DLC - November 6th

It's Thursday again and as has been the case for about 6 weeks now I'm too busy (Read: Playing games) to play all the demos and comment on them. To give you an idea just how busy I have been, let me offer up these images for State's evidence.






Now that we've established that, let's get this rolling so I can go play with my new LBP costumes and progress along in Resistance 2! So let's get the links out of the way!

IGN PS3
PlayStation.Blog
ThreeSpeech - European Store Update

Add-Ons
As mentioned last week LBP was picking up some new costumes today. One of which is the new "launch" costume of the Space suit. There was also supposed to be a Media Molecule t-shirt available that is missing and rumored to require a $2 contribution. Well I thought all of them were going to release this week and put $10 on my Wallet to be ready. Well I'll still have $10 on there but nothing to buy this week. Both costumes will be available for free for the next week I'd wager. So if you plan to ever buy LBP, download these so you have them available when you do buy the game. They won't always be around.

• LittleBigPlanet Halloween Mask Costume
• LittleBigPlanet Spaceman Costume

With the continued theme of "I haven't played demos," Tom Clancy’s EndWar is out and I'm still looking forward to trying it. Either way we already have DLC in the way of FirstWar Enlistment Pack. Pack costs you the gamer a big goose egg - we like free - and adds 3 unit upgrades. Make sure to snatch them up and make use of them.

NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja STORM Pack 3 adds a new mission and a support character. I played the Qore demo a while back and meanwhile the game looks great, I'm not a fan of the show or those types of games. So I'll just have to assume it's awesome and adds to a game that seems to have reviewed well.

Guitar Hero World Tour is starting to get off the ground with 3 new songs this week and a pack to go along. The Another Way To Die song from Alicia Keys and Jack White is a nice touch. I could see how this would be great for a game like World Tour or Rock Band. Good Bond plug as well.

It's Rock Band Thursday and we're rewarded with 3 "election themed" songs and a corresponding bundle, and then two previously released songs at a discounted price. Check them out at the Rock Band store or at the PS Store.

Demos
Despite hearing that no MGS4 demo would be available, Metal Gear Solid 4 Demo is available for download today. For those of you who haven't bought the game since June (ie, Me) now's a chance to sample a master piece and decide if this game is for you. When the game released I was busy with other things and never went and picked it up. I plan to play it eventually and I think this is a demo I'll actually get to. I have demos from the start of October I still haven't touched. See above for why.

Lots of sports games coming out this time of year, so which one should you pick up? Well here's your chance to test drive the NCAA Basketball 09 Demo and decide if this is the college hoops game for you.

Games
No games today, but considering how many games have dropped recently who needs more PSN games? I did buy Prince of Persia Classic when it released, and it's been neglected since. I try to play some before I head out to work, but that's about it. We're supposed to see Street Fighter II HD Remix this month and Söldner-X is supposed to drop as well. So we'll have good uses for our Wallets this month very soon.

Videos

Games
Killzone 2 Helghan Trailer
MotorStorm Pacific Rift Courses & Environments
Resistance 2 TV Spot
Bayonetta TGS trailer
FIFA 09 “Inside The Game” Part 3 - Gameplay
FIFA 09 “Inside The Game” Part 4 - Be A Pro
Guitar Hero World Tour Ted Nugent Vignette
MotoGP 08 Trailer
MotoGP 08 Trailer 2
NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja Storm TGS Trailer
NBA 2K9 OBF Soldiers
Tom Clancy’s EndWar Infantry Strategy Video Briefing
Tom Clancy’s EndWar Mission Types Video Briefing
Tomb Raider: Underworld Beneath The Surface: “What Could Lara Do”

Movies
Standard Operating Procedure Trailer
Tinker Bell Trailer
Sleeping Beauty: 50 Anniversary Platinum Edition Trailer

Themes
Lots of Premium Themes today, and nothing that really stands out as interesting to me. I half expected a Presidential theme to show up. So her are a few college teams, a few more "male oriented" themes, and an odd spider theme.

University of Alabama Theme - $1.99
University of Wisconsin Theme - $1.99
Bikini Fashion Show Theme - $1.49
Sexy Ninja Girls Theme - $1.49
Spider Webs Theme - $1.49

Now on to the free themes of the evening.

Tomb Raider: Underworld Theme - Black and white is a nice crisp theme with a gritty wallpaper that is 2/3 perfect. The right third of the wallpaper is on a stark white background so any icons that are on the side of your display are impossible to see. However Lara looks like she's just cleaned up a heated battle and is rendered in her full sexual glory. (I will say it's kind of refreshing that they reduced her bust size to actual real world dimensions.)

Tomb Raider: Underworld Theme - Environmental is poorly named but looks amazing. Icons are simple but very sharp looking. Looks like the ink used for the image of Lara is running in some places like they're falling off her, and is a great effect. Just nothing about this theme says environmental outside of the slight hint of a jungle mount in the upper right hand corner. Looks great and these icons would be awesome with other background as well.

High Velocity Bowling New Characters Theme is as retro as ever with some great old bowling alley sounds to go right along with it. I'm still not a fan of the style, but I could see where this theme would be fun for some people.

PixelJunk Monsters D Theme, that I expected to release last week with the Trophies update, shows up and keeps up with all the previous PJM themes. Only thing missing are the usual coin sounds when navigating the XMB. Icons taking on the same style as the Trophy icons with the Village Chieftain peeking through the trees as if looking for more coins or gems. Great addition.

Well that's it for me, I'm off to play some more LittleBigPlanet. I wanna mix up that Pumpkin head with my CRAZY Zebra Pirate costume!