SCEA plans massive PSN update with 'Spring Fever' campaign

by Andrew Yoon on Feb 11th 2009 2:00PM

SCEA is planning a massive assault of PlayStation Network downloadable games this Spring. The "Spring Fever" campaign begins this week with Flower. It will continue every week after that with one (or more!) new games available on the PlayStation Store. Next week's entry: Noby Noby Boy (video above).

Other PSN-exclusive games to come in the next few weeks include No Gravity (PSP), Wheel of Fortune, Burn Zombie Burn, Ragdoll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic and The Punisher: No Mercy. Multi-platform digital releases will include Bomberman Ultra, Celfactor Ignition, Flock, Texas Cheat-em, Diner Dash, Comet Crash, Hammer Fall, Underfire, Watchmen, Worms, Zen Pimball (sic) and "many more."

Get ready, because it seems your e-wallet is about to be set on fire.

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Reader Comments (46)

WTF is the video for................ :|

oh i don't know, maybe to show you how awesome the game looks!

No Fat Princess? :(

Strangely excited for Wheel of Fortune, though...

Hopefully it's nothing like the crap ass release that Jeopardy! was. $14.99 for the theme song and that's about it. Even Trivia King or whatever it was on WiiWare had voiceover. What a load of crap!

I was exited for most of these titles...too bad this says SCEA and not SCEE :(

^cry*

I to am waiting for Fat Princess... Any news???

I only have about $15 on my PSN account right now, it IS reserved!

I want Fat Princess news too. That is the PSN game that I would like to get the most.
I might get Noby Noby Boy since it is only $5 but other than that I don't plan on purchasing any other PSN games.
Hopefully FP gets released by summer.

Too bad i wont have time after noby noby boy...ill be playing Killzone 2 and re5. I just hope that those games cost $9.99 or less. paying $14.99 for a game mini game is just to much.

Well, Noby Noby Boy will be $4.99.

why do you think that? i usually find just as much fun in PSN games usually as i do full retail games which cost $60, now compare $60 to $15, yeah.....doesn't really seem that much, i think this whole "overpriced" thing is just being selfish

It's great when people complain about the price of a PSN game - while the occasional game is overpriced, the majority are priced really well.
Take Puzzle Quest, a $30 download. Now that's $30 for practically a retail game - but when compared to the majority of PSN releases, even that seems overpriced.

Well...take for example warhawk or even burnout. The price for the disc is the same as the download but why? we arent getting the disc nor the manual..that should like...cost less , no?

I know its a diferent world for does other games that are psn exclusive. Im good at paying $9.99 but $14.99 hurts to my wallet... for a downloable game. i prefer saving that money for a $60 game. My two cents ( or pesos...sorry for my english)

Put it this way: Dead Space probably took around 15 hours of my life. So did Pixel Junk Monsters. You're telling me that you're good to spend $60 on a game that will give you the same amount of entertainment as a $10? Because if you look at it like that, $15 for a downloadable game is saving big money. Just because you download it doesn't mean it's not worth the money.

What if LBP was a downloadable and was $15?

Well... for $60 im expecting story, graphics, gameplay,etc...for $9.99 im expecting
casual adictive gameplay and maybe something to keep me playing it. its true that you can spend the same time with both prices but i dont think you get the same experience.

Im just saying prices should be low in those games that are $14.99 or more for example the movie service...i will buy a downloable movie for 5dll of whatever they cost. But imagine if they wanted to charge you the whole bluray or dvd cost.

I think the same should apply to downloable games. Burnout, Warhawk, penny arcade, siren,etc. They should also have made the psn cards like $25 and $55 dlls....for the taxes and stuff

mmm fat princess ;)

Well, this is a pretty awesome list, it doesn't add anything to mine though. Can't wait for flower, Noby looks interesting, and also can't wait for some online Worms!

Where the eff is Astro Tripper? I hope it's one of those "many more" titles.

The official website still says the US release will follow the EU release. It's been out there for a good month or more. I've been waiting for this game too, it looks awesome. I'd say I'd make a EU account for it if it doesn't come out here in the next month or two, but I'll probably be busy with KZ2 and RE5.

Let's just hope they get it over here soon, and that it's better than Savage Moon.

Yeah, I contacted PomPom about it, and they don't know when SCEA will get around to approving the game. They said SCEA are unbearably slow when dealing with European devs, and they aren't particularly happy about it... It's all up to Sony now.

i've got to get on installing a larger hard drive.

I expect this news will reach SCEE by carrier pigeon by the year 2015. Then they'll say they're planning on doing this for 2025. Then they'll delay it till 2035 because of "other countries and languages to consider". Lazy c***s.

Now, when you say that Bomberman Ultra is a multi-platform digital release...

It's based on the original XBLA release.

Heeheeheee mental. I love it.

Can we get a Wheel of Fortune Home Space with that?? lol

would love to have a space for Wheel Jeopardy and if they finally Launch that Buzz! one Home will smash the shit out of XBL "Primetime"

And in summary, the PSN will get increasingly more awesome as time goes on. I've already got Lemmings, PJ Eden and Monsters, getting Flower tomorrow. MY WALLET IS BURNING AWAY

Wooo, a pinball game! I wish we could get more of the Pro Pinball series, but those devs have turned towards developing DS games now (Metroid Pinball). Those were THE best computer/console pinball games ever created IMO.

Now if they will only update the firmware to get cross game chat

this is great...now i just need to buy a ps3.

I wish Sony would support the psp more. Yes, i know that no gravity and unbound saga are coming out, but just two more games.

also, maybe a downloadable version of killzone:liberation for 15 bucks???

also, that video was Andrew's mind swirling in happiness IMO...

Anyone notice how many games have been edited out of the original post in the blog?
Worms, Hammer Fall, Underfire, Zen Pinball, Celfactor Ignition, Texas Cheat-em, Diner Dash, and Comet Crash have all gone missing from the Grace Chen post in the blog...
I guess somebody messed up and declared some unannounced titles :P

great news, crappy video :)

wat

I will be getting Ragdoll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic. That game looks soo fun!

INCOMING!

Worms ftw!

What about Catan? it's out in Japan, give it to us already! :)

This is also known as Spring 2010 Update for us Europeans......

WHEEL.... OF.... FORTUNE!!!!!!!
i hope thats better than the old nes and snes version.

Worms!

Can't wait for noby noby boy, it looks so cute and awesome.

I was thinking last week...it's too bad the PSN doesn't stock REALLY OLD titles like classic 80's titles at discount...such as Donkey Kong, the old vector version of Star Wars, Wizard of War, etc.

Incorporate online co-op for alot of these things, and you'd have instant classic with minimal amount of cost for Sony, other than securing licenses.

Where are all the PS1 classics as well? They should be pimping out all the good titles like crazy.

i'm still at a loss as to W - T - F noby noby boy is, and what the point of the game is, or if some video game software writers had some acid put in their drinks.

I'm going to assume that video has nothing to do with PSN, and if it does have anything to do with PSN that just justified me buying a 360 instead of a PS3.

I would really like a PS3 poker game where you can actually use money! - Show me some link ups to party poker or something.

The Texas Hold 'em game is OK, but it's dissapointing when you win, because you'd have won real money on a REAL poker site.

I'm glad SCEA is working on some PSN updatey goodness though, we generally get the shit covered end of the stick here in the good old EUR.

Looking forward to getting home and checking out the Store. Such a shame the remote play over the internet doesn't work properly! - I could use my PSP at work to get stuff downloading at home! - Fix that shit Sony!

Any updates on when Punisher might be coming out?

Anything yet? :(

SCEA plans massive PSN update with 'Spring Fever' campaign

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