Sony PlayStation Store PS3 and PSP Updates for July 12, 2011

101w ago - Sony's PlayStation Store Senior Manager Grace Chen is here with this weeks US PSN updates today, as follows:

Hits like Hard Corps: Uprising and Chime Super Deluxe are now 30% off during our Summer Sale. You get 50% off if you're a PlayStation Plus subscriber. See all the Summer Sale Games here.

Notable releases this week include Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Catherine Demo, L.A. Noire: "Reefer Madness" Vice Case, Worms 2: Armageddon Puzzle Pack and LittleBigPlanet 2 Killzone 3 Minipack.

On the PlayStation Plus side, be sure to check out the Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Full Game Trial, Golden Axe, and the PlayStation Plus 1st Anniversary Dynamic Theme.

Here is the weekly PlayStation Store update:

Summer Sale

• Pac-Man Championship Edition DX - Full Game (now $6.99, original price $9.99, PlayStation Plus price $4.89)
• PixelJunk Shooter 2 - Full Game (now $6.99, original price $9.99, PlayStation Plus price $4.89)
• Hard Corps: Uprising Full Game (now $10.49, original price $14.99, PlayStation Plus price $7.34)
• Hard Corps: Character: Harley (now $1.75, original price $2.49, PlayStation Plus price $1.23)
• Hard Corps: Character: Leviathan (now $1.75, original price $2.49, PlayStation Plus price $1.23)
• Hard Corps: Character: Sayuri (now $1.75, original price $2.49, PlayStation Plus price $1.23)
• Chime Super Deluxe (now $6.99, original price $9.99, PlayStation Plus price $4.89)
• Scott Pilgrim Full Game (now $6.99, original price $9.99, PlayStation Plus price $4.89)
• Scott Pilgrim - Knives Chau Add-On (now $1.49, original price $1.99, PlayStation Plus price $1.04)
• Risk Factions (now $6.99, original price $9.99, PlayStation Plus price $4.89)
• Dead Space Extraction (now $10.49, original price $14.99, PlayStation Plus price $7.34)
• Tales from Space: About a Blob (now $10.49, original price $14.99, PlayStation Plus price $7.34)
• Back to the Future: The Game - Full Series (now $13.99, original price $19.99, PlayStation Plus price $9.79)
• Shank (now $6.99, original price $9.99, PlayStation Plus price $4.89)
• Swarm (now $9.99, original price $14.99, PlayStation Plus price $6.99)

PlayStation Plus

Full Game Trial

• Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Free and exclusive to Plus)

Featured Games

• Golden Axe (Full game) (Free and exclusive to Plus)

Featured Themes & Avatars

• Dino Crisis 2 - 10 Avatar Bundle (Exclusive to Plus for $0.99)
• PlayStation Plus Anniversary Dynamic Theme (Free and exclusive to Plus)
• Summertime Static Theme (Free with Plus - a $0.99 value)

Updates

Capcom Puzzle World - Sale (PSP) (now $4.99, original price $9.99)
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Digital - Sale (PSP (now $9.99, original price $19.99)
Mega Man Maverick Hunter X - Sale (PSP) (now $4.99, original price $9.99)

Downloadable Games

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood ($39.99)
Live and breathe as a legendary master Assassin, now armed with your own guild to lead and customize. Set directly after the events of AC2 in the most historical city in the world, Rome, Ezio plots to strike at the heart of the Templar Order. And for the first time, introducing an award-winning multiplayer layer that allows you to embody an assassin of your choosing, each with their own distinct weapons and abilities.
ESRB Rated M
File size 7.3 GB

Game Demos (free)

Catherine Demo
Explore the pleasures and horrors of love and the choices we make for it in this action-adventure/puzzle game unlike any other. As Vincent, you have a hard choice to make: marry your longtime girlfriend Katherine or move on to the incredible blonde you just woke up next to-named Catherine! But beware! Make the wrong choice, and you could end up dead.
ESRB Rated M
File size 945 MB

PixelJunk Shooter 2 Online Battle Demo
Download PixelJunk Shooter 2 Online Battle demo today!
Pilot an interplanetary rescue ship and battle one-on-one online through the first league of the Solar System, unlocking new weapons and abilities.
If you are going to survive you must use all your wits and skills against your opponent every step of the way! Who will come out on top? Download the demo today and find out!
ESRB Rated E
File size 49 MB

Dead Nation Demo
Zombies! Everywhere! The human race is at risk of extinction and only you can save the world.Download this free trial now to go toe-to-toe with the flesh-eaters.
ESRB Rated M
File size 1.51 GB

Add-on Game Content

Dirt 3 : Citroën C4 Rallycross ($1.99)
Download the Citroën C4 Rallycross car from the Mud and Guts Car Pack, complete with 2 liveries to race in Rallycross singleplayer, splitscreen and online multiplayer events.
File size 21 MB

Dirt 3: Ford Mustang GT ($1.99)
Download the Ford Mustang GT from the Mud and Guts Car Pack, complete with 4 liveries to race in Trailblazer singleplayer, splitscreen and online multiplayer events.
File size 29 MB

Dirt 3: Lancia Stratos ($1.99)
Download the Lancia Stratos from the Mud and Guts Car Pack, complete with 5 liveries to race in 70s Rally singleplayer, splitscreen and online multiplayer events
File size 35 MB

Dirt 3: Peugeot 205 T16 Evo 2 ($1.99)
Download the Peugeot 205 T16 EVO 2 from the Mud and Guts Car Pack, complete with 5 liveries to race in Group B Rally and Rallycross singleplayer, splitscreen and online multiplayer events
File size 37 MB

Dirt 3: Saturn Sky ($1.99)
Download the Saturn Sky from the Mud and Guts Car Pack, complete with 5 liveries to hoon about in Gymkhana singleplayer, splitscreen and online multiplayer events.
File size: 32 MB

L.A. Noire - Reefer Madness ($3.99)
Vice Narcotics receives a tip from Freddie Calhoun- junkie, snitch and all around no-hoper. Freddie seems to be playing it straight for once, sharing information on a city-wide marijuana distribution ring. Detective Phelps and Earle will investigate and raid their way to the top of the operation, and in the process learn how the crooks could be smuggling 50 pound shipments of dope in plain sight.
File size 805 MB

Worms 2: Armageddon Puzzle Pack ($4.99)
The Worms 2: Armageddon "Puzzle Pack" features 20 mind-boggling single-player puzzle missions, designed to test even the most cunning Worms players. The "Puzzle Pack" also includes 3 new hats, 3 new speech banks, 3 new gravestones, a new "puzzle" landscape theme and 12 new Trophies
File size 199 KB

Michael Jackson The Experience - Another Part Of Me ($2.99)
Dance and sing to the 1986 hit Another Part of Me
File size 200 MB

Magic The Gathering: Duels of The Planeswalkers 2012 Add ons ($0.99) (x20)
Various add on game content.
File size 100 KB

Wizardry: Labyrinth Of Lost Souls - Limit Free Levels ($0.99)
Allows your characters to level-up higher than is otherwise possible.
File size 100 KB

MotorStorm Apocalypse Queen of Hearts Event Pack (Free)
Enjoy the free Queen of Hearts challenge event pack add-on, featuring six single-player races where you can earn up to 120,000 Chips total. Take on a variety of race events with Rookie, Pro and Veteran rivals and win 1st place to earn a one-time big-chip reward in each, then challenge your friends' best times or take on the world for bragging rights on the global leaderboards!
File size 100 KB

ModNation Racers Gladiator Parts Pack ($4.99)
If you know history, you know that gladiators were some of the most fierce competitors ever. Now in addition to DRIVING with the ferocity of a gladiator in ModNation Racers, you can also give you tracks the look of a champion with the Gladiator Parts Pack!
File size 100 KB

LittleBigPlanet 2: Killzone 3 Minipack ($2.99)
The best thing about Sackboy is that you can make him look and act exactly as you want.Download this costume pack today and dress up your Sackboy to look like your favorite characters from Killzone 3.
File size 1.02 MB

LittleBigPlanet 2 Costumes ($1.99) (x4)
Assorted costumes for LittleBigPlanet 2.
File size 100 KB

LittleBigPlanet 2 Final Fantasy VII Costume Pack ($5.99)
Download the Final Fantasy Costume Pack to dress your Sackboy up as your favorite Final Fantasy costumes, including: Sephiroth, Cloud, Tifa, Aerith and Vincent (exclusive to the Final Fantasy Costume Pack).
File size 110 KB

NCAA Football 12 ($0.99 - $24.99) (x22)
Various add on content for NCAA Football 12.
File size 101 KB

Rock Band 3
Build your Rock Band library by purchasing these song game tracks. For song credits, visit www.RockBand.com.

• "Boom" - P.O.D ($1.99)
• "Relax (Come Fighting)" - Frankie Goes to Hollywood ($1.99)
• "Youth Of The Nation" - P.O.D ($1.99)
• "A Little Respect" - Erasure ($1.99)
File size: 18-36 MB MB (singles)

Rock Band Network V2.0

• "Country Song" - Seether ($1.99)
• "Queen Bee" - Tina Guo ($1.99)
• "The Final Episode (Let'S Change The Channel)" - Asking Alexandria ($1.99)
• "Andromeda" - Bluefusion ($0.99)
• "Another Step" - Andromeda ($1.99)
File size: 16-37 MB (singles)

Bundles

Dirt 3: Mud And Guts Car Pack ($5.99)
File size 154 MB

Avatars

Dino Crisis 2 Avatars ($0.49) (x10)

Beyond Good And Evil Avatars ($0.49) (x2)

Mega Man Powered Up Man Avatars ($0.49) (x7)

PlayStation Move Ape Escape Avatar Bundle 1 ($1.49)

PlayStation Move Ape Escape Avatar Bundle 2 ($1.49)

PlayStation Move Ape Escape Avatars ($0.49) (x10)

Game Videos (free)

Pulse 7/12 Edition

Asura's Wrath E3 2011 Trailer

Disney Universe - Announce Trailer

Disney Universe - E3 Trailer

Catherine Announcement Trailer

Call Of Juarez: The Cartel - Co-Opetition Trailer

PS3 Themes

Summertime Theme ($0.99)

Shadows of The Damned Theme (Free)

Dynamic Green Zombie Theme ($2.99)

Dynamic Green Horror Theme ($2.99)

Dynamic Purple Smoke Theme ($2.99)

Dynamic Independence Day Theme ($2.99)

PS3 Wallpapers (free)

Shadows of The Damned Wallpaper

PlayStation Store for PSP

PSP minis (also available from PS3 Storefront)

Mighty Flip Champs! DX ($5.99)
Rating E
File size 26 MB

Game Videos (free)

Pulse 7/12 Edition