Namco Bandai has a released a new trailer for Tales of Xillia, titled “Two Heroes, One Destiny”. The Japanese role-playing game game was released on the PS3 in Europe and North America last week after being available in Japan for almost two years. The game takes place in a fictional world called Rieze Maxia and follows Jude Mathis and Milla Maxwell – the two heroes.
New screenshots of Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD have been released, showing just how impressive the remake of the games are looking. A new video has also been released, which gives you a sample of the 30 minute audio episode, created solely for the HD Remasters and written by Kazushige Nojima. Both the PS3 and PS Vita versions of the game include full trophy support too, and you’ll see this in the new screenshots below.
This has to be one of the most expensive and bizarre pre-order bonuses we’ve ever come across: The Saint’s Row IV Super Dangerous Wad Wad Edition. The pre-order pack, costing a hefty $1 million (or around £644,705), is extremely limited edition and the only one available in the world. But it does come with some very rare extras.
SCEA has released the PlayStation Store charts for July 2013, revealing the top selling PS3, PSN, PS Vita, and PS Mobile titles and DLC content. On the PS3, Shadow of the Colossus was the top selling game on the PS3, followed by The Last Of Us. On the PS Vita, Mortal Kombat PS Vita was the top selling title.
Unlike the Xbox One, which locks the console’s Game DVR features behind a Xbox Live Gold subscription, the PS4 won’t require users to have a PlayStation Plus subscription to use the console’s DVR features. The news was confirmed by a tweet from Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida in response to a question from @jonboi204.
Sony has released the Top 10 PSN chart for July 2013 in Europe, showing the most downloaded titles on the PS3, PS Vita and PSP. The Last of Us continues to sell well, and keeps its top position in the chart for the second month running. On the PS Vita, Hotline Miami also keeps its top position on the chart for a second month, while new entries Total Recoil and Machinarium debut on the chart in 2nd and 3rd place, respectively.
The latest issue of MCV features an advertisement that reveals an exclusive demo of Puppeteer for PlayStation Plus subscribers. Sony mentioned that a demo of the game will be releasing soon, but failed to mention that it would be limited to PlayStation Plus subscribers. The advert doesn’t confirm is the demo is the same Rehearsal Edition previously announced.
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Lots of new PS3 and PS Vita games are available on the European PlayStation Store this week, including a number of free-to-play titles like Deathmatch Village (PS3, PS Vita) and Spartacus Legends (PS3). New PS Mobile titles are available too this week, along with new DLC for a number of PS3 and PS Vita titles.
A recent demo of Blacklight: Retribution on a PS4 Test Kit has revealed what the PS4 interface, called the PlayStation Dynamic Menu, looks like. During the demo, the game crashes on the dev kit, revealing the Dynamic Menu, compete with animations and sounds you can expect in the final version on the launch PS4.
As mentioned last week, Sony’s pre-order limits for the PS4 are now in force across the UK and Europe, meaning console pre-ordered after August 6th 2013 are no longer guaranteed for launch day. The limit affects retailers mainly in the UK, including Amazon and ShopTo, so if you were smart enough to pre-order your console early, it will arrive for launch day.
