WipEout, Killzone packs top PSN bill News
PlayStation 3 PSP News by Tom Bramwell
Sony has updated the PlayStation Store with some actual content this week, including downloadable games Crystal Defenders and Shatter (Sidhe! GripShift represent!), and wallet-deflating expansions for WipEout HD and Killzone 2.
Let's deal with the latter first. WipEout HD's Fury pack costs £7.99 / €9.99 and consists of three new race types, 12 tracks, 13 new ships, six new songs and redesigned menu and campaign systems. And Trophies. No wonder it's eight quid. Probably. It'll be a close-run thing between that and the Wine Rack two-for-one.
Then there's the Napalm & Cordite add-on for £4.79 / €5.99, which consists of the Suljeva Cliffside and Arctower Landing maps. Check it out in this trailer
I pinched off Eurogamer.pt.
You can also get a Killzone 2 Map Pack Bundle for £9.99 / €12.99, which includes all six maps from the Steel & Titanium, Flash & Thunder and Napalm & Cordite packs.
So what about those full games? Crystal Defenders is £7.99 / €9.99 and is Square Enix's attempt at tower defence, born on mobile phones and now scattered across every downloadable service imaginable. Deploy various units from Final Fantasy lore to impede the advance of monsters, basically.
Shatter, meanwhile, is a brick-breaking game where you have to use power-ups and special attacks. We're promised innovative controls and physics-based effects, and we'll be checking on those promises soon.
Elsewhere on the shop, there's some extra stuff for Overlord II (Battle Rock Nemesis - new practice grounds and enemies - £3.19 / €3.99), Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Banff Springs course - £4.79 / €5.99) and Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires (music! Free!), along with loads of downloads for Rock Band and Guitar Hero: World Tour.
Oh, and PSP owners can grab the Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce "Download Pack 3" for free if they want. New missions and that. Check out the PlayStation blog for about six more words on the subject.
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Comments: 1-24 of 24 in total
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As a Warriors fan, I'm loving all the free DLC. Sure, it could've been in with the full game easy enough, but the fact they aren't taking it as an opportunity to charge for it all (which they could probably get away with if they released it all as a pack) is very nice of them. That's for DW6 Empires, I'm waiting for a PSN release for DW Strikeforce.
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el_pollo_diablo
24/07/09 @ 10:38
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Given my first 1/2 hour with it last night, the new modes in Fury seem a little gimmicky.
Plus, I want my old blue and white menus back. |
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bad_hair_day
24/07/09 @ 12:06
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Love to download Wipeout Fury but keep getting the 80023102 code. Google results say it's a Sony problem and after 3 attempts you have to wait 24hrs to retry (but still no guarantee it will work).
Freaking joke as I have a rare day off work - please Eurogamer - take up this cause and fight for consumer justice! |
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"toy_brain: Tell us about Shatter then. No demo, so I didn't even think to try it. "
Arkanoid-style game with lots of...umm.. style I guess. 9 'worlds' with 7 levels in each, and a boss battle at the end of each world which acts as a nice mix-up to the usual brick-bashing routine. Fast gameplay pace, very few instances of 'oh for f**ks sake I just cant hit that last brick' as you can also affect the ball by sucking and blowing air in and out of your bat - to either drag it towards you or blow it away. Smashing blocks releases shards. Collect the shards to power up your shield and/or shard-storm gun. Really really awesome music and lots of it (its very Amiga/C64/Spectrum-ish though in an updated way). Online scoreboards and all that. Youtube has some decent videos of it. I'd suggest buying if the music and style appeal to you. |
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RandomTerrain
24/07/09 @ 18:52
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Crystal Defenders is great fun too. Plus you can play your own music on it from the XMB. £8 seems a tad pricey when it's only 32mb but wow is it addictive. I shall be getting Fury as well of course. :o)
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BritishBlue1
24/07/09 @ 19:05
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I can't wait to get Wipeout Fury, it's an awesome game. Although attaining the Platinum trophy for Wipeout HD is enough to make a grown man cry. o_O
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Ninja_Tino
25/07/09 @ 09:31
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Is it 12 original tracks or 4 tracks which are then mirrored etc. etc.?
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It's four regular tracks (from WipEout Pulse and Pure, and they're some pretty great picks) - forward and reverse versions, plus four special Zone/Zone Battle tracks (and obviously the regular tracks can be used in those modes as well).
The new tracks are just one part of this fantastic package though. Even without new tracks, the really cool new ship designs and the menu makeover, it would have been well worth paying money just for the new game modes, Eliminator in particular, but I love Detonator (effectively turning WipEout into a pretty unique take on the arcade shooter genre) and Zone Battle as well.
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most recently on 25/07/09 @ 18:54
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Ninja_Tino
26/07/09 @ 10:02
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Thanks, Miths. I guess 4 tracks is still a good number and all the other stuff sounds fun. Will download ASAP!
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Shatter was really good as well. Made me remember those good old days spent in the company of Arkanoid, only it's way more forgiving and addictive. Great music, cool visual design and the controls work really well. Dunno about the lifespan of the game, but it's definitely fun, and also quite reasonably priced.
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