Can you believe it’s that time of the week again? That’s right folks, it’s time for the US PlayStation Store update!

This week you can look forward to a Halloween Collection with Burn Zombie Burn, Silent Hill as well as Halloween-themed DLC and themes. You’ll also be able to download Episode I of Sonic The Hedgehog 4 and Dead Space Ignition! The demo for Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II has also arrived along with the new Psycho theme pack for Dead Rising 2.

Finally there’s a whole bunch of content on special as well as the usual assortment of downloadable content, themes, trailers and songs for you to enjoy.

The full list of new content now available on the US PlayStation Store follows below:

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Killing zombies never gets old. Zombies never get old either, since they are dead already. Zombies in videogames can become old though, as more games feature them now than ever before. Talk about beating a dead horse! Or a dead zombie. Thinking about it now, “killing a zombie” is technically impossible as they are already dead. But I digress.

Burn Zombie Burn may seem like a cheap zombie cash in, and to some degree that’s exactly what it is. It is cheap and it cashes in on the zombie craze. But it does so with quite a bit of flair. It’s an isometric top-down action shooter with a simple mission: survive as long as you can, and have fun doing it. I can say with some certainty: mission accomplished!

Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Burn Zombie Burn.

Developer doublesix has announced that Burn Zombie Burn, its first PlayStation Network title, has sold 70 000 units.

The developer believes that the game continues to sell well after the initial release because digitally distributed titles have a longer life cycle and are confident that it will reach a “significantly higher” lifetime figure.

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Downloadable game services such as the PlayStation Store, Xbox Live Arcade and WiiWare are among the most exciting additions of the current console generation. With the game arcade scene having been in decline for several years now – especially locally – one can depend on these services to provide a steady stream of arcade gaming to satiate our cravings.

Continue reading El33tonline’s review of Burn Zombie Burn!.

UK-based developer doublesix has announced that Burn Zombie Burn! will be released exclusively on the PlayStation Network in the US and Europe on the 26th of March.

The new zombie slaying game is set across six classic American-horror movie inspired levels. Described as a “top-down, arena-based third person shoot ‘em-up in the classic coin-op tradition,” the game stars Bruce whose romantic plans with girlfriend Daisy are interrupted by a Zombie invasion.

Now to survive the horde, you must shoot, burn and explode as many zombies as possible before they overpower you. Fire is your most important tool so get ready to burn zombies and set up chains of explosions to earn high scores.

How could a game that promises to deliver “dark humour and bloody zombie violence in copious amounts” not be fun? Burn Zombie Burn!

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