Sony has revealed that a massive 3.5 million PlayStation consoles (PS4, PS3 and PS2) have been sold, but didn’t go into specifics to reveal how many of each were actually sold. When comparing it to Xbox sales over the same period, which sold 1.1 million units, PlayStation outsold its rival by 3:1. At the same time, sales of PS Vita and PSP jumped to 750,000 from 600,000 this time last year.
As announced at E3 2014 in June, the PlayStation Now open beta is now available in North America, open to all PS4 owners in both the US and Canada. As part of this Open Beta, PS4 users will see PS Now titles fully integrated into PlayStation Store, available to be streamed for various rental durations, including 7-days, 30-days or 90-days.
SCEE has revealed the six new games coming to the Instant Game Collection next month, which includes FEX, Crysis 3 and LEGO Harry Potter. The new games will be available from next week, August 6th 2014, which also means that July’s games will be removed. Be sure to download July’s games if you haven’t done so already.
Sony has announced that the inFamous: First Light DLC will be getting a disc release in Europe on September 10th. The DLC is not part of inFamous: Second Son, and can be played without owning the full game. First Light tells the story of Fetch and the events of her life leading up to Second Son, exploring her time in Curdun Cay and various other new environments.
Media Molecule has unveiled the pre-order incentives for LittleBigPlanet 3 in North America, while also revealing that the game will be releasing on both the PS4 and PS3 on November 18th 2014. There are a number of pre-order bonuses to choose from, so there’s something for everyone. These pre-order offers are for North America only, with Europe’s bonuses to be announced soon.
Telltale Games has revealed that their The Walking Dead series will be getting a third season. The announcement was made by a panel at San Deigo Comic-con last week, which included Telltale president Kevin Bruner, and the creator of the Walking Dead comics, Robert Kirkman. The game is currently towards the end of Season 2, with the fourth episode released recently.
A forum post on LittleBigPlanet Central has revealed that the LittleBigPlanet 3 private beta will be starting next month, with invites going out over the next couple of weeks. MediaMolecule have hand-picked a small number of gamers from the LBP community to take part in the beta, and will be receiving messages to their LBP Central inbox.
Although the Destiny beta was previously advertised as a pre-order incentive, Bungie has decided to open up the beta to all gamers with compatible consoles. The open beta is available to anyone with a PS4, PS3, Xbox One or Xbox 360, and will be available until the end of July 26th 2014. You have just over a day to download and play the game if you haven’t already.
Indie developers VooFoo Studios and Publisher Ripstone announced today that Pure Pool will be releasing on the PS4 next week. The game will be heading to Europe on 29th July, followed by North America on on 30th July. The developers have taken hyper-realism to a whole new level with Pure Pool, with beautiful high definition graphics and silky-smooth gameplay.
Sony has announced that an upcoming Firmware update will finally allow users to watch their 3D Blu-Ray films on the PS4. The feature should really have been part of the PS4 at launch, but will now be included with PS4 Firmware Update 1.75. The announcement from Sony follows a similar one from Microsoft, which revealed 3D Blu-ray support for the Xbox One next month.
