PSN update: VidZone launches today

By Robert Purchese Published 11 June, 2009

Also: Puzzle Quest! WipEout! Wolfenstein!

There be treasure on the PlayStation Store today, lead by the free online music video streaming service VidZone.

Futuristic Puzzle Quest sequel Galactrix finally shows up, as does Wolfenstein 3D. Both are out on Xbox Live Arcade but we've only reviewed Puzzle Quest: Galactrix so far. SEGA's Gunstar Heroes is up for grabs, as is a demo for the black-hearted Overlord II, which tramples peasants with whimsy.

The PSP is offered a quartet of previously UMD-only games - the best being WipEout Pulse - and there's a slew of content for existing PS3 games.

Our picks are the ICO and Shadow of the Colossus costumes for LBP, the chunky Iron Maiden pack for Rock Band and the Big Surf Island add-on for Burnout Paradise. The Killzone 2: Flash and Thunder map pack is also of note.

PS3 Games

  • VidZone - Free
  • Puzzle Quest: Galactrix - GBP 14.99 / EUR 19.99
  • Gunstar Heroes - GBP 3.99 / EUR 4.99
  • Wolfenstein 3D - GBP 3.99 / EUR 4.99

PSP Games

  • Ape Academy 2 - GBP 14.99 / EUR 19.99
  • Everybody's Golf 2 - GBP 14.99 / EUR 19.99
  • Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow - GBP 14.99 / EUR 19.99
  • WipEout Pulse - GBP 14.99 / EUR 19.99

PS3 Demo

  • Overlord II

PS3 Content

  • MotorStorm Pacific Rift: Atlas Signature Livery Pack - Free
  • Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2: Addition Missions 7, 8, 9, 10 - Free
  • Burnout Paradise Big Surf Island - GBP 9.99 / EUR 12.99
  • Tom Clancy's HAWX: Supremacy Pack GBP 7.99 / EUR 9.99
  • Call of Duty World at War: Map Pack 2 - GBP 7.99 / EUR 9.99
  • Killzone 2: Flash and Thunder Map Pack - GBP 4.79 / EUR 5.99
  • X-Men Origins Wolverine: Weapon X Arena - GBP 3.99 / EUR 4.99
  • LittleBigPlanet: ICO and Shadow of the Colossus Costume Kit (ICO, Yorda, Wander, Colossus II, Colossus III) - GBP 4.79 / EUR 5.99 (GBP 1.59 / EUR 1.99 each)
  • Rock Band: Iron Maiden Pack ("2 Minutes to Midnight", "Aces High (Live)", "Can I Play With Madness", "Fear of the Dark (Live)", "Hallowed be thy Name (Live)", "Iron Maiden (Live)", "Powerslave", "Run to the Hills", "The Clairvoyant", "The Number of the Beast", "The Trooper", "Wasted Years") - GBP 9.99 / EUR 14.99 (GBP 0.99 / EUR 1.49 each)
  • Guitar Hero World Tour: European Track Pack 6 ("Adrenaline", "Cadillac Solitario", "The Bitter End") - GBP 4.39 / EUR 5.49
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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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Comments (32) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • galerian86 #1 3 years ago

    Vidzone is swarmed!

  • metalmike25 #2 3 years ago

    anyone know if gunstar heroes has trophies?

  • Detale #3 3 years ago

    I read over on the EU blog that there are trophies to be had in Gunstar Heroes.

  • metalmike25 #4 3 years ago

    Cheers Detale

  • Cocytan #5 3 years ago

    Yes, Gunstar Heroes has trophies, nice easy ones too!

  • Graftonator #6 3 years ago

    I managed to get on Vidzone earlier before it was killed by "high demand", I was very impressed by it. Fingers crossed when everyone has stopped testing it, the servers will be able to cope with the amount of people regularly using it.

  • collateral89 #7 3 years ago

    i managed to play half a video on it then it stalled

  • makeamazing #8 3 years ago

    Yay Overlord Demo, great :D

    Doesnt sound like its worth trying to get Vidzone yet.. well not until everyone else has tried to get on it :D

  • Ranger_Ryu #9 3 years ago

    yet again just the Dynasty Warriors Gundam 2 missions for me haven't tried them out yet though.
    Edited by 1 at 11/06/09 @ 18:41

  • sam_w #10 3 years ago

    At first vidzone wouldn't load for me, but for a couple of hours I managed to watch a load of videos, which all loaded instantly and were pretty good quality, and then it just stopped working again xD

  • micster #11 3 years ago

    VidZone is utterly useless. Every video ive tried is in 4:3 with black bars meaning it just fills a little 16:9 block in the center of the screen. Why could they not crop them to make them actually 16:9? Even VLC can do that, guys.

  • dominalien #12 3 years ago

    Even VLC can do that, guys.

    Hey, VLC is the best piece of software ever. Of course it can do that!

  • zarglu #13 3 years ago

    VidZone is quite good for a start once you can connect in. Me likes.
    I expect it'll get even better in the next weeks, and even better once they enable HD videos.
    Great addition, and you can't beat the price!

  • NotSoSlim #14 3 years ago

    ''VidZone is utterly useless. Every video ive tried is in 4:3 with black bars meaning it just fills a little 16:9 block in the center of the screen. Why could they not crop them to make them actually 16:9? Even VLC can do that, guys''.

    They can always update it, its not ideal but its free so all good

    Thanks Sony..cant beat free!!!
    Edited by 1 at 11/06/09 @ 19:41

  • bad09 #15 3 years ago

    Must check this out (from the sounds of it over the weekend when quieter!), I'm on music revival this year (hooked on Absolute radio) so a free video service may get a little use.

  • MasterNameless #16 3 years ago

    "VidZone is utterly useless. Every video ive tried is in 4:3 with black bars meaning it just fills a little 16:9 block in the center of the screen. Why could they not crop them to make them actually 16:9? Even VLC can do that, guys."

    Crop them!?! I'd rather have black bars on the side than have 30% of the image lost. It would be a much better idea if they actually bothered to use the 16:9 versions instead. All music video's for the last 10 years have been shot in widescreen, they are no doubt readily available. For older videos I'd rather see the whole image personally, but hey, it shouldn't be too hard for them to add the option. ;)

    Saying that though, I haven't downloaded it yet - is it only the old video's that are 4:3?

  • liverpoolfc #17 3 years ago

    Im having difficulty getting into vidzone.

  • MasterNameless #18 3 years ago

    "Thanks Sony..cant beat free!!!"

    I'm not sure about that. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure it's pretty good, and I may even get some use out of it, but I'd rather pay for something that's amazing that I use/play all the time! XD

  • bad09 #19 3 years ago

    ''VidZone is utterly useless. Every video ive tried is in 4:3 with black bars meaning it just fills a little 16:9 block in the center of the screen. Why could they not crop them to make them actually 16:9? Even VLC can do that, guys''.

    Don't know what kind of TV you've got but most decent HDTV's can fit it to screen, if you've got a HDTV change the screen from that, should be cool it's how I hide borders on the Live games that have them like Soul Calibur or Duke Nukem.

  • drumbaby #20 3 years ago

    Wolfenstein...hmmm...I would LOVE a PSN DOOM!

  • Artemis_Matsas #21 3 years ago

    Sadly, Vidzone is region locked.
    It is not available in the Greek store, and although i downloaded it from the UK store it wouldn't start because it is currently available on selected countries.

  • el_pollo_diablo #22 3 years ago

    VidZone is, in the words of Sir Alan, a load of old toot.

  • kincaide #23 3 years ago

    AND THE SINGSTAR SONGS????????

  • Miths #24 3 years ago

    The Overlord II demo was pretty entertaining, but the framerate was disturbingly sketchy at times. Was that the case with the original as well? I only played that on the 360 before I bought my PS3 - though it's been so long that I can't recall if there were framerate hiccups there too.

  • Kornicos #25 3 years ago

    vidzone is pretty damm cool. nice playlist functionality. interesting to see how last.fm compares.

  • Greebo #26 3 years ago


    Given that I'm only on a 2mbit line, I'm hugely impressed at how responsive Vidzone is! Think I'll be regularly using it!

  • thebuzzard #27 3 years ago

    Vidzone has "come on my selector" what else does anyone need?

  • Greebo #28 3 years ago


    Ahh, Squarepusher. Good choice! :-)

  • greekgoddj #29 3 years ago

    It is rather nice actually....playing right now actually :o)

  • Dave52 #30 3 years ago

    I had a quick looksee at Vidzone last night, played some live Queen vids and some Unkle, pretty good for a freebe. I can see this being ace once I've sorted out some playlists...

    Anyone know the size of these vids as they stream down (I don't wanna piss off my ISP too much)....?

  • Dillinger #31 3 years ago

    not enough people talking about GUNSTAR HEROES! (wow, only just noticed that if you hit P instead of O, you get gunstar herpes..)

    does anyone know what the 'new graphics' means? has it has a HD makeover, or is just the addition of some smooth filtering?

  • Jos #32 3 years ago

    VIDZONE is brilliant.

    Spent three hours last night lost in it searching through artists and going through the pre built playlists.

    My other half loved it loads as well.

    The vids start faster and are better quality than I got through you tube. And there are more than enough to keep my interest.

    My network connection was a little flaky and it seemed to cope really well keeping the video going while the PS3 re connected. Presumably lots of pre cache.

    Took a we while to get used to the interface but now find it really easy. Seemed counter intuitive to build playlists the way it does but now it's a natural as anything. Just have to remember to go all the way back up the screen hierarchy to access some of the functions.

    Few issues;

    PS/3 remote doesn't work on it at all which seems odd.
    When it is doing a search you can't do anything else at all until the result set has come back.
    When you drop into a search page it immediately starts to search for all the a's in that type of search - which can take a while in the videos category.

    Now if they can get a film zone there as well I'll be sated.