass Fishing is $19.99. MotorStorm costumes ($0.99) for Little Big Planet, new characters for Gladiator Begins: Ella, Galea of Mars, Ikaros’s Wing, Mysterious Female (all free) and Valkyria Chronicles 2 DLC Pack 2 ($4.99) are all on the store now.