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PAIN Amusement Park Open! (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Sep 11, 2008

Playstation.blog writes:

"The Amusement Park is OPEN FOR BUSINESS! I'm really happy to announce the release of PAIN Amusement Park today. If you have been on the "PAIN Train" since the beginning you know this has been a long time coming. If you have never played PAIN before, it's about time you found out why we have so much fun hurting ourselves and others."

PAIN patch adds trophies and more ... if you pay for it (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Sep 11, 2008

PS#Fanboy reported today that long-awaited PAIN trophy patch is now available to download. Simply load up the game and you will be prompted to download the 325MB patch. Don't forget, PAIN's trophies have been retooled, to make them a bit easier than originally intended. The patch also adds a bunch of content to the game -- but only if you pay for it. Three new characters are available to purchase, along with the new "Abusement Park" (though none of these are available on any region's PSN Store as of yet). There are also new game modes which, we assume, come with the Amusement Park expansion.

Pain Update Delayed, sometime in September (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Sep 3, 2008

Pain Blog:

"The Bad News: Amusement Park will release in September, but not 9-4 like we originally planned. The reason for this delay was at least in part due to our retooling the PlayStation®Network trophies."

PAIN Amusement Park New Info, Screens (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Aug 27, 2008

FeedonPS3 has some cool new details and screenshots of the PAIN Amusement Park. Check it out in the full article.

From the Official PAIN Blog: New Characters / Modes for PAIN Announced (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Aug 21, 2008

New characters and game modes are now available for the PSN game, PAIN.

Update on PAIN trophies and expansion (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Aug 8, 2008

PAIN producer Travis Williams from the Playstation Blog has some new information about the upcoming PAIN trophies and the new amusement park coming on 4th September.

Sneak peek at upcoming content for PAIN (celebrity/cross-game characters) (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Aug 8, 2008

In addition to PAIN Labs, the PAIN Amusement Park, Trophies, Online Multiplayer, and other features all hitting the PLAYSTATION Store simultaneously this summer, the crew at Idol Minds is churning out even more content that should be making it your way soon!

Jeff Litchford of Idol Minds gave us a little more info on what we can expect. We've taken the liberty to highlight some info you may not have already known about. But we still can't find out what exactly PAIN Movie Lot is!!

New features in development:

* Amusement Park
* Online (multiplayer) gameplay
* PSN trophies
* Advanced Replay Editor
* PAIN Labs
* Theme 3 (just about at Alpha)
* Theme 4 (we're in early prototype/concepting on this)
* Celebrity playable characters
* Video Game IP characters
* Chinese/Korean localization

After seeing the Kratos sackboy, I'm pretty excited at the prospect of cross-game Sony characters. Looking forward to what the PAIN crew will dish out next!

PAIN 'Amusement Park' tidbits revealed; video on Monday (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Jul 6, 2008

Nestled deep in the comments section of the official PAIN Blog, Producer Travis Williams has been busy responding to the community. There's plenty of back-and-forth banter, but there are also some hidden gems of info which we thought you might be interested in. PAIN's expansion pack, the Amusement Park, will be available this Summer for "less than $6.99" and a video of it in action will be shown on the official PlayStation Blog at some point tomorrow. A European release will happen simultaneously.

With regards to trophies, this will be included in the expansion pack and won't end there. Travis says that "new trophies for PAIN will come out as long as we continue to add content." Hopefully this is a common occurrence, with future game expansions for existing titles bringing more trophies. Could this mean more Super Stardust HD trophies are coming at some point in the future? Considering there's no Platinum trophy, we're guessing so.

Big update for PAIN (new level) (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Jul 4, 2008

The Amusement Park has had many different incarnations before we decided on the final format. It had to represent what we know of the PAIN play style and add layers to it. It wouldn't do to have another level like Downtown. We needed to move beyond that area. We needed to step it up. That meant¿
More ways to move around.

More community Interaction

Different ways to move around

A different launcher

A multi-leveled environment

Longer PAINful runs

MULTIPLAYER

Oh and¿.less time between new content updates

IGN: PAIN Problem; Today's update is locking out online. (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Jun 20, 2008

Greg Miller: "This afternoon, Sony updated the PlayStation Network with a wealth of trailers, demos, games, and content, but it would appear that the latest PAIN patch is messing up the game's online options.

After we downloaded the update -- which adds the ability to play music from your hard drive during the game, gives you a few new layouts for downtown, and more -- we started PAIN and were presented with an error.

"A network error has occurred, you must restart PAIN and reconnect to access any online content," the message stated.

We restarted several times and kept getting the error. Even with the error message, you can still play the game, but the store and any other online functionality are locked to you. Other IGN users are reporting the problem on our message boards, and a Sony rep said the company is investigating the problem.

We'll keep you updated.

UPDATE (5:15 p.m.): "We are aware that some users are receiving a network error message and are working to rectify this as soon as possible," a Sony rep said. "We expect this situation to be resolved withing the next 12 hours.""

Playstation Blog: New Updates Bring the PAIN (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Jun 19, 2008

Travis: "Whatup!

My name is Travis Williams and I am the Senior Producer for PAIN for the PlayStation Network. It's been a while since I last posted on the Official PlayStation blog. Every time I have it's been a great experience. You all have shown me "da-love" so I wanted to make sure that when there was something cool to share with you that I would be back. I want to tell you what we've been doing with PAIN and why you should pay attention to us in the months to come.

Tomorrow, the 19th of June we are releasing our next free update to PAIN. This will be a two-week process where each week we release new features and content to PAIN. This is a two-week process because we are perfecting our content delivery process. We have always had this goal with PAIN that we should be able to move faster with our content delivery than most games. If you are a normal PAIN blog reader you might laugh at that comment. They have been waiting for months for us to pick up the pace. Some of them were wondering where I've been lately. "

PAIN (PS3) patched tomorrow, adding custom playlists and multiple character selection (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Jun 18, 2008

StalkingSilence of PlayStation LifeStyle found this post by Travis Williams, Senior Producer at SCEA. The post was taken down from the Official PlayStation.Blog at the time this was published.

Travis Williams writes [in the deleted post]
"So what's in the 6-19 update then? Here you go¿

"Jukebox Play ¿ Now you can play your own tunes inside of PAIN. If you have some time go back to my previous blog posts and you will see where you users took us to task about including this option. So it's DONE.New Downtown Layouts ¿ We have new configurations for downtown. Demolition and Block Party. Go to the trophy room after your update and you will see how to unlock these areas. You can also play these areas in HORSE now too.

"Multiple Character Selection ¿ Many of our players wanted to play two player games with different characters. So there you go.Logo Skip ¿ Now you don't have to wait for the logo sequence to get right to the game."

Rumored PlayStation Store New Content (US) for June 19, 2008 (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Jun 18, 2008

In their weekly feature, PlayStation LifeStyle takes a look at what we should be getting:
- Fatal Intertia EX full game & demo ($29.99)
- Guitar Hero III DLC: Coldplay Track Pack ($6.49)
- Hail to the Chimp demo*
- Hot Shots Out of Bounds DLC*
- The Incredible Hulk DLC: Multiplayer Expansion Pack*
- Konami "Surprise" [!]*
- NCAA 09 demo
- PAIN DLC: Nigel add-on character*
- PSP full game*
- Rock Band DLC: Avenged Sevenfold (x2), The Offspring, and Crooked X
- Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 demo*

Additional Content:
- LingerInShadows Trailer*
- PAIN (Nigel) Theme*

NOTE: This list is not all-inclusive (videos, wallpapers, etc.) and content is always subject to change.

*Items marked with an asterisk denote rumored content, while the other content is confirmed.

Pain GetsTrophies, Custom Soundtracks (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Jun 11, 2008

According to the official Pain website we're all set to get a bumper patch this month, which will include more trophies, custom MP3 playback and a host of new modes.

The new game types include Block Party which sees the launcher on the other side of Downtown and Demolition which has the launcher in the centre. There's a new difficulty called Platinum Club and a new character called Nigel.

Zombies Bring The Pain (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Apr 20, 2008

The latest blog on the official Pain website shows two designs for a new Zombie character in the game. There is also new of a new bug patch, and the long-awaited in-game mp3 player.

The British Are Coming (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Apr 20, 2008

Pain has just been released in Europe, and to mark the occasion SCEE are planning to release an all English character called Nigel. Nigel, along with his PS3 theme, will be available to download from the Playstation Store in the near future.

Next European PSN update to be the most PAINful yet (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Mar 16, 2008

PS3fanboy reports:

"It has been confirmed to us that the wait is finally over. Europeans can get their hands on PAIN, as well as a few add on packs (probably the character packs already released in the US) this coming Thursday. With last week being described as "the last bad update for a while", things should pick up from now on. Yeah. How many times have we heard that one?

The localisation issues that cause these ridiculous delays (it's been four months since PAIN was released in America) are due to be addressed at some point in the near future. At the risk of sounding like a broken record, something needs to be done, so we'll look forward to these discussions with cautious anticipation."

Next Idol Minds PS3 Game - "Expect Farts" (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Mar 14, 2008

Jason Coker from SCEA:

"New game? Idol Minds has got something in the works that will be going to prototype soon. Obviously, it's much too early to go into detail on it, but I'll gladly share this little nugget ¿ expect farts."

Upcoming Downloadable PS3/PSP Games (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Mar 3, 2008

Geekpulp writes: "Sony has sent us confirmation of release timing for a few games that were announced last year at E3. Elefunk and Echochrome are the two main items that catch my attention but there is also Flow for the PSP. I am looking forward to Echochrome as I know a lot of people are, there are never enough challenging puzzle games that are so different from the typical falling block games.

Pain is set to be released on the European store (NZ included) this month along with some bonus characters as an expansion. It would be nice if they had released a different map instead of the extra characters as that would increase replayability far more than some new characters."

New PAIN content coming today, 2/21. (PAIN - PS3 Network)

Feb 21, 2008

From leading man Travis Williams, comes this post on the official PAIN site:

"I am actually writing this update in LAX because my flight was just delayed for an hour AGAIN (I am headed to the Game Developers Conference). This past month has been quite the journey. I must admit that it has been a learning experience that wasn't as PAINless as I initially expected. The good news is that if you are still with us then that update is right around the corner. Right around the corner like Thursday the 21st of Feb. This update includes the leader board reset (and the fix to the score exploit) It also includes the Free Single Player Fun With Explosives Mode and Hung Lo.

Single Player Fun with Explosives comes complete with it's own Leaderboard too. Lets see how long it takes for you guys to beat my personal score. I will also answer a few questions (demands) that I have been promising everyone for a while. I hope this will shed some light on what is going on with our PAIN."