PSN Thursday: A Haze-y afternoon of killin' PixelJunk Monsters

10 Comments by Alexander Sliwinski May 8th 2008 4:30PM
Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3, Online

We're sure PS3 owners can carve out a little time today from all the GTA IV and echochrome playing to check out the demo for "exclusive" shooter Haze. Of course, what most are probably excited about is that PixelJunk Monsters' expansion is out today at a reasonable $6 price. There are also plenty of other little interesting things in the North Amercan update that might pique some of your interests, and it can all be found after the break.

The lists for this week's double dose of European PSN updates can be found over at PS3 Fanboy. Be sure to check out all their PlayStation Day coverage as well.

Gallery: Haze

Downloadable games:

Rocketmen: Axis of Evil ($10) -- Yes, it's been out forever, but apparently now you can buy the game directly without having to download the demo first.

Add-on Content:

PixelJunk Monsters Encore ($6)
Rock Band DLC

Demo

Haze
Bourne Conspiracy
Grid

Game Videos:

Wipeout HD Trailer
Mirror's Edge Gameplay Trailer
Mercenaries 2: Payback Trailer
Overlord: Raising Hell Trailer
Wheelman Trailer
TNA Impact Trailer

Blu-ray and Movie Trailers:

Indiana Jones: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Love Guru
Iron Man

PS3 Themes (Free):

PixelJunk Monsters
Sports

PS3 Wallpaper (Free):

PixelJunk Monsters (x2)

PC Store (for PSP):

SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 2 Demo

Tags: demo, haze, psn, psn-store, psn-thursday

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Curtis the Claw:XBL - supapaypamawio: May 8th 2008; 4:36PM

I downloaded the Haze demo from the Europe store the other day. It's the generic garbage most of us knew it would be. It kind of sucks though because all of Free Radicals other games have been day 1 buys for me.

Syn: May 8th 2008; 4:45PM

Really? I was expecting just another shooter from Haze, but was actually pretty good for a 'Demo'.

Lars: May 9th 2008; 12:20PM

I just played the demo. It's a really good shooter, I was pretty impressed. I liked the environment a lot too.

But yeah, still just another shooter. Just like Halo 3 was just another shooter... yawn... Definitely better than Halo 3 though, IMO.

PojoMofo: May 8th 2008; 4:40PM

COD4 theme = out
Pixeljunk Mosters theme = in

I will probably try all the demos, although I dont really have high hopes for any of them

PSN: KillaKornbread (the shirt is a lie!): May 8th 2008; 11:11PM

yea im not even downloading Grid because it just sounds like another arcade racer (which im not too fond of). and im not nearly as excited for Haze as i was once upon a time. i figure if i dont get my hopes up, i wont be disappointed if it sucks. and Bourne is essentially a movie game so no dice there.

aim low.

Kevin: May 8th 2008; 5:03PM

I thought the haze demo was pretty good. I actually beat it, which is something that i can't say about most of the demos I play.

j.howlett: May 8th 2008; 5:04PM

i need a new tv. i didn't get to far in pjm because i couldn't see to understand what i had to do. joystiq makeup a contest and give me a new tv.

Robobagins: May 8th 2008; 5:25PM

The Hazo demo led me to believe it was generic FPS BS. It would be nice to be wrong.

NOT ME: May 8th 2008; 8:41PM

that nectar shit is annoying. you got pump it like every 2 minutes. I can tell now that i probably wont use it

doc j: May 9th 2008; 2:44AM

Hm. I actually liked Haze. Wasn't incredible, but I don't think it's unreasonable to hope that the single player campaign will be far off of the Halo 3 single player campaign. (Granted, Halo 3's strong point is definitely online) Of course - the online element in Haze is mostly yet to be seen.

Anyway, been planning on getting Haze for a while now and the demo was fulfilling enough to keep said plans intact.

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