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PlayStation Store Global Update – February 8, 2011

Each week Sony brings PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable owners new content, add-ons, games and more. PlayStation LifeStyle catalogs the PlayStation Store updates for the major regions across the globe. Check back every Tuesday and Wednesday to keep up to date with each week’s PlayStation Store Update.

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ftwrthtx4830d ago

Late store update, but at least it's up.

BigPete79784830d ago

I'll be picking up the Mass Effect 2 DLC out of support alone, as well as the 3 month Legendary DCUO Subscription.

Sev4830d ago

Very late this week. I've seen it delayed over 24 hours before, so I can't complain.

ftwrthtx4830d ago

I remember that update.

BigPete79784830d ago

I remember some of the updates PS3 owners used to get when it first launched, man I used to get excited over trailers at times back then haha.

Octo14830d ago

Stacking and Killzone 3 single player demo. That is all...

ftwrthtx4830d ago

That's quite a bit just for PS+ subscribers

Octo14830d ago

Sorry. You did not get how I was trying to get what I wrote across. I guess it would have been better if I wrote
Stacking and KZ3. Nuff Said...

T3mpr1x4830d ago

Stacking and KZ3 demo. Good to see The Undergarden get a demo, that's one game that I do want to try out before I decide on buying it or not.

Myst4830d ago

Hmm Super puzzle fighters looks tempting as of now. Did not see an avatar I really wanted sadly. Will continue using the same one I suppose.

ftwrthtx4830d ago

I want more "Select" avatars to choose from, or maybe a way to superimpose the "Select" tag on all of the existing ones..

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20 Years of Guerrilla: The Story of a PlayStation Studio

The Amsterdam-based studio reflects on its humble beginnings, beloved franchises, and growth through the years.

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SullysCigar358d ago

Up there with the top tier in the industry. Love Guerrilla Games - Horizon Burning Shores is simply STUNNING.

1Victor358d ago

Can’t wait for their next franchise

SullysCigar358d ago

Same. They nailed it with Horizon. The trouble is I also want a new Killzone! Can't I just have it all?!

jznrpg357d ago

I’m with you I want Horizon 3 , Killzone and new IPs

badz149357d ago

I have yet to play Burning Shores as I just started Forbidden West (bought at launch, just unwrapped last weekend LOL) and playing on PS5.

man...I still can't believe the graphics especially now I'm playing it on my LG OLED. that graphics and with stable performance backing it up, GG really is the master of their craft!

Vengeance1138358d ago

32.7M sales in the Horizon franchise! With 8.4M coming from Forbidden West alone! Truly a hugely successful game and franchise as a whole. Looking forward to Horizon III

Shane Kim358d ago

That's kind of a huge drop though. It's only been two games.

VersusDMC358d ago

One year after realease HZD sold 7.6 million.

https://www.noobfeed.com/ne...

So not a drop off.

Unless you're saying a HFW should have sold as much now as HZD sold in 5 years?

Vengeance1138358d ago

It's been 3 games, this includes Call of the Mountain. Also no, its a great improvement over HZD.

solideagle358d ago

lol you are comparing:

HZD: 28 February 2017 - May 2023 (6 years+)

HFW: 18 February 2022 - May 2023 (1 year+)

We will see if it surpass original number.

Phoenix76358d ago

@shane, 2 full main games, 2 DLC add ons, 1 VR spin off game, oh and a an official LEGO set.
Not too bad for an ip that's only been on market for 6 years

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REDGUM357d ago

Wow, very impressive. I didn't know the numbers were so high for Forbidden West. Still playing through it myself

thesoftware730358d ago (Edited 358d ago )

Yooo, when I first saw that Killzone 1 footage at E3, my friends my brothers and I were like, Holy shit! When it came out, it didn't look exactly like it, but we sunk so many hours into 1 & 2.

I even liked Killzone: SF, it was a spectacle to look at, and even today it looks good. I hope they make a new one. Can you imagine how that will look, and they can get some modern FPS pointers from Bungie.

blacktiger357d ago

thank you fps lover, I'm with you

talocaca358d ago

Such a wonderful studio. They deserve all their success.

The Decima Engine is absolute 🔥 I'm just mad they have abandoned Killzone.

OzzY-waZZy358d ago (Edited 358d ago )

Kinda wish they move on from Horizon tbh.

potatoseal357d ago

They are probably working on mutiple projects. One of them is Horizon 3, but another is a multiplaer game and probably somehting else.

Imalwaysright357d ago

There were rumours that they were working on a Socom reboot.

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Rock Band Doesn't Need Plastic Instruments to Work

TheGamer Writes "Harmonix has proven plenty of times it can make Rock Band work without instruments."

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Christopher491d ago

I mean, yeah, but was anyone saying otherwise? The fact is people liked the plastic instruments rather than pressing buttons on a controller. They enjoyed the simulated experience.

isarai491d ago

"Work"? No, but to be good? It's absolutely necessary. Not having the accessories is like playing a lightgun shooter with an analog stick sure it works, but one experience is completely unique and fun as hell, and other is torture trying to make do playing in a way it was never meant to be played

LucasRuinedChildhood491d ago (Edited 491d ago )

"trying to make do in a way it was never meant to be played"

I disagree. The accessories were a fun gimmick (and very marketable) but they were added AFTER the genre had been well established with games like Frequency and Amplitude (both also made by Harmonix).

The gameplay formula is different on a controller - there's a focus on switching lanes and contributing to all of the instruments.

Never played Frequency, but Amplitude and Rock Band Blitz were really good. I would love to get more of that kind of game. It's basically a different part of the genre, and stands on its own.

isarai491d ago

The insurmountable difference in popularity between Amplitude and Rock Band proves my point

LucasRuinedChildhood490d ago (Edited 490d ago )

Popularity isn't proof of quality. If it was, then Harmonix wouldn't be making music for Fortnite now. lol. Our disagreement wasn't over which one is more popular. Amplitude and Blitz just aren't "torture" to play.

Rock Band 4 and Guitar Hero Live failed to revive their sub-genre, and Rock Band 4 caused Mad Catz to have to file for bankruptcy. Doesn't mean that instrument-based music games are bad.

It does mean that there's too much overhead and risk for anyone to take a gamble on a big budget game that needs instrument accessories now though.

For the genre to thrive, for now, it needs to do so without the instrument accessories. That's just a fact, unfortunately.

VR games like Beat Sabre (a new sub-genre) and traditional music games make more sense and are more viable right now.

LucasRuinedChildhood490d ago (Edited 490d ago )

*"If quality is always proved by popularity, then Harmonix wouldn't be making music for Fortnite now."

Yi-Long491d ago

I think CHEAP plastic instruments is THE reason why the instrument-genre ‘died’.

People invested in buying the game AND the peripherals, so the guitar, the dj-set, the drum, whatever, and the experience was absolutely fantastic. Great fun, great music, etc.

But then the instruments would break. A button would stop working, or your hits wouldn’t register, and that kind of hardware failure would end in you not being able to play the game as intended, and thus you not getting the scores you deserve.

So, now you had a great game, but a broken instrument, and nobody is gonna buy a new plastic instrument every 3-6 months in order to keep playing the game.

A solution would have been to release better quality instruments (obviously), at a slightly higher price, so you could have kept the new games coming and the genre alive, but sadly, that didn’t happen.

dumahim490d ago (Edited 490d ago )

The only issue I ever had with any of the hardware was the drum pedal on the original rock band set stared to crack in half. The reason I, and other friends I know who played, lost interest is they weren't putting out new tracks that we were interested in anymore. I think earlier this year I looked through the releases for the last 2 years or so, and there was maybe 3 songs I would have bought.

slayernz490d ago

Yeah I had this happen too with my drum controller, I ended up attaching a metal strip to it which fixed it up nicely.

sinspirit491d ago

Can it work? Yes. Does it compare? No.

monkey602491d ago

Bust a Groove, Gitaroo Man and Parrapa the Rappa were such good games. Neither needed any extra peripherals

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The Five Oddest Fighting Games Ever Made

What would happen if a car, a snowman, an Elvis impersonator and Tom and Jerry got into a fight? Well...

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HyperMoused559d ago (Edited 559d ago )

I still have the match announcement bouncing around in my head from my youth..."Ickybod clay vs Ickybod clay"....and Elvis hair attack.."Hey watch the hair man"

RetroCaptainSteve559d ago

And the hair sliced someone in half!

Number1TailzFan559d ago

Clayfighter was actually not a bad game i thought, kind of amusing at least.