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Hello, Oddworld fans! It’s been a little while since we’ve been here on PlayStation.Blog talking about our games, but we’re delighted to finally share the first details of our upcoming PlayStation Vita game — Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty — and explain exactly what we’ve been doing in making this version of Abe the Mudokon’s adventure. PS Vita is a wonderful machine, and for Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty it grants us — for the first time with this particular game — the ability to build an experience designed to be enjoyed on the bus, or laid back on the sofa, or for those sneaky 10 minute distractions under the desk while your boss calls this week’s Important Meeting. In essence, this is very much Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty — the same critically-acclaimed hit that launched on PS4 in 2014 and PS3 in 2015 — but it’s a refined, specially adapted version of the game that plays to the strengths of the mobile format, while still delivering that “AAA indie†level of polish our fans have come to expect. For starters, we’ve reworked the controls considerably. Heaps of attention has been lavished on the individual buttons and sticks — tweaking the analog dead zones, doubling up the shoulder buttons and making sure that Abe always goes exactly where you want him to no matter what. So, the two “old school†control settings from the PS4 version have been made the default. This means that X hops you forward, not up; and the left analog stick is used to walk, not run. For the latter to happen, you hold down the R trigger, and, similarly, the L trigger is used to sneak. Push both triggers to chant. It’s a fluid, intuitive system that takes all of ten seconds to master, and then you’ll wonder why we didn’t do that at first! Elsewhere, we’ve kept the free aiming and throwing on the right analog stick, but while aiming a tap of the R trigger throws whatever Abe’s holding. Want to drop something on the ground instead of whizzing it through the air? Just tap the centre of the front touch screen. Gamespeak — the revolutionary way to interact with other characters and puzzles in the game that helped make the original PlayStation version such a hit — is on the d-pad. Up for “Hello,†Right for “Follow me†— you get the idea. Want to whistle, laugh or even perform one of Abe’s hysterical farts? Simply use Triangle as a Gamespeak shift button. Again, once you’ve tried it this way, it makes perfect sense. Of utmost importance, however, is the fact that we’ve retained the instant QuikSave and QuickLoad from the PS4 version: tap Select to QuikSave wherever you are in the game, and hold the same button to reload. It might not help your speedrunning times if you die and have to reload, but it removes any frustration that a set of three rapidly oscillating meat grinders might otherwise enforce. It also means you can Quiksave, do something else with the Vita and come back to it at exactly the same point in the game. And speaking of speedrunning, we’ve been humbled by the response to our leaderboards in New ‘n’ Tasty on PS4 and PS3, and we’re delighted to announce that speedrunning on the go is present and correct for PS Vita. But we’ve not stopped there — we’ve been carefully watching how people have been playing the game and thrown in a few minor revisions here and there to throw you off a little. We’ve also worked tirelessly to ensure that the visual experience on PS Vita matches up as closely as it can with the other versions. We’ve made the game look a little grittier — gone is the bloom and glow leaving an aesthetic that closer resembles the 1997 classic — while tweaking every single area in the game to suit the platform. We’ve also improved the readability of certain items that just wouldn’t have worked on the smaller screen without some attention: mines are now painted bright red so you can’t accidentally stumble into them without blaming yourself; well leaves are bigger so it’s clearer which way you need to go as Abe attempts his temple trials; a few camera angles have been adjusted, and so on. And of course, everybody loves Trophies, right? Well, Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty features a full rack of them, including a Platinum for those that possess the skill to save every single Mudokon in under three hours. All this makes for what we think is a great version of Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty. One designed for gaming on the go, with the Quiksaves working hard to ensure you can dip into the game for as little or as long as you’d like per session, but one that retains all the great playability, humor, visual direction and audio from its bigger brothers. We’re excited to get the game in front of PS Vita owners, and the time to do that is very nearly here. Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty will be out on January 19th. And after that, well, it’s on to Exoddus… View the full article

We are very proud to present Killzone Visual Design, a comprehensive art book celebrating 15 years of visual design history of the Killzone series. The book is published by the digital art experts at Cook & Becker, and explores the richness of the Killzone game world in colorful detail. We sat down with key artists of our studio and asked them about some key moments and anecdotes of those 15 years. Art Director Roy Postma was one of the first artists to work on the original Killzone. He is quick to point out that the aesthetic of its main antagonists didn’t just spring into existence fully formed. “The whole look of the Helghast is something that really evolved over time,†he explains. “We went through a lot of history and photo books to gather inspiration and reference materials for our enemy character. We didn’t set out to create the most iconic look possible — it was more like, okay, how can we make this menacing, sort-of functional, believable character.†One of the key things when looking at Killzone are the glowy red eyes of the Helghast. This wasn’t a style decision from day one — the red-eyes came into play after a game tester complaint that it was difficult to spot the Helghast against dark backdrops. “It doesn’t seem very camouflage-worthy,†Studio Art Director Jan-Bart van Beek notes, “but the eyes were only added after the game was in development, and we quickly realized it made the game much easier to play.†Lead Visual Designer Roland IJzermans recounts the example of the vehicle chase over the Helghan ice fields from Killzone 3. “The sequence just so happened to be in development while it was winter time in the Netherlands,†he says. “I went out and I saw these ice skaters out on the lakes, and I thought that was a magnificent view, so I tried to redesign one of those into something that matched the Killzone universe.†But when he presented his initial designs to the Art Director, it took all of a minute for the idea to be shot down. “He was like, whoa, is this Helghast? This isn’t Helghast!†Roland realized the Art Director was right — Helghast machines were typically designed as overpowered, opting to tear through nature rather than sail harmlessly over it. “So I sat down with that given information and we came up with the Ice Saw,†he says. “It was a much bigger, much more robust vehicle with chainsaw caterpillar tracks that tore into the ice. Suffice to say it quickly made it into the game.†Killzone Visual Design is filled with lavish, full-color spreads and insightful comments and anecdotes from Guerrilla’s own visual design artists. It’s a must-have for Killzone fans and visual design aficionados alike. You can pre-order your copy from the PlayStation Gear store today. View the full article

Hello, PlayStation fans! My name is Sian Yue Tan, creator of Rocketbirds. We’ve spent the last four years really looking at what people liked and disliked about the original Rocketbirds game and after a long wait, we’re happy to announce the sequel — Rocketbirds 2: Evolution! Before we even started the project, we wanted Rocketbirds 2 to provide a more connected experience than its predecessor Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken, which we launched on PS3 back in 2011. But it wasn’t until we finally completed the PS Vita version of the game in early 2013 that we could finally start realizing some of those great ideas. It kind of ate away at me that after you completed the game’s Story and Co-op mode, you would have killed all the bad guys, solved all the puzzles, and “that†was pretty much “it.†My gut told me that we should build on Co-op mode and have customizable Budgie Commando characters with lots and lots of guns and items to collect. The mission objectives would revolve around rescuing hostages held prisoner in procedurally generated locations. Unlike the first Rocketbirds, this time round we wanted you to stack the hostage on your back and carry him or her to safety. With up to four players, a stack of Budgie Commandos can now get pretty high, like a lumbering tower of death. Unlike its predecessor, you can also play this mode alone, so we renamed it Rescue Mode instead of Co-op Mode. We feel the new Rescue Mode will be something PlayStation will truly enjoy, especially when playing online together. Apart from some seriously updated visuals, other stuff we wanted to get right was to implement the online stuff early on in the project so we could build that from the ground up and provide a much better online multiplayer experience — this time we’re using a lobby and players can drop-in / drop-out at any time during an active online session. We also wanted to improve the controls, responsiveness, and deepen the game’s combat mechanics, which was another chief complaint we received on the predecessor; this time around, it’s all about speed (and skill). The controls are still very pick-up-and-play, but with a bit of practice, players can run, aim, jump, and shoot — all at the same time. About a year and a half in, we had a cool playable demo up and running and we grabbed every opportunity to get it in a booth to watch people play and get feedback. To date, throughout production, our game was playable at Gamestart Asia, Casual Connect Singapore, Taipei Game Show, Tokyo Game Show, and Bitsummit Kyoto. Nothing beats watching people play your game and we made lots of tweaks based on these mass focus tests, like adding a performance scorecard, “down-not-out†mechanics, Rent-A-Duck (for additional “feather-power†support) and we even added a Dojo where players can go head-to-head and see who is the most badass birdie of ’em all! We always received great feedback from showcasing the game’s Rescue Mode, but one recurring question from players was always: “So, where’s the chicken?†I could see the serious disappointment in people’s faces when we told them that Hardboiled Chicken’s mission (to kill Putzki, that evil Penguin despot) was completed, so we’re only going to have those pint-sized Budgie Commandos in this game. Long story short… we spent another year and a half going the full nine yards to complete a full blown Story Mode, featuring Hardboiled Chicken, a new soundtrack by the talented band New World Revolution (which provided the kickass soundtrack for the original game), new jokes, new enemies, new Jetpack action, and full voice-over work by really talented English and Japanese voice actors! In Story mode, Hardboiled finds out iL Putzki is still alive and seeks to eliminate him once and for all. Along the way, Hardboiled realizes the Trans-dimensional Space Owls are behind it all and needs to re-assess who his enemies really are. We’ve hidden lots of weapons and Easter eggs for you to find, but if you complete Story Mode and still want more, you can still unlock the big chicken for Rescue Mode and can carry on playing (alone or with friends). And lastly, Rocketbirds 2 Evolution will feature cross buy and cross save where players can buy the game for one price and own it on both PS4 and PS Vita. Look for more information about Rocketbirds 2: Evolution in the very near future! Thanks for reading. View the full article

The Mansion Incident. The beginning of an iconic horror series. Now it’s time to uncover the terrible truths leading into that incident with Resident Evil 0, which launches this week on PS4 and PS3. In Resident Evil 0, players control both rookie S.T.A.R.S. member Rebecca Chambers and death-row fugitive Billy Coen. These two characters must fight to survive in the deadly events leading into the Mansion Incident which dominated the first game in the Resident Evil series. This upgraded prequel features enhanced visuals, sound, modern control options, and a few more surprises for all you zombie fanatics. But that’s only the start of an absolutely massive new release lineup for the week. Head below for the full list, and enjoy the Drop! New Releases: January 19th, 2016 5 Star Wrestling: ReGenesis PS4 — Digital 5 Star Wrestling: ReGenesis is a game built on true Ring Psychology with Heel and Face mechanics, a revolutionary Limb Damage System, and Rivalries that impact gameplay. Featuring a 40-hour campaign with 128 challenges, over 400 objectives, and more moves-per-wrestler than any other game. A Boy and His Blob PS4 — Digital (PS Vita Version Out 1/21) A Boy and His Blob makes its triumphant return! As the boy, you feed Blob jelly beans and watch him transform into cool and useful objects to solve puzzles and escape danger. Atelier Escha & Logy Plus ~Alchemists of the Dusk Sky~ PS Vita — Digital An improved Escha & Logy comes to PS Vita! This second release in the Dusk series features two main characters, a new mixing system, and a six-character battle system. Attractio PS4 — Digital Change gravity and solve deadly puzzles in this addictive, first-person, puzzle-platform video game! Baseball Riot (+ Trial) PS4, PS Vita — Digital (Cross Buy) Baseball Riot is a fun, physics-based puzzle game packed with slapstick comedy and mayhem. Take control of retired star batter Gabe Carpaccio as he goes on a crusade to free his former team from the grasp of Explodz Inc. Croixleur Sigma PS4 — Digital Wielding magic blades, four girls fight back successive waves of monsters in this exhilarating hack-and-slash action game. There are various battle styles and you can mix and match four weapons to form your own play style. Dark Cloud 2 (PS2) PS4 — Digital Build your world. Invent your weapons. Create your adventure! Discover a secret binding the past, present, and future. A secret where an innocent inventor, a temporal warrior, and an ageless evil hold the key. The Deadly Tower of Monsters (+ Trial) PS4 — Digital Green screen! Lasers! And a tower full of deadly monsters! When Dick Starspeed crash lands his rocket on the planet of Gravoria, he’ll have to fight through dinosaurs, nukular ants, and other skilled, costumed stuntmen to make it up the deadly tower of monsters. Inside My Radio PS4 — Digital Can you beat the beat? Journey as a green LED mysteriously trapped inside a dying boombox and play the ultimate musical experience. In this rhythmic platform adventure where your every action needs to be right on the beat, bring electro, dub, and disco music back to life! Klaus PS4 — Digital Klaus is a precision-based puzzle platformer with a self-aware narrative and unique PS4 touchpad-based controls. Klaus’ tight and challenging platforming takes inspiration from hyper-precise classics such as Super Meat Boy & Megaman, combined with a tense and emotionally engaging narrative akin to Limbo and Thomas Was Alone. Life is Strange PS4 — Retail You are Max, a photography senior who saves her old friend Chloe by discovering she can rewind time. The pair soon find themselves exposed to the darker side of Arcadia Bay as they uncover the disturbing truth behind the sudden disappearance of a fellow student. Oddworld: New ‘N’ Tasty PS Vita — Digital (Three-Way Cross Buy) Explore ancient ruins, dodge carnivorous beasts, and avoid trigger-happy hunting parties as Abe, the original Oddworld hero in this lovingly re-crafted take on PlayStation classic Abe’s Oddysee. Red Game Without a Great Name PS Vita — Digital Red Game Without a Great Name is a 2D puzzle arcade game where you control a mechanical bird carrying a secret message. You goal is to deliver a letter to the recipient’s cage — actually to 60 of them. It won’t be an easy task — you will have to face different traps along the way, including barbed wire, windmill blades, spikes, and many others. Resident Evil 0 PS4, PS3 — Digital Resident Evil 0 reveals the truth behind the Mansion Incident, the catalyst for the entire storyline of the Resident Evil series. This remastered version takes the story and gameplay of the original and adds stunning HD graphics, 5.1 channel surround sound, and modern controls. Resident Evil Origins Collection PS4 — Retail Return to the series’ origins. Discover the truth behind what led to the horrors at the Mansion in Resident Evil in this fan-favorite and popular prequel title to the series. Stardust Vanguards PS4 — Digital Shoot and slice your rivals as you summon your own personal NPC army for backup. The game’s random event system makes each battle unique as computer-controlled space pirates try to win the battle for themselves. Stardust Vanguards brings arcade action, a dash of strategy, and tons of bullets to competitive couch-multiplayer fans. Tachyon Project PS4 — Digital Tachyon Project is an action packed dual-stick shooter driven by a story. Through the story mode you’ll progressively unlock all the weapons, secondary weapons, and perks available to configure your ship. You’ll need them to face the increasingly hard enemies you’ll find with more than 30 different types. Megadeth — Dystopia Tank — Sex Love & Pain II Our Brand is Crisis Curve Batman: Bad Blood Billions — New series premiere January 17 at 10P ET/PT (Available on SHOWTIME) Portlandia — New season premiere January 21 (Available on IFC) Baskets — New series premiere January 21 at 10/9c (Available on FX) The information above is subject to change without notice. View the full article

Who knew we loved dark fantasy so much? On this week’s show, the team celebrates your picks for Game of the Year 2015. Spoiler alert: The Witcher 3 takes a lot of awards. Also, we name our most anticipated games of 2016 and describe our all-time-favorites like they were hearty sauces. All this and more, so enjoy the show! Subscribe via iTunes or RSS, or download here Stuff We Talked About Game of the Year 2015 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Most Anticipated of 2016 Hearty Sauces Tharsis Death Parade Recent Episodes 191: Fave of the Year 190: Rez Dispenser 189: Are You PS Experienced? The Cast Sid Shuman – Social Media Sr. Manager, SCEA Nick Suttner – Lead Account Manager, SCEA Ryan Clements – Social Media Specialist, SCEA 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

The original Toki Tori 2 didn’t have any writing. We were very strict about that! While it made for a unique, non-verbal puzzle adventure, the game’s backstory remained hidden. Now that it’s coming to PS4 on February 23rd, we decided to go back in and lift a tip of the veil… using telepathic frogs! Sequel PrinciplesBefore I go into the frogs, let’s retrace a few steps. When we started developing a sequel to level-based egg collection puzzler Toki Tori at Two Tribes, we wanted it to be a completely different experience. To achieve this goal, we formulated a bunch of rather bold principles. Starting off, we wanted a large, open world without any traditional puzzle items. Our chicken hero would have just two moves, whistle and stomp, and great complexity would arise from that simple core. To raise the stakes even further, everything in Toki Tori 2 would speak for itself, literally. There would be no written or spoken words at all. No opening crawl. No tutorial. No dialogue. Nothing! For me as the story guy (I hesitate to use the word “writer'â€), this meant I had to create a backstory that would only be implied to players. I had mixed feelings about this: those who’d fill in pieces of the story puzzle by themselves would feel more special… But there would also be players who wouldn’t pick up on any of it. And being understood is a basic human need! Telepathic FrogsSo what happened next? The game came out, some people loved it, some didn’t get it, Two Tribes went through tough times, and, well, we softened up a little. Thus, following a looser interpretation of our principles, the PS4 version of Toki Tori 2+ will contain some writing, revealing more of what’s going on for the very first time. The mysterious pollution that bubbles up everywhere, that Toki Tori has to stop? That was forewarned by five ancient frogs. But they were kicked out of the capital city. Now our hero has to find the frogs, restore the environment, and hope that his home world won’t fall from the sky in the process. The ancient frogs were always essential to the game’s second half, but now they communicate with Toki Tori from the start. They do this collectively, telepathically, and a tad Yoda-like (making the game semi-verbal instead of non-verbal). Grumbling and begrudgingly, the frogs give you details of your quest via thought bubbles. Out on February 23rdI don’t hesitate to say that the telepathic frogs make Toki Tori 2+ for PS4 the best version yet. It’s coming to the console through PlayStation Store and on disc (A first for this game!) on February 23rd. I look forward to hearing whether the game’s backstory makes sense to you this time around. View the full article

We were overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response to RIGS Mechanized Combat League at PlayStation Experience last year. Players donned the colors of the Dynamos and the Cobras and pitched head-first into battle for their teams. Over the course of the event we saw rivalries grow, siblings duking it out for dominance, and heated exchanges in the RIGS locker room we had set-up on the booth — exactly as sports should be! For those of you who weren’t able to get a slot to play RIGS or even get out to PlayStation Experience, we teamed up with Greg Miller from Kinda Funny to show you what RIGS Mechanized Combat League is all about and give him his first taste of shoutcasting. You can see how he got on in the video below. To see fans step into the role of pilots in our combat sport of the future at an event drives us on to keep building what we believe will be one of the best multiplayer experiences on PlayStation VR. Seeing the look on people’s faces after finishing their first game is something that will never get old. For many people, this is their first taste of what VR can do today and their enthusiasm for it can be infectious. View the full article

We’re a couple of weeks away from our release date, and we’ve just finished recording the last of the voice acting, which means it’s a good time to tell you about the actors! The Witness deliberately riffs on several traditional elements of game design, and one of those elements is the classic audio log, where you are wandering along and you find a recording that was placed there by someone before. The Witness has recordings like this, but let’s just say they are done in a highly non-traditional way. When you first encounter them you won’t find much in the way of answers, but, if you keep looking, you will eventually be able to piece together what’s going on. The Witness | PlayStation.com These are the folks whose fine voicework you will hear in these recordings: Ashley Johnson, who you may know as Ellie from The Last of Us, or from her roles in Tales from the Borderlands and Infamous: First Light. She also plays the smartest person on the hit TV show Blindspot. You can find Ashley on Twitter here.Phil LaMarr, who I best know as Marvin from Pulp Fiction, but who you may know as Vamp in Metal Gear Solid 2 and 4, or as Ratbag from Shadow of Mordor. He also played Hermes in Futurama and Ollie Williams in Family Guy! You can follow his random musings here.Matthew Waterson, who played very English person Sir Lucan in The Order: 1886, and has recently acted in Fallout 4 and Halo 5. Check out Matthew’s amazing Sean-Connery-themed profile picture here.Terra Deva, an oft-performing musician, including recent hit single “At Night†with the Swiss group Shakedown (though she doesn’t play music in The Witness because we don’t have music in The Witness! She is acting!) and veteran of… The Mickey Mouse Club (among many other places)!! Terra’s Twitter is here.I will warn you, though, that the story in The Witness, such as it is, is fairly subtle and happens mostly implicitly. You really have to explore and read between the lines to know what’s going on. So do not expect a traditional game story like The Last of Us or The Order! All that said, we are very happy to have these actors lending their talents to our game, and I look forward to release when you’ll see what we’ve been up to. View the full article

Hi guys! I’m Olivier from Seaven Studio. You may remember our first game Ethan: Meteor Hunter that was released on PS3 and PS Vita. Now we’re happy to release our second title, Inside My Radio, on PS4 next week January 19th — with a 20% PlayStation Plus launch discount! Inside My Radio is a challenging, rhythm-driven adventure where your actions must follow the beat. If you do an action off-beat: music dies and nothing happens. You have to synchronize with the beat! Welcome to a world where music is your best ally: never, under any circumstance, should you play on mute. You’re an electro green LED, Taek, mysteriously trapped inside a dying boombox. Save your disco and dub buddies to bring back the music to life! Journey through different worlds, each of them having their own musical style and variations. Picture the game as a record where every level is a different track. You are also free to compose the music of the game the way you want: either with your actions sound changing during the level or with jam-zones where we let you pick up and tune the best sounds! Inside My Radio is a partnership with our good friends of TurboDindon who made the first prototype during Ludum Dare#23 where it won both the Overall and Audio prizes in the Jam category and came in second in both Coolness and Innovation! Full game also got its own awards by winning the Best Sound 2015 at Brazil Independent Game Festival, the French Best Soundtrack “Ping†Award 2015, and last week Honorable Mention in Audio Excellence IGF! Now it’s ready for you, so tune in next week Tuesday on PS4 for $14.99, with a 20% discount only for PS Plus members. Groovy! View the full article

At last, I’m free to speak about one of the most exciting things that we’ve been squirreling away on at TT Games for LEGO Marvel’s Avengers, outside of everything that already makes the game such a fun and authentic Marvel title (Yes, Squirrel Girl reference intended… sorry!). LEGO Marvel’s Avengers is getting some free DLC content exclusively for all PS4 and PS3 players. What’s even more awesome is that this content is based on the brilliant Marvel’s Ant-Man movie and also one of my most anticipated films of 2016, Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War. And yes, believe it or not I’ve managed to keep a lid on this. I’m not quite sure how… but I have. LEGO Marvel’s Avengers already features content from six epic Marvel films (and a plethora of content from the rest of the Marvel Universe, including a ton of characters from Marvel Comics), however, now PlayStation gamers will be able to add content from two more movies to their experience. So, I hear you all asking: what is this content exactly, and what makes it so exciting? Well, first up we have the Captain America: Civil War Character Pack, which will be available at launch on January 26th and includes nine characters — yes, nine characters — featured in the upcoming movie: Captain America, Iron Man (Mark 46 armor), Black Panther, Winter Soldier, Falcon, War Machine, Scarlet Witch and my personal favorites, Crossbones and Agent 13. It’s a great pack that will hopefully get everyone as excited as I am about the film. Obviously before you ask, yes, you will be able to take all of these characters into the main game, into the various levels or into the eight different open world locations. The second is the Ant-Man Character & Level Pack, of course based on the Ant-Man movie, which will be available later this spring. This pack features an awesome level based on a section of the film. It also has eleven great characters, including Ant-Man (Scott Lang), Ant-Man (Hank Pym), Ant-Thony (Flying Ant), Cassie Lang, Darren Cross, Scott Lang, Hank Pym, Hope Van Dyne, Luis, The Wasp (Janet Van Dyne), and Yellowjacket. We are really bringing Ant-Man and Yellowjacket to life with all the abilities that you’d expect them to have. The team and I here at TT Games are positive you will really enjoy this DLC offering. But, not only are we bringing you the characters and the level content, the part of this pack I’m most excited about… Ant-Thony the Ant! You’ll be able to fly around on Ant-Thony within the DLC level and then into the main game as well. When I watched the movie with the team, we really enjoyed it, so much so that I went back to watch it again the next day, and then saw the amazing playsets that LEGO created for the film so to now be able to pair those together and bring them to life in LEGO Marvel’s Avengers is yet another reason why this game has been an absolute delight to work on. In addition to the movie and comic content in the game, we’re really looking forward to hearing what you all think of the many new features in LEGO Marvel’s Avengers, specifically the Avengers Team-Ups. When you think of the Avengers, you think of teamwork, pulling together against adversity as a team. So, now you can team-up characters to perform incredible combo moves to take down the bad guys. Teaming up core Avengers results in unique moves based on the pairing so we hope you enjoy trying out all of the various combinations to see which is your favorite. For us, it’s yet another reason why LEGO Marvel’s Avengers has been such a pleasure to develop. All of us on the team here are Marvel fans so make sure you look out for the various references and nods we’ve put into the game to make it the most authentic and fun experience. We think that this is our best game yet — more humor, more characters, more features, more open world gameplay, more abilities, and of course, more movie content exclusively for PlayStation fans. On behalf of myself and the team, we hope you have many hours of enjoyment when you play LEGO Marvel’s Avengers, and if you love it as much as we think you will, keep an eye out for the season pass content that we’ll be bringing your way featuring classic comic content as well as content from Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. View the full article

Hi everyone! We’re kicking off the new year with a sale on what we like to call PlayStation Essentials. Whether you’re a brand-new PS4 owner or a seasoned PS vet, we’ve put together a lineup of the most iconic, best-selling, and critically acclaimed PlayStation games to start or add to your collection. Not to be outdone, we also have a hand-picked list of all-time-favorite movies on sale. Starting right now, you can pick up titles like Dragon Age: Inquisition Deluxe Edition, Watch Dogs Gold Edition, and Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, as well as films like Kingsman: The Secret Service and more – all for up to 75 percent off. PlayStation Plus members save up to 80 percent. Check out the full lineup below, then head over to PS Store before our PlayStation Essentials Sale ends Monday, January 18. PlayStation Games EssentialsPlatformTitleSale PricePlus PriceOriginal PricePS4Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag Gold Edition$25.00$19.99$49.99PS4Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag$17.99$14.99$29.99PS4Call Of Duty: Ghosts Digital Hardened Bundle$58.99$44.99$99.99PS4Call Of Duty: Ghosts Gold Edition$29.40$19.79$59.99PS4Child Of Light$8.99$7.49$14.99PS4Dragon Age: Inquisition Deluxe Edition$17.50$13.99$34.99PS4Driveclub$23.99$19.99$39.99PS4Grand Theft Auto III$10.49$8.99$14.99PS4Grand Theft Auto V$44.99$38.99$59.99PS4Grand Theft Auto V & Great White Shark Cash Card Bundle$55.99$47.99$79.99PS4Grand Theft Auto V & Whale Shark Cash Card Bundle$71.49$60.49$109.99PS4Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas$10.49$8.99$14.99PS4Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy$20.99$17.49$34.99PS4Grand Theft Auto: Vice City$10.49$8.99$14.99PS4Infamous Second Son (Standard Edition)$11.99$9.99$19.99PS4Infamous: First Light$8.99$7.49$14.99PS4Metro 2033 Redux$8.00$5.99$19.99PS4Metro Redux$12.00$8.99$29.99PS4Metro: Last Light Redux$8.00$5.99$19.99PS4NBA 2K16$47.99$44.99$59.99PS4NBA 2K16 Michael Jordan Special Edition$55.99$53.59$79.99PS4Need For Speed Rivals Complete Edition $12.00$8.99$29.99PS4Olliolli (3-Way Cross-Buy)$5.20$3.89$12.99PS4Pixeljunk Shooter Ultimate (Cross-Buy)$7.50$3.74$14.99PS4Project Cars$16.00$11.99$39.99PS4Saints Row Gat Out Of Hell & Re-Elected$12.00$8.99$29.99PS4The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Gold Edition Bundle$34.19$23.39$59.99PS4Watch Dogs $17.99$14.99$29.99PS4Watch Dogs PS4 Gold Edition$25.00$19.99$49.99PS3Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag Gold Edition$23.99$19.99$39.99PS3Assassin’s Creed Rogue$20.00$15.99$39.99PS3Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood – Digital$11.99$9.99$19.99PS3Batman: Arkham Origins$10.00$7.99$19.99PS3Battlefield 3$8.00$5.99$19.99PS3Battlefield 3: Battlefield 3 Premium Edition$16.00$11.99$39.99PS3Breath Of Fire IV (PSOne Classic)$1.80$1.19$5.99PS3Call Of Duty: Black Ops Complete Bundle$59.52$39.67$94.49PS3Call Of Duty: Black Ops 2: Season Pass$34.49$24.49$49.99PS3Call of Duty Black Ops & Black Ops II Bundle$39.60$29.69$109.99PS3Call Of Duty: Ghosts Digital Hardened Bundle$58.99$44.99$99.99PS3Call Of Duty: Ghosts Gold Edition$29.40$19.79$59.99PS3Call of Duty: Black Ops II & Season Pass Bundle$58.99$43.99$99.99PS3Capcom Arcade Cabinet: All in 1 $15.00$7.49$29.99PS3Castlevania: SOTN (PSOne Classic)$4.00$2.99$9.99PS3Child Of Light$8.99$7.49$14.99PS3Chrono Cross (PSOne Classic)$4.00$2.99$9.99PS3Chrono Trigger (PSOne Classic)$4.00$2.99$9.99PS3Demon’s Souls$10.00$7.99$19.99PS3Devil May Cry HD Collection$7.50$5.99$29.99PS3Dino Crisis 2 (PSOne Classic)$1.80$1.19$5.99PS3Dino Crisis (PSOne Classic)$1.80$1.19$5.99PS3DMC Devil May Cry$15.00$7.49$29.99PS3DMC Devil May Cry Ultimate Edition $33.75$16.86$67.49PS3Dragon Age II$8.00$5.99$19.99PS3Dragon Age: Inquisition Deluxe Edition $12.50$9.99$24.99PS3Ducktales Remastered$6.00$4.49$14.99PS3Enslaved: Odyssey To The West: Premium Edition$8.00$5.99$19.99PS3Far Cry 3$11.99$9.99$19.99PS3Far Cry 3 Ultimate Edition$14.99$12.49$24.99PS3Final Fantasy Tactics (PSOne Classic)$4.00$2.99$9.99PS3Final Fantasy VII (PSOne Classic)$4.00$2.99$9.99PS3Grand Theft Auto IV$6.00$3.99$19.99PS3Grand Theft Auto V$31.19$25.19$59.99PS3Grand Theft Auto V & Great White Shark Cash Card Bundle$33.60$27.19$79.99PS3Ico$10.00$7.99$19.99PS3Jumping Flash! (PSOne Classic)$3.00$2.39$5.99PS3Katamari Damacy (PS2 Classic)$4.00$2.99$9.99PS3L.a. Noire: The Complete Edition$12.00$7.99$39.99PS3Mass Effect Trilogy$12.00$8.99$29.99PS3Megaman 10 Trial$4.00$2.99$9.99PS3Megaman 9 Trial$4.00$2.99$9.99PS3Metro Last Light – Complete Edition$8.00$5.99$19.99PS3NBA 2K16$47.99$44.99$59.99PS3Need For Speed Rivals Complete Edition$8.00$5.99$19.99PS3Olliolli (3-Way Cross-Buy)$5.20$3.89$12.99PS3Parasite Eve (PSOne Classic)$1.50$1.19$5.99PS3Persona 4 Arena Ultimax$23.99$15.99$39.99PS3Rayman Origins$10.00$7.99$19.99PS3Red Dead Redemption $9.00$5.99$29.99PS3Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare $6.00$3.99$19.99PS3Saints Row IV$6.00$3.99$19.99PS3Saints Row IV National Treasure Edition$15.00$7.49$29.99PS3Shadow Of The Colossus$10.00$7.99$19.99PS3Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4 (PS2 Classic)$4.00$2.99$9.99PS3Soul Calibur V (ps3 Full Game)$8.00$5.99$19.99PS3Soulcalibur II HD Online$8.00$5.99$19.99PS3Suikoden (PSOne Classic)$1.50$1.19$5.99PS3Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack$3.20$2.39$7.99PS3Tekken Tag Tournament 2$8.00$5.99$19.99PS3The Amazing Spider-Man Franchise Pack$49.29$39.94$84.99PS3Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist$11.99$9.99$19.99PS3Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist Ultimate Edit$12.50$9.99$24.99PS3Tomba! (PSOne Classic)$4.00$2.99$9.99PS3Watch Dogs$17.99$14.99$29.99PS3Watch Dogs Gold Edition$25.00$19.99$49.99PS3Wild Arms (PSOne Classic)$3.00$2.39$5.99PS3Xenogears (PSOne Classic)$4.00$2.99$9.99PS VitaChild Of Light$7.50$5.99$14.99PS VitaDanganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair Full Game$18.00$13.99$39.99PS VitaDanganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc$20.00$15.99$39.99PS VitaFreedom Wars$7.50$5.99$14.99PS VitaOlliolli (3-Way Cross-Buy)$5.20$3.89$12.99PS VitaPersona 4: Golden$12.00$8.99$29.99PS VitaPixeljunk Shooter Ultimate (Cross-Buy)$6.00$4.49$14.99PS VitaRayman Origins$9.45$6.74$26.99PS VitaTales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack$2.40$1.59$7.99PS VitaTearaway$10.00$7.99$19.99PS VitaVelocity Ultra (with Trial)$3.00$2.24$7.49PlayStation Movie EssentialsTitleSD Original PriceSD Sale PriceHD Original PriceHD Sale Price13 Assassins$9.99$4.99$12.99$5.9921 Jump Street (2012)N/AN/A$12.99$9.9922 Jump StreetN/AN/A$14.99$9.99300: Rise Of An Empire$9.99$6.99$12.99$6.99The Amazing Spider-Man 2 / Amazing Spider-Man SetN/AN/A$12.99$9.99The Amazing Spider-Man 2N/AN/A$14.99$9.99The Amazing Spider-ManN/AN/A$12.99$9.99American Sniper$14.99$6.99$19.99$6.99Anchorman$9.99$7.99$17.99$9.99The Angriest Man In Brooklyn$12.99$6.99$14.99$6.99Argo: Declassified Edition Extended$9.99$6.99$17.99$6.99Automata$14.99$6.99$16.99$8.99Bad Ass$10.99$9.99$10.99$9.99BridesmaidsN/AN/A$12.99$11.99Cartel Land$12.99$8.99$14.99$8.99The Cobbler$11.99$8.99$12.99$8.99Drinking Buddies$9.99$4.99$12.99$5.99ElysiumN/AN/A$12.99$9.99Equalizer, TheN/AN/A$14.99$9.99Friday$9.99$6.99$12.99$6.99FuryN/AN/A$14.99$9.99Get Hard (unrated)$14.99$6.99$19.99$6.99Gladiator$9.99$7.99$17.99$9.99Godzilla$9.99$6.99$12.99$6.99Good People$14.99$6.99$19.99$6.99Gravity$9.99$6.99$12.99$6.99Heist$12.99$9.99$14.99$9.99Horrible Bosses 2 (extended Cut)$9.99$6.99$17.99$6.99I Am Legend$9.99$6.99$12.99$6.99Infini$7.99$6.99$9.99$6.99Interstellar$14.99$7.99$19.99$9.99Interview, The (2014)N/AN/A$12.99$9.99Into The Storm$9.99$6.99$12.99$6.99Jackass 3$9.99$7.99$17.99$9.99The Judge$9.99$6.99$17.99$6.99Jupiter Ascending$14.99$6.99$19.99$6.99Kingsman: The Secret Service$14.99$9.99$14.99$9.99Knock Knock (2016)$17.99$8.99$19.99$8.99Last Samurai$9.99$6.99$12.99$6.99Lethal Weapon 3 – Director’s Cut$14.99$9.99$19.99$12.99Live Die Repeat: Edge Of Tomorrow$9.99$6.99$12.99$6.99Long Kiss Goodnight, The$14.99$9.99$19.99$9.99Love & Mercy$17.99$9.99$19.99$9.99Lucy$14.99$11.99$14.99$11.99Madagascar$14.99$9.99$14.99$9.99Madagascar 2: Escape To Africa$14.99$9.99$14.99$9.99Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted$14.99$9.99$14.99$9.99Maze Runner$14.99$9.99$12.99$9.99NeighborsN/AN/A$12.99$11.99Non-stopN/AN/A$12.99$11.99Old School$9.99$7.99$17.99$9.99Peeples$9.99$8.99$12.99$8.99Percy Jackson: The Lightning Thief$14.99$9.99$14.99$9.99Pineapple ExpressN/AN/A$12.99$9.99Pixels$12.99$10.99$14.99$10.99Ride Along$9.99$8.99$12.99$8.99Robot Overlords$9.99$6.99$12.99$6.99Run All Night$14.99$6.99$19.99$6.99Shutter Island$9.99$7.99$17.99$9.99Step BrothersN/AN/A$12.99$9.99Survivor$14.99$8.99$16.99$8.99Taken (+extended)$14.99$9.99$14.99$9.99Taken 2 (+uncut)$14.99$9.99$14.99$9.99Taken 3$14.99$9.99$14.99$9.99Tammy$9.99$6.99$17.99$6.99Terminator: Genisys$14.99$7.99$19.99$9.99This Is The EndN/AN/A$12.99$9.99Transformers$9.99$7.99$17.99$9.99Tropic Thunder$9.99$7.99$17.99$9.99What We Do In The Shadows$12.99$8.99$14.99$8.99Z For Zachariah$14.99$8.99$17.99$8.99Zombieland (2009)N/AN/A$12.99$9.99Zoolander$9.99$7.99$17.99$9.99 View the full article

PS4 Games Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits (PS2) $14.99 Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India $9.99 Dogchild (Out on 1/11) $14.99 Gone Home: Console Edition $19.99 Tharsis $14.99 The Banner Saga $19.99 Beta Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 – PS4 (Begins on 1/14) Pre-Orders This War Of Mine: The Little Ones – PS4 $29.99 Demo Arslan: The Warriors Of Legend – PS4 BundlesConsoleBundlePricePS4Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy$34.99PS4Saints Row / Metro Double Pack $54.99PS3Borderlands 2 Ultimate Edition$99.99PS3Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel Ultimate Edition$74.99 See this month’s full PS Plus lineup Sales PlatformProduct NameSale PriceOriginal PricePS4Arc The Lad: Twilight of the Spirits$14.99$14.99PS4Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag$17.99$29.99PS4Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag Gold Edition$25.00$49.99PS4Bombing Busters (Cross Buy)$4.19$6.99PS4Call of Duty: Ghosts Digital Hardened Bundle$58.99$99.99PS4Call of Duty: Ghosts Gold Edition$29.40$59.99PS4Child of Light$8.99$14.99PS4Color Guardians (Cross Buy)$6.00$14.99PS4Dragon Age: Inquisition Deluxe Edition$17.50$34.99PS4Driveclub$23.99$39.99PS4Grand Theft Auto III$10.49$14.99PS4Grand Theft Auto V$44.99$59.99PS4Grand Theft Auto V & Great White Shark Cash Card Bundle$55.99$79.99PS4Grand Theft Auto V & Whale Shark Cash Card Bundle$71.49$109.99PS4Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas$10.49$14.99PS4Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy$20.99$34.99PS4Grand Theft Auto: Vice City$10.49$14.99PS4Infamous Second Son$11.99$19.99PS4Infamous: First Light$8.99$14.99PS4Laserlife$8.99$14.99PS4Metro 2033 Redux$8.00$19.99PS4Metro Redux$12.00$29.99PS4Metro: Last Light Redux$8.00$19.99PS4NBA 2K16$47.99$59.99PS4NBA 2K16 Michael Jordan Special Edition$55.99$79.99PS4Need For Speed Rivals Complete Edition$12.00$29.99PS4Olliolli (3-Way Cross Buy)$5.20$12.99PS4PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate (Cross Buy)$6.00$14.99PS4Project Cars$16.00$39.99PS4Saints Row Gat Out of Hell & Re-elected$12.00$29.99PS4Tharsis$13.49$14.99PS4The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Gold Edition Bundle$34.19$59.99PS4Watch Dogs$17.99$29.99PS4Watch Dogs Gold Edition$25.00$49.99PS3Ace Combat Infinity: Ace Combat Infinity Stocked Fuel (10 Units + 1 Free Unit)$7.55$8.99PS3Ace Combat Infinity: Ace Combat Infinity Stocked Fuel (50 Units + 10 Free Units)$35.99$44.99PS3Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag Gold Edition$23.99$39.99PS3Assassin’s Creed Rogue$20.00$39.99PS3Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood$11.99$19.99PS3Batman: Arkham Origins$10.00$19.99PS3Battlefield 3$8.00$19.99PS3Battlefield 3 Premium Edition$16.00$39.99PS3Breath of Fire IV (PSOne Classic)$1.80$5.99PS3Call of Duty: Black Ops & Black Ops II Bundle$39.60$109.99PS3Call of Duty: Black Ops 2: Season Pass$34.49$49.99PS3Call of Duty: Black Ops Complete Bundle$59.52$94.49PS3Call of Duty: Black Ops II and Season Pass Bundle$58.99$99.99PS3Call of Duty: Ghosts Digital Hardened Bundle$58.99$99.99PS3Call of Duty: Ghosts Gold Edition$29.40$59.99PS3Capcom Arcade Cabinet$15.00$29.99PS3Castlevania: Symphony of the Night$4.00$9.99PS3Child of Light$8.99$14.99PS3Chrono Cross (PSOne Classic)$4.00$9.99PS3Chrono Trigger (PSOne Classic)$4.00$9.99PS3Demon’s Souls$10.00$19.99PS3Devil May Cry HD Collection$7.50$29.99PS3Dino Crisis (PSOne Classic)$1.80$5.99PS3DmC Devil May Cry Ultimate Edition$33.75$67.49PS3Dragon Age II$8.00$19.99PS3Dragon Age: Inquisition Deluxe Edition$12.50$24.99PS3Ducktales Remastered$6.00$14.99PS3Enslaved: Odyssey To The West: Premium Edition$8.00$19.99PS3Far Cry 3$11.99$19.99PS3Far Cry 3: Ultimate Edition$14.99$24.99PS3Final Fantasy Tactics (PSOne Classic)$4.00$9.99PS3Final Fantasy VII (PSOne Classic)$4.00$9.99PS3Grand Theft Auto IV$6.00$19.99PS3Grand Theft Auto V$31.19$59.99PS3Grand Theft Auto V & Great White Shark Cash Card Bundle$33.60$79.99PS3Ico$10.00$19.99PS3Jumping Flash! 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We are very excited to bring Crypt of the NecroDancer, the award winning and critically acclaimed roguelike rhythm game to the PlayStation family! Move to the music delivering beatdowns to the beat on PS4 and PS Vita February 2nd. Crypt of the NecroDancer turns up the volume on typical 2D dungeon crawling action by adding rhythm based movement and combat. You control main character, Cadence, as she explores each zone, picking up gear and defeating musically motivated monsters. Then unlock multiple new characters who offer different challenging modes of play. Four unique zones featuring randomly generated levels offer exciting new gameplay experiences every time. Earn Trophies and play our Daily Challenges to test your hard-won rhythm skills. The PS4 version of the game will also support dance pad gameplay! Crypt of the NecroDancer features cross buy support, so if you purchase it on either PS4 or PS Vita (Thank you!) you’ll get it on the other platform at no extra cost. And as an added bonus, we’ve included a new exclusive soundtrack created by Jake “Virt†Kaufman, the composer for Shovel Knight, and one additional surprise! Crypt of the NecroDancer will also be coming to Japan on both PS4 and PS Vita early this year. Japanese fans: stay tuned for Spike Chunsoft to announce the Japanese release date soon! See you in the crypt! View the full article

The polls are closed, the votes tallied, and the winners selected. We asked you what the best games of 2015 were, and you responded in kind — with nearly 600,000 votes in total, this has been our biggest Game of the Year event ever! 2015 was a heck of a year for games, and 2016 is already looking just as bright — thank you for taking the time to support the titles that left an impact on you. Here are your picks for the 2015 PlayStation.Blog Game of the Year Awards. Best PS4 Game The Witcher 3 got a lot of love this year, and it’s easy to see why. From its unbelievably massive scale to its engaging and unforgettable characters, CD Projekt Red’s opus in open world storytelling beat industry goliaths Bloodborne, Fallout 4 and even Metal Gear Solid V for the title of “Best PS4 Game.†The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Bloodborne Fallout 4 Metal Gear Solid V Honorable Mentions: Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, Rocket League, Star Wars Battlefront, Until Dawn Editor’s ChoiceBloodborne Nobody builds worlds with such grisly panache as From Software, and the fearsome town of Yharnam is arguably its most focussed and memorable creation yet. I poured countless hours into sheepishly exploring its streets in 2015, and loved every horrible second. — Fred Dutton // Social Media Manager, SCEE N++ N++ lies somewhere between improv comedy and throwing yourself down a flight of stairs. And while it may be voluminous in its myriad masochistic challenges, it’s the balletic platforming and devious level design that coheres the experience into something irresistible. And oh so stylish! — Nick Suttner // Lead Account Manager, SCEA The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Master-class RPG design. Back in May, I wrote this tweet: “Finished a series of quests in The Witcher 3 that was probably more emotionally powerful than the entire story of any game I’ve ever played.†Months later, I can stand by those words. — Sid Shuman // Senior Manager of Social Media, SCEA Fallout 4 Fallout 4 has everything. Great music. An engaging story. Robust customization options. Thrilling combat. A dog. It’s the type of game that you need to barricade yourself indoors for days on end to fully play. I absolutely loved it. — Ryan Clements // Social Media Specialist, SCEA Best PS3 Game Big Boss may not have quite earned top billing on PS4, but you can’t keep a good soldier down — Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain extracted enough votes to land at the top of the “Best PS3 Game†category. North American newcomer Yakuza 5 was expectedly well-received, and we saw strong support for Black Ops 3 as well as Telltale’s fantastic Tales from the Borderlands. Metal Gear Solid V Yakuza 5 Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Tales from the Borderlands Honorable Mentions: Shovel Knight, Tales of Zestiria, Dragonball XenoVerse Editor’s ChoiceTeslagrad I keep coming back to Teslagrad as one of the most thoughtful, quietly clever games I played last year. Its weird fairytale world held just enough mystery without overplaying its hand, and it felt super tight when it could have felt short. Just a really nice puzzle-platformer that deserves some love among the heavy-hitters. — Nick Suttner // Lead Account Manager, SCEA Helldivers Helldivers catapulted Swedish studio Arrowhead into a new echelon that redefines the top-down squad shooter. An intoxicating blur of snarky satire, team kills, and cape twirling. All hail Super Earth! — Sid Shuman // Senior Manager of Social Media, SCEA Best PS Vita Game Like its larger, more stationary siblings, PS Vita had another great year — and one of the most diverse sets of winners in this year’s awards. It’s always nice to see Persona on a Game of the Year list! Resident Evil Revelations 2 Shovel Knight Persona 4: Dancing All Night Super Meat Boy Honorable Mentions: Sword Art Online: Lost Song, Hotline Miami 2, Bastion Editor’s ChoiceGeometry Wars 3 I’ve still got the calloused groove in my thumb to bear witness to the amount of time I spent with this one. Hugely generous with its content, and packed full of clever twists on a classic formula, it monopolised my PS Vita this year — Fred Dutton // Social Media Manager, SCEE Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number One of the most rewarding games I played this year, Denaton’s macabre follow-up treads edgy new narrative ground. The characters, the soundtrack, and the visceral combat merge in an almost hallucinatory experience. — Sid Shuman // Senior Manager of Social Media, SCEA Shovel Knight A love letter to the golden age of 8-bit gaming, Yacht Club’s inaugural effort wears its inspirations on its sleeve. It forges its own path though, bringing new ideas to one of gaming’s oldest genres and never falling into the trap of imitation. By story’s end, this unlikely horned hero had me laughing, cheering, and even tearing up a bit. For shovelry! — Justin Massongill // Social Media Manager, SCEA Best Story Telling an effective story is one thing, but doing so when the audience has direct influence over how it unfolds is a very special skill. The team at CD Projekt Red shone especially bright this year, including in the realm of interactive storytelling, but you showed lots of support for Dontnod, Supermassive and Kojima Productions as well. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Life is Strange Until Dawn Metal Gear Solid V Honorable Mentions: Bloodborne, Fallout 4, Batman: Arkham Knight Editor’s ChoiceBloodborne Did you read the extraordinary 90-page lore fan essay that did the rounds last summer? I love how creator Hidetaka Miyazaki hides his narrative in the background – unpicking its ambiguous mysteries is a fascinating game-within-a-game. — Fred Dutton // Social Media Manager, SCEE Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture Rapture is the story of a small town devastated by… something. But for me, the game wasn’t ultimately about that something – rather, it’s about the more intimate, human moments shared by its citizens in times of tragedy. And while its script and voiceover are excellent, it’s the environmental storytelling that truly stands out – wandering the silent streets and exploring the homes of the departed; a snapshot of small-town culture, forever frozen in time. — Nick Suttner // Lead Account Manager, SCEA Soma I thought about Soma for weeks after watching the credits roll across the screen. A masterful endeavor in atmosphere, Soma poses intense philosophical questions to its audience — and does so with emotional poignancy. One conversation late in the narrative left my heart broken, and I’ll never forget how that felt. — Ryan Clements // Social Media Specialist, SCEA Tales From the Borderlands Believe it or not, I just finished playing Telltale’s bold first step into the Borderlands universe while putting the finishing touches on this post, and I’m glad I did. Not only does it feature the most honest-to-goodness hilarious writing I saw in a game in 2015, I think it’s Telltale’s best work yet. Long live Loader Bot! — Justin Massongill // Social Media Manager, SCEA Best Soundtrack Video game music sometimes gets overlooked in favor of other, more direct aspects of game design, so we wanted to make sure it gets proper recognition in this year’s GotY discussions. Once again, Geralt of Rivia earned the most votes from our readers, but not without D-Dog nipping at his heels. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Metal Gear Solid V Bloodborne Life is Strange Honorable Mentions: Fallout 4, Destiny: The Taken King, Hotline Miami 2, Persona 4: Dancing All Night Editor’s ChoiceAxiom Verge As much as I adore N++’s opus of licensed electronic jams, I have to give the nod to Axiom Verge – the score is wholly original, and as with everything else in the game, crafted entirely by its sole creator, Thomas Happ. His score maintains every inch of creeping sci-fi strangeness that runs through the rest of the game, the perfect compliment to being trapped in a suffocating alien world. — Nick Suttner // Lead Account Manager, SCEA Fallout 4 With Fallout 4, Bethesda created the ultimate cultural mix tape, blending stirring orchestral overtures and suggestive 40s and 50s pop tunes into a surprisingly cohesive mix. “Personality,†indeed. — Sid Shuman // Senior Manager of Social Media, SCEA N++ There was a lot of great game music out there this year (I feel terrible not giving this one to Shovel Knight), but I’ve gotta hand it to the team at Metanet for their work here. N++ as a whole is an exercise in deliberate, thoughtful curation and design, and its soundtrack is a reflection of that same design philosophy. Perhaps the chillest collection of tunes in 2015, I keep finding myself with these tracks on loop to help me power through big projects. — Justin Massongill // Social Media Manager, SCEA Best Digital Game No contest here. Rocket League was a force of nature when it debuted a few months ago, catapulting to the top of PS4 owners’ download lists… and our hearts. Daily Rocket League matches are still a thing at SCEA HQ, and based on your votes it looks like we’re not alone. Rocket League Life is Strange Yakuza 5 Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture Honorable Mentions: Hotline Miami 2, Soma, Super Meat Boy Editor’s ChoiceWolfenstein: The Old Blood Call me old-fashioned, but I like my FPSes linear, single-player only and story-based! It was slim pickings on that front in 2015, but MachineGames turned in a fine snack-sized prologue to its excellent 2014 shooter. — Fred Dutton // Social Media Manager, SCEE SOMA Frictional Games released one of 2015’s most inspired accomplishments: an experiment into the nature of human consciousness that filled me with existential dread. I can’t wait to see what this team tackles next. — Sid Shuman // Senior Manager of Social Media, SCEA Nuclear Throne Why do I love a game that tortures me so? Nuclear Throne ties together lightning-fast combat, strategic weapon selection, and a brutal difficulty into one addictive roguelike. Infuse that with character-specific abilities and Nuclear Throne is the type of hole you could fall down for hours. — Ryan Clements // Social Media Specialist, SCEA Axiom Verge Tom Happ clearly and completely understands the type of gamer who wants to play a game like Axiom Verge, and his five-year project plays to that audience spectacularly. Oh, right! This game was made by ONE GUY. No big deal. — Justin Massongill // Social Media Manager, SCEA Best Multiplayer 2015 saw strong entries in the multiplayer arena, from the newest entries in the Call of Duty and Destiny series to the launch of DICE’s blockbuster Star Wars Battlefront. Psyonix’s Rocket League took us by surprise with its instantly accessible and endlessly addictive take on vehicular football, landing enough votes for a shiny Gold Trophy. Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Rocket League Star Wars Battlefront Destiny: The Taken King Honorable Mentions: Rainbow Six Siege, Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward, The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited Editor’s ChoiceRocket League Rocket League is great for a lot of reasons, but most of all because it’s a real sport. It’s entirely skill-based, and it’s a total blast whether you’re kicking the ball around the field with some non-gaming friends or flying through the skies, teeth gritted, against seasoned pros. It’s accessible, polished, infinitely replayable, and above all, fun. Everything you (or at least I) could want in a multiplayer game. — Nick Suttner // Lead Account Manager, SCEA Call of Duty Black Ops 3 For my money, Call of Duty still boasts the most satisfying feel of any multiplayer shooter. Add in Treyarch’s best Zombies co-op yet and a rock-solid four-player campaign, in regular and Nightmare flavors, and you’ve got a game you could play for years. — Sid Shuman // Senior Manager of Social Media, SCEA Destiny: The Taken King It’s all about the little things. Destiny: The Taken King may have sweeping battles and a ferocious new enemy, but it was the many small improvements Bungie made to the Destiny universe that makes The Taken King so special. The same can be said for its highly addictive multiplayer. There are countless, fun little moments built into one singular package. — Ryan Clements // Social Media Specialist, SCEA Most Anticipated 2016 And here we are! A new year, with dozens of new games already announced and on track for release. We don’t yet know everything that’s going to be out by the end of the year, but things are already looking pretty darned good. Please note: any games that won an award in last year’s GOTY festivities were ineligible to win in the same category again this year. This rule was mostly relevant to this category, which is why we’re putting this lil’ disclaimer here. Dark Souls III Horizon: Zero Dawn No Man’s Sky Tom Clancy’s The Division Honorable Mentions: Mass Effect: Andromeda, Final Fantasy XV, The Last Guardian Editor’s ChoiceDark Souls III Yes, correct, I’m your resident Dark Souls bore. You should probably avoid me at parties. — Fred Dutton // Social Media Manager, SCEE The Last Guardian Because duh. — Nick Suttner // Lead Account Manager, SCEA Paragon Epic unveiled Paragon at PlayStation Experience last year with a jaw-dropping trailer — and that was all I needed to begin my jittery anticipation for this ambitious new MOBA. Anything with black hole-inducing super attacks deserves sustained applause. — Ryan Clements // Social Media Specialist, SCEA Horizon: Zero Dawn Dark Souls III is singing its siren song, but ultimately I have to give the nod to Horizon: Zero Dawn. Guerrilla Games’s bold decision to move away from the guns-and-grit of Killzone to this colorful, lush world populated by biomechanical creatures already looks like it’s going to pay off in spades. — Sid Shuman // Senior Manager of Social Media, SCEA The Witness I played an early build of The Witness for around 50 hours a few months ago, going so far as to actually finish the game. So then, it certainly says something that the experience I’m most looking forward to in 2016 is playing it again. — Justin Massongill // Social Media Manager, SCEA Best Free PS Plus Game PlayStation Plus members got dozens of games as part of their subscription this year, but there was a clear favorite come voting time: Rocket League positively decimated the competition in this category, proving that it’s not the size of the team that made the game — it’s how many rocket-powered battle cars they have in it. Rocket League inFAMOUS First Light Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes The Walking Dead: Season Two Honorable Mentions: God of War Ascension, Mass Effect 2, Dishonored Editor’s ChoiceOlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood Roll7 improved on its already-phenomenal 2014 breakout hit in every way. Can’t wait to get my hands on Not A Hero! — Fred Dutton // Social Media Manager, SCEE Gauntlet: Slayer Edition Clearly, Rocket League is the favorite here. But I will buck the trend and highlight this underappreciated gem from Arrowhead, a frenetic multiplayer-focused dungeon crawler that does the classic original proud. — Sid Shuman // Senior Manager of Social Media, SCEA OlliOlli2: Welcome to Olliwood Gotta agree with Fred here. The original OlliOlli was one of my favorite games on PS Vita, and the fact that its better-in-every-way sequel was free on PS Plus at launch was a slam-dunk for the plucky team at Roll7. These guys have a bright future ahead of ’em. — Justin Massongill // Social Media Manager, SCEA Best Expansion Expansions and DLC have been evolving over the course of the generation. Sometimes they stick to a more traditional plan and add new gear or missions, other times they add entirely new chapters to a game’s campaign. Heck, sometimes they launch for free! The voting results were encouragingly diverse, rewarding various methods of expansion (but surprise, The Witcher 3 took home the most votes). The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone Bloodborne: The Old Hunters GTA Online: Heists Destiny: The Taken King Honorable Mentions: Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward, Star Wars Battlefront: The Battle of Jakku Editor’s ChoiceBloodborne: The Old Hunters In which From Software provides an irrefutable answer to Shakespeare’s 500-year-old poser, “Can one desire too much of a good thing?†— Fred Dutton // Social Media Manager, SCEE Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Heavensward, above all else, demonstrated a thematic cohesion in nearly every facet of its colossal (perhaps draconic) scope. Story, music, class design, and quests were spun together with aplomb, ensuring that Final Fantasy XIV remain a dominant force in the MMO landscape for years to come. — Ryan Clements // Social Media Specialist, SCEA Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward Another category where someone gets to my pick before I do. It’s okay though: I initially convinced Ryan to play FFXIV in the first place, so my work here is done. Kudos to Naoki Yoshida and his team on a massive, Eorzea-altering expansion that I can unreservedly say is worthy of my time. Hundreds and hundreds of hours of my time. — Justin Massongill // Social Media Manager, SCEA Studio of the Year Finally, Studio of the Year. We’ve been rewarding specific games up until this point, but let’s take a moment to consider that they’re all made by teams of people. People who chose this medium and work tirelessly so we can escape into their worlds, or experience their stories… or just have fun. CD Projekt Red and The Witcher 3 were the talk of the industry this year, and for good reason. This unassuming team managed to earn more votes than the teams behind Fallout 4, Bloodborne and even Metal Gear Solid V. Bravo. CD Projekt Red Bethesda Game Studios From Software Kojima Productions Honorable Mentions: Square Enix, Treyarch Editor’s ChoiceFrom Software Not only did the supremely diligent Tokyo-based outfit release the GOTY and announce the imminent release of Dark Souls III, it also found time to reward the faithful with the hugely under-rated Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin on PS4. — Fred Dutton // Social Media Manager, SCEE Psyonix Psyonix made a brilliant gamble in retooling their PS3 cult hit (Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars) for the eSports generation, and the result — Rocket League — is a triumph of accessible, competitive action. They stuck to their guns, and had the faith and foresight that success would follow. It did. — Nick Suttner // Lead Account Manager, SCEA Kojima Productions If not this year, then when? — Sid Shuman // Senior Manager of Social Media, SCEA View the full article

We’re super excited to announce that our classic PS2 platformer Psychonauts is heading to PS4 this spring! Psychonauts follows the story of a young psychic named Razputin in his quest to join an elite group of international psychic secret agents, the Psychonauts! He runs away from the circus and breaks into their secret training facility, Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp. As he begins his training by psychically delving inside the consciousnesses of his tutors and those around him, he realizes all is not as it seems, and soon embarks upon a psychic odyssey through a variety of levels set inside the minds of misfits, monsters, and madmen! You may have seen Psychonauts in the news a fair bit recently. Last month at PlayStation Experience we announced that Psychonauts in the Rhombus of Ruin would be coming exclusively to PlayStation VR in 2016, and for the last month we’ve been running a crowdfunding campaign to raise the funds to make Psychonauts 2. We’re happy to report that we are now 100% funded, so can officially announce that Psychonauts 2 will also be coming to PS4 in a few years time — that’s a whole lot of Psychonauts to look forward to! View the full article

Hello PlayStation.Blog readers! I’m John, creative director at Roll7 and I’m writing on this here blog because Not A Hero — our 2D, cover-based, side-scrolling shooter about a purple rabbit from the future — is coming to PS4, like real soon. So, what’s the story? Well, way back in 2012 when the internet was still in black and white and you had to get games on 3.5 inch floppy disks, Roll7 made a couple of prototypes in a simple game making tool called Clickteam Fusion. Through some kind of miracle/luck/timing, both of the games we made ended up getting signed. One of those prototypes was OlliOlli, which we signed with PlayStation and which you probably played and destroyed your DualShock 4 in the process of learning nollie 360 hardflips. The other prototype was Ur Not A Hero, which we signed with Devolver Digital around the same time. With OlliOlli, there was no way that development could continue in Clickteam Fusion, as the game needed to come to PS Vita and PS4. As such, we started from scratch in C++, and rebuilt the game from the beginning. We brought on a team, and in the end, a lot of people and a lot of hard work went into making OlliOlli the game it was. Not a Hero on the other hand was coming to PC first. We’d never really dreamed of making it a PS4 game. When OlliOlli launched and we went back to working on Not A Hero, we did it in Clickteam Fusion. Unlike OlliOlli, Not a Hero has always been a smaller, weirder, boutique game. We really wanted to keep it down-river. For most of the development there were only two people working directly on the game: myself and Jake Hollands. Many other people put countless hours into making the game great, from QA to sound design, but at it’s core, Not A Hero was built by two people who basically didn’t sleep. When it came to launch, we were so broken from a year of pretty much permanent late nights and working weekends that even thinking about getting the game onto another platform other than PC was beyond us! Not to mention the fact that it shouldn’t even be possible — Clickteam Fusion doesn’t even export to PS4! But after it’s awesome reception on PC, and seeing how much people loved Bunnylord and the Fun Club’s (ultra) violent antics, we were determined to get the game onto console. We started out on PlayStation with OlliOlli, and it seemed a shame that Not A Hero wasn’t there. It’s been a challenge and we’ve had a number of false starts and epic fails, but I’m pleased to announce that, with the help of some excellent people and the support of Devolver Digital, Not A Hero is coming to PS4 on February 2nd, 2016! View the full article

It feels crazy to finally be able to say this, but Tharsis is making its way to PS4 tomorrow. After two years of nonstop work on the game, we’re finally going to be able to deliver our strategic, dice-rolling, cannibalistic baby to you. We hope you love it as much as we do. We’ve come to be pretty open about the ins and outs of Tharsis in recent months, but there are a few things we’ve tried to keep secret (to varying degrees of success). For starters, did you know that our game Laserlife takes place in the same universe as Tharsis? Although they take place thousands of years apart, they share a pretty strong narrative connection. You know that creepy skeleton astronaut floating around in Laserlife? That’s the astronaut who dies at the start of Tharsis. Oh, and spoiler alert on this paragraph, I guess. To celebrate the connection between these two games in the most commercial way possible, we’re going to offer Tharsis for 10% off (or 20% off for PlayStation Plus members) at launch. Additionally, Laserlife is going to be 40% off (or 50% off for Plus members). Enjoy! With that addressed, let’s get down to the brass tacks of gameplay. Tharsis is a complex strategy game, but it doesn’t take much time to understand and master the basics of it. That said, you’ll almost surely die a lot when you first start playing, and you may even find yourself having to sacrifice crewmates just to make it to the next turn. Perils such as these are to be expected in the harsh, indifferent realm of space, but they can be mitigated with a little patience and strategizing. While we probably can’t teach you the virtue of patience in a blog post about a video game, we can at least help you out with the strategizing part. To make your trip to Mars a little less… death-filled, we’ve gone ahead and compiled a list of tips from the people who brought you Tharsis. Heed their words, and you’ll become a pro astronaut in no time. Or ignore them entirely and carve your own path. The choice is yours! Whatever the case, please feel free to let us know in the comments if you have any questions. We’ll respond to as many of them as we can! How to Live to See the Red Planet-Don’t be afraid to move crew members through events. Taking the health damage isn’t so bad in the long run if you’re faced with a fatal event on the other side of the ship. -Sam Cho / Lead Programer -Try to clear out events when possible, otherwise manage which ones remain. When the Ship is low on hull, you may want to ignore an event that does damage to the crew’s health for that turn. You can’t always fix everything, so fix what is the biggest threat. -Danny Johnson / Lead Designer -Don’t rely on cannibalism unless it’s absolutely necessary. This applies to the game and real life. -Danny Johnson / Lead Designer -Make sure you are smart about the order in which you move your characters. (e.g. if you have three people working on an event, moving your doctor in last, and using her character ability will heal all of the characters in the module.) -Mike Roush / Director -Keep an eye on your “Assist.†If you have a lot of “Hazard Dice†a lack of Assist could take out your crew… or worse. -Mike Roush / Director -Your ability to do anything is contingent on the action dice you have available to you — you lose that and things will start to spiral out of control. So, events that take away action dice might not kill you immediately, but don’t ignore them entirely, either. -Mike Gonzales / Programmer -Sometimes the crew-member with the most dice isn’t the best choice for the job. Having a lot of dice is great but it also increases the chances you’ll take damage from events with lots of hazard dice. -Zach Gage / Systems Designer -Stasis might not seem so bad, but triggering unnecessary hazards chews through your Assists that might be better used elsewhere, so think before you re-roll that 4 for a 5. -Zach Gage / Systems Designer -Shuffling research cards and putting dice back into research is a great way to use up your extra dice which you cannot place anywhere else. It’s important to remember that research points get spent from lowest to highest. -Chris Meyer / Art Director -Sometimes fixing an event head-on is not the way to go. Think about how spending those dice on a module ability might benefit you more in the long run than resolving an event immediately. -Matt Hickman / Lead Producer -Don’t get cocky. Just because you’re ahead of the curve and all your crew are healthy this turn, doesn’t mean something very bad isn’t right around the corner. -Matt Hickman / Lead Producer -Keep an eye on your stress. It may seem like the least of your concerns, but stress is, after all, the silent killer. Or is that farts? -Alex Neuse / Executive Producer -I know it sounds kind of dumb, but avoid being overly cautious. Sometimes doing the riskiest maneuvers pay off in the best ways. -Alex Neuse / Executive Producer View the full article

It’s dark, lonely, and an empty house that was once familiar now feels foreign. As you wander the halls and explore each room, more of your family’s history is laid bare before you. Where is everyone, and what happened here? The critically acclaimed, first-person story Gone Home is coming to PS4 this week. What a way to start the year! Gone Home: Console Edition brings the beloved adventure in all its mysterious glory, with more than 90 minutes of developer commentary to sweeten the deal. If you never walked the dark halls of Gone Home, please accept a word of advice: don’t read anything else about it. The less you know before playing, the better! But that’s only the beginning of our first new games lineup of 2016. Command a mission to Mars in the boardgame-inspired Tharsis, sneak through sand and wind in Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India, and lead your soldiers to victory in The Banner Saga. For the full list, read on. And enjoy the Drop! New Releases: January 12th, 2016 Arc the Lad: Twilight of the Spirits (PS2) PS4 — Digital For years, the Humans and the Deimos have been at war in their struggle to capture the Great Spirit Stones. To the Humans, the stones represent a magical source of power and light. To the Deimos, the stones are the viable force behind their spell-casting abilities. But fate is about to place the future of both races in the hands of two men. Arslan: The Warriors of Legend (Demo) PS4 — Digital An exciting collaboration between The Heroic Legend of Arslan anime and the action-infused Warriors series. The exhilaration of plowing through large armies has been fused together with the charm and style of the world crafted in the anime. Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India PS4 — Digital Assassin’s Creed Chronicles: India throws you into the tension between the Sikh Empire and the East India Company in 1841. When a Master Templar arrives with a mysterious item that used to belong to the Assassin Order, Arbaaz Mir must discover why he’s come, steal back the item, and protect his friends and his lover. The Banner Saga PS4 — Digital The Banner Saga is an epic role-playing game inspired by Viking legend. Hand-painted landscapes portray a world eerily suspended in perpetual twilight. Cities and towns begin to crumble into chaos. Heroes abandon their hearths and homes to traverse the snowy countryside, gaining allies along the way to help battle a strange, new threat. Dogchild PS4 — Digital (Out 1/11) Dogchild narrates the story of the young and enigmatic Tarpak, an impulsive and brave guy with extraordinary abilities: a strong sensory union with nature and a special symbiosis with his inseparable dog, Tarao. Gone Home: Console Edition PS4 — Digital You arrive home after a year abroad. You expect your family to greet you, but the house is empty. Something’s not right. Where is everyone? And what’s happened here? Gone home is an interactive exploration simulator. Interrogate every detail of a seemingly normal house to discover the story of the people who live there. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 (Beta) PS4 — Digital (Begins 1/14) The battle for suburbia grows to crazy new heights in Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2! In this hilarious, action-packed shooter, zombie leader Dr. Zomboss has strengthened his horde and rebuilt suburbia as a zombie utopia. But hope remains, because for the first time the plants are taking the offensive in an all-out attack to reclaim their turf. Tharsis PS4 — Digital Tharsis is a turn-based strategy game about humanity’s first mission to Mars. It’s an important mission, and not just because of its potential to greatly increase our knowledge of the red planet. No, this mission is humanity’s attempt to locate the source of a mysterious signal emanating from the red planet. Panic! At the Disco — Death of a Bachelor Tycho — Awake Remixes Raury — Spotify Session Goosebumps Black Mass The Last Witch Hunter Workaholics — Season premiere January 14 at 10/9c (Available on Comedy Central) Colony — New series premiere January 14 at 10/9c (Available on USA) Shameless — New season premiere January 10 at 9P ET/PT (Available on SHOWTIME) The information above is subject to change without notice. View the full article

As 2016 kicks off, we wanted to take a look back at PlayStation Music featuring Spotify, which we launched last year to bring the best in music streaming to PlayStation. Shortly after launch in March 2015, PlayStation Music featuring Spotify quickly became one of the most downloaded apps in PlayStation history. And as of January 1st of this year the app has been downloaded nearly 11 million times, with more than 190 million hours of listening through Spotify on PS Music. We’re thrilled to see this level of engagement from the PlayStation community for a music experience all of us here are passionate about. Last year, Spotify released its annual Year in Music lists featuring the most popular music around the world in 2015. To mark Spotify’s first year on PlayStation, we thought you all might want to see what the PlayStation community’s Year in PS Music looked like. So here they are – the top 10 tracks of 2015 on PS Music featuring Spotify: 679 (feat. Remy Boyz) — Fetty Wap Know Yourself — Drake Nasty Freestyle — T-Wayne See You Again (feat. Charlie Puth) — Wiz Khalifa Hotline Bling — Drake Trap Queen — Fetty Wap Watch Me (Whip / Nae Nae) — Silentó Post To Be (feat. Chris Brown & Jhene Aiko) — Omarion B**** Better Have My Money — Rihanna The Hills — The Weeknd Many of you like to listen to music while you’re gaming and with the exclusive background music feature through Spotify on PS4, you can easily soundtrack your sessions. It’s interesting to see that Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Destiny, FIFA 15 and NBA 2K15 were some of the top games for background music in 2015. Want to see what your Year in Music on Spotify looked like? Click here to get your Year in Music and check out the top artists, albums, tracks and genres you listened to this year, as well as cool stats like how many minutes, hours, and days of music you listened to in 2015. Start 2016 off on a good note and sign up for Spotify through PlayStation Music (if you haven’t already), so you can start listening to your favorite tunes while playing all the new games you got during the holidays. View the full article

Happy New Year! The crew is fresh faced and ready to greet another year of sweet, sweet PlayStation games. Today, we pick our personal favorites from 2015 (Expansions included!) before we formally roll out the Game of the Year winners next week. Consider this an appetizer! Enjoy the show. Subscribe via iTunes or RSS, or download here Stuff We Talked About Personal Favorites of 2015 Sauce Recipes Tease for Game of the Year Recent Episodes 190: Rez Dispenser 189: Are You PS Experienced? 188: Fallout Boys The Cast Sid Shuman – Social Media Sr. Manager, SCEA Nick Suttner – Lead Account Manager, SCEA Justin Massongill – Social Media Manager, SCEA Ryan Clements – Social Media Specialist, SCEA 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

It’s official: Klaus is coming to PS4 on January 19th! That’s in about two weeks, and we thought it would be the perfect time to talk about the new-and-improved Klaus. Before we get into the details, we’d like to show a cool little trailer we made for the launch of the game. We love making films; we thought a combination of live action and gameplay would be perfect at showing off the feeling of the game. Shout out to everyone who came through our booth at the most recent Playstation Experience! We had an incredible time, and heard a ton of great feedback. We included many of your suggestions based on your experiences with the game! This is always the best part of being a developer, and we just wish we could do it for longer. Since our most recent blog post from last year, a lot has changed. And we’re talking about more than just a face-lift here. We chose to focus our improvements on three core aspects: the overall look and feel of the game, the boss battles, and collectible levels and their rewards. Since day one Klaus was designed with aesthetics and fluidity in mind. When it comes to how it looks, the backgrounds now feature much more detail and tell a story of their own. Ripped yellow shirts, Big Brother-like posters, and hidden messages are just some of the elements that bring Klaus to life. It isn’t just a prettier game though — it also feels faster and smarter. Overhauled level design allows for even more environmental manipulation, while improved character physics and controls mean that speed runs are more epic than ever. A large part of the new design ties to the Glitch World. This is where we throw out (almost) everything we taught you so far and go completely crazy. This is where we ask ourselves “Why do games work the way they do, and more importantly, what happens when game mechanics get flipped upside down?†Boss battles in a puzzle platformer are tough. Even though we considered this early last year, and started to work on them, we didn’t have enough resources to flesh them out. Klaus now features three boss battles, with each representing an important narrative shift for the player. We don’t want to spoil too much, so let’s just talk about the first: K1. Since [spoiler alert] he becomes a controllable character in World 2, this fight was important to get right in order to communicate who K1 is as a character. We used K1’s playful and chaotic nature to bring the environment to life. One of his main attacks is a floor smash that sends blocks and other pieces of the level dropping down onto Klaus. This is just one example of how the boss fights will closely tie in to the game’s narrative. Having an extended development timeline allowed us think more freely, and thus we thought of the Collectible Levels. These unique spaces represent the best of our design, as they really push the game mechanics to the brink. One such level, for example, restricts Klaus to only moving left, while the player uses the world itself to push him right. In another, four characters must be controlled at once. Some are just too weird to describe and you’ll have to discover them for yourselves! In all cases, we use them to go creatively crazy and bring something truly new to platforming. Other than just giving us a chance to show off some wackier ideas, the collectible levels allowed us to reward the player for discovery and exploration. Every time you pick up all six collectible pieces of a world, you gain a memory. These memories do not feature challenges, but will give the player an additional narrative experience. Basically we want to make you cry. But in a good way — we promise! These levels feature some our most beautiful artwork, and present a calm in the storm of challenging gameplay and head scratching puzzles. We are so excited to finally be able to share Klaus with all of you later this month! Let us know if you have any questions or comments, whether it’s something we already talked about or something completely new. Cheers! View the full article

Hello, everybody! So, Fenix Rage is now changing its name to Fenix Furia! Why? Because it sounds more exotic! Okay no, we changed the name because of unforeseen circumstances. Personally, we believe it’s a conspiracy against having cookies in our game… but that’s another story! But why Fenix Furia? Well, we believe this name captures the powerful dynamics of the new features that this version of the game will have. We can’t wait for you people to feel this experience! We listened to the feedback given by players of the original PC version and we did something about it. Yay to constructive feedback! So let’s start with what’s new in Fenix Furia: Easy Mode: Not everyone is automatically a master to our fast action, so for brand-new players we’ve added a new Easy Mode. Unlike Normal mode where one hit will kill you, in Easy Mode you can get hit once and survive! We still want people to try not to get hit so they can get the Golden Cookie. Plus it’s cool not to get hit. Retuned & Redesigned Levels: We’ve also reworked about 25% of all the levels in Fenix Furia — we made improvements based on direct player feedback so there aren’t so many extreme spikes in difficulty between levels. Two Player Mode: We split the screen in two so that you can have double the fun! We made this because we really enjoy local multiplayer games like Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Rocket League (both in split-screen). It’s so much fun to play against another player on PS4 in the same room. Also, we’ve added a new character for this mode — Undead Fenix! Introducing Undead Fenix: in the Two Player Mode you are able to use Fenix or Undead Fenix. They will battle to be the fastest in this world! But who is this Undead Fenix? We don’t want to go into details here, but we can say that he is the pure rage of Fenix. To be honest, I think Undead Fenix is more badass. He has exactly the same goal as Fenix: unveil the truth about the destruction of his village. Thanks for reading! We can’t wait to bring Fenix Furia soon to PS4. View the full article

Volume for PS Vita has arrived! *exhale* Everything from the PS4 version of Volume is now portable sized. That’s all 100 levels of the stealth action campaign, along with all curated Staff Picks and uploaded levels from the community. The game’s level editor is also packed in there with the ability to design, upload, and play your own or someone else’s levels on the go. Volume is also cross buy, meaning if you’ve picked it up previously for PS4 (And thank you for that!) you get it on PS Vita at no extra cost. And, as an added bonus, we announced on PlayStation.Blog late last year, Volume on PlayStation will also include Volume: Coda for PlayStation VR. Volume: Coda is an expansion campaign to the game featuring a new VR environment, new protagonist, new story, and characters from the first game viewed from a different perspective. I also want to take a moment and thank the PlayStation community for their encouragement of Volume since launch. Both directly to us and to your friends. Your passion for PS Vita was incredibly encouraging as we worked to get that version done, and we wouldn’t have been able to make Volume: Coda without your support. So, yeah, Volume on PS4 and PS Vita are out now and Volume: Coda for PlayStation VR will be available as a free expansion when PlayStation VR is available. View the full article

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Zen Studios is gearing up to release our awesome pinball table two pack based on Star Wars: The Force Awakens. We are tremendously thrilled to be able to work with the team at Lucasfilm on this landmark occasion. We have done a lot to ensure that there will be plenty of details from the movie as well as some great homages to real-life pinball machines that fanatical pinheads will appreciate. At Zen, we always strive to add as much detail to our tables as we can, and we’re proud to be able to continue that tradition with our latest Star Wars tables. Here are seven things you don’t want to miss in the Star Wars Pinball: The Force Awakens Pack: Star Wars Pinball: The Force Awakens Table The table’s left spiral ramp was inspired by one featured on the 1992 Data East Star Wars pinball machine. The BB-8 mini playfield went through five completely different variations before the one that made it on the table. The table designer personally performed the pinball table’s motion capture animations for Kylo Ren and Finn! A shot pulled from the table’s mocap sessions Star Wars Pinball: Might of the First Order Some missions take place on different planets and when you start them, the entire table jumps into hyperspace! The holographic image of the Star Destroyer has some control over the table on which it appears. When it turns left or right, the planets in the background will also turn in the same direction. Close up shot of the table’s Star Destroyer hologram The table’s spiral ramp was inspired by the classic Williams 1985 pinball machine ‘Comet’.The mini-playfield was crafted as a combination of the upper playfield from Stern’s 1980 table ‘Flight 2000′ and the mini-playfield of Williams’ 1954 ‘Lulu’ table.The Star Wars Pinball: The Force Awakens Pack launches on January 12 on PS3, PS4, and PS Vita for $4.99. We’ll see you on the leaderboards! View the full article