Sony has revealed the PlayStation Plus line-up for North America for February 2014, unveiling the six new titles coming to the Instant Game Collection. Most of the games are the same as Europe, including Outlast (PS4), Metro: Last Light (PS3) and ModNation Racers: Road Trip (PS Vita).
Microsoft appears to be getting desperate in selling Xbox One, as they’re latest email campaign suggests. Microsoft is offering $100 credit towards a Xbox One for trading-in a PS3 at a Microsoft Store. The email was spotted on NeoGAF, with responses from posters ranging from “LOL” to “wow” and “NEVER”.
Brazilian website Omelete, the largest entertainment website in the country, have word from an insider source that the sequel to PS3 title, The Last of Us, is being developed at Naughty Dog, alongside Uncharted 4. The game is being developed by a secondary team and is scheduled for release in 2015.
Sony has revealed that PS4 exclusive, Killzone: Shadow Fall, has sold an impressive 2.1 million units worldwide since launch. The game has been available for approximately 2 and a half months and has yet to launch in Japan. The sales figure was helped by the fact that the game was bundles with the PS4 in at least two varieties.
Sony has revealed that the PlayStation brand is making a big turnaround this generation in the UK, with the PS4 outselling the Xbox One at 3:2 ratio. Sony’s UK MD Fergal Gara talked of Sony’s wish to reclaim the UK market in a press conference this morning.
Gran Turismo 6 on the PS3 has been updated to version v1.04, adding a number of new additions to the game, including new cars and the 2nd half of the Red Bull X Challenge. One of the new features is a Birthday Present – you’ll get a in-game car from your birth year within a week of your birthday, and it’s yours to keep forever.
If you signed up to take part in the PlayStation Now beta and live in the UK, start checking your inbox. Sony is starting to send out invites to access the PlayStation Now closed beta, allowing you to try out the service before the full launch this summer.
While PlayStation Now will allow PS3 games to be played on the PS4, PS Vita and other devices, an inside source reveals that PS1 and PS2 games will be playable on the PS4 via emulation. Eurogamer’s source also reveals that the PS4 will be able to upscale these games to HD resolution.
CG-animated movie, Sly Cooper, has got its first trailer. Based on one of PlayStation’s most beloved franchises, Sly Cooper is a kinetic and comedic heist film that tells the story of Sly Cooper, an orphaned raccoon thief, and the adventures of his childhood friends and partners in crime, Bentley Turtle and Murray Hippo.
Square Enix has announced that Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will be launching on the PS4 on April 14th, following a beta test, which starts on February 22nd 2014. Gamers who own the PS3 version will be able to transfer their content over to the PS4 version for free.
