PSN Thursday: More PAIN for the ladies

by Alexander Sliwinski { Mar 13th 2008 at 5:00PM }

Get your equal-opportunity woman beating on in this week's PSN update with PAIN's two new characters. Ginger the Nurse and Buffy the Cheerleader are ready to feel the impact of pavement and cars for $1 a piece. The Toy Home expansion may interest some folks along with the God of War: Chains of Olympus PS3 theme for free. Beyond that there's a smattering of random stuff to go with the newest Rock Band and GHIII DLC.

Check out the complete list of this week's content after the break. To see what the Europeans got (hint: not much) go visit our pint-loving comrades at PS3 Fanboy.

Add-on Content:

Toy Home expansion pack ($6.99)
PAIN character: Nurse, Ginger ($.99)
PAIN character: Cheerleader, Muffy ($.99)
Rock Band DLC
Guitar Hero III DLC

Demo:

Major League Baseball 2K8

Game Videos:

Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds - Characters & Courses
Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds - New Shot System
Viking: Battle for Asgard Teaser Trailer
Viking Episode 1 - Skarin's Calling Trailer
Viking Episode 2 - Siege of Caldburg Trailer

PS3 Themes (Free):

God of War: Chains of Olympus Theme (Free)
PAIN: Ginger Theme
PAIN: Muffy Theme
Condemned 2: Bloodshot Theme 1
Condemned 2: Bloodshot Theme 2

PS3 Wallpaper:

Condemned 2: Bloodshot (Free)

PC Store (for PSP):

WipEout Pulse Demo (Free)
God of War: Chains of Olympus Theme (Free)
God of War: Chains of Olympus Wallpaper (x4) (Free)

Tags: pain, psn-thursday

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

deaftly @ Mar 13th 2008 5:04PM

MOAR LEVELS PLEASE

Dan Davis @ Mar 13th 2008 5:24PM

No $hit... I'm getting tired of destroying that city! You can only spell out "HOT ORAL SEX" so many times before it gets old.

Kodros @ Mar 13th 2008 5:47PM

You have no problem typing out "Hot Oral Sex" yet you won't type out "Shit"? =)

A-Troll-Named-Slickback (Yes the A Troll Named part, and yes every time!) @ Mar 13th 2008 6:45PM

and making the doctor give the finger...

Nick the Hero of Canton @ Mar 13th 2008 5:07PM

What's the difference between a PS3 theme and a PS3 wallpaper?

Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ Mar 13th 2008 5:13PM

Wallpaper is just the background image. A theme completely skins the XMB, every icon, background, even sounds.....

Martez @ Mar 13th 2008 5:18PM

It does the sounds, too? I hadn't noticed. Hm.

Sir Fidlious Wong (Zeon Defense Force) @ Mar 13th 2008 5:32PM

You CAN now do the sounds. Was an update to their editor. Haven't seen one impliment it yet, but I only have about three themes...

Nick the Hero of Canton @ Mar 13th 2008 5:50PM

Thanks. Also, thanks Joystiq for editing my post.

PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!) @ Mar 13th 2008 6:57PM

i know the Ratchet & Clank one changes the sounds. it turns the normal XMB click thing into the menu sounds from Ratchet & Clank Future. i dont like those icons though so i use one i got from PS3-Themes.net

PojoMofo @ Mar 13th 2008 5:25PM

Kudos to Idol Minds for continualy updating their product. I havent purchased this game, but it is good to see developers constantly creating new content for their products.

ClarkyCat @ Mar 13th 2008 5:33PM

You mean menial content like characters, content that was created and could've been included with the game on release but instead they decided they could squeeze a buck by delaying and calling it DLC instead? Very generous.
I know that's pretty much every piece of DLC, but still. It's a PSN game. Come on.

Joe @ Mar 13th 2008 5:34PM

The game came with two characters and one level.

It's not good, it's money-grubbing.

Nick the Hero of Canton @ Mar 13th 2008 6:09PM

I wish Idol Minds would come back and do a Coolboards 6.

Johnny Lasley @ Mar 13th 2008 10:18PM

I sat down and played PAIN for two days when I was sick. So I done about all I can do. Most of my trophies are filled up...so I am bored with.

Need more levels, or I'm erasing it from my HD.

Personally, I haven't been too happy with PSN titles: Toy Home (controls) and Snakeball (mediocre).

Marcus @ Mar 14th 2008 12:39AM

you're insane johnny. There's games like Tekken 5, Stardust, PIXEL JUNK MONSTERS, Everyday Shooter! There's a lot more than snakeball. That game is terrible.

JakubK666 @ Mar 13th 2008 7:21PM

So it's free and they have dedicated servers as well as free themes. What the fuck am I paying thirty quid a year for!?

na2ru1 @ Mar 14th 2008 12:44PM

360 has p2p service which is half assed compared to dedicated servers.

i hadnt noticed before But Live charges for some themes? argh when will they stop being money hungry?

JakubK666 @ Mar 14th 2008 2:01PM

They charge for pretty much 99% of them.

Evan @ Mar 14th 2008 9:08AM

Pain seems to be targeting 12-year-old boys with their big-boobed add-on girls. Seriously, it's embarrassing.

The Hot Shots Golf video showed excessive aliasing problems (especially in the trees). And the character design can't decide if it's Anime or Bratz!

Jackson @ Mar 14th 2008 10:34PM

...I'd like to point out that A) according to a recent report, 90% of PSN users are male, thus the decision for PAIN add-on characters shouldn't be that surprising--seriously, sex sells, deal with it--and B) Hot Shots Golf has a history of that kind of art style, so why would you expect them to change? If you don't like it, don't watch/play/bitch about it. Seriously.