The 3rd Birthday coming to PSN after all

By Wesley Yin-Poole Published 17 November, 2010

Shock horror.

Parasite Eve sequel The 3rd Birthday will be available to download from PSN as well as bought in shops.

That's according to an announcement from Square Enix, reported by Andriasang.

In Japan, the game will be released on 22nd December in shops and on PSN. A Western release is yet to be announced – we're chasing that up now. But it's not impossible to access the Japanese PlayStation Store, is it?

Last month Square Enix told Eurogamer European fans can expect a release date announcement soon.

US gamers will get it at some point during the first three months of 2011.

The 3rd Birthday is a PSP shooter that marks a "new start" for the Parasite Eve series.

It features a female lead character whose clothes rip off as she fights horrible beasties.

The original Parasite Eve, released for PSOne in 1998, was a survival horror role-playing game that did rather well.

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About Wesley Yin-Poole

Wesley is Eurogamer's news editor. He likes news, interviews, and more news. He also likes Street Fighter more than anyone can get him to shut up about it.

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  • ZuluHero #1 2 years ago

    "Parasite Eve sequel The 3rd Birthday is no longer a PSP-exclusive game – it'll be released as a download from the PlayStation Network, too"

    Maybe its just me, but doesn't that make it sound like you can play it on something other than a PSP? PSP PSN downloads still only work on a PSP, or am i wrong?
    Edited by ZuluHero at 17/11/10 @ 08:37

  • MDL199 #2 2 years ago

    Unless it says psp only in the psn store then it means you can play it on your ps3 as well - like this game.

  • Rascanuvols #3 2 years ago

    Sooo, does it mean it will be in HD and stuff?

  • ZuluHero #4 2 years ago

    I didn't know that! So what is does it look like on a big screen?

  • Plewt #5 2 years ago

    Like this game? Really, you come from the future?

  • Plewt #6 2 years ago

    I believe the first line should say is that it's no longer a UMD-exclusive game. Not that I understand why this is news to begin with, shouldn't all PSP games be on PSN for the PSP Go
    Edited by Plewt at 17/11/10 @ 09:01

  • MaoZedong #7 2 years ago

    Post deleted at 09:40:08 17-12-2011

  • Kami #8 2 years ago

    "It features a female lead character whose clothes rip off as she fights horrible beasties."

    *twitch* Her name is Aya Brea, and it isn't the first time she's got her kit off in a game I can assure you of that...

  • dominalien #9 2 years ago

    PSP games, on UMD or downloadable, are playable on the PSP. D'oh.

    PSOne games and minis are playable both on PSP and PS3. D'oh.

  • scorpius45 #10 2 years ago

    I was going to get psp go till I looked on the store and noticed that square enix don't release games for download, so if this gets released on there and does well hopefully they will release their back catalogue for download.

  • InfiniteFury #11 2 years ago

    "Like this game? Really, you come from the future?"

    I think he meant it as in: "as you can with this game"