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PAL PlayStation Store Update: July 4 Was Just Another Day

America, your PlayStation Store offering for the week was pretty poor, but you're excused. It's a long weekend, you're out drinking and celebrating and letting off fireworks. But Europe? July 4 means nothing, so you have no excuse. Unless you lot were hanging out for Commando 3 or (the admittedly great) Space Invaders Extreme demo, all you're going to find are the usual assortment of wallpapers you'll never use and trailers you've already seen online. Disappointing, if not predictable. More »

5:00 PM on Fri Jul 4 2008
By Luke Plunkett
3,780 views, 33 comments

Latest by Captain_Sarcastic: You don't have to pay for all wallpapers on XBL. Just think you could proudly sport TAG for your background and avatar. It's nice to see PS3 isn't filled with lame microtransactions (yet?). more »

rock band 2

Europe Gets Rock Band 2 In September As Well

The first Rock Band's European roll-out was...less than ideal. So news of the sequel's announcement earlier today will, for a lot of Europeans, bring more questions than excitement. Questions like: what about a European release date? Wil it be released outside the UK, France and Germany? Will it be released in Europe at all? Well, yes (to one of those questions). No firm date as of yet, but EA have confirmed to VG247 that the game will be released in Europe in September, same month as it is in the US. Much better.

Rock Band 2 release is "the same for Europe" [VG247]

6:20 AM on Mon Jun 30 2008
By Luke Plunkett
4,426 views, 44 comments

Latest by TeaBean: @Dannon: Wait and buy RB2. I have played the crap out of GH2, GH3 and RB and RB is easily my favourite. It is obvious that Harmonix know what they are doing with the music in GH2 and RB whereas GH3 more »

Europe Gets MGS Database On Thursday - Just a quick update to this item from last week; Konami Europe have announced that the Metal Gear database - already available on the North American and Japanese PlayStation Stores - will be ready for download in Europe on June 26. That's this Thursday.

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nintendo wii

Wii Update 3.3 Kills Freeloader Too? [Update]

Oh dear. I'm getting reports starting to trickle out of Australia that the latest Wii update (3.3) has done more than block the Twilight Princess save-game exploit. I'm hearing it's killed Datel's Wii Freeloader as well, which if true, will not go down well in Europe and Australia at all. Especially with Smash Bros' imminent - and very late - release in PAL territories in two weeks serving as a poignant reminder of just why so many people own a Freeloader in the first place. I'll update once we get some confirmation either way.

Update: OK, got enough verifications on this to bump it up to "confirmed".

2:30 AM on Tue Jun 17 2008
By Luke Plunkett
17,998 views, 174 comments

Latest by n/a: EVERYBODY PANIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! more »

Little Kings Story

Little King's Story To Hit PAL Territories In Q1 2009

We just found out that Marvelous Entertainment's Wii-exclusive"Project O" has a real name, if you haven't heard: Little King's Story. It's due for a Winter 2008 release in North America, and today we learn that it will hit the PAL territories in the first quarter of 2009, being published by Rising Star Games (Xseed handles North America for Marvelous.)

The all-star team behind the game includes Yasuhiro Wada (Harvest Moon), Yoshiro Kimura (HM & Chulip), Youichi Kawaguchi (Dragon Quest VIII) AND Hideo Minaba, art director for FFXII. Pretty exciting, if you ask me!

It's the story of a shy little boy named Corobo who suddenly becomes a king, and gameplay sounds a little bit life sim, a little bit real-time strategy and adventure, as you might expect from Marvelous.

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11:00 PM on Thu Jun 12 2008
By Leigh Alexander
1,728 views, 27 comments

Latest by Spiderbait: I'd rather want to play a game about King Fat the fat king. [www.hockeyzombie.com] [www.hockeyzombie.com] [www.hockeyzombie.com] There are few things more awesome than a giant fat guy. more »

playstation store

PAL PlayStation Store Update

The PAL PlayStation Store update's got more meat on its bone this week. While its lacking in videos, trailers and demos, it does manage three full games, which is nice. One of them, OK, it's very, very late. Almost a year late. Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. The others are the original Rayman along with MediEvil: Resurrection, given a third lease of life as a downloadable title. More »

3:30 AM on Fri May 30 2008
By Luke Plunkett
2,516 views, 21 comments

Latest by gblock: SUPER PUZZLE FIGHTER!!! It's so about bloody time. I have *no* idea wtf took them so long, but the moment I get home that's going on the download list. Jet lag + super puzzle fighter = teh fun! :) more »

playstation store

PAL PlayStation Store Update

Europe, Australia, let us see what's new in the PlayStation Store for today. Two demos is a nice improvement, even if one of them is Iron Man, while the rest of the update seems content to dump on you a ton of video content from the recent PlayStation Day event held in London. There's also some PSP demos (Everybody's Golf 2) and an Indiana Jones movie trailer. More »

4:30 AM on Fri May 23 2008
By Luke Plunkett
2,309 views, 15 comments

Latest by enewtabie: @Shad0X: sigh...you might be surprised at the numbers on that "shity" game. Of course everything in the store is optional and I'm sure no ones feelings will be hurt if you don't download it. more »

smash bros

This Is Nintendo's Excuse For Smash Bros' European Delay

Laurent Fischer is senior marketing director at Nintendo Europe. Laurent knows why Smash Bros. Brawl will be released five months later in Europe than it was in Japan. The answer? Exactly what you thought it would be: localisation timeframes, along with some bonus, very vague stuff about Nintendo's production capabilities. Answers Europeans are very accustomed to, and probably getting quite sick of, as they're only pointing out a disease's symptoms, not giving them news of a possible cure.

Nintendo explains Euro Brawl wait [CVG]

5:30 AM on Wed May 21 2008
By Luke Plunkett
4,443 views, 73 comments

Latest by The Maginomicon: Why don't they just do the honest thing and have a press conference where the guy gets up there, and simply says "Uh... Oops." more »

wiiware

WiiWare Launches In Europe/Australia, Gets Demos With A Catch

As advertised, the WiiWare service has begun launching across PAL territories today. Upon firing up my Wii this morning, I was able to get WiiWare up and running, browse the six available launch titles (full list after the jump), then see something a little unexpected. There was a demo! Yes, a demo for Dr Mario. Oh, don't get so excited. You see, while the demo's free, you can only play it if you've got the friend code of somebody who's already paid full price for the game. Making it almost completely useless! Note to Nintendo: I know you're new to this, but that's not how you do demos. More »

8:20 PM on Mon May 19 2008
By Luke Plunkett
3,754 views, 51 comments

Latest by onomeister: Hey guys, what's the best site that reviews WiiWare games (not retro Virtual Console games)? One that I don't have to scroll through the entire Wii list of games (Gamespot... arrrgh). more »

rock band

Rock Band Update Brings Parity With The Old World

Rock Band makes its expensive, long-overdue debut in Europe next week, and brings with it a bunch of Euro-specific tracks. Tracks that aren't that Euro-specific, however, since next week they'll be making up the American content update as well. There's a nice mix of British, German and French songs on offer, which to be honest is probably headlined by Die Toten Hosen's "Hier Kommt Alex", since the British offerings don't quite rock as hard as one would have hoped. More »

9:20 PM on Fri May 16 2008
By Luke Plunkett
6,698 views, 61 comments

Latest by eastx: @AndyboyH: Why pick on Scotty? He didn't say anything wrong. more »

playstation store

PAL PlayStation Store Update

Hold onto your bowler hats/berets/lederhosen/akubras, PAL PS3 owners, because this week, the PlayStation Store update brings content. And not just any content, but games. Sure, one of them's Dark Mist, but the other one is the original Red Alert! Which now that I say it out loud is probably quite terrible, but nostalgia should get you through at least 10-15 minutes with it. As for the rest of the updates, there's an Overlord demo and themes. So, so many themes. More »

9:40 PM on Thu May 15 2008
By Luke Plunkett
3,358 views, 31 comments

Latest by E-lai-e: Pixel Junk MONSTERS Encore Pack looks cool so far (only played easy) Will play it more after finishing Rachet & Clank: Tools of Destruction (been lying around for a while, only 70% done). more »

Smash Bros. Brawl Gets Australian Release Date - Aussie Brawl fans, you can release those baited breaths. Nintendo Australia have just announced that Super Smash Bros. Brawl will be released in the country on June 26, a day before it's released in Europe. That's in 43 days' time, in case you were wondering.

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wiiware

European WiiWare Launch Lineup A Little Bigger, A Little Different

Unlike Nintendo of America, Nintendo Europe are giving PAL customers a little time to prepare for WiiWare's launch, by announcing their first lineup of games for the service a week in advance (European launch is May 20). Europeans will be getting eight games instead of six, and while they won't be getting Defend Your Castle or VIP Blackjack, they will be getting Dr Mario, Germ Buster, Pirates: The Key of Dreams, Toki Tori and Star Soldier R. Full lineup after the jump. More »

4:00 AM on Tue May 13 2008
By Luke Plunkett
5,100 views, 36 comments

Latest by n/a: I REALLY WANT DEFEND YOUR CASTLE! THIS SUCKS! more »

playtv

PlayTV Hits Europe In September

Looks like those SCE Australia reports were spot-on. At yesterday's SCEE event in London, Sony announced that PlayTV - Sony Europe's HDTV tuner & recorder for the PS3 - would be launching in Europe sometime in September, for the price of €99/£80. No idea how well this kind of thing will do at market (it's an awful lot of money considering it's skimming off your PS3's HDD), but as someone yet to fork out for a HD tuner for my own TV, I'll be keeping an eye on it later this year regardless.
PlayTV Dated, Priced [Next-Gen]

7:20 AM on Wed May 7 2008
By Luke Plunkett
1,875 views, 42 comments

Latest by n/a: I cant wait til this makes it here(NZ), DVB-t has just started up here and i think all of it is upscaled to 720p with the most popular programs being broadcast in 1080p. The standard STB's cost around $400 here more »

virtual console

Another PAL Hanabi Festival: Gradius II & Cho Aniki To Hit VC

Last year Nintendo ran a little party for PAL customers called the "Hanabi Festival". For a month, they put a bunch of Japanese games up on the Virtual Console, games that had never been available outside of Japan. It went down well! So well they're running another one. This week, European and Australian Wii owners have been able to pick up Final Soldier, Columns III and Gradius II. In coming weeks? A lineup that includes Star Parodier, Puyo Puyo 2 and, amazingly (awesomely?), the original Cho Aniki.

11:30 PM on Fri May 2 2008
By Luke Plunkett
4,512 views, 50 comments

Latest by Yetanotheruninspiredscreename: " but Square is STILL hesitant to bring out Chrono Trigger and FF VI." No FF games on the vc when Nintendo won't let them charge 15 bucks for the NES and SNES ones plus they can do remakes for the more »

playstation store

Next Week, Europe Gets A Proper PS Store Update

Europeans are sick of crummy PlayStation Store updates, I'm sick of writing about them. So it's lucky for the lot of us that next week, we get a temporary reprieve. To celebrate the PlayStation Day event being held in London on May 6, Sony have promised that next week the European store will be updated not once, but twice. The first round of content, including a Haze demo, will hit on May 6, with a second round (which includes a Race Driver: GRID demo) due on May 8. More »

10:30 PM on Fri May 2 2008
By Luke Plunkett
3,518 views, 45 comments

Latest by n/a: Comment on Next Week, Europe Gets A Proper PS Store Update is anyone able to see the update yet? im on psn now and nothing has been updated :( more »

xbox live

British 360 Vid Marketplace Gets...Michael Jackson Videos

Poor Britain. Your 360 Video Marketplace, it was so late! And is still woefully understocked! What could possibly make amends for this? How about...uh, five Michael Jackson videos? Bad, Billie Jean, Thriller, Beat It and Black or White are all available, all for 200 points, and all - sadly for the legions of Macaulay Culkin fans in Ireland and the United Kingdom - all in standard definition. No, before you ask, I don't know why the hell they're there either.
Marketplace Roundup for May 1, 2008 [Microsoft]

5:30 AM on Fri May 2 2008
By Luke Plunkett
1,522 views, 40 comments

Latest by Jnkzm4: i may end up getting a 360 after all. more »

playstation store

PAL PlayStation Store Update

The PAL PlayStation Store's usual slim pickings gets somewhat of a free pass this week, as with GTA IV upon us I can't imagine too many people clamouring for PSP demos or wallpapers. It's still slim pickings, however. No Echocrome, no PS3 demos, just Ape Quest for the PSP and some Need for Speed DLC. More »

11:30 PM on Thu May 1 2008
By Luke Plunkett
1,816 views, 15 comments

Latest by enewtabie: I sent it over to Kotaku,but you SCEE folks will receive two updates next week.Four demos,3 or four psn games,etc. May 6th and May 8th. more »

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