Sony has revealed the latest figures for its PlayStation business, showing that the PS4 had some more than 40 million units world wide as of March 31, 2016. The PS4 remains the fastest selling console in PlayStation history. The PS4 has in turn helped Sony reach almost 21 million PlayStation Plus subscribers.
Sony has announced that it will be terminating support for streaming service Ustream on 1st August 2016 for the PS4 and Live with PlayStation App. It means that you will no longer be able to live stream your gameplay to the service, or watch other gamers’ live streams. Gamers will need to switch to one of the other alternatives: Twitch or YouTube.
WB Games has revealed that Batman: Return to Arkham has been delayed, with no new release date or window. The delay is to allow the team at Virtuous Games “additional time to deliver a polished Batman Arkham game experience.” A new release date for the game will be revealed when the game is near ready. The game was originally expected to launch in July 2016.
A sneak peek video of Season 3 of The Walking Dead was revealed at E3, and now Telltale Games has revealed that Season 3 will be starting in Autumn 2016. Like the previous seasons, Clementine returns and will play a key role in the game, but she won’t be the sole focus of the game. A new character, Javier, will share the limelight with Clem in the new season.
Sony is opening up PS4 online multiplayer for free, this weekend, for a limited time. If you don’t already have a PlayStation Plus subscription, you can go online and play with friends between 10:00am BST on 24th June until 10:00am BST 27th June 2016. During this time, PS4 multiplayer will be completely free.
Psyonix has detailed the changes that will be part of the v1.19 update for Rocket League. The update will include the Neo Tokyo and Pillars arenas, along with new vehicles, decals, antennas and other content. This update also fixes improvements, bug fixes and changes as detailed below.
Sony has revealed that routine maintenance and improvements for PlayStation Network will be performed later this week, taking the PSN offline for approximately 2 hours. The maintenance will take place between 23rd June 2016 at 6:30am BST until 8:30am BST.
Square Enix have released three new trailers for Final Fantasy XV, showing a variety features from the game. The first is the game’s new “Wait” mode, which can be activated via the Pause menu. The second and third trailers take a look at one of the cities in the game, and the Regalia Type-F vehicle, respectively.
Following in the footsteps of Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls, Quantic Dream has announced that another one it’s games will be making the jump to the PS4. Fahrenheit: Indigo Prophecy has been completely remastered from the original PS2 version in 1080p for the PS4.
One of the games that was announced for PlayStation VR last night was Farpoint, a FPS space adventure set on a hostile alien world. The game is currently in development at Impulse Gear, who have been working closely with Sony to develop a new controller for the game to work with PlayStation VR.
