New content is available on the European PlayStaiton with some big new releases this week. On the PS4, you can find the long awaited Watch Dogs 2, and Assassin’s Creed The Ezio Collection. A total of fourteen new PS4 games were added to the Store this week, along with one new PS3 and two new PS Vita games. Check out the full list here.
October 2016 saw the release of many new titles, including a host of PlayStation VR titles. However, Battlefield 1 finished top of the class beating last month’s top seller, FIFA 17, and other new releases like Mafia III and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition. Several PlayStation VR titles made it into the top 20 this month, and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End made a re-entry into the chart in 7th place.
Want to take a look inside the newly released PS4 Pro console? Sony has released a video showing Keiichi Aoki, Director of Mechanical Design, taking apart the PS4 Pro, piece by piece, and giving you some insight into the console’s internal design and components. The 12 minute video is sure to appeal to engineers and gamers alike.
The PS4 Pro officially launches to day across North America, Europe, South Africa, Australasia and the Middle East. The new console offers 4K quality visuals, with vibrant, lifelike colours supported by HDR technology (as with all PS4 consoles), smoother performance and faster frame rates. It’s not a replacement for the existing PS4 console, but an enhanced version.
This week’s European PlayStation Store update has plenty of new content to enjoy, including nine new PS4 games, two new PS3 games and two new PS Vita games. New additions this week include Dishonored 2 (PS4) and Robinson: The Journey (PS4). Find the full list of new additions below, courtesy of the PlayStation.Blog.
Ubisoft has revealed the first details on Watch Dog 2’s season pass, along with a trailer. The season pass will be priced at £29.99 and will feature additional items and missions to play through. In addition, PS4 owners will get content 30 days before other platforms. The first DLC is expected on December 13th which will include a new co-op level called Mayhem.
With the PS4 Pro launching next week, on 10th November, Sony has release a full list of games that have been optimised for the new console. Over 40 games have been optimised to take advantage of HDR and 4K resolution available on the newer, more powerful PS4 model. Older games like The Last of Us: Remastered and inFAMOUS Second Son require patches to enable full PS4 Pro compatibility.
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Naughty Dog has released a patch for The Last of Us Remastered on the PS4 to add support for HDR and 4K, ahead of the PS4 Pro release next week. The patch, which weights in at 355 MB, is available to download now and adds HDR mode to the older PS4 models too. To make use of HDR quality, you need to have a compatible HDR TV.
The first update for November is now live on the European PlayStation Store, bringing with it fifteen new PS4 games, one new PS3 game, and six free titles to the PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection. New games this week include Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare (PS4) and Blazblue Centralfictioni (PS4, PS3). If you are a PlayStation Plus subscriber, you can download Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (PS4), Costume Quest 2 (PS3), and more, for free.
A new minor firmware update has been released for the PS3, updating the system software to v4.81. The update is mandatory, and is required to access the PlayStation Network. The changelog states that this update improves system performance.
