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I've just noticed the Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 demo is now on there which I'm downloading, it's about 200MB.

FFVII has been announced to appear on the European PSN today. Not sure if anything else is going on.

Dunno. I downloaded the demo, liked it, went back and there's no 'download' button.

Ah cool, I was wondering what that was and now I've put two and two together. Think I'll have a look tonight. Was there a demo?

Don't think so, no.

Hope you all enjoyed the E3 trailers we put on the store yesterday, there were definitely some great titles shown off. Now though, it’s back to normal proceedings with our weekly Thursday publish.

For those of you who’ve been asking about the release of Final Fantasy VII, I can confirm that we now have the English and Spanish language versions live on the Store today. Although, I have to apologise to those who are waiting for the French and German language versions as we’ve had to delay those versions until tomorrow afternoon.

Alongside the release of FFVII we’ve got a nicely varied selection of content for you this week: there is the great puzzler Trash Panic; for the fight-fans out there we have the demo of Fight Night Round 4; GTI Club gets some additional cars for you to race in; and those Resistance 2 Grim and Malikov skins are now available too. It’s also a pleasure for us to feature the first batch of downloadable tracks for Rock Band Unplugged for our PSP users.

It doesn’t stop there though; see the full list below for more.



It’s only the beginning of June, but I think we’ve got off to a good start. And, there’s a great deal more brilliant content coming this month (and beyond) so be sure to join me every Thursday to check it out.

Downloadable Games

Trash Panic (£3.99/€4.99)
This game is all about the trash. Take classic block-dropping gameplay, transform it into something totally new and then sprinkle liberally with trash. There’s a ton of it coming your way and you’ll need speedy reactions and strategic flair to get it all in the bin.
PEGI 3+

PSone Classics (PS3 & PSP compatible)

Final Fantasy VII (£7.99/€9.99)
The long awaited RPG classic FFVII is now available on the store. Rekindle your memories from the first time you played, or if you missed this game the first time, experience for yourself why it’s such a well regarded classic
PEGI 16+

Game Demos

Fight Night Round 4 Demo (free)
With an improved physics based gameplay engine, Fight Night now allows you to experience true to life punches that are faster than ever before. Master the new Total Punch Control mechanics and train with the Fight Tutorial before entering the ring with boxers Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton.
PEGI 16+

Add-On Game Content

GTI Club+ Car Pack 1 (£2.39/€2.99)
This pack contains four new cars that suit the narrow, winding streets of the Cote D’Azure perfectly; download now to be able to race in the Abarth 500, the BMW Mini Cooper, the Peugeot 207 GT and the VW Polo GTI.
PEGI 3+

Resistance 2 – Grim Skin(free); Malikov Skin (free)
Fight as a Chimeran Grim, or as Russian scientist Malikov, in the competitive multiplayer game mode by downloading these free packs.
PEGI 18+

High Velocity Bowling - Don Carlos Caliente Pack (£0.79/€0.99); Milan Travallage Pack (£0.79/€0.99)
You can now add these two individual character packs to your copy of High Velocity Bowling; firstly there is wrestler Don Carlos Caliente with his own personal alley, Casa de Caliente, and ball, the Mask. You can also add wannabe socialite Milan Travallage with her own alley Celebutante’s Row and her personal bowling ball is known as Stinkerbell.
PEGI 3+

MotorStorm: Pacific Rift – VooDoo Signature Livery Pack (free)
Another exclusive livery pack to customise your vehicle with, available for a limited time only; hurry if you want to download this free pack before it’s gone.
PEGI 12+

Rock Band
Another week and another selection of Rock Band content to download:
PEGI 12+

A Favor House Atlantic by Coheed and Cambria (£0.99/€1.49)
Shimmer & Shine by Ben Harper (£0.99/€1.49)
Steady at the Wheel by Shooter Jennings (£0.99/€1.49)
The Running Free by Coheed and Cambria (£0.99/€1.49)
Wilson (Live) by Phish (£0.99/€1.49)
Wolf Like Me by TV on the Radio (£0.99/€1.49)
Bonnaroo Pack 01 (this combines all the above tracks in one pack) (£4.99/€7.99)
Videos (free)


We’ll start the ball rolling with a few more E3 2009 trailers for you:

Gran Turismo 5 Trailer
White Knight Chronicles Trailer
Pain Museum Trailer
The Agency Trailer
DC Universe Trailer
Final Fantasy XIV Trailer
Burnout Paradise Big Surf Island Trailer
Split Second Gameplay Trailer
Castlevania: Lords of Shadows
Assassin’s Creed 2 Cinematic Trailer
Assassin’s Creed 2 Commented Gameplay Trailer
Tekken 6 PSN Trailer
Topped off by some regular video additions:

Trash Panic Tutorial Trailer
inFamous Behind The Scenes Story Trailer
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time™ Teaser Trailer
Terminator Salvation Launch Trailer
Themes and Wallpapers (free)

infamous – Red Wallpaper

PlayStation Store via PSP and Media Manager

Downloadable Games (also available via the PS3 store)

Tokobot (£11.99/€14.99)
Play as Bolt, a quick-thinking 16 year old agent, and round up the Tokobots, the lovable little robots that will cooperatively help you on your journey to find treasure by using their unique and creative team formations.
PEGI 7+

PSone Classics (PS3 & PSP compatible)

Final Fantasy VII (£7.99/€9.99)
The long awaited RPG classic FFVII is now available on the store. Rekindle your memories from the first time you played, or if you missed this game the first time, experience for yourself why it’s such a well regarded classic
PEGI 16+

Add-On Game Content (also available via the PS3 store)

Rock Band Unplugged
Now available on the PlayStation Network we are pleased to offer the very first batch of downloadable songs for Rock Band Unplugged:
PEGI 12+

Crushcrushcrush by Paramore (£0.99/€1.49)
Feed The Tree by Belly (£0.99/€1.49)
Gimme Three Steps by Lynyrd Skynyrd (£0.99/€1.49)
Hysteria by Muse (£0.99/€1.49)
Inside The Fire by Disturbed (£0.99/€1.49)
Just A Girl by No Doubt (£0.99/€1.49)
The Kill by 30 Seconds To Mars (£0.99/€1.49)
Typical by Mute Math (£0.99/€1.49)
Under The Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers (£0.99/€1.49)
Wonderwall by Oasis (£0.99/€1.49)

I really, really enjoyed The Last Guy. Can't recommend that one enough.

Did you get his number?

Today, Sony released a new Terms of Service Agreement for PlayStation Network. Dated September 15th and marked as Version 12, the Terms of Service contains a notable section that seems to completely absolve Sony from any future class-action lawsuits.

Section 15 of the Terms of Service, called Binding Individual Arbitration, states in part the following:

"Any dispute resolution proceedings, whether in arbitration or in court, will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class or representative action or as a named or unnamed member in a class consolidated, representative or private attorney general action, unless both you and the Sony entity which you have a dispute specifically agree to do so in writing following initiation of the arbitration. This provision does not preclude your participation as a member in a class action filed on or before August 20, 2011."

Such a move by Sony has likely come out of a series of class action suits filed against the company in recent years. These include lawsuits over the PSN Security Breach from earlier this year, a lawsuit over Sony's removal of Linux from PS3… and, well, more lawsuits over the Linux removal.

The new Terms of Service, which covers not only the PlayStation Network but other Sony Entertainment Network Services, is full of revisions. Be sure to check out the full document for the entirety of the legalese.

Interesting revision of the latest PSN user agreement

http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/119/1194580p1.html



So basically accept the EULA which says you will not sue Sony as part of a class action lawsuit, or refuse and not be allowed PSN access (I guess more aimed at Americans)

Such a classy company :-)

(my Ps3 is still on an early firmware and i've no intentions of updating it anyway)

Did you plan on suing them as part of a class action lawsuit?

No? Okay.

Goody, will try it out. Since I'm a PS3 n00b I am generally interested in any kind of advice regarding PSN. Do they have regular game offers, like Deal of the Week on XBLA, for example? Is there any point to a plus subscription?

We want to let you know that we have detected attempts on Sony Entertainment Network, PlayStation Network and Sony Online Entertainment (“Networks”) services to test a massive set of sign-in IDs and passwords against our network database. These attempts appear to include a large amount of data obtained from one or more compromised lists from other companies, sites or other sources. In this case, given that the data tested against our network consisted of sign-in ID-password pairs, and that the overwhelming majority of the pairs resulted in failed matching attempts, it is likely the data came from another source and not from our Networks. We have taken steps to mitigate the activity.

Less than one tenth of one percent (0.1%) of our PSN, SEN and SOE audience may have been affected. There were approximately 93,000 accounts globally (PSN/SEN: approximately 60,000 accounts; SOE: approximately 33,000) where the attempts succeeded in verifying those accounts’ valid sign-in IDs and passwords, and we have temporarily locked these accounts. Only a small fraction of these 93,000 accounts showed additional activity prior to being locked. We are currently reviewing those accounts for unauthorized access, and will provide more updates as we have them. Please note, if you have a credit card associated with your account, your credit card number is not at risk. We will work with any users whom we confirm have had unauthorized purchases made to restore amounts in the PSN/SEN or SOE wallet.

As a preventative measure, we are requiring secure password resets for those PSN/SEN accounts that had both a sign-in ID and password match through this attempt. If you are in the small group of PSN/SEN users who may have been affected, you will receive an email from us at the address associated with your account that will prompt you to reset your password.

Similarly, the SOE accounts that were matched have been temporarily turned off. If you are among the small group of affected SOE customers, you will receive an email from us at the address associated with your account that will advise you on next steps in order to validate your account credentials and have your account turned back on.

We want to take this opportunity to remind our consumers about the increasingly common threat of fraudulent activity online, as well as the importance of having a strong password and having a username/password combination that is not associated with other online services or sites. We encourage you to choose unique, hard-to-guess passwords and always look for unusual activity in your account.

Are they selling the original Crysis on PSN for £15.99? The first one. In the jungle. I don't think I've read that properly.