Following the Battlefield: Hardline beta in July, EA delayed the release of the game into 2015 to allow the developers to spend more time improving the game. EA has now confirmed that the game will be launching in North America on March 17th 2015, followed by a European release on March 19th 2015.
With the release of PS4 Firmware v2.00 yesterday, the PS4 now supports custom themes. The firmware update lets you change the background and icons on the PS4 using themes downloadable from the PlayStation Store, or you can change the colour of the default “flow” dynamic background.
Lots of new content is available on the US PlayStation Store this week, with nine new PS4 games, eight new PS3 games and five new PS Vita games. You can also find new pre-orders, new additions to PlayStation Now, including inFAMOUS 2 and House of the Dead 4, and lots of new themes and avatars to customise your PS4, PS3 or PS Vita with.
FIFA 15 continues to lead the UK Games Chart for another week, making it five weeks in a row. In other changes, Minecraft: PlayStation Edition has managed to climb 7 places to finish in 2nd place, while Destiny has also gained a few places to end in forth. The problematic DRIVECLUB has dropped out of the Top 10, finishing in 11th position.
PS4 Firmware v2.0 is now available to download, and we’ve pulled the official changelog from the PS4 to reveal all the features and changes added to the PS4 in this update. In addition to the previously announced features like Play Share, USB Music Playback and YouTube uploading, the firmware also makes changes to the notification popups, changes to the settings menu and more.
Evolution Studios has now confirmed that more servers are now available to handle the number of players trying to play DRIVECLUB online. Frankly, increasing the number of servers available should have been done far sooner than now. The studio also says that more server updates are incoming to further improve performance.
The latest issue of the Official PlayStation Magazine has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto V on the PS4 will run in“pin sharp” 1080p resolution. Other aspects of the game has also been improved, including greater draw distance, 100 new songs and GTA Online supporting up to 30 players.
Sony has released a few videos to show the upcoming features in PS4 Firmware v2.0, which releases tomorrow. The first video takes a look at the new Play Share feature that allows you to stream your game to a friend who doesn’t already own it, either to play co-op or to get help on a level you’re having difficulty with. The second video walks you through the other features of the firmware update.
The Binding Of Isaac: Rebirth is coming to the Instant Game Collection for North America and Europe next month, according to the producer for the game, Tyrone Rodriguez. Rodriguez let slip on the PlayStation.Blog that the game will part of PlayStation Plus in November, and the first of two PS4 games.
