PSN title Counter-Strike: Global Offensive has been delayed in Europe but will be releasing very soon. The game is already available in North America, and seems to have missed it’s launch window in Europe. Sony Belgium has tweeted a new release date of September 12th 2012, just over a week away.
With the Tokyo Games Show just around the corner, Sony has revealed its line up of demos and playable games at the event. The PS Vita is again getting a big push from the company, but the line up also includes plenty of playable PS3 titles and a few PSP ones too. PS3 titles like Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Dust 514 and Assassin’s Creed III will be playable at the event.
PlayStation Plus will be getting a price cut this week in Europe, with PlayStation owners getting 5% off the current yearly subscription price. From this Wednesday until September 19th, gamers in Europe will be able to pick up a PlayStation Plus subscription for just £30 (€37.49).
Square Enix has released new gameplay footage for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn. The new trailer shows more footage from the game, including various battles and the game’s limit break feature, which allows the user to perform a powerful attacks in order to wear down the enemy.
Sony has released a new trailer for God of War: Ascension that was shown off at PAX over the weekend. The new trailer is called “Furies”, and features the usual gore and brutality you can expect from the series.
Square-Enix has announced the third instalment in the Final Fantasy XIII series, Lightning Returns, continuing Lightning’s saga. The game will have a brand new story set in a new world, with new characters and an enhanced gameplay system. Lightning will be the only playable character.
A new trailer for The Unfinished Swan has been released from PAX 2012 over the weekend. The new trailer details the story of the game, and introduces the King, who created the entire world that players will be exploring in the game.
Following the reveal of Nariko and Sir Daniel Fortesque to PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale last week, two new character trailers have been released showing the two new characters in action. The two characters from Heavenly Sword and MediEvil, respectively, were officially revealed at PAX 2012.
At PAX 2012, Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima showed off 11 minutes of gameplay footage from his upcoming PS3 game Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes. “We’re not going to say that it’s Metal Gear Solid 5,” Kojima said after the demo, “but it is a prologue.” Kojima explained that the demo video was a recording of gameplay rendered on PC hardware that was similarly equipped to a PS3, and that the final game should closely resemble the video.
Earlier in the week at the MGS 25th anniversary event, Hideo Kojima and Avi Arad revealed that a Metal Gear Solid movie is in the works, and will be produced by Columbia Pictures. The Metal Gear games have long been acclaimed for their cinematic qualities, and the movie will be true to the franchise, according to Arad.
