It’s another demo-laden PlayStation Store update this week, with demos for Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, The Punisher: No Mercy and a Lost Planet 2 co-op demo showing up in both regions, while US gamers get additional demos for Zombie Apocalypse (as well as the full version of the game) and Wolfenstein.

The usual assortment of videos and downloadable content (including the new Batman: Arkham Asylum – Prey in the Darkness DLC) make an appearance this week as well.

Flick through the full list of content available now on both the European and US PlayStation Stores this week to see if anything catches your eye:

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Tecmo Koei recently confirmed that Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, the sequel to 2007’s Ninja Gaiden Sigma on the PS3, will be releasing in the US and the UK at the end of September and beginning of October respectively.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 is, for all intents and purposes, an improved version of Ninja Gaiden 2 which released exclusively on the Xbox 360 in 2008, only now it’s going to be available on the PS3 with all new additions, such as three new playable characters (in Momiji, Ayane and Rachel), new weapons, and an online co-operative mode

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 releases in the US on September 29th, while the UK will get it October 2nd, exclusively for the PS3.

Head on down below for a veritable avalanche of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 screenshots and in-game footage.

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Producer Yosuke Hayashi for Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, the PS3 remake of Ninja Gaiden 2, has said that the game may mark the end of the Ninja Gaiden franchise, as he wants to deliver ‘the ultimate package.’ Hayashi said:

“We really want this to be the total package, the ultimate package, the game you remember as having everything you’ve seen and experienced throughout the Ninja Gaiden franchise.”

Hayashi also confirmed the existence of playable character Ayane (from the Dead or Alive franchise) as well as the inclusion of online co-operative play for the title. Watch the debut trailer for Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 below:

Previously Xbox 360 exclusive Ninja Gaiden 2 will be making its way over to the PlayStion 3 this fall, with new and improved features as well as sporting the new moniker of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2.

That’s according to a variety of reports hitting the ‘net today, after Japanese gaming mag Famitsu released the information within its pages, revealing that (Ninja Gaiden remake on the PS3) Ninja Gaiden Sigma developer, Yosuke Hayashi, will be working on the game and will be delivering an ‘upgraded’ version of Ninja Gaiden 2, heading up the Team Ninja development studio to do so.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 will contain new playable character Ayane (from the Dead or Alive series), new boss battles (apparently not possible on the Xbox 360) and new weapons, including spiked hammer, Genma.

Tomonobu Itagaki was famed for his preference for Microsoft’s consoles, supporting both the original Xbox and Xbox 360 with his games at Team Ninja, such as the Dead or Alive series and Ninja Gaiden, but after his departure from the company last year, it seems the studio will become openly multiplatform in the future.