It's Thursday again. The last one before Christmas, but don't worry there's still going to be a store update date next week. And it had damn well better have my Lumines Supernova with it when it comes. (Don't mind me.) Either way we still have some goodies this week to play with so let's get cracking! To the Links!
PlayStation.Blog
QJNet - European Update
SALES
I'm not surprised we have a sale item this close to the holiday but I'm a surprised at the game. The recently released Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars has lost some weight so soon after initial release and now weighs in a skinnier $9.99. Now I'm not sure if this a full time price cut, or just for a week, but let's see if this can drum up some sales for the insanely long named game.
Add-Ons
LittleBigPlanet continues it's run of DLC this week with free stuff and pay stuff. To go along with the Santa pants and Santa's coat. This week we pick up Santa's hat and beard for absolutely free. For an additional $2.99 you pick up new items for your Pop-It and new stickers that are Christmas themed, and two more costumes. So this is a big chunk of newness for only $3. Personally I think it's well worth it, and I have already downloaded and installed it! See you in LittleBigPlanet.
Not letting LBP take up all the good holiday fun, High Velocity Bowling flies in with new content as well. Two costumes are free and two will run you $.99 each. I think if there was a demo for this I'd be inclined to actually buy the game.
This week in Guitar Hero World Tour, it's Eagles week! Three songs from The Eagles - each $1.99 - and The Eagles Track Pack which includes all 3 songs for a discounted $5.49. Personally I would buy this if I had World Tour!
Rock Band Thursday floats in this week with plenty of country music for fans. So for those of you who have felt left out by the music selection within Rock Band, here's their first attempt to branch out. Each song - 5 in all - is $1.99 each and the Going Country Pack 1 is $8.49 giving a slight discount to pick up all 5 songs at one time. All I know is a song with a name of Hillbilly Deluxe (From Brooks & Dunn), it has to be even partially enjoyable.
Hot Shots Golf hasn't had a lot of new stuff released for it in a while, and sadly I still haven't touched my copy since May sometime. But for those of you not completely hooked on LBP or Resistance 2 like I am, there are new costumes available for your golfers for a low low price of $2.99. For me it's all Kratos as far as I'm concerned!
Not to be over looked in the myriad of music based games, Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2 floats in with 5 new tracks at their usual $1.49 price range. I still have an issue with a game name that's likely longer than some of the songs they're offering.
PS3's exclusive NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja STORM releases yet more content for the game that seems to have been received with opem arms by a number of Naruto fans I know. Another free pack is released that adds in a new legendary ninja as well as new Ultimate Missions to play through. Seems like they're trying to be another Burnout Paradise with new free content.
Looks like we also have a new music based game in town. Rock Revolution, which I've only heard of vaguely but is in no way a reflection on this game, shows up for the first time with DLC. Each song will run $1.49 and there are 7 total song. For $5.49 a pack includes all of the 7 songs at pretty big price cut.
Demos
Recently we had the MGS4 demo show up at the PSN, and this week we get a crack at MGS4 Online. Gives those of you who haven't had a chance yet, to try out the online action and get hooked.
The last few Sonic games haven't really been enjoyable, however this new game is supposed to give it another twist but still get back to the speed of the old skool games. I'm hoping it does, so I'm going to check out this demo with high hopes. Nothing quite like the crazy sensation of speed you could get from the glory days of SEGA. Check out the Sonic Unleashed Demo even if it's just for the nostalgia.
Games
Crash Commando gives me a Warhawk like feel to it, and I know it's completely off based. I think I'm going to end up getting this game, mainly because of the recently released trailer released yesterday. Of course it does have online play and bots and Trophies (WOOT!) and does kind of look fun, I'm still on the fence with this. We're expected to get a foot of snow this weekend so I may buy that instead of going to the movies on Saturday. We'll see.
Penny Arcade Adventures: On The Rainslick Precipice Of Darkness: Episode 2 is now available for the PSN as it was released a while ago for "that other service." I was tempted to buy the original but sadly it released at a bad time. Releasing in the month of October this year was just a rough month to enter the world in. $14.99 brings you the second episode in what has to be just insanely silly.
Castlevania Chronicles doesn't even require a comment. If you ever played any Castlevania game you've played this one, and know it's worth the $5.99.
I think I still own the original PSone disc for RAYMAN 2: The Great Escape, and if I do it's the game my sister played until she wanted to throw the original Dualshock out a damn window. She loved it, and couldn't stop playing, but the horrible issues with camera angle on the jumps just made her scream. She'd probably say it was still worth $5.99, but she's not here to ask currently! Check it out!
I actually bought Tokobot used when I originally bought my PSP, and it wasn't a horrible game. It's a platform puzzler with a quirky story and even quirkier mechanics, but it's enjoyable. I don't think I paid very much for it at the time, but I can't say I spent $10 on it. A friend of mine borrowed it once just for the sake of trying something different and he actually enjoyed it as well. Tokobot UMD Legacy will run you $9.99 at the Store today and I guess I'd recommend it to somebody looking for something new with enough of a challenge to still satisfy.
Videos
Games
UNCHARTED 2 Spike TV VGA Tease
Crash Commando Trailer
HVB: New Characters Trailer
GT5 Prologue - Tanner Foust: Drifting 101
Gran Turismo Awards at SEMA 2008
The Next Great Game Gods: Dylan Cuthbert Interview
The Next Great Game Gods: Pixeljunk Interstitial
Sonic Unleashed Launch Trailer
The Punisher: No Mercy Game Trailer
Mirror’s Edge DLC Trailer
PS3 “Murals” TV Spot
PSN “T-Shirts” TV Spot
Movies
Resident Evil: Degeneration Blu-ray Trailer
Themes
Lots of horribly put together "Premium" Themes tonight, and as I see more and more of them I really wonder who puts these things together or approves them to be sold on any service. I go through and look at the previews and I just can't believe how horrible they look. Never mind how ridiculously sexist they are, they just look horrible. Either way, if you're deciding to spend your money, here's what they're offering.
- Rock & Roll Babe Theme - $1.49
- Ohio State University Theme - $1.99
- Misty Dawn Theme - $1.49
- Ink and Saints Theme - $1.49
- Dancing Skies Theme - $1.49
- Azmodeus Dark Angels - $0.99
On the free side of the street we have the following.
- Super Stardust Portable Theme
- Savage Moon Theme
There are two Crash Commando Themes this week and they're basically the same with just slight variances of the icons. The background looks like there's a lot of mayhem induced fun being had, but not impressive either. It's a simple theme, and I'm sure there are people out there that this will appeal to. Currently I'm rocking the PJE theme that's just simple and awesome as far as I'm concerned!
As silly as it might strike you at first, the SingStar ABBA Theme is actually pretty fabulous! (Yes, I had to go there.) The icons are simple but fitting, the pure "Glam" of the background fits completely and would be a lot of fun for any ABBA fan out there.
In the wallpaper section we get a few, just nothing I'd use. The detail in the Tom Clancy wallpapers is amazing, and then Crash Commando just looks fun.
- Tom Clancy’s EndWar Spetsnaz Guard Brigade Wallpaper (x4)
- Crash Commando Wallpaper (x2)
