14 DAY TRIAL // The UMD-less PSP Go was launched today. The platform's release was supposed to come with over 100 downloadable titles to the PlayStation Store, and it did, but it also came with a little something extra. The PS Store also listed a demo for Undead Knights, Tecmo's horror action adventure, but that's not what the link offered. Instead, a full release of the title was made available.
The game was eventually pulled from the store, but plenty of people got their hands on it. Gaming site GameSpot was one of the trigger-happy clickers that got their hands on the 486MB download, and according to them the game seems to be a full version, as a genuine box release is. With no limitations in sight, it offers full access across the menu panel, customizable characters, an operational save option and multiple chapters up for play.
Tecmo and Sony didn't respond to any of the topics they were approached on. They wouldn't comment on when the full game would be properly and permanently added to the store list and no comments were given even regarding the release of the actual demo for Undead Knights. Considering the error they just made, they're probably under martial law from the senior management and forbidden to even breathe to prevent another unplanned scenario.
In regard to the actual file size of the “demo,” some suspicion still exists as to whether it really is the actual full game. The only definite answer could be given when someone finishes playing through it and reaches the end credits. But one thing is certain, and that is that this file was not supposed to become part of the PlayStation Store. Or at least not yet, since Sony did withdraw the product. If indeed it turns out that this is the full game and the company made it available for free, the game sales are ruined. There were probably no restrictions regarding the redistribution, at least for free, of the product, since it was released as a demo. Everyone who downloaded the files can simply make them available for the rest of the world at no charge.