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The past few weeks have been exciting for all of us here at Avalanche Software. We have announced Hogwarts Legacy will launch on February 10, 2023. We officially opened pre-orders and revealed the different editions you can get. And we set the mood with a trailer that shows you a glimpse at just how dark Hogwarts Legacy can get when you explore what lurks in the shadows. We also attended the Wizarding World’s Back to Hogwarts celebration to announce the much-requested ability to bring your house and wand into the game by linking your Harry Potter Fan Club and Warner Bros. Games accounts, which will also unlock some exclusive fan cosmetics. I’m eager to be seamlessly sorted right into Slytherin in the game without question, along with getting my wand—a 14” pliant beech wood with unicorn hair core, if you were wondering. Before we get into new announcements, I want to talk a little bit about Sebastian Sallow’s Dark Legacy. Sebastian Sallow’s Dark Legacy Sebastian quickly became a beloved character since he was first revealed as a classmate in the Hogwarts Legacy State of Play last March. We’ve been thrilled with the reaction to this charismatic Slytherin. If you’re a fan of Sebastian, you’re not alone. Nearly everyone at Avalanche loves Sebastian, too. Creating the Sebastian Sallow’s Dark Legacy trailer gave us the opportunity to show a darker side of Hogwarts Legacy while giving you another glimpse into Seb’s — as we at the studio have come to call him — story. Play Video After we showed Avada Kedavra in March, many of you wondered if the other Unforgiveable Curses would be in the game. This trailer highlights the Cruciatus Curse in an ominous decision that you’ll need to make as a player. Will you be the one to cast Crucio (the Torture Curse) on your friend, or will you have Sebastian cast it on you? What circumstances lead you to this moment? Undertaking Seb’s companion questline will put you in these harrowing situations where no choice is an easy one. Moreover, Sebastian’s companion questline, like those of Natsai and Poppy, is entirely optional. Yet it explores an ever-present question about the Dark Arts; are they still evil if they could save a life? When coming up with the theme for this trailer, we knew we wanted it to focus on the darker elements of the game and Sebastian’s story immediately jumped to the top of the list. The Haunted Hogsmeade Shop And we’re not done yet. Today we also have a peek at the PlayStation-exclusive quest, The Haunted Hogsmeade Shop. This mysterious quest is built into the core game and can be discovered by any witch or wizard playing on PlayStation. Cassandra Mason has a shop to sell you in Hogsmeade, but all is not as it seems in this run-down establishment. What sinister secrets lie beneath Madam Mason’s shop and why was she so keen to sell it? That’s a mystery Hogwarts Legacy players will discover in the Haunted Hogsmeade Shop quest exclusively available on PlayStation platforms. While I don’t want to give too much away about what strange things await players below the shop, overcoming these challenges will reward you with a shop of your own where you can sell items and gear at better rates than anywhere else, and the Shopkeeper’s Cosmetic Set, a right proper outfit for the entrepreneurial Hogwarts student. Additionally, if you pre-order any PS4 or PS5 version of Hogwarts Legacy, you’ll gain access to the Felix Felicis potion recipe. Felix Felicis is a luck potion that reveals gear chests on the mini-map for one in-game day, giving you a pretty lucky day on your journey as you explore Hogwarts and the surrounding areas. This is just the recipe though. You’ll still need to make the most of your Potions lessons and the Room of Requirement potion stations to brew this bottle of liquid luck. By choosing one of our upgraded editions of Hogwarts Legacy, players will gain access to additional in-game cosmetics, including the only way to get a flying Thestral mount in the game. The Digital Deluxe Edition also has 72-hour early access and a digital cross-gen upgrade, allowing you to upgrade from the PS4 version to the PS5. All pre-orders for Hogwarts Legacy will get the Onyx Hippogriff mount. Hogwarts Legacy Deluxe and Digital Deluxe Edition – Hogwarts Legacy Collector’s Edition – Hogwarts Legacy launches on February 10, 2023 on PS4 and PS5. View the full article

I’m Blake, and from everyone here at Ironwood Studios – hello! We’re stoked to finally reveal Pacific Drive to the world in State of Play. Play Video Born from the rhythm of an engine, Pacific Drive is a run-based first-person driving survival game. As you explore the Zone, your car is your lifeline: scavenge resources to maintain and improve your car — as long as you keep it running, it will protect you from the surrounding dangers. In 1955, the United States government seized a region of the Pacific Northwest by eminent domain. The Olympic Peninsula became the staging ground for promising new technologies, but these utopian creations came at great cost: severe radiation, environmental collapse, and supernatural horrors. The government walled off the area and established the Olympic Exclusion Zone. What happened inside was never disclosed. Rumors and stories about the Zone run rampant, compelling you to go and explore its perimeter. Your plans go awry and you’re now stuck inside – you don’t know it yet, but the only way out is through. You find a barely running station wagon deep in the woods, miraculously unlocked and able to make the trip down the hill into the valley. Here you come across an abandoned auto shop which becomes your base of operations, where you safely repair and improve your car between runs. Do your best to survive, solve mysteries, and search for a way out — or become part of the ongoing legends of the Zone. Structured as a “road-lite”, each trip from your garage into the Zone is full of strange anomalies and technologies, and plenty of radiation. If you keep your car in good shape, you’ll be safe to explore, scavenge for resources, and drive further into distinct biomes that offer more valuable rewards. The land shifts with every passing storm, making each journey a unique experience. Discovering new resources will allow you to outfit your vehicle with defenses, trick out your garage, and find more dangerous routes that bring you deeper and deeper into the Zone. Since its founding in 2019, Ironwood Studios has been hard at work on Pacific Drive, and we’re extremely proud to be working with PlayStation to bring it to life. Our team loves filling surreal settings with layered systems that allow players to have their own unexpected and unique experiences. We’re always dreaming about urban legends and the forests of the Pacific Northwest—two things the Olympic Exclusion Zone is absolutely full of. It doesn’t hurt that we’re all big fans of a good old fashioned road trip, either. As you settle into what remains of the Zone, you’ll discover that it’s not quite as abandoned as you think — this place is full of old tales and legends, some long gone while others still linger. Remember to keep your eyes on the road, the woods are deep – and not entirely empty. Pacific Drive is coming to PlayStation 5 in 2023. Tekken 8 breaks into a new generation Become a hero on PlayStation VR2 in Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge – Enhanced Edition Demeo reinvents game night on PlayStation in 2023 Revealing Like a Dragon: Ishin, out February 2023 Pacific Drive welcomes you to the Olympic Exclusion Zone A dark secret awaits in Hogwarts Legacy’s Haunted Hogsmeade PlayStation exclusive quest First look: Digital collectibles coming to PlayStation Stars New story trailer revealed for Stellar Blade, formerly known as Project Eve Embark on a brand new dystopian futuristic adventure in Synduality The God of War Ragnarök Story Trailer is now live View the full article

Hello everyone! Today is a very special day. Not just for RGG Studio, the masterminds behind Yakuza: Like a Dragon, but for all our fans worldwide who have been eagerly awaiting the most legendary lost chapter from the creators of the Like a Dragonseries. We’ve read your Twitter comments, seen your fan content, and are beyond excited to announce that the action-packed samurai title of legend, Like a Dragon: Ishin!, will launch globally in February 2023. Play Video A hero of Japanese history brings about the samurai’s end Like a Dragon: Ishin is an action-adventure historical thriller set uniquely in 1860s Kyo, a fictionalized version of Kyoto. While other games tell earlier stories in Japanese history, Ishin lets you experience the story of how the iconic samurai era vanished. Our hero, Sakamoto Ryoma, is a true historical figure largely credited with overthrowing the shogunate and taking Japan into a radical reformation. Like a Dragon: Ishin brings in familiar faces to tell this epic historical tale. Fans will recognize our protagonist as Kazuma Kiryu from earlier entries in the franchise. In Ishin, Kiryu is cast as Sakamoto Ryoma and brings the rest of his crew along too. Goro Majima and other Yakuza celebrities join Ryoma as friends and foes in this fictional world that trades the flashy streets of Tokyo for the chaotic bustle of 1860s Kyo. These new character dynamics are as thrilling as they are unexpected, with a series of mind-blowing twists and turns in a story only RGG studio can tell. Four killer combat styles and riveting Heat Actions In Ishin, you can slash through foes with a lethal blade using the Swordsman style or sharpshoot your enemies with a revolver using the Gunman style. Better yet, wield both a gun and sword and enter a fury with the Wild Dancer style. And when you’re feeling extra brutal, smash some skulls with your bare fists using the Brawler style. Verify your age to view this content. Verify your age to view this content. But that’s not all. It wouldn’t be an RGG Studio title without epically absurd heat actions. Summon a tiger to maul your foes, shove pickled plums down your enemies’ throats, and wield a whole cannon to blow down opponents. The heat actions in Ishin will leave you itching to uncover new moves at every stage of the game. Verify your age to view this content. Verify your age to view this content. On Unreal Engine 4 for the first time Like a Dragon: Ishin is the first title from RGG studio to be built on Unreal Engine 4, bringing astounding graphical quality to the Like a Dragon franchise. Developing on Unreal Engine 4 has unlocked new textures and other graphical details that make Ishin’s gripping story one of the most cinematic tales in RGG history. And more… There’s a lot more to come regarding Like a Dragon: Ishin and we can’t wait to share further details. From exquisite minigame content to unique in-game features that immerse you in the historically accurate world of Kyo, the best is yet to come. Like a Dragon: Ishinwill be available in February 2023. Follow us on socials to get immediate updates, and tune into our livestream on September 14 at 3:00am PT for a special surprise! The stream will be available online afterwards as well. Tekken 8 breaks into a new generation Become a hero on PlayStation VR2 in Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge – Enhanced Edition Demeo reinvents game night on PlayStation in 2023 Revealing Like a Dragon: Ishin, out February 2023 Pacific Drive welcomes you to the Olympic Exclusion Zone A dark secret awaits in Hogwarts Legacy’s Haunted Hogsmeade PlayStation exclusive quest First look: Digital collectibles coming to PlayStation Stars New story trailer revealed for Stellar Blade, formerly known as Project Eve Embark on a brand new dystopian futuristic adventure in Synduality The God of War Ragnarök Story Trailer is now live View the full article

Remember the nostalgic feel of game night? It’s a Friday evening. You’ve just opened a bag of chips. Your friend across the table watches and waits impatiently as your other two pals – who showed up late – pull their character sheets out of their bags and try to find their dice. The anticipation builds. The board is ready. You’re about to go on the greatest adventure the world has ever known. There’s something very special about getting around the table to role-play with friends, and as a VR studio filled with gamers who’ve been around the block a few times – including some of the most significant creators in multiplayer games like Mike Booth (Left 4 Dead) and Tom Hall (Doom) – we asked ourselves one question: how could we recreate that magic in an immersive experience that captures not just the gameplay, but also the feeling of getting around a table with friends to cast spells and slay monsters? Play Video Our answer is Demeo — the award-winning VR experience (that’s also available outside of VR) that we’ve continued to build on since its launch last year with new heroes, new adventures, and more. And now, we’re delighted to announce that we’ll be bringing Demeo to PlayStation VR2 and PlayStation 5 in 2023 with a wealth of great features that truly make this one of the best ways to experience Demeo yet. Haptics in the PS VR2 Sense controllers, headset, and the PlayStation 5’s DualSense wireless controller will each play a role in immersing you deeper into Demeo than ever before — and it’s not just big moments like feeling rocked by a fireball or other offensive spells. Imagine reaching down with your PS VR2 Sense controller to pick up the different game pieces and feeling a different weight to each of them. That’s the level of depth we’re aiming to capture with our haptics implementation. The visual fidelity of both PlayStation 5 and PS VR2 have given us plenty of reason to revisit our graphics to take advantage of what’s possible on PlayStation hardware. If you thought the heroes and monsters looked intimidating before, just wait until you see them with our latest shaders! Refresh rate is a crucial part of creating a comfortable virtual experience too, which is why we’re delighted to take advantage of the 120hz refresh on the PS VR2. Thanks to hardware-level eye tracking capabilities, we’ll also be able to bring a little magic to our menus: PS VR2 players will be able to make selections in Demeo’s menus with little more than the blink of an eye. It’s a surprisingly fast experience that gets you into your next game in no time flat. When Demeo launches on the PlayStation Store, it will be available for players who’ve jumped into the virtual realm, as well as those who haven’t — but that doesn’t mean PlayStation gamers who want both experiences should have to buy it twice. Players will be able to enjoy Demeo on both PS VR2 and PlayStation 5 in a single purchase, giving gamers the flexibility to start each adventure on their hardware of choice. Whether it’s a “lean back on the couch” day or a “surround yourself with your fellow adventurers in VR” day, we’ve got you covered. And if you want to play Demeo with your friends, but they play on non-PlayStation hardware? You can do that too! Thanks to Sony’s ongoing developer support, Demeo players on PS5 and PS VR2 will be able to jump into sessions with their pals no matter where they prefer to get their game on. State of Play: All Announcements We’ve had an absolute blast over the last few years getting around the virtual table with friends to roll a die, play some cards, and move some minis — and we’re so excited to welcome the entire PlayStation community to the fun in 2023! Tekken 8 breaks into a new generation Become a hero on PlayStation VR2 in Star Wars: Tales from the Galaxy’s Edge – Enhanced Edition Demeo reinvents game night on PlayStation in 2023 Revealing Like a Dragon: Ishin, out February 2023 Pacific Drive welcomes you to the Olympic Exclusion Zone A dark secret awaits in Hogwarts Legacy’s Haunted Hogsmeade PlayStation exclusive quest First look: Digital collectibles coming to PlayStation Stars New story trailer revealed for Stellar Blade, formerly known as Project Eve Embark on a brand new dystopian futuristic adventure in Synduality The God of War Ragnarök Story Trailer is now live View the full article

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With Tokyo Game Show just around the corner, it’s almost time to celebrate the amazing creative contributions of the Japanese game development community. And it’s also a perfect time to kick off another State of Play. State of Play returns tomorrow, Tuesday, September 13, with a new live broadcast at 3:00pm Pacific Time / 6:00pm Eastern Time / 11:00pm BST. You can watch it live on Twitch and YouTube. For tomorrow’s show, we’ll have some great updates from our amazing Japanese partners, along with a few other surprises from developers all around the world. Expect about ~20 minutes of reveals, new updates and fresh gameplay footage for 10 games coming to PS5, PS4, and PS VR2. See you tomorrow! Regarding Co-streaming and Video-On-Demand (VOD) Please note that this broadcast may include copyrighted content (e.g. licensed music) that PlayStation does not control. We welcome and celebrate our amazing co-streamers and creators, but licensing agreements outside our control could interfere with co-streams or VOD archives of this broadcast. If you’re planning to save this broadcast as a VOD to create recap videos, or to repost clips or segments from the show, we advise omitting any copyrighted music. View the full article

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Helloooooooo! Something We Made here coming at you with a brand new PS.Blog post! We’re so excited to have Toem on PS5 as part of PlayStation Plus Essential this month and see so many new players experience the game for the first time. Play Video We wanted to use this opportunity to introduce you to the free content update we’ve been working on for some time that is coming very soon for Toem: a brand new region called Basto! How do you access the new content you ask? You’ll automatically unlock it once you complete the base game, then all you have to do is visit Nana back home in Homelanda! So what is Basto? It is Toem’s biggest region yet! Filled with brand new content like treasure hunting, minigames and spooky stories! We have been hard at work on this one, gathering up ideas that we didn’t have time to finish for the base game as well as new ideas for the region! New quests, NPCs, and Compendium critters to find! All in all, around 1-2h of playtime! Basto also brings a new camera attachment to the game! 🎈 With this new water popper, you can interact with the world of Toem in a whole new way, splash your way into stamps and new adventures! It’s also kinda funny looking! We really wanted to add more interactions to the world to make it feel even more alive! The big bushes, the many objects that react to the water popper, the day & night change that changes where you can go, it all works together to give Basto more life. Launchable Socks & Jamal Green have also whipped up some brand new tracks to the game, 6 of them in total! We couldn’t be happier that they wanted to help us set the atmosphere on Basto with their music! This update will be a gift to all our players, as thanks for playing. We sincerely hope you enjoy all its changes! We don’t quite know exactly when it will drop, but keep Toem installed on your PS5 and you’ll be reminded when it does. 💖 Hugs and kisses, 💋 Toem Development Team View the full article

We’ve met the cast, seen action-packed trailers and been tantalized with a closer look at the game’s central villains. Today we can detail how the moment-to-moment gameplay of Frey’s journey unfolds by way of a recent hands-on with Forspoken. That time is spent in a sprawling valley that’s ripe to play – and explore – with mystical parkour and test multiple magic spells unlocked for this demo. There are five objectives dotted around the map, coaxing players towards mission-based tours of Frey’s skills and the challenges she’ll face. Yet the region’s topography is an open invitation to deviate: mountain pathways, floating rock chunks, gigantic bridges, lakes and ravaged villages. A brief tutorial at the valley’s entrance aside, free exploration awaits. A spellcaster with speed That tutorial introduces Frey’s magically-imbued mobility, combat options and crucially how the two are interlinked. A few slow-moving humanoids to test these abilities allow for relaxed experimentation. By demo’s end, a tense battle against a ferocious and fast alligator-type being tests everything learnt up to that point. Juggling attack and support magics and knowing when – and how – to cast them, precise use of parkour to accent those spells and dodge out of harm’s way. Enemy design even in this short slice of gameplay is varied, though you’ll need to either Cuff Scan or activate Photo Mode to halt their aggressiveness long enough to admire their look. Between these clashes that bookend my play time, a slew of enemy types dot the land, ready to be fought or raced past: wandering crowds of corrupted souls and herds of aggressive stags, gold horned crocodiles, winged aggressors. One objective directs Frey to a bridge patrolled by bow-wielding fiends who, once downed, give way to a larger mini-boss opponent. These are servants to the Tantas, Athia’s malevolent rulers, who Frey will eventually face one by one. Whatever shape those confrontations take, conquering each will see that Tanta’s power added to your arsenal. At the demo’s start, I can tap into two sets: Frey’s earth-based magic as well as Tanta Sila’s fire spells. The demo culminates in a boss fight against an Altered Quinkana, all teeth and tail, requiring quick moves to conquer. It’s also a great opportunity to use Sila’s Crucible support magic, which casts a wall of fire around Frey. Juggling spells Each magic set is divided into two strands: multiple Support and a trio of Attack types. L2 triggers the former, R2 the latter. Each spell has a different cooldown period and a specific way to cast it, be it tap, hold or charge. Holding a trigger may let you aim a spell’s area of impact before release, charge another spell’s strength or fire a continual cascade of selected magic. Each cast has a unique feel thanks to the PS5 DualSense controller’s haptic feedback. Press L1 and R1 together to open a circular menu and select which magic set is your current. Use L1 or R1 to bring up a circular menu for Support of Attack, roll to your chosen type with the left stick, and release to lock that spell into part of a preset loadout. You’ve one loadout per magic set, with a quick switch between via left or right on the D-Pad. Use the Bind Support magic for crowd control, trapping enemy groups to let you deliver some health-sapping attacks or focus on stragglers. Frequent switching is recommended and necessary, as each spell is tailored to best tackle a certain enemy number or kind. Changing up loadouts is also a good way to find powerfully complimentary spells. An early favorite is Sila’s Crucible (Support) and Rage Slice (Attack). The first is a castable firewall that encircles Frey. Any enemies wandering into it burn, but it also buffs her attack power when combating any foes within the enclosure. Rage Slice is a melee combo whose finisher sends enemies flying backwards – right into the flames. A world to explore As with any action RPG, there’s no mystical size-fits-all. Elemental resistance is a factor for one. Text pop ups during attacks will inform you if an enemy is resistant to certain spell types. But play it more tactical – and digest some lore – with a scan from your Cuff (Up on the D-Pad) when nearby pre-clash. The camera will zoom in to any enemy within the scan’s radius, with the sentient bracelet upon your arm sharing the necessary deets. (A quick and brief shout out to Forspoken’s wider menu design, the fish-eye lens approach makes for a visually-appealing scroll through the various tabs.) Collect mana to unlock new spells. Not shown are the customisation options for Frey’s outfit: each robe, necklace and nail color offers different buffs. Combine to create a perk set that fits your playstyle. From fish-eye to eagle’s eye: strewn across the land are stone Belfreys. Activating the scan once inside will launch a pannable viewpoint up high, highlighting nearby areas of interest. Choose one to track it on the UI, and at any point you can summon a Compass, a golden thread that’ll arrow off to direct you towards your target. You’re still free to roam and change quests on the fly. Belfreys aren’t the only stone monuments to discover: others unlock items. One triggered a side-quest, both flashback and timed challenge that played out in a nearby derelict fort, as I had to defend civilians from attacking enemy waves for a set amount of time. You’ll also discover Refuges, small huts that offer Frey respite from the dangers outside. There are multiple interactive elements within each, including a small library, from which you can select Spellcraft Challenges, pinning these side-objectives onto a on-screen to-do list. All grant permanent buffs – such as use of one spell refiling one portion of your stamina bar – for the price of meeting certain criteria. For my playthrough these were combat-specific, nudging me towards incorporating Frey’s parkour into encounters, that flamboyance key to drawing out the beauty of the combat system. A ground based Blast Slice for example, will toss a magical spear at a targeted enemy. Performing the spell in the air will initiate a ground slam, with multiple spears rippling out from the ground from the point of impact. There’s whip-like strikes, mid-air flail attacks… movement coupled with button combos unleashes a whirling dervish. As much as all spells have cooldowns, your parkour is tied to a stamina bar. Judicious use of dodges necessary to not drain it and leave yourself open to attack. Frey is fleet-footed, combat fast-paced. Such speed along with an elaborate spell system, tracking multiple enemies and their attack patterns as well as registering on-screen prompts takes time to acclimatize to, which shouldn’t be a problem when easing into the game proper as opposed to being handed a suite of tools from the off. There were increasingly frequent moments when the complimentary systems clicked and I found myself lost in the battle flow as intended. Importantly despite the speed and showy moveset, I always feel completely in control of Frey. Yet a welcome ability tied to Sila’s Magic lets you slow time briefly and lock onto and zip towards an enemy. A magic grapple both meant to escape immediate danger but also get close enough to deliver a killing blow if prompted. Flow makes for satisfying traversal through the world That zip ability doubles as a traversal tool outside combat, using glowing rocks as anchor points to leap higher and further. It becomes a useful skill as fight turns to flight, spells are holstered and I take to speeding across the land. There’s a simple joy to the parkour, named in-game as Flow. Start heading in any direction, hold Circle and off you go. You can take your finger off the button for a few seconds, either to transition into a jump or pan the camera (Flow-powered jumps are also key to initiating aerial attacks in combat). As such while the scale of the valley is huge, travel across is enjoyably swift as a result. The distant horizon beckons, but Athia’s secrets will have to wait for a few more months, when the game launches on PS5 on January 24 next year. View the full article