Add-on Game Content

LittleBigPlanet Sack in the Box Costume (free)
A community costume for SackBoy!
File size: 1.04 MB

LittleBigPlanet LocoRoco Costumes ($2.99)
A costume kit for SackBoy!  Contains 5 different costumes.
File size: 1.04 MB

BioShock PS3 Challenge Rooms  ($9.99)
Experience the intense, terrifying world of Rapture like never before with the all-new PLAYSTATION 3 exclusive Add-On Game Content featuring three unique Challenge Rooms and some very cool extras. In “A Shocking Turn of Events,” rescue a trapped Little Sister in a disturbing carnival in Rapture. In “The I in Team”, defeat a Big Daddy using only your wits. In “Worlds of Hurt” plow through eight rooms filled with the worst Rapture has to offer.
File size: 402 MB

Dead Space

• Dead Space Astronaut Pack ($2.99)
  Download the Astronaut Suit and Weapon Skin Pack, featuring an amazing 26th Century Astronaut Suit and new skins for the Plasma Cutter, Pulse Rifle, and Ripper!
• Dead Space Big Gun Pack ($0.99)
  Download the Steam Punk Force Gun, the ultimate in Necromorph-killing destruction.
• Dead Space Heavy Damage Pack ($2.99)
  Download the Heavy Damage Weapon pack featuring a cool new look and massive firepower for the Plasma Cutter, Contact Beam, Pulse Rifle, and Ripper.
• Dead Space Hot Rod Pack ($0.99)
  Download the Hot Rod Weapon Skin Pack, featuring awesome flame graphics for the Flamethrower and Pulse Rifle.
• Dead Space Military Pack ($3.99)
  Download the Military Weapon Pack for a new look and enhanced power for all 7 Dead Space weapons.
• Dead Space Obsidian Pack ($1.49)
  Download the exclusive Obsidian Suit and Weapon Skin Pack now, available only for the PLAYSTATION 3! Includes an upgraded Level 5 suit, and weapon skins for the Line Gun, Plasma Cutter, and Pulse Rifle, all in jet-black PLAYSTATION 3 colors.
• Dead Space Obsidian Weapon Skin Pack ($1.49)
  Download the exclusive Obsidian Weapon Skin Pack now, available only for the PLAYSTATION 3 Includes weapon skins in jet-black Playstation 3 colors for the Line Gun, Plasma Cutter, and Pulse Rifle.
• Dead Space Pedestrian Pack ($1.49)
  Download the Pedestrian Weapon Skin Pack, featuring a fresh new look for the Contact Beam, Plasma Cutter, and Ripper.
• Dead Space Scorpion Pack ($3.99)
  Download the Scorpion Pack featuring an upgraded Level 5 Suit and three powered up weapons, all decorated in an awesome red Scorpion Skin.
• Dead Space Scorpion Weapon Pack ($2.25)
  Download the Scorpion Weapon Pack featuring a faster death-dealing Plasma Cutter, Line Gun, and Force Gun in awesome red skins.
• Dead Space Speed Kills Pack ($2.25)
  Download the Speed Kills Weapon Pack! Includes faster-firing Force Gun, Line Gun, and Plasma Cutter.
• Dead Space Tank Pack ($3.99)
  Download the Tank Pack featuring an upgraded Level 5 Suit and powered up Flamethrower, Force Gun, and Line Gun, all covered in Unitology script.

File sizes: 4.12 MB - 18 MB

Guitar Hero World Tour
For all song credits please visit www.guitarhero.com.

• “Consoler of the Lonely” by The Raconteurs ($1.99)
• “Hold Up” by The Raconteurs ($1.99)
• “Salute Your Solution” by The Raconteurs  ($1.99)
• The Raconteurs Track Pack ($5.49) - Downloadable Track Pack for Guitar Hero World Tour featuring “Consoler of the Lonely”, “Hold Up”, and “Salute Your Solution” by The Raconteurs. Please Note: Many songs are available both as singles and as a part of a Track Pack, so please carefully consider your purchases before downloading.

Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2
Expand your Karaoke Revolution Presents: American Idol Encore 2 library by purchasing these tracks.

• (I Just) Died In Your Arms ($1.49)
• All You Wanted ($1.49)
• Black Hole Sun ($1.49)
• It’s Not Unusual ($1.49)
• September ($1.49)

File sizes: 9.73 MB - 44 MB

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

• “That’s When I Reach for my Revolver” - Mission of Burma ($1.99)
• “That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate” - Mission of Burma ($1.99)
• “Mica” - Mission of Burma ($1.99)
• Mission of Burma Pack 01  ($5.49) - this track pack includes all of the above Mission of Burma singles.
• “Police Truck” - Dead Kennedys ($1.99)
• “Holiday in Cambodia” - Dead Kennedys ($1.99)
• “California Über Alles” - Dead Kennedys ($1.99)
• Dead Kennedys Pack 01 ($5.49) - this track pack includes all of the above Dead Kennedys singles.
• “Gone” - Crooked X ($0.99)
• “Swamped” - Lacuna Coil ($1.99)
• “Forever” - In This Moment ($1.99)
• “Closer” - Lacuna Coil ($1.99)
• Century Media Girls of Metal Pack 01 ($5.49) - this track pack includes

File sizes: 15 MB - 36 MB (singles)

Game Demos (free)

MotoGP 08 Demo
MotoGP 08 brings the premiere motorcycling championship to your home console! Speed down 18 official tracks in 15 countries and challenge others in online races, alone or with friends. Featuring easy-to-learn controls, MotoGP 08 is the most accessible motorcycle racing game to date.
ESRB Rated E
File size: 672 MB

Game Videos (free)

MotorStorm Pacific Rift Features and Strategy Trailer
File size: 70 MB (HD), 118 MB (1080)

Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe: Kreating the Comic Trailer
File size: 129 MB (HD)

Lord of the Rings: Conquest Trailer
File size: 81 MB (HD)

NBA 2K9 Momentous #1 Trailer
File size: 85 MB (HD), 100 MB (1080)

NBA 2K9 Momentous Trailer 2
File size: 116 MB (HD), 155 MB (1080)

Tom Clancy’s EndWar Launch Trailer
File size: 77 MB (HD)

FIFA 09 “In The Game” Part 8 - Online Team Play
File size: 191 MB (HD)

Dew Tour: Orlando - Chad Kagy
File size: 109 MB (HD)

Dew Tour: Orlando - Adam Jones
File sizes: 107 MB (HD)

Dew Tour: Orlando - From Flow to Pro
File sizes: 97 MB (HD)

Dew Tour: Orlando - BMX Dirt Dew Cup Race
File sizes: 125 MB (HD)

Movie and Blu-ray Disc Trailers

Hancock Trailer
File size: 124 MB (HD), 156 MB (1080)

This Christmas Trailer (Blu-ray)
File size: 120 MB (HD), 156 MB (1080)

Tenacious D - The Complete Masterworks Trailer
File size: 30 MB (SD), 112 MB (1080)

Sara Bareilles - Between The Lines Trailer
File size: 50 MB (SD), 261 MB (1080)

Incbus “Look Alive” Trailer
File size: 48 MB (SD), 229 MB (1080)

PS3 Themes

NBA 2K9 Theme (free)
File size: 1.99 MB

Hancock Theme (free)
File sizes: 2.40 MB

Timea Mojorova Theme ($1.99)
File sizes: 5.41 MB

University of California Theme ($1.99)
File sizes: 5.17 MB

Shadowy Graves Theme ($1.49)
File sizes: 5.09 MB

Darklight Fractais Theme ($1.49)
File sizes: 6.14 MB

Mrs. Claus Theme ($1.49)
File sizes: 6.86 MB

GunGirls Theme ($0.99)

Last week the Motorstormer Sackboy along with the animal pack including many animal-themed sackboys was released on the PlayStation Store. This week is shaping up to be another good one for downloadable sackboys. The image below is of a sackboy named Sack-in-the-Box which will be for free to download this Thursday so I will be sure to download this cool looking sackboy.

Along with the Sack-in-the-Box sackboy, there will be a LocoRoco SackBoy pack which is shown below. You will be able to get all five of these sackboys for a price of $2.99. I am unsure on my purchase of this pack because I am not a LocoRoco fan but if you are, LocoRoco has hit LittleBigPlanet.

We all hear this question around the web and we can not seem to avoid it no matter how hard we try. There are always fanboys out there saying anything possible to back their system up and prove why their console will win and why it is the best. I am going to give you guys a very in-depth view on who I think will win this console generation and why. What will each company have to do to convince customers to buy their console over the other? This is the true non-fanboyish view on who will win this console generation.

The console war officially started on November 17, 2006 when the Sony PlayStation 3 was finally released after much hype and anticipation. The Xbox 360 was released the previous year and it was now time for these consoles to go up against each other. The shocking price of $499/$599 for the PlayStation 3 put the console in a hard position to outsell its competitor as it’s price was double that of the 360 but PS3s still sold out the first month. A little after a month of launch, there was PS3s on shelves in many stores and the sales were greating depleting. Yet, when the 360 launched on November 22, 2005 it was no where to be found. This was most likely due to the fact that the PS3 had an unaffordable price which caused it to have a rough launch.

The PS3 then began to take a lot of hits and the 360 fanboys attacked it massively. It was looking to be a disappointing console generation for Sony who previously won the past two generations with the PS1 and PS2. After a few months of this rough start the PS3 began to get AAA titles and had a couple critical firmware updates that helped the PS3 boost its sales but shortly after they went back down again. Sony began to notice these low sales numbers and decided to come out with a new PS3 bundle at a price of $499. This included a 80gb console (60gb more than the original $499 PS3) and one of their hot titles, Motorstorm. Sales spiked with the release of this bundle for many weeks and more PS3s began to sell but was still losing to the 360 week after week. Eventually Sony finally dropped the price once more to a more affordable price of $399. This made it only $20 more than the Xbox 360 Elite at the time but there were still many other versions of the 360 much cheaper.

Once people started to recognize this price drop, the sales were reaching numbers the PS3 had never seen before. This lead to the PS3 outselling the 360 the last part of 2007 and most of 2008. Microsoft saw this and then dropped the price of their Xbox 360 Arcade System to $199 and many great RPGs began to hit the 360 console like Infinite Undiscovery which cause the 360 to sell out in Japan which it had never done before. Since then the 360 has outsold the PS3 week after week by a very small margin. This had led to the holiday season which is where we are today.

It is pretty obvious that the 360 is going to win this holiday season even with all the great PS3 games recently released. The 360 is half the price and with great recent releases of Fable II and Gears of 2, it is pretty obvious. With the prices that these consoles are placed at right now the 360 is looking to win this console generation but will Sony keep the price at $399 and most likely lose this console generation? Most likely not.

If Sony keeps the PS3 at the price of $399 through the middle of 2009 I think it will be very hard for the PS3 to win this generation even with all of the great titles coming due to the poor economy and people unable to spend $399 on a video game console. But what if Sony were to drop the price to $299 in the beginning of 2009? This would change the PS3’s price to a mass market price making it more affordable to millions of people. With the price at $299 and the release of amazing titles like Killzone 2, God of War 3, and White Knight Chronicles, there would be no competition between the consoles. PlayStation Home will also be available and even though its not too impressive right now, by about March 2009 I expect for the service to be huge and be a great addition to the PS3. But without this price drop, it will be very hard for the PS3 to come back and beat the 360 this generation.

So who will win this console generation? It all depends on what Sony decides to do with the price of the PS3 and their marketing strategy with both the console and its games.

This Thursday is the PlayStation store update and even without knowing what else is coming, this is already shaping up to be a great update with all of the new sackboys coming. These below are confirmed to hit the store this Thursday.

Here are the prices for these Sackboys:

• Sack-Eating Plant (FREE)
• Lilly Pad ($.99)
• Hugo ($.99)
• Great Blue ($.99)
• Frost-E ($.99)
• Animals Costumes Pack ($2.99)
• MotorStormer ($1.99)

As I informed you guys a while back, the PlayStation 3 version of Mirror’s Edge will be getting exclusive DLC that will not be going to the 360. I have just received word that this DLC will start to roll out in early 2009. No one knows exactly what exactly this DLC is yet but most likley there will be new time trail levels and more levels added to the story so if your going to pick up Mirror’s Edge stay tuned.

LittleBigPlanet has finally hit store shelves after problems with the delay due to “offensive” lyrics and many server problems. Now the game is up and running just fine and this past Thursday they release the SpaceSuit and Pumpkin Sackboy characters for free. Unfortunately, the US did not get the Motorstorm Sackboy like Europe did but hopefully we will get that character this week as characters from other regions do not work. Now I have found this image of some future Sackboys coming to Japan but there is also a very good chance they could be coming to the US so be sure to comment and let me know what you think of them.