Kojima has revealed at the Games Developers Conference in San Francisco the trailer for Metal Gear Solid V. This trailer confirms that The Phantom Pain and Metal Gear Solid V are, in fact, one and the same. The Phantom Pain part of the story is to be a kind of prologue, with the Ground Zeroes part coming later in the game, with more open world elements.
EA has officially announced Battlefield 4, which will be powered by the Frostbite 3 engine to “provide a visceral, dramatic experience unlike any other.” The game is in early development but is already available to pre-order from the Origin Store. The game starts with the evacuation of American VIPs from Shanghai and follows your squad’s struggle to find its way home, with the player taking the role of Recker.
Zombie Studios are bringing Blacklight: Retribution, a free to play first person shooter, to PlayStation 4. The game has been available on the PC for over a year now, but the developers revealed that the PS4 was always their system of choice. The PC like architecture on the PS4 will make the game easy to port over for the studio.
Insomniac Games have announced that their co-op shooter Fuse will be coming to the PlayStation 3 in May 2013. The game blends some familiar elements of Resistance 2′s large-scale co-op mode with exotic weapons powered by a powerful alien substance dubbed, “Fuse,” hence the name of the game. You can find out more about the game by reading the FAQs from the PAX East panel.
Sony has announced at GDC that upcoming PS3 title Puppeteer will be arriving in September. A demo of the game was shown at the Game Developers Conference this week in San Francisco, California. The game will be available on Blu-ray disc and digital download from September 10th 2013, revealed art director Gavin Moore.
The first gameplay trailer for upcoming Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag has been released, showing the exotic world of The West Indies in 1715. The player takes the role of new protagonist Captain Edward Kenway, a pirate trained by Assassins, as he explores the seas during the Golden Age of Pirates.
As part of North America’s weekly PlayStation Store update later today, PlayStation Plus subscribers will be able to download Disgaea 3: Absence of Detention for the PS Vita. The game will be added to the Instant Game Collection, along with discounts to a number of Square-Enix and THQ titles.
The first gameplay trailer for rain has been released, since the game was first announced at Gamescom last year. The story of rain is the enchanting tale of a boy who chases after a girl with an invisible silhouette. After discovering that the girl is being hunted by ghostly creatures, he embarks on his own journey into the mysterious world of rain to save her and discovers he has also become invisible.
The resumé of a graphics programmer at Sucker Punch Productions has revealed that inFamous: Second Son will be PS4 launch title. However, since Sucker Punch has not confirmed (or denied) the news, it’s safe to classify this as a rumour for now. The resumé has since been altered to remove the references to dates but not before a screen grab was taken (below).
If you though March was a big month for PlayStation Plus, wait till you see what Sony has in store for April 2013. Sony will be adding four new titles to the Instant Game Collection in Europe next month – four for the PS3 and two for the PS Vita (one cross-buy title). The five games will be added to through the month, starting with the first update on April 3rd 2013.
