PlayStation Update for 5-13-14: Minecraft on PS3, free-to-play sale, free Skullgirls

Lots of discounts on free-to-play add ons, the Hitman Trilogy is less than $15, and a fighter is the free game in this week's PlayStation update.

New Releases

PS3

• Minecraft: PS3 Edition - $19.99 (Retail - Friday)
• Serious Sam 3: BFE - $14.99* (Digital)

VITA

• Borderlands 2 Vita - $39.96** (Digital/Retail)
• Soul Sacrifice Delta - $49.99 (Digital)

DEMOS

• Ragnarok Odyssey ACE - PS3/Vita
• XBlaze Code: Embryo - PS3/Vita

*PlayStation Plus price

**Amazon price

A bit light on the slate for new releases this week, considering there's nothing actually new. The highlight has to be Minecraft, which is currently the best-selling PlayStation 3 game on Amazon at $20. The craze continues, and it's not even out until Friday.

For those that don't know what Serious Sam is, that's an old-school first person shooter that hails to the days of Doom and Quake, when you blow up monsters with massive guns. This new edition is pretty old -- it was released on Xbox a year and a half ago -- and the PS+ price is the bare minimum to get this game. In fact, you're better off waiting for the full-fledged experience of an old-school shooter like Wolfenstein next week.

What is Soul Sacrifice Delta? It's basically an Ultimate Edition, including the game and downloadable content. It includes a "new Grimm faction" and has upgrades over the original edition.

PSN Discounts

This week, Sony is discounting nearly all of their free-to-play games. Yes, that sounds like an oxymoron, but plenty of FTP games have so much DLC, it could almost be like playing a full game. Hell, it can be even more expensive at times! For those interested, there are some massive deals on PS+ along with a big variety of games.

• Blacklight Retribution Zcoins: 100 - $.48, 500 - $2.44, 1,000 - $4.89, 2,500 - $12.24, 5,000 - $24.49, 10,000 - $48.99 ($50 savings)
• DC Universe Online Ultimate Edition (PS4) - $13.99
• DCUO UE Starter Pack (PS3) - $13.99
• DCUO: Lightning Strikes / Origin Crisis - $4.89
• Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate: Complete Costume Set - $10.00 ($30 savings)
• DOA5: Complete Casual Collection Vol. 1 - $2.75
• DOA5: Ultimate Sexy Costumes - $3.75
• Dust 514: Various Combat and Assault Packs - $2.50
• Dust 514: Tactical Edition (w/ or w/o Client) - $2.50
• Dust 514: Starter Pack - $0.75
• Dust 514: Battle Kit - $0.25 (w/ Active Booster - $0.50)
• Spartacus Legends Gladiator Starter Pack - $3.75
• Spartacus Gold Coins: 240 - $5.00, 650 - $12.50, 1,100 - $18.75, 3,000 - $37.50
• Warframe: 75 Plantinum - $3.59, 170 Plantinum - $6.74, 370 Plantinum - 13.49
• Warframe: 1000P + Mod - $33.74, 2100P + Mod - $67.49, 3210P + Mod - $101.24 ($48 savings)

Here are some other discounts for a couple of Square Enix games:

• Hitman Absolution Special Edition - $8.99
• Hitman Trilogy HD - $14.39 ($25 savings)
• Tomb Raider (PS3) - $13.49

Instant Game Collection

This week's free game is a 2D anime fighter, Skullgirls Encore, on the PlayStation 3. I never played the game, and only heard about the story between Konami and Lab Zero Games. This is an upgrade to the original Skullgirls after the developer cut ties with Konami. After being pulled from availability on consoles last December, the game was re-released under Autumn Games back in February for $15. 

For those that haven't gotten burned out on all the fighters that have been released on the IGC for Vita, might as well grab a six-pack and give this one a go. Also, it'd be fun to play a fighter on the big screen for once.

Have a great week, everyone!

Minecraft sold over one million copies on PlayStation 3

Minecraft has been out on the PlayStation 3 console for less than two months, and the creators have announced that it has already sold over one million copies.


Daniel Kaplan of Mojang posted on their home page Friday that the Sony console edition reached over a million sales since its release on December 17th.

Just wanted to let you know that Minecraft on PS3 recently sold over 1 million copies (that has to be some kind of record on PSN, no?). It is crazy considering the game was released just before Christmas last year. We are super grateful for the support and we are very thankful for your dedication and I hope you will like the future updates we have planned for you (more on that in a later blog post).

It may not be a record, but it debuted as the number one seller for the PS3 in the PlayStation Store in the United States and Europe for the month of December. Considering the sales have already reached over one million, it wouldn't be surprised to see them near the top if not at the top for another month.

This edition may never reach the lofty numbers on PC or Xbox 360 (14 and 10 million sold roughly, respectively), but the game is proving that it will sell on any platform. Don't be surprised to see an edition released on the PS4 and Vita in the future that will contain the same $19.99 price tag - and remote play.

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