‘Heads-Up’ Game Store And PlayStation Plus Update: 7th September 2011

Hi everyone – a long intro from me today, lots of housekeeping and new things to tell you about, but let’s kick off with the third title in the PLAY promotion – Bloodrayne: Betrayal launches today.

The original video game femme fatale, Rayne, has returned to battle and feed in a brand new hack ‘n slash adventure. Slay ghastly enemies as Rayne, the sexy dhampir with superhuman strength, speed, and agility, recruited by the vampire hunting Brimstone Society for one last mission. The target is a lavish, yet sinister ball in a secluded castle with plenty of dark and gruesome surprises. With the help of a mysterious friend, and members of Brimstone, Rayne must infiltrate the manor, take out the fiendish horde, and stop an evil master plot once and for all.

Bloodrayne: Betrayal is available this week in all locales except for New Zealand (Majesco are finalising the OFLC rating for this title in NZ and we will be able to bring it to you next week).

Also, Italian consumers can this week begin to take part in the PLAY promotion – Street Fighter III: Third Strike, The Baconing and Bloodrayne: Betrayal are all launching on the Italian Store and you can now purchase any of these titles and if you purchase all four, become eligible to receive your reward copy of PAYDAY: The Heist.

SNK bring us a whole host of new minis this week as well – with more on the way. These classic titles from the arcade era are now available for you to enjoy either on PS3 or PSP – Guerilla Wars is free for Plus and all the other titles (and those still on the way) will be available at 20% off for our subscribers too.

Also this week we have plenty of other choice morsels for you, including the slightly delayed God of War Collection: Volume II demo – Kratos’ PSP adventures have been upscaled and brought to life on PS3 for the first time. The eu.playstation.com team has put together a demo guide for you to check out, so make sure to head on over there to get the inside track.

You’ve probably already seen Andy’s post about the second round of PSP titles for the big PSP Power Sale, including the launch offer for Persona 3: Portable. Disney were kind enough to include Lego Pirates of the Caribbean in the sale too, to commemorate the launch of Pirates of the Caribbean 4: On Stranger Tides on the Video Store on 12th September.

Another quick note regarding Automatic Update – the SCEI team are aware of the issues that you guys have been having since the firmware update and there will be an interim update to fix the issue coming later in September – please keep a look out for this and when I can update you with an exact date we’ll let you know.

That’s all from me for now – check out the content lists for Plus and the Store Update below and both Andy and myself will be around for comments both today and tomorrow – unfortunately my workload has yet to let up and keeping you guys informed is going to take the both of us!

See you all later on, have a great week.

PlayStation Store (via PS3, PSP and Media Go)

PlayStation Plus Content

Plants vs Zombies – 100% off
Altered Beast – 100% off
Ratchet and Clank: ‘All 4 One’ Open Beta (Exclusive)

Jellypop (minis) – 100% off
Kaleidoscope (minis) – 100% off

Resident Evil: Director’s Cut – 100% off

(excludes Germany and New Zealand)

Street Fighter Alpha 2 (Psone) – 100% off

(Germany and New Zealand only)

Bloodrayne: Betrayal – 20% off
Explodemon! – 50% off
Guerilla War SNK mini – 100% off

20% off all SNK minis:

Athena – 20% off
HAL 21 – 20% off
Marvin’s Maze – 20% off
Ozma Wars – 20% off
Sasuke Vs. Commander – 20% off
Vanguard – 20% off

The Impossible Game (minis) – 25% off

100% off all Resident Evil: Operation Racoon City Avatars

Beltway Avatar
Bertha Avatar
Four Eyes Avatar
Licker Avatar
Lupo Avatar
Spectre Avatar
Tyrant Avatar
Vector Avatar
Zombie Avatar

Resident Evil: Operation Racoon City Dynamic Theme (Exclusive)
Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Dynamic Theme (Exclusive)

Watch out for additional offers in PlayStation Plus throughout September, including more discounts on catalogue content, more new Plus exclusive avatars, and launch day discounts on Capcom’s ‘Resident Evil 4’, ‘Resident Evil: Code Veronica’ and Ubisoft’s ‘From Dust’

Special Offer Selection

For all this information go and visit Andy Stewart’s new Special Offers Update.

Trial & Unlock (PS3)

Bloodrayne: Betrayal (£9.99/€12.99)

– The Trial and Unlock have been bundled together for Germany
– This product is free for those who have pre-ordered as part of PLAY
Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: Not available in New Zealand

Red Johnson’s Chronicles (£7.99/€9.99)

Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: All Locals

SkyDrift (£11.99/€14.99)

Rating: PEGI 7
Availability: All Locals

Full Games (PSP)

Persona 3 Portable (£23.99/€29.99 during the PSP Power Sale until the 21st September then will change to £27.99/€34.99)

Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: All locales

minis (PS3 and PSP)

The Impossible Game (£1.74/€1.99)

Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: All locales

Athena (£1.99/€2.49)

Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not available in Australia or New Zealand

Guerilla War (£1.99/€2.49)

Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: All locales

Hal 21 (£1.99/€2.49)

Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: All locales

Marvin’s Maze (£1.99/€2.49)

Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: Not available in Australia or New Zealand

Ozma Wars (£1.99/€2.49)

Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: Not available in Australia or New Zealand

Sasuke vs Commander (£1.99/€2.49)

Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: Not available in Australia or New Zealand

Vanguard (£1.99/€2.49)

Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: Not available in Australia or New Zealand

PSone (PS3/PSP)

Tomb Raider II Starring Lara Croft (£4.79/€5.99)

Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: All Locales

Demos (PS3)

God of War Collection: Volume II Demo

Rating: PEGI 18
Availability: Not available in Germany

Assassin’s Creed Revelations Multiplayer BETA

Rating: PEGI 18
Availability: Not available in Germany
Available to play until 11th September

PES 2012 – Pro Evolution Soccer

Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: All locales

Add-On Game Content (PS3)

Battlefield Bad Company 2 – Add-on Bundle (£23.99/€29.99)
(contains the following)

Onslaught Expansion Pack
Vietnam Expansion Pack
Kit Upgrades – Recon
Kit Upgrades – Assault
Kit Upgrades – Engineer
Kit Upgrades – Medic
Kit Shortcuts – Assault
Kit Shortcuts – Engineer
Kit Shortcuts – Medic
Kit Shortcuts – Recon

Rating: PEGI 16
Availability: All Locals

DanceDanceRevolution: New Moves – SuperNOVA Greatest Hits 2 (£2.99/$3.59)

Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: All Locals

Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 – Extra set of Mobile Suits 4 (£3.19/€3.99)

Rating: PEGI 12
Availability: Not Available in New Zealand

Champion Jockey: G1 Jockey & Gallop Racer – Music Pack 1: G1 Jockey selection (£0.95/€1.19)

Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: All Locals

EyePet – Lucky Dip Fruit 2 (free)

Rating: PEGI 3
Availability: All Locals

LittleBigPlanet2 – World Peace Day Costume (Sept Seasonal) (free)

Availability: All Locales

Resistance 3 – Network Pass (£7.99/€9.99)

Rating: PEGI 18
Availability: All Locales

Rock Band Network

Eden – TesseracT (£0.99/€1.49)
Expert Mode – Leetstreet Boys (£0.59/€0.79)
Midnight Eyes – Rose of Jericho (£0.59/€0.79)
Morte Et Dabo – Asking Alexandria (£0.99/€1.49)
Piano Sonata No. 11 – Ronda Alla Turca (Mozart) – Thomas Walker (£0.59/€0.79)

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 3

Unbelievable – EMF (£0.99/€1.49)

Cheap Trick Pack 01 (£2.49/€3.99) (contains the following songs also available separately)
Dream Police – Cheap Trick (£0.99/€1.49)
I Want You To Want Me (Live) – Cheap Trick (£0.99/€1.49)
Surrender (Live) – Cheap Trick (£0.99/€1.49)