PlayStation Store Update

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Hey, everyone. It’s time again for the PLAYSTATION Store weekly update.

Downloadable Games

flOw bundle ($8.99)
flOw is a game about piloting an aquatic organism through a surreal biosphere where players consume other organisms, evolve, and dive into the abyss. Bundle includes the full game as well as the Expansion Pack.
ESRB Rated E
File size: 226 MB

Warhawk limited-time discount ($29.99 for 2 weeks until 4/15)

Add-on Game Content

TUROK Multiplayer Map Pack 1 ($4.99)
A new multiplayer map pack for Turok is now available for download, providing new challenges and an opportunity for new fans to join the fight against the planet’s vicious creatures and dinosaurs as well as enemy soldiers. The map pack is now available for $4.99 and contains five new maps providing additional head-to-head and co-op challenges while you’re playing on PlayStation Network.
File size: 276 MB

High Stakes: Poker Edition camera add-on (free)
High Stakes is raising the poker bar! Download this add-on to access to video capabilities and catch every tell from your opponents in this face-to-face poker showdown! Don’t forget to download the first two add-ons to play all 10 poker styles. Compatible with the PLAYSTATION Eye and EyeToy USB camera, and may be compatible with other USB cameras!
File size: 101 KB

Unreal Tournament 3 Map Pack (free)
Download the first official bonus pack for Unreal Tournament 3 and expand your game with three new maps that cover the full spectrum of environments and play styles. Players can visit an orbiting space station, a remote mountain temple, or infiltrate an alien island. Returning classics and fresh new designs let you experience Unreal gaming like never before.
File size: 82 MB

Rock Band
Build your Rock Band library by purchasing these song game tracks. Boston Pack 01 includes all six songs. For song credits, visit www.RockBand.com.

  • “More Than A Feeling” – Boston ($1.99)
  • “Hitch A Ride” – Boston ($1.99)
  • “Peace of Mind” – Boston ($1.99)
  • “Rock and Roll Band” – Boston ($1.99)
  • “Smokin’” – Boston ($1.99)
  • “Something About You” – Boston ($1.99)
  • Boston Pack 01 ($9.99)

File sizes: 23.7 MB – 36.5 MB (singles), 189 MB (Track Pack).

Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore sownloadable songs ($1.50 each)
Plug in the microphone and live out your dream as a singing sensation! Expand your Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore library by purchasing tracks from the in-game store. For music credits, visit the Karaoke Revolution section of www.konami.com. Full list of tracks after the jump.

Game Videos (free)

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Mars Volta Video
Download the latest trailer featuring a special version of The Mars Volta’s “Goliath,” remixed by EL-P.
File size: 64 MB (1080)

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Thin Lizzy Video
Download the latest trailer featuring Thin Lizzy’s “The Rocker (Richard Evans Mix)” from the game’s soundtrack.
File size: 75 MB (1080)

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Weezer Video
Download the latest trailer featuring an exclusive remix of Weezer’s “Automatic,” available only in Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.
File size: 53 MB (1080)

Warhawk Update v1.3 Trailer
Download the Warhawk Update V1.3 trailer today and check out the new pick-ups that will alter the field of battle.
File size: 60 MB (HD)

GTA IV Trailer 4
Grand Theft Auto IV Trailer 4: “Good Lord, What Are You Doing?” aka “Everyone’s a Rat”
File size: 55 MB (HD)

Winter X Games ’08 Play the Pros
Sony Computer Entertainment America hit the slopes this year for the 12th annual ESPN Winter X Games, held at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen, Colorado. Fans had the opportunity to compete against their favorite X Games athletes in our PlayStation Play the Pros event with Gran Turismo 5 Prologue! The lucky winners received PlayStation prizes and some unique bragging rights.
File size: 235 MB (HD)

God of War: Chains of Olympus – TV spot
IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS DARKNESS. The ancient world speaks of a mortal that slayed a God. But long before his legend, Kratos pledged himself as a champion to the Gods.
File size: 22 MB (HD), 35 MB (1080)

Wyclef’s “Fast Car” Music VideoWyclef’s latest music video, “Fast Car”! (limited time only)
File size: 195 MB (HD), 323 MB (1080)

PURE Gameplay Trailer
PURE, the next gold standard in off-road racing games, perfectly captures and emphasizes the feeling of adrenaline rush. It stands for everything fast, furious & frenetic.
File size: 104 MB (HD)

PURE CG Trailer
PURE, the next gold standard in off-road racing games, perfectly captures and emphasizes the feeling of adrenaline rush.
File size: 143 MB (HD)

Movie and Blu-ray Disc Trailers (free)

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
A wild and wicked send-up of every musical biopic ever made, WALK HARD: THE DEWEY COX STORY is gut-busting proof that when it comes to hard rocking, living and laughing, a hard man is good to find.
File size: 119 MB (HD), 152 MB (1080)

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Fall 2007 TV Spot
File size: 30 MB (1080)

PS3 Themes (free)

Eye of Judgment Theme
Customize your PS3 system with a cool Eye of Judgment theme. This theme allows you to change up the look of your background and XMB icons. Download today!
File size: 6.08 MB

PS3 Wallpaper (free)

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots SNEAK OUT Wallpapers
File size: 118 KB – 434 KB

Here is this week’s content release for the PLAYSTATION Store for PC. To download these games to your PSP, navigate to http://store.playstation.com. There, you’ll find descriptions of the content and directions on how to get started. For more on the PLAYSTATION Store for PC, please click here.

Game Demos (free)

* R-Type Command Demo (also downloadable via PS3)

Game Videos (free)

* God of War Chains of Olympus TV Spot
* GT5 Prologue Weezer Video
* GT5 Prologue Mars Volta Video
* GT5 Prologue Thin Lizzy
* GTA IV Trailer 4
* Winter X Games ’08 Play the Pros
* Wyclef’s “Fast Car” Music Video (limited time only)

PSP Themes (free)

* Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII

PSP Wallpaper (free)

* R-Type Command Wallpapers (x3)

Hope you enjoy!

Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore, 42 song tracks:

  • “How You Remind Me” – Nickelback
  • “ABC” – The Jackson 5
  • “All My Ex’s Live in Texas” – George Strait
  • “Baby One More Time” – Britney Spears
  • “Beat It” – Michael Jackson
  • “Billie Jean” – Michael Jackson
  • “Bizarre Love Triangle” – New Order
  • “Boot Scootin’ Boogie” – Brooks & Dunn
  • “California Dreaming” – Mamas & The Papas
  • “Chain of Fools” – Aretha Franklin
  • “Chattahoochee” – Alan Jackson
  • “Crawling in the Dark” – Hoobastank
  • “Crazy” – Patsy Cline
  • “Don’t Know Why” – Nora Jones
  • “Everything You Want” – Vertical Horizon
  • “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” – Cyndi Lauper
  • “Hey Jealousy” – Gin Blossoms
  • “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” – Pat Benetar
  • “I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch) – The Four Top
  • “I Hate Everything About You” – Three Days Grace
  • “I Heard it Through a Grapevine” – Marvin Gaye
  • “I Want You Back” – The Jackson 5
  • “I’ll Make Love To You” – Boyz II Men
  • “It’s the End of the World as We Know it” – REM
  • “Jessie’s Girl” – Rick Springfield
  • “Just My Imagination” – The Temptations
  • “Kiss Me” – Sixpence None the Richer
  • “Like a Virgin” – Madonna
  • “Love Shack” – B-52s
  • “One Week” – Barenaked Ladies
  • “Oops!…I Did it Again” – Britney Spears
  • “Please Mr. Postman” – The Marvelettes
  • “Save Tonight” – Eagle Eye Cherry
  • “She Talks to Angels” – Black Crowes
  • “Shining Star” – Earth, Wind & Fire
  • “Son of a Preacher Man” – Dusty Springfield
  • “Take my Breath Away” – Berlin
  • “Virtual Insanity” – Jamiroquai
  • “When a Man Loves a Woman” – Percy Sledge
  • “You Really Got Me” – Van Halen
  • “Fame” – Irene Cara

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188 Comments

  • To Willacuz (17):

    Yeah, I feel for you to petty brat. I paid $600 and I haven’t complained about it once. You made the decision; stop throwing it in everyone else’s face.

    Everything seems so much simpler from the outside but I’m betting it’s nowhere near as simple on the inside.

    To PlayStation.blog:

    Thanks for this, though you scared me a bit- I had so much queued up that I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to grab everything. Don’t let the whiners get you down. It doesn’t get said often enough, but we (or I at least) appreciate this open line of communication that is being provided, despite all the flak every Joe Nobody comes in and spits at you. I trust when things are ready you will provide them. In the meantime, this was a pretty good update. The music video was an especially nice surprise.

    Peace.

  • Thank you Noel Silvia. Your response really meant a ton to me!

    • Not a problem!
      I\’ll try to answer all questions, comments, and concerns whenever I can, so long as they haven\’t already been answered or addressed.

  • @Noel Silvia

    Thanks for the reply. DLing stuff now. Somehow the PC store looks slightly nicer than the PS3/PSN

  • Hey we got some new mods people here! What’s up?

    Anyways, great update, much better. Boston FTW!!!!!! I bought the pack immediately as it came out.

    Unfortunately, I already bought Warhawk and flOw+expansion…but I guess this gives others a chance to try.

  • Nice update…Also is nice to see UT3 map pack for free.

    *Hopes for future COD4 map packs to be free*

  • I see we have new mods! Hi!

    Anyways, awesome update. Boston FTW!!
    I bought it immediately as it came out.

    Nice free maps and updates too :P

  • @51
    I agree with the communication. If someone from Sony comes out and says Europe is not getting an update this week, I can live with that. I’d much rather be disappointed than be left in the dark.

  • If you own a PSP flOw, Patapon & GOW should be on your game collection.

  • Really excited about the UT3 content!

  • thatsmartguywiththefro

    awesome update!!! I’ve noticed that for the last week or more, all the blog posts have been rated 4 and up. Keep up the great work! I think it’s great that you’re answering our questions, so I’ll take the time to pose one of my own.
    Seeing the Poker PS Eye add on made me think of that PlayStation Eye technology at GDC and I was wondering if any downloadable games featuring that technology would be released any time in the near future.
    Do you know anything about this, or at least could you confirm that Sony is indeed working on releasing these games on the PS Store?

    • The PlayStation Eye technology shown at the recent Game Developers Conference was very much a tech demo and not related to any game specifically.
      As it was a developer\’s conference, the tech was designed to show developers interesting ways of exploring existing technology in creative new avenues.
      Current titles like Burnout Paradise and Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 use the camera in ways new to those games to bring you \”in\” to the game, and they were both developed long before GDC.
      Fingers crossed we\’ll see this tech in future games and applications.

  • UT3 map pack? YES!!! THANK YOU!!!!

  • @57 PootyEchidna
    Ah nuts, a post got deleted. I was supposed to be replying to yxxxx @50, not Jeigh @51. :/

  • Are there any plans for a demo of Final Fantasy 7 Crisis Core?

  • Update on EU PS Store? Nothing?

  • @CurryUdon

    Do you not see all the posts on the Blog and in the forum of a lot of people wanting more PS1 games?

    Anyways, decent update especially free UT3 map pack. As always, would love to see more PS1 games brought out. Along with Resident Evil 1&2, Japan now has Metal Gear Solid while certain games are now disappearing from our PSN for bug fixes or whatever. We use to have 21 PS1 titles and now that is down to 17. I understand why some games would make it to regions other than ours for various reasons but there are games on the asian PSNs that sold consoles here in the states and it seems foolish from a business standpoint not to bring these to NA. Practically anyone who owns a PSP would download the first Metal Gear Solid to play on the go and the same goes for Resident Evil which has been out in Japan for over a year. I hate to rant but one of my reasons for purchasing a PS3 and PSP was being able to download and play the classics and picking it up in that area would make the PSN near perfect imo. I know John Koller has recently said they will be focusing on more PS1/PS2 re-releases so hopefully that goes as planned and I can start filling up some pro duos. Again, nice update. Thanks.

  • Q;why do i (european) not get a store update when the US get great stuff???
    gran turismo is ment to be up,this really pissed me off.

  • UT3 FACING WORLDS!!!!! :)

    Thank you Epic and Sony for keeping this free.

  • @ Noel Silvia

    Can’t you guys copy and paste the data from PS1 games and put it on PSN? After all it’s already translated and all you guys have to do is modify the controller setting.

    And where is my pre-paid PSN cards?!?!?!?

    • It would seem so, but, as mentioned above, there are often other factors to consider when it comes to the distribution of content no matter what region it\’s in.
      Hope that list above is able to give some answers to your questions.

  • @ Noel Silvia

    I dont know your job so not sure if you can answer this but why doesnt america get close to as many PS1 games as japan does on the playstation store?

    and good update but nothin for me really because i already own warhawk and flow and dont own any music games. but enoying the GTA IV trailer

    • I wasn\’t aware that my title wasn\’t showing…
      I\’m the Asset Artist for the PlayStation Network.
      You can look forward to my first blog post in the near future where I\’ll try to shed some light on what it is I do while helping all you artists out there create your very own unique PLAYSTATION 3 and PSP system Themes.

      As for your question, please refer to my previous responses. They should be easy to spot (HINT: they\’re the ones in RED).

  • What happened on that Mars Volta GT5 trailer?

    Not only was the song butchered, but trailer makes the game look choppy and unpolished.

    I hope it’s just a video from an old build that’s just being recycled for the sake of promoting the soundtrack.

    The Weezer GT5 trailer looks beautiful, though.

  • Thanks Noel.
    I always look forward to Thursdays to see what new items we will get. With the vast library of PS1 games,do you think we will see more released?
    Also, a rumored PSN redesign is in the works. Will we see this by the end of April?
    Thank you.

  • hi, i have an idea for a new game and was wondering where i can send in ideas for new games?

  • It’s get 3 stars only for the GTA trailer. Other than that there is nothing for me to get again for the 4th straight week.

  • First of all, Thanks to sony staff to finally get some feed back on the weekly update post… I think I can say that we are now feeling that our comments get to someone eyes.

    As for the update, I feel like in the middle. Sony loaded up the PS Store with lots of stuff this week, but we’ve been waitng so long for some big PSN release like SSF II Turbo HD, WipEout HD, new Pain stages, Bionic commando Rearmed, eco chrome and Home (ok it’s not a game, but I think I can say that we are looking forward to get it).

    It would be nice to at least have release dates for those titles.

    Thanks and keep up de good work.! :)

  • Thank you Epic for the free UT3 Map Pack! =)

  • Nick Colberg…your avatar = massive lolz (given you are a SCE employee)

  • @ Noel Silvia

    You still haven’t answered my second question.

    I really hope in April 15th the so called “revamped” PS store would look more appealing to customers.

    Just my 5 cents, I don’t care if Sony decided to release the worst demo in the planet as long as it is a demo..

    One more thing. I thought you guys own the license(s for Playstation games…

    And please bring Metal Slug series to PS Store. It’s a classic to me.

  • Good update but once again for like the 6th week in a row now, no new ps1 games yet again and so annoying how japan gets like 6 ps1 games at a time wtf this sucks

  • how about a break on the retail disk copy of warhawk? im not paying 40. sorry.

    glad to see poker is finally getting fleshed out, i might play it now.

    can we make it so that the 8+ rockband songs dont hog the front of the psn store? i would love to actually see whats new, and not what rockback offers.

    any leaks on when ut3 will have in-game mod support so i can import mods via the ps3 and not a usb stick?

  • thanks for the answer

  • Hey, Nabokovfan, :|

    I don’t know if you’ve checked the store but the Rockband updates aren’t hogging the first page. There’s one icon with, “New Rock Band Releases”. You click that and there’s a list of the new tracks.

  • FINALLY A GREAT UPDATE, thank you so much. now i dont want 2 seem like a pain but can you please pull a few strings and try to get Sony make a new Home trailer, the one thats there now is extremly outdated so everytime i look at it i lose hope that it will come out. i know you cant see me but i am on my knees begging you :( ??????

  • Where is the European store update?

  • I don’t want to sound like an *** but the PS Store on the PS3 could use a makeover. I don’t think that there is a page for all the new things; though I could be wrong… But also it is hard to find things on the store. Also where are the PSN cards? What’s taking so long?

    • The Featured Tab (the main page that the Store takes you to when it first loads) has all of the newest content added to the Store.
      If you\’re looking for the newest games or demos, click on the Games tab. You should see an icon that says \”Newest Games\”.
      Hope this helps you find the content you\’re looking for!

  • Good Update! I’ll we be installing the Final Fantasy PSP theme, and the R-Type Command demo!

    BTW: Any confirmation on the PS Store getting a major overhaul this coming month?

  • @ AndyBD

    I cannot agree with you more.

    Deliver your promises to your customers.

    I’m sick of delays.

  • @ Nick Goldberg

    That avatar is uber pwnage

  • one thing i cannt find the info and its really importance to me is when are we able to pick up the metal gears soild online beta code from the store no one seem to know when it coming so can u please answer back only thing i care about.
    great update by the way. and please answer back my gamestop doesnt know anything about itsand problally are tired of hearing my voice on the phone everything. please answer back

  • Hi Noel..

    The videos that show up on the blog.Like the firmware videos and skype on psp,etc.Could they make it to the store as a part of Sony Videos or something.Call it whatever you want,but a list of different videos helping people out.Thanks

  • I’d like to see some new PS1 games being released on the PSN store but this is a good update nonetheless.

  • thatsmartguywiththefro

    thanks for responding so quickly Noel. We could use guys like you on the system update posts, since there are loads of questions and suggestions there. Any chance you could ask around to see if someone could pop in every once in a while and respond to our comments (like you) so we know we’re being heard?

    Also I noticed in your response to @69 you mentioned something about customizing Themes. Will this be like the programs to create themes on computers, except directly from the playstation?

    • I\’ll be doing a blog post in the coming weeks to show those of you who don\’t know how already, how to make your own custom PS3 and PSP themes; all you\’ll need is a PC, a digital image program, and some time. More to follow…

      We\’re glad to have the opportunity to respond directly to you. Y\’all are quite a passionate lot, and even though we can\’t please everyone all of the time, we\’re going to try and acknowledge as many of the comments as we can. Please keep in mind that there are many things that we can\’t mention or address directly (we love our jobs and want to keep them!), but please know that we hear you.

  • can some1 answer me back when is the metal gears soild online beta able for pick up from gamestop in nyc they keep saying they never heard anything on it and they dont believe they getting it.any1 from sony please answer back i have been waiting for this game since they first showed it.

  • @ Erico316

    There’s a MGO FAQ somewhere on this blog.

    Hmmm feels good to have red comments in the store update section. Looks like Jeff or Mr. Noel is doing some hardcore editing to keep out the spammers because the comments are looking mighty… quiet.

    Glad I dont live in Europe, seems like you guys have been gettin it up the Wazoo since launch!

  • Another week of disappointment. No demo’s, no new PSN games ( I.E. PSone titles, Darkmist, Prologue, Echocrome, ect )

    Maybe its just me, but I just don’t see what their is to get excited about with themes and trailers. Sure they are nice, but these trailers are old. Unless you are that hell bent on seeing a particular trailer on your HDTV instead of your PC monitor, there is nothing exciting about these videos. And for themes, they are nice, but not exactly exciting.

  • sorry for the 2 post didnt see mine up so i thought it didnt go in but again please answer back.

  • GameStop/EB Games doesn’t know anything cause Sony/Konami probably didn’t inform them.

    BTW, this is what happened to me when I asked the GameStop employee.

    GameStop employeer: Need anything?
    Me: Do you know when MGS4 Saga 2.0 DVD is being shipped?
    GameStop employee: What is it? Never heard of it.
    Me: You’re supposed to get it when you pre-ordered MGS4, and in it is MGO beta code.
    GameStop employee: I don’t know what you’re talking about…Sorry, man.

    God..Sony/Konami needs to fix this.

  • thatsmartguywiththefro

    @94(convicsik)
    if you want the echochrome demo just create a Japan or Hong Kong account. They both have it on their stores, but unless you know Japanese I think it would be easier getting it from Hong Kong.

  • Noel Silvia, that’s cool that you’re answering alot of peoples questions. I really respect that. Hopefully, we’ll see that more often.

  • BTW, more PS1 games please! >_>

  • I think i’m the ONLY person in the world who has an informed dude working at the local gamestop. He’s a gamer himself, keeps up on all the latest news/demos/previews, and I trust his word on which games look, play, and run good.

    Sadly, he knows(from the interwebs) we’re supposed to get the Saga disc and beta code, but no one in my gamestop district offices have even spoke about it yet.

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