GRAPHICS: Graphically, the game looks fantastic for a downloadable title. Relentless use the same art style from the Buzz! series. The animation is perfect with the voice acting and lip-syncing matching perfectly. The village itself is finely detailed with subtle details such as your typical red post box and even the odd paving stones in the garden.
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Echoes is another mini from Halfbrick and certainly brings a unique change in tone from Blast Off. To promote the game, Sony are giving the soundtrack to the game away for free (see below). Four tracks are available, with each one specific to the individual gameplay mode – Arcade, Jackpot, Survival and Multiplayer.
New titles in the US PlayStation Video Store this week include Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant, The Informant!, Everybody’s Fine, and finally, the Cameron Diaz and James Marsden thriller The Box. The most popular downloaded titles this week were Couples Retreat and Family Guy – Season 8. Check out the list of new TV and movie title below.
Since Heavy Rain was patched earlier this week, a number of users have complained about issues in the game including graphical glitches and freezing. Sony is aware of the problem and is currently looking into “any common factors for people who are experiencing game freezing.” Sony also notes that the issues are present on a low number of machines.
Warhawk, the online-only third-person shooter, is now available to download for a discounted price of just $14.99 from the US PlayStation Store. In addition, you can also pick up all three expansion packs for an additional $9.99 (or just the ones you need for $4.99 each). It’s been more than two years since the game was first released and there are still lots of players having fun online.
This week on the PSP PlayStation Store, the The Eye of Judgment Legends demo is now available to download from both the US and European stores. Both stores also have a number of new downloadable games available for purchase, including Valhalla Knights 2 in Europe and Echoshift in the US.
This week on the PlayStation Store, a host of new add-on content is available to download. FIFA 2010 Ultimate Team is available to download as well as new DLC for Uncharted 2 and LittleBigPlanet. The third episode of the Blue Toad Murder Files is also available to download for free, but you need to own the first two episodes. Also, the Darksiders demo and God of War III demos is finally available to download too.
In case you missed it, the God of War III demo is available to download from the PlayStation Store. The demo is definitely worth a play (if not two) and we certainly can’t wait to get our hands on the full game next month. And for those of you who haven’t yet seen it, we have the latest trailer for you below, where you’ll be able to see Kratos inflicting total chaos and destruction.
The Tester premiered on the PlayStation Network last week, and this week the second episode is now available to download. The battle heats up this week for the aspiring SCEA game testers as the competition gets more physical and they face legendary game designer David Jaffe, who joins the panel to evaluate the candidates in action. Check out the preview of Episode 2 below.
This week on the Comic Store, Sony has added 52 new comics for you to download, starting with 2000AD release their PROG 2010 Christmas Mega Special – all 100 pages of it. You can also download the first ever 10 issues of Marvel’s The Avengers (1963) and the 4 part series of We Will Bury You. Check out the complete list of new comics below.
