As we approach the PS4’s one year anniversary in mid-November, Sony has released their latest financial results. The report shows that Sony has sold 13.5 million PS4 consoles in just under a year globally, but the company has posted an overall loss.
Ubisoft has released a new trailer for Assassin’s Creed Unity, which is releasing on November 11th 2014. The new trailer is quite an epic one, revealing a major plot twist in the game (spoiler alert). In the new trailer, called “Time Anomaly”, you see hero Arno in Paris when the time simulation collapses and ends up in an different era.
Even after weeks of sever updates and optimisations, Evolution Studios still cannot get every racer to connect to the DRIVECLUB servers. The latest update from the studio says that the “majority” of gamers can now get online, which means issues still exist.
Ahead of The Crew’s December 2nd 2014 release date, Ubisoft is planning to hold a second closed beta to test out the game. The beta will let you explore the entire United States with no loading screens and access all the missions and challenges in the Midwest area.
Destiny is getting it’s first expansion pack in December, Bungie has revealed. Dubbed The Dark Below, the expansion pack features new weapons and gear, and new story, co-operative, and multiplayer activities. The DLC will be available form December 9th 2014, for a hefty price of £19.99 (without the season pass).
Following the Battlefield: Hardline beta in July, EA delayed the release of the game into 2015 to allow the developers to spend more time improving the game. EA has now confirmed that the game will be launching in North America on March 17th 2015, followed by a European release on March 19th 2015.
FIFA 15 continues to lead the UK Games Chart for another week, making it five weeks in a row. In other changes, Minecraft: PlayStation Edition has managed to climb 7 places to finish in 2nd place, while Destiny has also gained a few places to end in forth. The problematic DRIVECLUB has dropped out of the Top 10, finishing in 11th position.
Evolution Studios has now confirmed that more servers are now available to handle the number of players trying to play DRIVECLUB online. Frankly, increasing the number of servers available should have been done far sooner than now. The studio also says that more server updates are incoming to further improve performance.
The latest issue of the Official PlayStation Magazine has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto V on the PS4 will run in“pin sharp” 1080p resolution. Other aspects of the game has also been improved, including greater draw distance, 100 new songs and GTA Online supporting up to 30 players.
Sony has released a few videos to show the upcoming features in PS4 Firmware v2.0, which releases tomorrow. The first video takes a look at the new Play Share feature that allows you to stream your game to a friend who doesn’t already own it, either to play co-op or to get help on a level you’re having difficulty with. The second video walks you through the other features of the firmware update.
