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The God of War Ragnarök New Game Plus (NG+) update is available now. To make sure you’re ready to jump back into the Nine Realms, we’ve put together everything you need to know below. Change the way you play New equipment, an increased level cap, new Enchantments – all this and more is introduced with God of War Ragnarök’s NG+ mode. As soon as you’ve beaten the game, you’ll be able to dive right into a NG+ save to experience the story again with many more gameplay options available from the start. Your equipment, weapons (including the Draupnir Spear), and skills will carry over from your previous save, so you’ll be able to use your entire arsenal from the beginning of your journey. Please note that you will not start the game with access to Sonic and Hex arrows. All areas requiring either those arrows or the Draupnir Spear to access will not unlock until you have reached the point in the main questline in which they become available via the story. New Equipment Armor of the Black Bear Rest assured, we’ve been taking note of the requests to add Kratos’ cloak from the opening scene since the launch of God of War Ragnarök. The Armor of the Black Bear will keep Kratos bundled up against the Fimbulwinter frost even after the sled chase. Its stats focus on Strength and Defense with a perk that rewards your last-second evades with a volley of Bifröst shards. Your NG+ run will begin with the Armor of the Black Bear already equipped. Spartan Armor If you want a serious test of your skills and to take on the toughest challenge you can get in God of War Ragnarök, the Spartan Armor is for you. With no Perk, no Stats, and locked at Power Level 1 – the Spartan Armor lets you take a more… well, spartan approach towards protection. This set is perfect for those of you who want to strip down your power to the minimum and leave no room for error. If you’re brave enough to face the coming of Ragnarök pecs-first, then give the set a try! If you’re more into the Spartan General look and less into the challenging gameplay, you can always transmog this armor onto another set to achieve the look without sacrificing protection. The Spartan Armor can be acquired for Hacksilver at Huldra Brothers’ Shop. Ares Armor Returning favorites from God of War 2018’s New Game Plus are the Ares and Zeus armors with new visuals and Perks. The Ares Armor rewards the lucky with a chance to drop a Health Stone on hit. When you stomp the Health Stone, you also get a rage gain alongside a bigger explosion. The Ares Armor can be purchased for Hacksilver at Huldra Brothers’ Shop. Zeus Armor The Zeus Armor will enable the ultimate risk-reward playstyle. This set greatly increases your Melee and Runic damage, while also increasing incoming damage. A single hit could be enough to take even Kratos down with the Zeus Armor equipped, so you’ll need to be mindful of where your enemies are while you prepare to deal out punishment with the raw power this armor provides. The Zeus Armor can be acquired by defeating Gná the Valkyrie Queen and completing certain Remnants of Asgard on a NG+ save. Spartan Aspis – New Shield The Spartan Aspis returns in God of War Ragnarök and displays Kratos’ heritage boldly. The Spartan Aspis is similar to the trusted Guardian Shield, but it has a significantly tighter Parry window. While more challenging to time, successful Parries yield a more damaging reward. The Spartan Aspis can be purchased at Huldra Brothers’ Shop with Hacksilver. Armor Appearances For those of you looking to keep things fresh, we’ve also remixed 13 of our existing armors with new color combinations and styles that were previously unavailable. These appearances can be bought at Huldra Brothers’ Shop and applied to any of your existing Level 9+ armor in the transmog menu. The new Berserker Armor appearance can be acquired after defeating the Berserker King on NG+. New Level Cap In NG+, both Kratos and your enemies will become more powerful with an increased level cap. You will be able to convert all your Level 9 equipment (armor, weapons, weapon components, and shields) into new ‘Plus’ versions that will provide additional levels of progression. Converting your equipment will also yield a Gilded Coin that can be used to purchase one of the new Enchantments from the shop. We’ve also added a quality-of-life adjustment to the shop, so you’ll be able to purchase and sell resources incrementally. Buy and selling materials to get your equipment in tiptop shape for your NG+ run is now smoother than Kratos’ scalp. New Enchantments Gilded Coins – Engraving and Badge Enchantments If you ever agonized over an armor choice because you couldn’t choose a favorite Perk, the new Enchantments available in the shop are for you! These take a selection of powerful and versatile perks from Armor (Engravings) and Shield Rönds (Badges), allowing you to equip them in your Amulet as Enchantments. For example, you can purchase the Dragon Engraving, which has the Dragon Scaled Breastplate Perk, Dragon’s Fury (Blocks and Parries grant a Strength/Defense stacking buff). You can equip that in your Amulet while wearing a different chest piece like the new Cuirass of Ares, allowing you to combine two different chest armor perks at once. The most powerful enchantments from the Gilded Coins will require certain Stat thresholds to be met to encourage and reward you for getting clever with your builds. With so many new options available, we can’t wait to see which combinations you make. Berserker Soul Drops – Stat Boost Enchantments Defeating the Berserker Souls on NG+ will also reward you with new Enchantments to equip. While not as flashy as some of the Perk Enchantments, these will give you big boosts to select stats so you can lean into whatever build you like best even more. Burdens Burdens are a new set of Enchantments that will allow you to equip negative Perks for a tailor-made challenge. For example, the Burden of Evasion will automatically give Kratos the Frost status effect when he rolls. For those of you seeking to ramp up the difficulty with an exceptionally brutal experience, you can combine Burdens with the Spartan Armor. We’ve also added a new UI option called Show Difficulty (Difficulty HUD Visualization), which will display the current difficulty setting on the HUD, as well as how many Burdens you have equipped. Feel free to flex a little bit for your friends. Burdens can be purchased at the Huldra Brothers’ Shop with Hacksilver. New Progression Paths New Skill Mod Plus Upgrade your existing Skill Mod tokens using XP to further enhance the effects of your favorite Mods. Platinum Tier Labors Carry over any progress from your Kill Labors or Ratatasks and continue to unlock a new Platinum Tier of rewards. Additional Stat Gains Nornir Chests will now provide Yggdrasil Dew to allow players to push Stats far beyond their previous limits. Expanded Niflheim Arena The Sparring Arena in Niflheim in NG+ will give you a ton of new options to play with! Alongside a selection of new enemies for you to face off against, you will now be able to play as either Kratos or Atreus and choose any of the following companion characters to fight beside you: Atreus (with Kratos), Freya, Brok, Sindri, Angrboda, Ingrid, Thor, and Thrúd. With any companion combination possible, we can’t wait to see how creative you can get in gameplay and in Photo Mode. Endgame Bosses Got comfortable fighting the Berserker Souls and the Valkyrie Queen Gná? We’ve made sure the toughest optional fights have a few switch-ups in NG+ so even if you’ve beaten them before, they’ll still pack a punch when you meet them again. Other Enemy Adjustments Available on All Difficulties in NG+ The Hateful and the Ormstunga, two of our optional mini-bosses, have been given a few new tricks. Be sure to pay them a visit when you can in your NG+ run. Available on Give Me No Mercy and Give Me God of War in NG+ If you choose to play on Give Me No Mercy or Give Me God of War difficulties, all bosses and mini-bosses will have Runic Armor. Strategic Runic usage in these fights can make the difference between victory and defeat. In NG+, enemies turning elite can now also happen on Give Me No Mercy in addition to Give Me God of War. Elite enemies will gain an increase in Power Level, so make sure you keep a special eye on them when you see one transform in combat. Black and White Render Mode Looking to experience the story again with a more cinematic twist? After you beat the game once, you will have access to a new Black and White Render Mode for any subsequent NG+ or standard New Game saves. You can find the new mode under the Graphics & Camera settings menu. We hope you enjoy NG+ in God of War Ragnarök, available now. View the full article

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We saw some big releases in the indie and AAA space with Tchia and Resident Evil 4 this month, with a host of sports titles in between. Which game will have luck on their side and reign supreme for March? Cast your vote below! How does it work? At the end of every month, PlayStation.Blog will open a poll where you can vote for the best new game released that month. Soon thereafter, we’ll close the polls, tally your votes, and announce the winner at PlayStation.Blog. PlayStation Store will also showcase some top Players’ Choice winners throughout the year. What is the voting criteria? That’s up to you! If you were only able to recommend one new release to a friend that month, which would it be? In keeping with our long tradition in the Game of the Year Awards, remastered or re-released games won’t qualify. Ambitious, larger-scale rebuilds and remakes like Shadow of the Colossus and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy will. How are nominees decided? The PlayStation.Blog and PlayStation Store editorial teams will gather a list of that month’s most noteworthy releases and use it to seed the poll. Write-in votes will be accepted. View the full article

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We are so excited for the release of Meet Your Maker, available today on PS5 and PS4, and included Day 1 with PlayStation Plus memberships as one of April’s Monthly Games. We launch today with a full arsenal of traps, guards, weapons, Custodians, and more already included for Builders and Raiders to discover and master. This is a game driven by user-generated content, and so for us, the next step is making sure our players are taken care of with a steady stream of new content to keep the possibilities, personalization, and creativity firing on all cylinders. There’s a lot to look forward to, so let’s celebrate today with some tips and tricks plus everything we’ll be adding to the world of Meet Your Maker in the first three months after launch. Tips & tricks We hope you’ll have a blast building incredible Outposts and raiding the insane creations of other Builders. To close things out, we wanted to share a couple of quick tips for both roles to help you get started whether you’re playing solo or with a friend. Builders: Build Step-by-Step: Use a 3-step approach – build the basic structure, add traps and guards, then cosmetics.Second Wave: Raiders still have to escape once they’ve grabbed the Genmat. Make getting out just as hard as getting in.Anticipate: Think like a Raider as you set traps. How can you lure, herd, and trick them while using their reactions to your advantage?Test: Test your own Outposts as a Raider. It’s the best way to know what’s working and what’s not. Raiders: Hardware: Stock up on useful consumables like speed boosts, deployable shields, and even respawn beacons.Grapple Hook: This is your best friend. Master it. It gives you incredible mobility for both attacking and escaping.Danger Signs: When a trap is tripped you get both a visual and audio cue before it deploys. Train yourself to react quickly.Second Wave: Some traps and guards only activate after you grab the Genmat. Trust nothing on your way out. Three-month content roadmap Keeping things fresh, ever-changing, and always unexpected is our mission when it comes to adding content to Meet Your Maker. We also want to make all this content easily accessible to all players, and so a lot of what you’ll see below is either free, or unlockable just by playing the game and earning in-game currency. Hellscape Deco Pack – free/instant access (June 18) Arriving a few weeks after launch this Deco Pack will be free and instantly accessible to all players. Deco Packs in Meet Your Maker are essentially themed building materials that add a totally new aesthetic to the game. Hellscape combines organic matter and industrial materials to create eerie, pulsating, and all-around unsettling Outposts that feel alive in the worst possible ways. New Mods and Augments – free/unlockable with playtime (regular drops) Over the first several months, we’ll also be dropping multiple new Mod and Augment additions for existing traps and guards which players can unlock with in-game currency. If Deco Packs are all about style, Mods and Augments are all about being a more effective killer. Builders get new ways to affect traps and guards for even more control over their setups and combos. Raiders are suddenly faced with fresh challenges to overcome just when they thought they’d figured everything out. Major Content Update – Sector 1: Dreadshore (end of June) Meet Your Maker’s first major DLC will come at the end of June and add a completely new environment to the game, as well a new Deco Pack, Custodian, trap, guard, weapon, and even a cosmetic collection. When it comes to Sectors, new environments and new deco packs will always be instantly available for free to all players upon release. The environment introduces a completely new region along with a Sector-themed set of building blocks to create a completely different style of Outpost. All the gameplay elements are unlockable via playtime. “A Sector is our way of traveling to a new location and uncovering weapons, guards, and other supplies that can be useful to the Custodian,” says Joe Dermo, Meet Your Maker’s narrative designer. “Each Sector has lore that can give us a clearer idea of what was happening in the world before its downfall. “There are many Sanctuaries out there, so we envision how their inhabitants might have lived, how they’d adapt to their environment, and how their morality, or lack thereof, could lead them down a different path. Dreadshore will bring us beyond the sandy wastes to a very different location. The backstory will shine a spotlight on one of the themes of our universe: what happens when science and experimentation is pushed beyond its ethical limits.” Meet Your Maker is available now on PS4 and PS5. View the full article

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PlayStation Store’s Spring Sale begins. For a limited time* you can enjoy deep discounts of up to 80% off across a wide selection of games and add-ons. That includes NBA 2K23, Horizon Forbidden West and Need for Speed Unbound and many, many more. The sale is so massive, we can’t include everything here. You can browse a select list of games at the bottom of this post. Head to PlayStation Store to discover the full list and your regional discount pricing. Sale runs over the next four weeks. And it’s so big, we’ve had to split it in two. The sale refresh kicks off on Wednesday, April 12, so be sure to check back in on PlayStation Blog then to find out the next wave of titles joining the promotion. *PlayStation Store’s Spring Sale runs from Wednesday March 29 until Wednesday April 12. The Sale will be refreshed on Wednesday, April 12. View the full article

PlayStation Store’s Raya Deals begins. For a limited time* you can enjoy deep discounts of up to 80% off across a wide selection of games and add-ons. That includes NBA 2K23, Horizon Forbidden West and Need for Speed Unbound and many, many more. The sale is so massive, we can’t include everything here. Head to PlayStation Store to discover the full list and your regional discount pricing. Sale runs over the next four weeks. And it’s so big, we’ve had to split it in two. The sale refresh kicks off on Wednesday, April 12, so be sure to check back in on PlayStation Blog then to find out the next wave of titles joining the promotion. *PlayStation Store’s Raya Deals runs from Wednesday March 29 until Wednesday April 12. The Sale will be refreshed on Wednesday, April 12. View the full article

Today we’re happy to reveal the PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for April. The Monthly Games lineup of Meet Your Maker, Sackboy: A Big Adventure and Tails of Iron will be available to PlayStation Plus members on Tuesday, April 4 until Monday May 1. Let’s take a closer look at each of the games in turn. View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Meet Your Maker | PS4, PS5 Meet Your Maker is a post-apocalyptic first-person building-and-raiding game where every level is designed by players. Switch between roles as you mastermind devious Outposts filled with traps and guards, then gear up for methodical fast-paced combat raiding other players’ creations, gaining an edge by choosing the right loadout (melee, ranged, defensive), perks, and consumables to match your challenge or playstyle. Combine your creativity and build with a friend or join forces to raid Outposts as a team of two. View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Sackboy: A Big Adventure | PS4, PS5 Iconic PlayStation hero Sackboy bursts back into breathtaking action with a huge, fun and frantic 3D multiplayer platforming adventure. Go solo in an epic race against time stuffed with danger and peril or enjoy local or online party play, creating teams of two to four adventurers as you work together to overcome nefarious tasks however you can imagine, including unmissable co-op only levels. View and download image Download the image close Close Download this image Tails of Iron | PS4, PS5 Set in a grim land plagued by war, Tails of Iron is a hand-drawn RPG Adventure with punishingly brutal combat. As Redgi, heir to the Rat Throne, you must restore your broken Kingdom by banishing the merciless Frog Clan and their ferocious leader, Greenwart. As you explore the deceivingly charming world, you’ll encounter a cast of unique companions, ready to aid you in your adventure. And you’ll need all the help you can get, whether that’s new meal recipes, blueprints to forge deadly weapons and armor, or even a land-chugging, armor-plated mole mobile! Last chance to download March’s Monthly Games PlayStation Plus members have until Monday April 3 to add Battlefield 2042, Minecraft Dungeons and Code Vein to their game library. View the full article