Category: PlayStation

New PlayStation Store Releases: Hatoful F1

F1 2015 has pulled up to the PlayStation 4 this week (presumably arriving in a more playable condition than it did on Steam). The 2015 release of the yearly series from Codemasters is the first to appear on PS4 and Xbox One, and is running on a newly updated version of their EGO racing engine. You can expect this to mean better graphics and physics, this time around. However, the rumor is that F1 2015 is also lacking certain popular features that were prevalent in past year's games. So, take that as you will and perhaps do a little bit of research before deciding whether or not this one is the right game for you.

Also out this week, indie hit Journey (newly available on PS4, in case you missed it the first time or just needed another fix), Tembo the Badass Elephant (a surprising new platformer property from long-time Nintendo dev, and Pokemon creator, Game Freak), and Hatoful Boyfriend, the crazy popular Japanese pigeon high school dating sim/visual novel that started out as an April Fools joke. Do your homework, up your racing game, and then fly past the break to see more of this week's new releases.

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Andrew J Amideo

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New PlayStation Store Releases: God of War PS4

God of War has come to the PlayStation 4 this week with the release of a remastered version of the PlayStation 3 classic, God of War III. I'm not exactly sure why Sony decided to port over III, and not Ascension, but I'm sure the fans will gladly take whatever they can get. Also out this week, the first EA PGA golf game in over 15 years not to feature Tiger Woods in the title. To give you an idea of how long it's been, PGA Tour 98 was released on the PlayStation 1 and Sega Saturn! Also, also out this week, a Prototype collection, a Godzilla game, and a pair of decent indie games. Murder the gods in an unspeakable fashion, then jump past the break to see more of this week's new releases.
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Andrew J Amideo

New PlayStation Store Releases: “I’m Batman!”

This week, I've got three words for you: Batman. Arkham. Knight. Whilst Steam users seem to be having their fair share of issues with the game, PS4 players everywhere are sitting pretty (in their batmobiles) right now. Sorry PC crowd, it seems that you are still an afterthought to some of the bigger publishers out there.As if getting the best version (currently) of the most anticipated game of the year wasn't enough, PlayStation fans also have access to a few other exciting games today. These include the new, updated version of Devil May Cry 4 (which ironically happens to feature a Dark Knight mode that is unrelated to Batman), a new jet ski game by the makers of Hydro Thunder Hurricane, a port of the excellent WayForward platformer, Shantae: Risky's Revenge, and finally, a true PlayStation 2 classic, Suikoden III. Become vengeance, become the night, then jump past the break to see this list of new releases.
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Andrew J Amideo

E3 2015: Sony Press Conference

Sony with the final conference for today. Warning: I’m a bit of a Sony fanboy, so don’t expect the same amount of cynicism.
YEAH! BEST INTRO TO ANY E3 EVER!!!!11!! Just kidding, last year’s Sony intro was better :p

The beard suits him. The PR speak….oooh, the Zeitgeist has been dropped.
The Last Guardian is here… wow, so it’s still a thing? Now don’t crucify me, but I’m really not hyped for it. Never was. It looks cute and all, but I really can’t see me playing it. Big question now: Is it still a PS3 game? Probably not, but it doesn’t look very PS4. Maybe the PS3 swansong, while also getting a 1080p/60 PS4 release. Release date: 2016. I really doubt a PS3 release then. Shuhei just confirmed PS4. Wow, that’s not going to make any points on the visual front.

Guerilla Games guy on the stage. New Killzone? No. A new franchise. Post-Apocalyptic. Looks neat.
Scratch that. Looks awesome. Robo dinos. Cool weapons. I’m down for that.
It’s called Horizon: Zero Dawn.

Square Enix trailer now. No idea. New IP? Hitman reboot? Ok, Hitman. But is it a reboot?
Oh, come oooon. You know what I didn’t miss during the Xbox press conference? Exclusive content. So why are you doing it Sony? Screw that shit.

Anyway, console exclusive (there it is again) Street Fighter 5 now. Don’t really care. Wow, he really can’t stop saying exclusive.

Hello Games, you know what that means? No Man’s Sky. And we see actual gameplay. A universe sized sandbox? Sand is rather boring though. Yeah, we get it, it’s big, but what is it about? Has a certain Elite: Dangerous vibe, but about 100x cooler, thanks to the whole being able to land on planets thing. Looks all very peaceful. Fully destructible environment. And there are big robot sentinels, who are guarding the planets from people. And that’s it. We still don’t know much. Trading, fighting, exploring, survival. Well, it looks cool at least.

Media Molecule has more than just the Tearaway port. Ok, what is this? A sculpting game? The visuals are pretty cool, but I can’t see an actual game in it. It’s called Dreams and the crowd goes nuts. That’s the thing with crowds, they like good lucking stuff. BUT WHAT IS IT?!

Firewatch, no idea what that is, but it looks freaking awesome. Is this becoming a trend now? How can you not show up at Gamescom?! WE WANT ANSWERS TO WHAT YOU ARE SHOWING US!

Destiny. NEEXT!

Assassin’s Creed. NEEEEEEXT!

World of Final Fantasy. Finally a Vita game. Also PS4. Looks ...ok? Can’t say much.

So, time for Final Fantasy 7? Let’s be this a troll. The PC version with with new CGI cutscenes. HOOOLLLYYY FUCKING SHIT! The internet just died. It’s a Final Fantasy VII Remake. First on PS4 (so also on XBO, probably)

Devolver Digital Showcase? I didn’t really look. The Final Fantasy thing got me distracted.

Ok, this is insane now. Shenmue 3?! If this is an exclusive, then… a Kickstarter? Are you kidding me? What is this shit? Promoting a Kickstarter during the Playstation conference?

I…I…This is confusing. Sorry. Some Batman trailer is running. I don’t really…

Shenmue 3 Kickstarter? FF7 Remake? My brain is all messy right now.

Ok, exclusive Batman Arkham Knight mission.

Morpheus! The games look decent. People can try Morpheus at E3. Looks like that’s it.

Some media stuff I don’t care about.

Call of Duty Black Ops 3. Whatever. Liked the last one, but come on: It’s CoD. What’s there to say about it? So there is coop, cool. Can we skip the rest? You can make people vomit? Fine, GOTY. Can we continue with the show now? Crysis like abilities. Again: next? Please?
And now they talk about it. Oh god. If you stop now, I’ll buy it. Promised.

So, that’s it?

Vita. Very little Vita. Vita dead?

Oh, it’s not over. Was wondering why not Uncharted. Star Wars now. Disney Infinizzzzzzzzzzzz.
Battlefront still looks good. Not much has changed since the EA conference, however.

Last game, probably Uncharted then. Yes, it is. Nathan looks to be as confused as I am however. Not moving and all. Somebody at Sony has a heart attack now.
Game looks good, but I really don’t need to see so much of it. Unless you make it a space shooter, I know what to expect. Game looks really good though. “First time driver here” heh, that’s cute. The driving sequence looks fun, but now you’ve spoiled it.

People are getting up, so I guess that’s it. So, whats my opinion? Can’t say. Still confused about the whole thing. The Kickstarter killed my brain. And the Final Fantasy 7 remake? Damn. No word on Kingdom Hearts. That exclusivity thing was pissing me off. The new reveals looked interesting. Last Guardian is also big, though I still don’t care.

Interesting bit of information: Shenmue 3 will be PC and PS4 only.

E3 2015 Bingo: Sony

The 15th is a busy day. Besides Microsoft, we will also see press conferences from EA (1pm PT), the people behind Uplay (3pm PT) and Sony.
EA will probably have a really busy show, with the very likely appearance of Star Wars, Mirrors Edge, the new Need for Speed and their sports line-up (especially the FIFA franchise is supposed to have a really good year). Maybe we also see what Criterion has teased last E3, a new Battlefield, the hinted at Plants vs. Zombies game, and will EA Access finally make it to the PS4?

The Uplay folks, well, they will also have games, but nobody cares about them anymore.

So what about Sony? Hard to say. Uncharted is a very safe bet, so are more talks about Project Morpheus. Rumors about The Last Guardian are also all over the internet. Sony not holding a press conference at Gamescom could mean two things: Either Sony hasn’t much to announce, or they are planning to open up the floodgates at E3 and blow us away.

Whatever the case, here are the guesses by Trey, Cody, Billy and Me (Dr. S)

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Billy and Dr. S
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Trey
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Cody

New PlayStation Store Releases: The Elder Scrolls Online

This week, the new releases are a bit sparse on the PlayStation Store. Though they do have a couple of heavy hitters. Namely, The Elder Scrolls Online and Gradius. As much as I appreciate Bethesda bringing The Elder Scrolls universe to the PlayStation 4, I think I would rather see them provide us with an Oblivion/Skyrim collection (and make them playable on a Sony console for once). Maybe they could throw in an HD remaster of Morrowind to sweeten the deal.I am pleased to see a great arcade classic like Gradius hit the store. In addition to last week's release of Renegade, along with Q*bert, which has been on there for several months now, the PS4 is starting to become quite a little retro arcade machine. ESO and Gradius aside, the only other notable release this week is a Japanese dungeon crawler for the Vita. Create your character, select your class, and then venture past the break to see this list of new releases.

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Andrew J Amideo

PlanetSide 2 Drops On PS4 June 23rd

More than 2 years after the PC release, PlanetSide 2 finally comes to the PS4.  It will launch on June 23rd, so make sure to fill up your friends list until then. The MMO shooter can be quite fun alone, but it really shines when you get together with 500 of your closest friends to tear shit up.
Despite it being an online only shooter, PS+ will not be required for the free to play title, and if you are already familiar with PlanetSide 2 on the PC, then Andy Sited, Director of Development, has this for you: “We’ve also incorporated some unique features that are currently exclusive to the PS4 version, which for example, include the new battle map, Koltyr.”

Are you looking forward to PlanetSide2? Would you like to see a Twinstiq Squad when this game launches? Tell us in the comments.

New PlayStation Store Releases: Skulls of the Shogun

Skulls of the Shogun hits the PS4 this week. I never actually got around to playing it on any other platforms, but according to Wikipedia, "The game is inspired by Advance Wars and features turn-based combat between undead samurai." That sounds good enough to me. I'll have to make it a point to check that out soon. Also new this week is a port of the grand-daddy of all arcade beat-em-ups, a triple cross buy Zuma/Luxor clone, and an award-winning prison break simulation. Battle for the afterlife and then jump past the break to see the complete list of new releases.
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Andrew J Amideo

New PlayStation Store Releases: Ultra Street Fighter IV

This week, Ryu and company are finally entering the Wii U/PS4/Xbox One fray with the release of Ultra Street Fighter IV on the PlayStation Store. So far, it seems that the PS4 will be the only one of the three to feature current or future Street Fighter games. A great success for Sony and a glaring omission for Nintendo and Microsoft. In addition to containing all the DLC for the game up to this point, Ultra IV is reported to run 60 frames per second at 1080p resolution, and also includes support for PS3 fight sticks. Not a bad deal for 25 smackers (though there are reports of one or two issues that may need to be ironed out). Also new this week, a mobile game turned PlayStation triple cross buy, the sequel to a PC-only fantasy action game, and Mega May has apparently spilled over to the PlayStation Store with the release of the PS One classic, Mega Man 8. Pull off your super combo finish and then jump past the break to see more of this week's new releases.
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Andrew J Amideo

Ultra Street Fighter 4 Launches on PS4

With glitches annoying the hard core crowd, and input lag ruining everyone's fun, it seems like the PS4 launch of Street Fighter 4 is off to a rough start. More after the break!
A while ago, Capcom was quoted, saying "A few of you hardcore Street Fighters out there said that there was minor input lag in the controls of Ultra Street Fighter IV for PS3. Well, don’t worry: we’ve eliminated it to make the PS4 edition the ultimate version on any platform, so it’ll be good to go for all your tournament needs!"Unfortunately, this claim hasn't come to fruition.  There have been other glitches found on the PS4 version, ruining online play for certain tournament level players. There are also sound, visual, PSN, and other bugs that need to be worked out.

Capcom has yet to issue a statement, hopefully these issues will be addressed soon!

Source: Shacknews