In a shocking upset, last month’s top PS4 title on North American PlayStation Store was Injustice: Gods Among Us, beating out even the mighty The Last of Us Remastered. The reason? Injustice was just $8.40 for PS Plus members on the PlayStation Store. On the PS3, Minecraft continues to lead the chart, while Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate on the PS Vita was the top seller.
A little over one year ago, Jonatan Söderström and Dennis Wedin’s Hotline Miami launched on PS3 and PS Vita, but this week it was announced that the title will also be coming to the PS4. The game will be releasing on the PS4 in North America on August 19th 2014, and the following day in Europe. The PS4 version of the game include improved controls, including the use of the PS4 touchpad to look around and lock on enemies.
Pure Pool, developed by VooFoo and published by Ripstone, was released on PS4 three weeks ago, and today it’s been announced that Hustle Kings, a PS3 game also developed by VooFoo, is coming to the PS4, but developed by another studio. Seeing as VooFoo build Pure Pool based on a success of Hustle Kings, it may leave fans of the indie studio somewhat disappointed.
The Last of Us Remastered continues it’s domination of the UK Games Chart for the second week running. In fact the top 3 games remain unchanged this week, while GTA V has managed to gain several places to finish in fourth position, up from 10th last week. The remaining games have also had a bit of shuffling this week.
A special edition of DRIVECLUB has been revealed ahead of Gamescom 2014, which kicks-off tomorrow. The Special Edition will be available across Europe from October 8th 2014, and will come with exclusive content to give gamers a head-start over the competition, including instant access to five high performance cars.
Sony has released the PlayStation Store sales chart for July 2014, which sees The Last of Us Remastered jump to the top of the PS4 chart with just a single day of sales. On the PS Vita, Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster re-entered the chart thanks to a temporary price drop, and Minecraft continues to top the PS3 chart for yet another month.
Lots of new content is available on the European PlayStation Store this week, with six new games added to the Instant Game Collection, including newly released Road Not Taken (PS4) and Metrico (PS Vita). You can also find three new PS4 games, three new PS3 games and three new PS Vita games, including The Swapper, Ultra Street Fighter IV (PS3) and Table Top Racing (PS Vita).
Remastering of current-generation games is becoming common place at the moment, with yet another title making the jump to next-gen consoles. Sleeping Dogs is the latest game to be rebuild for next-gen consoles, and will be heading to the PS4 and Xbox One in October 2014. The Definitive Edition of the game will include all the previously released DLCs too.
The Summer Sale kicked off on the PlayStation Store last week, and continues into this week, with new titles added to the same. In fact, 38 PS4 games have gone on sale today, ranging from AAA releases to indie games. There are some good titles in the mix, although some of them have been previously available as part of the Instant Game Collection.
Sony and MediaMolecule have detailed the pre-order bonuses for LittleBigPlanet 3 in Europe, which are similar to those in North America. The game will be releasing on the PS4 and PS3 on 19th November, 2014, and you’ll be able to get your hands on a number of bonuses if you pre-order the game before release, which are available exclusively for the PS4.
