A PlayStation Store update has come and gone ... without any LittleBigPlanet content. Huh? Ever since release, LBP has treated gamers to free and premium DLC on a weekly basis. So what gives?
Well, looks like the LBP team just took a small break. DLC will resume on a weekly basis at the end of the month, starting January 22nd. "Big surprises" are in store for fans of the game. Will they be surprises on the scale of the MGS4 pack?
In addition, Media Molecule is working hard on a new patch that fixes some of the glitches found in version 1.07 of the game. Will they fix the save data issue? Hopefully!
A reasonably small update for America too, today. Not as small as Europe's update, though. Two of Creat Studios' PSN titles, Cuboid and Mahjong Tales are releasing today, alongside Qore episode 8. There's also the normal musical DLC packs and various other pieces of add-on content. Here's the full release list:
Playable Content
Qore episode 8 ($2.99 for a single episode, $24.99 for a year's subscription)
Cuboid full game ($9.99)
Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom full game ($9.99)
Price Changes
Mercenaries 2 "Blow It Up Again" pack ($1.99)
Rock Band tracks: "Are You Dead Yet," "Hay Poco Rock n Roll," "Ready, Set, Go!", "The Real World," "Tempted," "Tutto E Possible" ($1.99)
The PlayStation Network Video Delivery Service will be getting a big boost from a new partner: MTV Networks. While MTV Networks includes the well-known "music" channel, it also includes VH1, Nickelodeon, COMEDY CENTRAL, Spike, Logo, CMT, The N, TV Land and Atom. Some shows to be added to the PlayStation Store include MTV's The City, COMEDY CENTRAL's South Park, Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants and VH1's Rock of Love Bus with Bret Michaels.
"We're thrilled to add content from MTV Networks to our line up, it's a perfect fit for the PlayStation demographic, one of the most coveted audiences in entertainment today," said Peter Dille, Senior Vice President of Marketing and PlayStation Network, SCEA. "Combined with the superior technology of the PS3 and PSP, the PlayStation Network's video delivery service truly provides consumers the best and most comprehensive content on demand from an incredible line up of entertainment brands to enjoy at home or on-the-go."
"From Nickelodeon to TV Land and everywhere in between, MTV Networks' brands feature some of the most popular shows and some of the hottest stars for almost every conceivable demo," said Greg Clayman, Executive Vice President, Digital Distribution and Business Development, MTV Networks. "By making our diverse content lineup available through the PlayStation Network, we're giving PlayStation users instant access to hundreds of hours of our very best programming in the comfort of their own living rooms."
Life With PlayStation is a surprisingly solid app, which meshes today's news and weather with background music and Folding@Home capabilities. The free application has garnered 2 million users since its launch last September. Sony has just announced Life With PlayStation will be getting an update in Spring, although no details have been revealed yet. We're hoping to see more channels added to the service. Stay tuned for more exciting announcements from CES.
Not a massive update today. A hand full of add-ons and videos arrive alongside the Lord of the Rings: Conquest demo. For the first week since its launch we've a lack of LittleBigPlanet DLC, though the PlayStation Blog promises there's plenty more to come in 2009. Here's the full release list:
Playable Content
Lord of the Rings: Conquest demo
Add-on Content
Tom Clancy's EndWar "Faction Elite Pack" (£3.19)
Naruto Ultimate Ninja Storm "Storm Pack 4" (free)
Rock Band DLC (listed after the break)
Guitar Hero World Tour DLC (listed after the break)
PlayStation Home will be getting its first big expansion this week. The long-awaited Red Bull game space will finally go live, allowing players to partake in a free mini-game: the Red Bull Air Race (pictured). More content will be added to the Red Bull space over the coming months.
The US version of Home will also get its first access to the Diesel and Ligne Roset storefronts. Those of you that don't want to pay for clothes will be glad to hear that free Resident Evil Degeneration t-shirts will be given away for anyone that caught a sneak peak of the movie in the Home theater. TO EVERYONE. Yay!
Home is just beginning. It'll be interesting to see how it evolves in 2009.
It looks like Cuboid, one of three upcoming PSN games from Creat Studios, will be released soon. A post on the PlayStation Blog by Creat Producer Olga Sokolova shows a little more of what we can expect from the game. Cuboid will sell for $9.99 when it releases "soon" and will include 66 levels (that's just over 15 cents a level). Creat promises that there will also be post-launch premium packs including new levels as well as a level editor.
Check out the video after the break to see the game in action and check out the PlayStation Blog post for some details on some of Cuboid's gameplay mechanics.
There's no better way to prove you're a Killzone 2 fanboy than to don a Killzone costume in PlayStation Home. amazon.com is offering a unique promo for those that pre-order the upcoming FPS on their site. According to the online retailer, players will receive "costume pieces for your head, torso, legs, hands and feet; you can customize your Home avatar to look like an ISA Soldier, a Helghast Assault Trooper, or something in between." This offer is currently an exclusive to the retailer, so you may want to take advantage of this rather unique deal. The patient types, however, will wait and see what other shops are offering for pre-ordering the game.
Congrats! You unlocked a Trophy! Time to sync it up with ... Oh, wait. Looks like there's a bug in the PlayStation Network right now, preventing users from syncing their Trophy data with the servers. You won't be able to compare Trophies with friends, with a frustrating error message (80022D27) popping up at every attempt.
Considering the large number of complaints on the PlayStation Forums, it looks as though this is a widespread Network-wide outage. There's no word yet on what's causing this problem or when it'll be fixed. Stay tuned.
The waiting's finally over. Today's biggest release is easily the LittleBigPlanet Metal Gear Solid downloadable content, but there's plenty of other stuff to take a look at today. Not least of which is Lumines Supernova. There's also a load of the normal music-based DLC, plus some unexpected content for Disgaea 3. As if that wasn't enough, the PS1 classic RPG Suikoden also finds its way onto the Store today. What an awesome holiday gift. Here's the full release list:
Playable Content
Jeopardy price drop (now $9.99)
Lumines Supernova ($14.99)
Lord of the Rings: Conquest demo
Suikoden PS1 game ($5.99)
Add-on Content
Buzz! Quiz TV "National Geographic: Undersea" quiz pack ($7.99)
High Velocity Bowling "patches pack one" (free)
High Velocity Bowling "Gutter Bird Ball" ball (free)
LittleBigPlanet DLC (listed after the break)
PAIN "Ao No Kutsu" character ($0.99)
Disgaea 3 "Adell" character ($1.99)
Disgaea 3 "Nekomata" character ($0.99)
Disgaea 3 "Rozalin" character ($1.99)
Disgaea 3 "Disgaea 2 character pack" ($4.99 -- comes with Disgaea 2 main char theme)
Lumines Supernova "holiday pack" (free)
Shaun White Snowboarding "glamour pack" ($4.99)
Guitar Hero World Tour DLC (listed after the break)
Who doesn't like the word "exclusive"? While this may not be the biggest news ever, WWE fans will certainly appreciate knowing PlayStation Network will be home to a few exclusive costumes when DLC is made available in January. The first Roster Pack will be available for $4.99 and will include the following:
Evan Bourne - playable Superstar
Ted DiBiase - playable Superstar
Charlie Haas - playable Superstar
Chris Jericho - alternate attire
Kelly Kelly - holiday costume (EXCLUSIVELY ON PS3)
Maria Santa - holiday costume (EXCLUSIVELY ON PS3)
Masked Kane - alternate attire (EXCLUSIVELY ON PS3)
PlayStation Home has been patched (yet again!), this time restoring voice chat. Update 1.05, available now, adds voice chat to personal spaces and clubhouses. This means you foul-mouthed pirates can chat with each other in the privacy of your own virtual-homes. However, expect public spaces to be as quiet as Sunday mass.
All right, this is going to be a pretty big update for everyone who loves downloading new songs, so listen up. First on the list, Harmonix is releasing a Foo Fighters three-pack for Rock Band next week in addition to the previously reported Rockin' Holiday Pack. Each song (listed after the break) goes for the standard $1.99 per individual track or $5.49 for the whole shebang.
As for Guitar Hero: World Tour, it will be getting a three-song pack as well; however, this pack consists of songs from three separate bands. All individual GH:WT songs are also priced at $1.99. Check out that list after the break, too. You can grab these tracks, as well as the Rock Band ones, off the PS Store when it updates this coming Tuesday, December 23.
Furthermore, Activision has revealed its DLC plans for the month of January, which includes tracks from Blink 182, Wolfmother, Silverchair, and a full album from Oasis. To see that, just click through the break.
Source: Rock Band [Thanks Phillip!] Source: Guitar Hero [via press release]
The upcoming Metal Gear Solid level pack for LittleBigPlanet will add 11 new Trophies to the game. The Trophy list reveals some exciting details about the upcoming expansion pack. For example, "Rexecutioner" will have you going against a LBP recreation of Metal Gear REX. Looks like Sackpeople will be packin' some heat in the expansion in the form of a paintball gun. If you buy the level pack, you'll be able to include this new paintballing mechanic to your levels. Sounds fun!
The Home servers are back after their downtime. Hopefully you should find it easier to log into the service now. As for new content, there've been some additions made to the European shopping centre. Both the Diesel and Ligne Roset stores are now open in Europe (no sign of them in America). Inside you'll find a few free items (3 pieces of Diesel clothing for each gender and a chair and table) with the rest costing you a whopping £1.59 each.
The furniture and clothing stores have been updated with new content, too. You can now purchase a Christmas tree and snowman for your apartment (among a few other things). They'll set you back 79p ($0.99) each, which is slightly more reasonable. As for the Santa costume, however, each part of it will cost you 79p -- the gloves, hat, shoes, trousers, suit and glasses(!). That's almost £5 for the entire costume. Other new pieces of clothing, such as the business suit, will cost you 59p ($0.49).
No sign of the Red Bull Air Race space yet, but there's still time. Hopefully we'll see that arrive before the end of the day.
Congrats! You unlocked a Trophy! Time to sync it up with ... Oh, wait. Looks like there's a bug in the PlayStation Network right now, preventing users from syncing their Trophy data with the servers. You won't be able to compare Trophies with friends, with a frustrating error message (80022D27) popping up at every attempt.
PlayStation Home has been patched (yet again!), this time restoring voice chat. Update 1.05, available now, adds voice chat to personal spaces and clubhouses. This means you foul-mouthed pirates can chat with each other in the privacy of your own virtual-homes. However, expect public spaces to be as quiet as Sunday mass.
