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.
Bungie has released a statistical infographic showing of some of the stats from the recent Destiny beta. The game has over 4.6 million players across all the platforms combined, who racked up over 3.7 billion kills. In addition, 853,235 concurrent players joined the game simulatenously at the beta’s busiest period. Check out more stats in the infographic below.
A forum post on LittleBigPlanet Central has revealed that the LittleBigPlanet 3 private beta will be starting next month, with invites going out over the next couple of weeks. MediaMolecule have hand-picked a small number of gamers from the LBP community to take part in the beta, and will be receiving messages to their LBP Central inbox.
If you missed a go at the Destiny Alpha test, you’ll be happy to know that the timeline for the Destiny Beta test has been announced. The Destiny Beta will begin on July 17th 2014 until July 21st-22nd, when maintenance will take place. There will also be a rally on July 26th, where players who make an appearance will get rewarded.
Visceral Games and DICE took to the stage at EA’s E3 Press conference earlier today to reveal some new Battlefield: Hardline footage. The cops-and-robbers shooter will include a grand single player campaign, and will also support a 32-player online mode. The beta for the game is also now available for PS4 and PC.
The PlayStation Now beta has been available on the PS3 since January, but Sony has finally extended the beta to include the PS4 too. The PlayStation Now beta launched on the PS4 on May 20th, but is limited to North America like the PS3 beta. Beta codes were sent out to chosen gamers this week, to allow them to take part in the beta.
Square-Enix has revealed that Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn will be releasing on the PS4 on April 14th 2014, with a beta starting on February 22nd. The beta will be available to anyone with a PS4 and can be downloaded from the PlayStation Store.
If you signed up to take part in the PlayStation Now beta and live in the UK, start checking your inbox. Sony is starting to send out invites to access the PlayStation Now closed beta, allowing you to try out the service before the full launch this summer.
Bungie has revealed that Destiny will be released worldwide in September 2014, with a Beta scheduled for Summer 2014. The game was originally expected to release in Spring 2014 but has since slipped to September. As the game’s release date has been pushed back, so had the beta date, which will now be available in Summer 2014, and available first on PlayStation platforms before releasing elsewhere.
Bungie has revealed that the beta for Destiny will be available first on PlayStation platforms, before heading to other consoles. The beta will start on the PS3 and PS4, but to get access you’ll have to pre-order the game at selected retailers. Bungie has also released a new trailer for the game, which you can watch right here.
