Many new PS3 games are available on the European PlayStation Store this week, including Rayman Legends, Persona 4 Arena and more. New PlayStation Plus content is available too, with five new games added to the Instant Game Collection, including Assassin’s Creed III and New Little King’s Story.
Square Enix has chosen to temporarily halt sales of the digital download version of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn as they work to enhance their online server capabilities. The game has proved to be highly popular and was met by an “overwhelming positive response” from users, causing game-wide server issues.
Sony’s President of Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida, has confirmed via twitter that purchasing a game remotely for the PS4 will automatically wake up the console to download the game, and then turn off when completed. Currently, the PS3 needs to be scheduled to wake up at a certain time in order to automatically download queued content.
A new developer diary for upcoming PS4 title, inFamous: Second Son, was released, titled “Taking Control”, and shows how the new DualShock 4 controller is used in the game to introduce new gameplay controls and mechanics. The behind-the-scenes look at the game shows how the touch pad can be used to trigger certain powers.
New content is available on the North American PlayStation Store, including a number of new PS3 and PS Vita games. New PS3 games include MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, and Killer is Dead among others. New PS Vita games include the Killzone Mercenary Public Beta and cross-buy title Spelunky.
We’ve got a new trailer for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag that was released at Gamescom, showing more gameplay footage of the upcoming game. The game got some decent stage time at Sony’s Press Conference with live gameplay and PS Vita Remote Play demo of the game in action.
Sony UK have revealed via twitter that “GTA V will be amazing, especially on the PS4!”, and inadvertently leaking the fact that the game is coming to the next-gen console. The tweet was in response to a user wishing the game was coming to the PS4. The tweet could be a simple misunderstanding or an actual leak from Sony, as the game hasn’t been announced for the PS4.
At gamescom last week, David Cage talked about Beyond: Two Souls and how the game has no “game over” screen; even if the game’s protagonist, Jodie Holmes, dies the narrative will still continue. While speaking to JoyStiq, Cage said “I’ve always felt that ‘game over’ is a state of failure more for the game designer than from the player”
The first multiplayer gameplay trailer for Killzone: Shadow Fall has been released from Gamescom last week, and shows just how much freedom the online mode gives players. Using the new customizable Warzone features demonstrated in the trailer, you can pick the number of players (4-24), rules, mission modes, classes, abilities and weapons you want to allow in a match.
The release of the Playstation 4 is getting closer every day now, and for gaming enthusiasts the big day just can’t come soon enough. We’ve heard by now about all of the specs and capabilities of this rather incredible sounding new console, and for Playstation fans these capabilities are reason enough to be excited. But moving beyond what the specific console will do, here are 3 reasons, specifically related to gaming in general, that we can’t wait to get our hands on the PS4!
