Acording to Gamestop, Bungie’s Destiny has become the most pre-ordered new IP in history, with the PS4 receiving the most pre-orders. The beta for the game took place in July, with over 4.6 million players experiencing what the game has to offer. The game is scheduled for release in September, along with a exclusive White PS4 bundle.
Sony has revealed that it’s planning to host a press conference ahead of this year’s Tokyo Game Show. The press conference will take place on September 1st at 15:00 Japanese time, which is 6AM GMT. The event will be live-streamed via the PlayStation Japan website, but is likely to be mainly in Japanese. The content of the conference is currently unknown, but it could be something big.
New content is available on the North America PlayStation Store with lots of new games to enjoy, including Diablo III (PS4, PS3), Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare (PS4, PS3) and CounterSpy (PS3, PS Vita). In total, six new PS4 games, five new PS3 games and four new PS Vita games have been added to the store. You can also find new DLC and PS3 themes and avatars.
Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 is the first PES title to make the jump to next-generation consoles after Konami decided to skip porting the 2014 version of the game to the PS4 and Xbox One. As Konami continue it’s push for the game, new footage has been released showing the game in action, featuring over 20 minutes of footage recorded directly from a PS4.
The Last Of Us Remastered is still on top of the cross-platform Games chart in the UK, making it the third week in a row. The PS4 exclusive title continues to hold back Watch_Dogs in second position, followed by the Xbox 360 version of Minecraft. FIFA 14 and GTA V have both slipped down the chart, ending in 7th and 8th positions, respectively.
Sony has announced that The Playroom will be getting some free DLC tonight in the form of AR Studio. The DLC was first announced back at E3 2014, and allows users to further customise their surroundings for broadcasts, by adding virtual banners, animations and more. The DLC was originally titled “Set Maker”, but has since been renamed to the more fitting title of AR Studio.
Konami has revealed that Pro Evolution Soccer 2015 will be releasing on the PS4 and PS3 on November 13th 2014, almost 3 months after the start of the new season. Luckily, a demo of the game will also heading to consoles, and will be available next month, on September 17th 2014. This year’s cover star for PES 2015 is World Cup winner Mario Gotze, who secured Germany’s World Cup win against Argentina.
Sony’s new Share Play feature is coming to the PS4 as part of Firmware v2.0, which is scheduled for release sometime in the Autumn. However, new information about the feature has come to light, which confirms that Share Play sessions will be limited to 60 minutes per session. But, there is no limit in how many sessions a player can have.
EA has released a new trailer for upcoming cops and robbers shooter Battlefield Hardline. The game was recently delayed into 2015 after gamer feedback from the initial beta, but that hasn’t stopped EA from showing off the new Rescue mode, which is essentially hostage rescue with no respawns. Players take role of either the cops of members of the drug ring that are holding the hostages captive.
Sony and Sucker Punch has revealed more details about the first DLC pack for inFamous: Second Son. inFamous: First Like is a prequel to the game, which takes place two years before the events in Second Son, with the player controlling Fetch and her neon powers. In the game, Fetch has her own side quests to complete, separate from the main scenario, and she even has her own version of blast shards to collect.
