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PAIN™

PAIN™ boldly tackles a rarely explored area of video-gaming… comedy. The unique mechanic of the game allows the player to load a character into a human-sized, ultra-powerful slingshot, and fire the character into an active, physics-controlled environment filled with precarious and humorous situations.

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SCEA
PLAYSTATION®3
Nov 2007
1-4
Crude Humor
Mild Language
Sexual Themes
Violence
Featured Downloadable Items for this game (56 items)

PAIN™

It's the funniest game in town! Load characters into a super-sized, ultra-powerful slingshot and launch them into an active, physics-controlled environment filled with precarious and humorous situations. Score points by stringing together PAINful collisions and unleashing chaos on the downtown environment. Enjoy single player challenges like Spank the Monkey or head-to-head modes like Fun With Explosives.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Hilde Günnagröpe Character

Don't be fooled by Hilde's siren song - the littlest valkyrie packs a wallop. Launch her onto unsuspecting targets that don't realize just because Hilde may be a bit on the short side, it doesn't mean she doesn't know how to lay the hammer down! It takes some serious muscles to be able to wield a hammer as big as your own self, and this viking has got plenty leftover to dish out the PAIN. Download Hilde today!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Mae Ryder Character

Mae Ryder's the kind of cowgirl who gets right back in the saddle for the next PAINful launch right after falling down. Some girls are made of sugar and spice and everything nice. Mae’s got all that plus a few hot peppers, three cups of chili sauce, and a dash of gasoline. This rowdy tornado of PAIN puts the “wild” in the wild West, and she’ll prove it to you as she tosses Mimes and Clowns and has Fun With Explosives. Download Mae today!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

Pinball Heroes - PAIN Theme

PSP XMB theme for Pinball Heroes: PAIN
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

Pinball Heroes - Hot Shots Golf Theme

PSP XMB theme for Pinball Heroes: Hot Shots Golf
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Kato-San Character

The Editor-In-Chief of Japan's "Famitsu" magazine is clearly a high-flyer it comes to gaming. In fact, he's so into games, that he's now into PAIN. That's right, boys and girls, we are pleased to welcome Katsuaki Kato to the launcher. Launch him, Ooch him, smash him, and crash him – he just keeps coming back for more. With his own real voice –over in Japanese, Kato-san’s character makes a fantastic addition to the PAIN family. Plus, he's FREE!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Red Jimmy Character

Red Jimmy is a tough cowboy, but this new launchee is nothing without his beloved Horsey. Rumors say he broke in his steed just by shouting, “CHILL.” He can even lasso a full-grown bull and take out a fly off a cactus, blindfolded. But will you have the same accuracy launching him AND the Horsey he rode in on through the world of PAIN? Download Red Jimmy and the Horsey he rode in on today to see how the West was PAINed.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN PAINBall Mode

The PAINBall mode challenges you to a slap-happy multiplayer showdown! Throw out everything you learned in typical sports and get ready for a mutant form of competition with new PAINful rules. Select your favorite launchee to slap your friends silly and get in their way of scoring. It sounds simple, but the makers of PAIN have littered the playing field with enough obstacles to make everyone say "Ooch". Download PAINBall today!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Celebrity Character Flavor Flav Trailer

Preview PAIN's public enemy number one, Flavor Flav! Watch this rap pioneer turned television star launching through the world of PAIN with his trademark timepieces, and hilarious voiceover. Flavor Flav can be purchased separately to launch through any PAIN environment and mode. Watch this free preview now!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Celebrity Character Flavor Flav

"Yeah boy!" Get ready to launch Flavor Flav into a world of PAIN! Whether you know this eccentric celebrity because of his days as a rap or television star, you'll immediately recognize his hilarious voice recordings and costumes. Download Flavor Flav today!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Speed Oocher Mode

The second Naughty Bit mode is a straight evolution from the fan-favorite PAINLab of the same name. This is a Single Player race mode that features multiple courses, each with its own set of rules. Launch into the track and get ready for a fast paced ride that just might "Ooch" you into the top of the Leaderboard!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Fat Princess Character

You may recognize this launchable character from another PSN exclusive title, Fat Princess. Now that she's in our world though, she's not such a PAIN to move around! In fact, once you start launching her around, she'll prove herself capable of taking her fair share of ooches while posing with royal style. Download the Fat Princess character today!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Celebrity Character Elvira

Introducing PAIN's first female celebrity, Elvira! The Mistress of the Dark wears her Gothic gown to look her best in her special poses as you launch her in any PAIN environment and mode. And don't let this campy vamp cast a spell on you with her sassy humor, Elvira's plenty used to horrifying situations and can surely take some PAIN! Download Elvira today!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Celebrity Character Elvira Trailer

Get ready for a revealing sneak peak at PAIN's first female celebrity, Elvira! Preview the Mistress of the Dark herself, in her iconic black gown launching into the world of PAIN with her mysteriously enchanting poses, and spooky sense of humor. Elvira can be purchased separately to launch through any PAIN environment and mode. Don't be scared, this hostess will show you a frighteningly good time! Watch this free preview now!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

Pain Celebrity Character 2 George Takei

Guess who's in the PAIN launcher now…yes, ladies and gentlemen, it's the one and only George Takei. Oh, my!...or is it "OW, my!"? The legendary star of such hits as the “Star Trek” series and the UK version of “I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here” is ready to bring the PAIN, and the game will never be the same. Complete with 3 costumes and original voice-over from George himself, we're proud to welcome this add-on launchee into our world of hurt!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Space Monkey Character

Ivan is a retired space monkey with an identity crisis. This new launchee thinks he's equal to humans after tallying 3 space missions at a Russian space camp, and now Ivan wants elevated civil status. Honestly, his ego needs a reality check, and if that means literally elevating his primate-self via a few good launches for some PAIN, so be it. Are you up to the task? Bring Ivan the PAIN, and by all means, go bananas (sorry…couldn’t resist)!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Mime Character

After much soul searching, Le Toot realized that since he was already taking so many lumps in the PAIN world, he should just get in the launcher himself! He was never really a good mime anyway, as he screams when anything comes near him (mimes should be silent). Still, he deserves some credit - armed with his own poses and a little courage, he’s about to launch into whatever you can dish out. Ready to make a Mime scream?
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Granny Character

People used to think PAIN was only for young folks, but Fannie’s not buying that for a minute. This new launchable character will prove to all those young whipper snappers that mature ladies aren’t so fragile. In fact, Fannie can throw crates and ricochet off buildings with the best of ‘em. Dressed in her summertime best, this “cheeky” gal has taken her vitamins to get into her many poses and is itchin’ to launch. Buy and launch Fannie today!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Character Bundle

Buy three hilarious launchable PAIN characters at a discount! This bundle adds Fannie, Le Toot the mime, and Ivan the space monkey to your collection of launchable characters. Each character comes with its own costumes, poses, and sound effects and is playable in any of the modes and environments you own. Buy this bundle today to get three new launchees to bring the PAIN!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Celebrity Character Andy Dick

Strap Andy Dick to the giant PAIN catapult and launch him to your heart's content! Famous for his madcap antics and wacky variety of characters, Andy Dick has appeared in Zoolander, Blonde Ambition, Dude, Where’s My Car? and The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride, and even had his very own hit show on MTV, The Andy Dick Show… And now you can make him the star of your OWN PAINful show! Download this add-on character today!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Smooth Jarvis Character

What’s an adventurous boy like Jarvis to do after a long day on the PAIN launcher? Well, obviously he’s gotta get cleaned up and smoothed out, and now's the time. Meet Smooth Jarvis, a veteran launchee complete with a new look, voice-over, poses (Double Pits To Chesty, anyone?), and plenty more of the PAINful attitude we know and love…and he’s FREE, brought to PAIN by the fine folks at Axe. Download Smooth Jarvis today, and Axe like you know!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Museum Environment

Put a little life into an otherwise bland and stiff museum with this new add-on environment for PAIN. With countless things to do like Ooching around the rails to taking flight on a rocket, to giving something special to that guy buffing the floors who always looks at you funny, this museum is never going to be the same. Hop in that launcher and get to work! Download this environment today!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Naughty Bit's Mode 1: Knockin Blocks

Welcome to Knockin’ Bloks, a new Single Player PAIN Mode that really tests your skills. Show off your accuracy in Shotbloks, where you have to aim carefully to score high. Then you can race the timer in Clockbloks and take down the castle as quickly as possible. Each of the two challenges in Knockin’ Bloks has five different layouts as well as Global Leaderboards so you can see where you stand against the rest of the world. See you in PAIN!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Museum Trailer

Catch a video sneak peak of the upcoming new environment for PAIN, the Museum! The Museum Add-on environment will be set in a huge museum full of paintings, sculptures, and other objects for you to leave your own mark on. History will never be the same…well, at least natural history won’t. Download the video today for a preview of Museum!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN: Painalympics Trailer

"Preview the PAINalympics multiplayer mode, available now in the Sore Spots add-on environment. PAINalympics pits two to four players in a PAINful competition with a variety of events in a race for the gold. These seemingly simple events are not what they seem at first…ever been part of a relay race that depends on the strength of your pimp hand? Watch the trailer today and see if you have what it takes to be a medalist in the PAINalympics! "
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN: Ded Baron Character

This is the PAIN character that fans have been asking for. Voted on by fans ages ago, Idol Minds brings this ex-pilot zombie launchee to the legions of PAIN fans out there. Even his name, Ded Baron, was decided upon by the fans. Download this new PAIN character today!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN: Daxter Character

Have you ever heard that ottsels always land on their feet? Well, that's not always the case, as you'll see with this FREE download of Daxter for PAIN. As you probably know from his previous adventures, Daxter can dish it out as long as you can give it, so launch away, Ooch to your heart's content, and he'll keep coming back for more. You simply CANNOT keep a good ottsel down. Download this free PAIN character today!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN: Sore Spots

This Sore Spots Add-on features two new environments for PAIN! The first area is the gymnasium at Morningwood High school, where you'll play a new mode called Mad Science. The second place is a top secret alien research facility with a twist on Fun With Explosives. Idol Minds has even thrown in some cameos by some of your PAIN favorites, and the new multiplayer PAINalympics is solid gold! Get all of this today when you buy Sore Spots!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN: Sore Spots Trailer

Check out these two new environments for PAIN, included in the Sore Spots Add-on! The first area is the gymnasium at Morningwood High school, where the PAIN class of 2007 is having a reunion. The second place is a top secret alien research facility that’s located between Area 68 and Area 70... but we really shouldn't be revealing any more secrets, you'll have to preview Sore Spots to find out more!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN: Brock Lee Character

Forget the hype over mixed martial arts popping up everywhere because PAIN's gi-wearing launchee is an old-school purist. Brock Lee doesn't need a close-quarters submission hold to inflict some PAIN, this black belt can unleash flying kicks straight across any PAIN environment you please! Download this new Add-on character now, complete with his own sound effects, costumes, and collision-proof afro.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN: El Chile Grande Character

Allow us to introduce a testosterone-filled wrestler from South of the border for you to dish out some PAIN with. Known only as "El Chile Grande", this wrestler is ready to ready to throw some 'bows and drop a knee or two on all those other pretenders who might fake their PAIN for no reason!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN: Smack Pack

Get ready for two new ways to dish out some PAIN! This Smack Pack Add-on features two new game modes for PAIN, Darts and Fortress. In Darts, turn your favorite characters into human darts to hurl towards a giant billboard with bullseyes painted on it. Fortress mode lets you get 2-4 players together and choose your targets before you get medieval and knock apart each others' castles. Buy these two new modes today!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN: Ao No Kutsu Character

Say hello to PAIN's biggest launchee yet (literally), Ao No Kutsu! Sumo wrestler by day, and Rock & Roll idolizer by night, "The King of Sumo" is available now to serve up the PAIN in mammoth portions.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN: Movie Studio

In a world where you’ve destroyed Downtown like a giant reptilian beaver and you’ve called da shot in the Amusement Park, a new environment arrives. Seven gameplay modes, three selectable launcher positions, a muscle-bound gladiator, a doomed sinking ship, an adrenaline-fueled car leap over a helicopter – it’s all available now in the highly anticipated add-on environment, PAIN: Movie Studio.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN: The Hoff Character

Meet PAIN's most famous launchee yet, David Hasselhoff! Yanked from the sleek interior of an exotic sports car, now you get to chuck The Hoff into a world of PAIN where his latest role is starring in your next launch. Available now with three of his own costumes, The Hoff is playable in all PAIN environments.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN: Movie Studio Trailer

In a world where you’ve destroyed Downtown like a giant reptilian beaver and you’ve called da shot in the Amusement Park, a new environment arrives. Seven gameplay modes, three selectable launcher positions, a muscle-bound gladiator, a doomed sinking ship, an adrenaline-fueled car leap over a helicopter–it’s all here in the highly anticipated add-on environment, PAIN: Movie Studio. Download the PAIN: Movie Studio video today!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

Pain™ New Characters Trailer

Meet PAIN's newest downloadable launchees--Kenneth, Yeony, and Tati. Stunt double Kenneth's superpowers allow him to withstand the PAIN. Gamer girl Yeony will frag you with a smile on her face. Watch out for Tati; she has spice and brings a whole lotta nice to PAIN. Shown here in the PAIN Amusement Park add-on environment, Kenneth, Yeony, and Tati are compatible in all PAIN environments!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN™ Amusement Park

PAIN has been a PSN hit mostly for its hilarious and addictive gameplay. Now, the first add-on environment, Amusement Park, takes PAIN to a new heights with six modes, including four new ones - Hot n' Cold, Clown Toss, Trauma, and Call da Shot. Launch your character into the park and let the rides fling you around with longer runs and ooch times. It's more PAIN than you ever imagined!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN™ Yeony Character

A Gamer Girl with a heart of steel, downloadable character Yeony, will frag you with the cutest grin on her face. Armed with only a controller and well-disguised attitude, she will melt your heart and then melt your face. She's cute, she's on the launcher, she's compatible with all PAIN environments, and she's ready to bring the PAIN! Are YOU ready?
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN™ Kenneth Character

Few people are aware that wearing a cape actually does give a person super powers. Enter Kenneth, a downloadable character whose super powers withstand a great deal of PAIN. Aside from his appropriate hobby as a stunt double, Kenneth enjoys, eating, dining, grubbing, supping, and gorging…oh, and launching. Compatible with all PAIN environments, let's welcome him to the family with a nice healthy SMACK into the world of PAIN!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN™ Tati Character

It is said that girls are made of "sugar and spice and everything nice", but downloadable character Tati, leaves the sugar behind and only brings the spice and a whole lotta nice to PAIN. Fresh off the disco floor, this Latina launchee compatible in all PAIN environments is ready to take to the skies and mash it up with you. Be careful--her poses have been known to hypnotize. Good luck, because Tati WILL put a hurtin' on PAIN players.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Call Da Shot Mode Video

In Call Da Shot Mode, you create a list of objects your opponents must hit in a single launch, then bet on whether or not they can pull it off. Careful, though - make it too hard, and they'll make you eat it, which means YOU have to pull off the shot. "Call Da Shot" is one of six modes included in the PAIN Amusement Park add-on environment. Download the Call Da Shot video today to check it out.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Trauma Mode Trailer

It's time to show people who's the real master of PAIN in this new mode included in the Amusement Park add-on environment. All you have to do is launch, hurt your character, and get a good score. Sounds simple enough, right? Yeah, well then your opponent has to hurt the same body part and outscore you. Simple rules, incredibly fun game play. Have a look, and get ready to TRAUMAtize!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN™ Clown Toss Mode Trailer

Spank the Monkey? Pshhht... that's SOO "Downtown"! It's all about the Clown Toss this time, one of six exciting Modes in the PAIN Amusement Park Add-on environment. No monkeys and no mimes here. Remember those panes of glass? Child's play! They're now exploding barrels. Oh, and to REALLY show your skills, throw in a Pimp Slap or two to improve on your best times.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

Pain™ Hot n' Cold Mode Trailer

Hot n' Cold is one of six hot Modes included in the PAIN Amusement Park Add-on environment. Get your Ooch skills in order if you're gonna tackle this - you're gonna need 'em. Use your momentum from the exploding teddy bears scattered around the park to maneuver your character around in a hunt for the hidden secret bear. You have five launches and all the Ooch you can keep going. Are you up to the challenge?
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN™ Nigel Character

Meet the newest downloadable character Nigel, a British punk so full of rage that the only thing he doesn't hate is PAIN, and he hates the fact that he doesn't hate it. He's brassed off and ready to bang his head into whatever and whoever gets in his way (watch out for those spikes!). Well, it sounds like he's asking for for it, so give him a launch... and make it a PAINful one.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN Character Intro Trailer

What new... er... WHO’S new in PAIN? Take a look and see the latest downloadable launchees. Jarvis introduces a nurse, cheerleader, ninja, pirate, and a punk rocker who are ready to launch into superstardom... or a wall – your call.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN™ Character Nurse ,Ginger

PAIN™ can hurt, but be careful - Sometimes your medical professional is really the one who needs help. Case in point, downloadable character Ginger, our on-site PAIN™ Nurse. Rubber-gloved and latex allergy-free, Ginger brings a lot of attitude, a hint of fear, and a lot of safety words to the world of PAIN™. Bring your bandages and some ointment, kids. This could hurt a bit.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN™ Character Cheerleader, Muffy

"Gimme a 'P'! Gimme an 'A'! Gimme an 'I'! Gimme an 'N'! What does it spell!?!?? Umm... Can someone tell me what that spells, please?" Yeah, that's Muffy, our new downloadable Cheerleader for PAIN™. She's not the brightest bulb, but she can pose and Ooch with the best of 'em. Give her a try. Give her a launch. Give her a P-A-I-N. Then give her a smack into a building. C'mon, it's PAIN™!!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN™ Scurv Dogg Character

Straight from the South Central Seas, Scurv Dogg, the latest addition to the PAIN™ posse, can spice up your game with some scurvy flair and the horrible manners of a seasoned seadog. Armed with only a bad hat and a bad attitude, this bitter downloadable pirate has the attitude for PAIN - he hates everything - including your skills if you don't have game. Bring it.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN™ Hung Lo Character

Would a Ninja be any less susceptible to PAIN™? Now's your chance to find out. Nimble and agile, Hung Lo smacks and tumbles his way into the world of PAIN™, where he's willing and able to take out Grannies, explosive crates, monkeys with attitude, or whatever you can throw at him... errr... whatever you can throw HIM at. This is PAIN™, after all.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN™ Fun with Explosives

The People have spoken and here is what you asked for... for free! Previously a multiplayer-only game mode, now Fun With Explosives is a Single Player mode, too. Complete with Normal, Hard and PAINful difficulties, you can also compare your scores with the rest of the PAIN-i-verse on the Global Leaderboards. Download. Launch. Blow. Stuff. Up.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN™ Add On Character - Cookie

Santa's helper is here to help spread joy - and probably a few bandages and slings - throughout the world of PAIN™. And, what are the Holidays without a good Cookie? Armed with only her festive holiday attire and a giant slingshot, Cookie will drift and Ooch her way through the Holidays with a smile on her face... we hope. Ummm... good luck with that, and Happy Holidays!
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN™ Add On Character Santa

This set adds the Falfer Domino Rally Car with three different paint jobs.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN™ Launch Trailer

PAIN boldly tackles a rarely explored area of video-gaming… comedy. The unique mechanic of the game allows the player to load a character into a human-sized, ultra-powerful slingshot, and fire the character into an active, physics-controlled environment filled with precarious and humorous situations. Download the video.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3

PAIN™ E3 2007 Trailer

Straight out of Santa Monica, CA, at E3 2007 -- Check out the latest video of PAIN™.
Available Platforms: PLAYSTATION®3