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EU PlayStation Store Update 6th April

Shop redesign!

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News by Robert Purchese Associate Editor
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The PlayStation Store has been redesigned. A bit.

There are new sections you'll notice when you tootle down the virtual aisles today. There's a top-level Demos category; a Franchises section to group all content by, say, Call of Duty; a Charts section for the most popular forms of all Store content; easier to find Themes and Avatars; and a more organised PlayStation Plus area.

Those changes are presented with a new cosmetic flourish.

As for actual Store content, highlights include a SOCOM: Special Forces multiplayer beta, ooh, as well as a MotorStorm: Apocalypse single-player demo.

Also arriving are new games Dungeon Hunter: Alliance and Red Faction spin-off Battelgrounds. There's a free trial of online shooter MAG up for grabs, too.

PS3 DLC of note includes The Lost Hobo King add-on for Stacking and the Steel Rain Map Pack for Killzone 3.

Decent Monster Hunter clone Gods Eater Burst can be bought and downloaded on PSP, too.

Today's full PlayStation Store update - courtesy of the EU PlayStation blog - can be found below the video.

SOCOM: Special Forces - try it today.

PS3 Demos

  • SOCOM: Special Forces Multiplayer Beta - size 781MB
  • MotorStorm Apocalypse Single Player Demo - size 1206 MB

PS3 Games

  • MAG (free trial, unlock key £24.99/€29.99) - size 4774MB
  • Dungeon Hunter: Alliance (£9.99/€12.99) - size 945MB
  • Red Faction: Battlegrounds (£6.29/€7.99) - size 607MB
  • Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 1 And 2 Bundle (£11.99/€14.99)

PS3 Game Content

  • Killzone 3 - Steel Rain Map Pack (£3.99/€4.99) - size 342MB
  • Stacking: The Lost Hobo King (£3.19/€3.99)
  • My Aquarium - Underwater Glamour Set 2 (£0.79/€0.99)
  • Test Drive Unlimited 2: Aston Martin DBS Carbon Edition (£0.79/€0.99), Aston Martin V12 Vantage Carbon Black Edition (£0.79/€0.99), Audi RS 5 Coupe (£0.79/€0.99), Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport (£0.79/€0.99) , Caterham Superlight R 500 (£0.79/€0.99), Chevrolet Camaro Synergy Special Edition (£0.79/€0.99), Ferrari 612 Sessanta (£0.79/€0.99), Ford Shelby GT 500 (£0.79/€0.99), Jaguar Xxr Speed Pack And Black Pack (£0.79/€0.99), Pagani Zonda Tricolore (£0.79/€0.99)
  • Hyperdimension Neptunia: Black Heart Booster 1 (£0.79/€0.99), Compa Booster 1 (£0.79/€0.99), Green Heart Booster 1 (£0.79/€0.99), If Booster 1 (£0.79/€0.99), Neptune Booster 1 (£0.79/€0.99), White Heart Booster 1 (£0.79/€0.99),
  • EyePet: Sealife Styling Pack (£2.39/€2.99)
  • LittleBigPlanet: MotorStorm Apocalypse Mini Pack (£2.39/€2.99)
  • ModNation Racers: El Snake-O Pack (£1.39/€1.75)
  • Splatterhourse: Lost Island (£1.19/€1.49), Survival Arena 4-Pack (£2.99/€3.59)
  • Yoostar 2: Rueben Commits A Dating Foul (£1.39/€1.75), Row, Row, Row Your Boat (£1.39/€1.75), I'm Done Being A Rogue (£1.39/€1.75), I Ask You For Justice (£1.39/€1.75), Life Is Like A Box Of Chocolates (£1.39/€1.75), I Know What Love Is (£1.39/€1.75), Inside Dr. Lecter'S Cell (£1.39/€1.75), You Lost My Bag! (£1.39/€1.75), Khaaan! (£1.39/€1.75), Dorothy Meets The Cowardly Lion (£1.39/€1.75), You Work Under An Alias? (£1.39/€1.75), Turquoise Lagoon And Waterfall (£0.59/€0.75), Star Trek 5-Pack (£4.39/€5.49), Blockbusters! Scene Pack (£4.39/€5.49)
  • Rock Band 3: "The Loco-Motion" - Grand Funk Railroad (£0.99/€1.49), "We're An American Band" - Grand Funk Railroad (£0.99/€1.49), "Freeze-Frame "- J. Geils Band (£0.99/€1.49), "Love Will Tear Us Apart" - Joy Division (£0.99/€1.49),
  • Def Jam Rapstar: Eve - "Who's That Girl" (€1.49), Young Money - "Every Girl" (€1.49), Ghostface Killah - "Chercez Laghost" (£1.19/€1.49), Method Man & Redman - "How High" (£1.19/€1.49), Raekwon - "Ice Cream" (£1.19/€1.49), Wu Tang Clan - "Protect Your Neck" (£1.19/€1.49)

PSP Games

  • Gods Eater Burst (£23.99/€29.99) - size 978MB

PSP Game Content

  • Buzz UK Culture Quiz Pack (£3.19/€3.99)
  • Lord Of Arcana - Dlc Pack 4 (free)

minis (PS3 and PSP)

  • Karoshi (£2.49/€2.99) - size 10MB

Special Offers (until 13th April)

  • Faery: Legends of Avalon (was - £11.99/€14.99 now - £7.19/€8.99)
  • Spectral Souls: RotEE (PSP) (was - £13.99/€17.99 now - £9.99/€12.99)
  • WWII: Battle over the Pacific (PSP) (was - £6.99/€7.99 now - £4.79/€5.99)
  • StateShift (PSP) (was - £6.99/€7.99 now - £4.79/€5.99)
  • International Athletics (PSP) (was - £6.99/€7.99 now - £3.99/€4.99)
  • Skate Park City (PSP) (was - £6.99/€7.99 now - £4.79/€5.99)
  • World of Pool (PSP) (was - £6.99/€7.99 now - £3.99/€4.99)
  • Spinout (PSP) (was - £6.99/€7.99 now - £3.99/€4.99)
  • Sports Superbike 2 (PSone) (was - £3.59/€2.99 now - £1.99/€2.49)
  • All-Star Boxing (PSone) (was - £3.99/€4.99 now - £2.39/€2.99)
  • Ace Armstrong vs. The Alien Scumbags (mini) (was - £3.99/€4.99 now - £0.99/€1.19)
  • Card Shark (mini) (was - £2.49/€2.99 now - £0.99/€1.19)

Permanent Price Reductions

  • Arcade Darts - Reduced to £1.74/€1.99
  • Arcade Air Hockey and Bowling - Reduced to £1.99/€2.49
  • Soccer Bashi - Reduced to £1.99/€2.49
  • 101-in-1 Megamix - Reduced to £7.99/€9.99
  • Fading Shadows - Reduced to £3.99/€4.99

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