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Hi everyone, here is your weekly comics update!

DC Online Universe Legends continue this week with day & date issue #2! In the startling second issue, the Lex Luthor of a post-apocalyptic future scrambles to escape Brainiac’s invasion of Earth, but he must gather an army to stop the invasion. Who will he recruit?

Artemis Zogg’s warship has been destroyed, but the battle isn’t over for Ratchet & Clank, in issue #6 of the comic series featuring the iconic video-games characters. The duo will once again have to team up with President Qwark in this final, fun-filled issue!

Locke & Keys: Keys to the Kingdom continues with issue #4, where our heroes find out that working with a dead man can have some terrifying consequences as they embark on their most perilous raid ever. For those who haven’t given it a try, Locke & Key is a truly great series mixing horror, a gripping thriller storyline by Joe Hill, and beautiful art by Gabriel Rodriguez.

Other highlights include new series Hack/Slash, more Green Lantern Corps, Y: The Last Man, Transformers, Wonder Woman, and many more:

Here is the full list:

• Batman Beyond Vol. 1 #6
• The Boy Who Made Silence #3
• DC Universe Online Legends #2
• Devil’s Wake #2
• Domo #6
• The Dreaming #15
• Ex Machina #30
• Fables #45
• Fables #46
• Gods vs Humans #1
• Green Lantern Corps Vol. 1 #9
• Hack/Slash #1 – #4
• I Luv Halloween #14
• Imaginary Boys #1
• JLA #38
• Lamorte Sisters #2
• Legends of the Dark Crystal #8
• Legends of the DC Universe #4
• Locke & Key: Keys to the Kingdom #4
• Promethea #3
• Racers’ Islands 1
• Ratchet & Clank #6
• Return to Labyrinth #4
• Sandman #22
• Silent Hill: Past Life #3
• Star Trek: The Manga #14
• Super Oors World #1
• Super Oors World #2
• Superman/Batman #49
• Supernatural: Rising Son #6
• Tom Strong #3
• Transformers: Prime #3
• Transformers: Sector 7 #5
• True Grit #1
• Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #6
• Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #7
• Undertown #7
• Van Von Hunter #5
• Wonder Woman Vol. 3 #21
• Y: The Last Man #28
• Young Avengers (2005) #4 – #6
• Young Justice Vol. 2 #1

Please visit playstationcomics.com for prices and to see the whole catalog.

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#northamerica This week's North American PlayStation Store update has arrived, bringing with it new games, old games and games based on old things from the future. More »

Here is the weekly PlayStation Store update:

PlayStation Plus

Full Game Trial
ATV Pure (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers)

Featured Demo
Yakuza 4 Demo

Featured Games
Let’s Golf – Playstation minis (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $4.99)

Discounted Games & DLC
Blacklight Tango Down (PlayStation Plus price $7.99, regular price $9.99)
R.U.S.E. – Pack of the Sun (PlayStation Plus price $7.49, regular price $9.99)
Gravity Crash (PS3) (PlayStation Plus Price $5.00, regular price $9.99)
Crash Bandicoot (PlayStation Plus price $3.00, regular price $5.99)
MAG Starter Kit (PlayStation Plus price $7.50, regular price $14.99)

Featured Themes & Avatars
Devil May Cry 4 Avatar Bundle (13 avatars ) (Exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers for $0.99)
DarkStalker Avatar Bundle (18 avatars) (Exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers for $1.99)
Femme Abstraction Theme (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers)
Snowman Dynamic Theme (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers)
Chinese New Year Dynamic Theme (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers)

Updates

Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode 1 And 2 Bundle – Sale (PS3) (now $2.99, original price $14.99)
Tales Of Monkey Island – Full Season – Sale (PS3) (now $9.99, original price $19.99)
Let’s Golf – Minis – Sale (PS3/PSP) (now $0.99, original price $4.99)
Funky Lab Rat + Trial – Sale (PS3) (now $6.99, original price $9.99)
Blacklight: Tango Down – Sale (PS3) (now $9.99, original price $14.99)
Alien Breed 2: Assault – Sale (PS3) (now $6.99, original price $9.99)
Alien Breed: Impact – Sale (PS3) (now $6.99, original price $9.99)
5-In-1 Arcade Hits – Minis – Sale (PS3/PSP) (now $1.99, original price $3.99)
Mass Effect 2 – Terminus Pack – Perm Price Change (PS3) (now $1.99, original price Free)

Downloadable Games

Acceleration of SUGURI X-Edition ($5.99)
Acceleration of SUGURI X Edition, the ultimate in anime-style, robot fighting-action is here! Leap into beautifully rendered battle environments, wield innovative, pulse-pounding weaponry, survive 11 levels of captivating doujin gameplay and crank up the volume on the techno-trance soundtrack. Battle the CPU or challenge a friend. Three different Arcade and Versus modes, local and online leaderboards, replay videos and 14 PSN trophies to enjoy
ESRB Rated E10+
File size:338 MB

ATV Pure ($19.99)
Throttle up your quad bike, check your fear at the starting line & compete against fifteen rival riders in over 30 unique off-road trick-racing events. Build your quad bike from the ground up & leap off snow-capped Italian mountains; jump gaping chasms in New Mexico or ride the rim of active volcanoes. Experience super speed, catch massive air & nail spectacular airborne tricks. Welcome to off-road trick racing. Welcome to Pure.
ESRB Rated E
File size: 4.58 GB

Back To The Future: The Game – Episode 1 – Free With Season Pass (Free)
ESRB Rated T
File size: 217 MB

Back To The Future: The Game – Full Series ($19.99)
Marty McFly & Doc Brown return in a brand new Back to the Future adventure!
Six months after the events of the third film, the DeLorean Time Machine mysteriously returns to Hill Valley – driverless! Travel through time as you meet up with McFlys, Tannens and Browns through the ages to right wrongs, amend timelines, and prevent terrible terrible mistakes. Five episodes, releasing monthly!
ESRB Rated T
File size: 217 MB

Sam And Max Episode 2: The Tomb Of Sammun-Mak (PSN Exclusive) ($8.99)
ESRB Rated T
File size: 482 MB

Sam And Max Episode 3: They Stole Max’S Brain (PSN Exclusive) ($8.99)
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 411 MB

Sam And Max Episode 4: Beyond The Alley Of The Dolls (PSN Exclusive) ($8.99)
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 376 MB

Sam And Max Episode 5: The City That Dares Not Sleep (PSN Exclusive) ($8.99)
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 365 MB

Game Demos (free)

MotoGP 10/11 Demo
The new in-game physics in MotoGP 10/11 deliver the most authentic bike racing experience ever. The new rider assist feature allows you to fully customize your bike set up, giving experienced players a pure simulation experience whilst new comers can get help where they need it. The demo includes 2 playable GP class bikes in either a single ‘Championship’ race or ‘Time Trial’ mode. Download now!
ESRB Rated E
File size: 394 MB

Nail’D Demo
As the fastest all-terrain arcade racing game ever, “nail’d” is pure adrenaline! Try it now!
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 1.19 GB

Back To The Future: The Game – Episode 1: Its About Time – Trial
This is a free trial of Back to the Future Episode 1: It’s About Time. In Episode 1, Marty McFly is just getting re-acquainted with the 1980’s when the DeLorean Time Machine he saw destroyed by a speeding train materializes before him. He finds out that Doc Brown is trapped somewhere in the past and that he must travel back in time to save Doc’s future! Five episodes, releasing monthly!
ESRB Rated T
File size: 217 MB

Killzone 3 Single Player Demo
Download this free demo and come face-to-face with the ruthless Helghast war machine. Join the battered ISA forces on the front line and fight your way through a merciless enemy. This demo can be played with a wireless controller or a PlayStation Move motion controller and PlayStation Eye camera.
ESRB Rated M
File size: 1.49 GB

Killzone 3 Single Player 3D Demo
ESRB Rated M
File size: 1.48 GB

PSone Classics

SAIYUKI Journey West ($5.99)
Relive the epic journey based on the popular Chinese legend in this tactical role-playing game. Guide Sanzo and his friends in battles to save the world. Download this PSone Classic today!
ESRB Rated E
File size: 336 MB

DESTREGA($5.99)
Rock-paper-scissors combat is here! Take down your rivals with long-range magical attacks and intense close-range fighting within strategic 3D environments. Download this PSone Classic today!
ESRB Rated T
File size: 298 MB

Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire ($5.99)
During a time of constant warfare, ancient China relies upon your strategic skills as its next ruler to save it from complete turmoil! Download this PSone Classic today!
ESRB Rated E
File size: 183 MB

Add-on Game Content

ModNation Racers – Lovebug Kart And Mod (Free)
Get bit by the Lovebug!! This original Mod and his Swan Kart are ready to race for romance. Download this bundle and get both Mod and Kart and get the following pieces for your own creations!
Mod:

• Creepy Crawly (Skin)
• Bug Mask (Accessories)
• Feeler (Odds & Ends)

Kart:

• Swan (Body)
• Affection Confection (Engine)
• Rose Bud (Wheels)
• Candy Heart (Steering Wheel)

File size: 200 KB

ModNation Racers – Lovebug Mod (Free)
Get bit by the Lovebug!! This original Mod is ready to race for romance. Download this Mod and get the following pieces for your own creations!

• Creepy Crawly (Skin)
• Bug Mask (Accessories)
• Feeler (Odds & Ends)

File size: 100 KB

ModNation Racers – Lovebug’s Swan Kart (Free)
Lovebug’s Swan Kart is faster than cupid’s arrow and is ready to race. Download this Kart and get the following pieces for your own creations!

• Swan (Body)
• Affection Confection (Engine)
• Rose Bud (Wheels)
• Candy Heart (Steering Wheel)

File size: 100 KB

Dj Hero 2: Pendulum Mix Pack ($7.99)
Downloadable Mix Pack featuring ‘Watercolour’, ‘Set Me On Fire’, and ‘Salt In The Wounds’ by Pendulum. For all song credits, please visit www.djhero.com.
File size: 55 MB

Fifa Soccer 11 – Fifa Ultimate Team (Free)
Build your own Ultimate Team with all your favorite soccer stars, choose to manage one or multiple squads & then compete in dynamically updated online tournaments.
File size: 139 MB

Hyperdimension Neptunia: Alchemy Helper (Free)
A request from an Alchemy School student. The assignment is to craft Ruby Prism. A rare item called a Giant’s Soul is needed to make a Ruby Prism. Go collect a Giant’s Soul for the student. Obtain IF’s special weapon, Triple Edge!
File size: 100 KB

Hyperdimension Neptunia: Dragon With A Blue Shadow (Free)
The shadow of a boy in Leanbox suddenly changed its shape into a dragon. The shadow is completely out of control and destroying the town against the boy’s will. Defeat the shadow and help the boy! Obtain Compa’s special weapon, Soda. The power of its carbonation is vicious!
File size: 100 KB

Hyperdimension Neptunia: Giant Bull Awakens (Free)
An additional quest to celebrate the release of Hyperdimension Neptunia is finally here!
The objective of this quest is to defeat the awakened Big Buffalo in Planeptune’s Sealed Ruin. Obtain Neptune’s special weapon, the Bamboo Sword!
File size: 100 KB

Hyperdimension Neptunia: Out-Of-Control Robot (Free)
Crisis in the Mega Storage 3, managed by Sir President Stringer! The automated security robot is going out of control due to a virus! Go defeat the robot and help Sir President Stringer. Obtain Neptune’s special weapon, Laser Bamboo!
File size: 100 KB

Mindjack – Extra Map Pack 1 ($6.99)
Extra Map Pack 1 Includes:

• Airport Shootout: Defend yourself against a raid of Nerkas soldiers coming from every direction at the San Mira Airport.
• Construction Carnage: Take cover behind make-shift barricades to battle against countless waves of enemies.
• Container Maze: Survive through a maze of shipping containers and snipers waiting behind every corner.

File size: 90 MB

Marvel Super Hero Squad: The Infinity Gauntlet The Thanos Throwdown ($4.99)
All new content featuring Thanos, the most formidable villain in the galaxy!
File size: 96 MB

You Don’t Know Jack: Jack Pack 1 ($4.99)
Want MORE TRIVIA? Good, because Cookie Masterson isn’t done with you yet. Check out these 10 ALL-NEW EPISODES of everyone’s favorite quiz show party game, and match wits with the cheeky yet fresh-smelling host. This pack is simply engorged with extra trivia, more prizes, and several housecats. Think you know your pop stars from your nebulous stars? Then crank this baby up and prove it. ‘Cause we’re willing to bet: YOU DON’T KNOW JACK!
File size: 201 MB

R.U.S.E. – Pack Of The Rising Sun ($9.99)
The Pack of The Rising Sun gives you the opportunity to command the Japanese Army in solo and multiplayer modes. You will also make the most of 28 new units and factories in 3 exclusive operations dedicated to the Imperial Japanese Army (Gold for the Brave, Ostfriesland, and For Honour).
File size: 300 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:

• “The Light” – Common ($1.99)
• “Understanding” – Crada ($1.99)
• “Limit” – Deichkind ($1.99)
• “Pression” – Koudjo ($1.99)
• “Ms. Fat Booty” – Mos Def ($1.99)
• “Fire” – Shuko ($1.99)
• “Get By” – Talib Kweli ($1.99)
• “Bad Mood” – Trackdilla ($1.99)
• Backpack Pack ($5.49) – Expand your DEF JAM RAPSTAR library with this pack, which includes the songs: “The Light” by Common, “Ms. Fat Booty” by Mos Def and “Get By” by Talib Kweli.

File size: 3.76 MB – 48 MB (singles), 171 MB (Backpack Pack)

Rock Band Network

• “Alive And Kicking” – Nonpoint ($1.99)
• “Antman” – The Red Chord ($0.99)
• “Flag In The Ground” – Sonata Arctica ($1.99)
• “Have Faith In Me” – A Day to Remember ($1.99)
• “I Still Feel Her, Part III” – Jonny Craig ($1.99)

File size: 19 MB – 28 MB (singles)

Bundles

SPLATTERHOUSE: Survival Arena 4 Pack ($4.99)
Four Survival Arenas for a low price. “Killing Floor,” “Lost Islands,” “Hall of Mirrors,” “Heart of the Mansion” all in one package.
File size: 81 MB

Avatars

Devil May Cry 4 – Dante Avatar ($0.49)
File size: 108 KB

Devil May Cry 4 – Trish Avatar ($0.49)
File size: 100 KB

Devil May Cry 4 – Weapon (x3) ($0.49)
File size: 100 KB

Game Videos (free)

Tester Season 2 – Reunion Show
File size: 903 MB (SD), 1.33 GB (1080)

Acceleration of SUGURI X-Edition Trailer
File size: 29 MB (SD), 50 MB (HD), 82 MB (1080)

Major League Baseball 2K11 – Perfect Game Trailer – Us Store Release Only
File size: 64 MB (HD)

Yakuza 4 Battles Trailer
File size: 102 MB (HD)

Homefront – Occupation Trailer
File size: 70 MB (HD)

SOCOM 4 “Not for Self” MP Trailer
File size: 76 MB (HD), 128 MB (1080)

Music

Acceleration of SUGURI Music Track (x13) (Free)
File size: 245 KB – 7.13 MB

PS3 Themes

Acceleration of SUGURI X-Edition Theme (Free)
File size: 1.46 MB

Ford Sync Theme (Free)
File size: 882 KB

Boston Celtics Dynamic NBA Theme ($2.99)
File size: 4.79 MB

Chicago Bulls Dynamic NBA Theme ($2.99)
File size: 4.83 MB

LA Lakers Dynamic NBA Theme ($2.99)
File size: 4.79 MB

Miami Heat Dynamic NBA Theme ($2.99)
File size: 4.96 MB

NY Knicks Dynamic NBA Theme ($2.99)
File size: 4.54 MB

Oklahoma City Thunder Dynamic NBA Theme ($2.99)
File size: 4.26 MB

Orlando Magic Dynamic NBA Theme ($2.99)
File size: 4.98 MB

San Antonio Spurs Dynamic NBA Theme ($2.99)
File size: 4.40 Mb

PS3 Wallpapers (free)

Acceleration of SUGURI X-Edition Wallpaper
File size: 293 KB

Plants Vs. Zombies Wallpaper (x2)
File size: 1 MB – 1.02 MB

Space Ace Wallpaper
File size: 278 KB

Tales From Space: About A Blob – Wallpaper #1
File size: 674 KB

PlayStation Store for PSP

Downloadable Games (also available from PS3 Storefront)

TNT Racers ($7.99)
Have you got what it takes to outrun your rivals? TNT Racers is a fun multiplayer racing game full of variety, combining fast as lightning race action with brand new features.
ESRB Rated E
File size: 45 MB

TACTICS OGRE: Let Us Cling Together ($39.99)
From the creators of the celebrated FINAL FANTASY TACTICS comes one of the most highly anticipated sequels to the “Tactics” franchise. In TACTICS OGRE: Let Us Cling Together, you will experience a lost tale of political intrigue, conquest, and rebellion. It is your choices through a branching storyline that determine the fate of the Walister Resistance, characters in the game, and the story as a whole.
ESRB Rated T
File size: 1.10 GB

Game Demos (also available from PS3 Storefront) (free)

Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive Demo
Experience team battles like never before in the Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive demo! Play as Naruto, Sakura, Kakashi, or Shikamaru as your four-man team works together to defeat their enemies using a combination of melee and Jutsu attacks, ultimately facing off in a battle against the One Tail, Shukaku. Play alone or team up with up to three other friends via wi-fi Ad Hoc play to experience true cooperative team play!
ESRB Rated T
File size: 37 MB

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

Lord Of Arcana – Pack 1 (Free)
New quests come to LORD OF ARCANA! This pack contains the missions “Noble in the Fog,” “Burning Forest,” “Azure Flames,” and “Sheltered Maiden.” Defeat fairy knights, save the Neumellow Woods from destruction, keep a hotpot hot, and search for unmatched beauty in these all-new missions! More quests will be available soon — check back on the PlayStation Store!
File size: 982 KB

PSP minis (also available from PS3 Storefront)

Soccer Bashi – Minis ($3.99)
ESRB Rated E
File size: 36 MB

Core Blaster – Minis ($3.99)
ESRB Rated E
File size: 23 MB

Game Videos (free)

Tester Season 2 – Reunion Show
File size: 214 MB

PSP Themes (also available from PS3 Storefront

Azmodeus Dark Angels PSP Theme (x3) ($1.99)
File size: 540 KB – 588 KB

PSP Wallpapers (free)

Legends Of War: Patton’s Campaign Wallpaper 7
File size: 202 KB

As we announced last week, we’ve brought together several of the fan favorites from “The Tester 2” for a bonus Reunion Special to answer many of the questions submitted last month and talk about the season from their behind-the-scenes perspective. Here’s a short clip from the show that you don’t want to miss…

“The Tester 2” Reunion Special is now available in the video section of the PlayStation Store. You can also now watch the Reunion Special with your friends in PlayStation Home in Theater 7. Drop in to view the episode and unlock all of “The Tester 2” cast t-shirt rewards from this entire season!

Finally, we are holding one more “Download & Win” contest for a Limited Edition “The Tester” PlayStation 3 system signed by all the cast members. Download the Reunion Special from the PlayStation Store to be automatically entered in the drawing!

Thanks again for watching and supporting the second season of “The Tester!”

#awards Sony is giving players the chance to honor upon their favorite downloadable titles of 2010 in the first-ever PlayStation Network Gamers' Choice Awards. Which of the 20 nominees will walk away with top honors? More »

As the folks over at Sports Illustrated previously announced, their iconic swimsuit models are available to make an appearance in your living room today—in 3D—when the exclusive video hits the PlayStation Store. The “Swimsuit in 3D” video, which is also available for rental and purchase in 2D format, features the swimsuit models on-location at their 2011 shoots for the popular edition of the magazine.

In addition to the behind-the-scenes 3D video, we’re also excited to bring you more than 12 hours of Swimsuit video content, including the official hour-long “Making of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit 2011” video, four videos focusing on this year’s shoot locations, and “Making of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit” videos from the last decade. Also coming to the PlayStation Store are the exclusive dynamic themes featuring SI Swimsuit models.

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit videos, along with a free three-minute preview of the “Swimsuit in 3D” video, are available now in the video section of the PlayStation Store as well as on Video On Demand powered by Qriocity for Sony’s 3D compatible and network-enabled 2010 and 2011 BRAVIA HDTVs and 2011 Blu-ray Disc players.

Photo is of Julie Henderson from the 2010 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue (credit: Raphael Mazzucco/Sports Illustrated).

#trailer Twenty-three fatal and furious female fighters battle for the fate of Japan in Arcana Heart 3. The all-girl fighting franchise returns to North America this spring on the PlayStation Network, complete with full-featured online multiplayer. More »

The Xperia Play will be pre-loaded with an unknown "legendary" PS1 title along with a smattering of launch content -- but it won't be loaded with all that PlayStation Network content you've purchased. Speaking with GameSpot UK, Sony Ericsson UK managing director Nathan Vautier confirmed, "[Xperia Play owners] will have to repurchase the games, so it's not totally integrated."

Beyond the Android Marketplace, Xperia Play owners will purchase content through the PlayStation Store; access to said store will come via Sony's PlayStation Suite, launching "later this year." Unfortunately, it seems that content you've already purchased -- say, PS1 titles that will also be available for purchase on Xperia Play -- must be repurchased for use on the handheld. We can't say we're super surprised. Or mad, even, really. Just disappointed.

Unexplained events lurking around your house? Then you certainly can relate to this week’s hot new release Paranormal Activity 2. This prequel takes place two months before the thrilling original film. Follow Sprague Grayden, Katie Featherston and Molly Ephraim as they sort out the chilling events haunting their home. It comes in the original version, as well as the unrated director’s cut.

You’ve gotta check the world’s hottest models with a collection of the past decade’s Sports Illustrated’s Making of the Swimsuit Issue videos. Go behind the scenes with Brooklyn Decker, Ashley Greene, Zoe Duchesne, Bar Refaeli, Daniella Sarahyba, Irina Shayk and more! Also, preview this year’s special for free in 3D or 2D!

Our Deal of the Week brings you the best films to celebrate Valentine’s Day with that special someone, including Accepted, Half Baked, The Legend of Zorro and Tomb Raider. It also includes some of the best of the X-Men’s animated shows. Plus, own/rent Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole now at an incredibly low price.

New movies and fresh TV episodes hit the store each week. Here’s a taste of what’s new this week…

Just in TV
US Store: The Chicago Code: Season 1, Astonishing X-Men: Season 1, Wolverine & The X-Men: Season 1, X-Men Evolution: Seasons 1-4, Being Human (UK Version): Season 1, Iron Man: Extremis: Season 1, Skins (UK Version): Season 3, Spider-Woman: Season 1, The Super Hero Squad Show: Season 1, Dead Like Me: Season 1, and more.

Canada Store: Family Guy: Season 4, How I Met Your Mother: Season 3, Primeval: Season 4, Better Off Ted: Season 1, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 5, My Name is Earl: Season 2, Arrested Development: Season 3, Mr. Sunshine: Season 1, Prison Break: Season 3, 24: Season 3, American Dad: Season 4, Bones: Season 2, and more.

New Release Movies
US Store: Paranormal Activity 2, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, I Spit On Your Grave, You Again, Life as We Know It, Mother, My Soul to Take, My Last Five Girlfriends, The Last Play at Shea, The Romantics, Wild Target, and more.

Canada Store: Paranormal Activity 2, 3:10 to Yuma, I Spit On Your Grave, You Again, Life as We Know It, Saw IV, The Birdcage, The Tillman Story, Man of the Year, and more.

Paranormal Activity 2 takes place two months before the thrilling original film. Follow Sprague Grayden, Katie Featherston and Molly Ephraim as they sort out the chilling events haunting their home. It comes in the original version, as well as the unrated director’s cut. This film is available to own or rent in both the US and Canada!

Top TV Downloads

US:

Smallville | Season 10 – Collateral Supernatural | Season 6 – Like A Virgin Young Justice | Season 1- Schooled Jersey Shore | Season Back to the Shore – Should We Just Break Up? Archer | Season 2 – A Going Concern The Vampire Diaries | Season 2 – Daddy Issues Fringe | Season 3 – Concentrate And Ask Again Tosh.0 | Season 3 – Tosh.0 304 The Office | Season 7 – The Search Family Guy | Season 9 – And I’m Joyce Kinney

Canada:

The Walking Dead | Season 1 – TS-19 STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS | Season 3 – Overlords The Walking Dead | Season 1 – Tell It To The Frogs The Walking Dead | Season 1 – Vatos The Walking Dead | Season 1 – Wildfire The Walking Dead | Season 1 – Days Gone Bye The Walking Dead | Season 1 – Guts Family Guy | Season 8 – Road to Multi-verse Ancient Aliens | Season 1 – The Evidence Ancient Aliens | Season 1 – The Return

Top Movie Downloads

US:

Paranormal Activity 2 (Unrated Director’s Cut) RED Takers The Social Network Let Me In Resident Evil: Afterlife Sports Illustrated: On Location with 2010 Swimsuit Models Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Uncensored 2001 Despicable Me

Canada:

RED The Social Network Saw: The Final Chapter Let Me In Resident Evil: Afterlife Conviction Dinner for Schmucks Takers Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2 The Switch

The next game in Q Games' great and quirky Pixeljunk series arrives on the PlayStation Store March 1. What's new in PixelJunk Shooter 2? Lots! Why not read our preview? Or ask Q Games yourself at the PlayStation.blog. More »

Hello and happy Comics day! Here are some highlights for this week.

Another great addition to our Video-Games comics range: Deus Ex, brought to us by DC Comics. Called by PC Gamer “The Best PC Game of All Time” and acclaimed by critics all round, the franchise comes to comics in advance of its highly anticipated new instalment. Adam Jensen is a cybernetically enhanced security operative for the powerful Sarif Industries, in a future where biological enhancements have become commonplace. When he unstitches a mystery that goes all the way back to his fully human SWAT origins in Detroit, a globe-spanning adventure of violence and betrayal awaits!

What to do if the Avengers team ever disbanded? Vision has the answer in the form of four teenage “super-powered fanboys”, who will go under the name of the New Avengers! The 2005 Marvel series starts with the Sidekick story arc, where the team makes its debut by defeating an evil being with a history, and by defying some well-established heroes’ authority.

The post-apocalyptic Dungeons & Dragons setting gets its first ever comic! In the Dark Sun land of Athas, long stripped of its fertility by corrupting magic, there are no gods, water, or hope. Slavery and poverty are rife, and in the wastelands of majestic desolation and cities of cruel splendour, life hangs by a thread. In Part 1 of “Ianto’s Tomb,” a runaway gladiator and part-time slave hunter cross swords, forever entwining their fates on this savage desert planet…

Other highlights include more Archie comics, more Batman, Spider-Man, Transformers: Prime, Ratchet & Clank, new DC series Devil’s Wake, Tomorrow Stories, and more.

Here is the full list:

• 2000AD Prog # 1714
• Archie #581 – #584
• Batman Beyond Vol. 1 # 5
• Bayou # 12
• Deus Ex # 1
• Devil’s Wake # 1
• Domo # 5
• The Dreaming # 14
• Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Sun # 1
• Ex Machina # 29
• Fables # 44
• Fringe: Tales from the Fringe # 6
• Green Lantern Corps Vol. 1 # 8
• I Luv Halloween # 13
• JLA # 37
• Justice League: Generation Lost # 19
• Legends of the Dark Crystal # 7
• Legends of the DC Universe # 3
• Ratchet & Clank #4 & #5
• Return to Labyrinth # 3
• Road # 3
• Sandman # 21
• Star Trek: Khan: Ruling in Hell # 4
• Star Trek: The Manga # 13
• Superman/Batman # 48
• Supernatural: Rising Son # 5
• Tomorrow Stories #1 & #2
• Transformers: Prime # 2
• Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #4 & #5
• Undertown # 6
• Van Von Hunter # 4
• Wonder Woman Vol. 3 # 20
• Y: The Last Man # 27
• Young Avengers (2005) #1 – #3

Please visit www.playstationcomics.com for prices and to see the whole catalog.

#northamerica It's a big week for the North American version of the PlayStation Store, with new additions like Stacking and Explodemon, plus old favorites like Plants Vs. Zombies and Pocket Fighter, new to PSN today. More »

Hi Everyone -

Here is the weekly PlayStation Store update:

PlayStation Plus

Automatic Download
Killzone 3 Single Player Demo (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers)

Featured Game
Stacking (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $14.99)

Featured Demo
Killzone 3 Single Player 3D Demo (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers)

Featured Qore Episode
Qore February Episode 33 (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $2.99)

Featured Avatars
Pocket Fighter – Sprite Avatars (x6) (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $0.49 each)

Updates

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo – Sale (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $9.99)
DC Universe Online 3 Month Subscription – Sale (PS3) (now $29.99, original price $41.99) **Subscriptions available only to purchasers of the game
Ultimate Board Game Collection – Price Change (PSP) (now $7.99, original price $9.99)
Blimp: The Flying Adventures – minis – Price Change (PS3/PSP) (now $1.99, original price $4.99)
Flying Hamster – minis – Price Change (PS3/PSP) (now $2.99, original price $5.99)
Fortix – minis – Price Change (PS3/PSP) (now $0.99, original price $4.99)

Qore

Qore Episode 33: February 2011 ($2.99, free for PlayStation Plus subscribers)
Presented by the PlayStation Network leads off with an in depth look at Killzone 3, touches ‘em all with the MLB 11 The Show, explores the greatest all time villians on the PS3 and laces up the gloves with Fight Night Champion.
File size: 1.38 GB

Qore Annual Subscription – February 2011 ($24.99)
Qore: Presented by the PlayStation Network is a high-definition monthly interactive video production covering the world of PlayStation. Qore provides its audience with exclusive behind-the-scenes access to upcoming titles from both the SCE Worldwide Studios and the third-party developers across the globe.
File size: 1.38 GB

Downloadable Games

Explodemon ($9.99)
The universe’s most destructive ‘hero’ is about to become its only hope. Explodemon is adrenaline-pumping retro platforming brought kicking and screaming into the modern age! Download now and see for yourself!
ESRB Rated E
File size: 1.24 GB

Tales From Space: About a Blob ($14.99)
Tales from Space: About a Blob is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer about a race of insatiable alien Blobs. Looking for their next meal, the blobs end up on a distant Earth-like planet that didn’t invite them for dinner. Absorb delicious humans, farm animals and eventually THE WORLD!!! Download the Game today!
ESRB Rated E
File size: 283 MB

Stacking ($14.99)
From Tim Schafer’s Double Fine Productions, explore a vintage world inhabited by living Russian stacking dolls as you jump into more than 100 unique dolls and use their special abilities to solve a wide variety of puzzles & challenges. Play as Charlie Blackmore, the world’s tiniest Russian stacking doll, and embark on an adventure to rescue Charlie’s family from the nefarious industrialist known only as the “Baron.”
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 1000 MB

Plants vs. Zombies ($14.99)
Get ready to soil your plants with multiplayer action! A mob of fun-loving zombies is about to invade your home. Defend it with an arsenal of home-guardin’ plants to mulchify zombies before they reach your front door. Get twice the zombie-zapping action with 2-player Versus and Co-op modes. We’re loaded with seven game modes, new rabble-rousing features, and unlimited replayable action… so the fun never dies!
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 92 MB

Game Demos (free)

Underground Demo
Challenge your mind in the wondrous depths of The UnderGarden by downloading this trial. Plunge into a unique new world exploring large underground caverns, encountering mysterious creatures to befriend or avoid. Solve mind-bending brainteasers and puzzles as soothing tunes accompany you on your journey through 20 distinct levels of state of the art 3D graphics. The UnderGarden offers a mental challenge and aesthetic experience like nothing else.
ESRB Rated E
File size: 321 MB

Hoard Demo
YOU ARE THE DRAGON in HOARD, a fast-paced arcade action-strategy title from Big Sandwich Games. Burn villages, roast knights, and capture princesses for ransom in your quest to gather a huge pile of glittering treasure! Conquer dozens of unique miniature fantasy kingdoms across multiple game modes. 1080p HD display! Full game supports 1-4 players, including Co-Op! Demo supports 1-2 players through local multiplayer.
ESRB Rated E
File size: 158 MB

Tales From Space: About a Blob Demo
Tales from Space: About a Blob is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer about a race of insatiable alien Blobs. Looking for their next meal, the blobs end up on a distant Earth-like planet that didn’t invite them for dinner. Absorb delicious humans, farm animals and eventually THE WORLD!!! Download the Demo today!
ESRB Rated E
File size: 283 MB

Tetris Demo
THE AWARD WINNING BLOCKBUSTER – ALL NEW FOR the 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: 74 MB

Stacking Demo
Demo for Stacking. From Tim Schafer’s Double Fine Productions, explore a vintage world inhabited by living Russian stacking dolls as you jump into more than 100 unique dolls and use their special abilities to solve a wide variety of puzzles & challenges. Play as Charlie Blackmore, the world’s tiniest Russian stacking doll, and embark on an adventure to rescue Charlie’s family from the nefarious industrialist known only as the “Baron.”
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 1000 MB

PSone Classics

Pocket Fighter ($5.99)
Play as your favorite Capcom characters in this super cute fighting game! Download this PSone Classic today!
ESRB Rated T
File size: 159 MB

Reel Fishing II ($5.99)
Welcome to the Most Incredible Fishing Experience Ever! Reel Fishing II offers a magnificent 3-Dimensional fishing experience with amazing lifelike fish and a variety of environmental sounds. Catch, keep and care for your fish in three fully equipped aquariums. Relax and enjoy the realistic world of Reel Fishing II. Download this PSone Classic today!
ESRB Rated E
File size: 227 MB

Harvest Moon: Back to Nature ($5.99)
It is up to you to successfully rejuvenate a farm and build a life for yourself with family and friends. Plant and harvest crops, raise farm animals, marry the woman of your dreams and start a family…create your own pastoral adventure! Download this PSone Classic today!
ESRB Rated E
File size: 68 MB

Add-on Game Content

Test Drive Unlimited 2: Audi Q7 V12 TDI Quattro – TDU2 Inuit Edition ($0.99)
This model features an exclusive and unique paint job. An exclusive shirt for your avatar is also provided with this model.
File size: 100 KB

Test Drive Unlimited 2: Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Centenaire ($0.99)
This model features black carbon fiber with polished aluminum with unique rims which were inspired by the historical Bugatti models. Exclusive avatar shirt provided.
File size: 100KB

Test Drive Unlimited 2: Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Sang Bleu ($0.99)
Features blue carbon fiber with polished aluminum. Rims inspired by the Grand Sport Roadster, highlighted in a midnight blue with a diamond cut two-tone finish. Exclusive avatar jacket provided.
File size: 100KB

Test Drive Unlimited 2: Casino ($9.99)
Test your luck on Roulette and several different types of Slot machines. Confront other players at Poker Texas Hold’em and participate in tournaments. Be the best driver on the Casino Island races! Compete to unlock TWO EXCLUSIVE CARS: an Audi R8 Spyder 5.2 FSI quattro and a Spyker C8 Aileron Spyder. Win other exclusive prizes: furniture for your house, stickers for your car and clothes for your avatar.
File size: 257 MB

Test Drive Unlimited 2: Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano China Edition ($0.99)
Specifically created for the Chinese market this model features an exclusive porcelain paint color, an exclusive leather interior and a redesigned dashboard. An exclusive leather jacket for your avatar is also provided with this model.
File size: 100KB

Test Drive Unlimited 2: Nissan 370Z Optional Parts ($0.99)
A bright yellow 370Z with big, black graphics, with a set of 19″Rays Alloys. The inside is all black leather and Alcantara. Exclusive avatar shirt provided.
File size: 100KB

Castle Crashers – Pink Knight Pack ($1.99)
Born out of popular demand, rumor, and Tom Fulp’s Beard, the Pink Knight is ready to bring the love in. Add the playable Pink Knight plus 5 additional weapons. Warning: Adorable
File size: 100 KB

Mass Effect 2 – Appearance Pack 2 ($1.99)
Grunt draws attention (and incoming fire) in his high-tech armor with a dual visor array. Tali’s envirosuit features a reinforced chest-plate, and an interior heads-up-display. And for battle-heavy missions, Miranda steps out in Cerberus armor.
File size: 60 MB

WWE Smackdown Vs Raw 2011: WWE Discount Pack 2 ($2.99)
This Downloadable Content Pack includes CM Punk with mask, new attire for Sheamus, John Cena’s new attire, Undertaker’s American Badass attire, and the WCW Nitro arena. Purchasing this pack gives you a discount over purchasing each item individually.
File size: 5.81 MB

EyePet Valentine’s Pack ($2.99)
The Valentine’s Pack for EyePet brings all the love of Valentine’s Day to your living room! You’ve never seen a virtual pet quite like this – EyePet! Download the new pack today!
File size: 100 KB

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:

• “The Humpty Dance” – Digital Underground ($1.99)
• “Swag Surfin” – F.L.Y. ($1.99)
• “Like A G6″ – Far East Movement ($1.99)
• “Whatever You Like” – T.I. ($1.99)
• Party Pack ($6.99) – Expand your DEF JAM RAPSTAR library with this pack, which includes the songs: “The Humpy Dance” by Digital Underground, “Swag Surfin” by F.L.Y., “Like A G6″ by Far East Movement and “Whatever You Like” by T.I.

File size: 43 – 50 MB (singles), 190MB (party pack)

Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
For all song credits please visit http://www.guitarhero.com/.

• “Black Sunday” – Black Label Society ($1.99)
• “Blooddrunk” – Children of Bloom ($1.99)
• “Coma White” – Marilyn Manson ($1.99)
• “Crazy Horse” – Black Label Society ($1.99)
• “Get Your Gunn” – Marilyn Manson ($1.99)
• “Living Dead Beat” – Children of Bodom ($1.99)
• “Parade Of The Dead” – Black Label Society ($1.99)
• “Tourniquet” – Marilyn Manson ($1.99)
• “Was It Worth It” – Children of Bodom ($1.99)
• “World On Fire” – Firewind ($1.99)
• February Mega Pack ($17.99) – Downloadable Track Pack featuring: “Black Sunday”, “Crazy Horse”, and “Parade of the Dead” by Black Label Society, “Blooddrunk”, “Living Dead Beat”, and “was It Worth It” by Children of Bodom, “Coma White”, “Get Your Gunn”, and “Tourniquet” by Marilyn Manson, and “World On Fire” by Firewind

File size: 33 – 52 MB (singles), 400 MB (track pack)

Rock Band 3
Build your Rock Band library by purchasing these song game tracks. For song credits, visit www.RockBand.com.

• “Bend Down Low” – Bob Marley ($1.99)
• “Burnin’ and Lootin” – Bob Marley ($1.99)
• “Coming in from the Cold” – Bob Marley ($1.99)
• “Kaya” – Bob Marley ($1.99)
• “Lively Up Yourself” – Bob Marley ($1.99)
• “No More Trouble” – Bob Marley ($1.99)
• “Small Axe” – Bob Marley ($1.99)
• “Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)” – Bob Marley ($1.99)
• Bob Marley ($13.49) – Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game album: Bob Marley Pack 01. This pack includes “Bend Down Low”, “Burnin’ and Lootin”, “Coming in from the Cold”, “Kaya”, “Lively Up Yourself”, “No More Trouble”, “Small Axe” and “Them Belly Full (But We Hungry)”. By Bob Marley

Rock Band Network

• “Going Under” – Evanescence ($1.99)
• “Kokko – Eagle of Fire” – Amberian Dawn ($1.99)
• “Modern Mathematics” – Terrorhorse ($0.99)
• “No Direction” – Longwave ($0.99)
• “Whatever Is Wrong With You” – Marillion ($0.99)

File size: 19 – 50 MB (singles), 236 MB (track pack)

Apps

Filmy ($4.99)
Filmy is a movie viewer that plays AVCHD full high definition video files for the PlayStation 3. Its intuitive controls allow you to conveniently enjoy AVCHD.
File size: 596.5 MB

Avatars

Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 Avatars (x5) ($0.49)
File size: 100 KB

Pocket Fighter – Sprite Avatars (x6) ($0.49)
File size: 100 KB

Game Videos (free)

Pulse 2/8 Edition
File size: 339 MB (HD), 582 MB (1080)

MLB 11 – The Show Announce Trailer
File size: 79 MB

Major League Baseball 2K11 – First Look Trailer
File size: 29 MB (HD)

Blokus Trailer
File size: 44MB (HD)

Modern Combat: Domination Launch Trailer
File size: 46 MB (HD)

Greg Hastings Paintball 2 – Launch Trailer
File size: 109 MB (1080)

Zumba Fitness Launch Trailer
File size: 64 MB (1080)

Winter Dew Tour 2011 – Breckenridge Video 1
File size: 163 MB

Winter Dew Tour 2011 – Breckenridge Video 2
File size: 219 MB

Winter Dew Tour 2011 – Breckenridge Video 3
File size: 162 MB

Winter Dew Tour 2011 – Breckenridge Video 4
File size: 132 MB

Winter Dew Tour 2011 – Breckenridge Video 5
File size: 148 MB

PS3 Themes

Mended Hearts Premium Theme ($1.49)
File size: 2.72 MB

DP Suspended Beauty Dynamic Theme ($3.49)
File size: 5.27 MB

PlayStation Store for PSP

Game Videos (free)

Pulse 2/8 Edition
File size: 58 MB

PSP Themes (also available from PS3 Storefront

Futbol Spain PSP Theme ($1.99)
File size: 527 KB

England Soccer PSP Theme ($1.99)
File size: 537 KB

PSP Wallpapers (free)

Legends Of War: Patton’s Campaign Wallpaper 6
File size: 210 KB

Hi again! It’s me, Jeff from PopCap. You might remember me from such blog posts as the one I wrote on January 28 in this very space, announcing that Plants Vs Zombies was coming to the PlayStation Network! If you missed that announcement, don’t worry, since I just said it again in that last sentence. So now you’re totally caught up with everyone else and don’t have to feel all left out and ornery! Yay!

So now that we’re all caught up, I have even better news for you today: Plants Vs. Zombies is available NOW on PSN for a measly $14.99. Like, right now. You can close this window this second and start pummeling those infernal, annoying, and dentally-challenged zombies with your loyal, brave army of peashooters and cabbage-pults and gloom shrooms right from the comfort of your very own PlayStation!

I know you want details, rather than more of my dribble, so here’s what I can tell you. Plants Vs Zombies has:

• 50 Adventure levels. The complete, original game.
• Five modes. Adventure, Puzzle, Mini-Games, Survival, and everyone’s favorite, the bliss-inducing Zen Garden.
• Co-op and Versus Play. Team up with a friend or challenge them by each choosing a side—plants or zombies.
• 21 mini-games. Fight the fun-dead in minigames like Zombatany, Wall-nut Bowling and Heavy Weapon.
• Interactive leaderboard. Upgrade to bigger & better houses as you progress and stroll through the leaderboard neighborhood to see your friends’ digs.
• 12 Trophies. Earn awesome ornaments to decorate your lawn.

And that’s really all I know. I’ll be happy to stick around to answer questions. Just try to keep it relatively civil because my therapist says I need to avoid hostile situations ever since I punched that stupid old lady next to me on the plane because she wouldn’t give me the armrest.

Oh yeah, and enjoy the game!

Ever since ‘Gaymer’ (Matthew Brown) was crowned the winner of “The Tester 2”, just seven weeks ago, we’ve received hundreds of questions from fans about this past season. From these submissions, we invited your favorite cast members back for a bonus episode. Today, we’re excited to announce “The Tester 2 – Reunion Special” will premiere next Tuesday, February 15. Here’s a sneak peek…

As you can see, top finalists Cheska, Gaymer and Scooter, fan-favorites Mo Chocolate and Tripplethreat, as well as special guest Big Fazeek, return to tell us more about what really happened in the PlayStation loft. With questions coming straight from the fans, this reunion special revisits key moments of Season 2 and reveals some never-before-seen footage from the exciting season finale. Don’t miss this entertaining reunion set to debut on PlayStation Network and Crackle next week.

We also wanted to congratulate Danny T. from San Diego, CA who brought home the grand prize of our Download and Win sweepstakes. He is now the owner of a brand new Sony Bravia 3D TV and ‘The Tester’ limited edition PS3 system signed by all the panelists.

We hope you enjoy this bonus Reunion Special next week and thanks to all the fans who supported another successful season.

PlayStation Network users will be excited to hear that we have just introduced a new movie viewing application from Sony Corporation exclusively on PSN. The new application, called Filmy, allows easy organization and viewing of AVCHD video recorded with Sony cameras on PlayStation 3. With Filmy, you can enjoy smooth operability and easy video playback of your AVCHD videos. Simply connect an AVCHD-recordable camera to your PS3 with the USB cable, and you can view those high-definition AVCHD videos right on your TV.

The Filmy application is available in the media category within the PlayStation Store as a free trial version that allows you to operate full features for 15 minutes and also as a paid version that unlocks all content functionality for $5 USD. Once downloaded, Filmy will install under the Video icon of your XMB.

The Filmy application is yet another innovative offering on PSN as we continue to expand your entertainment options, including games, movies, TV shows, sports and content that just can’t be found anywhere else.

Check out the free trial, and you’ll see for yourself just how enjoyable it can be to watch high definition movies on PSN.

This month’s episode features Sev and Rico, epic bad guys, the sweet science, and the new ‘The Show.’ This month’s Qore provides several more reasons to be grateful for your PS3.

Killzone 3

While most of us have been counting down to the 02.22.11 release date of Killzone 3, the Qore team got their hands on the game early. Veronica Belmont provides an in-depth look at the jetpacks, mechs, and brutal melees of this stunning sequel. She also checks out the PlayStation Move motion controller compatibility (which everybody here is talking about) of this hellacious Helgan counter-attack. This episode also includes an art gallery of the new weapons that you’ll definitely enjoy in the game.

MLB 11 The Show

With pitchers and catchers reporting next week to spring training, it’s time to preview MLB 11 The Show. Audrey Cleo’s visits the San Diego Studio team for a preview of the new analog control system. Along with brand new player models and a revamped Road to The Show, this game franchise is again swinging for the fences.

Fight Night Champions

Another sports game that’s coming out swinging is EA’s Fight Night Champions. Qore covers the flurry of new punches and combinations now available in the game to equip gamers for a darker and more intense style of play. The sweet science is looking pretty, well, sweet.

Greatest Villains on the PS3

The Qore team along with the editors of PlayStation: The Official Magazine put together a collection of the best bad guys on the PS3 system. It’s a fun look at the how the most memorable villains make for great games. Who’s your fave? Maybe they made the Qore cut?

The Download

Qore annual subscribers have access to the Killzone 3 single player demo and the PSone Classic ‘JetMoto.’ Single episode purchasers of this episode (and those of you who bought January’s episode) have access to the Qore exclusive Killzone 3 theme.

Enjoy February Qore Episode 33 when it hits PlayStation Store tomorrow.

With award season in full swing, now is the time to watch all the Academy Award nominated films before the big ceremony on February 27. Watch or re-watch all the great films of the past year, including The Social Network, Toy Story 3, Inception, The Town, Exit Through the Gift Shop, How to Train Your Dragon, Salt, Winter’s Bone, The Kids Are All Right and Alice in Wonderland.

Check all the great Academy Award nominated films available to you to own or rent now on the PlayStation Store before the ceremony on February 27. You’ll find amazing movies like The Social Network, Toy Story 3, The Town, Exit Through the Gift Shop and Inception. Plus, our collections includes great movies and television episodes from your Oscar hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway!

Our Deal of the Week features some of the best in urban filmmaking, including Tyler Perry’s Why Did I Get Married, Katt Williams: Pimpadelic, and Diary of a Tired Black Man, all at limited-time low prices.

New movies and fresh TV episodes hit the store each week. Be sure to hop on the store and explore…

Just in TV
US Store: Cake Boss: Season 4, Top Gear (UK): Season 6, Eagleheart: Season 1, Sym-Bionic Titan: Season 2, Generator Rex: Season 3, and more.

Canada Store: Man v. Wild: Season 5, The First 48: Season 9, American Dad: Season 2, Top Tens: Season 1, Arrested Development: Season 1, Burn Notice: Season 1, Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 1, Family Guy: Season 3, and more.

New Release Movies
US Store: Conviction, Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, Birds Can’t Fly, Chose One, The Tillman Story, Let Me In, Mean Girls 2, Never Let Me Go, The Arena, and more.
Canada Store: Conviction, Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, Chain Letter, Mean Girls 2, Never Let Me Go, Stone, The Heavy, and more.

Top TV Downloads

US:

Young Justice | Season 1- Drop Zone Archer | Season 2 – Swiss Miss Jersey Shore | Season Back to the Shore – Drunk Punch Love Family Guy | Season 9 – And I’m Joyce Kinney Fringe | Season 3 – Reciprocity Tosh.0 | Season 3 – Tosh.0 303 The Vampire Diaries | Season 2 – The Descent The Office | Season 7 – The Seminar Young Justice | Season 1 – Welcome to Happy Harbor STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS | Season 3 -Overlords

Canada:

STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS | Season 3 – Overlords The Walking Dead | Season 1 – Days Gone Bye The Walking Dead | Season 1 – Guts The Walking Dead | Season 1 – Tell It To The Frogs STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS | Season 3 – Witches of the Mist The Walking Dead | Season 1 – Vatos The Walking Dead | Season 1 – TS-19 The Walking Dead | Season 1 – Wildfire Being Human (US version) | Season 1- There Goes the Neighborhood, Part 1 Family Guy | Season 8 – Road to Multi-verse

Top Movie Downloads

US:

RED Saw: The Final Chapter Resident Evil: Afterlife Takers Secretariat Let Me In Salt Dinner for Schmucks Buried The Other Guys

Canada:

RED Saw: The Final Chapter Takers Dinner for Schmucks The Switch Resident Evil: Afterlife Death Race 2 (Unrated) Buried Secretariat The Other Guys

It’s been an exciting month for us at DC Universe Online, with so many players creating their legend and trying to become the next ultimate hero or villain. Metropolis may be under siege and Gotham City in peril, but an overwhelming number of you have stepped up in their defense!

In appreciation of you pioneers we are going to be offering the chance to lock in an extraordinary promotional rate of only $29.99 for the 3-month DC Universe Online Legend Plan. That’s over 25% OFF the regular 3-month subscription plan price of $41.99! You’ll even be able to keep that rate for as long as you are actively subscribed and watch the savings pile up! You really won’t want to miss out on this great opportunity! The new rate will be available on February 8th so look out for it!

Hi everyone,

We’re excited to share that over the next two weeks, our subscribers will be receiving a download of a highly anticipated PlayStation Network game and demos for two upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusives. With that said, let’s jump into our two upcoming PlayStation Plus publishes.

Tim Schaffer and the brilliant minds over at Double Fine are releasing Stacking next Tuesday, and PlayStation Plus subscribers are getting a free download of the game the day it hits the PlayStation Store! Take control of Charlie Blackmore, a small matryoshka dolls, as you explore the diorama-like levels. Much like previous Double Fine games (Costume Quest & Psychonauts), expect some great humor and gameplay in this new adventure title.

Along with Stacking, PlayStation Plus subscribers are receiving exclusive demos to two upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusives. On February 8, we will be releasing a special PlayStation Plus update giving all PlayStation Plus subscribers exclusive access to a single player demo for Killzone 3. Killzone fans will get the first look at how the war between the ISA and Helghast has changed now that the fight has been moved to the Helghast’s homeland. The demo will be an Auto Download, so make sure you have the feature enabled (Check this post for more info on Automatic Downloads). On February 15, in our regular publish, we will be offering a demo for the upcoming sequel to SEGA’s Yakuza series, Yakuza 4. Fans of the series will get a taste of the criminal underbelly of Japan as four playable characters.

We are also offering a download of Let’s Golf, a golfing PlayStation minis title from Gameloft, a full game trial of ATV Pure, and several discounts on PSN games DLC, including new downloadable content for R.U.S.E. and Crash Bandicoot.

With the special publish coming up next Tuesday, be sure to check the full list below for all the items that are going up and being taken down for the PlayStation Plus publishes:

PlayStation Plus Highlights for 2/8:

Automatic Download
Killzone 3 Single Player Demo (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers)

Featured Game
Stacking (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $14.99)

Featured Qore Episode
Qore February Episode 33 (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $2.99)

Featured Avatars
Pocket Fighter Avatars (x6) (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $0.49 each)

PlayStation Plus Highlights for 2/15:

Full Game Trial
ATV Pure (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers)

Featured Demo
Yakuza 4 Demo

Featured Games
Let’s Golf – Playstation minis (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $4.99)

Discounted Games & DLC
Blacklight Tango Down (PlayStation Plus price $7.99, regular price $9.99)
R.U.S.E. – Pack of the Sun (PlayStation Plus price $7.49, regular price $9.99)
Gravity Crash (PS3) (PlayStation Plus Price $5.00, regular price $9.99)
Crash Bandicoot (PlayStation Plus price $3.00, regular price $5.99)
MAG Starter Kit (PlayStation Plus price $7.50, regular price $14.99)

Featured Themes & Avatars
Devil May Cry 4 Avatar Bundle (18 avatars ) (Exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers for $1.99)
DarkStalker Avatar Bundle (13 avatars) (Exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers for $0.99)
Femme Abstraction Theme (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers)
Snowman Dynamic Theme (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers)
Chinese New Year Dynamic Theme (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers)

Last Chance, Get Them While You Can – Coming down on February 8:

Featured Offers to PlayStation Plus Subscribers
Qore January Episode 32

Last Chance, Get Them While You Can – Coming down on February 15:

Featured Offers to PlayStation Plus Subscribers
Killzone 3 Single Player Demo
Hero of Sparta – PlayStation minis
Argyle Girls Theme
Hockey Theme

Discounted Games/DLC
Mega Man (PlayStation Plus price $3.00, regular price $5.99)
Juiced 2 PSP (PlayStation Plus price $10.00, regular price $19.99)
R.U.S.E. – The Chimera Pack (PlayStation Plus price $5.24, regular price $6.99)

Starting at 10AM Pacific Time today, the Killzone 3 Multiplayer Open Beta is live! Japan and Europe are already hard at frag and now it’s time for North America and Mexico to join the party! You’ll find the Killzone 3 Beta on the main page of the PlayStation Store; it’s also listed under the 3D and PlayStation Move categories for added convenience.

The Open Beta includes one map, Frozen Dam. All game modes can be played on this map:

• Warzone: The traditional Killzone game mode with game types changing on-the-fly
• Guerrilla Warfare: Our take on Team Deathmatch
• Operations: Our new story driven multiplayer game mode
• Botzone: An offline version of Warzone which can be played against AI opponents

The Killzone 3 Open Beta is playable in 3D and supports the PlayStation Move motion controller. The Beta trial runs until February 15th, so get on board while you can! If you have any feedback, Killzone.com has a section of the forum specifically set up for this purpose. You can of course track all your stats on Killzone.com as well.

Lastly, don’t forget that from Friday, February 4th through Sunday, February 6th we will be giving away 20 Limited Helghast Editions each day. Team members will log on to the Open Beta each of the three days to randomly select players in matches. We will not select players more than once during the sweepstakes and will notify the winners via the email address associated with their PSN account. Check here for official sweepstakes rules.

See you online!

Hi everyone – let’s see what’s in store for you this week.

Another fantastic Day & Date from DC with DC Universe Online Legends #1. Tying-in with the DC Online Universe game, this brand new series is brought to you by an all-star team including Marv Wolfman, Tony Bedard and Howard Porter. In this first issue, Lex Luthor’s obsession with destroying Superman reaches a fever pitch when he cuts the ultimate Devil’s deal with Brainiac, but with the shake of a hand, has Luthor consigned humanity to genocide?

Fans of Spider-Man, read on! Meet 15-year-old Peter Parker in the acclaimed Ultimate Spider-Man (2000), and watch him grow up into the hero we know and love, through personal tragedy and a fateful bite. With great power, there must also come great responsibility!

And a worthy addition for Wolverine fans: Wolverine (2003): Old Man Logan #8 (Giant Size), the brutal conclusion to the Old man Logan arc – fifty years in the future the United States have been overtaken and divided amongst supervillains… Wolverine returns and unleashes a tidal wave of bloody revenge – will he make a difference? This Giant Size also features many extras, so don’t miss out.

In part 1 of 4 of Transformers: Prime, the comic prequel to the animated series, Cliffjumper and Arcee battle their way through Decepticon forces in a desperate adventure to learn the secrets of Space Bridge Technology – but Starscream stands in their way!

Jeff Smith’s highly entertaining series Bone continues with the Eyes of the Storm story arc, available in single issues (#12-19) or as an all-inclusive bundle! Just take your pick. In volume three of the nine-book Bone saga, some long-kept secrets are revealed as Gran’ma Ben lifts the lid on Thorn’s lineage, and unrest grows as devilish creatures look for “the one who bears the star”…

We also have many great bundles from Markosia with: The Dark, Dark Mists, From the Pages of Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Harker, Kong: King of Skull Island, The Lexian Chronicles (part 1), Raising Amy, Reya. You can now pick up all these series at a discounted price.

Here is the full list:

• 2000AD Prog #1712 – #1713
• Azure #4
• Batman Beyond Vol. 1 #4
• Batman Beyond Vol. 4 #2
• Bone #12 – #19
• Bone: Eyes of the Storm BUNDLE
• The Boy Who Made Silence #2
• Celadore #1
• The Dark BUNDLE
• Dark Mists BUNDLE
• DC Universe Online Legends #1
• Domo #4
• Dragon Age #6
• The Dreaming #13
• Ex Machina #28
• Extracurricular Activities #3
• Fables #43
• Fringe: Tales from the Fringe #5
• From the Pages of Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Harker BUNDLE
• Green Lantern Corps Vol. 1 #7
• I Luv Halloween #12
• JLA #36
• Kane & Lynch #5
• Kong: King of Skull Island BUNDLE
• Legends of the Dark Crystal #6
• Legends of the DC Universe #1
• Legends of the DC Universe #2
• The Lexian Chronicles BUNDLE #1
• Of Bitter Souls #1
• Planetary #27
• Powers (2004) #10 – #12
• Raising Amy BUNDLE
• Return to Labyrinth #2
• Reya BUNDLE
• Sandman #20
• Star Trek: The Manga #12
• Superman/Batman #47
• Supernatural: Rising Son #4
• Top 10 #1 – #2
• Transformers #15
• Transformers: Prime #1
• Ultimate Spider-Man (2000) #1 – #3
• Undertown #5
• Van Von Hunter #3
• Wolverine (2003) Old Man Logan #8
• Wonder Woman Vol. 3 #19
• Y: The Last Man #26

Please visit www.playstationcomics.com for prices and to see the whole catalog.

#northamerica This week's North American PlayStation Store update brings a great deal of mustache, thanks to the arrival of Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2, now with 100% more soup strainer. What else is on tap? More »

Hi Everyone -

Here is the weekly PlayStation Store update:

PlayStation Plus

Full Game Trial
Assassin’s Creed II Deluxe Edition

Automatic Downloads
Tales from Space: About a Blob Demo (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers)

Featured Games
Tales from Space: About a Blob (Full Game (PlayStation Plus Exclusive, $14.99)
Digger HD (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $9.99)
Spyro 2: Ripto’s Rage (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $5.99)
Karimogi (Free to PlayStation Plus subscribers, regular price $2.99)

Discounted Games & DLC
Fat Princess (PS3) (PlayStation Plus price $7.50, regular price $14.99)
Fat Princes PSP (PlayStation Plus price $10.00, regular price $19.99)
Mega Man 2 (PSone Import) (PlayStation Plus price $3.00, regular price $5.99)
Kung Fu LIVE (PS3) (PlayStation Plus price $11.99, regular price $14.99)

Featured Themes & Avatars
PlayStation Plus Dynamic Theme (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers)
Junebug Bench Static Theme (Free and exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers)
Ghouls and Ghost Avatar Bundle (17 avatars) (Exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers for $1.99)
Bionic Commando Rearmed Avatar Bundle (10 avatars) (Exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers for $0.99)
Atomic Blast Static Theme (Free to PlayStation Plus Subscribers)

Updates

Droplitz – Sale (PS3) (now $4.99, original price $9.99)
Class of Heroes Legacy – Sale (PSP) (now $19.99, original price $39.99)
Crimson Gem Saga – Sale (PSP) (now $14.99, original price $29.99)
Hammerin’ Hero – Sale (PSP) (now $9.99, original price $19.99)
Hexyz Force – Sale (PSP) (now $14.99, original price $29.99)
Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble – Sale (PSP) (now $19.99, original price $39.99)
Knights in the Nightmare – Sale (PSP) (now $14.99, original price $29.99)
Riviera: The Promised Land – Sale (PSP) (now $7.49, original price $14.99)
R-Type Command – Sale (PSP) (now $7.49, original price $14.99)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable – Sale (PSP) (now $19.99, original price $39.99)
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona – Sale (PSP) (now $19.99, original price $39.99)
Steamboat Chronicles Battle Tournament – Sale (PSP) (now $7.49, original price $14.99)
Yggdra Union – Sale (PSP) (now $7.49, original price $14.99)
Half-Minute Hero – Price Change (PSP) (now $14.99, original price $14.99)
Mahjongg Artifacts – minis – Price Drop (PS3/PSP) (now $2.99, original price $4.99)
Mahjongg Artifacts: Chapter 2 – minis – Price Drop (PS3/PSP) (now $2.99, original price $4.99)
Stand O’ Food – minis – Price Drop (PS3/PSP) (now $1.99, original price $4.99)
Supermarket Mania – minis – Price Drop (PS3/PSP) (now $2.99, original price $4.99)
The Mystery Of The Crystal Portal – minis – Price Drop (PS3/PSP) (now $2.99, original price $4.99)
I Must Run! – minis – Permanent Price Drop (PS3/PSP) (now $1.49, original price $3.99)
M.O.Z.O.X. Space Salvager – minis – Price Change (PS3/PSP) (now $1.49, original price $2.99)
Blue Toad Murder Files Episode 2: The Mystery Of Riddle Manor – Price Change (PS3) (now $2.99, original price $7.49)
Blue Toad Murder Files Episode 3: The Mystery Of The Concealing Flame – Price Change (PS3) (now $2.99, original price $7.49)
Blue Toad Murder Files Episode 4: Death From Above – Price Change (PS3) (now $2.99, original price $7.49)
Blue Toad Murder Files Episode 5: The Riddles Of The Past – Price Change (PS3) (now $2.99, original price $7.49)
Blue Toad Murder Files Episode 6: Flight Of The Felonious Fugitive – Price Change (PS3) (now $2.99, original price $7.49)
Blue Toad Murder Files Episodes 1-3 Bundle Pack – Price Change (PS3) (now $7.49, original price $14.99)
Blue Toad Murder Files Episode 2-6 Upgrade Bundle – Price Change (PS3) (now $13.99, original price $25.49)
Blue Toad Murder Files Episode 4-6 Bundle Pack – Price Change (PS3) (now $7.49, original price $14.99)
Blue Toad Murder Files Episode 1 – Price Change (PS3) (now $0.99, original price $7.49)
Blue Toad Murder Files Episode 1-6 Bundle Pack – Price Change (PS3) (now $14.99, original price $26.99)

Downloadable Games

Assassin’s Creed II Deluxe Edition ($29.99)
Assassin’s Creed II is an epic story of brotherhood, vengeance and conspiracy set in the pristine, yet brutal backdrop of 15th century Renaissance Italy. Our new hero, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, befriends Leonardo da Vinci, takes on Italy’s most powerful families and ventures throughout the canals of Venice where he learns to become a Master Assassin. Included are the full game and all DLC already integrated to extend your gameplay experience.
ESRB Rated M
File size: 6.55 GB

The UnderGarden ($9.99)
Challenge your mind in the wondrous depths of The UnderGarden. Plunge into a unique new world exploring large underground caverns, encountering mysterious creatures to befriend or avoid. Solve mind-bending brainteasers and puzzles as soothing tunes accompany you on your journey through 20 distinct levels of state of the art 3D graphics. The UnderGarden offers a mental challenge and aesthetic experience like nothing else.
ESRB Rated E
File size: 321 MB

Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 ($14.99)
Capcom presents the next evolution in retro side-scrolling action with Bionic Commando Rearmed 2. Equipped with his famous bionic arm, Nathan “Rad” Spencer swings back into action in order to stop General Sabio from launching a deadly missile strike. Swing, leap, and shoot your way through lush new environments as you encounter countless enemies and huge bosses throughout the island of Papagaya.
ESRB Rated T
File size: 1.41 GB

Tales From Space: About A Blog ($14.99) (Early Access to PlayStation Plus subscribers)
Tales from Space: About a Blob is a side-scrolling puzzle-platformer about a race of insatiable alien Blobs. Looking for their next meal, the blobs end up on a distant Earth-like planet that didn’t invite them for dinner. Absorb delicious humans, farm animals and eventually THE WORLD!!!
ESRB Rated E
File size: 283 MB

Game Demos (free)

Fight Night Champions Demo
EA SPORTS brings you the much anticipated Fight Night Champion. Learn the all-new Full Spectrum Punch Control mechanics that include button controls and step into the ring to do battle with boxing Legends Mike Tyson and Muhammad Ali and current day stars Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto. Also included are previews for new Fight Night Champion features including the highly anticipated Champion Mode trailer.
ESRB Rated M
File size: 1.03 GB

Trinity: Souls of Zill O’Li Demo
This is the demo of “TRINITY: Souls of Zill O’ll”. Players will get a taste of the epic journey in the game, including accepting quests at the adventure guild and other exciting RPG elements. Finishing the quest in the Cave of White Sands will end the demo.
ESRB Rated T
File size: 165 MB

PSone Classic Imports

Mega Man 2 ($5.99)
Mega Man returns for his next 8-bit adventure! The indomitable Dr. Wily has built another army of robotic henchman, including eight new Robot Masters that only Mega Man can defeat. Featuring improved graphics, a rousing soundtrack, and polished gameplay, Mega Man 2 is a must-have experience for any gamer!
File size: 232 MB

Add-on Game Content

EyePet – Butterfly Pack (free)
Turn your EyePet into a beautiful butterfly with the Butterfly Pack! You’ve never seen a virtual pet quite like this – EyePet! Download the new pack today!
File size: 100 KB

ModNation Racers – Helghast Mod and Kart ($1.99)
The Helghast have invaded ModNation! Take a ride as this iconic enemy of a blockbuster PlayStation-exclusive franchise. This ModNation Racers Helghast Mod AND Kart bundle pack will let you race a Helghast inside a high-speed armored tank! Download this pack today!
File size: 100 KB

Monopoly Streets – Cannon Token ($0.99)
This soldier marches his trusty cannon everywhere he goes in MONOPOLY Streets.
File size: 1.84 MB

Monopoly Streets – Horse and Rider Token ($0.99)
This Jockey carries a trophy of his favorite race horse as he travels through MONOPOLY Streets.
File size: 1.84 MB

Monopoly Streets – Rocking Horse Token ($0.99)
This little lady rides her Rocking Horse throughout the locations of MONOPOLY Streets.
File size: 1.84 MB

Monopoly Streets – Stratosphere City ($6.99)
Experience a futuristic floating metropolis in this new City location for MONOPOLY Streets.
File size: 1.84 MB

Monopoly Streets – Championship Board ($2.49)
This board recreates the 2009 MONOPOLY World Championship table from Las Vegas.
File size: 1.84 MB

The Sims 3 – Ultra Lounge Kids Bedroom Pack ($14.99)
Nothing says I’ve got more style than years like these ultra-hip bedroom sets. From high-tech fabrics and floral mirrors, to bunny clocks and robots on the wall, there is something for every boy and girl in this collection of fashionable furniture.
File size: 2.07 MB

The Sims 3 – Ultra Lounge Teens Pack ($9.99)
Too cool for school? You bet. Too cool for the rest of the house? Yep. This teenage haven has personality, spunk, and way too much style for its own good. Best of all this bedroom set has its very own TV for the teen who wants to watch their favorite shows in their own style.
File size: 1.88 MB

Disney Sing It: The Party Hits
Add more tracks to your karaoke fun with some of the hottest songs and coolest videos for download!

• “Hey Soul Sister” – Train ($1.99)
• “S.O.S. (Let the Music Play)” – Jordin Sparks ($1.99)
• “Undo It” – Carrie Underwood ($1.99)
• Party Hits DLC Pack 2 ($5.99) – Get three new songs with videos for your Disney Sing It: Party Hits game and start singing “Hey, Soul Sister” by Train, “UNDO It” by Carrie Underwood and “S.O.S. (Let the Music Play)” by Jordin Sparks.

File size: 237 – 256 MB (singles), 747 MB (track pack)

Rock Band 3
Build your Rock Band library by purchasing these song game tracks. For song credits, visit www.RockBand.com.

• “London Calling” – The Clash ($1.99)
• “Brand New Cadillac” – The Clash ($1.99)
• “Jimmy Jazz” – The Clash ($1.99)
• “Hateful” – The Clash ($1.99)
• “Rudie Can’t Fail” – The Clash ($1.99)
• “Spanish Bombs” – The Clash ($1.99)
• “The Right Profile” – The Clash ($1.99)
• “Lost in the Supermarket” – The Clash ($1.99)
• “Clampdown” – The Clash ($1.99)
• “The Guns of Brixton” – The Clash ($1.99)
• “Wrong ‘Em Boyo” – The Clash ($1.99)
• “Death or Glory” – The Clash ($1.99)
• “Koka Kola” – The Clash ($1.99)
• “The Card Cheat” – The Clash ($1.99)
• “Lover’s Rock” – The Clash ($1.99)
• “Four Horsemen” – The Clash ($1.99)
• “I’m Not Down” – The Clash ($1.99)
• “Revolution Rock” – The Clash ($1.99)
• The Clash’s London Calling ($19.99) – Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game album: The Clash’s London Calling. This pack includes “London Calling”, “Brand New Cadillac”, “Jimmy Jazz”, “Hateful”, “Rudie Can’t Fail”, “Spanish Bombs”, “The Right Profile”, “Lost in the Supermarket”, “Clampdown”, “The Guns of Brixton”, “Wrong ‘Em Boyo”, “Death or Glory”, “Koka Kola”, “The Card Cheat”, “Lover’s Rock”, “Four Horsemen”, “I’m Not Down”, and “Revolution Rock”.

Rock Band Network

• “Fate of the Maiden” – Amberian Dawn ($1.99)
• “Gabrielle” – Ween ($1.99)
• “Jumpers” – Sleater-Kinney ($1.99)
• “Roll The Dice” – Damone ($0.99)
• “Steppin’ Lightly” – Gov’t Mule ($1.99)

File size: 13 – 50 MB (singles), 474 MB (track pack)

Avatars

Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 Avatars (x5) ($0.49)
File size: 100 KB

Explodemon Avatars (x5) ($0.49)
File size: 100 KB

Explodemon Avatar Bundle ($1.49)
File size: 500 KB

Game Videos (free)

Plants vs Zombies Trailer
File size: 14 MB (SD), 69 MB (1080)

Top Spin 4: Announce Trailer
File size: 61 MB (HD)

Tales From Space: About A Blob Trailer
File size: 57 MB (HD)

Mass Effect 2 Launch Trailer
File size: 38 MB (HD)

Back To The Future: Behind the Scenes Part 3
File size: 90 MB (1080)

The Fight: Lights Out – Live Action 3D Trailer
File size: 67 MB (HD), 113 MB (1080), 167 MB (3D)

Killzone 3 – Justice Trailer
File size: 83 MB (HD)

MotorStorm Apocalypse – Festival Mode Developer Diary
File size: 274 MB (HD), 459 MB (1080)

inFAMOUS 2 Rising Sun Video
File size: 85 MB (HD), 144 MB (1080)

PS3 Themes

EyePet Spring Dynamic Theme ($2.99)
File size: 6.66 MB

Whimsical Fantasy Premium Theme ($1.49)
File size: 3.58 MB

Draco: The Return Premium Theme ($1.49)
File size: 4.11 MB

Billowing Cloud Dynamic Theme ($2.99)
File size: 81 MB

New PS3 Themes in Canada

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Dynamic Theme ($2.99)
Files Size: 10 MB

Spartacus: Blood and Sand Dynamic Theme ($2.99)
File Size: 29 MB

Sons Of Anarchy Theme ($1.99)
File Size: 2.51 MB

PlayStation Store for PSP

Downloadable Games (also available from PS3 Storefront)

Samurai Showdown ($6.99)
SAMURAI SHODOWN, the original weapon-based fighting game, is back for battle on NEOGEO STATION! Samurai, ninja, and other exotic fighters star in this classic that focuses on powerful strikes. Features a rage gauge that turns incurred damage into attack power, and intense, button-mashing weapon clashes!
ESRB Rated T
File size: 22 MB

PSP minis (also available from PS3 Storefront)

Wackylands Boss – minis ($4.99)
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 19 MB

Pac-Man Championship Edition – minis ($4.99)
ESRB Rated E
File size: 22 MB

PSP Wallpapers (free)

Legends Of War: Patton’s Campaign Wallpaper 5
File size: 223 KB

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I Am Alive. No, really, I haven't been declared dead yet! I know it's been touch-and-go, but I appear to be on the mend. It's just -- well, I may have lost a bit of myself along the way.

I was once supposed to be a full-fledged retail game -- in a nice box and everything -- but according to the host of JeuxFrance's "Warpzone" show (who claims to have been informed directly from the creator herself, Jade Raymond), I'm now going to be alive digitally, inside of Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network. While I don't like the idea of losing any vital parts or, uh, shrinking, I do hope the news is true! Those are some nice places to live.

You can check out the Warpzone episode just past the break -- fast-forward to the eight-minute mark for the stuff about me! You know do know French, I trust?

Red follows a team of retired government agents who are “retired, extremely dangerous” trying to stop the country they served from tracking them down in comedy filled action film with a cast that includes Bruce Willis, Mary-Louse Parker, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Helen Mirren. Saw: The Final Chapter, Secretariat and Nowhere Boy also join Red as the hot new releases arriving this week in the video store. In TV, now you can buy Season 1 of The Ricky Gervais Show and get a free peek at the first episode of An Idiot Abroad, featuring Gervais, Stephen Merchant and Karl Pilkington. Plus, Archer returns for its hilarious second season.

Fear Net’s Deal of the Week: New Year, New Fear continues with new chilling titles including Blair Witch Project, Open Water, The Bone Collector, The X-Files: I Want to Believe and Shuttle that won’t have you screaming at the limited-time low prices.

New movies and fresh TV episodes hit the store each week. Here is a taste of what’s in store…

Just in TV
US Store: Archer: Season 2, The Ricky Gervais Show: Season 1, An Idiot Abroad: Season 1, Dead Like Me: Season 1, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit: Season 5, Best of Rugrats: Volume 4, Gantz, Sacred Blacksmith, and more.

Canada Store: Futurama: Season 2, Family Guy: Season 2, How I Met Your Mother: Season 1, Gantz, The Cape: Season 1, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: Season 2, Arrested Development: Season 1, and more.

New Release Movies
US Store: Red, Saw: The Final Chapter, Secretariat, Nowhere Boy, An American Haunting, Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer and more.

Canada Store: Red, Saw: The Final Chapter, Secretariat, Kick-Ass, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, Winter’s Bone, Hulk Vs., Nowhere Boy, Open Season 3, Are You Scared 2, and more.

Catch a preview of the thrills and laughs as retired government agents led by Bruce Willis try to save their lives as they are hunted down in Red. Mary-Louise Parker, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich and Helen Mirren round out the high profile cast. The film is available to own or rent in both the US and Canada!

Top TV Downloads

US:

Family Guy | Season 9 – And I’m Joyce Kinney Young Justice | Season 1 – Welcome to Happy Harbor Jersey Shore | Season Back to the Shore – Free Snooki Young Justice | Season 1 – Independence Day, Part 1 & 2 Young Justice | Season 1 – Independence Day, Part 2 The Office | Season 7 – Ultimatum Fringe | Season 3 – The Firefly Tosh.0 | Season 3 – Tosh.0 302 STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS | Season 3 – Witches of the Mist Naruto Shippuden Uncut | Season 2, Vol. 1 – The Jet-Black Signal Fire

Canada:

The Walking Dead | Season 1 – Days Gone Bye The Walking Dead | Season 1 – Guts The Walking Dead | Season 1 – Tell It To The Frogs The Walking Dead | Season 1 – TS-19 The Walking Dead | Season 1 – Wildfire STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS | Season 3 – Witches of the Mist The Walking Dead | Season 1 – Vatos STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS | Season 3 – Monster Family Guy | Season 8 – Road to Multi-verse Family Guy | Season 8 – Brian & Stewie

Top Movie Downloads

US:

Takers RED Salt Buried Dinner for Schmucks The Other Guys Death Race 2 (Unrated) Saw: The Final Chapter Despicable Me Machete

Canada:

Takers Dinner for Schmucks The Switch Buried Death Race 2 (Unrated) Machete Despicable Me Salt The Other Guys Alpha and Omega

Hello again! Explodemon is out in just a few weeks’ time – February 8th, save the date! – so we thought it would be nice to take a look at the long, long history of Explodemon and the realities of life as an independent developer (and now publisher!)

Our wonderful design director and (non-biological) father of Explodemon, Jonathan Biddle – known almost exclusively as Bidds – has documented the whole five year saga. It’s a long tale, so I’ve formulated a super-condensed version here – but if you want the full, unedited saga, point your Internet Machine over here.

To set the scene: Curve was founded in 2005, a pretty dire time for game developers in the UK. The fledgling company got some work making ‘joystick games’ which, while it could be considered a comedown having previously worked on triple-A products, turned out to be a great chance to get back to gaming’s roots:

“After finishing a long, complex, demoralising project, working on getting five 2D games out of the door within three months was refreshing and liberating. The constraints of the system, combined with my love of classic arcade, SNES and GBA games made for an interesting period.

“One of the joystick games we were working on at the time was a Spider-Man platform game, and I’d had to spend a good deal of time explaining to the game’s coder the basics of platform game control. The more I thought about it, the more my neurons flickered with my multiple past replays of Yoshi’s Island and Treasure’s Astro Boy and Gunstar Heroes. These kinds of games possess a certain quality to them; something about the pixel art, the depth of gameplay deriving from simple rules, the accessibility, the collecting, the level designs, the perfect controls. I felt a burning desire to create my own game that explored these mechanics.”

Over the next few months, the game began to take shape. Those interested in exactly how the mechanics in Explodemon! came about should check out the unabridged Part 2 and Part 3, but for this whistle-stop tour we’ll scoot forward into March 2006, when the prototype was considered complete enough to show colleagues. A spontaneous showing to a visiting publisher brought favourable reactions, so we decided to cast it further afield.

Publishers initially showed interest in it, but would always find reasons to not get involved – concerns about an exploding character in the post-9/11 climate, or that it was “too Japanese.” Nevertheless, our art team plowed ahead and made a concept video of how we imagined the finished product to look like, which we used to get more interest from a publisher and to secure a PSN slot for the game. But when that publisher pulled out in early May 2008 we found ourselves once again back at square one.

One platform holder decided that we hadn’t progressed enough to keep our slot, but luckily Sony believed in us and let us soldier on. We started our first coders working on the engine in November 2008 and Explodemon’s lead artist joined in January 2009.

Then, on one unsuspecting March day, we were sprucing up the website when we decided to put the concept trailer up on it, as it was mostly only publishers that looked at it. Simultaneously, we switched to a new piece of software and the manufacturer asked if they could put out a little press release about us.

Perhaps we were naive to think that the two wouldn’t be connected, but the next day – April 1st – the Internet was ablaze with stories about Explodemon. While it was great for the team to see such excitement about a game that had been knocked back so much by publishers, the high was to be short-lived.

“It was also on April 1st that the most insane thing happened. Something that I still can’t really believe to this day, something that shows that truth really is stranger than fiction. A few hours after our video was revealed, a totally different developer on the other side of the world independently announced a 2.5D platform game with an exploding lead character. We literally couldn’t believe it.”

With all the media interest, though, guess who came knocking back on our doors again: yep, the many legions of publishers. Once again we went back into their green-light process. By this time, we had not made huge progress with our limited resources, whereas the other guys were gearing up for release. Once again: all rejections, this time because of our new competition, which was (deservedly) going down a storm.

“That game launched at the end of July, to great acclaim and sales. While we were happy for the developers – they’re good people, and it’s always good to see indies prosper – they were dark days for me. With our tiny team, and massive collection of publisher refusals – about 20 companies – we’d been unable to make an impact on production. We were at a crossroads. There was no getting away from it this time: there would be no funding from any external sources, we would have to make this game ourselves or just give it up forever. What was it going to be?”

Well, given that you’re here now, reading this, you can pretty much figure out what happened: we put our money where our mouth was, hired a full team and, in late 2009, the project entered full development, with a full team of artists, programmers and designers all beavering away at producing an overwhelmingly awesome experience.

“We were still unsure of how it was going to turn out back then, and we weren’t always convinced that it was going to get finished. And because running an independent games developer is very hard and very stressful, it’s true that things haven’t always gone smoothly. One thing’s for certain, though: when Explodemon is finally released, I’m just as convinced now as I was then that our belief in the game will ultimately enrich the lives of everyone in the world and bring peace and harmony to all. Or it’ll just be a great video game, whichever is more important.”

Let’s start with the latter.

(Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter@curvestudios for all the latest information and chances to win copies of the game!)

Hello everyone – we have some very exciting releases for you today!

The World of Warcraft: Curse of the Worgen series continue with issue #3, and it’s a Day & Date, meaning that it’s out today on PSN as well as in print! Famous detective Halford Ramsey has fallen head first into the world of “The Worgen,” a new race of creatures in World of Warcraft with a deep, twisted history. Will this lead him to lose himself to the Worgen form?

More video-game goodness with Dead Space: Salvage. Set after the events of Dead Space, this comic doesn’t just feature deliciously grisly artwork by Christopher Shy and a fittingly chilling story by Antony Johnson; it also includes their Creator Commentary as well as concept art for Dead Space 2! The Government and a powerful sect seek the forsaken USG Ishimura, believing it may still hold a powerful artefact, and both will stop at nothing to reach it first.

Another highlight is the return of the much loved 2000AD Progs, with 2000AD Prog #1711 this week. Featuring Judge Dredd, hitmen Sinister Dexter in “Are you being severed?” (!), Celtic hero Sláine, dandy ghosthunter extraordinaire Dandrige in “Return of the Chap”, and more. What a program!

Charismatic anti-hero Deadpool is also back this week with his very first own mini-series, Deadpool (1993). Our Merc with a Mouth must make his way through a battalion of mercenaries in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, but little does he know that Weapon X is lying in wait to take him down!

Manga and fantasy fans will be pleased to read that the Return to Labyrinth manga is debuting this week on the Digital Comics store. Based on the 1986 cult film Labyrinth, and occurring 13 years after its events, the series follows Toby, the half-brother of Labyrinth’s heroine Sarah, and his fateful return to Jareth and the Labyrinth.

Here is the full list:

• 2000AD Prog # 1711
• Batman Beyond Vol. 1 # 3
• Dead Space: Salvage # 1
• Deadpool (1993) #1 – #4
• Domo # 3
• The Dreaming # 12
• Ex Machina # 27
• Extracurricular Activities # 2
• Fables # 42
• Fringe: Tales from the Fringe # 4
• Green Lantern Corps Vol. 1 # 6
• I Luv Halloween # 11
• JLA # 35
• Justice League: Generation Lost # 18
• Lamorte Sisters # 1
• Legends of the Dark Crystal # 5
• The Night Owls # 9
• Planetary # 26
• Powers (2004) #7 – #9
• Promethea #1 & #2
• The Puppet Makers # 1
• Return to Labyrinth # 1
• Sandman # 19
• Star Trek: The Manga # 11
• Superman/Batman # 46
• Supernatural: Rising Son #1 – #3
• Tom Strong #1 & #2
• Transformers: Sector 7 # 4
• Ultimate War (2002) # 4
• Undertown # 4
• Van Von Hunter # 2
• Wonder Woman Vol. 3 # 18
• World of Warcraft: Curse of the Worgen # 3
• Y: The Last Man #24 & #25

Please visit www.playstationcomics.com for prices and to see the whole catalog.

Enjoy!

By the time the Killzone 3 single-player demo pops up on the PlayStation Store, many millions of Helghan and Human alike will have fallen in the game's open multiplayer beta. According to the US PlayStation blog, a slice from the middle of the game's single-player campaign ("Icy Incursion") will arrive in demo form on February 15; PlayStation Plus members nab it one week earlier on February 8. Meanwhile, Europeans will get the demo on Feb. 9 and 16, respectively. You'll be ready for the yellow-eyed hordes by then, right?

Also of note: the demo will arrive in 3D and 2D-only iterations as separate downloads, both equipped with Move functionality but only allowing for split-screen co-op in the 2D version. We're going to take it one step further by grabbing an all-syrup Killzone 3 Slurpee from 7-Eleven, downloading the 3D demo, and playing it while losing our minds.