Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic

Celebrating the release of the motion-picture, gamers who visit PlayStation Home on the PlayStation 3 can pick up exclusive free martial arts themed avatars. Further to this, each of the below titles is available at a discounted price for the rest of today...

Official Playstation Blog: 'Hello Rag Doll Kung Fu friends, Earlier this year, our friends at Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and Asia held a Rag Doll Kung Fu Online Competition in their territories, and they have been nice enough to share the winning rag doll designs with the rest of the world! As winners of these design contests, Tarsier Studios has turned these into real downloadable characters, which will become available on the PlayStation Store for free on Thursday, November 12.'

First of all, a massive thank you must go out to all who entered – the quality of entries was wonderfully high and it's been tough picking out the winners, but we've enjoyed all of your brilliantly imaginative creations. Alas, there can only be one winner – and ten runners up – so…

Mike Kebby from European Playstation.Blog writes: Okay, so onto the content this week, we have another mixed bag available for you, from the quiz game TV Show King, to the demo version of Batman: Arkham Asylum, via a trial for Rag Doll Kung-Fu to the third map pack for the ever popular Call of Duty: World at War. The Waldgeist expansion pack for Savage Moon has also arrived, as well as additional content for LittleBigPlanet, Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood and Fight Night Round 4. That's not all though, for a complete list scroll down for more!

Want to see which region got what content? Look no further, as PlayStation LifeStyle has done the searching for you and compiled a list of what's new in this week's PlayStation Store Update, for all regions across the globe.

The PSN fighter Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic will be available to download for free from the US PlayStation Store this week, thanks to a team effort from the PlayStation Store and Sprint. According to Grace Chen, Senior Manager of the Store, you can check out the Sprint channel on PlayStation Store to access the game, free Sprint videos, wallpapers and an exclusive NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Monsters XMB Theme. Developed by Tarsier Studios, Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic is a follow on, of sorts, from the original Rag Doll Kung-Fu on the PC but this new version features updated graphics, controls, challenges, characters and trophies. It normally retails at $9.99 on the PSN.

PSN games have always delivered a great value for a meager price. Now, it looks like the deal is about to get even sweeter. Advertisements on several gaming sites have been spotted, indicating that Sony may be giving Rag Doll Kung Fu away free for a limited time.

Some nuggets of information about the upcoming PSN fighter Rag Doll Kung-Fu: Fists of Plastic have emerged from SCEA's PlayStation Blog. The US producer of the game Joshua Miller detailed a few interesting morsels in the comments section of a post containing a video detailing the customization options of the game.

GOONL!NE: A little hertage here might be going on if this is right. In the newest trailer from Ragdoll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic, it appears that Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet will be appearing in the game.

Joshua Miller: Hi, I'm Joshua Miller, the U.S. producer of Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic. It's been a while since Fists of Plastic made its debut at E3 last year and since its announcement, people have been asking for more details. Well, the time has finally come and I am very pleased (not to mention, very excited) to announce today that Rag Doll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic will be available for download exclusively on PSN beginning THURSDAY, APRIL 9th!