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PSN update: demos, DLC, more demos News

PlayStation 3 News by Robert Purchese

22 May, 2009

There are demos aplenty on the PS3 Store this weekend, including tasters for inFamous, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 and Marvel vs. Capcom 2.

There's plenty more content for existing PS3 games as well. The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena gets a map pack as does F.E.A.R. 2. There are some monster-themed costumes and level-making tools for LittleBigPlanet, plus some special Live recordings by Alice Cooper for Rock Band. Alice, remember, is a man. It's so confusing.

Also, note the excellent puzzler Fading Shadows for download on PSP. This costs 12 quid but is well worth the money. Pop over to our Fading Shadows review to find out more.

Demos

  • Marvel vs. Capcom 2
  • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
  • Killzone 2 Bullet 4D interactive Ad
  • Red Faction Guerrilla: Multiplayer
  • inFamous

PS3 Game Content

  • Riddick Dark Athena: Premium Multiplayer Map Pack - GBP 7.99 / EUR 9.99
  • F.E.A.R. 2: Armored Front Map Pack - GBP 3.99 / EUR 4.99
  • Tom Clancy's HAWX: Russian Falcons Pack (GBP 3.49 / EUR 4.99)
  • PAIN: The Ded Baron Character - GBP 0.79 / EUR 0.99
  • MotorStorm Pacific Rift: Patriot Signature Livery Pack - Free
  • LittleBigPlanet: Monster Level Kit - GBP 3.19 / EUR 3.99
  • LittleBigPlanet: Monster Costume Kit (Bride of Sackula, Sackula, Werewolf, Zombie, Monster) - GBP 2.39 / EUR 2.99 (GBP 0.79 / EUR 0.99 each)
  • Guitar Hero World Tour: European Track Pack 05 ("Disconnected" by In Flames, "Look Good In Leather" by Cody and "Oh Yeah!" by Housee De Racket) - GBP 4.39 / EUR 5.49 (GBP 1.59 / EUR 1.99 each)
  • Rock Band: Alice Cooper Pack 01 ("Billion Dollar Babies (Live)", "I'm Eighteen (Live)", "Poison", "Shcool's Out (Live)", "Vengeance Is Mine", "Under My Wheels (Live)") - GBP 5.99 / EUR 7.99 (GBP 0.99 / EUR 1.49 each)
  • Rock Band: Taking Back Sunday Pack 01 ("Liar (It Takes One To Know One)", "MakeDamnSure", "What's It Feel Like To Be A Ghost?") - GBP 2.49 / EUR 3.99 (GBP 0.99 / EUR 1.49 each)
  • Rock Band: "Kids Don't Follow" by the Replacements (GBP 0.99 / EUR 1.49)

PSP Games

  • Fading Shadows - GBP 11.99 / GBP 14.99
  • Creatures - Raised in Space - GBP 3.99 / EUR 4.99
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jonsaan
22/05/09 @ 09:43
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Having done extensive research on fading shadows I must say I am slightly wary of your review EG! Much like your review for the very average and MEH Mercury Meltdown.
rotmm
22/05/09 @ 09:47
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Let me see if I understand this correctly.

Riddick Dark Athena: Premium Multiplayer Map Pack

PSN £7.99
380 800MS (£6.67)

F.E.A.R. 2: Armored Front Map Pack

PSN £3.99
360 400MS (3.33)

Guitar Hero World Tour: European Track Pack 05

PSN £4.39
360 440MS (£3.66)

This is how it should be

Tom Clancy's HAWX: Russian Falcons Pack

PSN £3.49
460 440MS (£3.33)

Or even better

Rock Band: Alice Cooper Pack 01

PSN £5.99
360 800MS (£6.67)


It's becoming far too common that PSN prices here in the UK are matched with how many MS points the are selling for and it's just an easy way to scam extra cash out of the end user.
kincaide
22/05/09 @ 09:49
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WHERE ARE THE NEW SINGSTAR SONGS?
jonsaan
22/05/09 @ 09:50
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Factor in the credit card interest 'some' people incur when dealing with LIVE and I would go for PSN every time rotmm.
rotmm
22/05/09 @ 09:54
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What credit card interest?
jonsaan
22/05/09 @ 09:55
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Well...if you pay for your points using a credit card. Which is the only option other than prepaid code cards, then unless you are extremely organised, which I'm sure you are (I'm not), you'll be paying interest on your credit card balance.
Mattb90
22/05/09 @ 10:01
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What are you on about? Payment is only via a debit or credit card on PSN (in Europe), while Xbox Live lets you use a debit or credit card, as well as points cards. So surely if that's how you're weighing things up, XBL comes out on top? I just use a debit card on both, so don't have to worry about any interest payments, but that's surely your own problem anyway?
jonsaan
22/05/09 @ 10:03
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LIVE does not accept my debit card. Hence my issue. I am hardly going to change bank accounts just for that. But yes, as I made fairly clear I am sure you all organise your finances and have no issues with credit. oh to be so perfect.

PSN accepts my debit card, that was my point.
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menage
22/05/09 @ 10:05
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Actually, this update is pretty awesome. But there's always something to complain about I guess.
ryohazuki1983
22/05/09 @ 10:10
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Played the multiplayer Red Faction demo last night on 360, loving the game :) Was gonna buy after playing the offline demo and want it even more now after playing online for a few hours with the demo.
rotmm
22/05/09 @ 10:11
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@menage,

I know, I know. Complaining about being overcharged for content is such a lame thing to do. Please accept my apologies and in future, I'll follow your lead and continue to be content with being shafted.
menage
22/05/09 @ 10:16
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@rotmm

deduct the 60 bucks a year for live for that and you're probably of cheaper anyway.
shotgun44
22/05/09 @ 10:21
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oh noes not 33p
Olemak
22/05/09 @ 10:58
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Played through the InFamous demo, quite meaty! But in French, which I dont really understand all that well! Still a lot of fun, will be getting it.
rotmm
22/05/09 @ 11:02
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@menage,

Since when is Live "60 bucks a year"? Also, since when is Live necessary for purchasing content on the 360?

Also, if you're going to go down the "price comparison" route, you could talk about how you'll get 3 years of live for the price difference between a PS3 and 360 Pro, plus you get the benefit of being charged more for online content on the PS3.

Sigh

My post was just to complain about certain publishers ripping off PS3 owners by charging (sometimes) significantly more for exactly the same product. If you're happy with that, then fine. But it doesn't sit quite so well with me.
menage
22/05/09 @ 11:23
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Fair enough, just saying not every system and store is the same. Hell, I could buy a bread at one supermarket for probably 10 cents less than the other one.

Oh, and 60 bucks in Dutch money:p sorry about that.
Miths
22/05/09 @ 11:57
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I was rather surprised by how long the inFamous demo was - I was sure it would end right after that first train mission. Not that I really needed a long (and great) demo to be convinced that this is a release day purchase for me :).
fjharps
22/05/09 @ 13:48
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Good game infamous although it's not great either have to wait for the complete thing though and I don't know why it reminds me of Spider-man 2 on the PS2 though
shotgun44
22/05/09 @ 14:42
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Liking infamous. Always looked forward to prototype but it seems to have lost its scope since first announced a few years ago!
cherryuk
22/05/09 @ 14:54
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The Marvel vs Capcom 2 is shite - stick to the PS2 version it doesn't quite work on the HD TV
septimus
22/05/09 @ 15:23
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Like inFamous. Maybe not as graphically impressive as Prototype, but I think it will have greater longevity.
Xnoybis
22/05/09 @ 16:29
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@ rotmm

As i understand it, Sony charges publishers per GB of data downloaded from PSN, whereas MS do not, which is probably the reason prices are usually higher. Blame Sony, not the pubs.
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Ryze
22/05/09 @ 19:34
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Debit cards, Jonsaan.

Prepaid cards, Jonsaan.

Prepaid Visas, Jonsaan.

edit: BTW - I've had the M Vs C demo for weeks, but can't play it without a second controller!
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jonsaan
22/05/09 @ 20:32
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Maestro cards sadly not though. I do realise It's not the end of the world. Just a giant pain in the ass for me. It has not prevented me spending way too much money on LIVE as it is, so MS still love me.

Sony love me too as I've spent even more on PSN.

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chessboxer
22/05/09 @ 20:35
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That MvsC2 demo pissed me off with it's 2 player bs. I deleted it immediately as I'm running out of room on my PS3's HDD and there isn't a bigger HDD available to buy :(

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PSP2 will be shown at E3.
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man.the.king
23/05/09 @ 02:30
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@chessboxer

"I'm running out of room on my PS3's HDD and there isn't a bigger HDD available to buy"

I am curious - what size HDD do you have on your PS3 that you are running out of room? I have a 500 GB Seagate Momentus 7200.4 HDD. Did you manage to fill up an HDD of that size? If not, then just letting you know that there are 2.5 inch 500 GB internal HDDs available now in the market if you are interested.
chessboxer
23/05/09 @ 19:32
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I have a Samsung M6 500GB HDD (had it since August/September 2008) and yes it's nearly full (just over 3GB free). I have many games, and lots of media on it. I'm hoping for a 1Tb or 1.5TB HDD to come out soon.
AOFanboi
24/05/09 @ 09:03
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I'm hoping for a 1Tb or 1.5TB HDD to come out soon.

2.5" HDDs will trail 3.5" for a long time still I'm afraid... maybe PS4 will use 3.5" drives? :)
Ryze
24/05/09 @ 10:36
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I'd advise a NAS box, external HDD or an old PC for your video collection.

Just keep the stuff you watch regularly on the internal drive.

Otherwise, make sure that you're using low bitrate video such as H.264 AVC, DivX or VC-1/Windows Media Video 9. If you're using MPEG-1/2, then I wouldn't be surprised it's full.
chessboxer
24/05/09 @ 16:18
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External drives are out of the question as my PS3 is for HD video content (when I'm not gaming), mostly 1080p ranging from 6GB to 12GB each. I only put media on there that I want to keep and there's lots that will not make it onto my PS3 until a larger HDD is available.

I guess my media will just have to take a back seat to my gaming HDD space requirements for the time being...
notmyrealname
24/05/09 @ 23:56
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downloaded marvel vs. capcom, had an absolute blast with a friend. Will definitely buy!
Les
25/05/09 @ 07:29
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"then unless you are extremely organised, which I'm sure you are (I'm not), you'll be paying interest on your credit card balance."

Just use your credit card as a debit card (by having the issuer automatically cash in the balance after every period). Works like a charm, even if you're not extremely organised.. :)

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