The PlayStation Store finally came back online late last night / early this morning. Predictably, the service is getting hammered right now, so expect it to be slow and/or get random timeouts and obscure error messages as everyone scrambles to download stuff. If you’re looking for the free stuff, it’s not up there quite yet, although they expect to post it up real “soon.” For a reminder of the free games available to North American customers, check out our recap here with links to reviews and more info about each.
So now that the store is back up, what’s new to download? Basically a ton of stuff, as Sony tries to catch up on the backlog of items publishers haven’t been able to sell for the past month and a half. The list is way too long to detail here, so check out the full post on the PS blog.
A few suggestions would be:
- Back to the Future episode 3 (now almost 2 episodes behind the PC/Mac version).
- Redeem your L.A. Noire PS3 exclusive case and check out the Rockstar Pass for future DLC.
- I will be definitely downloading the inFamous 2 demo, since I was a fan of the first one.
- Any other code pack-ins from games you recently bought but haven’t been able to redeem.
I’d say skip the Red Faction Armageddon demo if you were a fan of Guerrilla. After trying the demo on the 360, it seems they took out everything that was fun about the last game and left us with a linear corridor shooter for Armageddon. Boo!
Expect a couple of store updates a week until Sony completely catches up on their backlog. While quick updates are necessary to get everything back on track, it has to hurt the developers who now have their new releases buried in a pile of other content coming out at the same time. Hopefully Sony will have appropriate compensation for those who make a living on the PS Store.
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