Naughty Dog has certainly found gold in their latest IP: The Last of Us. The game continues to lead the UK Games chart for the fifth week running. Last week, the game was confirmed to have sold over 3.4 million copies worldwide to make it Sony’s fastest selling new IP, and the biggest selling game of the year on the PlayStation.
Two interesting videos have surfaces revealing more information about the PS4 console. The first video, from PlayStation Access, goes over 20 facts about the PS4, from things we’ve already covered to new titbits like the name for the PS4’s menus system. The second video comes from T3, and covers the PS4 from every angle imaginable – giving you a unique look at the console before you get your hands on the real thing.
In a post on Official Playstation Magazine UK, Sony’s R&D senior team leader Neil Brown announced that users can access their digitally purchased PS4 games on any console. Speaking at the Develop Conference, Brown also revealed that gamers could make use of the ‘play as you download’ feature to start playing games before the full title is downloaded onto the console, reducing the waiting time.
Reef Entertainment have released the first gameplay video for it’s upcoming title Rambo: The Video Game. Unfortunately, the game doesn’t look very good in terms of both graphics and gameplay. The game is scheduled for release later this year on the PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, and will feature content from the first three movies.
Sony and Insomniac Games have announced the next title in the Ratchet & Clank series, called Ratchet and Clank: Into The Nexus in North America and Ratchet & Clank Nexus in Europe. The game will coming to the PS3 later this year with an all new original single-player epilogue.
If you haven’t pre-ordered a PS4 yet, chances are that you have some trouble getting your hands on a launch day unit. Several retailers are starting to report that their pre-order allocations of the PS4 have run out. This week alone, US retailers Amazon.com and GameStop have both stopped pre-orders on launch day units after fulfilling their allocations.
Sony’s #PlayStationMemories campaign in Europe continues today with a massive sale on PS2 titles. The console, which was released back in late 2000, has sold over 150 million units worldwide, and saw great games like Final Fantasy X, Tekken 5, GTA III, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and many more great titles – some of which are now on sale.
New PS3 and PS Vita games are available on the US PlayStation Store this week, including Binary Domain (PS3) and Total Recoil (PS Vita). New PlayStation Plus content is available too this week, with Oddworld: Munch’s Oddysee HD now part of the Instant Game Collection.
Square Enix have announced that Final Fantasy X & X-2 HD on the PS3 will be getting a Special Edition. The special edition (at least in Europe) will include a book with concept art from the game, commentary from the original development teams and a special outer case to package everything in.
Sony Europe has released the PlayStation Store chart for June 2013 in Europe, revealing that Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us was the top selling title on the PS3. A number of re-entries make up the remainder of the PS3 chart, while new title Hotline Miami was the top selling game on the PS Vita.
