PSN Thursday: The Summer Sale begins

Decent selection of content this week, from Namco Museum Essentials -- which unlocks in-Home arcade cabinets -- to demos of FUEL and Trash Panic. There's also a new PS1 game, Spec Ops: Ranger Elite and, for PSP fans, a few new games and more Rock Band Unplugged DLC. Not only that, but a bunch of great games have had some price drops -- including PixelJunk Eden and WipEout HD, which have both dropped $5.

Choose your platform to view the corresponding release list:

(Note: Continue past the break to view both release lists.)

Summer Sale

WipEout HD (was $19.99, now $14.99)
Savage Moon (was $9.99, now $4.99)
Crash Commando (was $9.99, $4.99)
PixelJunk Eden (was $9.99, now $4.99)
Brain Challenge (was $9.99, now $4.99)
3 on 3 NHL Arcade (was $9.99, now $4.99)
Flock! (was $14.99, now $7.49)

Playable Content

Namco Museum Essentials ($9.99)
Spec Ops: Ranger Elite PS1 game ($5.99)
Trash Panic demo
FUEL demo
Namco Museum Essentials demo

Add-on Content

LittleBigPlanet DLC (continued)
Rock Band DLC (continued)
Guitar Hero World Tour DLC (continued)
3x Cross Edge packs (free)
4x Dynasty Warriors 6 armor packs (free)
17x NCAA Football 2010 add ons (varies)

LittleBigPlanet

Ghostbusters pack ($5.99)

Ghostbusters costume ($1.99)
Slimer costume ($1.99)
Stay Puft costume ($1.99)
No Ghosts costume ($1.99)

Guitar Hero World Tour

Eagles of Death Metal Track Pack ($5.49)

"Anything 'Cept The Truth" by Eagles of Death Metal ($1.99)
"Cherry Cola" by Eagles of Death Metal ($1.99)
"I Only Want You" by Eagles of Death Metal ($1.99)

Rock Band

Judas Priest Pack 01 ($5.49)

"Dissident Aggressor (Live)"- Judas Priest ($1.99)
"Eat Me Alive (Live)"- Judas Priest ($1.99)
"Prophecy (Live)"- Judas Priest ($1.99)

Third Man Records - The Dead Weather Pack 01 ($5.49)

"Hang You from the Heavens"- The Dead Weather ($1.99)
"No Hassle Night"- The Dead Weather ($1.99)
"Treat Me Like Your Mother"- The Dead Weather ($1.99)

Big Dipper Pack 01 ($2.99)

"All Going Out Together"- Big Dipper ($0.99)
"She's Fetching"- Big Dipper ($0.99)
"Younger Bums"- Big Dipper ($0.99)

Videos

Pulse 7/16 edition
Modnation Racers trailer
Alpha Protocol Dev Diary 3
3x Call of Juarez videos

Themes and Wallpapers

Burn Zombie Burn! theme ($1.99)
10x College football themes (£1.99 ea.)
6x Dynasty Warriors wallpapers

PSP Content

Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman ($19.99)
Myst ($14.99)
Unbound Saga ($14.99)
Rock Band Unplugged DLC (continued)
Pulse 7/16 edition

Rock Band Unplugged

"My Curse"- Killswitch Engage ($1.99)
"My Iron Lung"- Radiohead ($1.99)

Reader Comments (77)

Wipeout HD is only $15 now, not $5

wait my mistake, read it wrong, thought they meant dropped to $5, not by $5, my bad XD

i was bouit to say only 5 bills for wipeout !?!?!?

lol at least my mistake in reading will help others

Looks like now is a good time to pick up Pixeljunk Eden for me.

Me 2!! What a coincindence

You couldn't get a better deal.

I absolutely love the game (I still play it from time to time), if you liked the demo then buy it.

Is there just the one version of PixelJunk Eden or do you have to purchase the Encore content afterwards?

You have to get Encore afterwards

you'll get tired of the game before you even get to the encore stuff. It's a great game but it's takes forever to slowly unlock the game. I have the encore stuff and to be honest with you I don't think I ever played it. I haven't even seen all of the levels in the original

i'm with Paul. it was a really fun game at first but it did get old pretty fast. i was about halfway through when i just stopped playing it. maybe i'll pick it up and finish later though.

I think Eden is one of those games that you can only play for a few hours at a time but when you get in the mood, you can knock off a lot of stages. Not quite as addicting as monsters was for me but I would really recommend the encore

I became terribly addicted to that game. It honestly might be my GOTY from last year. The level design got more and more amazing as you went on. Great game.

play with a friend and itll be one of the most rewarding co-op experiences of your LIFE.

@ 343 Guilty Fart

It's probably my GOTY from last year too.

@ rubagainstme1

You're absolutely right. The game is much more enjoyable when played with another person, I played most part of the game with my brother and we just couldn't stop playing. The gameplay and the level design are so addicting!

For you people who are on the fence.. Just play the demo. If you like it, then buy the game, as it's 100 times that.

Myst is $19.99

Just noticed the goof on the price. Nice job reporting Joystiq!

Easy mistake to make I guess.

I though $14.99 was a bit much, but at $20, that's a STEAL!!!

I like Myst but that is insane.

i'm a fan of myst too, but for 20 bucks?! wtf?

If the DS port of Myst is naything to compare, it's that console/handheld ports of Myst suck.

You're better off getting a copy of either Myst Masterpiece (high-res, pre-rendered version) or Real Myst (rendered in real-time by your video card) for cheap off of eBay or something. Both versions will look and play much better.

I am going to get Holy Invasion of Batman when I get the money.

But when will you buy Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman?

Methinks that any Invasion of Batman would be an Unholy one.

Where's Dark Wayne to defend himself?

it's holy invasion of privacy BADman.... I see what you did there ¬¬

Nice, always more and better content than XBL each and every week.

while I agree, not everything has to be compared.

Nice trolling. XBL just spreads its stuff out through the week instead of dropping everything on one day.

Looks like I'm getting WipeOut HD.

@ BoringK: I said each and every week, meaning the whole week. Might have your dyslexia checked.

You must have missed Monkey Island this week then :P

But for the most part, I can't say either one is particularly ahead of the other. I do like these discounts though, much better value than the Gold member deal of the weeks.

@ Snowblind: Touché! Ok, maybe not "always" but "most" of the time if looking at the previous weeks.

So where the hell is Trine? I thought it was to have been out by now.

Every week that comes and goes, I get the sneaking suspicion that Trine is going to be delayed until the 360 release to appease the MS execs.

BTW, has Fat Princess just completely dropped off the face of the planet or what?

Agree with both of you. Fat Princess was suppose be release this spring, but it's already summer and they don't even mention.

I also was expecting Trine this week as well, but either way, I'll get flock for half off this week.

I too was hoping for Trine this week. Since I bought my PS3 the only games that have justified my purchase have been Uncharted and Killzone 2.

Flower was meh but novel. Can't get into Pixel Junk Eden.

Was hoping Trine would give me a reason to dust off my PS3 this week.

Of course I'm always open to suggestions.

Hopefully they don't wait till the expected fall XBL release of Trine.

@Tristax

Try Super Stardust HD if you haven't already. IMO, it's the best dual analog shooter on any system. I also really like the Zen Pinball. If you have a 360 it's from the same company that does Pinball FX in the XBLA, but all the boards are unique on each system.

I think "Holy Invasion of Privacy Batman" should be Badman, right?

Looks like you need to improve your replying skills.

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I thought the Encore thing also made the game a bit easier/ more forgiving. So you DO have to purchase encore separately?

No, Encore is basically an expansion pack.
There was a patch for Eden that made it a bit easier, similar to Monsters.

Oops, forgot to answer the actual question.

You do have to buy Encore separately.

I know i post this every week, but where on earth is operation anchorage? I've got so bored of waiting I spent my money on the fun but difficult trash panic.

bethesda said late sept. and they're starting with broken steel

Damn. I was hoping the price for The Last Guy would get cut in half. $9.99 pushes it out of the impulse category for me.

I agree. Super Stardust HD needs to drop in price along with Crash Bandicoot. Those have been out for too long without a price drop.

Unbound Saga! Can't wait to try it out.

Lame I wanted Burn Zombie Burn for $5 =(

Aye, good call. BZB is fun, but not ten dollars fun in my experience.

Just get it anyway :) trust me its a blast. The trophies are a pain though.

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