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Buy now to avoid rush hour.

The excellent Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is this week's headline attraction on the European PlayStation Store.

Our praise-laden review should convince you that Ł29.99 is an asking price worth parting with, unless you want the UMD, which is inevitably cheaper.

Elsewhere, you might like to try demos of NBA 2K10 or Star Wars Battlefront: Elite Squadron (PSP). Plus, there's new content for Midnight Club: Los Angeles and Cross Edge.

There's only one extra PSP Minis game, Red Bull X Fighters, today - and it costs four quid.

Of the discounts, Riff: Everyday Shooter is most alluring, at Ł3.99/€4.99.

Over to music watch, and Queen invade Rock Band while some rockers I've never heard of appear for Guitar Hero.

PS3 Demos

NBA 2K10

PS3 Game Content

EyePet: Wild West Styling Pack (Ł2.39/€2.99)
EyePet: Lucky Dip Pack 1 (free)
Midnight Club Los Angeles: Police Car Pack (free)
Cross Edge: Power-Up Pack + (free)
Guitar Hero 5: Classic Rock 2 Track Pack ("Freeze Frame" by Geils Band, "Lay It On The Line" by Triump, "Show Me The Way (Live)" by Peter Frampton) - Ł4.39/€5.49 (Ł1.59/€1.99 each)
Rock Band: Queen Pack 01 ("Another One Bites The Dust", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "I Want It All by Queen", "I Want To Break Free", "Killer Queen", "One Vision", "Somebody To Love", "Tie Your Mother Down", "Under Pressure") - Ł9.19/€11.25 (Ł0.99/€1.49 each)

PS3 Premium Themes

EyePet (Ł1.59/€1.99)
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time (Ł1.59/€1.99)

PSP Games

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Ł29.99/€34.99)
Hannah Montana: Rock Out The Show (Ł23.99/€29.99)
WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010 (Ł31.99/€39.99)
Marvel Superhero Squad (Ł29.99/€34.99)
Astro Boy: The Video Game (Ł23.99/€29.99)
G-Force (Ł29.99/€34.99)

PSP Minis

Red Bull X Fighters (Ł3.99/€4.99)

PSP Demos

Star Wars Battlefield: Elite Squadron

PSP Game Content

Hannah Montana: Musician’s Wardrobe Add-on (free)
Hannah Montana: Hannah Montana Fashion Add-on (Ł1.19/€1.49)
Hannah Montana: Moment Maker Effects Add-on (Ł0.79/€0.99)
Hannah Montana: Rockstar Stage Props Add-on (free)
Rock Band Unplugged: "All I Want" by The Offsrping (Ł0.99/€1.49)
Rock Band Unplugged: "The Rock Show" by Blink 182 (Ł0.99/€1.49)

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Johnsters #1 2 years ago

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Syndicate Wars!!!!!!
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uglygamer #2 2 years ago

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29.99 is too much for a handheld game. Especially one that's been on another handheld for about a year, even if it is a little different.

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SeesThroughAll #3 2 years ago

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Chinatown Wars is too expensive. It costs more than either of the "full 3D" PSP GTA games!
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Cadence #4 2 years ago

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What a joke. The PSP store is a fucking joke.
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jonsaan #5 2 years ago

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You've never heard of the J. Geils band or Peter Frampton???!!
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wizlon #6 2 years ago

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Which version of Riff: Everyday Shooter is discounted PS3 or PSP. I've got the PSP version and I really like it so if this is the PS3 version then I'm all over it.

EDIT: Yay, it's the PS3 version. I might also get a couple of PS1 games, they translate really well to the PSP and they are better than most PSP games too.

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Goffee #7 2 years ago

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For "today" and "buy now" I guess you mean "tomorrow" and "later" as the store hasn't updated and Sony Europe are down the pub. GTA pricing does seem crap given GT and MotoStorm are Ł21.99.
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jefranklin18 #8 2 years ago

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Pricing is generally set by the publisher (Rockstar in this case) not directly by Sony. How many times does that need to be said?
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craigos85 #9 2 years ago

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what idiots are buying games at these prices
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Cadence #10 2 years ago

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PSP Go owners?
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insincere_dave #11 2 years ago

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I bought this for Ł14.99 on the DS and that seemed like a reasonable price. I'm not sure whether Ł29.99 primarily falls into SonyLOL or DigitalDistributionLOL territory.
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Artemus #12 2 years ago

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Was gonna get GTA but they can piss off at that price. Will interesting to see how much the iPhone port ends up going for.

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GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #13 2 years ago

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dont know why Rockstar decided to price GTA that high on the download store, i guess they think people can still buy it on UMD if they want it cheaper, but i aint interested in carrying around UMDs any more, thanks rockstar but i will wait till you tell sony to put it in the specials section.
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wewillselfdestruct #14 2 years ago

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"Pricing is generally set by the publisher (Rockstar in this case) not directly by Sony. How many times does that need to be said?"

It doesn't need to be said anymore. Because bizarrely it's not actually right. Final pricing is set by Sony.

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GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #15 2 years ago

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@wewillselfdestruct
got any evidence to back that up cos as a developer currently working on games for PSN ihave seen nothing so far to suggest that sony get involved in pricing unless there paying for development in some way

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PrivateJoker #16 2 years ago

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Failure to recognise that GTA won't be available till FRIDAY!!! on PSN, get your facts straight, which shouldn't be that hard as you just copy the Euro PS Blog.

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wewillselfdestruct #17 2 years ago

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@GamesProgrammer

I recently worked on a title that features premium DLC for which we were told that Sony would decide on the final pricing (not a Sony title). But in all honesty I'd actually like to believe that it's wrong as it seems slightly ludicrous to me.

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Ninja_Tino #18 2 years ago

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I brought it off play first day for Ł15! Digital purchasing will never take off properly if this trend continues. On a much more important note - QUEEN! WOO!

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Law07 #19 2 years ago

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Hannah Montana: Rock Out The Show (Ł23.99/€29.99)

LMFAO

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uglygamer #20 2 years ago

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Hannah Montana: Rock Out The Show (Ł23.99/€29.99)

LMFAO

Surely they should realise the people who buy those types of games are the people who go to a supemarket and see the title on display

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Vitor #21 2 years ago

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Uh... Why is Eyepet stuff on the PSN store BEFORE the game has even hit retail shelves? Why not wait a week until some of us actually own the product...

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youhavenomail #22 2 years ago

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As long as games are released simultaneously on UMD, there's no need to pay Ł29.99 for a download. And even if that ever becomes the only option, which for the PSP Go's sake it needs to, it's still too expensive by Ł5.

Until these companies stop being greedy, they can forget about their precious digital distribution future.

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RandomTerrain #23 2 years ago

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A Star Wars demo, hurray, I'll have to give that a try.

GTA looks great, but I'll wait for a price drop.

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IronGiant #24 2 years ago

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Future Cop: LAPD!!! sold, one of my fave PSOne games

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Ryze #25 2 years ago

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PSN: /tumbleweed
mininova: /stampede

On a lighter note - they're encouraging people to buy the UMD, then unlock their PSP to rip it to Mem Stick.

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electrolite #26 2 years ago

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I would like to thank Sony for their determined effort to kill any chances of DD becoming the sole distribution method for games

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Zebula77 #27 2 years ago

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US Store is quite a bit better this week: Both Abe games and a R&C demo amogst other things.

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onyxbox #28 2 years ago

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Ł30 for a handheld game is too expensive anyway IMO Download or Physical for me. Handheld gaming has always been a bit of a fallback option really when I can't get onto a home console... so given the choice of buying something like Borderlands for Ł35 or a PSP game for Ł30 it's a no brainer.

Handheld games need to be no more than Ł20 IMO (Ł15 for a good game is the sweet spot I think for a 6-7hr great handheld game)

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mikeck #29 2 years ago

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I recently worked on a title that features premium DLC for which we were told that Sony would decide on the final pricing (not a Sony title). But in all honesty I'd actually like to believe that it's wrong as it seems slightly ludicrous to me.

I assure you that you are wrong.

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SeesThroughAll #30 2 years ago

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got any evidence to back that up cos as a developer currently working on games for PSN ihave seen nothing so far to suggest that sony get involved in pricing unless they're paying for development in some way

I think this probably explains it.

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Kinkster #31 2 years ago

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Soo..... no packaging, no disc, no artwork, no manuals, no distribution and no cut to the retailer. Equals more expensive.

PSPGo seems more like a must have every day!

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Ha10B1a573r #32 2 years ago

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When I first heard about this coming to the PSP Go, I completely forgot about a UMD release so just got it on the DS instead (http://ww w.gamesbasement.co.uk/games-act... since I don't have one of the new handhelds as of now... maybe some day. *sigh*

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malexous #33 2 years ago

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@Ha10B1a573r

http://ww w.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN...

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