PlayStation Network will be offline for routine scheduled maintenance on Thursday, January 19th from approximately 8am until 9pm PST. That’s a massive 13 hours of downtime. As usual, PlayStation Network services will be unavailable during this time. Users who are already signed into their account on PlayStation Network before the start of the maintenance should be able to stay signed in to their online session, but will not be able to access any of the services listed below.
Full Games (PS3)
PSOne Classics (PSP/PS3)
Game Videos (free)
PSP Themes (also available from PS3 Storefront)
PlayStation Plus
| Discounts: | Oddworld Stranger’s Wrath – 30% off for two weeks |
| Full Game Trials: | Cars 2
Crysis 2 Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas Tom Clancy’s Splinter Call Double Agent |
| Beta: | Starhawk Beta |
You may be happy to learn that Starhawk will be hitting store shelves May 8th. In addition, the Public Beta opens today so you can see what the game has to offer before the game’s release. If you were in the Private Beta you know what to expect, plus some key things listed below. For those of you new to Starhawk and the Public Beta, check out the quick primer video below.
A new DLC pack is making it’s way to Gran Turismo 5 very soon – 18th January to be exact. This new pack has two components, the first of which features brand new cars, and will be priced at €5.99/£4.79. The second component of the new content is the Speed Test Pack, which will be priced at €3.99/£3.19. In addition to the new DLC, Functionality Update v2.03 will also be released.
PlayStation Plus
| minis: | Stick Man RescueMecho Wars : PSN Price: $4.99, FREE in Plus |
| Full Game Trials: | Toy Story 3: The Video GameSports Champions |
| Media: | Qore Episode 44 – January |
| Avatars and Themes: | Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Felyne Fighter AvatarMonster Hunter Freedom Unite Lance Avatar
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Poogie Avatar Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Avatar Bundle 3 (PS+ Price $0.99) |
| PSN Games: | Burnout Crash! – 30% off (PS+ Price $4.89)Crysis – 30% off (PS+ Price $10.49)
Deathspank – 30% off (PS+ Price $6.99) Fancy Pants Adventure – 30% off (PS+ Price $4.89) Gatling Gears – 30% off (PS+ Price $4.89) Risk Factions – 30% off (PS+ Price $4.89) |
| Add-Ons: | Dante’s Inferno DLC Bundle – 30% off (PS+ Price $10.49)Dead Space 2 DLC Bundle – 30% off (PS+ Price $10.49)
Dragon Age 2 – Legacy Pack – 20% off (PS+ Price $6.39) Need For Speed Hot Pursuit DLC Bundle – 30% off (PS+ Price $20.99) Shift 2 Unleashed DLC Bundle: PSN Price: $24.99, Plus discount: 30% off – price: $17.49 Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 – Birdie Pack – 30% off (PS+ Price $7.69) Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 – Eagle Pack – 30% off (PS+ Price $17.49) |
| PS3 Full Games: | Dante’s Inferno Super Bundle – 25% off (PS+ Price $14.99)Dead Space 2 Super Bundle – 20% off (PS+ Price $35.99)
Shift 2 Unleashed Bundle – 20% off (PS+ Price $39.99) Need for Speed Hot Pursuit Super Bundle – 20% off (PS+ Price $39.99) |
Sony have launched two college sports applications on the PlayStation Network today to complement your sports entertainment experience. Through the XOS College Sports and SEC Digital Network applications, PS3 users now have access to a customizable college sports platform to stream current and classic content on-demand, and make the PS3 the first and only gaming console to offer these applications.
As you may have heard during today’s Sony Electronics press conference at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, PlayStation and Netflix are teaming up again to bring tens of thousands of hours of movies and TV episodes from Netflix to the PS Vita for US customers.
