Commander Fury

I love games. For as long as I remember, I’ve played. I’ve played with my brothers, my parents, my friends, and classmates. I’ve played outside, inside, with a ball, with a stick, on a team, alone, in summer and in winter. I love games. In 2008, I was lucky enough to be accepted into Concordia University’s Bachelor of Computer Science and Computer Arts Double Major. I made my first board game with some great people. I learned that creating something is hard. I learned that taking critique is much harder than giving it. I learned the value of teamwork. I felt the amazing satisfaction of going from idea to execution. After school, I was lucky enough to quickly find a job in my field. I started as a mobile game designer at a Montreal startup founded by AAA veterans called Sava Transmedia. I learned design, production, and business. Being at a mobile studio meant making smaller games which, in turn, meant that I was able to go through three production cycles very quickly, very early in my career. Most of all though, I met some incredible people. People from Ubisoft, EA, and Warner Brothers. People who had worked on and created Assassin’s Creed, NHL, and Batman. Best of all, I met a ton of younger game developers, several of which ended up joining Thunder Lotus further down the line. I eventually left Sava, but kept in touch with most of the people I had had the privilege to meet. I had a plan: put an indie game on Kickstarter. It was all or nothing. If the Kickstarter failed, I would have to find another job. Luckily, with the generous help of many friends, we put together a great campaign with very few resources and you believed in us. Gamers gave us a chance. You trusted us to make Jotun. We worked like crazy for over a year and launched Jotun in September 2015, then on PS4 earlier this month. I can humbly say that thanks to our amazing backers, we made a great game. Jotun was a critical and commercial success. Not a crazy hit or anything, but enough to keep us going as studio, which is more than you can ask from your first project. We learned so much during the process and applied it to our next project. Which brings me to the point of this post. Today, I’m extremely excited to announce Thunder Lotus’ brand new game, Sundered. Sundered is a horrifying fight for survival and sanity. You play Eshe, a wanderer in a ruined world, trapped in ever-changing caverns teeming with eldritch horrors. Harness the power of corrupted relics to defeat gigantic bosses at the cost of your humanity. Sundered is a game that builds on the strengths of Jotun: hand-drawn art, epic boss battles, and great immersion. However, we know Jotun was far from perfect. With Sundered, we’ve added more complex mechanics, tons of replayability, and meaningful choices. We’ve gone into a darker universe heavily inspired by Lovecraft’s writings. In terms of gameplay, Sundered can mostly be described as a replayable Metroidvania, close to Rogue Legacy and Super Metroid. You explore an ever-changing dungeon, fight hordes of eldritch horrors, and chose between humanity or madness. We can’t wait show you more Sundered in the coming months. Thank you for joining us in our journey to make AAA quality games with an indie heart. We hope you’ll be around in 2017 when Sundered releases on PS4. If you have any questions, feel free to post in the comments below. Resist or embrace. -Will and the Thunder Lotus Team View the full article

Joycity is proud to announce that we are inviting gamers to try a closed beta version of our multiplayer street basketball game, 3on3 Freestyle for PS4. We could not be more excited to have passionate gamers test our game and give us feedback, but before you go and sign up for the closed beta, we would like to tell you the story of how we put the game together. At Joycity we have been developing online multiplayer basketball games since 2005. Iit has been an incredible experience to develop 3on3 Freestyle with a community of users from all around the world. However, when we decided to bring 3on3 Freestyle to PS4, we wanted to challenge ourselves to build a truly authentic street basketball game experience for everyone. We wanted to approach this theme from two perspectives. The first from someone who plays pickup basketball games on the street and the other from a veteran of sports games. To authentically capture the desires of both, we went on a global journey to meet gamers all around the world and visit renowned street basketball courts to watch and interact with street basketball teams, players, and fans. Diving in deep, we went directly to landmark courts in cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and New York and got right into the street basketball action at each location. After spending months on the road at the courts, our development team took their observations and interactions back to the office, and used them to build the authentic characters, settings, features, and gameplay of 3on3 Freestyle. We also stayed in touch with numerous street basketball leagues and teams to keep the conversation going throughout the process of building the game. Part of making the game authentic was replicating the diversity our game designers saw on the street basketball courts in the U.S. To do this, we made no two 3on3 Freestyle characters the same in appearance/physicality, playing style, or story. Each character in the game has their own signature moves and tricks inspired by the incredible action we witnessed using the arcade-style controls. Another authenticity we wanted to capture that we viewed in the field was the diversity of the street basketball squads balanced with all different kinds of players. Inspired by this versatility and strategy, the teams in 3on3 Freestyle are built like the real street basketball teams which can be comprised of a speedy ball handler, a rangy swing man with lockdown defensive skills, and a powerful rim protector to protect the paint. We also wanted for gamers to be able to utilize these diverse characters for in-game strategy. To make this happen, we inserted an in-game substitution feature where you can swap out one character for another during gameplay. With this feature, a lockdown defender character can be swapped out on the fly for a sharp-shooting three-point specialist if that is who you think best suits the situation. 3on3 Freestyle supports online multiplayer to play with friends, but sports gamers told us there was still something more that they missed in the current sports game landscape. They shared with us that they fondly remember when they would invite friends over, share pizza, and play sports games together all day. To satisfy this nostalgic desire, we built a local co-op online multiplayer feature into 3on3 Freestyle. Now gamers can gather with their friends at their homes and play online multiplayer as a team much in the same way a street basketball team would connect and get together on a court to play a few games. 3on3 Freestyle is still an arcade-style game in its core, but we wanted to do more than infuse the essence and inspiration that we got from the people we met and the games we watched. That’s why we invited legendary story writer Evan Skolnick to shape the characters and the world behind its appearance. Evan worked hand-in-hand with our team to make sure the stories of each character were not just authentic and compelling, but also inspire gamers to push their avatar towards street basketball greatness. The characters in 3on3 Freestyle aren’t just unique in appearance and gameplay either. Their actions and play styles are all designed based on their story, their hometowns, and their passion. This does not just show up in the game play and design detail either. Each player has their own personal story which is unlocked as they progress through the game. The one-of-a-kind jerseys we observed these teams wearing also inspired us to create a personalized jersey feature we think gamers will fall in love with. With the bulk of the development of the game finished, we are excited to move along and release a closed beta of 3on3 Freestyle. We would like to invite gamers to test out the closed beta version of the game so they can provide us with their feedback to improve upon the most authentic and enjoyable final version of the game. We are offering a limited number of exclusive closed beta downloads and in-game rewards for beta testers who are willing to participate. Our development doesn’t stop there though. We are planning updates of the game to be released on a monthly basis. We will also be offering a free PS4 theme and exclusive discounts on items such as logos, clothing, and accessories for PS Plus users. We could not be more excited to have gamers begin testing our game so those interested in being exclusive closed beta testers of 3on3 Freestyle should visit the 3on3 website to sign up and start playing. 3on3 Freestyle will launch on PS4 in Q4 2016. View the full article

Hello, Commander. Earth has fallen to a devious alien threat. A small resistance is scattered, hurting, and desperate for a leader. Gather your forces and save humanity in XCOM 2, out this week on PS4. Following in the footsteps of the critically acclaimed XCOM: Enemy Unknown, XCOM 2 features the rich challenge of turn-based combat, countless new items and upgrades, and a new alien threat. Command a mobile headquarters as you oversee resistance operations around the globe, and employ a variety of battlefield tactics to claim victory against impossible odds. Also: Watch our latest short film that celebrates all the adventures and games from PlayStation Store. For a full list of new games coming to PlayStation this week, read on. And enjoy the Drop! New Releases: Week of September 27, 2016 Arcade Archives Contra PS4 — Digital Contra is an action game released by Konami in 1987. Soldiers Bill and Lance work to stop the destruction of Earth and challenge an alien threat with incredible weapons and guerrilla tactics. Darkest Dungeon PS4, PS Vita — Digital (Cross Buy) Darkest Dungeon is an award-winning gothic roguelike RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, famine, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost? Dead Rising 2 PS4 — Retail In the sequel to Dead Rising, players step into the shoes of Chuck Greene, professional motorcycle racer. Surrounded by a horde of hungry zombies in the spectacular casino town of Fortune City, Chuck finds himself in a race against time to find Zombrex, the one thing that can keep Katey, his young daughter, alive. FIFA 17 PS4, PS3 — Digital, Retail FIFA 17 immerses you in authentic football experiences by leveraging the sophistication of a new game engine. Complete innovation in the way players think and move, physically interact with opponents, and execute in attack lets you own every moment on the pitch. Lichtspeer PS4 — Digital Lichtspeer is an action arcade lightspear-throwing simulator based in an ancient Germanic future. In a land filled with Wurst Zombies and Hipster Ice Giants, survival is an art. Grab your lightspear, become a Germonaut, and traverse lands straight out of Germanic myths. Survive with style and expand your powers to fight for the glory and amusement of the almighty Gods. Mount & Blade: Warband PS4 — Digital, Retail In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it’s time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia! Wand Wars PS4 — Digital (Out 9/28) Wand Wars is a fast-paced magical sports game. Players ride brooms over ancient arenas, cast arcane spells and turn opponents into adorable chickens. Try to control a powerful sphere that bounces around the arena, increasing in speed and size over time. XCOM 2 PS4 — Digital, Retail Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity. Take command of the Avenger, an alien supply craft converted to XCOM’s mobile headquarters. You decide where to guide your strike team, how to expand your support, and when to combat enemy counter-operations. Zheros PS4 — Digital Pure action fights in a sci-fi setting: the galaxy must be saved by the Zheros special agents, with punches and hi-tech weapons. Fight against the robotic army of Dr. Vendetta and mess up his plans to turn every living creature into an odd and hostile minion. Dave East – Kairi Chanel Opeth – Sorceress Banks – Altar Ghostbusters (Extended Version) Independence Day: Resurgence Ice Age: Collision Course Bob’s Burgers – September 25 at 7:30/6:30c (FOX) The First Presidential Debate – September 26 at 4/3c (CNN) Code Black – September 28 at 10/9c (CBS) The information above is subject to change without notice. View the full article

Explore ancient temples hidden among the cherry blossoms and survive the night at the Great Wall in the new Minecraft: Console Edition Chinese Mythology Mash-Up. In this new mash-up, you will be able to visit an exquisitely created pre-made world. Wander through the streets of an ancient great city, marvel at the dragons that dwell around the high mountains, contemplate your crafting within a mythical monastery and just enjoy the view as you walk through fields and discover how mobs would look in ancient China. This mash-up also brings you 41 new skins to choose from and 13 themed music tracks for your worlds made using this pack. On top of all that, the Chinese Mythology Mash-up also includes a very special map for the Battle minigame which we released back in June. Just look out for the dragons! Also on Oct. 5, we’re delivering a free game update for all Console Editions that will bring even more long-awaited features to your game, such as: New mobs: You’ll now find polar Bears (and their babies!) roaming frozen biomes New items: Farm beetroots and keep yourself nourished with some healthy beetroot soup Banners: Make beautiful banners to hang in your bases and spruce the place up New terrain generation: You’ll find Igloos in Arctic biomes, Fossils buried underground, as well as different village paths and materials New blocks: End Bricks, Beetroot, Grass Path, Frosted Ice, Magma, Nether Wart B-lock, Red Nether Brick and Bone Block The Chinese Mythology Mash-Up for Minecraft: Console Editions will be available on the digital stores for PS4, PS3, PS Vita and other consoles for $4.99 USD starting Oct. 5. And, as usual, the October Update for Minecraft: Console Editions will be available for free on Oct. 5 as well. So go explore, and enjoy the beets! View the full article

The PlayStation.Blog team can’t wait for October 13. With the launch of PlayStation VR in North America, we’re entering a new era of gaming — one that places players directly into the worlds that developers so lovingly create. To prepare for this amazing next chapter in PlayStation history, we all donned that PlayStation VR headset and sampled a bevy of upcoming PlayStation VR titles. The world of Robinson: The Journey is equal parts enormous and beautiful. The power of virtual reality is especially significant in Crytek’s latest given the extraordinary vistas players will climb on their journey across an alien world. Here’s what we thought when we hiked through the lush jungles and up the dizzying peaks of Robinson: The Journey. This experience left me speechless, outside of occasional cries of “woooooow.†I explored a prehistoric alien world populated by dinosaur-like creatures. Using DualShock 4, I navigated tricky paths through soaring treetops while hungry raptors nipped at my heels. Robinson focuses on exploration and the sheer wonder of the exotic environments, but there are puzzles to solve — I lured a hungry dino out of my way using a giant fruit, and scaled trees using a slick hand-over-hand mechanic. But the real attraction here is the gorgeous, mysterious world of Tyson III. –Sid Shuman As I get more experience with VR games, and the technology in general, I’m finding that my favorite moments are the quieter ones. Despite the high-octane action sequences, hilarious party games, and barrier-shattering showcases of presence in game worlds we’ve seen on PS VR, one of my most surprising VR experiences to date happened in Robinson. A particular scene saw me standing on a cliff, overlooking a vast landscape teeming with various creatures and blanketed in the light of a gorgeous sunset. When I was younger I used to go on road trips to hang out on Santa Monica pier, just to look out at the ocean and appreciate life. This moment in Robinson is the first time I’ve felt that sense of humbling calm and contentment in years. –Justin Massongill The key to Robinson: The Journey is scale. The nearly endless jungles towering around you, winged creatures snapping and crying overheard, and dizzying heights to overcome — all these elements play into the feeling of immersion. But perhaps most telling of the power of PlayStation VR came towards the end of the demo, when I tiptoed through a fallen tree stump riddled with vines. As I passed underneath low-hanging branches, I expected the leaves to touch my face. In fact, I was surprised when they didn’t. Take this sense of realism and couple it with Robinson’s colossal scope to better understand the potential of the platform. –Ryan Clements View the full article

Hi everyone! This weekend’s flash sale celebrates the artistry of gaming with steep discounts on titles from a wide range of styles. Starting right now, save up to 80 percent on games that run the gamut from hand-drawn to 16-bit, classic comic book to Japanese anime and beyond. Head over to PlayStation Store throughout the weekend to pick up games like Fairy Fencer F: Advent Dark Force, Guilty Gear Xrd -REVELATOR-, and Day of the Tentacle Remastered, as well as visually stunning films like Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children and more! Check out the full lineup below, but don’t wait too long – PlayStation Store’s Animation Deals Flash Sale draws to a close Monday, September 26 at 8 a.m. PST. 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Note: All pricing is for U.S. only and subject to change without notice. View the full article

Over the course of this week we’ve shown you a lot of exciting information about our upcoming arena-based shooter for PlayStation VR. We’ve acquainted you with the powerful Rigs chassis types, each one of them able — if used correctly — to turn the tide in your favor. Today, we want to wrap up the week by highlighting the different abilities allowed in the arena. As we announced before, 24 unique Rigs can be unlocked in the game, and each of them is equipped with one of these six abilities: Vampire: Nine Lives, Bloodbank, Flatliner, Parasite Carapace: Hard Case, Guardian, Roundhouse, Winning Streak Nuke: Last Rites, Critical Mass, Injury Time, Blast Radius Engineer: Angel, El Diablo, Cheerleader, Pain Killer Thief: Dead Centre, Bullseye, Bad Medicine, Killswitch Knockout: Rough Justice, Anger Management, Rage Quit, Crowd Control Rigs Mechanized Combat League is a competitive experience, which means Rig selection is important. The six abilities differ significantly from each other, so it’s important to discover which Rig chassis types and abilities are best suited for a given situation. Collecting as many as you can, rather than sticking with a single Rig, will offer a great advantage. These are the different abilities approved by the Mechanized Combat League: The Vampire ability can instantly repair Rigs to full armor when they take down an opponent, and are therefore a suitable choice for those who can take down a lot of Rigs quickly. Perhaps you think safety comes first? The Carapace ability has you covered by assuring you are protected from the rear by energy shields. The shields will block all forms of attack except for melee, giving you a chance to rush the Power Slam goal or your opponent’s’ Endzone. If getting in close is your style of playing, the Nuke and Knockout abilities are made for you. Nuke Rigs are able to eject and detonate their power core when destroyed, damaging nearby opponents. Knockout Rigs, on the other hand, are useful when defending the Power Slam goal. Their melee attacks disable an opponent’s overdrive and power modes for a short time. Engineer Rigs are a perfect match if you want to hang back and support your team from a safe distance. Watch your teammates create mayhem as you heal them and scramble the radars of nearby opponents to make them doubt your location. Last but certainly not the least is the Thief ability, which allows Rigs to pick up the Endzone Ball or Power Spheres by shooting them from a distance. Thief Rigs move quickly and are hidden from the radar when in Turbo Mode, making them perfect for flanking attacks. Learning how to use each Rig’s ability to your advantage is essential in Rigs Mechanized Combat League. Having the right Rig for the job is the key to dominating in the arena and climbing to the top of the Mechanized Combat League! We can’t wait for you to get your hands on the game when it launches alongside Playstation VR on October 13. View the full article

A new story trailer for Watch Dogs 2 just arrived, bringing with it a fresh look at major players on both sides of the conflict between hacker collective DedSec and the corrupt corporations they’re working to take down. One of their biggest targets is Blume Corporation, an entity that should be familiar to Watch Dogs players as the creators of the notorious, city-automating ctOS. This video introduces a key antagonist, who appears to be pretty high up on Blume’s payroll: their Chief Technology Officer, Dusan Nemec. Nemec is taking the DedSec threat very seriously, and rightly so; we’ve already met a few members of the collective, and they are not to be trifled with. The protagonist, Marcus Holloway, has already stopped a mass surveillance initiative in Oakland using his unique set of skills. Sitara and her principled, artistic approach may not always vibe with Wrench and his aggressive, chaotic style, but there’s no doubt that both are passionate, driving forces fueling DedSec’s efforts. In this trailer, we also get a glimpse of Josh and Horatio, two other members that make up the DedSec crew. With a powerful array of hacking tools at your disposal and the open world of the San Francisco Bay Area at your feet, you and your fellow hackers will do whatever is necessary to stop Blume and their new, improved ctOS 2.0 from infringing on the freedoms of the citizens. And with Watch Dogs 2’s seamless multiplayer connectivity, you can easily team up with friends or strangers to complete missions, gain followers, and unlock new missions, gadgets, gear, and more to help you take the fight to Blume and look good doing it. If you pre-order Watch Dogs 2 on PlayStation Store, you’ll get some exclusive bonuses that will take your fight even further. The San Bruno Radio Tower location offers co-op mission opportunities for you and your buddies to take on, and makes the Engineer Suit available for that fight-the-system-from-within look. Pre-ordering also unlocks the ScoutXpedition mission, in which you’ll tour San Francisco with a movie-location scout and visit some of the city’s most iconic locations (of which there are many). Finally, PS Plus members who pre-order Watch Dogs 2 on PlayStation Store will get the Bitflip, a full unique clothing set with an especially cool neon skull bandana. Join Marcus, Sitara, and the rest of DedSec when Watch Dogs 2 launches on November 15. Corrupt corporations aren’t going to expose themselves, now are they? View the full article

System Rift, our first story DLC for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, is out today! It’s a completely self-contained story, taking you to a new location in Prague, so you don’t need to worry about spoiling the main quest for yourself if you haven’t finished it. We’ve gone around our studio to ask some of the developers who worked on this story DLC to share some insight into what you can expect. From Avi Winkler, our Lead Writer: Francis Pritchard, Adam Jensen’s friend and former colleague at Sarif Industries, returns in System Rift, and new colorful banter between these two characters adds an interesting dynamic to their relationship. Fans of Breach, our new game mode included in Mankind Divided, will get to meet ShadowChild in person and experience the origin story of the “Breach†itself. This story DLC also involves the infiltration of a unique structure only seen from a distance in Prague, during the course of the main game: the Palisade Bank Corporation’s Blade facility. Within it, new secrets and details about the bank’s founders can be uncovered. With that, a completely new area of the city is waiting to be explored with its share of new stories to tell and characters to meet. From Ayrald Anneron, our Lead Level Designer: In true Deus Ex fashion, this new mission supports all playstyles as you infiltrate the Palisade Blade, one of the most secure buildings in Prague. Before entering, you’ll be enticed to explore a plaza — where secrets and hidden items can be found, as well as alternate ways to get into the facility. But proceed with caution: as an augmented person, Jensen is not welcome everywhere! Once inside the Blade, you will also face new security features which we’ll let you discover in-game. From Michel Lanoie, Assistant Art Director: In Deus Ex : Mankind Divided, the Palisade Blade is one of the strongest icons and symbols of Prague and we felt that there was so much potential in actually going in it. In System Rift, we exploit the Corporate Feudalism theme as a visual metaphor. We use it to bring contrast and force emotional tension in a cold color palette and environmental mood. As the Palisade Blade is very thin and monolithic, it was a challenge to create its interior, especially since it was not meant to be explorable when it was first designed. By its complexity and unconventional design, the Blade distinguishes itself from any level we have ever done while keeping credibility of space and architecture. View the full article

We’re standing a few feet inside Croft Manor’s wine cellar and are hesitant to move another step. Our surroundings are dank, dark. A small window at the corridor’s end fails to illuminate the bowels of Lara’s childhood home. Shadows and cobwebs are everywhere. A shiver involuntarily runs down our spine. Truthfully? We’re a little scared. Such is the immersive power of PlayStation VR. We’re testing out the headline feature of Rise of the Tomb Raider ahead of release: 10 minutes to explore Croft Manor, Lara’s childhood home. 10 criminally short minutes to experience the franchise in a wholly new way. Chronologically positioned part-way through the main story and selectable as one of a handful of additional extras from the main menu, this side-quest sees Lara returning home to unravel a family mystery. Croft needs to explore her surroundings, piece together clues, and uncover secrets to learn how to reclaim the dilapidated Croft Manor as her own. Blood Ties is a purely explorative piece of content, though you can revisit the location in a separate, action-heavy, supernatural zombie-plagued variant, Lara’s Nightmare. And while Blood Ties is playable in standard third-person as well, it’s best experienced in first-person with PlayStation VR. That said, it is worth testing the former before diving into the latter; if only to reinforce just how seismic a difference PlayStation VR makes. The aforementioned wine cellar is oppressive. We can almost smell the damp. By contrast, the manor’s central rooms feel cavernous, high ceilings barely seen in the gloom above. VR fools your other senses to believe in a sense of space far larger than the small demo room we have to remind ourselves we’re standing in. It’s a fairly warm day in September, but we feel a chill on our arms as a virtual draft blows past us. VR adds an extra dimension to interacting with objects. Picking up items and spinning them round to look for clues is a nice mini-puzzle in-game. In VR you physically turn the object — represented by the DualShock 4 and its gyro sensors in the real world — to study it. It gives an important tactile interaction that further immerses you in this world. Cool inclusion? The controller also doubles as a freely moveable flashlight on entering darker areas. And even things we can’t touch we happily appreciate, such is the massive detail etched across every inch of the manor. Admission: we spend a minute unashamedly studying a painting, leaning forward to inspect the brushwork. Archaeologist turned art critic: bet that’s not listed on the back of the box. There are also Easter eggs galore, nods even to the original era of Tomb Raider, repackaged and given a new universe context. The (yet unseen) Young Lara Croft Chronicles, if you will. There are two control schemes for the VR experience: free mode and comfort mode. The first is akin to the standard Tomb Raider controls, but it’s the second that we use today. Holding LT and pointing the controller will allow you to place a virtual transparent Lara anywhere in your field of vision. A tap of RT will teleport you to that point. Repeatedly press the shoulder buttons to make a 360° pan in small degree increments. It’s quickly intuitive. In all, it makes for an essential experience for Lara fans and a truly attractive addition to an already robust package, which includes two other side modes. Lara’s Nightmare is an ultra replayable slice of action as Croft needs to hunt down three supernatural — and aggressive — skulls. They’re hidden throughout the manor and the locations of which, like her weapons and necessary room keys, are randomised in each playthrough. Then there’s the co-op Endurance survival mode. You and a pal are dropped into the middle of a freezing wilderness. Predators are many, consumables and equipment rare. Your health and heat are continually draining. Cooperation is essential. How many in-game days can you survive before succumbing to the elements? It’s an intriguing premise, something akin to a roguelike version of Journey. But even after supernatural zombies have overcome us, and the cold has leached our will to live, we feel the pull again to explore Croft Manor, to pull on PlayStation VR and dare ourselves to make it further into the bowels of the mansion. And maybe we will this time. Maybe. View the full article

Hello friends! We have an absolutely packed show for you this week, including an in-depth talk with Taylor Kurosaki on Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. He speaks to the game’s spectacular campaign and how it will melt many, many faces (not his words). We also call up Arthur Parsons from TT Games to chat about the upcoming content in LEGO Dimensions, and how his team paired Harry Potter up with the A-Team. Seriously. So what are you waiting for? Enjoy the show! Subscribe via iTunes, Google or RSS, or download here Stuff We Talked About Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare LEGO Dimensions Destiny: Rise of Iron Darkest Dungeon Early Game of the Year picks Uncharted 4 Multiplayer DLC Recent Episodes 222: The Professionals 221: Alone With Clements 220: I Left my Drone in San Francisco The Cast Sid Shuman – Director of Social Media, SIEA Justin Massongill – Social Media Manager, SIEA Ryan Clements – Sr. Social Media Specialist, SIEA Send us questions and tips! blogcast@playstation.sony.com Leave us a voicemail! (650) 288-6706 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

There are only a few weeks left until Rigs Mechanized Combat League launches alongside PlayStation VR! We can’t wait for you to climb into the virtual cockpit of your first Rig and start learning the ins and outs of every arena. We put a lot of care into creating diverse, well-readable environments for Rigs’ different sports types, and today we want to give you a bit of insight into the concepting phase of the stadiums. From the outset, we aimed to brand Rigs Mechanized Combat League as a future sports phenomenon with strong global appeal. The stadiums had to be situated in a variety of metropoles and exotic locations, to convey the idea that players will tour the globe over the course of a tournament or season. We settled on the following locations… Rio de JaneiroAs a rapidly growing sports capital, Rio felt like an obvious choice to place a large Rigs stadium in. We looked at an iconic location and ended up placing the stadium on one of the mountains overlooking the city. Because Rigs is set 50 years in the future, we were also able to play around with how Rio may have evolved over the years. DubaiInitially we toyed with the idea of creating a stadium on a manmade island off the coast of Monaco. However, we soon realized that a stadium capable of hosting a Rigs match and 130,000 fans would be too big, almost dwarfing Monaco itself. Instead, we decided to move the stadium to a different location: the Persian Gulf’s southeast coast. The nearby city of Dubai seemed like an excellent fit for the spectacle and extreme architecture of a Rigs stadium. Fun detail: if you look closely at the city skyline, you’ll notice future Dubai has a space elevator! NevadaNot every stadium had to be set in a metropolitan area. After reading that Lake Mead might dry up in the near future, one of our environmental artists suggested using a decommissioned Hoover Dam as one of the stadium locations. It made for an interesting arena, with a huge dam structure on one side and sheer rock faces on the other. It also felt appropriate to have such an iconic landmark find new life in the future as a Rigs stadium, rather than face demolition. MacauFor Macau we wanted to do something completely different. We came up with an enormous casino complex built on top of a stadium, with one half of the arena located inside the casino and the other half located outside. This unique setting allowed us to mix up the art style a bit, and be a bit more playful than the other Arenas. In addition to providing four very different locations, each of the stadiums also had to be configurable for Power Slam, Endzone, and Team Takedown, with different passages and platforms becoming available depending on the active sports type. We tested these configurations extensively, streamlining the arena layouts for each of the rulesets. Rigs Mechanized Combat League will launch alongside PlayStation VR on October 13. View the full article

Hi, I’m Dave Mervik and I’m the senior narrative designer for Tarsier Studios. You might know us from our work on games like LittleBigPlanet and Tearaway Unfolded, but the reason we started the company was to make our own games. Ten years ago we had a concept called The City of Metronome that we took to E3. It was a perfect example of the kind of game we wanted to make, but the timing just wasn’t right. Fast forward through a decade of work with the likes of Sony XDEV and Media Molecule, and we’re back where we started. Except now, the timing’s right! The game may have changed, but it’s got the same spirit, and to be able to talk to you all about it now is an absolute dream. Or should I say… a Little Nightmare. Sorry. Couldn’t resist that! So let me tell you a bit more about Little Nightmares. It takes place somewhere we’ve called The Maw, which began life as a dark twinkle in our eye, a strange kind of dollhouse where your most primal fears are brought to life and twisted by the minds of our Art Department! The Maw is a place of extremes. The idea is that it should encapsulate this surreal experience that kids have growing up. Where you can go from playing happily one minute, to being terrified the next. Of course, we’ve exaggerated things somewhat too, which is as much a part of being a kid as anything else! Into this lovely, fuzzy wonderland we’ve dropped our main character, Six. She’s not special in the way we’re all used to. We wanted to have a character that we could identify with, who didn’t have a huge shotgun hidden beneath that yellow raincoat! The whole point is, she’s just a normal kid stuck in the worst place you can imagine and you want to get her out. You do this by doing what kids are best at — hiding, sneaking, and seeing things differently than grown-ups. It’s pretty tough to describe the feeling of playing the game, because it’s a mix of all sorts of different things. We wanted to try and get across this idea of childhood and how it feels to grow up in a world that was made for other people. If we’ve done our job well, you’ll be spending as much time happily climbing around and solving puzzles, as well as being scared out of your wits by The Chef and his lovely chums! To enhance the game experience further, our in-house composer, Tobias Lilja, created an original soundtrack. As ever, his work floored us all, being both playful and unnerving at the same time. People can be so annoyingly talented sometimes! Check his work out here. We really can’t wait to get the full Little Nightmares experience in your hands! View the full article

Since launching our Lost Treasures multiplayer DLC update in June, we’ve been hard at work fine-tuning the multiplayer experience, launching the New Devon bonus map, and developing our next DLC release — the Uncharted 4 Multiplayer: Bounty Hunters DLC, available today via a new update to Uncharted 4. With a returning fan-favorite map, new tools to capture and create your own original gameplay videos, an all-new objective game mode, new weapons, and more, Uncharted 4 Multiplayer: Bounty Hunters DLC is one of the biggest multiplayer DLC updates we’ve ever produced. Most importantly, just like Lost Treasures and all future multiplayer DLC updates, Bounty Hunters is free for all players. Here’s a closer look at what’s included. Returning Classic Map: Village from Uncharted 2That’s right; we’re bringing back Village. Not only is it one of our personal favorites, it’s also one of the most requested maps from the Uncharted 4 Multiplayer community. Village has been completely rebuilt to take advantage of PS4, including new lighting systems, high-fidelity textures, and more. We’ve also added support for Uncharted 4’s new traversal mechanics — most notably the grappling hook. New Mode: Bounty HunterWe’ve heard your feedback asking for new modes for Uncharted 4 Multiplayer, and today, we’re proud to introduce Bounty Hunter — a new game type that encourages teamwork, strategy, and skill. Two teams compete to reach the score limit by collecting Bounties from KO’d players. When you KO a player, they drop a Bounty worth 10 points, which you or your teammates must retrieve before an enemy can swoop in and deny it. Throughout the match, teams will also alternate between having one random player assigned the role of Captain — a high-value target that the opposing team must hunt down within a time limit. If the attacking team can successfully KO the enemy’s Captain, they’ll have a chance to collect a huge Bounty worth 60 to 120 points toward their team’s overall score. However, there’s a catch: Captain’s Bounties take time to collect, so players must work together to either protect their teammates as they retrieve the Bounty or fight to deny the attacking team before the clock runs out. We love playing this mode at the studio and we hope you enjoy it, too. It inspires some incredibly tense moments and close plays. New Weapons, Mystical, and BoostersWe’ve also introduced a collection of new weapons and boosters, as well as a new Mystical, which can be obtained through DLC Gameplay Chests. Using Relics earned through Multiplayer matches and Challenges, DLC Gameplay Chests now have the chance of granting access to any of the four new weapons introduced with the Bounty Hunters DLC, as well as those added with Lost Treasures and as part of the base game. Our latest Mystical, Shield of Asgard, temporarily reduces incoming damage. While it can be helpful in objective modes, it comes at the cost of movement speed. Weapons DC Single Action — Semi-Automatic Revolver RKL-155 — Fully Automatic mid Pistol Lowe-S – Assault Rifle Harrison 1890 – Lever Action Rifle US-AN 12 – Automatic Shotgun (Heavy Weapon) Boosters Lock ‘n Load — Put ammo from pickups immediately in your clip Undisturbed — Hold a charge melee while rolling and climbing Silent Assassin — Take out the enemy without the other their team knowing Weapons Expert — Aim your weapon while vaulting, falling, jumping Mystical Shield of Asgard — Reduces incoming damage for a brief periodNew Feature: Cinema ReplayAs promised in the Multiplayer Roadmap we shared before launch, the Bounty Hunters DLC adds Cinema Replay — a new suite of tools for capturing epic moments in-game and creating your own original videos. Building upon the tools players will recognize from previous Uncharted games, Cinema Replay creates archived versions of matches that allow you to go back and relive every moment from any player’s perspective or through a variety of different cameras. Within Cinema Replay, you can pause, slow down, swap perspectives, or line up the perfect shot to create highlight montages, original videos, or perhaps a dance compilation or two. Between Cinema Replay and the PS4 ShareFactory app, we can’t wait to see what kind of videos you create. New Personalization ItemsAs with our last DLC drop, we’ve again introduced an awesome assortment of vanity items to Uncharted 4 Multiplayer that offer new ways to deck out your favorite hero or villain characters, including: More than 40 new Skins and Pre-Sets A wealth of new Hats, Face Wear items, and Taunts This time around we have focused on a Wild West and Post-apocalyptic theme. We also introduced a few Pirate themed taunts that are sure to entertain. Triple Pack UpdateMultiplayer Pack 2 for the Triple Pack owners will also be available today. All your new items can be found, ready to use, in the customization and loadout menus. Multiplayer Pack 2 contains: RKL-155 Pistol Lock and Load Booster Shield of Asgard Mystical Bandit Hat Pistol Spin taunt So there you have it, a detailed overview of what’s included with Uncharted 4 Multiplayer: Bounty Hunters and version 1.13. We hope you enjoy it and continue to share your feedback with us. For all the latest, be sure to follow Naughty Dog on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. See you online! View the full article

Well met, PlayStation Nation! Perfect World Entertainment and Cryptic Studios is proud to announce that giants will return to the Sword Coast when Neverwinter: Storm King’s Thunder strikes PS4 on October 18! Inspired by Wizards of the Coast’s latest tabletop expansion, you’ll team up with characters from New York Times best-selling author R.A. Salvatore’s novels, Catti-brie and Wulfgar, in order to unravel the mystery behind the invading giants and what they’re searching for. Storm King’s Thunder will introduce a giant number of new features and content including guild alliances, three new adventure zones, a brand new campaign to follow the story, a new tier of dungeon, the Ostorian relics system, and class balance — among other quality of life changes. You’ll travel back to Icewind Dale where a massive blizzard envelops the once-bustling town of Bryn Shander. Your quests there will then bring you to the picturesque town of Lonelywood, which is surrounded by a beautiful yet haunting forest. Finally, head to Cold Run where the frost giants first embarked from their ships. Each of these adventure zones holds their own secrets and are ripe with Ostorian relics, a new system that has you searching for ancient items in order to power up your gear. For those seeking a challenge, our newest dungeon, Fangbreaker Island, lies in its own tier with a required item level of 3100. Face three of the most challenging bosses in Neverwinter history, each with their own tricks up their sleeve: Hati the Manticore, the Dragon Turtle, and the frost giant Drufi. Guild Alliances will also be introduced with this expansion where up to 13 guilds can band together to form an alliance, which will open up exciting new options for all members. Visit each other’s strongholds, tackle dragons together, help each other grow, and even shop at stores from each guild. Alliances will make it much easier for you to grow your community and make friends from around the world. Start thinking about who you’ll invite to your alliance! We can’t wait for you to step foot into Storm King’s Thunder to discover all there is to offer. Continue slaying dragons, vanquishing liches, and delving into dungeons. See you in Neverwinter on October 18! View the full article

In my experience, the creation of a game is a labor of love. It’s central to your thoughts for a couple of years, and all that time you’re surrounded by similarly focused people who you spark off, or perhaps argue with. But together you begin to shape a game, an experience, maybe even a work of art, that you can all be proud of. At Guerrilla Cambridge our last full game was Killzone Mercenary for PS Vita, something that I’m certainly still very proud of. But as they say, you’re only as good as your last game, and we’re so close to the launch of Rigs Mechanized Combat League that I suppose Mercenary will be consigned to the annals of history and Rigs will become the new benchmark by which we’re judged. Looking back on the development of Rigs, I can see how far we’ve come — from the very first dreams of what it would feel like to pilot a “mech†to Shuhei giggling with joy when his RIG was destroyed and he was ejected skywards in VR… and that was all more than a year ago now, well before we’d revealed the game at E3 2015. And before we had a seven-hour queue of people in Paris waiting to play our game (Yes, our game!), before we’d seen the reaction on the faces of thousands of people playing a competitive game in VR for the first time. 20 TBs of builds later, we’ve recorded 9,114 lines of dialogue in each of 11 languages (That’s 100,254 lines of dialogue!), raised 8,748 bugs and more than 1.3 million changelists, and let’s not forget about the six weddings and 10 babies that we’ve celebrated along the way! Now we stand almost on the eve of launch. As I type, the Gold Master is being pressed and very soon will be shipped around the globe to give so many more people their very first experience of PS VR and the promise that it holds. But that’s not the end for us. We feel Rigs has so much more to offer. At Tokyo Game Show last week we saw our very first livestream of a competitive three-on-three game of Rigs. We hope that’s the first of many, and we can’t wait until October 13. We hope that you’ll enjoy our vision of the future of sport — Rigs Mechanized Combat League — as much as we have. View the full article

“The world changes, we do not, therein lies the irony that kills us.†-Anne Rice Darkest Dungeon launches on PS4 and PS Vita September 27 with cross buy and cross save features for all. We’re extremely excited to share the game with the PlayStation community, and have snuck in a few bonuses to help make the console version of Darkest Dungeon something special. Objects of power are vital to player success, and in Darkest Dungeon we call them trinkets. Trinkets come in many forms — from conventional stones, herbs, necklaces, and bracers on up to holy scrolls, nefarious potions, bunches of garlic, and occult symbols teaming with ethereal energies. Their potencies vary, but as a rule they mean to empower your characters. Like everything in Darkest Dungeon, however, each comes with a cost. While a trinket may increase the damaging potency against protean evils, it may also increase the susceptibility to maladies that wait in the cold darkness. For all our PlayStation players we now start fresh estates with two trinkets: a Stone of Patience and a Stone of Endurance, as a small way of thanking our fans for their gratitude and support and patience as we developed the game. We are also adding three new, extremely rare trinkets for players to find. “The Tempting Goblet†is one such rare trinket that can be found from the now-infamous skeletal courtiers, who have a habit of dousing heroes in acrid liquid of questionable origin. To imaginative players, the other two trinkets may foreshadow a looming threat not yet made manifest… We’ve taken some time to embellish each of the four main dungeons — a new background has been added to the Ruins, Weald, Warrens, and Cove, adding more variety and character to each location. We’ve also added a new Town Event: “A Day Long Awaited.†In celebration of the PlayStation launch, this event gives players a Stagecoach bursting with bonus recruits — word has spread of the riches to be found in the dungeons beneath the Estate! Been waiting desperately for that Jester? This event can help it happen. To celebrate the launch, we’re offering a 20% PlayStation Plus discount for two weeks, for both PS4 and PS Vita! We’re looking forward to hearing the tales of triumph and defeat from our new players! We have a wonderful community of players on our subreddit, and our website. Also, please feel free to reach out to us on social media with any and all comments. On September 27, remember to pack a shovel and keep your torch bright! There are horrors below… View the full article

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<p>Ever since we offered a glimpse of the new content we’re making for Rez Infinite at the end of our <a href=" " target="_blank">debut trailer</a>, and again as part of my <a href="http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1023187/Classic-Game-Postmortem" target="_blank">GDC talk</a> and <a href="http://blog.us.playstation.com/2016/03/17/the-inspirations-of-rez-infinite-on-playstation-vr/" target="_blank">PlayStation.Blog post</a>, people have been asking me: What is Area X?</p> <p>Finally, today, I can answer.</p> <p>As with everything to do with Rez Infinite, though, I think it’s something you best see, and hear, for yourself:</p> <p><iframe width="640" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/KAPyCH4FlwU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></p> <p>Hopefully, if we’ve done our job right, Area X is something that’s hard to put into words…but let me try:</p> <p>Area X is a new level we’ve added just for Rez Infinite.</p> <p>Area X is an experiment.</p> <p>Area X is Rez, but it’s also not Rez… it’s something new.</p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/MgUvhe" target="_blank"><img src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7559/29716046321_ea00c61ecf_z.jpg" width="640" height="360"></a></p> <p>Like classic Rez, Area X is a designed to be a focused, replayable experience, that uses simple shooting mechanics as a means to induce “synesthesia,†an effect where perceiving something with one sense triggers another sense – like you can “see sounds,†or “hear colors†(as pioneered by influential Russian artist and art theorist <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wassily_Kandinsky" target="_blank">Wassily Kandinsky</a>).</p> <p>But other than that basic foundation, the team and I decided to throw away the rest of the formula and start fresh, both in terms of aesthetics and gameplay, building Area X through experimentation and iteration – try something, keep what worked, throw out what didn’t, try again – much in the same way United Game Artists and I created the original Rez so many years ago. Our goal was to create something that evoked the same excitement as Rez, but at the same time, something that felt unique. Something new. Something special all its own.</p> <p><a href="https://flic.kr/p/Mm3T71" target="_blank"><img src="https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8124/29762946616_e85121da43_z.jpg" width="640" height="360"></a></p> <p>Did we succeed? Well, the first indications should be hitting today, as the gaming press we’ve hosted over the last few weeks post their hands-on impressions. From their in-person reactions, we’re optimistic. But, like I mentioned before, as with everything Rez the best method is to see, and hear, for yourself – which is exactly what I hope you’ll do come October 13th with the launch of Rez Infinite.</p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PSBlog/~4/aL552G8iSEs" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> View the full article

How do you define the look of a sport that won’t exist for another fifty years? It’s a question that the developers at Guerrilla Cambridge carefully considered when they set out to create their PlayStation VR exclusive arena shooter, RIGS Mechanized Combat League. You can tell a lot about the nature of a sport by looking at the aesthetics of its uniforms, venues and sporting equipment. Take motorsports, for instance: the aerodynamic shape of a formula one car communicates a need for speed, while the highly reinforced roll cage of a rally car indicates a need for sturdiness. In RIGS Mechanized Combat League, the lightweight frames, sleek bodies and curved lines emphasize the athletic nature of the machines. In the video below, Art Directors Tom Jones and Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou talk about the game’s concept phase, and show how Guerrilla Cambridge experimented with different designs to find one that best suited their vision for a futuristic mix between motorsports, combat sports and goal-focused team sports. You can pre-order RIGS Mechanized Combat League from select retailers here. View the full article

Hi everyone, I’m Dan Pinchbeck from The Chinese Room. You might know us from last year’s Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture on PS4. Rapture told the story of how an apocalyptic event affected one small English village and the normal people caught up in the extraordinary event. Four years before Rapture, we launched Dear Esther, a game that would go on to have a big impact on how we craft our games. This tale of a desolate Scottish island started as a Half-Life 2 mod before getting a commercial PC release in 2012. Since then, Dear Esther has become a seminal title for some players and helped kick off a wave of “walking simulator†games. In the wake of this, we wanted to bring our game to a new home on PlayStation with new features for console players — so we created Dear Esther: Landmark Edition. The Landmark Edition sees the island remastered in Unity with a director’s commentary and those all-important trophies too. One question we always get asked is: “What actually is Dear Esther?†It’s hard to describe the story of Dear Esther simply. It’s about love, loss, and redemption; about a car crash, a hermit, and an island that may be real or just a dream. Because each fragment of story is randomly selected, every playthrough offers new insights, but raises more questions. The remote places you’ll explore might not be threatening, but they’re haunted nonetheless. You’ll hear a voice reading fragments of letters as you venture across the windswept cliffs, you’ll see shapes in the distance that’ll be there one moment and gone the next. The meaning of all this is for you to uncover through signs and symbols scattered across the island. It’s a non-linear narrative that’s left open for you to think about and interpret your own way. For us, Dear Esther was a project to explore the limits of what a first-person shooter could be, drawing inspiration from Doom and System Shock. I’m a huge fan of these two in particular — they’re precise and they know their design philosophy and hooks extremely well. We aimed for that in our own way with Dear Esther, trying to create something in the same design space as shooters. We wanted it to be as precise and immersive as the best of them, even if it lacked the guns. It’s this same philosophy that we carried over to Everybody’s Gone To The Rapture. Coming back to Dear Esther has been a strange experience. As developers, we are so laser-focused on completing and shipping our current games that we don’t have time to think about our previous ones, That said, it’s honestly been a joy to revisit Dear Esther, we’re really proud of what we’ve made and it’s marvellous to see how it has influenced what we’ve gone on to create since. We are really pleased to bring Dear Esther: Landmark Edition to PS4. We hope it gets you thinking about the creative opportunities that lie just outside the established rules of game genres. But most importantly, we hope you enjoy the experience. Thank you for reading, Dan View the full article

What’s up, World Warriors? It’s been an eventful month for Street Fighter V as we just announced a slew of new modes and features for the game at Tokyo Game Show, including Daily Targets, additional Stage KOs, and much more! Beyond that, we also revealed the Capcom Pro Tour 2016 DLC mystery costume we teased at EVO. Before we get into the new content, though, we wanted to thank all of our fans for the support they’ve shown through our new initiative to help grow the Capcom Cup 2016 prize pool. Since we announced the Capcom Pro Tour DLC at EVO, there has been an increase of more than $90,000 thanks to your efforts! As of today the total Capcom Cup 2016 prize pool is $342,182 and we’re well on our way of reaching our goal with a little more than two months to go! Remember that any piece of Capcom Pro Tour DLC content that you purchase goes to supporting the league and boosting the Capcom Cup 2016 prize pool. You can read more about how this works in the FAQ at the end of this post. Necalli — Champions Choice (Kazunoko 2015)Beyond receiving a huge payout from Capcom Cup this year, we’re happy to announce that the winner of the event will also have a costume created for the character of their choice! The winner will be able to work with the development team to provide feedback on this costume that will immortalize their victory. Last year, after Capcom Cup concluded, we approached Kazunoko — winner of the USFIV tournament — and let him choose the character he wanted a costume for and Necalli came up as his number one pick! When asked why he chose Necalli, he mentioned that he thought the character looked cool and hopes that with a new costume even more players will pick him up. The development team got to work and put together an awesome Japanese warlord costume. A handful of variations were sent over to Kazunoko to choose from and what you see below is the final result! This costume is part of the overall Capcom Pro Tour 2016 DLC, so when you purchase it, funds will go towards boosting the prize pool and supporting the Capcom Pro Tour. For users who purchase the Capcom Pro Tour 2016 DLC Bundle, they will receive this costume as well. As a reminder, this content is only available for a limited time through the end of November. Capcom Pro Tour DLC FAQSince we announced the Capcom Pro Tour DLC at EVO 2016, we understand many of our fans have questions surrounding this new initiative. We wanted to answer many of those questions through this FAQ. Hopefully the answers below shed more light on our intentions and of course, feel free to contact us on Twitter at @CapcomFighters with any additional feedback. What percentage of the Capcom Pro Tour DLC revenue is going to the Capcom Cup 2016 prize pool? A minimum of 30% of the revenue will go to the Capcom Cup 2016 prize pool, and an additional 50% of the revenue is invested into Capcom Pro Tour production. That means that Capcom contributes more than 80% of all CPT DLC revenue directly to support Capcom Pro Tour initiatives. Our goal is to have an impressive prize pool for Capcom Cup 2016 — the biggest in fighting game history — and we want our fans to know they had a part in helping us achieve that once we reach that milestone later this year. We will be providing updates throughout the rest of the season, so you all know what sort of number we are targeting for Capcom Cup 2016 and next year you will see tangible benefits from your investment materializing in the scene through increased production values and additional support for tournament organizers. Keep in mind, we contribute a portion of our sponsorship, ad revenue, and merchandise sales into the Capcom Pro Tour and Capcom Cup prize pool as well. What content is a part of the Capcom Pro Tour DLC? When you purchase any of the content below you will be supporting the Capcom Pro Tour and boosting the Capcom Cup prize pool. These items can be found within the in-game store in Street Fighter V. Capcom Pro Tour Costumes Additional Costume (“Capcom Pro Tourâ€): Chun-Li — $5.99 Additional Costume (“Capcom Pro Tourâ€): Cammy — $5.99 Additional Costume (“Capcom Pro Tourâ€): Necalli — $5.99 Capcom Pro Tour Stage Stage: Ring of Destiny — $9.99 Capcom Pro Tour Bundle Capcom Pro Tour 2016 Pack — $24.99 Additional Costume (“Capcom Pro Tourâ€): Chun-Li Additional Costume (“Capcom Pro Tourâ€): Cammy Additional Costume (“Capcom Pro Tourâ€): Necalli Stage: Ring of Destiny 1 exclusive CPT themed color option for all 22 characters 2 Exclusive Titles: “Capcom Cup 2016†and “Capcom Pro Tour 2016†How did you arrive at the current price point? We feel the price point is in line with our vision of investing in the community, as it will allow us to provide more opportunities to tournament organizers and content creators but also continue to have record setting prize pools at Capcom Cup. In short, we did not create this content with the intention of making large profits for ourselves; we created it to help support the community. We believe this content is some of the best in Street Fighter V with some of the most high-quality and detailed costumes in the game, not to mention the impressive “Ring of Destiny†stage that was on display throughout EVO 2016 and allows us to promote major events like that in-game, something that has never been done before in the history of Street Fighter. With that, you should look at this as your contribution to the fighting game community, where no matter what Capcom Pro Tour DLC item you purchase, this is your optional donation to the scene while getting some great content in return. How long will the content be available? We plan on taking this content off of the marketplace come the end of November, before Capcom Cup 2016. This is the cut-off point so we can tally up to revenue that will go directly into the prize pool. The Ring of Destiny Stage: which other tournaments are going to be featured in the stage, and will players be able to select which version they want to run? The Ring of Destiny is updated during server maintenance so we will be taking that into consideration when determining what tournaments to feature in the stage itself. Right now, EVO 2016 and Capcom Cup 2016 are the two events we plan to integrate into the stage, but we do hope to include other CPT tournaments in the future. There are no plans to make the stage variations available outside of the promotion period for the tournament. Why is the Capcom Pro Tour DLC Bundle only on PS4? The bundle for PS4 was created to celebrate our new partnership with PlayStation being the presenting sponsor of the Capcom Pro Tour. Sony has always been a tremendous supporter of the fighting game community and we wanted to highlight this alliance with the CPT DLC bundle. Why are you releasing DLC instead of adding additional modes or improving existing features? The Capcom Pro Tour DLC and all other DLC is part of the content roadmap that we have for the game and has no effect on the team that is working on addressing various improvements for Street Fighter V. Many of the things that are important to our fans are being worked on in parallel and we’ll update everyone on any new features and improvements once we have concrete information. That said, we believe that improving existing features and adding additional modes is equally as important as supporting and growing the fighting game community. View the full article

With the launch of Rigs Mechanized Combat League only weeks away, we’re really excited to show you what we’ve been working on — and this week we’ll be doing just that! Keep a close eye on PlayStation.Blog, because in the coming days we’ll go into more detail on several aspects of our PlayStation VR exclusive shooter and get you up to speed with everything you need to know before stepping into the Rigs arena on October 13. But first, let’s take a look at some of the different RIG classes in the game: As you can see in the video, the fourth Rigs class is known as the Sentinel. A heavyweight beast best deployed to defend Goals and Endzones, the Sentinel can also operate as the vanguard in a full-team press against the opposition. With its heavy armor and upgraded melee, the Sentinel excels in close combat; by charging up its jump, the Sentinel can slam opponents from above, making them vulnerable to follow up attacks. Here are its specifications: Sentinel -Height: 6 Meters -Top Speed: 49 Mph -Max Melee: 4000 Damage -Jump: Slam — charge to gain extra height. A fully charged jump will cause a slam effect on landing, damaging, and disorientating opponents. To put the crushing power of the Sentinel into perspective, here are the specifications for the other Rig classes, so you can see how it stacks up against the opposition: Hunter -Height: 3.4 Meters -Top Speed: 59 Mph -Max Melee: 3600 Damage -Jump: Basic — Equipped with basic jump ability. Mirage -Height: 5.5 Meters -Top Speed: 51 Mph -Max Melee: 3600 Damage -Jump: Double Jump — Once in mid-air, the Mirage can boost jump a second time. Tempest -Height: 2.5 Meters -Top Speed: 46 Mph -Max Melee: 3600 Damage -Jump: Vertical Take Off — Hold to boost up into air and hover. In Rigs Mechanized Combat League, you’ll be able to choose the class that best fits your playstyle, so start planning your strategy for the sport of the future! View the full article

Sharpen your steel, harden your heart, and get ready to headbang in honor of the Great Horned Metal God, because on September 20 Slain: Back from Hell is set to carve a bloody swathe onto PS4 for $14.99 — with a 10% discount for all PlayStation Plus members. Set in a dark and archaic world, you take the role of the doomed hero Bathoryn, a grizzled warrior dragged reluctantly from his mortal slumber. He must slice and dice his way across the blighted realm of villainous Lord Vroll, vanquishing his many gruesome underlings and twisted boss lieutenants along the way. Comprehensively augmented and refined for its release on PS4, the game blends brutally intense melee combat with unforgiving platform action (so the faint-hearted had best steer well clear). Our aim was to blend the best of classic 90’s hack ‘n’ slash games with modern gameplay dynamics, but freed from the hand-holding of mainstream titles. Your tools are a trusty sword, a flaming blade, an axe made from ice, and powerful mana magic, all of which you will need to employ strategically to avoid being eviscerated, immolated, skewered, burned, and butchered. The striking pixel art visuals of creator Andrew Gilmour bring your favorite metal album covers to gory, gothic life whilst the action is accompanied by a brooding soundtrack of purest heavy metal, penned by Curt Victor Bryant (formerly of the infamous band Celtic Frost). May fire, ice, and steel prevail! View the full article

Before Guardians walked the Earth, there were the Iron Lords. Now, a new threat rises. Will you stand to face it? Destiny: The Collection launches this week on PS4 and features the complete Destiny experience, including the Rise of Iron expansion. Leap into the fray of Bungie’s sweeping sci-fi universe, wielding powerful new weapons, tackling a new six-player raid, and exploring the ravaged dangers of the Plaguelands. For a full list of new games coming to PlayStation this week, read on. And enjoy the Drop. New Releases: Week of September 20, 2016 The Bunker PS4 — Digital As the last remaining survivor in a nuclear bunker, John’s daily routine is the one thing that keeps him sane. But when an alarm goes off, his mind starts to self-destruct. The Bunker is a live-action psychological horror game starring Adam Brown (The Hobbit) and Sarah Greene (Penny Dreadful) with writing talent behind The Witcher, Broken Sword, and Soma. Dear Esther: Landmark Edition PS4 — Digital Dear Esther immerses you in a stunningly realized world, a remote and desolate island somewhere in the outer Hebrides. As you step forwards, a voice begins to read fragments of a letter: “Dear Esther…†And so begins a journey through one of the most original first-person games of recent years. Destiny: The Collection PS4 — Digital, Retail Destiny is the next evolution of the first-person action genre combining an unprecedented combination of storytelling, cooperative and competitive modes, and in-depth character creation alongside a huge variety of weapons, armor, and abilities. Doodle Kingdom PS4, PS3 — Digital (Out 9/19) It’s time to get medieval! From the creators of the award-winning puzzle games Doodle God and Doodle Devil comes a fantasy brain-teaser where you can quest as a Dragon Breeder, Warlock and Knight! Daring adventure awaits you in this fantasy kingdom where you can breed and raise four different types of Dragons, engage in “runner style,†combat and bring your medieval fantasies to life! Jazzpunk: Director’s Cut PS4 — Digital Jazzpunk is a comedy adventure set in an alternate reality Cold War World, plagued with corporate espionage, CyberCrime, and sentient martinis. Gameplay is inspired by spoof comedy films and cartoons of yesteryear, with a focus on weird gadgets, exotic locales, and open-world style exploration. Lastfight PS4 — Digital Lastfight is bringing two-on-two 3D fighting back to your living room! Pick up any available object in one of the eight stages and teach your opponents a lesson! Play in a local multiplayer mode or solo story mode with a cast of 10 characters inspired by the comic book Lastman. Machinarium PS4 — Digital (Out 9/21) An award-winning adventure game by Amanita Design, now available on PS4. Skylight Freerange 2: Gachduine PS Vita — Digital After a powerful biotechnology was legalized in 2048 in Canada, the Cult of the Symbiote forced their way in as regulators in the Maritimes. Despite their presentation as protectors and healers, the Cult has ruined many lives with their ambitions. As tensions escalate and boiling points are reached, lines will blur, gray areas will clash, and the shadow group Gachduine will make choices that have a very real impact for Nova Scotia… Slain: Back From Hell PS4 — Digital You control the fate of Bathoryn, a doomed hero in a Gothic world, who seeks to liberate six cursed realms from six deadly overlords. He must battle his way through this blighted land, packed with gruesome and lethal creatures before ascending (or sometimes descending) into a stronghold, all the while defeating fiendish traps and vile monsters alike. Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters Daybreak Special Gigs PS4, PS3, PS Vita — Digital, PS4 at Retail Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters Daybreak: Special Gigs weaves an intricate story that pushes the boundaries of reality as you battle restless spirits causing chaos throughout Tokyo. Hunt Down Ghosts and Exorcise Evil. The GHOST System (Graphic Horizontal Object Streaming) creates a vivid world unlike anything you’ve seen before! Touhou: Scarlet Curiosity PS4 — Digital (Out 9/22) The enchanting world of Touhou comes alive in this beautiful fan-made action RPG! As the infamous vampire Remilia Scarlet and her dutiful maid Sakuya Izayoi, match wits with a cast of colorful characters, overpower enemies with signature skills and spell cards, rough up a few fairies, and unravel a plot odder than they could have imagined. Virginia PS4 — Digital (Out 9/22) Virginia is a single-player first-person thriller set in a small town with a secret. Experience a missing person’s investigation through the eyes of graduate FBI agent Anne Tarver. Zenith PS4 — Digital Zenith is an action RPG that combines that feel of the golden era RPG games with a generous dose of humor and parody. Adventuring, exploring ruins, accidentally unleashing the apocalypse, saving the world… you’ve done it all, and so has Argus. And, frankly, he’s a bit fed up with the whole thing. He used to be a wizard, which was fine and all, but he’s in his 30s now, and he wants to settle down and get some peace and quiet. Ty Dolla $ign – Campaign My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade / Living with Ghosts (The 10th Anniversary Edition) Mick Jenkins – The Healing Component The Legend of Tarzan The Purge: Election Year 2016 Primetime Emmy Awards – September 18 at 7/6c (ABC) Lethal Weapon – September 21 at 8/7c (FOX) Van Helsing – September 23 at 10/9c (Syfy) The information above is subject to change without notice. View the full article