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July's European PSN Store offerings - Heavenly Sword demo and more

by Jem Alexander { Jul 13th 2007 at 9:00AM }

We've managed to get our hands on what exactly we can expect from the EU PSN Store this month. After this week's huge update, we had high hopes that this month would continue offering us some excellent content. Those hopes seem to be well founded. Check out the list of releases for the upcoming weeks. While not exhaustive, this list focuses on major, highly-anticipated playable content.

Heavenly Sword demo

Crash Bandicoot 2 PS1 game for PS3/PSP

Spyro 2 PS1 game for PS3/PSP

WipEout 2097 PS1 game for PS3/PSP

MediEvil PS1 game for PS3/PSP

We've also heard mention of the Blast Factor expansion, Snakeball and Feel Ski but aren't certain whether these will be coming our way in July. If not, then we'll probably see them in August. Also on the horizon is news about Warhawk and the Motorstorm Coyote Weekend VIP Pass update. Oh, and in the run up to the Heavenly Sword release in September we'll be seeing five "Animated History" videos which give the game some backstory, along with some more making-of content appearing on the Store too. No doubt each week will be peppered with the normal trailers as well.

European PSN releases for July 12th

by Jem Alexander { Jul 12th 2007 at 12:55PM }

The E3 videos are up, but that's not all. We got a full fledged update today - and a day early, too. We're sure you're itchy to hear everything that's available, so check below for the full list.

The Simpsons Movie trailer [SD/720p/1080p] (free)
Transformers trailer [SD/1080p] (free)
8 minute excerpt from Die Hard 4 [SD/720p/1080p] (free)
Die Hard 4 trailer [SD/720p/1080p] (free)
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune trailer (free)
PSN Event Trailer (free)
E3 2007 footage:

Feel Ski trailer (free)
Folklore trailer (free)
High Velocity Bowling trailer (free)
Killzone 2 trailer (free)

LittleBigPlanet trailer (free)
Pain trailer (free)
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune trailer (free)

WipEout HD trailer (free)

Metal Gear Solid 4 trailer (free)

Nucleus starter pack (free)

Nucleus full game (£4.99)

So there you have it. A true mother-load of content dropped directly onto our PSN store front. We love you Sony. We're curious to see what happens to the US PSN store today too. It's usually that which updates on Thursdays, not the EU store. We'll let you know if/when it gets updated. In the meantime, enjoy your videos. And Nucleus. If it plays better than the Japanese demo did, that is.

European PSN releases for June 8th

by Jem Alexander { Jun 9th 2007 at 8:30PM }

Those of you who enjoy your beat-em-ups will no doubt be pleased with the recent European PSN update. As well as a couple of trailers for upcoming PS3 games, Sony gave us Mortal Kombat 2. The full release list is as follows.

Mortal Kombat 2 (£1.99)
Colin McRae: DiRT trailer (free)
Ninja Gaiden Sigma trailer (free)

Isn't it is nice to finally get some playable content with a name that doesn't start with "Go!"? MK2 is a worthwhile purchase, especially considering the low price. We reviewed it in May (back when the Americans got it), giving it a score of nothing-to-write-home-about out of ten. Things can only get better for the PSN though, with upcoming releases of Calling All Cars and Super Stardust HD. Will removing the spines of our friends over the internet keep us occupied until then? We hope so.