WipEout HD stars in PS Store update

By Robert Purchese Published 25 September, 2008

Mega Man 9, Burnout Paradise, more.

WipEout HD is the star of the PS3 Store update this week, after racing away with a very special 9/10 from Eurogamer. And with a price tag of only GBP 11.99, we thoroughly recommend.

There's also Mega Man 9, the long-awaited next instalment in the 2D platforming series about a man with a gun as an arm. Designed to a retro tee, and costs GBP 6.99. Also comes as a trial version for those unwilling to take the monetary plunge, or you can check out our review next week.

Burnout Paradise makes its debut as a downloadable title, too. Included are all the various content updates made so far, wrapped up in a GBP 24.99 price tag. Only costs USD 30 across the pond, which seems a bit unfair.

There's extra questions for Buzz! QuizTV as well; based around videogames, and yours for GBP 3.49.

On top of that are demos for Mercenaries 2 and Beijing 2008, plus a free add-on for High Stakes Poker.

Not content? Good, as there are some Rock Band songs by bands we've never heard of. "Chiron", "This Calling" and "Two Weeks" by All That Remains are available as a pack for GBP 1.69, or individually for GBP 0.69.

Or, for Rush fans, there's "Limelight", "Red Barchetta", "The Corner Eye", "Tom Sawyer", "Vital Signs" and "Witch Hunter". Each costs GBP 1.49.

Last but not least are PSP games Burnout Legends (GBP 14.99) and Burnout Dominator (17.99), plus themes for BioShock and Fallout 3.

That's more like 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.

Read more articles from Robert by visiting the Robert Purchese archive page.

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Comments (54) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • Law07 #1 3 years ago

    Downloading Wipeout HD now :D

  • levis #2 3 years ago

    Surely the best release day on PSN ever!?

  • mcbi4kh2 #3 3 years ago

    Awesome update.

  • Darren #4 3 years ago

    £24.99 for Burnout Paradise...?!? You can buy the disc version for that on Play.com. Wouldn't it have been better if the PSN version was under £20?

    But, yeah, it's a good update this week... would have been even if Wipeout HD was the only thing new! LOL

  • septimus #5 3 years ago

    £24.99!!?? Bastards.

    I thought at $30 the most we would pay is £19.99 (and then that is a touch high in comparison).

    Ah well, can't complain as we have WipeoutHD.

  • Darren #6 3 years ago

    I'll be having the Videogames question pack for Buzz! TV Quiz, thank you! Wondered when that was going to come out... :)

  • Darren #7 3 years ago

    How much is Wipeout HD in the US? I was just wondering if that game uses the same £ to $ ratio as Burnout Paradise.

  • Toori #8 3 years ago

    GT5 Prologue is £24.99 I think, I got my disc version for £12 or thereabouts

  • PuppyFiddler #9 3 years ago

    Have I missed something? WipeoutHD isn't on my PSN at all.

  • Darren #10 3 years ago

    Check under All Games > W... it might appear under there.

  • Rush2112 #11 3 years ago

    RUSH! Wheeeeee!

    And by the way, it's Witch HUNT not Hunter!

  • Cloudane #12 3 years ago

    It is the best PlayStation store update since the PlayStation 3 was available but it is spoiled a little bit by the asking price of £24.99 for Burnout Paradise; how did SCEE figured that it was fair price going by the $30 the Americans have to pay?

    Oh well... I'm happy with Mega Man 9 and WipEout HD.

  • menage #13 3 years ago

    YAY, for Megaman. I'm loving my PS3 right now, it's all platform goodness this week.

  • Tiel #14 3 years ago

    Wipeout at 11.99 seems a steal.

    If Burnount paradise was the same price I would buy it and I reckon they would clean up.

    But you can buy a shiny disc for that, and then sell it on on ebay or transfer it easily between machines.

    If they want these downloads to take off (and cut out many middle men and second hand sales) then they need keener pricing.

  • PrivateJoker #15 3 years ago

    Creating my own LBP level last night...Scoring Burnout Paradise trophies this morning...Downloading Wipeout HD now...Buying Pure and Civ: Colonization tomorrow, what a shit week of gaming, wish i hadn't traded in my 360 now :)

  • Emth #16 3 years ago

    Hmm no pro evo. Well, they had their chance.

    /preorders FIFA09
    Edited by 1 at 25/09/08 @ 16:41

  • Loser #17 3 years ago

    If Burnout is 25 notes then, I'd assume that's the current RRP to be honest.

    Nobody risks undercutting retail for fear of angering the GAME godz.

    Gran Turismo 5:p was the same

  • PuppyFiddler #18 3 years ago

    What the hell...Wipeout HD is nowhere in my PSN. I've checked everywhere...even under the carpet.

  • DFawkes #19 3 years ago

    Good news about the Bioshock theme, nothing else of note this week.

  • saku_luk #20 3 years ago

    UK store suck balls coz they wont accept my CC from Poland.....cunts! but US store does so I am off getting my Burnout Paradise for 30$ oh yeh :p

    Not till tomorrow afternoon damn it :( any news about mirrors edge demo on US store?

  • KayJay #21 3 years ago

    Nice update. Wipeout HD thank you very much...

    EDIT: Whoo Whoo Whoo... @ saku_luk - The "C" word in the UK and across lots of Europe is deemed rather offensive lets tone it done a little.

    /does not like bad language, when there is no need.
    Edited by 1 at 25/09/08 @ 16:50

  • CannonAnBall #22 3 years ago

    Have played 4 levels of Wipeout on my new 40inch hdtv - oh the joy! Absolutely brilliant. Even had a little moment where i remembered playing the first one on the PSone.

    The detail and sound is unbelievable!

  • optimusprym8 #23 3 years ago

    no sign of Mirror's Edge on US store, unless they've put it under Qore only...

  • mcwildcard #24 3 years ago

    Aaaaaaaaaaaanti-climax Thursday again!
    Wait.... WHAT?!?!

    *falls off chair*

  • saku_luk #25 3 years ago

    no offense intended from me tho ^^;;;;

    EDIT:
    I just read somewhere else that ME demo will be put on PSN just before launch, which is in November :(
    Edited by 1 at 25/09/08 @ 16:56

  • Darren #26 3 years ago

    Dashing off home now to download Wipeout HD... :)

    /whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh

  • ShadowsFall1978 #27 3 years ago

    Good update but was hoping the COD4 maps would appear this week at half price, as we didnt get them last week..... Looks like we are going to get screwed over that :(

  • Miths #28 3 years ago

    I just finished the first grid in WipEout HD plus a couple of online races - better than I had ever hoped. And I had sort of been hoping rather a lot :p.
    Not just are the visuals such a massive improvement over the PSP games that anything but the turns and twists of the tracks seems almost entirely different, but going from the cramped controls of the PSP to the DS3 (with nicely implemented rumble effects to boot) is such a huge improvement in terms of precision (I'm using the analogue stick) and feel.

  • Beano #29 3 years ago

    Wipeout HD looks absolutely fantastic... damn ! :)

  • onezeonx #30 3 years ago

    tempted.......................

  • Chufty #31 3 years ago

    PSN is shit hot at the moment, and WHD is incredible

  • ScarboroughKID #32 3 years ago

    I can't add funds to my account, anyone else getting that?

  • kentmonkey #33 3 years ago

    Great timing on the Beijing demo. There marketing bods really know their onions.

    Burnout Paradise for £24.99 is an absolute steal. Well it feels like they're robbing us, anyway.

  • Scimarad #34 3 years ago

    I might have to go for Burnout Paradise - I didn't realise it was even being offered as a downloadable game.

    Wipeout HD just goes without saying!

  • MilkYMoO #35 3 years ago

    Oh I wish we could buy sony points cards. Please god sony release wipeout hd in stores eventually, its the only ps3 game I want, I really really want.
    Edited by 2 at 25/09/08 @ 20:34

  • PuppyFiddler #36 3 years ago

    It finally appeared on my PSN..blooody teases.

  • septimus #37 3 years ago

    Download is sooo slow for me right now. PSN must be getting hammered.

    Usually a few gigs come down in a couple of hours from PSN. Not today.

  • dahsif #38 3 years ago

    WHERE IS MY MIRROR'S EDGE?

  • kopykatt #39 3 years ago

    OMG loving Wipeout. Zone mode is so cool just to look at (yes and play).

    Online works pretty well as well. If this had a couple more tracks I think this could have got away with being a far higher price. £11.99 is essential.

  • marc_canaranya #40 3 years ago

    Dear Eurogamer: Is it really so difficult to include the € prices? Really?

    Man, I think we'll need to start an UKgamer for the rest of europeans...
    Edited by 1 at 25/09/08 @ 22:47

  • Doctor_What #41 3 years ago

    Wow... I've never had such slow download times. I guess that everyone else is trying to get Wipeout tonight too!

  • belziah #42 3 years ago

    LBP and WOHD in one week. Someone at Sony must think it's Christmas. Only took nearly 18 months but they finally be getting their act together?

    Well played all round.

  • septimus #43 3 years ago

    Wipeout is stunning. But the later speeds... no human has those reaction times. :D

  • 3william56 #44 3 years ago

    Checklist for WipEout not going the Fusion trainwreck to horror:

    1) Proper boost pads as per original WO, making boost pads the key to lap times: check
    2) Computer voice announces weapons fired against you, not pickups, as per 2097: check
    3) No sucky open areas where you can get lost in a dead end: check
    4) No stupid gates or Australian mine tracks where you can't see where you are going: check
    5) No idiotic "hover ships skid on ice/dust" physics: check
    6) No overdone smoke effects so you can't see where you are going: check
    7) No slide show framerate drops: check
    8) Proper eye bleeding kick up the ar$e turbo pickup as per 2097: check
    9) Make it b*stard hard as per original: check
    10) Medium speed loss for scraping wall as per 2097: check
    11) No overdone or too easy one shot kill weapons: check
    12) Return to distinct racing classes, not bodgy ugrade system: check
    13) Lose the wacky character pilots: check
    14) Lose the horrible "damage model" which killed your handling towards the end of a race: check
    15) Devs finally forgot they ever saw the Ep 1 Podrace: check.

    Had to wait up until 2.30am Aussie time to get it, but worth every second of a muggy day at work.
    Utterly bl**dy brilliant, and made my 50" plasma (and eyeballs) howl in protest. Truly a screaming return to awesome form for a classic game, better than ever. Pity the Xbox only crowd today - there really isn't anything on the 360 to compare this too (yet - your time will come if this sells - I predict Quantum Redshift getting dusted down and sent out).

    /wonders if I've become too old. Used to ace Phantom levels on 2097, W3O. Having trouble getting around Venom tracks.
    /phones local eccy dealer and orders in a crate of red bull.

  • Widge #45 3 years ago

    Pilot assist is a nice addition too, to help you get back in the groove!

  • spammage #46 3 years ago

    Pilot Assist. n00bwin.

    Sony are doing a great job with downloadable content. If I was MS i'd be looking ovr my shoulder. For first and third party (not indie titles) PSN is starting to shine.

  • sickpuppysoftware #47 3 years ago

    Mega Man 9 is retro and not in a good way. I'm so glad there was a demo.

    WipEout is all good though

  • onezeonx #48 3 years ago

    damn u can file share wipeout!!!!!!!!!

    my bro bought it and i "borrowed" it

    tbh i would not have paid so no one loses :p

  • jonsaan #49 3 years ago

    Bit cheeky charging more for Dominator.

  • jonsaan #50 3 years ago

    @MilkYMoO
    They don't need points cards as you can pay with normal debit cards. Do you not have a bank account?

  • sonmi451 #51 3 years ago

    Wipeout HD, absolutely brilliant.

  • Artemis_Matsas #52 3 years ago

    sickpuppysoftware +1

  • MilkYMoO #53 3 years ago

    Thank you jonsaan.

  • RandomTerrain #54 3 years ago

    This game is brilliant. I love it!
    I wonder what the downloadable content will bring and the price of it, etc.