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Name: PlayStation - MLB The Show 24 Features Reveal - Storylines: Negro Leagues Season 2 | PS5 & PS4 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/13/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury MLB The Show 24 Features Reveal - Storylines: Negro Leagues Season 2 | PS5 & PS4 Games PlayStation - MLB The Show 24 Features Reveal - Storylines: Negro Leagues Season 2 | PS5 & PS4 Games

It’s time to see which PS5, PS4, PS VR2, PS VR, and free-to-play games topped the download charts last month. New release blockbusters and vintage fan favorites are included in January’s PS5 list with Tekken 8 and Grand Theft Auto V both breaking the top five. The PS VR2 list saw Beat Saber rock and roll to the top of the list with the most downloads in both US and EU regions. Check out the full listings below. What titles are you playing this month? PS5 Games US/CanadaEUCall of Duty: Modern Warfare IIIGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto VEA SPORTS FC 24Madden NFL 24Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIITEKKEN 8Hogwarts LegacyNBA 2K24TEKKEN 8Baldur’s Gate 3Baldur’s Gate 3EA SPORTS FC 24Gran Turismo 7Hogwarts LegacyMarvel’s Spider-Man 2Gran Turismo 7Avatar: Frontiers of PandoraMarvel’s Spider-Man 2The Last of Us Part IIThe Last of Us Part II RemasteredUFC 5Hell Let LooseIt Takes TwoUFC 5Prince of Persia The Lost CrownLike a Dragon: Infinite WealthNBA 2K24Mortal Kombat 1ARK: Survival AscendedGod of War RagnarökCyberpunk 2077Avatar: Frontiers of PandoraThe Crew MotorfestGranblue Fantasy: RelinkELDEN RINGPrince of Persia The Lost CrownNeed For Speed UnboundARK: Survival AscendedAssassin’s Creed Mirage *Naming of products may differ between regions *Upgrades not included PS4 Games US/CanadaEUMinecraftEA SPORTS FC 24Red Dead Redemption 2MinecraftCall of Duty: Modern Warfare IIINeed for Speed HeatNeed for Speed HeatRed Dead Redemption 2Batman: Arkham KnightA Way OutGrand Theft Auto VGrand Theft Auto VtheHunter: Call of the WildHogwarts LegacyMortal Kombat XNeed for Speed PaybackEA SPORTS FC 24Batman: Arkham KnightNBA 2K24Call of Duty: Modern Warfare IIIA Way OuttheHunter: Call of the WildInjustice 2Mortal Kombat XGang BeastsCarX Drift Racing OnlineHogwarts LegacyBattlefield VOvercooked! 2Gang BeastsCall of Duty: Black Ops IIIWRC 7 FIA World Rally ChampionshipGod of War III RemasteredLEGO Marvel Super HeroesResident Evil 6Goat SimulatorGod of WarSTAR WARS Battlefront IICarX Drift Racing OnlineResident Evil 6 *Naming of products may differ between regions PS VR2 Games* US/CanadaEUBeat SaberBeat SaberFive Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2Among Us VRAmong Us VRPavlovJob SimulatorHorizon Call of the MountainPavlovMoss: Book IIMoss: Book IIUltrawings 2Horizon Call of the MountainJob SimulatorVertigo 2Kayak VR: MirageUltrawings 2Five Nights at Freddy’s: Help Wanted 2Arizona Sunshine 2Arizona Sunshine 2 *PS Store purchases only. Game upgrades or games bundled with hardware not included PSVR Games US/CanadaEUASTRO BOT Rescue MissionJob SimulatorThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VRASTRO BOT Rescue MissionSUPERHOT VRBeat SaberBeat SaberSUPERHOT VRJob SimulatorBatman: Arkham VRSurgeon Simulator: Experience RealityMoss: Book IIArizona SunshineThe Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VRBorderlands 2 VRVR Ping Pong ProFruit Ninja VRSurgeon Simulator: Experience RealityDead Land VRTitanic VR Free to Play (PS5 + PS4) US/CanadaEURobloxFortniteFortniteRobloxTHE FINALSCall of Duty: WarzoneCall of Duty: WarzoneTHE FINALSApex LegendsRocket LeagueFall GuysFall GuysRocket LeagueFortnite Battle RoyaleThe Sims 4The Sims 4War ThunderApex LegendsLEGO FortniteeFootball 2024 View the full article

Name: XBox - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden - Launch Trailer Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/13/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden - Launch Trailer XBox - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden - Launch Trailer

Name: PlayStation - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/13/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games PlayStation - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games

Name: PlayStation - Ultros - Launch Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/13/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Ultros - Launch Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games PlayStation - Ultros - Launch Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games

Name: PlayStation - Honkai: Star Rail - "Lullaby" Black Swan Trailer | PS45 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/12/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Honkai: Star Rail - "Lullaby" Black Swan Trailer | PS45 Games PlayStation - Honkai: Star Rail - "Lullaby" Black Swan Trailer | PS45 Games

Name: PlayStation - Ready, Steady, Ship! - Announce Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/12/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Ready, Steady, Ship! - Announce Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games PlayStation - Ready, Steady, Ship! - Announce Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games

Name: PlayStation - Kiborg - Co-Op Mode Announcement | PS5 & PS4 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/12/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Kiborg - Co-Op Mode Announcement | PS5 & PS4 Games PlayStation - Kiborg - Co-Op Mode Announcement | PS5 & PS4 Games

Indie games are known for their daring and often groundbreaking approaches to visuals and storytelling. Ultros is a new indie title coming to PS4 and PS5 on February 13. The game is a twisted, time-looping sci-fi adventure. It’s packed with high-stakes action, clever twists on classic game design ideas, intriguing, and often unsettling environmental storytelling, and crazy-colorful pop-psychedelic visuals that makes you wonder if the game came with its own built-in blacklight. This eye- and mind-dazzling adventure comes to PlayStation courtesy of Sweden-based developer Hadoque. It tells the story of a spacefarer trapped in a nightmare time-cycle within a bizarre, seemingly demonic black-hole acting as a womb for an unspeakable cosmic horror–the titular Ultros. In the words of game director Mårten Brüggeman, “It’s a psychedelic sci-fi platforming adventure, a combat- and gardening-driven experience. It also asks a lot of existential questions if you dive into it, as you explore the sarcophagus spaceship and try to understand what it is a metaphor for and what is dwelling inside.” Fight or foster Ultros is fundamentally a search-action game where you explore an ever-expanding map that opens up further and further as you acquire more abilities for navigation and combat. It’s a popular indie game genre, and Ultros expands on it with some unique gameplay twists centered around the ideas of karmic cycles: creation and destruction, nurture and killing. “It’s a game about choices,” explains Brüggeman, “where you can choose to play in a destructive or constructive way, and the choices you make change your interpretation of your in-game actions.” The environment oozes with otherworldly threats, requiring skillful combat to neutralize the assorted hostile lifeforms. Variety is a big emphasis here. Ultros encourages you to use a diverse arsenal of moves in fun and creative ways to dispatch foes: dodge-and-strike attacks, jumping strikes, and even launching foes into the air to turn them into a living projectile weapon. “We want to combat to feel intimate and visceral to emphasize destruction, ruining the balance of disruption and construction within the current cycle. We focused on movements, forcing you to be near them to fight them are integral to what we wanted to do, the intensity and intimacy of one-on-one combat.” As your foes fall before you, they drop all manner of edible offal–which varies in quality depending on how skillful your killing blow was. Eating these remains isn’t just a health restore: it provides you with valuable nutrients, which allow you to access skill tree upgrades at save pods, which enhance your movement, fighting, and navigational abilities. But if eating mystery meat makes you feel a bit queasy, there’s another way to obtain sustenance: raising the seeds you find scattered around in gardens, then partaking of that plant’s fruit. Aiding you in your horticultural pursuits is your Extractor, a special device that gains numerous abilities throughout the game. The plants that grow over time will leave behind assorted benefits, like creating platforms to alternate routes and making planning and tending to your gardens an essential part of gameplay. Brüggeman elaborates: “The seeds all have different abilities and rules of how they grow. Part of beginning your garden is getting to know how these different plants work and how they affect each other and the world around them.” Brüggeman continues. “With these in-game resources, you can eat everything you find, and it builds up your nutrition, like an experience point system. But it’s also the economy of how the game ecosystem works. When you take something from a plant, you’re sort of stealing from it. But you can give back by planting seeds. When you kill creatures like a typical game hero, you steal both their life and from the ecosystem. We wanted to give a choice in our game not to be that kind of hero.” Oh, yes, there’s one more critical element to gardens: they stick around even when a time loop wipes everything and sends you back to square one. Let’s do the time warp again Yes, Ultros is a game built around a time loop, and there’s only so much you can do before you’re forced to begin anew. You may have been fortunate to keep a few skills from the previous loop. But more importantly, you’ve got the knowledge you gained from your last attempt. And hey, those plants you took care of? You might be surprised to see what’s become of them. “One of the core concepts we’ve built the game around is the philosophy of a karmic cycle: What you do in one life makes up what your next life will become. In this game, we have a time loop mechanic that is the rebirth of our character and world. So, one of the major choices you can make in the game is whether or not you nurture the world you’re in. If you build it up, the garden becomes a part of the world you’re inhabiting, and tending to these plants is the way you can make the game world evolve.” The presence of player choice among these time cycles hints at multiple conclusions to Ultros’s story. When I asked Brüggeman about it, he said, “There are multiple endings, I can say that much. The time loop is more story-driven than mechanics-driven, so you can explore a ‘what if I do this instead’ scenario, also tying into the philosophy of a karmic cycle. We want players to re-experience events and scenarios but get to see them from different perspectives. You’re given the chance to make the choice again, but from another perspective.” A whirling universe of color The game’s trademark art style comes from art designer El Huervo, who is well-known for his work on the classic indie series Hotline Miami. The visuals are packed with contrasts, both in color and in theming: in one area, you’ll be surrounded by an environment teeming with goopy, pulsating viscera-like growths, yet only a ways away, you’ll discover a place that looks not unlike an elegant European cathedral. “I would describe Ultros’s art style as a Renaissance painting meets comics meets Jackson Pollock,” says Brüggeman. “El Huervo’s style has developed over the years. He’s very inspired by French artist Moebius, but also German zoology scholar and artist Ernst Haeckel.” The visuals also play a big part in the story and atmosphere. “As you explore during the game, you learn what the sarcophagus was used for and what happened to it. You’ll try to understand who its original inhabitants were and how that relates to the dark being held in there.” Suppose you’re ready for a visually stunning adventure with intense combat, loads of exploration, environmental world-building, and a time loop that challenges how you approach action-adventure games. In that case, you’ll want to venture into the Sarcophagus. Ultros makes its debut on February 13. View the full article

Name: XBox - Airhead // Release Trailer Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/12/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Airhead // Release Trailer XBox - Airhead // Release Trailer

Name: PlayStation - Airhead - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/12/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Airhead - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games PlayStation - Airhead - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games

Hello, I’m Chikara Saito (a.k.a. Rickey), director of Foamstars. As the name suggests, Foamstars is a game that features copious amounts of soft, fluffy foam. However, the path that we took to actually represent that foam in digital space was much longer and tougher than we initially thought it would be. Our experience of bringing the foam in Foamstars to life was anything but soft and fluffy, and today, I would like to tell you the tale of our trials and tribulations in the world of foam! The first obstacle that we ran into when we started developing Foamstars was the processing power required. In Foamstars, players can fire off as much foam as they like, and that foam flies off as fluffy bubbles throughout the whole space. This is a huge part of what makes the game so unique, but bear in mind that up to 8 players playing together online can fire off foam at the same time – some of them in separate places, quite far away from one another – so we had to be able to sync up each instance of foam in real time. This alone accounted for a considerable amount of load on the CPU, but on top of that, we also realised another game mechanic that is crucial to Foamstars’ gameplay: foam remaining in place and piling up to change the stage’s topography. These things together put an enormous burden on the CPU. This meant that in the first test build of the game, we could only make about 10 shots worth of foam remain on the ground, and I can still clearly remember the feeling of disappointment as I thought to myself, “This isn’t enough to make a fun game.” But just as I was facing this pressure to alter the direction of the game to account for these limitations, the programming team stepped in and showed me a better way! They had the fantastic idea to dynamically alter Unreal Engine 4’s Landscape tool! This system was originally designed for sculpting rugged terrain ahead of time, but thanks to the ingenuity and hard work of the programming team, we were able to dynamically alter the Landscape tool so that it could be influenced by player interactions during actual gameplay. Thanks to this system, we didn’t have to manage and express each instance of foam on an object-by-object basis, but rather, we could handle the foam as vertex data instead. This significantly reduced the load on the CPU, and made it feel much more thrilling as an actual game as well. The test map began as a single, flat plane stretching out ahead of you. As I watched it transform dynamically due to the actions of the players, I realised that we created an experience that could only come from a medium of entertainment where worlds are interactive. It was like a jolt of lightning that reached me in my pit of despair – I can still remember that sensation clearly to this day. All PlayStation Plus members can redeem, download and play Foamstars at no extra cost from now until March 4 on both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. Join the foam-blasting frenzy! View the full article

Name: PlayStation - Apex Legends - Breakout Gameplay Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/10/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Apex Legends - Breakout Gameplay Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games PlayStation - Apex Legends - Breakout Gameplay Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games

Name: PlayStation - Madden NFL 24 Ultimate Bowl | PlayStation Esports Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/10/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Madden NFL 24 Ultimate Bowl | PlayStation Esports PlayStation - Madden NFL 24 Ultimate Bowl | PlayStation Esports

Email us at PSPodcast@sony.com! Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or RSS. Hey y’all! With nasty colds circulatin’, bomb cyclones droppin’, and 2024 kicking off with a bang, the PlayStation Podcast crew has struggled to record a show for a few weeks now. Today, they get off their keisters to review some key details from the recent State(s) of Play and then talk about what they’ve been playing…. Tekken 8 – PS5 God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla – PS5 Alan Wake 2 – PS5 Cocoon – PS5 Jusant – PS5 Tchia – PS5 Thanks to Dormilón for our rad theme song and show music. [Editor’s note: PlayStation game release dates are subject to change without notice. Game details are gathered from press releases from their individual publishers and/or ESRB rating descriptions. View the full article

Name: PlayStation - Iced tea, anyone? 🫖 Tomb Raider I-III Remastered serves up adventure on Feb 14. #PS5 Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/09/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Iced tea, anyone? 🫖 Tomb Raider I-III Remastered serves up adventure on Feb 14. #PS5 PlayStation - Iced tea, anyone? 🫖 Tomb Raider I-III Remastered serves up adventure on Feb 14. #PS5

Name: XBox - Season 2 of HALO, a Dreamy Special Edition Controller, and Lunar New Year! | This Week on Xbox Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/09/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Season 2 of HALO, a Dreamy Special Edition Controller, and Lunar New Year! | This Week on Xbox XBox - Season 2 of HALO, a Dreamy Special Edition Controller, and Lunar New Year! | This Week on Xbox

Last week, we asked to see the coolest characters from the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s extremely cool highlights: wingsforsmiles shares Johnny Silverhand sitting back with one leg up in Cyberpunk 2077 BitarHector shares Aloy smiling in the morning sunlight in Horizon Forbidden West Taser9001 shares Tifa rushing forward with a sparking attack in Final Fantasy VII Remake sorathluna shares Sam side-eyeing the camera wearing futuristic sunglasses in Death Stranding juniaxe shares Ada taking deathly aim in the rain in Resident Evil 4 FrameCaptureVP shares Jin looking out from a broken kitsune mask in this black and white portrait from Ghost of Tsushima Search #PSshare #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’s theme. Want to be featured in the next Share of the Week? THEME: Romantic SUBMIT BY: 11:59 PM PT on February 14, 2024 Next week, we’re feeling the love. Share romantic moments or characters from the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog for a chance to be featured. View the full article

Name: PlayStation - EA Sports WRC - Season 3 Reveal Trailer | PS5 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/09/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury EA Sports WRC - Season 3 Reveal Trailer | PS5 Games PlayStation - EA Sports WRC - Season 3 Reveal Trailer | PS5 Games

Name: PlayStation - Fate/Samurai Remnant - DLC Vol. 1 Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/09/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Fate/Samurai Remnant - DLC Vol. 1 Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games PlayStation - Fate/Samurai Remnant - DLC Vol. 1 Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games

Name: XBox - Fortnite x TMNT Present: Cowabunga - Gameplay Trailer Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/09/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Fortnite x TMNT Present: Cowabunga - Gameplay Trailer XBox - Fortnite x TMNT Present: Cowabunga - Gameplay Trailer

Name: XBox - Alone in the Dark | Behind the Scenes with Jodie Comer and David Harbour Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/09/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Alone in the Dark | Behind the Scenes with Jodie Comer and David Harbour XBox - Alone in the Dark | Behind the Scenes with Jodie Comer and David Harbour

Name: PlayStation - Fortnite x TMNT Present: Cowabunga - Gameplay Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/09/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Fortnite x TMNT Present: Cowabunga - Gameplay Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games PlayStation - Fortnite x TMNT Present: Cowabunga - Gameplay Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games

Name: PlayStation - Alone in the Dark - Behind the Scenes with Jodie Comer and David Harbour | PS5 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/09/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Alone in the Dark - Behind the Scenes with Jodie Comer and David Harbour | PS5 Games PlayStation - Alone in the Dark - Behind the Scenes with Jodie Comer and David Harbour | PS5 Games

Name: XBox - Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition - Launch Trailer Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 02/09/2024 Submitter: Commander Fury Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition - Launch Trailer XBox - Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition - Launch Trailer