More Playstation Day goodies come crashing in from Evolution Studios.  In-game screenshots of the newly subtitled Motorstorm Pacific Rift.  No CGI here!

Sporting interactive vegetation, destructible environments, Monster Trucks, and water to cool down your vehicles engine, this racer’s sure to make a storm later this year.

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Eariler than expected, we present to you the first trailer for Motorstorm 2. A refreshing change from the deserts, but full of the body pumping action of the original. We also have the first juicy details, including double the original game’s tracks.

That’s right. Even though Motorstorm had multidirectional tracks – with a possibility of three different routes, 8 tracks always felt a bit sparce. The sequel has 16 tracks, and this time you’re going to be driving on a remote Pacific Island alongside lush green foliage, mountainous peaks, flowing rivers, volcanic clouds, lava and scrumptious mud.

Monster trucks will make an appearance this time too, and it’s going to be tough fighting your way through the course against those beasts. 4 player split screen and 16 player online also make their way to the sequel.

Even though the trailer is CGI, it does offer a glimpse at the new gorgeous environments, and the promise of further destructability. Why not have a gander. Oh and before I forget, Motorstorm 2 will be released this Autumn.

The first trailer for Motorstorm 2 will be revealed to public eyes at 6pm GMT.  Sadly reports tell us that it’s going to be CG, but tell us what you think about this first teaser image.

The first Motorstorm performed decently in comparison to its infamous CG unveiling, reaching much of the feel of the original trailer, if not perfectly the graphics.  Racing games do not shy from CG trailers, with DiRT having its first unveiling in this manner.

It is rumoured that there was going to be ingame footage shown of Evolutions upcoming racer, but Sony want to hold it back just a tad longer.  So all we’ll have is a trailer showing us new vehicles and environments.  Motorstorm 2 will stray from the desert and enter into lush jungles and tropical islands. 

Until clocks strike 6pm GMT, all we can offer you is the above  teaser image.  Mmm green.

Source: Neogaf

Here’s an update for those of you who read Roly Reyes report on an apparent Motorstorm 2 reveal. In the end Jeuxvideo had only had a premature ejaculation (an abrupt, exclamatory utterance) providing us with the deflating announcement that the reveal had been delayed.

In the end there was no French gift to be got, and Jeuxvideo regrettably told us that Sony had pushed back Motorstorm 2’s reveal by another week. It is our understanding that Jeuxvideo never had the new trailer exclusively, but that it would be simultaneously released on a number of websites.

Jeuxvideo were the only website to be struck by the excitement, giving us a countdown until 7pm on Wednesday 5th. They regretably decided to wait until that time to tell us that there would be no trailer for another week.

Whoever’s at fault, we expect that at the end of next week’s countdown we will be informed of another week delay, and continuously until Motorstorm 2’s release. It’s like a demented easter egg hunt on which you don’t get any bloody chocolate until the arrival of the second messiah.

Sony sure does love the French. First, they get to break news on Damnation and Recoil: Retrograde for the PS3. Now they’re the first with the announcement and media for the sequel of everyone’s favorite rally racer. What? No, not DiRT. Try Motorstorm 2.

Babelfish and Google Translations to the rescue once again, and it seems as though an announcement and a video (hopefully it’s gameplay) will appear tomorrow.

I’m gonna’ see about giving Sony a nice, stern talking to. I know they’re distraught with the departure of Phil, but they can’t just ignore us like this!

Check back tomorrow when one of your friendly neighborhood Riptenians report on the gift that the French will be giving.

Source: JuexVideo

US Playstation Store Update:

Games/Demos:
Mesmerize: Trace (PS Eye Required) – $1.99
Tori-Emaki (PS Eye Required) – $1.99
Turok Demo
FIFA Street 3 Demo

Downloadable Content:
MotorStorm Double Track Pack – Eagle’s Nest and Diamondback Speedway track pack – $2.99

Rock Band:
Individual Songs – $1.99 each:
Sweet – “Action” (Cover)
The Monkees – “Last Train to Clarksville” (Cover)
Blink-182 – “All the Small Things” (Master)

Blast Factor Bundle – $12.99 (includes game, MP and AR expansions)

Trailers:
Borderlands – “Debut”
Brothers In Arms Hell’s Highway
Dynasty Warriors 6
Lost Planet
PixelJunk Monsters
Syphon Filter: Combat Ops

Other:
Call of Duty 4 theme
Mesmerize theme
PAIN Ed T-Bone theme
PAIN Ice Tea theme
Tori-Emaki theme

European Playstation Store Update:

Games/Demos:
FIFA Street 3 Demo
NBA ‘08 Demo

Downloadable Content:
Folklore- Visions of the tower – £1.49/€1.99

Guitar Heros III:
Warner Track Pack – £3.99/€5.99 for the pack or £1.49/€1.99 each
-Die Fantastischen Vier – “Ernten Was Wir Saen”
-Extremoduro – “So Payaso”
-Trust – “Antisocial”

Trailers:
Brothers In Arms Hell’s Highway
Borderlands
GT5 Prologue

Other:
Call of Duty 4 theme

Source: Playstation Store

However, when you go to download Snakeball, the purchase will be confirmed but the store will not prompt you to download.

What’s going on Sony, you’ve gone a bit ga ga. These sorts of mistakes sometimes happen early on in a store update, and I don’t think any of us should be complaining if we might get some freebies.

*Update* – Snakeball was only on the Australian store, and the “offer” was soon solved with a price of AU$12.95. It has since disappeared, and whether it will return is unknown. It hasn’t made the UK update, but there is still a chance that it might appear.

Here’s the full European update:

Games/Demos:
- Toy Home (£4.99)
- Populous: The Beginning (£3.49) (An EA PS1 Game)
- Timeshift MP demo

DLC:
Warhawk
- Omega Dawn Expansion Pack (£3.99)
Guitar Hero III
- Boss Battle Pack (free)
Motorstorm
- Holiday Paint Job (free)

Trailers:
- Sky Diving trailer
- Devil May Cry 4 TGS 2007 trailer
- Sega Rally trailers (Canyon trailer, Arctic trailer)
- Kane and Lynch trailers x5
- Assassin’s Creed TV Spot trailer
- Grand Theft Auto IV trailer

Movie trailers:
- CJ7

Others
- High Stakes Poker wallpaper
- Uncharted wallpaper
- Pain wallpapers x4
- Retro theme
- Nature theme
- Manga theme
- Pixels theme

And here is the full US Playstation Store update:

Games
- Toy Home ($9.99)
- Warhawk PS1 ($5.99)
- Trials of Topoq ($4.99)
- Mesmerize: Distort ($1.99)
-Snakeball ($9.99) (Full game can be bought in the demo)

Demos
- Snakeball
- Blacksite: Area 51

DLC
Warhawk
- Omega Dawn Booster Pack: ($7.99)
Folklore
- Holiday Add-On (free)
Motorstorm
- Holiday skin (free)
High Stakes Poker
- Add-on 1 (free)
- Add-on 2 (free)
Guitar Hero III
- “We Three Kings” – Steve Ouimette (free)
Rock Band
- “My Iron Lung” by Radiohead: ($1.99)
- “Buddy Holly” by Weezer: ($1.99)
- “Brass in Pocket” a cover of The Pretenders: ($1.99)

Videos
- GT5 Prologue – “Sizzle Trailer”
- DMC4 – “Final Trailer”
- Warhawk – “Omega Dawn Trailer”
- PS3 TV spots – “Only On”; “Universe”
- THPG – “Mike V’s Skater Story”
- Turok – “Dino Mauling”
- PSP Feature video
- Uncharted – Animation video
- Strange Wilderness Trailer
- Oral Fixation Tour Trailer

Other
- Warhawk theme
- PAIN: Santa theme
- PAIN: Cookie theme

It’s Thursday again, which means that it’s time for Sony to throw up some content on the good ol’ Playstation Store. The marquee release this week is PAIN, a game once unceremoniously touted as being thought up by a marketing department. If that doesn’t blow your skirt up, there’s plenty of DLC for your favorite Playstation 3 titles.

Despite those negative connotations, you’ve got a game that’s roughly reminiscent of Stair Dismount. Fling your little ragdoll dude out of his giant slingshot and then relish in the sounds of his torture as he slams into walls, skids across the pavement, bravely submits to gratuitous nut shots, and gets run over by a semi. It’s kind of like a Tony Hawk game without the skateboards, which means that it’s completely obnoxious. Even so, some potentially fun gameplay seems to lay underneath as you complete various challenges and combo your way to the nearest hospital. Just check out the video below, which runs through the different modes:

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It’s all yours for an (admittedly tenuous value of) $9.99.

Otherwise, feel free to entertain yourself with a new Resistance Map Pack featuring Axebridge and Bracknell ($4.99 by itself, $7.99 bundled with the first pack), several new vehicles for Motorstorm including the Lunar-Tec Buffalo BigRig monstrosity, and fresh songs to shred to on both Guitar Hero III (Boss Battles) as well as Rock Band (Bowie Pack + Individual Songs, now how timely was my use of Jareth as a lead picture?). And how could I almost forget to mention the Oblivion expansion Shivering Isles ($29.99)?

Rounding everything out is a Timeshift multiplayer demo and a couple of inconsequential trailers. There’s still no sign of the HOME open beta or LittleBigPlanet. Granted, the year’s not out yet, but it does have us on tenterhooks. December is still hopeful for demos, though, with Burnout Paradise, Hot Shots Golf 5, and Devil May Cry4 all on track for the yule season.

For full information and pricing, see Playstation.blog.

If you listen to The Mad Gamers tip and apply the following, you can save around $350 on a PS3, some movies, a few games and/or accessories. Here’s how.

1. Go to SonyStyle.com and sign up for a Sony Style Credit Card to get $150 in credit for your purchase of over $299 (Offer Ends September 30th). See post for more details.

2. When the new 80Gb Motorstorm PS3 bundle goes on sale (August 13th) for $600 buy it at SonyStyle.com You get Motorstorm for free, regularly a $60 value.

3. Go to bluraysavings.com and send in your form for 5 free blu-ray movies, a savings of roughly $140 (Offer Ends September 30th).

So you pay $600 + shipping & handling and you get an 80Gb PS3 that plays Blu-ray movies, Upscales DVDs, and plays games; a copy of MotorStorm; 5 Blu-ray movies after a mail-in offer; and $150 credit from Sony to spend on accessories or use towards your purchase of the PS3 at SonyStyle (after 8-12 weeks)… what are you waiting for? The PS3 80Gb launch date — that makes sense.