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To celebrate 15 Years of PlayStation, Kojima Creates Unique PSPs

Wow, I wasn’t even paying attention, but as of yesterday, the PlayStation brand from Sony has been alive for 15 years. Congratulations to everybody at Sony for the accomplishment.

So you may be wondering how Kojima fits into all of this. Well, to celebrate the anniversary, him and Metal Gear artist Yoji Shinkawa signed white PSPs, and Shinkawa drew a picture of snake on his.

These are pretty sweet PSPs, let me tell you that. Especially if you don’t actually have to pay for them. So how do you go about getting one of these? Just pick up Vol. 460 of Dengeki PlayStation, and try your hand at the contest in there.

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PlayStation Store Updates – June 25, 2009

It’s Thursday, and that means the PlayStation store has finally decided to get with the times and gives us another store update.  So 2 days after XBox Live has had some nifty new Rock Band tracks, Sony Owners get theirs, because god forbid they could move their update day to Tuesday.  Anyway, here’s this week’s list:

Downloadable Games

Droplitz ($9.99)
Immerse yourself in this addictive puzzler that’s all about strategically twisting and connecting mismatched dials to save precious droplitz. Just making a single junction is child’s play; can you master the art of the combo or will you let your pipes runneth over? With four unique play modes, a variety of board sizes, and infinite replayability, Droplitz promises to drain all your time away.
ESRB Rated E
File size: 144 MB

PSone Classics PS3 / PSP

Mobile Light Force ($5.99)
This classic vertical scrolling shoot ‘em upbrings all the best of arcade action games into your home.
ESRB Rated E
File size: 69 MB

Game Demos (free)

The BIGS 2 Demo
The BIG LEAGUES just got BIGGER! The BIGS 2 allows fans to experience heroic gameplay, legendary game modes and incredible player models. Experience a 3 inning game between the American and National League All Stars, as well as Home Run Derby Pinball in the all new Las Vegas level. The BIGS gets BIGGER 7.7.09!
File size: 562 MB

Add-on Game Content

High Velocity Bowling 60’s Surf Ball Pack ($0.99)
File size: 5.08 MB

High Velocity Bowling Tiki Polynesian Ball Pack ($0.99)
File size: 5.52 MB

LittleBigPlanet Summer Solstice Costume (free)
File size: 1.04 MB

LittleBigPlanet Artists Sitcker Pack – Jon Burgerman ($1.99)
File size: 1.04 MB

MotorStorm Pacific Rift Wombat Signature Livery Pack (free)
File size: 100 KB

Cross Edge Mystery Synth Pack (free)
File size: 111 KB

Cross Edge Mighty Rare Pack (free)
File size: 111 KB

Cross Edge Additional Dungeon 1 (free)
File size: 111 KB

Disgaea 3: Absence Of Justice Class World Command Attack Mode ($3.99)
File size: 1.23 MB

Cuboid Bundle Pack ($4.99)
File size: 100 KB

Cuboid Level Editor ($3.99)
File size: 100 KB

Cuboid Booster Pack ($2.99)
File size: 100 KB

Guitar Hero World Tour

• “Chalk Dust Torture (Live)” by Phish ($1.99)
• “Down With Disease (Live)” by Phish ($1.99)
• “Sample In A Jar (Live)” by Phish ($1.99)
• Phish Live Track Pack ($5.49)

File sizes: 52 MB – 63 MB (singles), 169 MB (track pack)

Rock Band

• “Little of Your Time” — Maroon 5 ($1.99)
• “Makes Me Wonder” — Maroon 5 ($1.99)
• “Wake Up Call” — Maroon 5 ($1.99)
• “Maroon 5 Pack 1 ($5.49)
• “21st Century (Digital Boy)” — Bad Religion ($1.99)
• “The Downfall of Us All” — A Day to Remember ($1.99)
• “The Flood” — Escape the Fate ($1.99)
• “I Didn’t Say I Was Powerful, I Said I Was a Wizard” — Chiodos ($1.99)
• “Reinventing Your Exit” — Underoath ($1.99)
• Warped Tour 2009 Pack 1 ($8.49)
• “Alive” — Pearl Jam ($1.99)
• “Brother” — Pearl Jam ($1.99)
• “State of Love and Trust” — Pearl Jam ($1.99)
• Pearl Jam “Ten” Bonus Pack ($5.49)

File sizes: 21 MB – 42 MB (singles), 94 MB – 140 MB (track pack)

PS3 Themes

Battlefield 1943 Theme (free)
File size: 3.77 MB

Elven X III Theme ($1.49)
File size: 5.95 MB

PlayStation Store for PSP

Downloadable Games

Brothers in Arms D-Day ($14.99) (also available from PS3 storefront)
On the night before D-Day, the 101st Airborne parachuted behind enemy lines in Normandy. The hopes of the free world rested upon their shoulders.
ESRB Rated M
File size: 1.05 GB

Chessmaster: The Art of Learning ($19.99) (also available from PS3 storefront)
The world’s best program for beginners and advanced players. Play the best selling chess program for the first time on PSP.
ESRB Rated E
File size: 84 MB

Driver 76 ($19.99) (also available from PS3 storefront)
Take to the streets of 1976 New York, in this action packed, Hollywood style driving game, where you can become the ultimate godfather of the street racing!
ESRB Rated M
File size: 637 MB

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ($19.99) (also available from PS3 storefront)
Based on the CGI TMNT movie, Ubisoft’s TMNT video game takes place in New York City, a city plagued with fast-moving shadows and attacks from strange creatures. Could the wealthy and mysterious Max Winters be involved? New York City needs the Turtles now more than ever but they face their most trying time both as heroes and as brothers.
ESRB Rated E10+
File size: 864 MB

Add-on Game Content

Dynasty Warriors Strikeforce Pack 2 (free) (also available from PS3 storefront)
File size: 1.13 MB

Rock Band Unplugged (also available from PS3 storefront)

• “Afterlife” — Avenged Sevenfold ($1.99)
• “Dr. Feelgood”— Motley Crue ($1.99)

File sizes: 20 MB – 22 MB

PSP Themes

Elven X PSP Theme 5 ($0.99) (also available from PS3 storefront)
File size: 545 KB

Elven X PSP Theme 6 ($0.99) (also available from PS3 storefront)
File size: 661 KB

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Better Thank Nintendo for the PlayStation!

Little did all of the PlayStation 3 owners and fanboys in the world know, Nintendo is the grandfather of the PlayStation. Yep, believe it or not. In the December of 1992, Nintendo released it’s monthly magazine, Nintendo Power, to it’s readers with a little surprise inside. Nintendo announced that the Super Nintendo was going to compete with the Sega Genesis!

Nintendo was going to do this by agreeing to a partnership with Sony to create the Super Nintendo CD-Rom system that would boast ” a custom 32-bit processor”.  Unbelievable eh? This agreement obviously didn’t last too long. Nintendo and Sony continued working on the Super Nintendo CD, but then dumped the idea because a CD-Rom based system would be impractical due to long load times.

Sony and Nintendo broke up, and Nintendo went on to create the Nintendo 64, which had good sales, but Sony went on to create the PlayStation – a CD based system that sold 300,000 units in just 30 days!

So next time all of you PS3 fanboys start hating on the Nintendo or the Wii, you better look back and had the great idea in the first place, and is overall, the grandfather of the PlayStation 3 that you know and love fight now.

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Microsoft accidentally advertised PlayStation

Wow, it looks like Microsoft has accidently advertised for PlayStation, because wait! What are those kids holding?! It looks like PS3 controllers to me!

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