EU PlayStation Store update 14th Sept

By Tom Phillips Published 14 September, 2011

From Dust! Renegade Ops! God of War!

All hail god game From Dust, which headlines this week's update to the EU PlayStation Store.

Ubisoft's beautiful Caribbean sandbox was showered with a delightful 9/10 in Eurogamer's From Dust review.

But perhaps you fancy something with more firepower. Then meet Renegade Ops, a twin-stick vehicular shooter from Just Cause developer Avalanche Studios.

Renegade Ops, built using the Just Cause 2 engine, gives control from a top-down perspective.

Those who subscribe to PlayStation Plus can enjoy 20 per cent discounts on From Dust and Renegade Ops.

Also available today are God of War Collection Vol. 2 and Splinter Cell HD Trilogy. The former revisits the two PSP God of War games - Chains of Olympus and Ghost of Sparta - and the latter brings back Splinter Cell, Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory.

Alternatively, don't spend anything but try some games instead. Today's update brings the battle of the football games, as PES 2012 and FIFA 12 sample themselves out. There's an Ace Combat: Assault Horizon demo, too.

There are also downloadable versions of two skill-kill shooters, Bulletstorm and Bodycount.

The full listing, courtesy of the EU PlayStation Blog, lies below:

From Dust is ever so snazzy.

PS3 Games

  • Renegade Ops (£9.99/€12.99) (Trial & Unlock)
  • From Dust (£11.99/€14.99)
  • Bulletstorm (£23.99/€29.99)
  • Bodycount (£39.99/€49.99)
  • Fast Draw Showdown (£7.99/€9.99)
  • Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy HD (£31.99/€39.99)
  • God of War Collection: Volume II (£23.99/€29.99)
  • God of War HD Collection: Volume II (£23.99/€29.99)
  • God of War: Chains of Olympus HD (£13.99/€17.99)
  • God of War: Ghost of Sparta HD (£13.99/€17.99)

From Dust.

PlayStation minis

  • Arcade Essentials Evolution (£3.99/€4.99)
  • Revoltin' Youth (£1.74/€1.99)
  • Alpha Mission (£1.99/€2.49)
  • Ikari Warriors (£1.99/€2.49)

PS3 Demos

  • Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (Free)
  • FIFA 12 (Free)
  • PES 2012 - Pro Evolution Soccer (Free)

PS3 Add-Ons

  • Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3 - Extra Set of Mobile Suits 5 (£3.19/€3.99)
  • Dynasty Warriors 7 - Original Costume Pack 4 (£3.99/€4.99), Stage 3 Pack (£3.19/€3.99), Weapon Rank Pack 2 (£1.59/€1.99)
  • Champion Jockey: G1 Jockey & Gallop Racer - Medieval Pack (£1.99/€2.49)
  • Section 8: Prejudice - Frontier Colonies Map Pack (£3.99/€4.99)
  • Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 - Magic 2012 Expansion (£3.19/€3.99)
  • Yoostar 2 - American Wolf Man in London (£1.39/€1.75), Desert Fire (£1.39/€1.75), Friend: Good! (£1.39/€1.75), True Family (£1.39/€1.75), Ride the Griffin! (£1.39/€1.75)
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Comments (27) Latest comment 8 months ago

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  • icematt12 #1 8 months ago

    Whats the difference between:

    God of War Collection: Volume II (£23.99/€29.99)
    God of War HD Collection: Volume II (£23.99/€29.99)

    This a case of a SCEE blog post that got messed up and just copied here?

  • patch #2 8 months ago

    From Dust is also listed as trial and unlock, and Plus subscribers also get 20% off Alpha Mission. Also, Renegade Ops is free for those who have pre-ordered as part of PLAY.

  • Doctor_What #3 8 months ago

    For a change, the PSN prices don't seem utterly ridiculous... I'm quite confused about that.

    EG: could you check whether Sony/MS/Ninty have said anything about what happens to our download purchases when the next generation rolls around? I'm beginning to wonder about how future proof any of this is.

  • Architect_z #4 8 months ago

    Renegade Ops, I know this game will probably make most people cringe but I love these twin stick shooter things. Any chance of a review?

  • GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #5 8 months ago

    Yeah can we get a renegade ops review this week, while its still under discount.

  • mode7 #6 8 months ago

    Does From Dust have any additional content...?

  • Triggerhappytel #7 8 months ago

    Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Trilogy HD (£31.99/€39.99)

    Ah, good to see Ubi's pricing back to their piss-take normal, after selling each instalment for a reasonable 8 pounds each...

  • Makeem95 #8 8 months ago

    For those wanting a review of Renegade Ops, since it's trial & unlock, wouldn't it be quicker/more meaningful if you experienced the demo?
    Edited by Makeem95 at 14/09/11 @ 17:35

  • chessboxer #9 8 months ago

    I just bought Renegade Ops from the PS Store. Bargain at £7.99. I tried the demo first and it's a lot of fun. Much better than the very poor Gatling Gears released a month or so ago.

    Glad I picked up the Splinter Cell Trilogy a few weeks ago as itonly cost around £23 at the time.

    The pricing for the God Of War Collection Vol 2 is cheaper than most retail outlets. Play.com, Shopto, Amazon, ASDA, HMV and Sainsbury's are all more expensive.

  • Stompy #10 8 months ago

    Post deleted at 23:13:35 17-04-2012

  • chessboxer #11 8 months ago

    @spacedelete

    "don't bet on it. people had stacks of ps2 games and spent so much money yet phony removed backwards compatibility as soon as the ps3 released."

    My PS3 plays PS2 games. 60GB UK model here, although it is packing a 1TB HDD now.

    BC was dropped because people wanted a cheaper PS3. They got what they asked for. BC is nice but it wouldn't stop me (and many others) from buying a new generation console. You had the option of buying a 60GB PS3, they were widely available from March 22nd 2007.

  • Arwin #12 8 months ago

    I just got this little ditty called the LBP Move pack ...

  • 16bitfreak #13 8 months ago

    The amazing adventures of space delete part 1.

    traded in his 360 for a 60gb - a us version which he said was the best console ever, then he quickly went sour on it and wished he had his 360, then the 60gb somehow turned into a slim in a matter of a few posts.

    tune in next time for more bullshit.
    Edited by 16bitfreak at 14/09/11 @ 19:03

  • vadge1 #14 8 months ago

    ikari warriors, yaaaaay!

  • Doctor_What #15 8 months ago

    @Spacedelete: you don't know much about business models. If I were to have all my downloads wiped from my PSN account when I bought a new machine then I would have no reason to have any brand loyalty - if I could have all those downloads working from day one on my new machine then I have a reason to stick with Sony. Likewise with XBLA titles.

    You say it's all about money, but sometimes letting people have things for 'free' is the best way to make money from them in the future.

    Then again, just because it makes sense to ensure that people still have access to their old purchased content, that doesn't mean that Sony/MS/Ninty will actually do this. As Stompy says, it depends on their long-term strategy, and this is why I'm very curious to hear what the big three have to say about all of this.

    Ninty I suspect won't let people do BC with their downloads on their next machine. I think this because they just don't seem to care enough about their online strategy and they've never been much of a company for giving people something for nothing.

    Sony I think probably will give BC with downloads on the PS4 but I'm not sure. The technology could be challenging with the cell architecture (for the same reason that the emotion engine was tricky to emulate). I also wouldn't be surprised if they charged a small fee to unlock your old game downloads, e.g. buying a new license to play them on the PS4. I think it would be a huge mistake for publicity if they did do this, but I wouldn't put that past them considering the mess they've made of their PR this gen.

    MS I have no idea about. MS had a fair chunk of day-one BC in their machines, but they promised to invest in improving that and didn't really make any progress, and they locked out various games (e.g. Chronicles Of Riddick and Stranger's Wrath) because a remake was being worked on or was pencilled in for the future. To give them the benefit of the doubt, it could be that the coding was too advanced to emulate, but if they got the Halo games working perfectly then I'm surprised they couldn't manage it with all other titles. It seems more likely they locked the Xbox versions of those games from BC so they could charge for them again in the future - that kind of money grabbing attitude towards BC doesn't bode well for next gen. Then again, I think they've learnt a lot from the 360 and their treatment of online customers is usually very good, so I really have no idea. On the plus side, the 360 architecture will be the easiest to emulate next gen because it's pretty simply, comparatively speaking.

    Out of the three, I think MS are the most likely to allow free transfer of downloaded content to the next generation, but given their record last time it is by no means certain, and that is why I'm so interested in EG trying to find out the official strategy from companies. There is also the point that if I know I'm going to be able to access that download for the next gen of consoles too then I'm going to be more inclined to pay the price for something that's not going to sit on my shelf gathering dust.

    (Bloody hell, epic post time, but I find this topic very interesting.)

  • hilts #16 8 months ago

    Ikari warriors! I loved this on C64 ! Any impressions of this would be great!

  • steagz #17 8 months ago

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUC5BRf0VeI

  • Marshall2008 #18 8 months ago

    Why do eg put prices next to demos? Plus as a ps+ subscriber I don't want discounts I want fucking free shit, wtf do I pay these cunts for.

  • alcides #19 8 months ago

    Bulletstorm as been retailing at 20€ everywhere for at least 4 months. Hardly worth it too.

    Marshall2008, if you want free shit I suggest you get an iPhone. Apples are bigger cunts too.

  • Drygore #20 8 months ago

    Spacedelete, words can't describe how big of a failure you are. Getting sick of your posts.

  • SEVQA #21 8 months ago

    A From Dust demo would be nice!

  • gm914 #22 8 months ago

    There is a From Dust demo. 929MB.
    I bought it. Love it!

  • Murton #23 8 months ago

    Seriously need some form of price control on PSN. Ubisoft are seriously starting to take the piss with their releases. Delayed a a few weeks and then sold with a 30% markup, at least they were nice enough to allow Sony a discount on Plus subs so those who pay get price parity.

    Given that MS will deny a publisher a release on XBLA if a game is released elsewhere first or released with more favourable conditions elsewhere I can see the practice of short term XBLA exclusivity followed by a price inflated PSN release being commonplace among certain publishers. Sony really need to be looking at a change in policy to make such a strategy unpalatable, and that goes for DLC releases too. A new ruling enforcing price parity is an absolute must, but additional content or price reductions on late releases would be quite welcome and make publishers think twice about their release strategies.

  • Zozzilla #24 8 months ago

    Definitely be getting From Dust! n.n

    If only they'd bring Bastion to the PS3 so I didn't have to get it on my 360...

  • M_of_the_sys #25 8 months ago

    I tried the From Dust demo last night. Enjoyed it but I think the controls would be better suited to keyboard and mouse so will get this on Steam.

  • gm914 #26 8 months ago

    Er, have you not heard about the abortion job on the PC version?
    Get it on PSN. Trust me.

  • M_of_the_sys #27 8 months ago

    @gm914

    No. Is it borked?