This Week on the PSN (03.12.13)

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 PSN releases.

• Darkstalkers Resurrection ($14.99)
• Heavy Fire: Shattered Spear ($19.99)
• Psych Yourself ($6.99)
• Quantum Theory ($29.99)

Vita Games

And here’s a lone Vita game.

• Puzzle by Nikoli V: Sudoku ($4.99)

PSP Games

There are no new PSP games this week.

PlayStation Minis

There aren’t any new Minis, either.

PlayStation Plus

Here are this week’s new PlayStation Plus perks, which include a ridiculous amount of discounts. Keep in mind that previous weeks’ perks are still in effect as well.

• Asphalt: Injection (Vita, Discount)
• Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines (PSP, Discount)
• Babel Rising (PSN, Discount)
• Brothers in Arms: D-Day (PSP, Discount)
• Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway (Retail, Discount)
• Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (Retail/DLC, Discount)
• CellFactor: Psychokinetic Wars (PSN, Discount)
• CSI: Fatal Conspiracy (Retail, Discount)
• Driver ‘76 (PSP, Discount)
• Dungeon Hunter Alliance (Vita, Discount)
• Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (Retail/PSP, Discount)
• I Am Alive (PSN, Discount)
• Joe Danger: The Movie (PSN, Free)
• Just Dance 3 (Retail, Discount)
• Lumines: Electric Symphony (Vita, Discount)
• Mad Riders (PSN, Discount)
• Michael Jackson: The Experience (Retail/Vita/PSP, Discount)
• Outland (PSN, Discount)
• Petz: Dogz Family (PSP, Discount)
• Petz: Hamsterz Bunch (PSP, Discount)
• Prince of Persia Classic (PSN, Discount)
• Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands (Retail/PSP, Discount)
• Prince of Persia: Rival Swords (PSP, Discount)
• Prince of Persia Trilogy (Retail, Discount)
• Rayman Origins (Retail/Vita, Discount)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game (PSN/DLC, Discount)
• Shaun White Snowboarding (Retail, Discount)
• Shoot Many Robots (PSN/DLC, Discount)
• Splinter Cell Classic Trilogy (Retail, Discount)
• The Adventures of TinTin: The Game (Retail, Discount)
• The Expendables (PSN/DLC, Discount)
• Tom Clancy’s EndWar (Retail/PSP, Discount)
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Essentials (PSP, Discount)
• Voodoo Dice (PSN, Discount)

PSone Classics

Here are six new PSone Classics. Keep in mind that these are all in Japanese.

• Favorite Dear: Enkan No Monogatari ($5.99)
• First Queen IV ($5.99)
• Mahjong Uranai Fortuna: Tsuki No Megami Tachi ($5.99)
• Motorhead: High Velocity Entertainment ($5.99)
• Oz No Mahoutsukai: Another World ($5.99)
• Sentimental Graffiti ($5.99)
• Tump Shiyouyo! Fukkoku Ban ($5.99)

PS2 Classics

And here’s a lone PS2 Classic.

• Kessen II ($9.99)

DLC

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

First, for PS3 and PSN...

• Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk – Replacement BGM ($2.99)
• Dead Space 3 – Various DLC ($1.99-$9.99)
• Fist of the North Star 2: Ken’s Rage – Various DLC ($2.99-$9.99)
• God of War: Ascension – Online Pass ($9.99)
• LittleBigPlanet 2/Karting – St. Patrick’s Day Costume (Free)
• Rock Band 3 – Various Tracks ($0.99-$1.99)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game – Online Multiplayer/Wallace Pack ($4.99)
• Sound Shapes – Car Mini-Album and Entity Pack ($1.99)
• Sleeping Dogs – Chinese New Year ($6.99)
• Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Decade Duels Plus – Various DLC ($1.99-$3.99)

And some Vita DLC…

• LittleBigPlanet PS Vita – St. Patrick’s Day Costume (Free)
• Ragnarok Odyssey – Various DLC (Free)
• Sound Shapes – Car Mini-Album and Entity Pack ($1.99)

Demos

Here are some new demos.

• Army of Two: Devil’s Cartel (Retail)
• Darkstalkers Resurrection (PSN)
• Fuel Overdose (PSN)
• Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge (Retail)

Discounts

And finally, here are this week’s sales.

• Asphalt: Injection (Vita)
• Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines (PSP)
• Babel Rising (PSN)
• Brothers in Arms: D-Day (PSP)
• Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway (Retail)
• Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (Retail/DLC)
• CellFactor: Psychokinetic Wars (PSN)
• CSI: Fatal Conspiracy (Retail)
• Driver ‘76 (PSP)
• Dungeon Hunter Alliance (Vita)
• Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 (Retail/PSP)
• Hamsterball (PSN)
• I Am Alive (PSN)
• Just Dance 3 (Retail)
• Karateka (PSN)
• Lumines: Electric Symphony (Vita)
• Mad Riders (PSN)
• Michael Jackson: The Experience (Retail/Vita/PSP)
• Outland (PSN)
• Petz: Dogz Family (PSP)
• Petz: Hamsterz Bunch (PSP)
• Prince of Persia Classic (PSN)
• Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands (Retail/PSP)
• Prince of Persia: Rival Swords (PSP)
• Prince of Persia Trilogy (Retail)
• Raiden III (PSN)
• Rayman Origins (Retail/Vita)
• Shaun White Snowboarding (Retail)
• Shoot Many Robots (PSN/DLC)
• Splinter Cell Classic Trilogy (Retail)
• The Adventures of TinTin: The Game (Retail)
• The Expendables (PSN/DLC)
• Tom Clancy’s EndWar (Retail/PSP)
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Essentials (PSP)
• Voodoo Dice (PSN)

Colin Moriarty is an IGN PlayStation editor. You can follow him on Twitter and IGN and learn just how sad the life of a New York Islanders and New York Jets fan can be.

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