‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 9th March 2011

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‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 9th March 2011

'Heads-Up' Game Store Update 9th March 2011

Well, Back to the Future is finally here… sorry about the wait but it took us this long to generate the necessary 1.21 gigawatts of electricity to publish the game. You can download the trial right now and enjoy a snack sized section of the first episode and unlocking will provide the whole first episode of the 5-part series, with access to each new episode as it’s released.

Explodemon gets the trial and unlock treatment for anyone who was still undecided, and Bionic Commando 2 gets a demo too.

DLC – there’s loads for Def Jam, plenty for Rock Band and the Dragon Age 2 pre-order add-ons launch (for real this time). Even More Animals for LittleBigPlanet 2 drops this week as well, marking the first of the commercially available LBP2 DLC – and certainly not the last. There are free costumes for Yakuza 4, a pack for Porsche lovers hits NFS: Hot Pursuit and the first piece of premium DLC for Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood drops today as well – the Da Vinci Disappearance. No prizes for guessing the plot synopsis but it has single and multiplayer content for Ezio’s last outing.

Williams Pinball Classics finally hits PSP, a must have for all pinball fans and at about €1.49 a table there’s some excellent value to be had.

More for PSP this week as well in the shape of three new NEOGEO Station titles, a new mini – Doodle Pool – and Tomb Raider III joins our PSOne Classics collection.

A quick note on behalf of Mr. Thorpe – there are new avatars going into plus today that are free and/or exclusive, for KillZone 3 and also for MotorStorm: Apocalypse. And let’s not forget the Mortal Kombat demo!

We’re aiming to publish at 1pm GMT today so hopefully we’ll be publishing as you read this. It’s a good thing too because I’m in a staff meeting all afternoon, but after my poor showing last week I’ve set myself a full two hours tomorrow morning to sit down and do nothing but comment on your posts – so check back tomorrow afternoon for replies.

I’ve got a hint about what’s coming next week too. It’s really powerful. Especially against living things.

(I’m so excited!)

PlayStation Store (via PS3, PSP and Media Go)

Special Offers

(Offer prices available until the 16th March)

  • Kung-Fu Live (was – £10.99/€13.99 now – £7.99/€9.99)
  • Wakeboarding HD (was – £11.99/€14.99 now – £5.49/€6.99)
  • Split/Second: Velocity – Deadline Pack (was – £3.99/€4.99 now -£1.99/€2.49)
  • HAZE – Destruction Pack (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £2.39/€2.99)
  • Shift Extended (mini) (was – £3.49/€3.99 now – £1.74/€1.99)
  • Age of Hammer Wars (mini) (was – £3.49/€3.99 now – £1.74/€1.99)
  • Star Hammer Tactics (mini) (was – £2.49/€2.99 now – £1.24/€1.49)
  • Tom Clancy’s Rainbow 6 (PSone) (was – £3.99/€4.99 now – £2.99/€3.59)
  • Toy Story Racer (PSone) (was – £4.79/€5.99 now – £2.39/€2.99)
  • Toy Story 2 (PSone) (was – £4.39/€5.49 now – £2.39/€2.99)
  • DC Universe Online 90-day subscription (was – £27.99/€34.99 now – £19.99/€24.99)

Trial & Unlock (PS3)

  • Explodemon! (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: All locales

  • Back to the Future: The Game – Episode One (Trial) (£15.99/€19.99)

(Unlocks full season – currently only Episode One is available) Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: All locales

Full Games (PSP)

  • Williams Pinball Classics (£11.99/€14.99) Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: Not available in Croatia, India, Israel, Kuwait, Slovenia, Turkey and Ukraine

  • Phantom Brave: The Hermuda Triangle (£15.99/€19.99) Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: Not available in Australia, Israel, Kuwait and Ukraine, New Zealand

NEOGEO Station (PSP)

  • Baseball Stars Professional (£5.49/€6.99) Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: Not available in Israel, Kuwait and Ukraine

  • League Bowling (£5.49/€6.99) Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: Not available in Israel, Kuwait and Ukraine

  • Super Sidekicks (£5.49/€6.99) Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: Not available in Israel, Kuwait and Ukraine

minis (PS3 and PSP)

  • Doodle Pool (£1.99/€2.49) Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: Not available in Israel, Italy, Kuwait and Ukraine

PSone Classics (PS3 and PSP)

  • Tomb Raider III (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 12

Availability: All Locals

Demos (PS3)

  • Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 Demo Rating: PEGI 16

Availability: All Locals

  • MotorStorm Apocalypse Single Player Demo Rating: PEGI 16

Availability: Not available in New Zealand

Add-On Game Content (PS3)

  • LittleBigPlanet 2
    • Even More Animals Costume Pack (£2.39/€2.99)
    • Crocodile Costume (£0.79/€0.99)
    • Vulture Costume (£0.79/€0.99)
    • Cobra Costume (£0.79/€0.99)
    • Mandrill Costume (£0.79/€0.99)

Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: All Locals

  • Dragon Age II
    • The Black Emporium (£7.99/£9.99)
    • The Exiled Prince (£5.49/€6.99)

Rating: PEGI 18
Availability: All Locals

  • Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
    • Porsche 911 Speedster (£2.39/€2.99)
    • Porsche 911 Turbo 1982 (£2.39/€2.99)
    • Porsche 959 (£2.39/€2.99)
    • Porsche Unleashed Pack (£5.49/€6.99)

Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: All locales

  • Homefront – Battle Code (£6.29/€7.99) Rating: PEGI 18

Availability: All locales

  • Mindjack – Extra Map Pack 1 (£5.49/€6.99) Rating: PEGI 16

Availability: Not available in New Zealand

  • Yakuza 4 – Costume Pack (free) Rating: PEGI 18

Availability: All locals

  • Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood – The Da Vinci Disappearance (£7.99/€9.99) Rating: PEGI 18

Availability: All locals

  • EyePet – Lucky Dip Costume Pack – Food 1 (free) Rating: PEGI 3

Availability: All locals

  • Rock Band 3
    • Depeche Mode Pack 01 (£4.99/€7.49) (contains the following songs also available separately)
    • A Terrible Lie (£0.99/€1.49)
    • I Will Possess Your Heart (£0.99/€1.49)
    • Never Let Me Down Again (£0.99/€1.49)
    • Personal Jesus (£0.99/€1.49)
    • Policy Of Truth (£0.99/€1.49)

Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not Available in Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, India, Israel, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Poland, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE

  • Rock Band 2
    • All I Want’ by A Day to Remember (£0.99/€1.49)
    • Hey Baby, Here’s That Song You Wanted’ by Bless the Fall (£0.99/€1.49)
    • It’s Complicated’ by A Day to Remember (£0.99/€1.49)
    • Relentless Chaos’ by Miss May I (£0.99/€1.49)
    • The Serpentine Offering’ by Dimmu Borgir (£0.99/€1.49)

Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not Available in Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, India, Israel, Kuwait, Luxembourg, Poland, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, South Africa, Turkey, Ukraine, UAE

  • Def Jam Rapstar
    • Chamillionaire – Ridin’ (€1.49)
    • Clipse – Grindin’ (€1.49)
    • Crada – Understanding (€1.49)
    • Diddy – Bad Boy For Life (€1.49)
    • Dj Khaled – I’M So Hood (Remix) (€1.49)
    • Dorrough – Ice Cream Paint Job (€1.49)
    • Eric B. & Rakim – Paid In Full (€1.49)
    • Flo Rida – Low (€1.49)
    • Ill Blu – Shut This Down (€1.49)
    • Ill Blu – Stallin (€1.49)
    • Koudjo – Pression (€1.49)
    • Luniz – I Got Five On It (€1.49)
    • Maino – All The Above (€1.49)
    • New Boyz – You’re A Jerk (€1.49)
    • Pharcyde – Passin’ Me By (€1.49)
    • S-X Beats – Power (€1.49)
    • S-X Beats – Take Over (€1.49)
    • Shuko – Fire (€1.49)
    • Sugarhill Gang – Rapper’S Delight (€1.49)
    • Trackdilla – Bad Mood (€1.49)

    Rating: PEGI 12
    Availability: Not Available in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom

    • Bangladesh – Tango Cash (Freestyle) (£1.19/€1.49)
    • Black Eyed Peas – My Humps (£1.19/€1.49)
    • Cool & Dre – Lavish (Freestyle) (£1.19/€1.49)
    • Crada – Understanding (£1.19/€1.49)
    • Gucci Mane – Wasted (£1.19/€1.49)
    • Kanye West – Can’t Tell Me Nothing (£1.19/€1.49)
    • Koudjo – Pression (£1.19/€1.49)
    • LL Cool J – Around The Way Girl (£1.19/€1.49)
    • New Boyz – You’re A Jerk (£1.19/€1.49)
    • Rich Boy – Throw Some D’s (£1.19/€1.49)
    • Shuko – Fire (£1.19/€1.49)
    • T.I. – Whatever You Like (£1.19/€1.49)
    • Timbaland – Say Something (£1.19/€1.49)
    • Trackdilla – Bad Mood (£1.19/€1.49)
    • Warren G – Regulate (£1.19/€1.49)

Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Only available in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom

Add-On Game Content (PSP)

  • Play English Extra Chapters (free) Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: Only available is Spain

  • Play English Manual and Tips (free) Rating: PEGI 7

Availability: Only available is Spain

FirstPlay (PS3)

  • FirstPlay Episode 48 (£0.99/€1.20) Availability: Ireland and UK only

Avatars (PS3)

  • Killzone 3
    • Killzone 3 Avatar Bundle 1 (Helghast)
    • Killzone 3 Avatar Bundle 2 (ISA)

    All available @ £0.79/€0.99

    • Helghast Engineer Avatar
    • Helghast Infiltrator Avatar
    • Helghast Marksman Avatar
    • Helghast Medic Avatar
    • Helghast Tactician Avatar
    • ISA Engineer Avatar
    • ISA Infiltrator Avatar
    • ISA Marksman Avatar
    • ISA Medic Avatar
    • ISA Tactician Avatar

All available @ £0.20/€0.25

  • Grand Theft Auto IV
    • Nico Bellic
    • Brucie Kibbutz
    • Dimitri Rascalov
    • Mikhail Faustin
    • Lollipop Girl
    • Playboy X
    • Joni
    • Young Lady
    • Luis Lopez
    • Johnny Klebitz
    • Vladimir Glebov
    • Yusuf Amir
    • Tony Prince
    • Mori Kibbutz
    • Malc
    • Luis Lopez Bouncer
    • Lost and Damned Logo
    • Gracie Ancelotti
    • Billy Grey
    • Ashley Butler

All available @ £0.20/€0.25

  • Red Dead Redemption
    • John Marston Avatar
    • John Marston #2
    • John Marston #3
    • John Marston #4
    • Bill Willamson Avatar
    • Bonnie MacFarlane Avatar
    • Colonel Allende Avatar
    • Luisa Fortuna Avatar
    • Edgar Ross
    • Colonel Allende Cigar
    • Shadow Wolf
    • Stronghold
    • Pig Josh
    • Walton Lowe
    • Colonel Allende Cards

All available @ £0.20/€0.25

  • Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare
    • Marshal Johnson Avatar
    • Landon Ricketts Avatar
    • Seth Briars Avatar
    • Scarlet Lady Avatar
    • Irish Avatar

All available @ £0.20/€0.25

  • MotorStorm Apocalypse – Stormer Avatar Bundle (£0.79/€0.99)

Premium Themes (PS3)

  • Disruptive Themes – Amphibian Fantasy Theme (£1.19/€1.49)

Dynamic Themes (PS3)

  • Lama Themes
    • Dynamic Happy Easter Eggs Theme (£1.59/€1.99)

Wallpapers (PS3)

  • PixelJunk Shooter 2 Wallpaper (free)

Videos (PS3)

  • Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive Trailer
  • Dead Space 2 Severed Trailer
  • Dragon Age 2: Exiled Prince Trailer
  • Section 8: Prejudice Announcement Trailer
  • The World Of Hunted Trailer
  • MotorStorm: Apocalypse Dev Diary 2
  • Slam Bolt Scrappers Trailer
  • Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception 3D Trailer
  • Killzone 3 Launch Trailer

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