PSN Tuesday: Kane and Lynch demo for PS+

by Alexander Sliwinski on Jul 20th 2010 7:20PM

We repeat (from last week): "Some slim pickings this week." There's the Kane & Lynch 2 demo for those who've got a PS+ subscription, and there are some deals to be had thanks to several price drops.

Check out the full update after the break.

Choose your platform to view the corresponding release list:

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

Price Updates

Peggle Nights (Free with the purchase of Peggle)
Marvel Vs Capcom 2 – Sale (now $7.49, original price $14.99)
After Burner Climax – Sale (now $4.99, original price $14.99)
TV Show King – Permanent Price Drop (now $4.99, original price $9.99)

Games

Sam And Max Episode 4: Beyond The Alley Of The Dolls
PSone Classic: Motor Toon Gran Prix ($5.99)

Add-ons

ModNation Racers: Cowboy Mod ($0.99)
ModNation Racers: Cowboy Kart ($0.99)
ModNation Racers: Cowboy Mod and Kart ($1.75)
LittleBigPlanet: Marvel – Thor ($1.99)
LittleBigPlanet: Marvel – Spiderman ($1.99)
LittleBigPlanet: Marvel – Elektra ($1.99)
LittleBigPlanet: Marvel – Ghost Rider ($1.99)
LittleBigPlanet: Marvel – Human Torch ($1.99)
LittleBigPlanet: Marvel – Costume Kit 2 ($5.99)
PAIN – Naughty Bit Mode: Flippin' Of ($1.99)
Just Cause 2: Agency Hovercraft ($0.99)
Trinity Universe – Godly Weapon Pack ($1.99)
Trinity Universe – High Ability Pack ($0.99)
Trinity Universe – Super Treasure Pack 3 (free)
Guitar Hero – Disturbed Track Pack ($5.49):
- "Down With The Sickness" – Disturbed ($1.99)
- "Indestructible" – Disturbed ($1.99)
- "Stricken" – Disturbed ($1.99)
Rock Band Weekly
Rock Band Network:
- "50,000 Unstoppable Watts" by Clutch ($1.99)
- "Approach The Podium" by Gandhi ($1.99)
- "How We Roll" by Plushgun ($1.99)
- "Indigo Friends" by Reverend Horton Heat ($1.99)
- "Stand For Something" by Skindred ($0.99)

PSP Content

Price Drops

Obscure: The Aftermath – Permanent Price Drop (now $14.99, original price $29.99)
The Sims 2 – Permanent Price Drop (now $9.99, original price $14.99)
Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded – Permanent Price Drop (now $9.99, original price $19.99)
Capcom Classics Collection Remixed – Permanent Price Drop (now $9.99, original price $19.99)
Darkstalkers Chronicle: Chaos Towers – Permanent Price Drop (now $9.99, original price $19.99)
Burnout Legends – Permanent Price Drop (now $9.99, original price $19.99)
Medal Of Honor: Heroes – Permanent Price Drop (now $9.99, original price $19.99)
Need For Speed: Most Wanted – Permanent Price Drop (now $9.99, original price $19.99)

Games

Lego Harry Potter: Years 1-4 ($29.99)
Gravity Crash Portable ($9.99)

Minis

Young Thor – Minis ($4.99)
Fly Fu – Minis ($3.49)
Archibald's Adventure – Minis ($3.99)

Add-ons

LittleBigPlanet PSP – Fruit Salad Costume (free)
LittleBigPlanet PSP – Fruit Salad Pack ($2.99)

PlayStation Plus

Games

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Demo (Free and Exclusive to PlayStation Plus)
echochrome (PlayStation Plus price $5.00, original price $9.99)

Add-ons

Resistance 2 skin bundle (PlayStation Plus price $2.00, original price $3.99)

Themes & Avatars

Heavy Rain Origami Swan Avatar (Free)
Bloody Escape Theme (Free)

Source: PlayStation Blog

Tags: kane-and-lynch-2, kane-and-lynch-2-dog-days, playstation, ps3, PSN, PSN-Store, psn-tuesday, PSN-weekly, psp

Reader Comments (50)

Ok so since plus has came out I haven't seen one thing to hit the store worth the 50 bucks a year to make it worth having.

@Drdre74 I know, right?

I mean, I definitely expected to get my $50 worth in the first week alone.

This is unacceptable.

I demanded every game ever. Did I get what I wanted? No. Damn sony and their damn evil ways.

@Drdre74
Yeah, it's not like the thing has only been out for 21 days or anything....

@Drdre74

Are you serious? It's been out what? A month? And you expect to get your money's worth that fast? It's for people for who buy a lot of psn games and whatnot so the discounts will add up over time. Maybe you're not the target audience. Hell, I definitely know I'm not apart of the target audience. I just hate when people judge things so prematurely.

@Drdre74 Then you've never played field runners cause that is a really fun game right there easily worth $5 and I stil have 14 months to find stuff that values a meager $45. On a side not Qore is really nice and much better than Pulse.

@The angry pro consumer gaming ga Like to point out I already own WipeoutHD which is well worth $20.

@Drdre74

Wipeout HD...

And if you've already got that, or you're crazy... QORE!

Those 2 alone are about $45 together.

@Drdre74

I compiled this just for you. This is only the free things, I didn't include the discounts, because that would have taken forever. This is less than a month's worth of content. (That's 1/12 of the whole subscription in case you can't do math)

Demos
* inFamous (Free)
* Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days Demo

Games
* WipEout HD (Free)

PSone Classics
* Rally Cross (Free)

Minis
* Age of Zombies (Free)
* Field Runners

Add-ons
* Warhawk - Fallen Star Pack (Free)
* Cuboid Booster Pack
* Cuboid Bundle Pack
* Cuboid Level Editor
* Magic Orbz Booster Pack
* Magic Orbz Jungle Pack
* Magic Orbz Winter Pack
* Mahjong Tales: Ancient Wisdom Booster Pack
* Smash Cars: Virus Run

Themes & Avatars
* Collision Theme (Free)
* Fat Princess Avatars (x2) (Free)
* King Zumo Theme
*MAG Raven Character Avatar
*MAG SVER Character Avatar
* LittleBigPlanet - Sackboy Avatar (Free)
* MAG Dynamic Themes (x3) (Free)

...And Qore

@TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2

MOAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I NEED MOAR!!!!!

I've enjoyed PS+ so far, so SUCK IT haters!

@Nintari which is in 14 months...

@Nintari

How many games are you playing 14 months later.. and if you don't like the game the playstation plus subscription saved you from a long lasting mistake. Plus, did you REALLY expect for 50 dollars to be getting 20 dollar games every month to KEEP? I mean.. are you serious? So stop with the old and tired "its a rental" conversation.. I got Gamefly and I love that I have saved myself a ton of money by just renting games. If you don't like the services stop reading the posts on it hater..

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze F* THE FIRST WEEK. THE FIRST DAY!!!

@EchoX

Personally I go back and play old games very often. Currently revisiting Metroid Prime. Great games are like a fine wine, they get better as they age.

@Drdre74

Ok, all the discounts and "demos" thus far have been very lame, but why the heck is no one mentioning the auto-download/update thing?

I was at work, and my PS3 freaking TURNED IT SELF ON, downloaded the update, and then turned it self back off. Same thing with the K&L demo download.

Seriously, with as long as PSN updates take, that's worth more than 50 bucks alone. Now if I could just get it to do the install too.

@TraceurRyuk Prepping for LBP2
Don't forget the 3 months you get with the year.

@Vcize

There is an option for auto install before the machine shuts itself off.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiusovfJzNE

Probably not exactly what your looking for but it is an easy to way to install everything all at once.

@Nintari

Well it's a subscription service so obviously you are paying to be a member of the service. One of the benefits of an annual membership is access to free games, once your membership expires so do the games. Makes sense? If thats a game you wanted but hadn't bought you could buy the game outright for $20 and own it forever with no strings attached or you can subscribe to PS+ for an annual (or quarterly) membership at a cost of $50 and have access to the title with strings attached. It's a content consumption membership and if you are the type of person that buys a lot of stuff from the PSN store then it'll give you savings. Personally, I buy a lot of stuff but my issue is I own pretty much everything they're offering so I'm going to wait a while until the discounts start applying to newer content I haven't purchased.

It's like buying one of those vacation coupon books. In the area I live in they sell these $20 coupon books to snowbirds that have around $500 of additional value to them so long as they meet the defined criteria. One coupon may be a free medium pizza so long as you buy another medium pizza or another may be free admission to the gulfarium with one paid admission etc etc. There are also items that are just free straight up but they are only valid through certain dates. Maybe its a free matinee movie but it's only good for one specific week in July. It's still a free movie even though it has restrictions and even though you paid for the coupon book.

It's a good deal if you buy a lot of stuff and it seems over the course of a year you'll likely get at least $500 of free content be it themes, avatars, psn games, minis or classics ... maybe only $100 of that stuff actually interests you ... in that case you still saved money. If you want to keep getting the stuff you have to keep subscribing.

Another way to think of it is like the Gamestop edge card. You have to initially pay for the card but it gives you special benefits like discounts on all used games and a "free" issue of gameinformer. The card will pay for itself if you buy enough content but even if you don't the magazine alone is likely worth the cost of membership. Once the membership runs out so does the magazines and the savings on used content.

So the 'true PS1 classic' was Motortoon Grand Prix?

Sony, seriously..

You know I love you, man, but.. I think you need to get your act together. I just don't want to see you out on the street, begging for change and doing God only knows what for scraps of melon rind.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

I'd consider MotorToon GP a classic.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

I still want them to release the Integral version of MGS.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

I wouldn't consider it a classic, I haven't even heard of it.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

I would have liked Gran Turismo as a classic.

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

motortoon gran prix is acualy a classic, some of the other stuff on the store labled 'classics' is totally questionable. i'd go as far as to say they are tainting the legacy of the ps1 by reminding people of some of the rubbish that was released on the console. Delta Force? TNN Motorsports Hardcore 4x4 ?

tf?

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze
The PS Blog note for the game says that it was created by the Polyphony Digital guys before they formed Polyphony Digital. Seems like a good pedigree.

Unfortunately, the PS Blog also says it's only playable on the PS3. Maybe the controls need two analog sticks?

@Ezio Auditore da Firenze

Motor Toon Gran Prix is from the same company the made Gran Turismo. I LOVED this game when I was little. It looks cartoony, but it really is surprisingly deep. You can even do slipstreaming (drafting) in the game!

P.S. One of the unlockable modes is a more realistic version of the game. It's like an early version of Gran Turismo. However, there are only 2 cars and 1 track, IIRC. But it's nice to see things like this in a game that's like Mario Kart in a way,

The proud moment of being a PS+ subscriber.

@AutobotIronhide

Kane and Lynch 2?

I probably would have voted for a more "worthy" game myself... But to each his own I guess.

Since the release of PS+ in europe, there have only been one update - Kane & Lynch demo.. no themes, no nothing.. so disappointed to see you guys get so much more for the same price.

@Zopyrus

Didn't you guys get LittleBigPlanet for free? I'm still waiting for something like that to draw me into PSN+.

@(Unverified)

Yea, but don't everyone that has PS+ get LBA for free? I was talking about the regional difference in PSN+. I have had no updates since the start of it, except for this demo. I also want more themes and stuff... it's those kind of extras I don't like paying more for.

Climax was 9.99 originally. Least thats what I paid for when it first was released unless the price went up afterward.

Also for those who have MUA2 the DLC is back on PSN. Also Climax for $5 is a great deal just download that.

Are all the updates from the previous weeks still there?

@AlvinRod

All except Warhark I think. I just got Plus today, picked up Super Stardust HD with it.

@AlvinRod

I think the sales are the only things that change every week. I'm pretty sure all the avatars, themes, minis and other games stay for the whole month.

Man, I just forgot about that song "Down with the Sickness" and then I read a gaming blog and the horror begins again.

Since they came out with playstation plus all they've put up on it is shit I already owned six months ago.

i'm done with ps+. this is silly. one demo, two discounts, a theme and an avatar? take wipeout back and don't ever mention this to me again.

@JZN

Another premature ejaculator! Dude, you've had it for 2 weeks... you expected to get GOWIII for free, and have them send you a free Move controller?

Write back in 3 months (which you get free if you buy the 12 month subscription anyways), and if you don't like it by then, you can start complaining.

@(Unverified)
I have had it since it started, 4th update, i think? it's weak. they started huge with wipeout, and minis, and qore. last week's update was weak. this weeks is worse. i think sony is insane to charge for pictures (avatars) and they aren't doing any favors giving them away.
i expected more, as in real content. not avatars themes and discounts. it's bad enough the selection dropped through the floor, but even worse, it's only for what they decide. so since i don't play resistance 2, my selection is that much smaller.
ps+ is a discount card now, not the premium service they sold it as. i really hope it gets better, but at this rate i probably won't even check the store next week.

I like the fact that when I turned on my system this morning I had a message telling me K & L was downloaded through auto-download, not that the game is good, but earlier than the store update and the system did the work, I'll take it!!

Anyone know if you can get free Peggle nights if you bought Peggle in the past? The Playstation Store is acting sketchy and isn't showing that I ever even purchased Peggle, so what happens if I need to redownload it? Did they mess it up?

Hell yea I was just lookin' at buying Burnout Legends for my PSP and it got a price drop! I am a happy person =D

Woot! Young Thor looks like awesome fun :) can't wait

Has anyone else noticed a sudden increase in download speed? Whereas before it was nothing to complain about, I'm getting damn near Steam level speeds from the Kane & Lynch demo.

Maybe it's because that demo is the evil forebearer of exclusives to come, and we all know Satan has great internet upload speeds.

Ok . For some reason my PlayStation Store is showing Medal of Honor Beta under "New Releases." Ive been playing the beta since launch and my friend has been wanting to get in but never got a beta key. So when I called him and told him it was available on the Store, he didnt have it. I dont see it on this list either. Is anyone else seeing this too?

I played the demo it looks shit tbh.

If u have an EU PSN account, u can get the demo for free, today, off of that PSN Store. D-loading it as I type.

meh

Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days

PSN Tuesday: Kane and Lynch demo for PS+

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