Sunday, January 13, 2008

Episode 2

Playstation Temptation Epidsode 2 Show Notes

I. Introduction

-We are back with some awesome new intro music.

II. PS Store Update

Downloadable Games

Super Stardust HD Demo (free demo, $9.99 full game)
Super Stardust HD for the PLAYSTATION 3 system is a fully updated version of the classic game Stardust. Your mission is simple: destroy everything in sight!
File size: 137 MB
ESRB Rated E

Add-on Game Content

Folklore Add-On Packs

  • Folklore Add-On #3 “The Alchemist Pack”" ($3.99)
    This Folklore Add-on includes four additional side quests which take place during the events of the original game, plus an extra Folk to capture and an alternative costume for Ellen.
    File size: 70.1 MB
  • Folklore Add-On #4 “”The Origin of Belgae”" ($3.99)
    This Folklore™ Add-on includes four additional side quests, which take place during the events of the original game, plus an extra Folk to capture and an alternative costume for Ellen.
    File size: 71.2 MB
  • Folklore Add-on Bundle 2 ($5.99)
    Get two Folklore Add-ons for one low price!
    This Folklore Add-on Bundle includes- “The Alchemist Pack” and the “The Origin of Belgae” Add-Ons. Each add-on includes four side quests, plus an extra Folk to capture and alternative costumes for Ellen.
    File size: 141.3 MB

Rock Band
Build your Rock Band library by purchasing these song game tracks. For music credits, visit www.RockBand.com.

  • “Number of the Beast” – Iron Maiden($1.99)
  • “Interstate Love Song” - Stone Temple Pilots ($1.99)
  • “Die, All Right!” – The Hives ($1.99)

File sizes: 19.7 MB – 29 MB

Need for Speed ProStreet
Unlock vehicles for immediate use. These cars can be achieved without purchase by progressing through Career.

  • McLaren F1 ($2.99)
    File size: 100 KB
  • NFS: Bugatti Veyron 16.4 ($2.99)
    File size: 100 KB

Demos

Kane & Lynch: Dead Men Demo
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men is the highly controversial crime action game from the makers of Hitman. Play as two hardened criminals, one a flawed mercenary and the other a medicated psychopath. This single player demo puts you into the heat of the action where you and your crew will break into a highly secured boardroom from the outside of a Tokyo high rise building and then fight your way out.
File size: 839 MB
ESRB Rated M

PS one Classics for PS3 / PSP

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back ($5.99)
The evil Dr. Neo Cortex is back with a vengeance. And this time, he’s out to…save the world? And he’s asking for help from his arch nemesis, Crash Bandicoot? Could this just some conniving plan to lure Crash into a deadly trap? Find out as Crash takes on an adventure that’s out of this world in Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back!
File size: 102 MB
ESRB Rated E

Game Videos

Burnout Paradise Guns N’ Roses Network Trailer (free)
Take me down to Paradise City! Guns N’ Roses tears up the road with the ultimate rock anthem that symbolizes the ultimate in rebellious behavior and gets your adrenaline pumping.
File size: 89 MB (HD)

Movie and Blu-ray Disc Trailers

Spiderwick Chronicles Trailer #2(free)
From the beloved best-selling series of books comes “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” a fantasy adventure for the child in all of us.
File size: 5.14 MB (SD), 19 MB (HD), 27 MB (1080)

First Sunday Trailer (free)
In this hilarious comedy, Durell (ICE CUBE) and LeeJohn (TRACY MORGAN) are best friends and bumbling petty criminals.
File size: 29 MB (SD), 113 MB (HD), 155 MB (1080)

PS3 Themes

PAIN Jarvis Theme (free)
Customize your PS3 system with a cool PAIN Jarvis theme. This theme allows you to change up the look of your background and XMB icons. Download today!
File size: 1.85 MB

PAIN The Dude Theme (free)
Customize your PS3 system with a cool PAIN The Dude theme. This theme allows you to change up the look of your background and XMB icons. Download today!
File size: 1.72 MB

Here is this week’s content release for the PLAYSTATION Store for PC. To download these games to your PSP, navigate to http://store.playstation.com. There, you’ll find descriptions of the content and directions on how to get started. For more on the PLAYSTATION Store for PC, please click here.

Downloadable Games

Ape Quest ($9.99 US per level, $19.99 bundle)

PS one Classics

Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back PS1 Classic ($5.99)

Game Videos (free)

  • Syphon Filter: Combat Ops Trailer
  • Pursuit Force Extreme Justice Trailer
  • Uncharted Massive Trailer
  • GT5 Prologue Japan Release Trailer
  • GT5 Prologue Sizzle Trailer
  • Turok Quiet Kills Video
  • Timeshift Trailer
  • Burnout Paradise Trailer

Source: http://blog.us.playstation.com/2008/01/10/playstation-store-update-17/

III. Topic of the Week

Resistance 2!

# The game will feature the standard single-player campaign as well as an eight-player online co-op campaign that's objective-based. Two people can still work together locally.

# Ready to beat each other senseless online? Resistance 2 will feature 60-player matches set in the United States.

# Sorry, Rachel; the campaign will pick up from Fall of Man's epilogue and stick solely with Nathan Hale as he copes with getting shot down in Iceland, escaping to the states and joining the "Sentinels" program.

# There will be classes. Characters will start out from one of three basic templates -- a "tank-style" soldier rocking a chain gun, a "Specia lOps class" that seems like a sniper or a medic whose "Medicator" gun will hurt enemies and heal allies -- and go from there.

# When you and a team of friends head into battle, there will not be a selectable difficulty. Insomniac will be auto-scaling the challenge to the skill of you and your squad. When you jump into a random online match, you'll be teamed with partners and opponents who are around your personal level.

# "Personal" is going to be a big word in Resistance 2. The game will have dedicated servers for gaming, community and stats as well as gamer profile pages on myresistance.net. In-game, the setup will be completely open when it comes to clans and parties -- the era of invites has come to a close.# Vehicles are in the game, but Insomniac wouldn't let on about their role.

# The game's set in the '50s, but expect a more modern U.S. landscape as well as a focus on the aerial side of the Chimeran attack.

# The game's AI has been overhauled -- they have improved routines and detachable armor pieces -- and boss battles will be more important than ever.

IV. News

-Universal and Paramount contracts gone, Blu Ray possibly?

-Sony drops 20 and 60 gig models in Japan, no more backwards compatibility.

-Metal Gear Solid 4 at bug testing phase, no more delays expected.

-PS3 production costs down by half since the launch.



-Pratik and Nick

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