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Name: XBox - A Plague Tale: Requiem - Story Trailer Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/27/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury A Plague Tale: Requiem - Story Trailer XBox - A Plague Tale: Requiem - Story Trailer

Name: XBox - Hokko Life - Xbox Launch Trailer Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/27/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury Hokko Life - Xbox Launch Trailer XBox - Hokko Life - Xbox Launch Trailer

Name: PlayStation - A Plague Tale: Requiem - Story Trailer | PS5 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/27/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury A Plague Tale: Requiem - Story Trailer | PS5 Games PlayStation - A Plague Tale: Requiem - Story Trailer | PS5 Games

Name: PlayStation - Hokko Life - Launch Trailer | PS4 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/27/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury Hokko Life - Launch Trailer | PS4 Games PlayStation - Hokko Life - Launch Trailer | PS4 Games

Name: PlayStation - The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero - Launch Trailer | PS4 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/27/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero - Launch Trailer | PS4 Games PlayStation - The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero - Launch Trailer | PS4 Games

In many respects, the Valkyrie series is synonymous with PlayStation. The acclaimed first two games – Valkyrie Profile and Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria – appeared on the PS1 and PS2 respectively. Now, after a 16 year absence from consoles, the series is back with Valkyrie Elysium. The new action RPG features an evocative world inspired by Norse mythology, thrillingly fast-paced combat, stunning audio-visual presentation, and a dark, thought-provoking narrative. It’s a fantastic RPG that has its own very distinct vibe, and we can’t wait for you to play it. While long-term Valkyrie fans are probably already exploring the mysteries of the game’s beautiful world via the recent demo, some of you may be wondering: what’s all the fuss about? Why’s this series so beloved? With that in mind, and to celebrate the series’ return to its ancestral home on PlayStation, we thought it would be interesting to take you through the history of this revered franchise. It all started way back in the year 1999… 1999: Valkyrie Profile – a classic is born Just before the turn of the millennium, a new bold, new RPG was released in Japan: Valkyrie Profile. By this point in the PlayStation’s life, the console had made a name for itself as a haven for RPGs, with multiple series, including Final Fantasy, having achieved new heights of popularity on this burgeoning platform. Valkyrie Profile immediately stood out from the crowd. Developed by tri-Ace (the Star Ocean series), this was a game that dared to be different. It offered a distinctly original take on the genre, combining a stylish setting inspired by Norse mythology, innovative battle system and a narrative structure that rewarded players for their initiative and curiosity. You took control of Lenneth – a recently awakened Valkyrie, who serves Odin and the pantheon of gods known as the ‘Aesir’. Lenneth is sent out to collect the souls of fallen warriors – known as Einherjar – to aid the gods in their war against the Vanir. Over the course of her mission, she encounters many warriors – some worthy of joining the gods, others who fight by her side, and starts to piece together the mystery of the force that threatens the gods, and her life before rising as a Valkyrie. Although it was just the first game, many of the elements that would come to define the Valkyrie series started right here including fast-paced, combo-based combat systems, the recruitable Einherjar, themes of life, death and identity and a richly melancholy tone. Audiences responded positively to these elements, both in Japan and in North America where the game was released in 2000, and the game sold well. It’s often cited as one of the greats of the RPG genre – something that even more people would discover in 2006… 2006: Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth – the original returns Fans had to wait a few years for more Valkyrie adventures, but in 2006 the original game made a return for the PSP as Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth. The original PlayStation version had only been released in Japan and North America, but this perfectly portable port came out in Europe and Australasia too, making it the first time players in these regions could experience the game. And fun fact: it’s back again! A PSP port of Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth will release later this year for PS4 and PS5, available as either a bonus for owners of the Digital Deluxe Edition of Valkyrie Elysium or a standalone purchase. 2006: Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria – a worthy sequel Also in 2006, the much-anticipated follow-up to Valkyrie Profile released for PlayStation 2: Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria. Despite that prominent number in the name, the game’s actually set hundreds of years before the original game, and in an alternate timeline. It features many new characters and a new protagonist to control… or should that be two new protagonists? The story focuses on the Valkyrie Silmeria and the Princess of Dipan, Alicia – two women trapped in the same body. Pursued by the Valkyrie Hrist, the two must work together to prevent a catastrophic war between their two realms. The game built on many of the elements introduced in Valkyrie Profile, including new Einherjar, updated side-scrolling exploration, and strategic battles that combined the combo-based battle system with new movement options. The game was a critical success, with reviewers praising its richly detailed world, super-fun combat system and stellar soundtrack by Motoi Sakuraba. 2008 / 2016: Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume and Valkyrie Anatomia – on the go gaming The series returned to handheld devices for its next two entries: Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume (released in Japan in 2008, North America and Europe in 2009) and Valkyrie Anatomia, released on mobile in 2016. The former featured a dark, mature story of a young man named Wylfred, and his quest to destroy the Valkyrie Lenneth, who he blames for the loss of his father and his family’s subsequent misfortune. The latter is set in an alternate world to the original game. It follows a similar setup, with Lenneth charged with recruiting einherjar to fight for the gods. Play Video 2022: Valkyrie Elysium- the series comes home to PlayStation …all of which brings us to now – and the long-awaited return of the Valkyrie Series to PS5 and PS4. Valkyrie Elysium presents a completely original story, set in a world that teeters on the brink of destruction. Ragnarok – the end of all things – looms on the horizon. With the last of his strength, the All-Father Odin creates a Valkyrie to become an emissary of redemption. Her task: save this doomed world. Descending to the land below, this brave warrior encounters many challenges as she starts to discover the truth behind its impending demise. What will she think of this world… and what end will she choose for it? The game presents a fresh take on the series that combines many of the series’ defining elements with exciting new ideas. For example, the combat system fuses series stables like finishing moves and combos, with brand new real-time action combat. Recruitable Einherjar are also present and correct and it’s all scored with a remarkable soundtrack by long-time series composer Motoi Sakuraba. _____________________________________________________________________________________________ And that ends this very quick run through of the Valkyrie series. Of course, you don’t need to have played any of the other games to enjoy Valkyrie Elysium – it’s a completely standalone title that draws on the rich legacy of the series to create a new adventure that anyone can enjoy. Valkyrie Elysium launches this Thursday, September 29 , and is available physically and digitally for PS5 and PS4. View the full article

Name: PlayStation - Farming Simulator 22: Pumps N' Hoses Pack - Launch Trailer 5 | PS5 & PS4 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/27/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury Farming Simulator 22: Pumps N' Hoses Pack - Launch Trailer 5 | PS5 & PS4 Games PlayStation - Farming Simulator 22: Pumps N' Hoses Pack - Launch Trailer 5 | PS5 & PS4 Games

Name: XBox - Capcom Fighting Collection – Free Update Trailer Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/27/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury Capcom Fighting Collection – Free Update Trailer XBox - Capcom Fighting Collection – Free Update Trailer

Name: PlayStation - Capcom Fighting Collection - Free Update Trailer | PS4 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/27/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury Capcom Fighting Collection - Free Update Trailer | PS4 Games PlayStation - Capcom Fighting Collection - Free Update Trailer | PS4 Games

Name: PlayStation - Windfolk: Trydian Edition - Launch Trailer | PS4 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/26/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury Windfolk: Trydian Edition - Launch Trailer | PS4 Games PlayStation - Windfolk: Trydian Edition - Launch Trailer | PS4 Games

Name: PlayStation - After the Fall - Reclamation Launch | PS VR Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/26/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury After the Fall - Reclamation Launch | PS VR PlayStation - After the Fall - Reclamation Launch | PS VR

Name: PlayStation - The Last of Us Part I - Accolades Trailer | PS5 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/26/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury The Last of Us Part I - Accolades Trailer | PS5 Games PlayStation - The Last of Us Part I - Accolades Trailer | PS5 Games

Name: 3rd Person Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Category: Urgent Fury Date Added: 09/26/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury 3rd Person Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II 3rd Person Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II

Name: PlayStation - Hardspace: Shipbreaker - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/24/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury Hardspace: Shipbreaker - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games PlayStation - Hardspace: Shipbreaker - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games

Name: PlayStation - God of War Ragnarök - Story Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/23/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury God of War Ragnarök - Story Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games PlayStation - God of War Ragnarök - Story Trailer | PS5 & PS4 Games

Email us at PSPodcast@sony.com! Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or RSS, or download here This week the team interviews Ben McCaw and Felix Riga van den Bergh from Guerrilla on Horizon Call of the Mountain, in development for PS VR2. Plus, a look at our most anticipated games still to come in 2022. Stuff We Talked About TunicCall of Duty: Modern Warfare IISly Cooper’s 20th anniversary Horizon Call of the Mountain (interview begins at 11:30)Cyberpunk 2077TinykinBloodborne The Cast Sid Shuman – Senior Director of Content Communications, SIE Tim Turi – Manager, Content Communications, SIE Kristen Zitani – Senior Content Communications Specialist, SIE Thanks to Cory Schmitz for our beautiful logo and Dormilón for our rad theme song and show music. [Editor’s note: PSN 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: XBox - Upcoming Releases and Updates | This Week on Xbox Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/23/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury Upcoming Releases and Updates | This Week on Xbox XBox - Upcoming Releases and Updates | This Week on Xbox

Name: XBox - Shedding some light on this 🌟#xbox #controller #elitecontroller #consolegaming Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/23/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury Shedding some light on this 🌟#xbox #controller #elitecontroller #consolegaming XBox - Shedding some light on this 🌟#xbox #controller #elitecontroller #consolegaming

Name: PlayStation - NBA 2K23 - MyTEAM Season 1 Silencer Packs | PS5 & PS4 Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/23/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury NBA 2K23 - MyTEAM Season 1 Silencer Packs | PS5 & PS4 Games PlayStation - NBA 2K23 - MyTEAM Season 1 Silencer Packs | PS5 & PS4 Games

Last week, we asked you zoom in on Left Behind, the prequel chapter in The Last of Us Part I, and share highlights of Ellie and Riley’s moments together using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights: Grover20Nik shares a black and white photo of Ellie smiling at Riley. crisg_art shares a portrait of Riley, with the lit up carousel in the background. TheFourthFocus shares Riley jumping over something while Ellie follows along behind her. GameOnPortugal shares Ellie smiling while Riley stands behind her. Charlucaszard shares Riley and Ellie wearing evil clown and werewolf Halloween masks. Blackstar2212_ shares Ellie standing next to a Jak and Daxter arcade unit. 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: Robots and Machines SUBMIT BY: 11:59 PM PT on September 28, 2022 Next week, things are getting technical. Share robots, droids, and machines from the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog for a chance to be featured. View the full article

Name: XBox - Session: Skate Sim | Launch Trailer Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/23/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury Session: Skate Sim | Launch Trailer XBox - Session: Skate Sim | Launch Trailer

Name: XBox - Enlisted - Pacific War Update Launch Trailer Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/23/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury Enlisted - Pacific War Update Launch Trailer XBox - Enlisted - Pacific War Update Launch Trailer

Name: PlayStation - Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales - Teaser Trailer | PC Games Category: Gaming Industry Videos Date Added: 09/23/2022 Submitter: Commander Fury Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales - Teaser Trailer | PC Games PlayStation - Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales - Teaser Trailer | PC Games

Call of Duty: Warzone is making its grand return as part of the first season of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II. After becoming a prominent player in the battle royale genre, the spinoff is receiving a sequel update dubbed Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0. This new entry gives fans of the original more free-for-all action and adds new innovations to the pre-existing Warzone formula that shift certain familiarities and adds even more surprises to the genre. With an all-new map filled with diverse terrain and vehicle options, Warzone 2.0 offers a remixed and more refined experience than before. Strategies will change and become more varied, new locations will join your routes, and a new Circle Collapse feature throws everyone into memorable Warzone finales. Alongside all this, every single upgrade from Modern Warfare II’s engine is also present. Where are we dropping, and how are we traveling? Warzone 2.0 is taking players to a new location called Al Mazrah. This sprawling map elevates Warzone exploration to a new level. The free-for-all island has you venturing across deserts, towns, cities, and everything in between. How you advance through this vast land is up to you and what terrain and vehicles you find. This entry in the Warzone universe expands on the previous vehicular and travel options. Wheeled land vehicles are no longer the only option. Want to take to the skies with your squad in a helicopter? You’re free to do so. Want to take a slow destructive approach in a tank? Go for it. And like in Modern Warfare II, players have new aquatic combat options and can use boats to travel by water. Remember to keep an eye on your fuel gauge because each vehicle can run out of fuel, forcing you to refill at a gas station. A new way to plan your route Another significant change coming to Warzone 2.0 is how you find items in Al Mazrah. Gear is now placed more logically and realistically throughout the world. For example, Stims and Medical Syringes are stored in medicine cabinets, while weapons and other equipment are typically in armories and military bases. This new placement philosophy is consistent across all of Warzone 2.0’s loot, challenging you to look to specific areas to gather necessary supplies. Though it seems minor initially, these new placements shift your travel routes and offer a new way to play Warzone. Instead of going from one random location to the next, you may want to map out a path that hits more gas stations to fill up your vehicle or look to areas where you can gather more medical supplies. Like the inclusion of more vehicles, this change adds yet another strategic layer that’ll shift how you play. Enemies can become allies or your final boss The Gulag has changed substantially since you’ve been away. A new rule forces you to put your second life in the hands of a possible future foe. Instead of fighting alone to return to the battle, you’ll sometimes team up with a rival player. You can use their help to either defeat the other team or go for another Gulag escape objective by defeating the AI combatant known as “The Jailer”, who holds the key to your escape. The dynamic circle system is another way you may cross paths with more opponents. This new Circle Collapse randomly shifts Al Mazrah’s safe zones. Instead of always being a single circle of safety that every player must fight to remain within, the zone occasionally splits into multiple circles. The teams that survive within the separate circles then get corralled into the final single circle to end the match in dramatic fashion. This last singular zone serves as the battleground for each remaining team. This gameplay twist gives a final boss-like vibe to showdowns against human-controlled teams stocked up on the best look they can find. Prepare to jump into Warzone 2.0 when it lands on PS5 and PS4 on November 16. View the full article

The day is almost here! The free “Anniversary Update” for Kena: Bridge of Spirits will be live on PS4 and PS5 on Tuesday, September 27. We were very excited to see fans’ positive response to the announcement last month, and now we can’t wait for everyone to experience the new content! To celebrate the release, we wanted to share an inside look at the creative and technical process behind the creation of Kena’s new outfits for the “Anniversary Update.” If you missed our announcement detailing all the other new content, be sure to check it out! Our approach in developing cosmetics for Kena really boiled down to three main goals. First, it always feels good when an outfit takes some real expertise to obtain. We wanted wearing them to feel like badges of honor. Next, we felt that each one should remind us of the story and characters encountered along the way – constant reminders of who we’ve met and where we’ve been. Lastly, we love having a good variety of options that enable self expression and the ability to switch things up as we go. With these ideas in mind, we got to work! To make sure all of the outfits represented a real sense of success, we decided to tie them to the Spirit Guide Trials, (another major new addition included in the “Anniversary Update”). As players progress through the main story, new Trials become available at the central Mask Shrine. Only by succeeding at these challenges can players unlock the new outfits. Players who have mastered each of the Trials will ultimately gain access to the full array of outfits, signifying their notable skills. We next turned to the visual designs. During initial development, we devoted a lot of attention to the design of our cast of characters. We decided these characters provided perfect inspiration for Kena’s outfits. Each new outfit players unlock takes inspiration from a different spirit that Kena helps during her journey, but reworked and uniquely catered to her. This way, even after players have moved on from a particular story, they still get to keep a memento they can wear. For example, one of the earliest new outfits players can unlock takes inspiration from the village attire worn by the twins Beni & Saiya and their older brother Taro. Later on, other cosmetics become available, like the Archer and Bombmaker outfits inspired by Rusu and Hana. Each one takes details from their inspiration character like Hana’s unique satchel or Rusu’s owl-crested cape. (We won’t spoil all of them.) These new outfits provided an excellent opportunity for our art team and character artist to shine. Incorporating such a variety of new textures, fabrics, and accouterments while still balancing the designs with Kena’s design really brought out our team’s attention to detail. We’re very happy with the results! But it’s not just about visual design. Hunter Schmidt, our Animation Director, shares more details about the development of Kena’s cosmetics: “Of course another big aspect of the new outfits is how they move… and it was an opportunity for our team to get more practice with cloth and physics. We found the most success with bone drivers and Unreal Engine’s Anim Dynamics. But Kena’s original animations presented some challenges when combined with the layered clothing like we see in these designs. Sometimes, for an exaggerated, stylized effect, the animations push her posture beyond what’s normally possible, with some leaping or twirling at unnatural speeds. Even sitting cross-legged while meditating, resting, or some of the new poses we added in the enhanced Photo Mode were particularly tough. So while Anim Dynamics and bone drivers offered a good blanket solution for most cases, we wanted to ensure Kena and the new outfits looked good at all times. In these scenarios we selectively animated these details by hand, blending between physics and hand-animation where needed. Old habits die hard.” Finally, once we’d landed on our outfit designs and worked out the animations, we still wanted to make sure we were providing a good amount of variety. We decided the best way to keep the quality of all the cosmetics high while also getting more versatility was to create special color variants for each base-game outfit. At first we weren’t sure if this would yield the variety we hoped for, but by really curating the color variations, we ended up with an exciting array of different outfits that allow for a great feeling of diversity and expression. The color variants can be unlocked by completing Bonus Objectives within the Spirit Guide Trials. We even created an entire outfit exclusively for Deluxe Edition owners! (featured at the top of this blog). We hope our existing and new players enjoy all the new content included in our “Anniversary Update,” including Kena’s new cosmetics. It has truly been a fantastic first year sharing Kena: Bridge of Spirits with the world. View the full article