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This Week on the PSN (11.13.12)

♦ by Unknown Wednesday, 14 November 2012 Thursday, 1 November 2012 0 comments

Every Tuesday, Sony drops a bunch of new stuff onto the PlayStation Network. Those with a PlayStation 3, Vita or PSP can download these goodies, which include PSN games, movies, themes and more. While the Official PlayStation Blog outlines these updates in full each week, we thought we'd help truncate the good news into something more digestible.

PSN Games

Here are this week’s new games for PS3.

  • Planets Under Attack ($14.99)
  • PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale ($59.99 - Preorder)
  • SingStar Digital ($0.00)
  • Tekken Tag Tournament 2 ($49.99)
  • Wicked Monster Blast! HD ($9.99)

Vita Games

And here's a new game for your Vita.

  • Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified ($49.99)

PlayStation Plus

Here are this week’s new PlayStation Plus perks. Remember that some of the perks from previous weeks are also still available.

  • Quantic Conundrum (PSN, Free)
  • Machinarium (PSN, Discount)
  • Choplifter HD (PSN, Discount)
  • Super Stacker Party (PSN, Discount)

PSone Classics

There aren’t any new PSone Classics this week.

PS2 Classics

No PS2 Classics this time.

DLC

As always, let’s examine this week’s new DLC offerings.

First, for PS3 and PSN...

  • 007 Legends - Various (Free)
  • Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Season Pass ($49.99)
  • Darksiders 2 - Maker Armor ($2.99)
  • Dead or Alive 5 Swimwear Packs ($4.99 - $12.99)
  • F1 Race Stars Accessory Packs ($0.99 - $4.99)
  • Just Dance 4 - Sorcerer ($2.99)
  • Mugen Souls Equipment Packs (Free - $2.99)
  • Naughty Bear Panic in Paradise Pennybear Costume ($0.99)
  • Pure Chess Easter Island Chess Set ($2.49)
  • Rock Band 3 – Various Tracks ($0.99 - $17.99)
  • RockSmith – Various Tracks ($2.99 - $11.99)
  • Sleeping Dogs – Various Mission Packs ($2.99 - $7.99)
  • Sniper Elite V2 -- Multiplayer Expansion (Free)
  • Street Fighter X Tekken -- Shared Assist Gem Pack 5 ($2.99)
  • Zen Pinball 2 -- Fantastic Four ($2.99)

Now, Vita DLC…

  • New Little King’s Story – Various Weapons and Clothes ($0.99-$1.99)
  • Pure Chess -- Easter Island Chess Set ($2.49)
  • Street Fighter X Tekken – Palettes and Gem Packs (Free - $2.99)
  • Zen Pinball 2 -- Fantastic Four ($2.99)

Demos

A couple of PS3 demos for you…

  • Need For Speed Most Wanted
  • F1 Race Stars
  • Planets Under Attack
  • Zen Pinball 2

And how about a Vita demo?

  • Ragnarok Odyssey

Discounts

Finally, some fresh discounts and sales.

  • Choplifter HD (PSN)
  • Super Stacker Party (PSN)
  • Dragon’s Lair (PSN)
  • Family Feud (PSN)
  • Family Feud Decades (PSN)
  • Hollywood Squares (PSN)
  • Press Your Luck (PSN)
  • The Price is Right (PSN)
  • The Price is Right Decades (PSN)
  • Who Wants to Be A Millionaire (PSN)
  • Game Show Party Bundle (PSN)

Greg is the executive editor of IGN PlayStation, cohost of Podcast Beyond and host of Up at Noon. Follow IGN on Twitter, and keep track of Greg's shenanigans on IGN and Twitter. Beyond!


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PS3 Exclusive Portal 2 DLC Tuesday

♦ by Unknown Wednesday, 14 November 2012 Thursday, 1 November 2012 0 comments

Back at E3, Portal 2 In Motion debuted, and now, it has a release date. Tuesday, November 6th, you'll be able to plunk down $9.99 and pick up a PlayStation Move exclusive "DLC campaign." If that's too rich for your blood, the original Portal 2 single-player and co-op campaigns will be patched for PlayStation Move controls Tuesday, as well.

Created by developer Sixense, the DLC -- according to the PlayStation Blog -- "introduces gameplay mechanics, including scaling and rotation of objects as well as portal surfing. These new abilities are all required as the player progresses through an increasingly challenging set of test chambers that look familiar from Portal 2, but require new thinking to solve."

If you're a PlayStation Plus member, you can get Portal 2 In Motion at a 30 percent discount. Tuesday also marks the digital release of Portal 2 on the PlayStation Network and the aforementioned PlayStation Move patch. While the original game will now support Sony's motion controller, the blog calls out the fact that only Portal 2 In Motion has puzzles built for the PlayStation Move.

So, you buying the DLC Tuesday?

Greg is the executive editor of IGN PlayStation, cohost of Podcast Beyond and host of Up at Noon. Follow IGN on Twitter, and keep track of Greg's shenanigans on IGN and Twitter. Beyond!


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Mark Hamill Talks Star Wars: Episode VII

♦ by Unknown Wednesday, 14 November 2012 Thursday, 1 November 2012 0 comments

Following Disney's Lucasfilm buyout on Tuesday, Star Wars poster boy Mark Hamill (Luke Skywalker himself) revealed that he -- much like everyone else -- was caught completely by surprise when he heard the big news.

"I had no idea that George [Lucas] was going to sell to Disney until I read it online like everybody else," Hamill told EW. "He did tell us last summer about wanting to go on and do [Episodes] VII, VIII and IX, and that [newly appointed Lucasfilm president] Kathleen Kennedy would be doing them. He seems to be in a really good place. He's really happy. And that's nice because I know that when we were making the movies, he was not a jolly guy on set. [Laughs]"

So what did Lucas have to say last summer about the third trilogy? "Last August, he asked Carrie and I to have lunch with him and we did," he said. "I thought he was going to talk about either his retirement or the Star Wars TV series that I’ve heard about -- which I don't think we were going to be involved in anyway... So when he said, 'We decided we're going to do Episodes VII, VIII and IX,' I was just gobsmacked. 'What? Are you nuts?!' [Laughs]"

Continued Hamill, "I can see both sides of it. Because in a way, there was a beginning, a middle, and an end and we all lived happily ever after, and that's the way it should be -- and it's great that people have fond memories, if they do have fond memories. But on the other hand, there's this ravenous desire on the part of the true believers to have more and more and more material. It's one of those things: people either just don't care for it or are passionate about it. I guess that defines what cult movies are all about. We'll see."

And as for the buyout itself? "I have mixed feelings about that, but [Disney hasn't] done badly by Marvel and the Muppets and Pixar," Hamill responded. "It's one of those big decisions that at first seems unusual but then the more you look at it, the more it makes sense."

According to a recent interview with Lucas biographer Dale Pollock, the original outlines for Episodes VII, VIII and IX called for an older Luke Skywalker. While this is by no means evidence of anything -- after all, those particular drafts might already be scrapped -- there is still a chance that Hamill could reprise his role in the new films. Of course, for now, this all remains under the bubble of fanboy speculation.

Max Nicholson is a writer for IGN, and he still can't believe he can type "Episode VII" without having to add "Just Kidding." Geek out with him by following @Max_Nicholson on Twitter, or MaxNicholson on IGN.


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