At Sony’s E3 Press Conference last night, a new way to enjoy games on the PS4 was announced: PlayLink. PlayLink combines your smartphone or tablet device, TV and PS4 console, with a collection of brand new games that take advantage of the smartphone or tablet device’s touchscreen and camera capabilities.
Sony has updated the PlayStation Now game streaming service with a selection of games from Disney. Seventeen new games have been added, including Disney Universe, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean and TRON: Evolution. If you’re not a PS Now subscriber, you can sign-up for a seven day trial.
Sony has released the details on the top selling digital games on the PlayStation Store for May 2017. On he PS4, a number of new entries made it into the top 20, but none were good enough to beat FIFA 17, which was the top seller. Rocket League also managed to climb five places to finish in 2nd.
June’s first PlayStation Store update is now live, brining with it lots of new games and new PlayStation Plus content. This week, you can find nineteen new PS4 games and four new PS Vita games, including WipEout Omega Collection, The Town of Light and BugsBox.
Following rumours of a Gold PS4 last week, Sony has today officially announced that the PS4 will be actually getting two new colours: Gold and Silver. Both colours will be come with a 500 GB hard drive and matching DualShock 4 wireless controllers.
The sequel to Tropico 5 has been announced, along with a teaser trailer. The dictator-sim will be releasing sometime in 2018 for the PS4, Xbox One and PC, although details are still scarce. The teaser trailer does reference current events, including UK leaving the European Union.
A Target employee in the US as leaked a photo of a 1 TB PS4 Slim console in Gold via reddit, complete with gold DualShock 4 controller. The new model has yet to be announced by Sony, but Eurogamer has backed-up the rumour, claiming the “images are genuine”.
The June 2017 PlayStation Plus line-up has been revealed by Sony, confirming the free games subscribers will be able to download. The new games will be available to download from the PlayStation Store on 6th June 2017, as part of the weekly PlayStation Store update.
May’s last PlayStation Store update has gone live, and it’s quite a big one. You can find twenty new PS4 games and four new PS Vita games this week, along with plenty of new DLC. New games include Star Trek: Bridge Crew, TEKKEN 7 and MXGP3. Check out the full list of new games below.
Sony has released Firmware v4.70 for the PS4, which is a minor update to the system software. The firmware is mandatory, which means you’ll need to update your console before you can play online. The changelog for the update can be found below, which includes improvements to the system performance.
