Commander Fury

Hello there! I’m incredibly excited to be part of the official welcoming committee for those of you looking to find success as a slime rancher! In Slime Rancher, you play as Beatrix LeBeau: a plucky, young rancher who sets out for a life a thousand light years away from Earth on the Far, Far Range. The range is covered with countless slimes wiggling and jiggling around every corner. Each type of slime has unique behaviors that you will need to learn if you plan on sticking around. It’s up to you to get your ranch up and running, discover the secrets of the Far, Far Range, and stake your claim in the strange business of slime ranching! Here’s the thing. The range is filled with other intergalactic entrepreneurs who already have a leg up on the tricks of Plort Market prices, optimal largo combinations, and the best uses of a drone. I trust that you’ll be able to handle the basics, so I’m going to give you a few tips I wish I had known before I rushed out into the untamed wilds of the Far, Far Range. Slime Rancher launches on PS4 tomorrow, so we don’t have much time! Let’s get started! Life on the Ranch Your Vacpack You start off equipped with one of the handiest (and probably the only free thing you’ll ever get from them) pieces of 7Zee tech out there: a vacpack. Use your vacpack to transport slimes and plorts, manage crops, and defend yourself from the dangers out on the range. Keep an eye on your profits, as 7Zee will have a number of upgrades available for you to purchase once you get a handle on the basics. While the vacpack was free, water tanks, jetpacks, and extra tank storage are not. The jetpack is one of the handiest tools if you love to explore, so grab that early on and let the sky be the limit! Plots and Corrals Ranch plots are another handy piece of tech that will make managing slimes a breeze. If you’re having trouble keeping slimes from escaping, try saving up for high walls and air nets. A well-fed slime will happily stay in its corral, but some slimes have a tendency to hop over the top of the low corral walls (I’m lookin’ at you, tabby!) and a loose slime on the ranch can spell disaster if left unattended. The Range Exchange Remember those other intergalactic entrepreneurs I mentioned earlier? The Range Exchange is the best spot to meet, trade, and befriend other ranchers out there. Complete Range Exchange requests not only for the extra money and resources they provide, but to build relationships with other ranchers. A friend in need is a friend indeed, and these friends have some incredibly useful resources to offer if you can prove yourself to be a top rancher. Bonus tip: The Lab expansion may have a high price tag, but the usefulness of all the slime science gadgets it has to offer makes it well worth the investment. Exploring the Far, Far Range Slimes The Far, Far Range is the only known home to the slimes you will encounter on your adventures. There are dozens of slimes and more than a hundred different types of slime combinations (largos) you can create. Each slime has a particular diet: fruit, veggie, or meat. Pay attention to what each slime prefers and try to find out which type of food is their favorite! If you want to make meal-time a breeze, combine a meat eater with a fruit or veggie eater and you won’t have to worry about having enough hen hens to feed your collection of hungry slimes (you can thank me for this later). A happy slime makes for a happy (and wealthy) rancher. In addition to keeping them fed, use the music box and toys to keep them calm! Dangers As you explore, you may come across feral slimes, hidden treasures, and mysterious slime gates. Always be aware of your surroundings and make sure you carefully observe the behaviors of the slimes and resources around you. Keep one vac-tank stocked with food (which you can pick up as you explore!) and grab the water tank upgrade as soon as you can. Feral slimes and tarrs aren’t so tough once you figure out how to handle them. Bonus tip: The Far, Far Range is massive and packed with secrets. Use that handy jetpack of yours to explore every nook and cranny of a zone! Stake Your Claim The rest is up to you to! You can play Slime Rancher any way you’d like: focus on maximizing your profits or spend the days exploring the vast world of the Far, Far Range. You can fill your ranch exclusively with rock slimes (because they’re the cutest) or create optimal largo combinations with hard-to-find slimes (rare = $$$). I’m really excited for the PlayStation community to experience the world we’ve created here at Monomi Park and I can’t wait to start this new adventure with you! Stay wiggly and I’ll see ya on the range! View the full article

Hey! I wanted to share the top reasons to play God of War’s New Game Plus (NG+) mode, which launches today as a free update for God of War owners. This update is our largest one yet, and several of the improvements and features within can be enjoyed in both standard and NG+ playthroughs of the game. We’ve been waiting for you all to see what we have in store! Top Reasons to Play New Game Plus Relive the adventure of Kratos and Atreus, while keeping all of your earned equipment and abilities. Start a new game with all of your armors, talismans, enchantments, Runic Attacks, skills, and yes, even weapons. [NG+ ONLY] NG+ is for everyone! Upon starting a NG+ game, you will be able to select your desired difficulty – no matter which difficulty you picked for your previous playthrough. Enemies will be levelled up accordingly, so choose the amount of challenge which suits you best. [NG+ ONLY] Explore new customization options with more powerful versions of existing armors, talismans and enchantments. Collect Skap Slag, a new resource used by our blacksmithing duo to craft Perfect rarity-level gear. [NG+ ONLY] Forge a handful of new armor sets for both Kratos and Atreus, including some with exciting new gameplay abilities, such as a chest piece which creates massive explosions whenever Health or Rage stones are stomped on. [NG+ ONLY] Push the boundaries of combat by converting certain talismans and armor sets into enchantments, creating combinations which are not possible in a standard playthrough. [NG+ ONLY] Enemies can now turn elite even on “Give Me a Challenge+” difficulty. Add a new dimension to combat, even if you don’t want the ultimate challenge on “Give Me God of War+”. [NG+ ONLY] Some enemies have new behaviors and attack patterns. Maybe you should see how you hold up against the Valkyries this time around? [NG+ ONLY] Test your skills on timed Realm Tears. Running away won’t help you against Hel-Vikens and Revenants (once you open a rift) anymore. [NG+ ONLY] Receive a new shield skin when starting a game on NG+. Unlock an additional one by completing NG+ on “Give Me God of War+” difficulty. [NG+ ONLY] Repeat the New Game Plus experience as much as you’d like by starting another NG+ game from one you’ve just completed. [NG+ ONLY] Engage the story the way you want to. Skip cinematics as you please on both standard and NG+ playthroughs by completing the story at least once. Experience the scenes again to catch secrets you might have missed, or simply jump right back into the action. Switch out your armor pieces as much as you like without worrying. Easily transfer all enchantments from one piece of gear to another in the menu with the push of a button. Many bug fixes and quality-of-life improvements, such as ensuring that Parry Attacks keep Kratos safe at all times, improving the Wrath of the Frost Ancient Runic Attack, fixing inconsistencies with how enemy attacks can be parried, and much more. And there you have it. Thanks as always for all of the support and, regardless of whether this will be your first, second or even tenth time playing God of War, we hope you enjoy the adventure! View the full article

Grab your spandex tights! The GOOD ones. You’re gonna need to get limber, because Guacamelee! 2 finally comes out tomorrow, with a 10% discount for PlayStation Plus members! We’re thrilled to debut the launch trailer here on the PS Blog. And beyond that, a little treat — we’ll give you a peek at our process for taking story scenes from idea to implementation with some before-and-after animations. When creating each of the story moments in Guacamelee! 2, we start with the concept art / storyboards for the scene. Once we’re happy with the storyboards, we move on to a very rough mockup animation and review that as a group, making changes until we’re all satisfied. Finally, we make all of the art and animations needed for the scene and implement the story moment in-game. We’ve gone through this process for dozens of scenes in Guacamelee! 2, and we thought it might be interesting to share a few examples with all of you! JUAN’S HOUSE As the game opens, you see a bit of Juan’s cozy home life after saving the world in the first Guacamelee! — just before getting interrupted by the next crisis. First we have concept lead Augusto’s storyboards: This moment formed the basis for the opening of our announcement trailer. To plan out the actual in-game sequence, Augusto developed it further in Adobe Flash, working it into the real layout of Juan’s newly expanded house: And our final treatment matches that pretty closely! THE DARKEST TIMELINE Things go south pretty quickly at the start of the game. This scene where Juan drops into a scary, alternate-reality version of his peaceful hometown ended up dramatically changed after the concept phase, but the core moment of meeting the game’s bosses was kept similar: (Spot the shot that became another moment in our announcement trailer!) For many reasons, we instead ended up telling this scene as a flashback recounted by another character (for one, that heap of dead luchadors would have really cranked up our ESRB rating). MEETING THE CHICKEN ILLUMINATI This concept was a bit less fleshed out than the previous examples, but this “Super Secret Chicken League” definitely had charm. The idea eventually evolved into the “Chicken Illuminati”, an important yet mysterious group in Guacamelee! 2. Augusto polished this up in a Flash animation, showing Juan’s chicken form descending to meet them through a strange tunnel: This is another one where the game matches the Flash mockup closely. We really wanted the reveal of this oddball secret chicken society to be both grand and ridiculous. Hope you’ll check out the whole grand and ridiculous game on your PS4 tomorrow! View the full article

I’m incredibly excited to announce Falcon Age, a new first-person falcon-hunting action adventure that will be coming to PS4 and PS VR in 2019. The game starts on a dying colony planet that has been turned into a desert by machine invaders, with its culture destroyed and resources depleted. Play as Ara, who’s been wrongfully thrown in jail for a minor infraction. While she awaits her fate in a lonely cell, she passes the time by befriending a young falcon. Together, they escape and set off on an adventure to help the resistance reclaim their freedom and drive off the invaders. Learn to hunt, gather, and fight to reclaim your cultural legacy in the lost art of falcon-hunting against a force of automated colonizers. Explore a strange land while bonding with your falcon and helping the resistance. Falcon Age has been built from the ground up specifically for PS VR using Move Controllers or a DualShock 4. It can also be played on PS4 and PS4 Pro using a DualShock 4 and standard FPS controls. We want to give gamers options on how to experience the unique world of Falcon Age with custom tailored support for different playstyles and devices. Play it at PAX We’re showing off Falcon Age gameplay for the first time at PAX Prime next week! Visit us at booth #660 and get hands-on time with your falcon companion. View the full article

We’re happy to announce that four new vibrant and stylish colors are joining the DualShock 4 wireless controller lineup in September! Bright, playful, and fun, the new Berry Blue edition brings new flavor to the DS4 lineup, while the vibrant Sunset Orange brings a little heat to your gameplay. The two-tone design offers a stylish contrast that makes the buttons and sticks pop! If you’re a fan of trendy patterns, the Blue Camouflage DS4 will be right up your alley. Alternatively, if you’d prefer sticking to one color, stand out with another metallic addition to the lineup with the shiny and refined new Copper DS4. The new colors will be available across retailers in the U.S. and Canada in September for $64.99 USD (MSRP) / $74.99 CAD (MSRP), while supplies last. In the USA, Copper will be available first at GameStop, and later at other select retailers. Click here for pre-order details, or check your local retailers for availability. Check out the looks of the four new controllers below, and tell us which one you’re picking up first in the comments! Berry Blue Sunset Orange Blue Camo Copper View the full article

In Transference, the minds of the Hayes family are trapped in a corrupted simulation, and you’re their only hope of escape. The full experience launches on September 18, but all of you PlayStation owners out there can get an early taste of this psychological thriller with a free demo, available exclusively on PS4. Like the full game, you’ll also be able to immerse yourself in The Walter Test Case with PS VR – although if that’s too close for comfort, you can also play without a headset. Dubbed The Walter Test Case, the demo is a prequel that takes place several years before the events of Transference. Enter the experiment that laid the foundation for the events that followed. Explore the digitally recreated memories of a PTSD sufferer, where you’ll try to unearth clues by exploring a haunting apartment and solve mind-bending puzzles. Transference is a collaboration between Ubisoft Montreal and SpectreVision, a production company founded by Elijah Wood, Daniel Noah, and John C. Waller. It’s an experience designed to immerse you in believable but twisted environments, full of objects to interact with and dangers seemingly born from glitches in the simulation. Whether you approach its mysteries in VR or on your TV, The Walter Test Case is a chance to get a sense for what lies in store when Transference arrives on PS4 and PS VR. Start sharpening your investigative skills now – they might be the key to survival on September 18. View the full article

Start your weekend now with PlayStation Store’s Attack of the Blockbusters Sale! Whether you’re catching up on your favorite franchise or looking for your next great adventure, take advantage of savings up to 40 percent on games like God of War, Battlefield 1, select Call of Duty titles and more. Playstation Plus members save up to 50 percent. Check out our star-studded lineup below! Then head over to PS Store, this sale ends August 28 at 8 a.m. PT. 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Explore a vast hand-crafted world inspired by Mexican culture and folklore, filled to the brim with wacky new villains and weirdos, a few old friends… and a whole lotta chicken. Developed by Drinkbox Studios, Guacamelee! 2 is a frantic, festive Metroidvania-style adventure featuring a new upgrade system, 4-player local co-op, and more gorgeous visuals thanks to a fancy new rendering engine (and some pollo power). For a full list of new games coming to PlayStation next week, read on. And enjoy The Drop! All-Star Fruit Racing PS4 — Digital, Retail Go bananas for a jaw-dropping, lightning-fast kart racer for all ages and abilities! All-Star Fruit Racing propels players into vibrant worlds filled with incredible action. Brawlout PS4 — Digital Brawlout packs a punch with couch and online play modes, blending platform fighter mechanics and traditional fighting game play into a stylish and fluid battle royale. F1 2018 PS4 — Digital, Retail (Out 8/24) F1 2018 is the official videogame of the 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship. Get immersed in the world of Formula 1 when F1 2018 releases worldwide. Fall Of Light PS4 — Digital Fall of Light is a story-driven action RPG set in a world of darkness. Play as Nyx, an old warrior on a dangerous journey with his daughter. Only together will they be strong enough to reach the last place on Earth still touched by sunlight. Guacamelee! 2 PS4 — Digital Head back to the Mexiverse in this long-awaited sequel to the smash hit Guacamelee! Featuring full 4-player co-op, new hand-crafted levels, fancy new wrestling moves, sassy new bosses, twice the enemies, and 300% more chickens! Little Dragons Café PS4 — Digital, Retail (Out 8/24) A twin brother and sister are learning to run a small café with their mother. One morning, the twins discover that she won’t wake up. Wrangle a dragon, run the family business, and find a way to save their mother. Out Of The Box PS4 — Digital (Out 8/22) Dive into a wild story of gangsters and criminals in Out of the Box, a captivating time-management thriller where you decide the fate of the peculiar customers of a luxurious nightclub in a never-ending race against the clock. Pizza Titan Ultra PS4 — Digital Pizza Titan Ultra is a fast-paced 3rd-person action platformer focused on fighting and smashing through a futuristic city to deliver pizza in a giant mech. Just try not to make too much of a mess! Slime Rancher PS4 — Digital Slime Rancher is a charming first-person sandbox experience in the business of slime ranching. Play as Beatrix LeBeau, a plucky young rancher who sets out for a life on the ‘Far, Far Range,’ a thousand light years away from Earth. Socketeer PS4 — Digital In Socketeer you play as a small hacking robot with no weapons. Strategically hack enemy robots around you to control their combat abilities and advance deeper into each space station stronghold in this charming sci-fi roguelike. Spectrum PS4 — Digital Jump, dive and find your flow through 80 ingenious levels of shifting shapes and vibrant colors. Stylish, abstract visuals combine with an atmospheric soundtrack to create an immersive experience of pure, zen-focus platforming. Track Lab PS VR — Digital Exclusive to PS VR, Track Lab lets you easily create new beats by moving musical building blocks around. Every genre from techno to hip-hop to rock can be mixed to make your perfect track. No musical experience required! Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr PS4 — Digital (Out 8/23) You are an Inquisitor, the Imperium’s most powerful agent. Ensure the Emperor’s will is respected in the far-flung corners of the dark universe of Warhammer 40,000 and uncover the secrets of the fortress-monastery, Martyr. Ariana Grande – Sweetener Death Cab For Cutie – Thank You For Today Various Artists – Black Panther Remix EP Ocean’s 8 Hereditary Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Premieres Tuesday, August 21 at 9/8c on Travel Channel PlayStation Vue has your favorite sports, news and must-watch shows. The information above is subject to change without notice. View the full article

Last week, we asked you to focus the lens on the unique, procedurally-generated creatures of No Man’s Sky. While you hopped from planet to planet, we sifted through your wildest encounters in #PS4share and #PSBlog hashtag. These critters took the spotlight: @TheMaffiamaster captured this leathery striped lizard on a burnt orange planet. This bat-faced bird soars through @dinkleberrygaming’s planet. @TheFourthFocus stumbled across a famous of “rhino-cows”. @SpiffSnaps found a group of dinosaur looking critters. @FifthDream caught a close up of this crustacianesque creature. @OttoNimm spotted a “Horned Hippodon” on their vacation planet. Search #PS4Share and #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’s theme. Want to be featured in next week’s Share of the Week? Theme: Uncharted 4 Share by: 9am Pacific on Wednesday, August 22 Next week, join Nathan Drake on his greatest adventure and share treasured moments from Uncharted 4 using #PS4shre and #PSBlog for a chance to be featured. View the full article

Hello! Today I’d like to take you behind the scenes to talk a little bit about the development of one of our showcase boss fights in the new God of War. A warning to those who haven’t played the game yet: there will be SPOILERS for a certain boss fight to follow. If you’d prefer to experience it on your own first, kindly look away (and go buy our game)! Otherwise, scroll down to begin the journey. The God of War series has always had some spectacular opening boss fights: The Hydra, The Colossus of Rhodes, Poseidon and his water pony, among others. During these fights, the camera was usually zoomed out very far to show a sense of scale. This was because these fights all had one big thing in common: Kratos was fighting a massive foe. Get it? I said “big thing” because they’re massive. More to come, folks! We knew we needed to do something just as epic in the new God of War, so when it was decided that the opening boss fight of the game was going to be against a smaller humanoid that was only about as tall as Kratos’ shoulder, we knew we were in for a big challenge. This is the (greatly condensed) story of how we created the boss fight with “The Stranger,” aka Baldur. So, how do we make fighting a guy this small feel as big as fighting the giant bosses of previous God of War games? We do the opposite of what we always did: zoom the camera in closer! Not that close! That’s better. The close camera would help to sell the impact of each punch. These were two gods trading blows, so each hit needed to resonate with incredible force. Much of our early development time was spent on the “feel” of the fight. We wanted the player to feel like a god fighting a god, with the environment around you paying the price. We began with our animator, Fabian Johnston, doing some exploratory animations. These helped set the tone of the entire fight. It was not long before we had them running in the game, with a whole bunch of breakable objects sprinkled about. This first prototype focused on answering a few questions: How much can we push the godly reactions on both Kratos and Baldur before it starts feeling like too much? How far can we go with environmental destruction? How dense can we make the breakable trees and rocks before they start interfering with gameplay? Do these add enough to the feel of the fight to be worth pursuing? What size does the arena need to be to accommodate all of our other requirements? As you can see, things were pretty rough at this early stage. However, it was already fun to control Kratos versus Baldur and to experience all the over-the-top reactions while playing. It was especially fun trying to angle the camera to knock Baldur through trees and rocks. This early prototype helped set expectations on how the fight would feel in the end. We also discovered one big bonus to fighting a smaller character like Baldur: he was more fun to beat up. Hitting Baldur and sending him flying 50 feet was way more satisfying than hitting a giant monster’s hand. We played to this strength by making Baldur support almost all of our reaction states, such as being launched into the air or knocked back. Around this time, our concept artist Stephen Oakley did some pre-visualization artwork of potential combat sequences for the fight, inspired by the early animations Fabian did. These helped spark even more ideas. By now, we had a large bucket of cool things we wanted to try out for the fight. I created a design document next, planning out the key beats of the fight… not as exciting as Fabian’s animations or Stephen’s pretty sketches, so I won’t post it. But, I did some work too! I promise. Once we had a rough plan in place for the entire fight, we began implementing a rough skeleton for each phase, starting with the introduction when Baldur first appears at your door. As you can see above, the animation and camera went through a lot of changes, but the basic idea of “punch Kratos over the roof” stayed the same. We needed the intro to move you from the front of the house to the back. The skeleton served its purpose to communicate to the team exactly what was supposed to happen throughout the fight. This intro was later handed off to the cinematic team who did an excellent job re-animating it to be more… well, cinematic. Following the intro, the fight was broken down into three core phases. Phase 1 is the introduction, which takes place in Kratos’ backyard. During this phase, Baldur does not attack much. Since this is the first boss fight in the game, it’s important to have a phase like this to ease the player in. This gives them a chance to use Baldur as a training dummy and enjoy the spectacle of knocking him through trees and rocks (which we already established was pretty fun from our early prototype work). Story-wise, Baldur wants Kratos to attack him. He is purposely taking the hits in the hopes that Kratos can make him feel pain. Sometimes we’re lucky and the goals of both gameplay and story work together perfectly. The transition between phases gave us a chance to showcase even more godly feats. These required a lot of iteration to get right, due to the continuous single shot camera we were going for. You’d be surprised how hard it is to get two characters into the right spot during gameplay without simply moving them in a camera cut. The reason Baldur spins Kratos and throws him so high here is to mask how much we’re sliding the characters around to get in position to land on the roof. This was a recurring theme in how we designed many of our transitionary animations. Most of them have quick turns or heavy camera shaking impacts to hide the extra motion. Smoke and mirrors. You’ll also see here that we used some of Stephen’s earlier pre-visualization artwork as reference for this tree ram sequence. This fight, like many other parts of our game, is cobbled together with ideas from people all over the studio. As a designer, my job isn’t just to come up with ideas, it’s also to filter the incredible amount of creativity coming out of every department and cherry pick the ones that will fit best. The transition animations give us a change of scenery by moving the player to a new location. In a longer fight such as this, it’s important to keep everything escalating, including the environment. Another more subtle reason for moving the characters is that it refreshes all the breakable trees and rocks that were probably already destroyed in the first arena. This gives the player another new playground to destroy. This is where phase 2 takes place. The early part of the phase introduces Spartan Rage, so we keep the player in rage mode longer than normal to allow them to learn the mechanics. Baldur starts being a little more aggressive in this phase, so the player has to start paying more attention to Kratos’ defensive options once the rage mode runs out. The transition into the last phase showcases the work of our amazing breakables team. Fun fact: We originally planned to have Baldur throw a mountain at Kratos, who punches it in half. We eventually had to change it to be a bit more reasonable since Kratos is supposed to be a little rusty in this fight. If you see Kratos punching mountains in the future, however, you’ll know it was a long time coming. We had also originally planned on having Baldur attack you during this section where you’re climbing up the chasm. He would be kicking down rocks or causing avalanches, forcing you to dodge sideways to jump between ledges. This ended up being cut due to scope. However, in retrospect, it was good that we didn’t have time to include this. The whole boss fight is so fast-paced that it was nice to have a few more short quiet sections like this to break up the action. Phase 3 is when Baldur finally starts unleashing all of his attacks. As the first boss fight in the game, we didn’t want Baldur to be too difficult. It was more important that he give the illusion of intensity, rather than actually being a huge threat. (If you’re interested in a challenge, try out some of our late-game boss fights against the Valkyrie, which I also designed. Sorry in advance!) Baldur’s attacks are instead designed to teach and encourage different defensive mechanics: Ground shockwave – Unblockable shockwave that moves straight. Sideways dodge. Punch combos – Quick punches that can be dodged with good timing, but is most easily just blocked. Block or parry. Leap into air and stomp – Unblockable in a large blast radius. Roll dodge. Zig zag kick – Breaks guard. Parry or dodge with good timing. In addition to Baldur’s attacks, he needed a way to defend himself if the player was too aggressive. Since Baldur reacts to all of your attacks, he is more vulnerable to being locked in an infinite combo than most bosses. We did a lot of work to make sure he always has ways to slip out and get some of his own attacks in. Sometimes he will take an axe-hit and then counter-attack. Other times he may use the momentum of your hit to dash back and gain some space. His defensive abilities all exist to reset the playfield and force the player to engage with his offense. Baldur was also originally supposed to be able to grab your axe and use it against you. Imagine you throw your axe at him, he takes the hit, pulls it out of his body and throws it back at you. What a jerk! This proved a bit difficult to pull off… plus we didn’t want to discourage you from throwing your axe so early in the game, so in the end this feature was… axed. The development of just one boss fight involves pretty much every department. From environmental artists creating the arena, to audio designers making each punch sound chunky, to producers making sure we’re not just browsing cat videos all day. I was only able to share a small snippet here, but the end product was a culmination of everyone’s efforts. Thank you for taking the time to read all of this. I hope you enjoyed this short look behind the curtain. And I also hope you enjoy fighting Baldur! He may not be the size of a mountain, or have the ability to grow giant crab legs, but hey… he has one sick mullet. View the full article

One moment from Demo Day stands out. A girl had just imitated a Blobfish swimming, to explain why her team, The Mystery Squirrels, had selected the unusual-looking creature as its protagonist for their game, Detective Blobfish. The room, which included senior leaders from PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo and Caffeine, shared a laugh. This moment exemplifies to me not only the joy in games themselves, but the way the industry came together around Girls Make Games. When I had an idea to create a summer camp, where for three weeks, middle- and high-school aged girls could make their own games, I never dreamt of such a moment. Who could have thought that one day Executive VP of Gaming at Microsoft Phil Spencer, Executive VP of Business Affairs at Nintendo Devon Pritchard and Senior VP of Business Development at Caffeine Anna Sweet would come to PlayStation’s campus in San Mateo to celebrate girls in gaming? Moreover, that they’d join PlayStation President and CEO John Kodera, Chairman of Worldwide Studios Shawn Layden and Vice President of Product Development at Worldwide Studios Connie Booth in front of the PlayStation sign? I know it happened, because I have proof. When I started Girls Make Games four years ago, I thought of what it meant to have a home. A home is a place where you feel safe. You feel heard. You’re free to express yourself – or imitate blobfish. It’s a place where your thoughts, your ideas, your identity matters. I grew up in a place that I could never call a home. For 18 years, my family lived on a visa tied to my father’s job in the UAE. And the people in the UAE had a term for folks like us, kharji, which literally translates to “outsider.” There, in an Arabic country, I felt free inside my house and shackled on the outside. I lived in a place where expectations on me always wanted to limit me in who I was, what I could say, and what I could do. Then one day, my family got the internet, and I suddenly had a portal into the world outside. I learned that it was possible to fulfill my dreams: to go to college, to start my own business, to empower other women to do the same. Take the winning team this year, Team Sarcastic Shark Clouds. They created a game that took a multi-narrative approach to bullying, presenting the issue from both the victim’s and the bully’s perspective. They told me, “We never thought we’d win” and “We never thought our game was good enough.” Not only was it good enough to impress the industry experts, we’re going to make the full game over the next year and publish it on Steam and console. It is my hope that Girls Make Games can provide the same validation and access to education – which is the best form of empowerment – to girls everywhere. My father often says, “If you educate a girl, you educate a nation.” When I was a child, I never knew what that meant. Now, seeing so many young girls understand what they are capable of, and hearing so many leaders welcome their creativity and innovation, I’m beginning to understand what he meant. Learn about the finalists and winning ideas on the Girls Make Games website. View the full article

I’d like to share with you some of the latest updates on The Quiet Man, a title I’ve been working on with the talented Human Head Studios team for quite a while now. The Quiet Man is priced at $14.99 and can be completed in a short concise amount of time – approximately three hours. We’ve shared very little about the game so far since our announcement at E3. In creating The Quiet Man, we wanted to take on an all-new challenge and opportunity in creating a game of high visual quality in a short compact gameplay experience that players could enjoy for a low price point. We wanted to create something unorthodox – a live action film, where you can take the role of the protagonist. In case you’ve missed it, we’ve revealed so far that… It’s a three-hour immersive cinematic live-action / third-person brawler gameplay experience with seamless transitions from the live action to gameplay. It’s something we feel that’s never been done before at Square Enix. The events of this game take place in a single night as you take on the role of Dane. You play in a soundless world where most of the game is inaudible and you must piece together clues based on each character’s actions, not their words. Some of our other key players are Lala the songstress, police lieutenant Ash who seems to have a connection with Dane, a highly mysterious masked man, and gang members from SOL 33 – Peter and Marcelo. We’re excited to bring you a new trailer that shows off the intense and brutal combat, and lays out the mystery of what will transpire in that single night. One of the main points we wanted to highlight in this game is the wide variety of combat – seriously, the combinations of grapples, attacks, and combos are amazing! They are all directed by action expert Tatsuro Koike, who is famous for being involved in properties like the Yakuza game franchise and the Power Rangers TV series. Check out just a few of the gameplay highlights below. One of the interesting things about this game is there is no HUD (heads up display). In order to show you a bit of how the combat works, we’ve developed some super simple battle guides! Using the square button will allow you to do single or combo light attacks. Triangle does heavy attacks, including kicks. Of course, combo’ing square and triangle will create different results! Circle will allow grappling and throwing enemies against the environment. That’s just some of the basics, so we plan to share more of these leading up to the launch of The Quiet Man! We hope you’re getting as excited as we are. If there’s anything else you are curious to know more about, please let me know in the comments below. View the full article

We are excited to reveal today that Sony Interactive Entertainment has officially sold-through more than three million PlayStation VR systems worldwide, along with 21.9 million PS VR games and experiences. We’d like to thank all our fans for the amazing support, and we’re thrilled that so many of our gamers have experienced the magic of VR and stepped into the captivating worlds that electrify our senses. To commemorate this special milestone, we are delighted to announce the launch dates of two highly anticipated PS VR games coming this fall, in a collaboration with our partners: September 25, 2018 Jump into the ring with a premier VR boxing experience from Survios that puts you in the gloves of Adonis Creed on his journey from an underground amateur to a spotlight champion. Creed: Rise to Glory hits PlayStation VR September 25. Pre-orders begin today at 8am PT. October 9, 2018 In Evasion, play as one of four unique hero classes within an elite special operations team charged with saving an embattled human colony. This intense, sci-fi first-person VR shooter from Archiact hits PlayStation VR October 9. Pre-orders begin today at 8am PT. We also want to take this opportunity to thank the developers and publishers who have brought some of the most engaging titles to the platform in North America to date. The top ten most-played games on the platform span across diverse genres, from action-RPG to horror to first-person shooter, including: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR PlayStation VR Worlds Rec Room Resident Evil 7 biohazard The Playroom VR Job Simulator Until Dawn: Rush of Blood Batman: Arkham VR Farpoint Superhot VR Last but not least, be sure to check out the Totally Digital Sale at PlayStation Store, running through August 28. We are offering pre-order discounts up to 20% off on PlayStation VR titles including Bow to Blood and Torn, alongside up to 40% off (or 60% off for PS Plus members) on select digital games such as Animal Force, Pixel Gear and Smashbox Arena. For a full list of participating games, click here. Thanks again to all our amazing fans for helping us achieve this milestone! In addition to the robust catalog of nearly 340 PS VR games and experiences worldwide, there’s still plenty to look forward to, as we have a great lineup of games coming in 2018 and beyond, including Astro Bot Rescue Mission, Blood & Truth, Déraciné, Firewall Zero Hour, and more! View the full article

You stand in the middle of the decrepit city of Eden, a lone source of civilization in a post-apocalyptic, dusty wasteland and nothing will come between you and the love of your life. As you jog through the alleyways on your way to recover parts for a broken dune buggy, you’re approached by a wild group of muscled men wearing mohawks straight out of the 80s, intent on starting a fight to the death. Punches, kicks, a scream of “ATATATATATATA” as you unload your charged fists into the torso of a single adversary, then the whisper, “Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru.” (“You are already dead.”) Developed by RGG Studio, the developers behind the Yakuza series, combat and carnage in this alternate take on the manga are… plentiful. In the game, the main character Kenshiro utilizes a fighting style called Hokuto Shinken to deliver crushing blows to opponents with explosive results. Only in the West: In addition to dual audio with Japanese and English voiceover, you will be among those able to experience the unrestrained, exaggerated deaths from the beloved manga and anime series. Comfort Combat: If you’ve played Yakuza 0, you will feel right at home with Lost Paradise’s combat. Dodging and strikes are familiar, but with a twist. Faithful to the manga and anime, you’ll utilize the art of Hokuto Shinken, an ability Kenshiro has to focus his strikes into killer attacks. Special finishing moves can be set up that will channel Kenshiro’s power into the bodies of enemies… resulting in exploding heads and torsos. Similar to Yakuza’s heat actions, after just a few quick strikes, you’ll be prompted to hit the circle button. Follow the quick time action prompts and very soon, you’ll be showered with a comical rain of blood and gore. Now You’re Really, Really Dead: Besides these strong finishers, Kenshiro will also unlock “Destiny Talisman” moves that can be used via the D-pad. These Talisman moves can quickly end clashes with crowds and slaughter without pity or restraint the toughest of foes. More than two dozen will be at release, and can range from area of effect attacks for crowd control to temporary usage of crazy weapons like flamethrowers. Bloody Carnage? An 80s vision of the future? Anime? LET ME BUY IT ALREADY OR YOU ARE ALREADY DE- We wouldn’t think of getting in the way of someone with such strength and power as you. Go right on ahead. Lost Paradise releases October 2 and you can pre-order it right now for $59.99! View the full article

Hello everyone! I’m thrilled to announce that Unearthing Mars 2: The Ancient War will be launched on September 18! Unearthing Mars 2 is a futuristic FPS VR shooter from beginning to end, featuring slow-motion superpowers, distinctive weapons and challenging boss battles. You will experience adrenaline-pumping FPS combat as you shoot down enemies and bend time to your advantage. Our first PS VR title, Unearthing Mars, was released in 2017. It highlighted the potential of VR gaming by introducing a different gameplay mechanic in each chapter. This second installment continues the adventures; however, this time it will be a complete FPS title, featuring shooter gameplay from the last chapters of the first game that fans loved so much. You are equipped with a PS VR Aim Controller to take down enemy foes as you travel back in time to an ancient Mars civilization. The new gameplay enables you to shoot enemies as you comfortably maneuver in and out of action-packed combat. In Unearthing Mars 2, the extracted Phobos fragments from Mars are analyzed through the Ark Device and leads players to embark on a journey to unravel secrets of an ancient Mars civilization torn by an ongoing war. Each of the various fast-paced shooting stages features six or more weapons to choose from. The primary weapons are an assault rifle and shotgun. As you advance into further levels, you can unlock special weapons such as rocket launchers, plasma weapons, and chain guns. Additional rare and powerful weapons can also be found during boss fights. In any enemy encounter the player is able to trigger sharp focus, where within a split second of slowed time, the player is able to quickly aim and take down enemy weak points. Given the relatively low cool-down of the sharp focus ability, players are able to become practically invincible for a short period of time during critical combat moments. In the end, Unearthing Mars 2 is all about the boss battles. From fighting superhuman behemoths to gigantic automatons to a showdown in space limbo, these boss battles will test your shooting ability while offering unique gameplay mechanics in each fight. I can’t wait for all of you to experience the fun we’ve packed into Unearthing Mars 2 when it comes out on September 18 for $19.99. Thank you all, and we look forward to seeing you in the game! View the full article

Today we’ll take a deeper look at some of the features of Warface, which is coming to PS4 this fall. With Early Access starting today, PS4 players from around the globe now have the opportunity to become part of this community of over 50 million members. First, let’s talk about the key features that make Warface unique in its genre. While most other shooters are either strictly PvP or PvE-oriented, Warface offers a mix of the two modes. Players can choose to sign up either for competitive action in random to ranked matches, or join forces with allies against the swarming AI-controlled Blackwood hordes. Beware of Blackwood What is Blackwood, you ask? Cunning yet practical, this villainous organization is constantly searching for ways to exploit the world for its own profit and infamy. It’s up to players to decide how their story plays out, but fully understanding this enemy is no easy task! Enemies show up in a wide variety of units from basic to advanced infantry, as well as in the form of weaponized turrets and cyborgs. Speaking of cyborgs, players will encounter plenty of them in one of the special operations, Anubis. The importance of teamwork and character classes Mastering teamwork and party composition are essential in Warface. Classes also play a crucial role, and Warface has four of them available: Rifleman, Medic, Engineer and Sniper. Each of these classes have their own weapons of choice, pattern and style of gear. It’s important to be a team player in Warface because as demands shift during PvP matches, each specialized class can be changed (and in fact should be changed!) depending on the needs of the team. The same holds true with PvE mode, where carefully pre-selecting your party’s class composition is crucial before entering the raid. You’ll need the best balance to take down Blackwood’s forces! Early Access packs Early Access is a wonderful opportunity for PS4 players to get in on Warface’s unique FPS action before the full release this fall. We’ve provided five Early Access packs to help you get started, each containing exclusive weapons and their respective premium golden versions with enhanced visuals and stats. Four packs are tailored to the needs of each class, while the fifth one is the Collector’s Edition that includes the contents of all other packs and additionally provides a pistol, knife and premium in-game currency. Warface maps Well-balanced maps are the foundation of competitive online gaming, and Warface features eight diverse locations for players to explore. Players can choose from closed locations such as Bunker, Black Mamba or Shuttle, a stage which features a train station allowing for multiple tactical opportunities. Players that are accustomed to fighting in narrow city streets will not be disappointed with maps such as Downtown or Streetwars. Additionally, there are two maps that are best suited for players craving strict competitive gameplay: Yard 2.0 and Bridges 2.0. These are the maps we use for the main official tournament PvP mode, Plant the Bomb. The maps feature renewed textures, improved gameplay and perfected balance. Both provide excellent battlegrounds for aspiring e-sports players as well as casual players to master their teamwork and refine their weapon proficiency. Game modes There are eight PvP modes developed to suit the needs of different players. Looking to annihilate the enemy? Team Deathmatch brings two diverse locations to fight in. More of a lone wolf? Put your skills to the test in Free for All — you shall find no allies or mercy here. Plant the Bomb and Storm add new twists to already familiar gameplay, and require tactical execution skills as well as a high level of strategic planning to survive. There is still so much left to talk about beyond the features we covered today, such as slides, PvE tactics, and weapon choice. We will discuss those and more in future posts, but for now, we invite everyone to take part in the Early Access. Be among the first console players to explore the vast world of Warface! View the full article

Grand Theft Auto V tops the chart for the second month straight! Is this reignited interest thanks to the Red Dead hype train kicking into gear? Or perhaps it’s the impressive new “After Hours” DLC just added to GTA Online. Maybe it’s that Stone Hatchet you can unlock in GTA and RDR2. Either way, congrats Rockstar! Psyonix’s smash-hit Rocket League lands a solid second-place, and No Man’s Sky saw a huge comeback, landing at #3 on the PS4 chart after the launch of their game-changing NEXT update. Have you ventured into the infinite cosmos since the update dropped? Alright then, let’s get to the charts. Leave your predictions for August in the comments! PS4 Games 1 Grand Theft Auto V 2 Rocket League 3 No Man’s Sky 4 FIFA 18 5 Destiny 2 6 Darksiders Warmastered Edition 7 Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition 8 Fallout 4 9 Need for Speed 10 Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition PS VR Games 1 Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality 2 PlayStation VR Worlds 3 Job Simulator 4 SUPERHOT VR 5 DRIVECLUB VR 6 Arizona Sunshine 7 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes 8 DOOM VFR 9 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR 10 Statik Free-to-Play Games 1 Fortnite Battle Royale 2 H1Z1: Battle Royale 3 Defiance 2050 4 Brawlhalla 5 Fallout Shelter 6 Warframe 7 PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER 2018 LITE 8 Paladins 9 3on3 FreeStyle 10 DC Universe Online Free-to-Play PS Vita Games 1 Persona 4 Golden 2 Stardew Valley 3 God of War: Collection PS Vita 4 Adventures of Mana 5 Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition 6 Jet Set Radio 7 Ys Origin 8 Jak and Daxter Collection 9 Child of Light Ultimate Edition 10 Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon PS4 Themes 1 Legacy Dashboard Theme 2 Mega Man X Legacy Collection ORIGINAL Theme 1 3 Forest Mist 4K Theme 4 360 Earth at Night Theme 5 Supermassive Black Hole Dynamic Theme 6 Monster Hunter: World – Theme 7 Mega Man X Legacy Collection ORIGINAL Theme 2 8 Cherry Blossom Lake HiQ Dynamic Theme 9 Wicked Teddy HiQ Dynamic Theme 10 $1 Call of Duty Endowment Donation + Gift PS Classics 1 Destroy All Humans! 2 2 Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 3 Destroy All Humans! 4 Twisted Metal: Black 5 Bully 6 Dark Cloud 7 Rogue Galaxy 8 Dark Cloud 2 9 Ape Escape 2 10 Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy View the full article

Early on in Marvel’s Spider-Man there’s a scene where our hero — currently crawling through the air vents of a collapsing building — takes a moment to field a call from his dear Aunt May. May’s checking in, blissfully unaware while Peter is quickly stringing up bad guys and saving civilians moments before he’ll come face to face with a major nemesis. It’s just another day in the neighborhood. Throughout my two-hour demo I was constantly met with moments like this that reminded me of Peter Parker’s dual life. In one moment, Peter is just a young lab assistant looking to make ends meet and volunteering with his aunt at local food shelters; in another, he’s the agile and experienced web-slinger we know and love. It’s the classic Spider-Man dichotomy that Insomniac leans into, leaving me just as interested in Peter’s day-to-day activities and relationships as his crime-fighting responsibilities. Spending time with Aunt May or taking the time to solve tech puzzles at the lab help to flesh out Peter’s life outside the mask. It helps that Marvel’s New York is gorgeously realized, offering activities and adventure at every turn. I can guarantee that you will find yourself purposely choosing quests on the opposite side of Manhattan just to feel the sheer joy of swinging across long distances. I spent a lot of time running up the sides of buildings or swinging from tree to tree across Central Park with a smile glued to my face. The swinging mechanics are immediately intuitive, and whether you’re diving off rooftops or catapulting yourself forward while chasing everything from villains to pigeons (yes, really), it all feels completely natural. Combat also feels natural and accessible, despite offering an impressive depth of strategic options. Peter has been Spider-Man for eight years in this game, and the breadth of combat styles and abilities is a reflection of his experience. Wanna get in close and rapid-fire punch your way through some bad guys? Go for it. Wanna leap through the air and whip projectiles into robbers’ faces? You can do that. Wanna sneak around and stick enemies to the wall with a well placed impact web shot? You absolutely should. Every encounter gave me the chance to try something new and often I was rewarded for switching things up and taking advantage of Spider-Man’s skills and gadgets. This was especially true when I found myself face to face with Kingpin. He’s an imposing enemy with strength, technology, and many henchmen at his disposal, leaving you with the choice of how to strategically take him down. I ended up facing him three times before I found the perfect combination to defeat him. Ultimately Peter’s fighting style is creative, acrobatic, and very funny — sometimes it was worth it to take a few extra punches just to hear the quips he’d throw at Wilson Fisk Peter’s not alone in the fight to keep New York safe, however. During one mission I was able to play as Mary Jane Watson, now an investigative journalist, and well aware that Peter is underneath the mask. MJ can hold her own without superpowers, and uses her wit, intuition and sharp eye to solve a puzzle and uncover some damning evidence. Her sequence ended up being one of the standouts of my playthrough, and this spin on her character is a breath of fresh air. I’m itching for more opportunities to play as her as she and Peter continue to cross paths. Nothing quite prepared me for how seamlessly the exhilarating world traversal, varied gameplay and witty storytelling comes together. Balancing two lives has always been at the heart of being a hero, but Marvel’s Spider-Man makes it clear that both sides of Peter are an adventure. I’ll be counting down the days until I can swing through his life again when the game launches on September 7. View the full article

Celebrate the weekend with massive discounts during PlayStation Store’s Deals Under $10. Fill your cart with memorable titles that run the gamut from first person shooters to RPGs and beyond. Battlefield 4 Premium Edition heads up the roster, alongside Monopoly Plus, Pyre, and Titanfall 2 Ultimate Edition. Check out the entire lineup of must-have titles listed below, then head over to PS Store before our Deals Under $10 sale ends August 13 at 8 a.m. PT. 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$4.94 $14.99 PS3 JUST CAUSE 2 $2.99 $19.99 PS3 JUST CAUSE 2 ULTIMATE EDITION $4.49 $29.99 PS3 KANE & LYNCH 2: DOG DAYS $2.99 $14.99 PS3 KANE & LYNCH: DEAD MEN $2.99 $14.99 PS3 KING’S QUEST – CHAPTER 2: RUBBLE WITHOUT A CAUSE $3.99 $9.99 PS3 KING’S QUEST – CHAPTER 3: ONCE UPON A CLIMB $3.99 $9.99 PS3 KING’S QUEST – CHAPTER 4: SNOW PLACE LIKE HOME $3.99 $9.99 PS3 KING’S QUEST – CHAPTER 5: THE GOOD KNIGHT $3.99 $9.99 PS3 KING’S QUEST: COMPLETE COLLECTION $7.49 $29.99 PS3 KING’S QUEST: SEASON PASS $9.99 $24.99 PS3 LARA CROFT AND THE GUARDIAN OF LIGHT TRIAL $2.99 $14.99 PS3 LEGASISTA $4.99 $9.99 PS3 LOST PLANET 3 $4.99 $19.99 PS3 MAFIA II REMASTER $7.49 $29.99 PS3 MEGA MAN 9 & 10 COMBO PACK $4.49 $14.99 PS3 MEGAMAN 10 $2.99 $9.99 PS3 MEGAMAN 9 $2.99 $9.99 PS3 MIRROR’S EDGE $3.74 $14.99 PS3 MONOPOLY PLUS $3.99 $9.99 PS3 MUGEN SOULS Z $4.99 $9.99 PS3 NATURAL DOCTRINE $8.99 $14.99 PS3 OKAMI HD $6.99 $13.99 PS3 PROTOTYPE $9.99 $19.99 PS3 PROTOTYPE FRANCHISE BUNDLE $9.99 $39.99 PS3 RECORD OF AGAREST WAR 2 $9.99 $19.99 PS3 RECORD OF AGAREST WAR ZERO $7.49 $14.99 PS3 REMEMBER ME $5.99 $19.99 PS3 RESIDENT EVIL $4.99 $19.99 PS3 RESIDENT EVIL 0 $4.99 $19.99 PS3 RESIDENT EVIL 4 $4.99 $19.99 PS3 RESIDENT EVIL 5 GOLD EDITION $4.49 $29.99 PS3 RESIDENT EVIL 6 $4.99 $19.99 PS3 RESIDENT EVIL OPERATION RACCOON CITY $3.99 $19.99 PS3 RESIDENT EVIL REVELATIONS $4.99 $19.99 PS3 SNIPER GHOST WARRIOR 2 $3.99 $39.99 PS3 SPEC OPS: THE LINE $5.99 $29.99 PS3 STREET FIGHTER X TEKKEN $2.99 $19.99 PS3 STRIDER $2.99 $14.99 PS3 SUPER STREET FIGHTER II TURBO HD REMIX $2.49 $9.99 PS3 THE BUREAU: XCOM DECLASSIFIED $2.99 $19.99 PS3 THE DARKNESS II $7.99 $39.99 PS3 THIEF – DIGITAL BUNDLE $2.99 $14.99 PS3 TOMB RAIDER: UNDERWORLD DIGITAL $2.24 $14.99 PS3 TOYBOX TURBOS $3.74 $14.99 PS3 XCOM: ENEMY WITHIN $5.99 $29.99 PS VITA BASTION $5.99 $14.99 PS VITA BREATH OF FIRE III $4.99 $9.99 PS VITA CRIMINAL GIRLS 2: PARTY FAVORS $5.99 $19.99 PS VITA DANGANRONPA 2: GOODBYE DESPAIR $5.99 $19.99 PS VITA DANGANRONPA ANOTHER EPISODE: ULTRA DESPAIR GIRLS $8.99 $29.99 PS VITA DANGANRONPA: TRIGGER HAPPY HAVOC $5.99 $19.99 PS VITA DUSTFORCE $2.99 $9.99 PS VITA HITMAN GO: DEFINITIVE EDITION $2.39 $7.99 PS VITA HYPERDIMENSION NEPTUNIA: PRODUCING PERFECTION $4.99 $9.99 PS VITA LA-MULANA EX $3.99 $19.99 PS VITA LARA CROFT GO $2.49 $9.99 PS VITA NATURAL DOCTRINE $8.99 $14.99 PS VITA NINJA USAGIMARU: TWO TAILS OF ADVENTURE $5.99 $11.99 PS VITA REEL FISHING: MASTER’S CHALLENGE $7.99 $19.99 PS VITA SID MEIER’S CIVILIZATION REVOLUTION 2 PLUS $4.99 $19.99 PS VITA STRANGER OF SWORD CITY $9.99 $19.99 PS VITA SUPER MONKEY BALL BANANA SPLITZ $7.99 $9.99 PSP CAPCOM CLASSICS COLLECTION RELOADED $2.99 $9.99 PSP CAPCOM CLASSICS COLLECTION REMIXED $2.99 $9.99 PSP CAPCOM PUZZLE WORLD $2.99 $9.99 PSP CHO ANIKI ZERO $2.99 $5.99 PSP DARKSTALKERS CHRONICLE: THE CHAOS TOWER $2.99 $9.99 PSP GLADIATOR BEGINS $3.99 $7.99 PSP HAKUOKI: WARRIORS OF THE SHINSENGUMI $3.99 $7.99 PSP JIKANDIA: THE TIMELESS LAND $4.99 $9.99 PSP MEGA MAN MAVERICK HUNTER X $2.99 $9.99 PSP MONSTER HUNTER FREEDOM ULTIMATE $3.99 $19.99 PSP POWER STONE COLLECTION $2.99 $9.99 PSP ULTIMATE GHOSTS ‘N GOBLINS $2.99 $9.99 Note: All pricing is for U.S. only and subject to change. 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As a faithful agent of Death, you are bound to his service and must fight your way through an alien planet filled with beasts, knights, and immortal bosses. Developed by White Rabbit, Death’s Gambit takes 2D combat to new levels, favoring strategic gameplay and character development over button mashing. Explore seven different playable classes, challenge towering monsters, and discover the true price of immortality. For a full list of new games coming to PlayStation next week, read on. And enjoy The Drop! Death’s Gambit PS4 — Digital Death’s Gambit is a hardcore 2D action platformer with rich RPG elements. Master the precise combat and confront the horrors that lurk deep within Siradon. Detective Gallo PS4 — Digital Detective Gallo is a point-and-click comic-noir adventure that is entirely hand-illustrated and hand-animated, and whose protagonist is a feathered and grumpy private eye. Dog Gone Golfing PS4 — Digital Dog Gone Golfing is a fun pick-up-and-play arcade golf game where cute dogs slap hockey pucks around the globe. Play your angles just right and you could become the legendary Canine Puck Master. Domino Craft VR PS VR — Digital Domino Craft is a casual VR game with user-generated content. Create domino formations just like in real life but without the limits of time, space and materials. You can also share your work with friends and have fun together. Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2 PS4 — Digital Guns, Gore & Cannoli 2 revives the good old action-platform run-and-gun genre with humor added. In this sequel to Guns, Gore and Cannoli, Vinnie Cannoli’s story continues and this time it’s personal. Hero Defense PS4 — Digital (Out 8/16) In order to destroy the world’s most powerful vampire, your team of slayers must impale, slash, tear and burn through legions of undead hell-bent on world domination! Persian Nights: Sands of Wonders PS4 — Digital (Out 8/17) In the absence of a mortally-ill king, the Grand Vizier Zaved rules the kingdom with an iron fist. The young apothecary Tara decides do conduct her own investigation and discover the cause of the illness before it’s too late. Phantom Doctrine PS4 — Digital The year is 1983. The world teeters on the verge of destruction as the Cold War tightens its icy grip. East or West: trust no one, question everything. The fate of humanity rests in your hands as you pit spy versus spy in Phantom Doctrine. State of Mind PS4 — Digital (Out 8/15) When mind and machine become one – what will remain of humanity? State of Mind is a futuristic thriller game delving into transhumanism. The game explores a world torn between a dystopian material reality and a utopian virtual future. Super Night Riders PS4 — Digital Super Night Riders is a modern arcade racing game inspired by the retro classics. It’s all about traveling as far as possible while dodging rival riders, and reaching each checkpoint before the timer hits zero. TerraTech PS4 — Digital Explore, build, craft and battle across alien worlds in this physics-based construction sandbox adventure. Scavenge, craft and buy new parts in order to survive and become the ultimate planetary prospector. Treadnauts PS4 — Digital (Out 8/17) Gracefully pilot your tank through gorgeous arenas to land a deadly shot on your opponents! It’s all about moving with style! Vroom Kaboom PS4 — Digital A ‘Tower Rush with Vehicles’, Vroom Kaboom combines elements from collectible card games, tower defense and multiplayer online battles. Engage in 1v1, 2v2 or 3v3 battles and even take to the roads in our full-featured VR mode! Wailing Heights PS4 — Digital A body-hopping, musical adventure game, set in with a horrific hamlet of modern monsters. After being invited to a gig in a town no one’s ever heard of, Frances Finklestein is trapped in a holding cell, charged with the crime of… Being Alive! The Walking Dead: The Final Season PS4 — Digital After years on the road facing threats both living and dead, a secluded school might finally be Clementine’s chance for a home. But protecting it will mean sacrifice. In this gripping, emotional final season, your choices will define your relationships and determine how Clementine’s story ends. Elvis – Where No One Stands Alone LCD Soundsystem – some remixes Elley Duhé – Dragon Mentality Book Club Adrift (2018) Ambition has no limits. Ballers returns for a new season Sundays at 10PM, starting August 12 only on HBO. Get ready for the final episodes of season 4. Fear the Walking Dead returns Sunday, August 10 at 9/8c on AMC. PlayStation Vue has your favorite sports, news and must-watch shows. The information above is subject to change without notice. View the full article

Last week we asked you to take in the sights of No Man’s Sky, and share landscapes from your favorite planets using #PS4share and #PSBlog. From pastoral overlooks to rocky wastelands, here are this week’s winners: @no_mans_sky_next looks over a snowy vista. @Ps4_Photomode landed on this hazy, noduled planet. @SpiffSnaps stumbled across a rocky crystal landscape. @T3MPEST86 takes a break to take in the stunning view. @GarethBattersby took in a lakeside view. @fran_lionheart framed their landscape beautifully. Search #PS4Share and #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’s theme. Want to be featured in next week’s Share of the Week? Theme: No Man’s Sky – Creatures Share by: 9am Pacific on Wednesday, August 15 Next week, we’re zeroing in on the unique creatures that roam the worlds of No Man’s Sky. Share closeups of your favorite creatures using #PS4share and #PSBlog for a chance to be featured. View the full article

Lara Croft has been on a personal journey since 2013’s impressive Tomb Raider reboot, from inexperienced archeology grad to seasoned survivor. When we meet Lara in Shadow of the Tomb Raider, she’s no longer running; she’s hunting down the world domination-obsessed military organization Trinity and its leaders, attempting to get one step ahead and turn their plans to ash. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions, as they say, and a series of hasty decisions on Lara’s part unleash a chain of cataclysmic events that have everyone from her longtime ally Jonah to Trinity’s head-of-command confronting her with the deadly consequences of her actions. At once, this new chapter feels more weighted and grounded than previous entries, and every part of the game reflects Lara’s journey into a heart of darkness. Nothing highlights this more than Shadow’s setting: the dangerous jungles of Peru. Lara has always been quick to use her environment to her advantage, but here she melds into her surroundings with confidence and ease. She can sink into beds of vines to sneak past enemies, or cover herself in mud for instant camouflage. New skills can be unlocked either through a traditional skill tree or by discovering ancient totems, like the extremely satisfying Eagle’s Talon, a rope takedown that starts with Lara dropping onto an enemy and ends with them strung up from a tree branch. Lara leans into her predator status here — in many ways her combat style is savvier and more ruthless than ever. That’s not to say Lara isn’t being hunted. A particularly exhilarating new addition to the series finds Lara face-to-face with other seasoned predators: the lethal jaguars of South America. A far cry from the wolf packs of previous entries, these encounters are contained, strategic experiences that will test Lara’s survival skills. The two encounters I played through had different setups, one allowing for ground traversal and another offering multiple chances to gain higher ground. In each one the jaguar weaved its way in and out of Lara’s field of vision, stalking its prey and leaping out to strike with deadly force. Using the available environment is key to avoiding its attacks, and utilizing the newly introduced Perception herbs (which function similarly to the series’ Medicinal herbs) can help you keep track of the predator’s position and go in for the kill. Tombs have always been a centerpiece of the Tomb Raider games (go figure), and in Shadow they do not disappoint. Puzzle sequences are ingeniously implemented, putting players’ logic to the test and rewarding progress with a rush of sweet, sweet endorphins. The tombs themselves are more expansive and treacherous than before, withmany requiring underwater traversal — a classic Tomb Raider staple making its first appearance in this trilogy. Strategically placed air pockets and the need to sneak past deadly piranhas or eels raise the stakes in these delightfully challenging diving sequences. Shadow of the Tomb Raider offers customizable difficulty settings that allow players to modify the difficulty of puzzles, traversal, and combat separately. Are you breezing through combat sequences but getting stumped by the puzzles? Or perhaps you’d rather not get any puzzle hints, but need some guidance when moving through the jungle? You can toggle these settings to fit the game to your preferences and craft a truly unique tomb raiding experience. As a longtime fan of the series, I’ve loved following Lara on her journey to becoming the fully fledged Tomb Raider. Shadow of the Tomb Raider exemplifies the elements that drew me to the series in the first place: thrilling exploration, engaging combat, and challenging puzzles. But it’s the moral exploration of Lara’s identity that has me most excited to dive back into Shadow of the Tomb Raider when it launches September 14 on PS4. Until then, you can preview some of the combat gameplay in our latest episode of PlayStation Underground: View the full article

Email us at blogcast@sony.com! Subscribe via iTunes, Spotify, Google or RSS, or download here Greetings! On this week’s very premium episode of PlayStation Blogcast, Kristen and I discuss games that deserve a second chance. That is, games that didn’t click with us right away, but soon grew to become obsessions. In other words, we talk about Darkest Dungeon for 50 minutes straight. (Kidding!) Stuff We Talked About That slick new Limited Edition PS4 Pro Tacoma “Second chance” games Dark Souls Vampyr Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 Dragon Age BioShock The Cast Sid Shuman – Director of Social Media, SIEA Kristen Titus – Social Media Specialist, SIEA 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

Hey there, land walkers! We are excited to announce our VR game A Fisherman’s Tale is coming to PlayStation VR later this year! A Fisherman’s Tale is a mind-bending VR puzzle adventure game in which being turned upside down and inside out is not merely a play on words. Playing as Bob, a tiny fisherman puppet, you live alone in your tiny cabin, oblivious to the world outside. One morning, when you wake up, you realize that all your windows have been boarded up, the doors locked, and to top it off, your shell collection starts talking to you about a huge storm looming outside. Can you make it to the top of the lighthouse and turn on the light before The Big Storm? As you attempt to leave your cabin with the help of some uncanny sidekicks, you realize what’s waiting outside is not at all what you expected and that you will have to twist and bend your new, peculiar reality to solve the mind-bending puzzles on your path. We can’t wait for you to experience A Fisherman’s Tale when it comes to PlayStation VR later this year. And remember, even though fisherman’s tales sometimes seem tall, there’s always a little bit of truth in every single one of them! View the full article

Captured entirely from in-game footage on PlayStation 4 Pro, watch this introduction to Red Dead Redemption 2’s gameplay in 4K. Red Dead Redemption 2 is coming October 26, 2018 to PlayStation 4 systems. Pre-order now. View the full article