PSN Store stuffed for Thanksgiving

PlayStation Store Update: Tekken 6, Little Big Planet hit PSP; Madden Arcade, Diner Dash, and Gravity Crash debut on PS3; PSone classics and PSP Minis each get six new games.

The stores may be closed Thanksgiving Day, but Sony gamers don't need to let that stop them complementing their food comas with new game seizures. Sony released its weekly PlayStation Network update early to mark the holiday week, making a wealth of new downloadable games available to PlayStation 3 and PSP owners.

Starting with the PSP, Sony has added a pair of the system's biggest holiday releases to the downloadable storefront. The handheld port of Namco Bandai's Tekken 6 is now available with the full roster of 40 playable characters and bosses from the console edition, but without that version's Scenario Campaign mode.

Tekken 6 arrives alongside another PSP version of a popular brand, Media Molecule's Little Big Planet. The game lost its online multiplayer mode on the way to the PSP, but the developer did manage to keep the level creation and sharing features of the original. Both Tekken 6 and Little Big Planet sell for $39.99.

For cheaper thrills on the PSP, Sony has added six new titles to the PSP Minis lineup. The lineup is highlighted by Pinball Fantasies, a $6.99 port of the well-remembered Amiga collection of four pinball tables. Filling out the new selection of Minis are GameLoft's Let's Golf ($6.99), the Qix-inspired Fortix ($4.99), Halfbrick's gravitational arcade puzzler Blast Off ($2.99), the Lemmings-like Kahoots ($4.49), and the balloon-popping puzzler Bloons ($3.99).

Over on the PS3, the big new release is EA's Madden NFL Arcade ($14.99). The five-on-five gridiron game emphasizes heavy hits and big plays over realism, with power-ups, no penalties or field goals, and a shortened 60-yard field that players must traverse in a single set of four downs. Also new to the PS3 this week are casual sensation Diner Dash ($9.99) and the arcade shooter Gravity Crash ($9.99).

Gamers nostalgic for something a little older may be interested in the new additions to Sony's PSone Classics collection. Sony added six new games to the assortment of older titles playable on the PS3, as well as the PSP, including the genesis of Capcom's other survival horror series, Dino Crisis, EA's console port of Command & Conquer, Eidos' brawler Fighting Force, and the self-explanatory Reel Fishing, Backstreet Billiards, and International Track & Field. All of the new additions to the PSone Classics catalog are $5.99.

A full list of the week's new PlayStation Store content, including themes, wallpapers, demos, and add-on content, is available on the official PlayStation Blog.

151 Comments

  • athenian29

    Posted Dec 2, 2009 4:15 pm PT

    @sicknessgb2003

    I'm looking right now for Metal Gear Solid. I don't see it. It should be between Medievil and Mobile Light Force, but it's not.

  • wabuss

    Posted Dec 2, 2009 7:31 am PT

    this naruto game is supposed to be so sweet

  • sicknessgb2003

    Posted Nov 30, 2009 4:45 pm PT

    @athenian29 I'm in the US...look in the psone classics section, came out around the sametime as FFVII

  • ASG_

    Posted Nov 30, 2009 8:44 am PT

    @chubbychocobo
    The TV stuff isn't even in all EU countries, I'd rather have more games. >.>

  • athenian29

    Posted Nov 29, 2009 6:24 pm PT

    @sicknessgb2003

    It has? I missed it. :\

    Or are you not in the US?

  • Kenbo325

    Posted Nov 29, 2009 4:45 pm PT

    This is fantastic!

  • kingofcosmos231

    Posted Nov 29, 2009 3:18 pm PT

    where's dragon quest vii?

  • guyguyguy1234

    Posted Nov 29, 2009 2:57 pm PT

    @athenian29 I agree 100%

  • sicknessgb2003

    Posted Nov 29, 2009 2:48 pm PT

    Metal gear solid has been up for awhile now.

  • zwgiantsfan

    Posted Nov 29, 2009 8:49 am PT

    Sounds great!!!!!!!!!! I just got a PSP GO and Little Big Planet.

  • athenian29

    Posted Nov 29, 2009 6:59 am PT

    Come on, Sony. Where's Crash Team Racing? Where's Gran Turismo? Where's Metal Gear Solid? Let's go, eh?

  • chubbychocobo

    Posted Nov 29, 2009 2:52 am PT

    God, stop complaining about EU having nothing. We in the US have no TV channels on our PS3 systems. We even have to pay for AFRICA dynamic theme.

  • MessySlickJr

    Posted Nov 28, 2009 11:32 pm PT

    Just downloaded LBP for my PSP.

  • lozvil

    Posted Nov 28, 2009 9:18 pm PT

    i just bought the anime series "Death Note" vol. 2. episodes 21 - 37 for .99 cents each... cool...

  • Fz1994

    Posted Nov 28, 2009 8:38 pm PT

    cool...

  • darth_hid3ous

    Posted Nov 28, 2009 3:00 pm PT

    Hey lil_z_95, if you still have some of those, would you mind hooking me up?

    My psn is Iron_Stalker

  • gbyrd99 posted Nov 28, 2009 12:37 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    gbyrd99

    Posted Nov 28, 2009 12:37 pm PT (hide)

    @route151 they haven't even put cross game chat, but implemented facebook functionality. Its pretty easy to see that PS online ignores is users and makes stupid gimmick things instead of concentrating on the essentials of gaming.

  • Jak_Napier

    Posted Nov 28, 2009 11:51 am PT

    Happy Holidays everyone

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