Playstation Store Weekly Update for 01/04/11

Beginning with this new year of 2011 I'm going to be posting the weekly Playstation 3 Store updates right here on this site. I think it's a great way to keep new gaming content continuously posted.

The first Store update for the new year is rather ho-hum though, in my opinion. There might be a few things in there for someone out there, but I'm certainly not interested in anything this particular update has to offer. Click below to see the full list of content.

Hi Everyone – It’s time for the weekly PlayStation Store Update.

PlayStation Plus

Featured Games
Lead & Gold: Gangs for the Wild West (Free for PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $14.99)
Spyro the Dragon (Free for PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $5.99)
Pipe Madness – Minis (Free and exclusive for PlayStation Plus Subscribers)
Discounted Games & DLC
MX vs. ATV Reflex PSP (50% off) (PlayStation Plus price $15.00, regular price $29.99)
Tom Clancy: H.A.W.X. 2 – All In One Pack (25% off) (PlayStation Plus price $7.49, regular price $9.99)
Featured Themes & Avatars
Underwater Disco Theme (Free for PlayStation Plus members, regular price $1.49)
Rival School Avatar Bundle (Exclusive to PlayStation Plus members for $1.99)

Updates

Blazblue: Continuum Shift – Additional Character Colors #1 – Sale (PS3) (now $2.49, original price $4.99)
Blazblue: Continuum Shift – Additional Character Colors #2 – Sale (PS3) (now $2.49, original price $4.99)
Blazblue: Continuum Shift – Additional Character Colors #3 – Sale (PS3) (now $2.49, original price $4.99)
Blazblue: Continuum Shift – Additional System Voice Type-C – Sale (PS3) (now $3.49, original price $5.99)
Blazblue: Continuum Shift – Additional System Voice Type-K – Sale (PS3) (now $3.49, original price $5.99)
Blazblue: Continuum Shift – Additional System Voice Type-M – Sale (PS3) (now $3.49, original price $5.99)
Blazblue: Continuum Shift – Makoto Additional Playable Character – Sale (PS3) (now $4.49, original price $7.99)
Blazblue: Continuum Shift – Unlock All Unlimited Characters – Sale (PS3) (now $3.49, original price $5.99)
Blazblue: Continuum Shift – Unlock Playable Character Mu – Sale (PS3) (now $0.99, original price $1.99)
Blazblue: Continuum Shift – Valkenhayn R Hellsing – Sale (PS3) (now $4.49, original price $7.99)
Cuboid – Sale (PS3) (now $5.99, original price $9.99)
Interpol – Sale (PS3) (now $5.99, original price $9.99)
Magic Orbz – Sale (PS3) (now $5.99, original price $9.99)
Magic Orbz Extreme Bundle – Sale (PS3) (now $7.79, original price $12.99)
Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom – Sale (PS3) (now $5.99, original price $9.99)
Sky Fighters – Sale (PS3) (now $5.99, original price $9.99)
Smash Cars – Sale (PS3) (now $8.99, original price $14.99)
Wakeboarding HD Dynamic Theme Bundle – Sale (PS3) (now $5.99, original price $9.99)
Hamsterball – Sale (PS3) (now $5.99, original price $9.99)
Super Stacker Party – Sale (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $6.99)
Topatoi – Sale (PS3) (now $3.99, original price $7.99)
Topatoi Bundle – Sale (PS3) (now $6.99)
Bionic Commando: Rearmed – Sale (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $13.99)
Uno PSP – Sale (PSP) (now $0.99, original price $7.99)
Wheel of Fortune – Permanent Price Drop (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $14.99)
101-In-1 Megamix – Permanent Price Drop (PS3/PSP) (now $9.99, original price $14.99)
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix – Permanent Price Drop (PS3) (now $9.99, original price $14.99)
GTI Club Supermini Festa! – Permanent Price Drop (PS3) (now $14.99, original price $29.99)
Superstars V8 Racing – Permanent Price Drop (PS3) (now $9.99, original price $19.99)

Downloadable Games

MicroBot ($9.99)
Pilot a prototype cutting-edge MicroBot that has the capability to be customized and upgraded mid-mission in order to cure the infected host. Improve your weaponry, movement, defensive options and special attacks using data fragments harvested from eradicated enemies. Travel through blood, bone, breath and brain as you track down and eradicate the cause of the infection. But are you the ultimate cure…or the disease?
ESRB Rated E
File size: 148 MB
TETRIS ($9.99)
THE AWARD WINNING BLOCKBUSTER – ALL NEW FOR PlayStation 3 system! Experience the boldest, most vibrant TETRIS ever with enhanced 1080P HD graphics, 5.1 Surround Sound, 6 multiplayer modes, and 3 brand new game modes that are exclusive to the PS3!
ESRB Rated E
File size: 70 MB
NEOGEO Station PS3 Bundle Pack ($79.99)
‘NEOGEO Station’ PlayStation3 system BUNDLE PACK – This PS3 Version Game Bundle features ten nostalgic NEOGEO classics any fan of SNK will surely enjoy: ALPHA MISSION II, ART OF FIGHTING, BASEBALL STARS PROFESSIONAL, FATAL FURY, LEAGUE BOWLING, MAGICIAN LORD, METAL SLUG, SAMURAI SHODOWN, SUPER SIDEKICKS, and THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’94.
ESRB Rated E – T
File size: 551 MB
Ricochet HD ($7.99) ** SPECIAL INTRODUCTARY OFFER Normally $9.99 **
Ricochet HD is an intense action game combining equal parts skill and strategy. With the most comprehensive feature set of any game in this genre, Ricochet HD’s dynamic and interactive brick busting levels reward strategic play while the arsenal of power-ups allows you to obliterate everything in your path. 150 dynamic multi-staged unlocking levels deliver hours of non-stop action.
ESRB Rated E
File size: 326 MB
Angry Birds – minis ($3.99) (also available from PSP Storefront)
The survival of the Angry Birds is at stake! Dish out revenge on the greedy pigs that stole the Angry Birds’ eggs. Use the unique destructive powers of each Angry Bird to lay waste to those pesky-pigs’ fortified castles.
ESRB Rated E
File size: 17 MB

PSone Classic

Reloaded ($5.99)
F.U.B. is back and not happy. Currently known as C.H.E.B., the evil mastermind is determined to turn the entire universe into twisted works of modern art. Download this PS one Classic today!
ESRB Rated M
File size: 144 MB
Arc the Lad III ($5.99)
Join Alec and friends on his quest to become a legendary Hunter and save the world from the Dark One. Download this PS one Classic today!
ESRB Rated T
File size: 622 MB

Game Demos (free)

MicroBot Demo
Pilot a prototype cutting-edge MicroBot that has the capability to be customized and upgraded mid-mission in order to cure the infected host. Improve your weaponry, movement, defensive options and special attacks using data fragments harvested from eradicated enemies. Travel through blood, bone, breath and brain as you track down and eradicate the cause of the infection. But are you the ultimate cure…or the disease?
ESRB Rated E
File size: 148 MB
Top Gun Network Demo
Top Gun is a free-flying air combat shooter based on the film. In Top Gun, players enroll in the Academy as Maverick with their RIO Goose to go up against the best for top honors. Following graduation, players fly into the danger zone with fellow US Navy pilots, where they shoot down enemy jets, attack bases and engage in large-scale dogfights.
ESRB Rated T
File size: 236 MB
Alien Breed 2: Assault Demo
A purpose-designed, action-packed trial section of Alien Breed 2: Assault, called “The Prologue”, which can be played in either single-player or two-player local co-operative mode. This free introduction to the game also features a time-limited “Survivor” mode map, which can again be played in either single-player or two-player local co-operative mode.
ESRB Rated T
File size: 1.33 GB
Ricochet HD Demo
Ricochet HD is an intense action game combining equal parts skill and strategy. With the most comprehensive feature set of any game in this genre, Ricochet HD’s dynamic and interactive brick busting levels reward strategic play while the arsenal of power-ups allows you to obliterate everything in your path. 150 dynamic multi-staged unlocking levels deliver hours of non-stop action.
ESRB Rated E
File size: 326 MB
Kung-Fu Live Demo
Release your inner Bruce Lee and experience the action of the ultimate full-body motion fighting game! Using the PlayStation®Eye, Kung-Fu LIVE scans YOU inside a world of pulp action comics to kick, punch and shoot lightning from your hands like never before. Download this demo now for a taste of the awesome Kung-Fu action!
ESRB Rated T
File size: 313 MB

Add-on Game Content

John Daly’s Prostroke Golf Course Pack 01 (free)
Four new 18-hole golf courses with local play – single or multiplayer:

• Cotton Farms: Long par 5’s, unforgiving fairways and challenging greens.
• St Stephens: Rolling, hilly North American course with extensive water hazards.
• Crawford Dunes: North American course with strategic bunkers and winding fairways.
• Almeria Country Park: Crisp, dry course from Southern Europe requiring precision play.

File size: 298 MB
Fist of the North Star – DLC Pack 6 ($4.99)
Experience the legendary warrior, Toki, in all his former glory in his pre-apocalyptic costume from the flashback sequence in the original comic book! Also, two new missions will have you battling to escape Amiba’s grasp, and fighting to escape a deadly trap set by Thouzer and Juda!
File size: 11 MB
EyePet – Transport Pack ($2.99)
EyePet’s always on the go, so why not dress for the occasion? Turn your EyePet into a regal ship captain, a friendly flight attendant, or a rough-and-tumble truck driver with the Transport Pack. Download the new pack today!
File size: 16 MB
Def Jam Rapstar
(Music Downloads Not Rated by the ESRB) Expand your DEF JAM RAPSTAR library with these songs. DEF JAM RAPSTAR game disc is required to play this downloadable content:

• “Money To Blow” – Birdman ($1.99)
• “Pass The Courvoisier, Part II” – Busta Rhymes ($1.99)
• “Laffy Taffy” – D4L ($1.99)
• “Get Your Freak On” – Missy Elliot ($1.99)

File size: 39 – 61 MB (singles)
Rock Band 3
Build your Rock Band library by purchasing these song game tracks. For song credits, visit www.RockBand.com.

• “Cry, Cry, Cry″ – Johnny Cash ($1.99)
• “Don’t Take Your Guns to Town″ – Johnny Cash ($1.99)
• “Five Feet High and Rising″ – Johnny Cash ($1.99)
• “Folsom Prison Blues″ – Johnny Cash ($1.99)
• “I Got Stripes″ – Johnny Cash ($1.99)
• “I Walk the Line″ – Johnny Cash ($1.99)
• “Tennessee Flat Top Box″ – Johnny Cash ($1.99)
• “The Ballad of Ira Hayes″ – Johnny Cash ($1.99)
• Johnny Cash Pack 01 ($13.49) – Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game album: Johnny Cash Pack 01. This pack includes “Cry, Cry, Cry”, “Don’t Take Your Guns to Town”, “Five Feet High and Rising”, “Folsom Prison Blues”, “I Got Stripes”, “I Walk the Line”, “Tennessee Flat Top Box”, and “The Ballad of Ira Hayes” by Johnny Cash.
• “Band on the Run” – Paul McCartney & Wings ($1.99)
• “Helen Wheels” – Paul McCartney & Wings ($1.99)
• “Let Me Roll It” – Paul McCartney & Wings ($1.99)
• “Maybe I’m Amazed” – Paul McCartney & Wings ($1.99)
• Celebrating Band on the Run Pack ($6.99) – Build your Rock Band 3 library by purchasing this song game track pack: Celebrating Band on the Run Pack. This pack includes “Maybe I’m Amazed”, “Band on the Run”, “Helen Wheels”, and “Let Me Roll It” by Paul McCartney & Wings.
• Rock Band Pack 01 (free) – Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track pack: Rock Band Free Pack 01. This pack includes “Visions,” by Abnormality “Get Clean,” by Anarchy Club “Night Lies,” by Bang Camaro “Shoulder to the Plow,” by Breaking Wheel “Welcome to the Neighborhood,” by The Libyans “A Jagged Gorgeous Winter,” by The Main Drag “Conventional Lover,” by Speck “Supreme Girl,” by The Sterns and “Rob the Prez-O-Dent” by That Handsome Devil.

Rock Band Network

• “(Do You Wanna Date My) Avatar” – The Guild feat. Felicia Day ($0.99)
• “Bullet With A Name” – Nonpoint ($1.99)
• “Buttersnips” – Periphery ($1.99)
• “Deliver Us” – Andy Timmons ($1.99)
• “Obfuscation” – Between the Buried and Me ($1.99)
• “Rise Above This” – Seether ($1.99)
• “Second & Sebring” – Of Mice & Men ($1.99)
• “The Anthem Of The Angry Brides” – Norma Jean ($1.99)
• “The Waiting One” – All That Remains ($1.99)
• “Wake Up” – Suicide Silence ($1.99)

File size: 13 – 83 MB (singles), 164 – 197 MB (track pack)

Avatars

Rival Schools Avatars (x5) ($0.49)
File size: 100 KB
The Fight Lights Out Avatars (x2) ($0.49)
File size: 104 – 109 KB

Game Videos (free)

Dead Space 2 – Get Caught Up On Dead Space Trailer
File size: 183 MB (HD)
Dead Space 2 – Chaos Hits The Sprawl Trailer
File size: 77 MB (HD)
Madden NFL 11 Trailer
File size: 63 MB (1080)
Mass Effect 3 – Announce Trailer
File size: 31 MB (HD)
Modern Combat: Domination – Move Trailer
File size: 54 MB (HD)
Thor – Spike VGA World Premiere Trailer
File size: 82 MB (1080)
Yakuza 4 Story Trailer
File size: 110 MB (HD)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution – HR Upgrades & Augmentations Network Trailer
File size: 81 MB (HD)
Kung-Fu Live Launch Trailer
File size: 43 MB (HD)
PixelJunk Shooter 2 Gameplay Trailer
File size: 93 MB (HD), 156 MB (1080)
Making of TV Superstars – Move
File size: 148 MB (HD), 247 MB (1080)
Making of TV Superstars – Fame
File size: 162 MB (HD), 272 MB (1080)
Making of TV Superstars – Eye
File size: 127 MB (HD), 213 MB (1080)
Gran Turismo 5 Features Trailer
File size: 95 MB (HD), 159 MB (1080)
Journey – Debut Trailer
File size: 83 MB (HD)
SingStar Dance Launch Trailer
File size: 67 MB (HD), 113 (1080)
Resistance 3 Game Trailer (VGAs)
File size: 100 MB (HD), 167 MB (1080)

PS3 Themes

Call of Duty: Black Ops Heroes Theme ($1.99)
File size: 7.68 MB
Tron: Evolution Dynamic Theme ($2.99)
File size: 2.14 MB

PlayStation Store for PSP

Downloadable Games (also available from PS3 Storefront)

Legends of War: Patton’s Campaign ($19.99)
The best Strategy & RPG game for your PSP (PlayStation Portable) system! Become General Patton and command the U.S. Third Army, from the beaches of France to the city of Berlin, along a complete Campaign composed of 35 different Missions. Manage your Army, recruiting units that range from infantry to aircrafts, and lead them in battlefield, to accomplish a change in WWII History!
ESRB Rated T
File size: 404 MB
Auditorium ($9.99)
Cipher Prime’s award-winning Auditorium is now available on the PSP (PlayStation Portable) system! Manipulate light into sound in this mesmerizing puzzler. Auditorium’s intuitive controls and immersive environments make for a truly unique experience. With no instructions, no right or wrong answers, and no way to lose, Auditorium strives to return its players to a state of wonder where anything is possible. Just sit back, relax, and experiment!
ESRB Rated E
File size: 24 MB
Hot Shots Shorties Blue Pack ($4.99)
From the creators of the Hot Shots franchise, comes Hot Shots Shorties – a fun collection of mini games where players can test their might in a variety of wacky situations. The Hot Shots Shorties Blue Pack contains Soccer Derby, Karate and Tractor Derby games.
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 53 MB
Hot Shots Shorties Red Pack ($4.99)
From the creators of the Hot Shots franchise, comes Hot Shots Shorties – a fun collection of mini games where players can test their might in a variety of wacky situations. The Hot Shots Shorties Red Pack contains Face a la Crème, Bookshelf Dash, Blitz SNAFU games.
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 90 MB
Hot Shots Shorties Green Pack ($4.99)
From the creators of the Hot Shots franchise, comes Hot Shots Shorties – a fun collection of mini games where players can test their might in a variety of wacky situations. The Hot Shots Shorties Green Pack contains Counter Crusader, K.O. Derby and Rush Hour Master games.
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 62 MB
Hot Shots Shorties Yellow Pack ($4.99)
From the creators of the Hot Shots franchise, comes Hot Shots Shorties – a fun collection of mini games where players can test their might in a variety of wacky situations. The Hot Shots Shorties Yellow Pack contains Vacuum Dash, Clean-up Hitter and Tillage Pillage games.
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 52 MB
Hot Shots Shorties Bundle Pack ($14.99)
From the creators of the Hot Shots franchise, comes Hot Shots Shorties – a fun collection of mini games where players can test their might in a variety of wacky situations. There are 12 different games, split into 4 separate packs of Red, Blue, Yellow, and Green. There are a range of games, from soccer and baseball to vacuuming a room and even driving a tractor!
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 257 MB

Add-on Game Content (also available from PS3 Storefront)

LittleBigPlanet PSP – Friar Tuck Costume (free)
This fancy, free friar costume is a fantastic outfit to furnish your fabulous Sackboy with! NOTE: Manual Update required
File size: 1.38 MB
Toy Story 3: Escape! ($0.99)
The Aliens have been trapped by Zurgbots! Precise coordination will be required to help them escape.
File size: 4.26 MB
Toy Story 3: Rescue Buzz Lightyear ($0.99)
Buzz Lightyear has been imprisoned by Zurg. Take 3 Aliens on an epic quest to save him.
File size: 4.06 MB

PSP minis (also available from PS3 Storefront)

Family Games – minis ($3.99)
ESRB Rated E
File size: 26 MB
M.O.Z.O.X. Space Salvager – minis ($2.99)
ESRB Rated E
File size: 29 MB