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Tuesday, 11 December 2007

European PS Store 'missing PerSoNs'

For whatever reason, the European PS Store has not had the best time of things when you compare it against the offerings available to the US and Japan.

Heck, even our Australian friends get some extra content we don't see in the form of HD music videos from Sony BMG.

So here's a list of the key titles we have yet to see over here. SCEE - if you're reading this, please figure out how to make these titles possible in Europe:

PAIN
Guitar Hero III track packs
Rock Band track packs
Oblivion Shivering Isles add-on
High Velocity Bowling
flOw expansion
Everyday Shooter

Since it is out in two days, I was tempted to add GT5 Prologue to the list. However, we already know that the game is supposed to be available in the US next February. It would be good to see this hit Europe on the same day, and not weeks later.

So, are we missing anything else of note?

Other than games and key add-on packs, the US Store has a breadth of additional content such as wallpapers that we never seem to get here. And as mentioned, wouldn't it be great if we all could get music videos from local artists and not just on the store 'down under'.

Labels: Guitar Hero, news, Oblivion, opinion, Playstation 3, PS Store, PS3, PSN, Rock Band

Monday, 10 December 2007

European releases for week beginning 10th December

It is almost that time of year when the games industry takes a well-earned break and concentrates on how they're going to start out the New Year.

It is also that time when nothing usually arrives on the shelves of our favourite retailers (and retailers we don't like too). But surprisingly enough, there's still something to be had with only two weeks to go before C-Day.

Here's the list of titles available in shops this week:

Half-Life 2: The Orange Box

What - that's it?

Maybe - maybe not.

You see Oblivion: Game of the Year Edition was supposed to come out this week as well, but has disappeared off the schedules of some of the retailers we track, so we're not entirely sure. I'm going to say it probably will arrive on Friday, but until we get some confirmation we're just not 100% sure.

Watch this space.

Oh - and don't forget The Orange Box is one of our Big Three for December (since we don't get UT III over here). Click on the links above to preorder.

Labels: Big Three, news, Oblivion, Playstation 3, PS3, The Orange Box

Friday, 30 November 2007

US PS Store updates for November 29th

The US store received it's weekly update and, as is usual, they faired slightly better than Europe.

Those two weeks where Europe had better updates than the US were just a blip then. Normal business has been resumed.

There's a couple of things to get excited about if you're a US user - PAIN and the Shivering Isles add-on for Oblivion. At one time Bethesda said that the expansion pack would only come on disk, so it is nice to see it appear on the PSN for those of us who shirk exercise.

And while we get zero GH III song packs, the US are in full swing and receive their third. Nice.

Here's the full list:

PAIN - full game ($9.99)
"Bracknell/Axbridge" - Resistance: Fall of Man map-pack ($4.99)
Motorstorm - vehicles and skins pack ($1.99)
Guitar Hero III "Boss Battles" - song pack (free)
"The Shivering Isles" - Oblivion expansion pack ($29.99)
"David Bowie" - Rock Band song pack ($5.49) (also, "Heroes", "Moonage Daydream" and "Queen Bitch" available seperately at $1.99)
Ratchet and Clank "Weapons" - video (free)
Timeshift - video (free)
Stop Loss - movie trailer (free)
Resident Evil: Extinction - Blu-Ray movie trailer (free)
Memoirs of a Geisha - Blu-Ray movie trailer (free)
Aquatopia - wallpaper (free; known as 'Aqua Vita' in Europe)
PAIN - 6 wallpapers (free)
Resistance - 5 wallpapers (free)

I do hope Europe get PAIN, some GH III song packs and the Oblivion update next week, or I'll have to take things into my own hands. Now, where did I last put my balaclava?

Labels: Guitar Hero, Motorstorm, news, Oblivion, Playstation 3, PS Store, PS3, PSN, Resistance