PSN update stuffed with new content

By Robert Purchese Published 14 November, 2008

Games, LBP costumes, songs, Hasselhoff.

Sony has crammed plenty of content onto the PlayStation Store this week.

The most of expensive bits are full downloadable versions of PSP games FIFA 09 (GBP 29.99) and puzzler The Cube (GBP 15.99), which we had no idea were turning up.

However, the most interesting - for us at least - are the new costumes for LittleBigPlanet. Yes, we do like dressing up. There's a free Sack-eating-plant outfit, and four more costumes at GBP 0.79 each: Lily Pad, Hugo (a gorilla), Great Blue and Frost-e. These are bundled together in an Animal Costumes pack for GBP 2.39.

Soulcalibur IV is also playing fancy dress, and has five packs with varying outfits from school uniforms to maid garb to Halloween-themed attire. Three of the costumes are GBP 0.79, while the remaining two are GBP 1.59.

David Hasselhoff is on the PlayStation Store, too, as part of a PAIN update. He can be bought for GBP 1.19, or you can grab the Movie Studio area expansion for GBP 3.99.

Then there are the piles of songs for Guitar Hero World Tour and Rock Band 2.

For Guitar Hero World Tour there is the Hendrix pack for GBP 3.99, which contains "Fire (Live from Woodstock)", "If 6 Was 9" and "Little Wing". Oasis songs "Waiting For The Rapture", "Bag It Up" and "The Shock Of The Lightning" are on the store for GBP 1.49, as is Bond theme "Another Way to Die" by Jack White and Alicia Keys.

There's more: an REM pack for GBP 3.99, containing "Man-sized Wreath", "Horse to Water" and "Supernatural, Superserious". You can buy these for GBP 1.49 each, too (although one is GBP 1.59, bizarrely).

Moving over to Rock Band, and we have "The Colour and the Shape" album by the Foo Fighters for GBP 9.99, or you can buy the 12 individual songs for a pound each.

Elsewhere there is a character pack for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, which costs GBP 3.99 and adds people such as (good) Anakin Skywalker, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Luke Skywalker.

You could also snap up a Civilization Revolution Terrestrial Map Pack for GBP 0.79, or save pennies by opting for the free Elemental Map Pack instead.

Apart from that, there are just bits and bobs like a Far Cry 2 wallpaper and GT5 Prologue theme.

There's this "Shoot" collection of six short films from up-and-coming directors, too, which is accompanied by a Making Of feature with interviews and behind-the-scenes footage. Quite interesting.

That's it.

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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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  • Doctor_What #1 3 years ago

    Oo, some decent updates this week. Anything new on SingStar?

  • Fatbobbybob #2 3 years ago

    Wow that's a lot of content. I grabbed the free LBP stuff last week but don't think i'll be paying for any costumes. Seems like a bit too much to ask especially give that the game has just come out.

    The Jack Black / AC keys track would be fun too but I can't decide between GWT or waiting for RB2.

  • Les #3 3 years ago

    The coming of the Hoff made me get Pain. It's great fun for all the wrong reasons and strangely addictive in bursts.
    Edited by 1 at 15/11/08 @ 14:36

  • menage #4 3 years ago

    Well, normally I'm kinda skeptic, but that shark outfit totally rocks.

  • dazrichards #5 3 years ago

    And a new commentary for FIFA 09 for £3.99

  • Doctor_What #6 3 years ago

    The Hoff coming? Now there's an image I didn't need.

    I agree with F.b.bob, I doubt I'll be buying LBP costumes.

  • Toothball #7 3 years ago

    Still waiting for Wild Arms.

  • NinjaWilliams #8 3 years ago

    Bah, they don't have commentary pack in Japanese for FIFA'09 - thats the best commentary ever! GWOAAAAALLLL!!!!!!!!

  • mcbi4kh2 #9 3 years ago

    New commentary? Who is commentating on the new one?

  • DFawkes #10 3 years ago

    What? They already did fuck right off with their £3.99 costumes! It was a one-week only thing, which was their (rubbish) justification of the price. Though the article didn't really make that clear. I think they also took down the 2 free ones.

  • jonsaan #11 3 years ago

    The cube is a great little game.

  • bad09 #12 3 years ago

    I was quite disgusted when I logged on PSN to see the amount of DLC put up.

    More charging for SC4. Extra characters for pain (there was a time when extra characters were earned and unlocked). MORE LBP costume rip offs, more DS suit rip offs, etc. Still gives my wallet a rest I suppose.

    gaming is more and more all about milking money on DLC now, which is a true shame as it used to be you bought a game and got a game not half of one and the rest off the disk once you pay more.......
    Edited by 1 at 14/11/08 @ 13:23

  • Doctor_What #13 3 years ago

    @ Bad09: They're very scared of second hand sales, especially now HMV have got in on the act. DLC is the only way that they can make sure they continue to get a cut of games' revenue after the initial sale. I'm not keen on it, but I can't really blame them either.

    I wonder how people would feel about a game that cost £15 in the shops but it was 50% locked, then you pay another £5 to unlock the second half. The publishers would probably get a lot more revenue, sell a huge amount of the games, and the second-hand market would be a way of sustaining income, not cutting it off.

    Of course, the developers would have to be confident you'd want to play the second half of the game...

  • bad09 #14 3 years ago

    @ Doctor_What

    The 2nd hand market excuse again? Didn't 2nd hand gaming cause 9/11 to ;)

    Simple solution to that rather than this DLC nonsense. Stop the ridiculous bunching of almost everything at the end of the year so 2nd hand doesn't take a lot of sales because of the 2nd thing wrong in the industry - PRICING.

  • Aggesan #15 3 years ago

    Absolutely terrible update. Just a bunch of bullshit DLC which in 90% of the cases isn\t justified. I understand DLC to games like Guitar Hero and its likes, and Buzz, were constingly adding content actually serves a purpose. But there is too many games getting DLC that should have been packed together with the title in the first place.
    Also, no demos..?

  • stampax #16 3 years ago

    foo fighters album. I'll be buying that!

  • shotgun44 #17 3 years ago

    I can't be bothered to sell my games 2nd hand anyway, 8 quid for a game I just spent 35 on? No thanks! Buying second hand however...

  • FenderMaster #18 3 years ago

    I was really hoping Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix would show up this week

  • The_Surreal #19 3 years ago

    Isn't this a bit fucking late seeing as all this stuff came out yestersday?

  • Artemis_Matsas #20 3 years ago

    A very poor update. I'm not interested in their rip-off DLC, so this update was almost useless...

  • wayneh #21 3 years ago

    Apart from Fifa09 for PSP pretty shit then

  • bad09 #22 3 years ago

    @ wayneh

    Well for a download FIFA is crap too, £30 the cheeky sods! I can get it cheaper than that and it comes on a UMD with a box and manual (brand new), strange the savings on those manufacturing/distribution costs aren't shown to the consumer......

    Download is the future they try to tell us, yeah right....
    Edited by 1 at 15/11/08 @ 11:09

  • Les #23 3 years ago

    "DLC is the only way that they can make sure they continue to get a cut of games' revenue after the initial sale. I'm not keen on it, but I can't really blame them either."

    True. It's a shame but they have to make money in the end. The big publishers are almost all having a hard time right now. Even EA posting a hefty loss in last quarter. With costs rising more than revenue, DLC is an often low risk way to support their bottom line.

  • JamieR #24 3 years ago

    Little bigs costumes do cost alot but least ya get freebies as well we already been given like of 2 freebies

  • TonCapone #25 3 years ago

    The most laughable scam of late is charging for "premium" themes.
    A total and utter waste of everyone's time.