The Drop: Week of August 15th 2011 New Releases

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The Drop: Week of August 15th 2011 New Releases

Guten Tag! This week, Jeff and I traveled across the pond and will be bringing you coverage from the Gamescom show floor, behind the scene interviews and exciting news on PS3, PS Vita and all things PlayStation from Cologne Germany. Stay tuned!

PSone Classics return this week, and No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise finally makes its much deserved high definition debut on PS3 with PS Move support.

 

PlayStation 3

No More Heroes: Heroes’ Paradise — Anime geek Travis Touchdown wins a Beam Katana and starts a new career as a professional killer in this remake of the first entry into the unusual action franchise No More Heroes. There’s only one way to the top ranks of the underground world of paid assassins and it’s going to get messy. Lucky for Travis Touchdown, he just knocked off the world’s eleventh best without breaking a sweat. The life of fame and fortune couldn’t be closer. Heads will roll and names will be taken, but everything is not what it seems. It all started after Travis was assigned to take on the drifter known as Helter Skelter, the United Assassin Association’s 11th ranked assassin. After a grueling battle, Travis emerged the winner, collected the spoils of battle and claimed his title as the new 11th ranked assassin. However, the situation turns out to be more complicated than Travis first thought. It is after the mysterious beauty, Sylvia Christel, appears that the real adventure begins…

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron — An action title with a story based around the flood depicted in the Book of Enoch. You take control of Enoch, an ordinary man who was chosen by God to serve as a clerk in heaven. Enoch must now save humanity by journeying through the world in pursuit of fallen angels. As the story goes, the angels were tasked by God long ago to watch over the world below. Some grew to admire mankind and chose to commit the high crime of descending down to the surface. Angered by this, God considered covering the ground in a great flood. Enoch stepped in and convinced God to hold off on his punishment if he manages to track down the angels. Enoch will be supported on his journey by the angels, who were tasked by God to support him. One angel in particular, Lucifer, appears to have taken a liking to Enoch. (Read More: El Shaddai PS3 Interview: From Japan With Love)

PlayStation Network

Driver: San Francisco (Multiplayer) — Driver: San Francisco marks the return of the blockbuster driving franchise. Gamers play John Tanner, a hardened detective involved in a relentless manhunt throughout the City by the Bay. Thanks to a groundbreaking gameplay feature, players can now seamlessly shift between more than a hundred licensed vehicles, keeping them constantly in the heart of the action. With its timeless atmosphere, unique car handling and renewed playability, Driver: San Francisco offers the free-roaming, classic, cinematic car chase experience.

Medal of Honor: Frontline — The Nazi invasion is in full swing, and you’re the Lieutenant who’s going to put a stop to it. Step into the shoes of Lt. Jimmy Patterson once again, sweeping across Europe to rescue the innocent and destroy the opposition. The 15 assignments range from saving captured OSS operatives from a Nazi-held Dutch manor house to dismantling a German naval base. Your job is a little too tough for any one man to pull off on his own, so you’ll have a loyal group of soldiers and a slew of weaponry including the Liberator Pistol, Panzerschreck, MG42, and B.A.R. all of which will come to your aid in the heat of battle. Divided into five main missions, the gameplay is extensive and meticulously constructed, resulting in an experience that trumps earlier series installments.
Demos

PSone Classic

Breath of Fire IV — Princess Nina’s sister, Elina, has disappeared. Nina and her friend, Cray, set out to find her. Along the way, they encounter a young warrior name Ryu who has no recollection of his past. This troupe is about to find out that their quest to find Elina will lead them to something much bigger, which will require them to save the world. Take control of the three-member party (there are a total of six playable characters), and lead them into battle. Any member of the group not in the active party can be rotated into battle. When the going gets tough, have Ryu use his ability to transform into a dragon to give you an extra edge. If your characters keep getting killed, have them train under a master to improve their skills. Will Nina and the others be able to find Elina and save the world? Play Breath of Fire IV and find out.

 

[Editor’s Note: The following dates are subject to change. Game details are gathered from Press Releases from their individual publishers and/or ESRB rating descriptions.]

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  • One more thing…..why does it take psn so long to get big content like ‘from dust’….? Just seems like xbox live beats psn most of the time.

  • xbox pays more money so they can get it earlier

  • The content is there, just not updated. Frontline and Breath of fire IV are in the store. Don’t know why it hasn’t been updated yet. Maybe everybody had chili for lunch.

  • 8:30 and no update yet

  • I really find it strange that the psn has not updated. oh well. I’ll just wait a little longer. Probably play games on my pc, 360, 3ds, psp/pspgo, or my ps3. Now to figure out which system to play on. So many games so little time. Maybe I’ll watch a movie.

  • Microsoft also makes very… unfriendly contracts as well. As in: “Oh, you plan on having your title available on every other system? That’s nice, but we get it first, or no deal for this fat stack of cash.”

    And seriously Sony, answer your paying customers questions once in a while. Leaving us in the dark nearly 24/7 is just insulting. I know you guys have never been to big in the PR department in NA, but look at your other recent projects that have crumbled into pieces from the generally superior/silent attitude *cough ff14 comes to mind instantly*.

    Now then, to fuel the common complaint riddled fire, “Where for art thou PSone Classics?” Those poor little titles sitting, waiting..weeks, and even months. Please take my money :(

  • the store has been updated but not the website.

  • i too find it strange that the psn store is running late on its update. but i have two games left that i havent beat yet and theres other things to do other than gaming. but its now 9:05 EST. and in my time zone. thats about 3 hours late. i wounder what might keep sony from being on schedule on psn update?

  • well i see some new stuff on the psn store. breath of fire 4 is there. never played it anyone know if it is good?

  • @160 Good game, not anywhere near as fantastic as 3 was at the time. But if you loved 3 like most of us, you should certainly like 4. It just wasn’t as good as the previous :p I’d buy it myself again like so many other titles, but I still have my original on disk in my old PSone bin.

  • I’ve never played any of the breath of fire games and while we are on the subject of games i have not played. I have not played parasite eve series as well. well i did play 3rd birthday and i did enjoy that one.

  • parasite eve is a RPG you are aya and you run after eve to stop her from burning everyone and causing destruction in the city the battles are active times you run around while your ATB (active time battle) is full then you take your action either using your gun that takes bullets or your magic called in the game parasite power i own this game and it is really fun i nearly completed disc one the only thing i hate is the caracter movements outside of battles are slow other than that that a great game i would like to try parasite eve 2 i the psn releasse it

  • Breath of Fire would be awesome, except that apparently the last system update rendered my PSP unable to accept data transfers from my PS3. Pity I already paid for it.

    And I was so excited to see BoF drop. :(

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