Thanks to Goldrusher for the banner and MadFuzzy for JPN Store help. Thanks to tanod for being awesome.
System-related Announcements
PS3 2.52 fw released (keyboard issues / PAL video settings)
► RockBand
○ Multiple microphones usage has been enabled.
► MotorStorm
○ "Previous/Next" operation in BGM function freezing issue fixed.
►OSK/USB keyboard text input
○ Opening/closing OSK function now stable.
○ Prediction & conversion function issue has been resolved.
►Video
○ PAL (50Hz) output of 59.94Hz content enabled. (if an NTSC TV is used, no problem can be found)
Are you in Europe or Australia? Looking for a US PSN card? Ask here!
The Silent Hill Homecoming Theme (free) up on PSN was made by GAF'S own Modus commissioned by Konami themselves. SUPPORT HIS WORK!!
Release Announcements
PAIN Movie Studio has been delayed
New PSN Games revealed: Magic Ball and Cuboid
Adhoc Party for PSP Beta is out
Patch / DLC Announcements
Criterion Announces Burnout Paradise Legendary Cars
QORE #6 ($2.99) 1665MB
Current Qore Annual subscribers as of 10/29 will receive vouchers via email. Some of you have already been invited. Similar to other betas, the roll out is phased over the next several weeks.
► Content
○ PlayStation Home Theres No Place Like It!
○ Qores Holiday Gaming Guide
○ Japanamania!
○ Need for Speed: Undercover
► Goodies
○ Exclusive MotorStorm: Pacific Rift theme.
○ Playstation HOME beta invite (annual subscribers only)
DEMOS
► Metal Gear Solid 4
○ 1392MB
► NCAA Basketball 09
○ 1220MB
ADD-ONS
► Buzz! Quiz TV
○ Comedy Quiz Pack ($5.99)
► Guitar Hero World Tour
○ Oasis Track Pack 1 ($5.49 or $1.99 each)
♪ "Bag It Up"
♪ "Waiting For The Rapture"
♪ "The Shock Of The Lightning"
○ Various Tracks ($1.99)
♪ Jack White and Alicia Keys - Another Way to Die
► LittleBigPlanet (DLC IS REGION LOCKED)
○ Halloween Mask (Free)
○ Spacesuit Costume (Free)
► NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja Storm
○ Pack 3 (Free)
► RockBand
○ Presidents of the United States of America pack ($5.49 or $1.99 each)
♪ Dune Buggy
♪ Feather Pluckn
♪ Ladybug
○ Various Tracks ($0.99 each)
♪ Hinder - Use Me
♪ Fallout Boy - I Don't Care
► Tom Clancy's EndWar
○ FirstWar Enlistment Pack (Free) ONE WEEK ONLY!
VIDEOS
► Bayonetta
○ TGS Trailer
► FIFA 09
○ "ITG" Part 3
○ "ITG" Part 4
► Guitar Hero World Tour
○ Ted Nugent Vignette
► Killzone 2
○ Helghan Trailer
► MotoGP 08
○ Trailer 1
○ Trailer 2
► MotorStorm Pacific Rift
○ Courses and Environments
► Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm
○ TGS Trailer
► NBA 2K9
○ OBF Soldiers
► Resistance 2
○ TV Spot
► Tom Clancy's End War
○ Infantry Strategy Video Briefing
○ Mission Types Video Briefing
► Tomb Raider Underworld
○ Beneath the Surface: WCLD
THEMES & WALLPAPERS
► Premium Themes ($1.99 or $1.49 each)
○ Bikini Fashion Show
○ Spider Webs
○ Sexy Ninja Girls
○ University of Alabama
○ University of Wisconson
► Free Themes
○ Tomb Raider Underworld 1
○ Tomb Raider Underworld 2
○ PixelJunk Monster 4
○ High Velocity Bowling 4
MOVIE TRAILERS
► Blu Ray
○ Standard Operating Procedure
○ Sleeping Beauty
○ Tinker Bell
/!\ Some content not available in every Store.
DEMOS
► Alone in the Dark
○ 1510 MB
► Metal Gear Solid 4
○ 1392 MB
GAMES
► Spin Jam (PSone) (£3.99 / AU$8.45)
► Theme Park (PSone) (£3.99 / AU$8.45)
ADD-ONS
► LittleBigPlanet (DLC IS REGION LOCKED)
○ Halloween Mask (Free)
○ MotorStorm Custume (£1.59 / AU$3.45)
○ Rare Week 1 T-Shirt (£3.99 / AU$8.45)
○ Spacesuit Costume (Free)
► NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja Storm
○ Pack 1 (Free)
► Tom Clancy's EndWar
○ FirstWar Enlistment Pack (Free) ONE WEEK ONLY!
► RockBand
○ Presidents of the United States of America pack (£2.49 / AU$6.45 or £0.99 / AU$2.45 each)
♪ Dune Buggy
♪ Feather Pluckn
♪ Ladybug
○ Various Tracks (£0.59 / AU$1.30 each)
♪ Hinder - Use Me
♪ Fallout Boy - I Don't Care
► Guitar Hero World Tour tracks
○ Neversoft Track Pack (Free)
♪ An Endless Sporadic - Anything
♪ Sworn - Electrorock
○ Guitar Duel Track Pack (Free)
♪ Zakk Wylde and Ted Nugent Guitar Duel tracks
○ Classic Rock Track Pack (£4.79 / AU$9.95 or £1.59 / AU$3.45 each)
♪ Foreigner - Hot Blooded
♪ Boston - Rock and Roll Band
♪ Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
○ Various Songs (£1.59 / AU$3.45 each)
♪ Blind Melon - No Rain
VIDEOS
► Bayonetta
○ TGS 2008 Trailer
► BioShock
○ Launch Trailer
► Need for Speed Undercover
○ Teaser Trailer
○ Gameplay Trailer
► Pure
○ Inspiration trailer
► Tom Clancy's Endwar
○ Mission Objectives Briefing Trailer
► Tomb Raider: Underworld
○ Beneath the Surface 2
► Launching the PSP-3000 series
THEMES & WALLPAPERS
► BioShock
○ Special BioShock PS3 Theme from 2K Games (£0.79 / AU$1.75)
► Soulcalibur wallpapers
○ Wallpaper 05
○ Wallpaper 06
BETAS
► Adhoc Party for PSP ϐVerison
DEMOS
► Metal Gear Solid 4
○ 1407MB
► Chuumon Shiyouze! Oretachi no Sekai
○ PSP
○ 30MB
► Kenka Banchou 3: Zenkoku Seiha
○ PSP
○ 60MB
ADD-ONS
► LittleBigPlanet (DLC IS REGION LOCKED)
○ Rare Week 1 T-shirt (¥500)
VIDEOS
► Bayonetta
○ TGS 2008 Trailer
► MotorStorm 2
○ Promotion Video
► Soul Calibur IV
○ Promotional Video
► Resistance 2
○ Promotional Video
THEMES & WALLPAPERS
► Bounen no Xamdou
○ Theme
ADD-ONS
► Dead Space (English Ver.)
○ Obsidian Suit
○ Scorpion Suit (HK $20.00)
VIDEOS
► Aquanaut's Holiday
○ Hidden Memories PV (Chinese Subtitles)
► Tekken 6
○ Promotion Video (TGS 2008 Version)
► Tom Clancy's End War
○ Promotional Video
GAMES for Europe only (already released in the US)
► Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords - also includes expansion pack
► Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars
GAMES BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR
► HOME - Official Wide Release (Fall)
► Age of Booty (US: November)
► Astro Tripper
► Crash Commando (December)
► Cuboid
► EyeCreate 2
► Flock (December)
► GTI Club+ (PAL: December 4)
► Kart Attack
► Lumines Supernova
► Magic Ball
► Penny Arcade Adventures - Episode 2 ($14.95)
► PowerUp Forever
► Red Baron Arcade
► Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer (November)
► Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (November)
GAMES 2009 (or Unknown)
► Alien Sports: Minigolf
► Assault Heroes
► Bomberman Ultra ($9.99)
► Burn Zombie Burn (January)
► Cinnamon Beats
► Codename Cops Maxim Pinball
► Dark Mist (Not yet rated by ESRB, might not be coming out in North America, does have posters inside the North American version of the Home beta. There might still be hope.)
► EyePet
► Fat Princess
► Flower
► Massive Action Game (might be PSN?)
► Noby Noby Boy (by the creator of Katamary Damacy)
► PixelJunk Dungeons
► Ragdoll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic
► Sarah's Emergency Room
► Skygods
► Switchball
► Underfire
► Undertow
► Wheel of Fortune
Games that are out already and have confirmed trophy patches coming:
► Bionic Commando: Rearmed
► SOCOM: Confrontation
PSone GAMES rated by ESRB (US)
► Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain
► Castlevania Chronicles
► Pandemonium
► Street Fighter Alpha 2
► Street Fighter Alpha 3
► Suikoden
► Super Buster Brothers Collection
► Wipeout XL
PSone GAMES rated by PEGI (Europe)
► Bust a Groove
► Crash Bandicoot 3
► Colony Wars
► Cool boarders 3
► Destruction Derby 2
► Devil Dice
► Everybody's Golf
► Klonoa
► Kurushi Final
► Motor Toon Grand Prix
► Namco Museum 1
► Namco Museum 2
► Namco Museum 4
► Omega Boost
► Prince of Persia Classic
► Ridge Racer
► Ridge Racer Type 4
► Rollcage
► Spyro: Year of the Dragon
► Tekken 2
► Tekken 3
► Twisted Metal
► Vib Ribbon
► WipEout 2097
► Wip3out
PSone GAMES (Japan)
► The Silver Case
/!\ Content not available on the North American Stores.
DEMOS
► Go! Sudoku
► Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
GAMES
► Dark Mist (£4.99 - 7.99)
PSone GAMES (£3.49 - 4.99 each)
► Bishi Bashi Special
► Command & Conquer
► Command & Conquer: Red Alert
► Crash Team Racing
► Fade to Black
► G-Police
► Hardcore 4x4
► Judge Dredd
► Spin Jam
► Street Skater
► Syphon Filter 3
► Theme Hospital
► Theme Park
► Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six
THEMES & WALLPAPERS
► Dark Sector - theme & wallpaper
► Haze - wallpaper
► Heavenly Sword - theme
► Killzone 2 - theme
► MotorStorm - theme & wallpaper
► Rainbow Six Vegas 2 - theme
► SingStar - theme
► Snakeball - theme
► Tekken 5 - wallpaper
► Manga theme
DEMOS
► FolksSoul
► Go! Sports Ski
► Go! Sudoku
► Heavenly Sword ("Kai")
PSone DEMOS
► XI[sai]
GAMES
► Dark Mist (¥800)
► Mainichi Issho (thread) (free)
PSone GAMES (¥600 each)
Complete list under PSone-Klassiker in this thread by junkiexxl at consolewars.de.
DEMOS
► Armored Core for Answer
► Battle Fantasia
► Lair
► Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2
THEMES & WALLPAPERS (incomplete)
► Dark Mist - theme
► Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 - wallpaper
Instructions on how to create a Japanese PSN account and buy Japanese PSN cards can be found in the "PSN Content 2007 - 'almost' Comprehensive List" thread.
A translation of the main categories (thanks to Zoe):
10/30/08 (demos: Mirror's Edge, Raw vs Smackdown 09, Alone in the Dark, End War + DLC: CivRev, GHWT, RB)
10/23/08 (games: Penny Arcade, PoP + demos: Valkyria, Lego Batman + DLC: Buzz, MM9, High Velocity Bowling, CivRev, SC4)
10/16/08 (games: SOCOM + demos: Motorstorm Pacific Rift + DLC: Eye of Judgment, Tiger Woods 09)
10/09/08 (games: Linger in Shadows, Puzzle Quest, SSA Rocket Powered Cars + demos: SSA Rocket Powered Cars, War Hawk + DLC: Civilization: Revolution, Dead Space, FIFA 09, HSG5, Mega Man 9, RB, SSD HD bundle)
10/02/08 (demos: Beijing 2008, BioShock, BiA: Hell's Highway, Eternal Sonata, NBA 2K9 + DLC: NBA Live 09, Tiger Woods 09, RB, SC IV)
09/25/08 (games: Burnout: Paradise, Wipeout HD, Megaman 9, Geon:Emotions + demos: Megaman 9, NBA 09 The Inside, NBA Live 09 + DLC: RB, Buzz, SC IV)
09/18/08 (demos: Fracture, Mercenaries 2 + DLC: RB)
09/11/08 (games: Jeopardy + demos: GH: Aerosmith, FIFA 09, For Qore 4 buyers: MotorStorm Pacific Rift + DLC: GH3, PAIN, RB)
09/04/08 (Qore 4 + games: NFL Head Coach 09 + demo: Pure + DLC: Haze and RB)
2007 - "almost" Comprehensive List (includes Japanese PSone games)
/!\ All contain BC updates.
10/14/08 - 2.50 (Tons of refinements to the speed and layout of the XMB, PS Store, Options and Account Management, Power management options, improved Bluetooth headset support)
09/16/08 - 2.43 (Preparation for launch of Japan video store - mandatory only for Japan)
07/29/08 - 2.42 (Stability of PS3 and PS1 games improved)
07/08/08 - 2.41 (Streamlined FW updating and new icon for platinum trophies)
07/02/08 - 2.40 (In-game XMB, Trophies, new Store view mode, friends limit increased to 100, better DivX support, upscaling of videos on the HDD, MP3 Surround support)
06/18/08 - 2.36 (Improved system stability when playing select PlayStation format software titles)
05/14/08 - 2.35 (Improved stability of some PS3 titles)
04/14/08 - 2.30 (PS Store revamped, DTS-HD-MA and DTS-HD audio codec support added)
03/24/08 - 2.20 (Blu-Ray profile 2.0 support, DVD/BD resume play, browser improved, DIVX support enhanced, PSP/PS3 remote play and connectivity enhanced)
03/12/08 - 2.17 (Stability for online gaming improved)
12/17/07 - 2.10 (DIVX and WMV codec support, BD 1.1 support, voice modulation, PS1 games playable via remote play)
11/19/07 - 2.01 (Stability and bug fixes for issues with 2.00)
11/07/07 - 2.00 (New sorting options for video & game, photo & audio playlist support, view videos while downloading, store & browser faster, new Flash version, Information board)
10/23/07 - 1.94 (Included on R&C disk - enables Dual Shock 3 support)
09/12/07 - 1.93 (Fix for Warhawk and PSN connection issues)
09/03/07 - 1.92 (Quicker XMB loading, web browser improvements, bug fixes)
07/23/07 - 1.90 (XMB Backgrounds, CD upsampling, can change PS1/PS2 video settings in-game, XMB game list sorting)
06/27/07 - 1.82 (Included AVC high profile support)
06/13/07 - 1.81 (fixed "full" option not sticking on RGB)
05/23/07 - 1.80 (PSX/PS2/DVD Upscaling, DNLA streaming, BLU-RAY 720p, Memory Card adapter functionality improved)
04/18/07 - 1.70 (Rumble for PS1/PS2, PS1 downloads playable on PS3)
03/22/07 - 1.60 (BG downloading, Folding@Home, Europe BC Enabled)
NeoGAF Official PS3 Custom Theme Thread (Lots of cool stuff, Send your thanks to m0dus and the other contributors)
The Official m0dus PS3 theme thread.