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Commander Fury

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    At PlayStation Experience in December we introduced the world to a new title we have been working on at San Diego Studio — Kill Strain. For those of you that don’t know, Kill Strain is a top-down shooter with a momentum twist, bringing intense 5v2v5 combat to PS4. With always evolving combat, two teams of humans fight each other and a third team of mutants trying to infect and turn their enemies into mutated allies. With the mutants able to turn their enemies into allies and change the teams of battle, Kill Strain offers competitive and evolving gameplay where no two matches are the same. Another aspect of Kill Strain we are proud of is its development under our community-driven Games as a Service initiative. The goal of our Games as a Service initiative is to make great games; and who knows more about the games you want to play than you, our amazing PlayStation community? I would like to invite you to join the Kill Strain development process with us, and help us make Kill Strain a game that can continue to grow and evolve. Much like our other community first: Games as a Service titles: Guns Up! and Drawn to Death, Kill Strain will begin with a slow roll-out: with private access testing, closed beta periods, and ultimately launching into an open beta. This schedule is designed for you to join us in the development process, and help shape Kill Strain into the game and community you want to be a part of. The beginning of this journey starts tonight. At 5:00 PM Pacific on the San Diego Studio Twitch channel, we will host our inaugural Kill Strain livestream. We encourage you to tune in, ask questions and give us your thoughts on this early stage of the game. We also encourage you to head to http://killstrain.com and register for our community. Community members will be first in line for a chance to participate in the various Kill Strain tests — which will soon begin their roll-out. We also have been known to be kind to those passionate and helpful within our communities (Hint Hint). We’re excited for you to get a look at Kill Strain this evening and join us in our journey. See you all in the live stream tonight! View the full article
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    We are amazed and very grateful for the way in which the community has embraced Bloodborne. As you may have seen, we’ve just announced that Bloodborne has now sold through over one million copies worldwide. Thank you to everyone who has supported the project! We also wanted to provide more information regarding the next patch for Bloodborne. As we confirmed previously, the 1.03 update seeks to reduce certain load times in addition to performance optimizations. The patch also resolves an issue that resulted in abnormal game behavior after many continuous hours of play. Additional fixes will be included as well. The team is currently working towards a global release of the 1.03 patch before the end of the month. We will try to provide more specific timing as soon as we are able. We’re continuing to monitor popular communities and forums for feedback, in addition to the comments below, so please share any other issues or questions you may have. Please note: online play will need to be disabled for a short period of time to facilitate server-side updates. In this case, and in the case of any future server maintenance downtime, it has been determined that starting at 1am PT on a non-Friday weeknight will disrupt the fewest players. We will target this time for any necessary future server maintenance downtime, which will only last a couple hours in each instance. On behalf of the Bloodborne development team, thank you for your ongoing passion and support. Network Issues for Certain usersIf you are having trouble accessing online features, please check your NAT type and ensure proper ports on your network are open. How to check your NAT type Please check your NAT type by following these steps on your PS4. PS4 Home Menu -> Settings -> Network -> View Connection Status -> NAT Type Check whether it is Type 1, Type 2 or Type 3. Online functionality may be restricted when playing under NAT Type 3. Opening ports / Port Forwarding The following shows the ports necessary to connect to PSN as well as Bloodborne’s online servers. If you are having trouble connecting, please ensure that these ports are open on your network hub. Port number required to connect to PSN: TCP: 80, 443, 3478, 3479, 3480, 5223, 8080 UDP: 3478, 3479, 3658 Port number required to connect Bloodborne’s online servers: TCP: 18671, 20443 UDP：9305, 9306 Please check your network hub or contact your provider for more details. *If you are unsure of your network environment, please either refer to your network hub manual or contact your internet service provider. View the full article
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    Hello! I’m Mo, founder of Vertex Pop, a tiny independent video game studio based in Toronto, Canada. And by tiny, I mean it’s just me. The last time I was here I introduced you all to We Are Doomed. I’m excited to say that the game is out today on PS4 in North America. To recap: We Are Doomed is a twin-stick shooter where you zap polygon baddies with an absurdly overpowered laserbeam. The laserbeam can be charged into a Superbeam, which goes all the way across the screen zapping everything it touches in short order. The game features a unique lo-fi aesthetic, with bold shapes, glitching geometry, and neon colors. This time around, I’d like to talk about the game modes, and give you a behind-the-scenes look at the design considerations behind each of them. Waves mode is a series of 30 waves that starts out pretty chill and quickly escalates into hyper-intense action. As the primary game mode, it’s the first thing players will see, so it needs to get to the point quickly and make a great first impression. This means no cutscenes, no overbearing tutorial, and lots of laserbeaming action. Waves mode also introduces all the baddies along the way. As you progress, different combinations of baddies keep it fresh all the way through. Even though the general flow of each wave is fixed, there’s a randomization aspect that’ll keep you on your toes. I want players to be able to chill and enjoy the game without being super stressed out. There’s a certain familiarity to each wave, which helps you get into the groove and zone out a little. There are also checkpoints every 10 waves. For the Trophy hunters and high-score chasers, keep in mind that checkpoints start you out with a score of zero. So to rank well you’ll need to go from wave 1 to 30 at once. Of course, there’s a Trophy for doing that. And another one for running through the entire game without losing a life. Like I said, hyper-intense! Endless mode throws an endless barrage of baddies at you, and asks the classic question: How many zones can you survive? Here’s where I hold nothing back. You’ll need everything you learned in Waves mode to do well here. You might think that making an extra hard mode is a straight-forward “turn up all the dials†thing for a game developer, but it’s actually a huge responsibility! Making something difficult means that it has to be fair and well put together. If I’m going to ask for a lot from my players, I need to make sure I put in the hard work myself! As I ramped up the difficulty in Endless mode, I re-examined every aspect of the game to find areas that felt unfair or could be improved upon. I endlessly (pun fully intended) tweaked the player movement, hit boxes, camera logic, and enemy AI, among other things. The result is a game mode that’s challenging and fair, and the process of developing it made the game on the whole even better. We Are Doomed is out today on PS4. Whether you want to chill out with the pretty colors, beat a friend’s high score, or even top the PSN leaderboards, I hope you’ll find something to love. View the full article
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    We’re very excited to announce a new feature that has been requested by fans of The Order: 1886. In the latest patch you’ll find our powerful new Photo Mode. Fans expressed an overwhelming desire to see and share the realism, beauty, and detail of our Neo-Victorian world. With Photo Mode, you’ll be able to compose, capture, and share stunning images of your favorite moments, characters, and environments. Note: Enabling Photo Mode will disable the Camera Bias option if you have turned it on in the Controls menu. Developed by Ready At Dawn from the ground up, we took a slightly different approach with our version of Photo Mode while trying to keep many aspects of it familiar so that users would immediately feel at home using the feature, which includes a fully untethered camera. To learn about our Photo Mode in The Order: 1886, please watch this tutorial video. The Order: 1886 | PlayStation.com As shown in the video, we’ve added the ability for you to play the game with your selected Colour Grading. Want to see what The Order: 1886 feels like if you play through it in high-contrast, gritty, black & white? Since The Order: 1886 is completely rendered in real-time with no pre-rendered frames, you’re able to play in a customized look from beginning to end. If at any time you want to change Color Grading styles during gameplay, simply enter Photo Mode and make your adjustment. You can also reset the option if you wish to play the game as it was originally intended. To kick off Photo Mode, we’re also running a special contest (click here to visit the official page and legal rules), looking to find what our fans are capable of with this new addition to The Order: 1886. Our team has worked to give aspiring in-game photographers the best creative resources, and will reward the best of the best with prizes that include team-signed prints of your photo and The Order: 1886 swag packs! Each in-game photograph must represent one of the following four categories. Members of our development team will select their Top 3 for each category, for 12 winners total. You may enter one photo per category: Landscape Still Life Character Portrait Combat How To Enter: STEP 1: Follow @TheOrder1886 Twitter account STEP 2: Using the PS4 Share Function, tweet your photo(s) to @TheOrder1886 and include the hashtag #ContestEntry AND which of the four categories (Landscape / Still Life/ Character Portrait / Combat) you are submitting for in your tweet: The Order: 1886 Photo Mode Contest begins right now, and will end on Midnight PST, April 27th. We hope you’ll enjoy this fun new tool and we can’t wait to see what incredible images you’ll create with Photo Mode and The Order: 1886. Good luck and good shooting! View the full article
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    Hey, PlayStation Nation. It’s been an amazing seven months since we released Destiny. We’ve had the chance to welcome you to the Tower and get to know you in the game. It’s been awesome. Thanks for playing and lending your spirit to our community. Now, it’s time to begin another adventure together. Let the hunt begin… Destiny | PlayStation.com The next Destiny expansion is set for May 19th, 2015. The Reef will open to all Guardians, and you will join the allies of the Queen to hunt down the traitorous Fallen from the House of Wolves. Over the course of the next month, we’ll be pulling the wraps off of all the new activities, modes, events, and gear you’ll have access to. Stay tuned to see exactly where your legend is headed next. View the full article
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    Welcome back to PlayStation Underground, our new online show about video games. Today, we go underground with one of the goriest, most visceral fighting games in the industry. That’s right, it’s Mortal Kombat X, which is out tomorrow on PS4. Your stomach is not ready. We play nearly 20 minutes with NetherRealm Studios Community Specialist Tyler Lansdown. Not only does Tyler absolutely decimate me as Goro, but he reveals incredible insight into the new style variation system, the community-wide factions, and also shows off a Fatality or two for good measure. Not for the faint of heart, folks! Let me know what you think in the comments below, and remember that we’ll be back soon with more Underground in the weeks to come. Enjoy the show. View the full article
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    March was certainly a good month for videogames! Bloodborne ruled the PS4 charts on PlayStation Store, perhaps expectedly. Read on for the full list of PlayStation Store’s top sellers on PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. PS4 Games 1 Bloodborne 2 Battlefield Hardline 3 Surgeon Simulator: A&E Anniversary Edition 4 HELLDIVERS 5 Dragon Ball Xenoverse 6 Dead Nation Apocalypse Edition 7 Grand Theft Auto V 8 Borderlands: The Handsome Collection 9 Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number 10 Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition 11 Home – A Unique Horror Adventure 12 LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 13 FINAL FANTASY TYPE-0 HD 14 MLB 15 THE SHOW 15 Zombie Army Trilogy 16 Tennis in the Face 17 Resident Evil Revelations 2 18 Dying Light 19 Far Cry 4 20 Life is Strange PS3 Games 1 Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection 2 PAC-MAN Championship Edition DX+ 3 Game of Thrones 4 Jurassic Park: The Game 5 TOKYO JUNGLE 6 Back to the Future: The Game 7 PAYDAY The Heist 8 Tales of Monkey Island 9 Minecraft: PlayStation 3 Edition 10 God of War: Ascension 11 Sam & Max: Beyond Time and Space 12 Dragon Ball Xenoverse 13 Sam & Max The Devil’s Playhouse 14 Dead Nation 15 Galaga Legions DX 16 LEGO Marvel Super Heroes 17 Flashback 18 echochrome 19 Bejeweled 3 20 Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard PS4 Add-ons 1 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Havoc 2 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Season Pass 3 Destiny Expansion I: The Dark Below 4 Dragon Ball Xenoverse – Season Pass 5 Battlefield Hardline Premium 6 WWE 2K15 – NXT ArRIVAL 7 Dragon Ball Xenoverse GT PACK 1 8 Destiny Expansion Pass 9 Resident Evil Revelations 2 – Complete Season 10 Far Cry 4 Valley of the Yetis PS3 Add-ons 1 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Havoc 2 Call of Duty: Black Ops II Nuketown Zombies Map 3 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Season Pass 4 Call of Duty: Black Ops II Vengeance 5 Call of Duty: Black Ops II Apocalypse 6 Destiny Expansion I: The Dark Below 7 Call of Duty: Black Ops II Uprising 8 Call of Duty: Black Ops II – Revolution 9 WWE 2K15 – NXT ArRIVAL 10 Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare – Atlas Gorge Multiplayer Map PS Vita Games 1 Gravity Rush 2 Dead Nation PS Vita 3 HELLDIVERS 4 Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number 5 Home – A Unique Horror Adventure 6 Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines 7 Sword Art Online -Hollow Fragment- 8 God of War: Collection PS Vita 9 Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack 10 Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition PS Classics 1 Mega Man X4 2 Mega Man X5 3 BREATH OF FIRE IV 4 Katamari Damacy 5 Twisted Metal: Black 6 Dino Crisis 2 7 Dino Crisis 8 WILD ARMS 2 9 Klonoa: Door to Phantomile 10 Wild Arms View the full article
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    If you’re the least bit squeamish, you may want to cover your eyes — the iconic fighting series is back, along with its wince-inducing collection of finishing moves. Mortal Kombat X storms onto PS4 this week with eye-popping graphics (in some cases literally), a new style variation system, and a huge roster of fighters. Like its 2011 predecessor, Mortal Kombat X retains many of the elements that gamers fell in love with back during the original run, but with enhanced control and new bone-crunching X-ray attacks. And by enabling players to select between three different styles for each fighter, the already sizable collection of combatants just about triples. If Mortal Kombat X is a little too graphic for your tastes, consider the retro-inspired Titan Souls. In this ambitious indie project, players only have a single arrow to defeat monstrous bosses and explore a strange and wondrous world. For a full list of games coming to PlayStation this week, read on. And enjoy The Drop! New PlayStation Games This Week Best of Arcade Games — Deluxe Edition PS Vita — Digital Brick Breaker, Tetraminos, Bubble Buster and Air Hockey: rediscover 4 timeless classics with this Best of Arcade Games compilation. Try out these updated classics, for both beginners and experts. Take direct control of the ball in Brick Breaker, carefully place your pieces in Tetraminos, solve lots of puzzles in Bubble Buster, and test your reflexes in Air Hockey. Bloxiq PS Vita — Digital Bloxiq takes the classic concept of color matching and turns it on its head. Manipulate blocks to connect four or more of the same color above, beside, or even through. Conquer obstacles such as bombs, locks, and hidden blocks in devilishly clever and addicting challenges. Gradius V PS2 Classic — Digital An admiration for frenzied space fighting is a prerequisite for this classic side-scrolling shooter! Sail through space and blast away the enemy in this chapter of the legendary shooter series. Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy PS2 Classic Bundle — Digital Welcome to Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy. All three games in the epic saga are here together: Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, and Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. It’s good to be bad. Medieval Defenders PS Vita — Digital Defend your ancestral castle — show the invader who the master is! Build towers, save money, train your spells, and your enemy will be vanquished. The middle ages was a dark time. Every neighbor wants to encroach on the lands you rightfully own. Don’t give your enemies reason to think that you’re weaker than them! Mortal Kombat X PS4 — Digital, Retail Mortal Kombat X combines unparalleled, cinematic presentation with all new gameplay. For the first time, players can choose from multiple variations of each character impacting both strategy and fighting style. Teslagrad PS4, PS3 — Digital (Cross Buy) Teslagrad is a 2D puzzle platformer with action elements, where magnetism and other electromagnetic powers are the key to discovering the secrets kept in the long abandoned Tesla Tower. Gain new abilities to explore a non-linear world with more than 100 beautiful hand-drawn environments, in a steampunk-inspired vision of old Europe. Titan Souls PS4, PS Vita — Digital (Cross Buy) Between our world and the world beyond lie the Titan Souls, the spiritual source and sum of all living things. Now scattered amongst the ruins and guarded by the idle titans charged with their care, a solitary hero armed with but a single arrow is once again assembling shards of the Titan Soul in a quest for truth and power. We Are Doomed PS4 — Digital We Are Doomed is a twin-stick shooter where you zap polygon baddies with an absurdly overpowered laserbeam. Dive head-first into the action with reckless ambition, charge the Superbeam, and zap everything out of existence in an instant. Chase high scores or just enjoy the beautiful explosion of geometry, color and light. Demos and Betas Shiftlings — PS4 Demo Trine Enchanted Edition — PS4 Demo The information above is subject to change without notice. View the full article
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    Shout outs for a couple hits that didn’t make this week’s top ten (because they happened at the end of the week): the intro cutscene for Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward has been revealed in all its snowy glory (don’t watch if you haven’t finished the story in FFXIV A Realm Reborn, though). Also, our pals at Yacht Club Games came by to show us more from the Kratos fight in Shovel Knight — including an 8-bitified version of the God of War theme! Lots of Bloodborne, Woah Dave!, Bastion and FFXIV for me this week — what are you playing? This Week’s Top 10 Posts PlayStation Now Subscriptions: New for April 2015 Aaru’s Awakening Hits PS4, PS3 April 7th, Free for PS Plus Spring Fever Week 6: Bastion out Today, Dragon Age Games & LEGO Movies on Sale Bastion Hits PS4 Today Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Revealed for PS4 Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones Launches Today on PS4, PS3, PS Vita DC Universe Online: New Munitions Power Out Today on PS4, PS3 Announcing Avengers: Age of Ultron Pinball SmuggleCraft Brings a New Kind of Racing to PS4 Next Year Cube-based Puzzler Bloxiq Coming to PS Vita on April 14th April’s Free PS Plus LineupPS4PS3PS VitaBecome a PlayStation Plus member This Week’s Top Movies1. Interstellar 2. The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies 3. Exodus: Gods and Kings 4. Taken 3 (Unrated plus Bonus Features) 5. Into the Woods 6. Unbroken 7. Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb 8. The Imitation Game 9. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes 10. Big Hero 6 This Week’s PlayStation Store Update Most-Watched Video of the Week PlayStation Blogcast 160 View the full article
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    Hello everyone! When I was much, much younger, I was awestruck by the cut scenes that were introduced with Final Fantasy VII, like when the Lifestream emerged to deflect Meteor. Or Squall and Rinoa’s famous dance at the ball in Final Fantasy VIII, which was also used to show off the capabilities of the PlayStation 2 system before its launch by rendering the scene in real-time. The melody still hangs in the air… If you’d told me back then that, at some point in my future, I’d be able to present equally avid fans with the opening cinematic of a Final Fantasy game, I would probably have laughed in disbelief. Yet here I am, writing this… WARNING The following video contains scenes from the final moments of the FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn main scenario story. Pre-order Final Fantasy XIV Heavensward Get Early Access to HeavenswardDo you want to walk into the unknown ahead of the official release? Then pre-order your boxed copy now at the Square Enix Store! We’re also working on making digital pre-orders available on PlayStation Store as soon as possible. Now please excuse me, while I put this on auto-repeat on the TV in my living room. Yours truly, Hergen “Kahuna†Thaens View the full article
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    It’s an even bigger show than usual! We sit down and talk with J from Bandai Namco Entertainment about Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin on PS4. We also hear about video game worlds our listeners would want to visit, killer sweet potato soup recipes, and — of course — more Bloodborne. Enjoy the show. Subscribe via iTunes or RSS, or download here Stuff We Talked About Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin Sweet Potato Soup Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Bloodborne Titan Souls Bastion Unbreakable Ip Man Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Game World Tourism Recent Episodes Episode 159: He Who Holds the Marker Episode 158: Bloodcast Episode 157: Blood Diamond Send us questions and tips: blogcast@playstation.sony.com or leave a voice message! 650-288-6706 The Cast Sid Shuman – PlayStation Social Media Manager Nick Suttner – PlayStation Account Support Manager Justin Massongill – PlayStation Social Media Specialist Ryan Clements – PlayStation Social Media Specialist [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.] Thanks to Cory Schmitz for our beautiful logo and Dormilón for our rad theme song and show music. View the full article
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    Greetings! It seems like eons ago since we announced a whole slew of new titles at PlayStation Experience, even though it’s only been a few months. So I wanted to give you all an update on what’s going on with Resident Evil Revelations 2 for PS Vita. As the final episode of Revelations 2 was just recently released on PS4 and PS3, we’re now ready to complete its transition over to PS Vita thanks to the passionate team at Frima Studio, who is knee-deep in production of this title for our favorite little handheld. While we get closer to locking down PS Vita-specific gameplay and features, we will update you all again soon with a firm release date. But for now, I am just saying “coming digitally this summer.†The PS Vita version of Revelations 2 will contain all four episodes of Capcom’s scarefest, including any DLC (sans consumables) released thus far. As for Raid Mode, single-player will also be included at launch, but online co-op Raid Mode and the ad-hoc modes will most likely come post-launch via an update. This is so we can get the full game into your hands that much sooner. Finally, we’ve added gyroscopic targeting to make shooting weapons that much more PS Vita-centric. We will update you with a firm release date soon, but for now, I’ve got to see what horrors Barry, Natalia, Claire, and Moira are facing on that terrifying island. View the full article
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    AREEEESSSS!!! It’s God of War’s 10th anniversary! Can you believe that it’s been ten years since Kratos’ Spartan wrath first ignited the PlayStation 2 library?! It’s hard to imagine PlayStation without this enduring and beloved character, and we couldn’t be happier to be part of the celebrations! Wait, did you miss the big news? Kratos will be making an appearance in our game, Shovel Knight, which launches on April 21st! All we’ve shown the world so far is a quick teaser which debuted at the PlayStation Experience a few months ago. Today, we wanted to elaborate on Shovel Knight’s epic encounter with Kratos a little more. First off, we’ll confirm that Shovel Knight engages the God of War in mortal combat!! Shovel Knight | PlayStation.com Shovel Knight’s adventure is tied together with a sprawling overworld map filled with secrets, bonuses, and wandering combatants who’re just waiting to take on the Blue Burrower. Kratos, who is traveling through these lands, is perhaps Shovel Knight’s most ferocious opponent yet! However, you can’t just run into Kratos by chance. He’s very tricky to find! Keep your eye out for secrets… and possibly even double secrets, to learn how to discover this battle. Once you figure it out, he’ll appear on the world map. Kratos can be a challenging fight because he’s aggressive and tenacious, just like in the God of War games. Using his Blades of Chaos, he really knows how to whip poor Shovel Knight around! Take a look at all the ways Kratos can beat on Shovel Knight: The battle is amped up, befitting the over-the-top nature of God of War. It’s thrilling and exciting, blood-pumping and challenging! But most of all, it has that fun factor, and that humor and levity that you’d expect from Shovel Knight. After all, It’s about time Kratos had his 8-bit debut! The gameplay and visuals aren’t all that matter though. Here’s a little taste of the God of War theme… turned 8-bit! But there’s more than just a battle! Maybe Shovel Knight learns a trick or two from Kratos… but we’ve shared enough for now. You’ll just have to play the game to find out what! It was truly pleasure to work with Sony Santa Monica. They are one of the best studios in the world. We’ve created something truly awesome together, and couldn’t be more proud to be a part of God of War’s amazing history. We hope you all have a ton of fun fighting Kratos in Shovel Knight on PS4, PS3, and PS Vita. View the full article
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    Hey all! We’re excited to tell you all about our new game, SmuggleCraft, a quest-based hovercraft game that will provide a fresh perspective on the racing genre. No more driving in circles; way more intense smuggling of questionably-legal contraband! The concept for SmuggleCraft started small: a simple hovercraft racing game with randomly generated tracks, and the hope of doing something new in a long-established genre. Our team at Happy Badger Studio has been making casual mobile games for about 4 years now, and while we all wanted to work on something bigger, it never seemed like the right time. It seemed logical to us to keep the idea for SmuggleCraft as small as we could, while remaining true to our original vision. We decided to spend about four months in development, which was actually longer than we’d spent on any of our recent projects. The hope was to make it as good as possible as quickly as we could so that we could get back to our safety net of doing work for clients (aka, how a small indie studio pays the bills). We created a prototype and showed it to some good friends and local industry peers, who all gave us really positive feedback on the concept and gameplay. We were excited; SmuggleCraft was turning out to be really fun, and as our excitement for the game grew, so did our ideas. We quickly realized that there was no way we could do everything we wanted to do in the short timeframe we’d given ourselves. After serious consideration, we decided that it was time for us to take the plunge and dedicate the time to making our studio’s first large-scale game. Over the past six months of development, SmuggleCraft has evolved into something we all really love and believe in. We’ve added in an immersive story through quests, which drive a branching narrative with alternate endings. We’ve also decided that, in lieu of simple hovercraft upgrades, we’re going to add in a robust crafting system that will allow players to create modular parts with which they can build the ideal ship for their play style. The game has grown visually as well; our terrains have evolved from simple paths to complex landscapes, beautifully rendered with a minimalist 3D style. Basically, the whole game has become something we’re really proud of. Our whole team is venturing into new territory with SmuggleCraft. Working on this game is allowing us to push ourselves to learn new skills, hone existing talents, and work on things we’ve never done before. We have a lot of hard work ahead of us, and we’re putting a lot at risk by working on a game of this scale, but it’s worth it to us because we believe in it. What started as a simple idea for a small mobile game has grown into something much greater. We’re thrilled to announce that we’ll be developing and launching SmuggleCraft as console-exclusive for PS4 in Spring 2016. While we still have about a year of development ahead of us, we know we’ll have lot of stories and announcements along the way; we hope you all join us on this exciting adventure! View the full article
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    Hello PlayStation Nation! I’m Jean-Francois Dugas, Executive Game Director at Eidos-Montréal. Eight years ago, we set out to revive the Deus Ex franchise, which held a very special place in my heart both as a gamer and a developer. In 2011, after a lot of love and effort was put into it, we released Deus Ex: Human Revolution, the very first game to be created at our studio. It was a terrific achievement for us, and we were more than ready to take the series to the next level. Today, we are extremely proud and excited to present you with the announcement trailer for Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, which is coming soon to PS4. Switch off the lights, turn up the volume and make sure to watch it in full screen and 1080p! Deus Ex: Mankind Divided | PlayStation.com We’ve had the pleasure of working in collaboration with Square Enix’s Visual Works studio for this trailer, to introduce the setting of Mankind Divided. The game takes place in 2029, two years after the events of Human Revolution and the infamous ‘Aug Incident’ in Panchaea, which ended the golden era of human augmentation. These terrible events scarred the world and caused augmented people to be segregated and deemed as outcasts. Mankind Divided also sees the return of Adam Jensen as our main character, who is now a counter-terrorism agent playing by his own rules. Equipped with all new augmentations, Jensen will travel across the world to unravel a vast conspiracy involving secret organizations, which are working behind the scenes in an attempt to control the fate of mankind. We are fully committed to creating an uncompromising Deus Ex experience: choice and consequence is at the heart of everything we do, whether it be for story, gameplay, customization or exploration. As you can imagine, we will have quite a lot to show you in the coming months. Let us know what you think – we’re looking forward to reading your comments. Thanks for your support! View the full article
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    Hey there, PlayStation people! I’m Justin, Creative Director from Blot Interactive to tell you about Bloxiq, our new indie puzzle game that will challenge your brain from all directions. Coming to PS Vita next week on April 14th! We were tired of where the puzzle genre has been stuck for the last few years. Who wants to play the hundredth clone of match 3 or being pestered to pay every few minutes? These things just aren’t fun to us. We wanted to create a whole new type of puzzle game that returned to the classic philosophy of easy to learn and difficult to master games like Intelligent Cube, Devil Dice, or Echochrome. Where there is a definite solution, instead of relying on luck to be able to progress. Bloxiq starts with the standard concept of color matching and brings it into the third dimension. Manipulate rows or columns of blocks by sliding them around a 3D level to connect four in any direction. Sounds simple, right? One of the best feelings is when you figure out how to match blocks in intricate ways that challenge your spatial thinking. We’ve got 100 unique levels across 7 different worlds that each have at least one proper solution. The levels can be solved through critical thinking instead of mashing buttons, hoping that you get the right level configuration. And you will need all your wits about you to conquer the Locked Cubes, Move Cubes, Bombs, MultiCubes and more! A word of warning: we have more than one studio team member who have said “this game is the demonic soul of puzzle games.†The Locks prevent you from sliding a row or column, Bombs count down and explode causing you to fail, and MultiCube have hidden cubes inside them. That is just a few of the challenges that you will experience in this mind-bending game. We hope that you enjoy playing it as much as we did making it for you. We encourage you to connect with us with any feedback you’d like to share. Or maybe you will need our help to complete a challenge [insert laugh here] — we are always happy to help. View the full article
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    Hi everyone – Just over one month ago, we announced PlayStation HEROES – a brand new app for the PS4 that lets you purchase digital content like themes and games to support charities and enter for a chance to play video games against celebrities. With your help, we’ve successfully donated over $300K for our charity partners! In addition to that, I’m happy to announce that we’ve selected a winner who will fly to Los Angeles to play MLB 15 against Yasiel Puig in his own home. Thrakadral, this will be your chance to tell your friends that you struck Yasiel out and your PS Heroes’ donations all went to benefit the V Foundation for Cancer Research – an incredible cause. Of course, this is just the beginning for PlayStation HEROES. We are holding a new event every month. And from now until April 21st, you can purchase from a whole new set of themes in the app to support Make-A-Wish and enter for a chance to play against Snoop Dogg in FIFA 15. The winner will get a trip to LA to play him in person, and Snoop is ready to play – he’s a self-proclaimed “boss†at FIFA, so watch out. Check out our new PS Heroes ad – featuring Snoop: PlayStation HEROES | PlayStation.com Before I go, I just wanted to extend a heart-felt thank you to everybody who has donated to date. You continue to prove time and time again that the PlayStation Nation is the best gaming community in the world. Let’s keep the momentum strong and show Make-A-Wish some love this month – and get a chance to take down Snoop in FIFA 15! View the full article
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    PS4 Games Bastion ($14.99) Call of Duty Advanced Warfare Gold Edition ($59.99) Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin ($59.99) Krinkle Krusher (3-Way Cross Buy) ($9.99) Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones (3-Way Cross Buy) ($14.99) Stealth Inc. 1 & 2: Ultimate-est Edition ($16.99) Tower of Guns (Cross Buy with PS3) ($14.99) PS3 Games Dark Souls II: Scholar of the First Sin ($39.99) Krinkle Krusher (3-Way Cross Buy) ($9.99) Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones (3-Way Cross Buy) ($14.99) Tower of Guns (Cross Buy with PS4) ($14.99) PS Vita Games Element4l ($9.99) Krinkle Krusher (3-Way Cross Buy) ($9.99) Monsterbag ($9.99) Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones (3-Way Cross Buy) ($14.99) Pre-Orders The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited* (PS4) ($59.99) Imperial Edition ($79.99) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Game + Expansion Pass (PS4) ($84.99) *Pre-order The Elder Scrolls Online and be automatically entered to win 1 of 10 PS4s w/ an exclusive The Elder Scrolls Online faceplate. See official rules here. April’s Free PlayStation Plus LineupPS4PS3PS VitaBecome a PlayStation Plus member SalesPlatformTitleSale PriceOriginal PricePS4Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare Gold Edition$80.99$89.99PS4Game of Thrones$3.49$4.99PS4Game of Thrones – Episode 2: The Lost Lords$3.49$4.99PS4Game of Thrones – Season Pass$17.49$24.99PS4The Witcher 3: Wild Hunter Game + Expansion Pass (Pre-order)$80.99$89.99PS3Dust 514: 200000 Aurum Plus 25000 Aurum Bonus$74.99$99.99PS3Game of Thrones$3.49$4.99PS3Game of Thrones – Episode 2: The Lost Lords$3.49$4.99PS3Game of Thrones – Season Pass$3.49$4.99PS3Wicked Monster Blast! 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New on PlayStation Music Flo Rida My House All Time Low Future Hearts Matt and Kim New Glow New on PlayStation Video Hot Tub Time Machine 2 (Unrated) Taken 3 (Unrated plus Bonus Features) Big Eyes App Updates NetflixMarvel’s Daredevil is a live action series that follows the journey of attorney Matt Murdock, who in a tragic accident was blinded as a boy but imbued with extraordinary senses. Murdock sets up a law practice in his old neighborhood of Hell’s Kitchen, New York where he now fights against injustice as a respected lawyer by day and a masked vigilante at night. All episodes of Daredevil premiere on April 10th. Start a free trial here. HBO GoGame of Thrones Season 5 premieres on April 12th at 9pm. Check out the season 5 trailer here. And PS3 and PS4 owners, don’t forget to download the HBO Go app and register your device here. Qello Concerts Various Artists – Coachella Sugarland – Incredible Machine Rage Against the Machine – Live: In Concert Santana – Viva Santana Megadeth – Countdown to Extinction MLB.TV The 2015 season has started. Watch every out-of-market regular season game LIVE or on demand on your PlayStation. Every 2015 game is available in HD quality with pause and rewind DVR functionality. Sign up starting at $129.99 for the entire season. 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  19. Commander Fury
    Hi everyone! Week six of Spring Fever is here, and with it comes the highly anticipated PlayStation debut of Bastion from Supergiant Games. The fantasy-themed, post-apocalyptic action role-playing game comes to PS4 today. Pick up Bastion now through Monday, April 13 to receive our 10 percent PS Plus launch-week discount. Release Date (Launch Week)Title (Platform)PS Plus Launch Week PriceRegular Price4/7 (4/7 through 4/13)Bastion (PS4)**$13.49$14.99**Launching later on PS Vita – Cross-Buy with PS4 For the entire Spring Fever roster, head over to PlayStation Store. This week we have games from RPG fantasy-favorite Dragon Age and movies from the unbreakable LEGO series discounted through April 13. Check out the complete breakdown below: Games – Dragon AgeTitlePlatformPS Plus PriceSale PriceOriginal PriceDragon Age: OriginsPS39.9911.9919.99Dragon Age: Origins AwakeningPS39.9911.9919.99Dragon Age: Origins Return to OstagarPS32.492.994.99Dragon Age IIPS39.9911.9919.99Dragon Age: InquisitionPS435.9941.9959.99Dragon Age: InquisitionPS335.9941.9959.99Dragon Age: Inquisition Deluxe EditionPS441.9948.9969.99Dragon Age: Inquisition Deluxe EditionPS341.9948.9969.99Dragon Age: Inquisition Deluxe Edition UpgradePS45.996.999.99Dragon Age: Inquisition Deluxe Edition UpgradePS35.996.999.99In Store, victory. Find all our Dragon Age sale titles over at PlayStation Store right now. Movies – LEGOTitleSD Original PriceSD Sale PriceHD Original PriceHD Sale PriceThe Lego Movie$19.99$9.99$24.99$14.99LEGO Batman: The Movie – DC Superheroes Unite$9.99$8.99$17.99$13.99LEGO Hero Factory: Rise of the Rookies$9.99$6.99$12.99$8.99LEGO Hero Factory: Savage Planet$9.99$6.99$12.99$8.99LEGO: Legends of Chima, Season 1$29.99$17.99$38.99$21.99LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, Season 1$24.99$17.99N/A$21.99LEGO Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, Season 2$22.99$13.99$32.99$21.99Check out all our discounted LEGO movies over at PlayStation Store. Like what you see? Come back Tuesday, April 14 for the game and movie franchise titles on sale next week. Spring Fever 2015 features eight new games launching over an eight week period, with a 10% discount for PlayStation Plus members for the first week each game is available. Click here for full details. View the full article
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    We’re a big fan of stealth games here at Curve Digital. Metal Gear Solid, Thief, Splinter Cell, the Hitman series… all hold places in our hearts. We’re also big fans of platforming, from classic puzzle platformers like Abe’s Oddysee all the way up to the best of twitch-based action platformers like Super Meat Boy and exploration focused titles like Cave Story. You’ll find a little bit of all of those games in Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones, our newest entry into the Stealth Inc. series that started oh-so-very-long-ago as the lunchtime project of our designer Jonathan Biddle. Fusing disparate genres isn’t easy, but our first attempt seemed to go pretty well and feedback from press and players was almost universally positive. In Stealth Inc. 2 you play a clone trying to escape a sinister testing facility controlled during the night by a more than slightly obsessed Snr. Quality Assurance Manager, Malcom Alderman. In the previous game we put you through a series of ever more complicated test chambers, but in this game you’ve broken into the facility at large. Your mission is to rescue your fellow clones from their test chambers and ultimately escape the facility. Stealth Inc. 2 is the result of hours spent dissecting everything people loved (and loathed) about the original in order to bring you something that’s maintains all of the humor and instant gratification from the original game, but with more depth and variety, a fuller, more involved story, and a better paced difficulty curve. We’ve had a team working on a Stealth Inc. game here at Curve towers every day for the last 4 years, so it’s truly something close to our hearts. So what’s new? Well, for a start, Stealth Inc. 2 is a bigger game, in scope as well as length. The original was a series of test chambers — they’re still present, but this time linked by a huge Metroidvania world full of challenges and surprises. The gadgets used by our beloved clone were a huge hit in the original game but existed outside the main parts of the game. In Stealth Inc. 2, gadgets are front and center across 60 new test chambers and many of them have multiple uses. We’ve put a lot of effort into making sure our gadgets are all completely unique, and bring something to each set of levels you use them in. We’re certain you’ll have lots of fun with our outlandish toys. Of course, if our levels aren’t enough – feel free to design and share your own with our inbuilt level editor. The fun — and pain (for our clone) — is literally endless. We’re excited to see what you come up with — maybe even pay our team back for being so cruel, huh? Stealth Inc. 2: A Game of Clones is a labor of love from our team here in London. It’s a game we’ve had a blast making — and one we can’t wait to see you playing. It’s available today. Buy the game on one PlayStation platform and you’ll have access to it across any others you own. Cross buy is a brilliant initiative that we continue to support wherever possible. See you in the chambers! View the full article
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    The entire DCUO team is so excited that the launch of our latest super power — Munitions — is finally here. Munitions is all about big guns and big explosions. With it, you will learn to harness a vast array of conventional and modern weaponry to control and defeat your enemies. Not every hero or villain in a super hero universe has meta-human powers. Some of them have to get by with more conventional means. By outfitting themselves with Rocket Launchers, Miniguns, Large Caliber Rifles, massive bombs, and other futuristic defensive technology, Munitions characters are able to go toe-to-toe with the other powerhouse characters of the DC Comics universe. Munitions is an extremely fun power to play as well. It is highly mobile — probably one of the most mobile powers in the game to date — which translates to an always moving, always aware run-and-gun style of play. You’re free to move around while you lay down massive barrages of fire. Look for the Rocket Jump abilities, which add a new dimension to DCUO gameplay by allowing you to attack and reposition yourself with tremendous speed and agility. Don’t just take my word for it, though. Get in the game today and see for yourself. If you have not yet downloaded DC Universe Online, you can do so for free. Munitions can be purchased at character create or you can gain access to it automatically when you become a DC Universe Online Member. The team worked very hard to come up with a new experience that is really going to wow you, and they would love to hear your feedback. If you have a chance to try it out in game, let us know your thoughts below. View the full article
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    Today, Bastion makes its debut on PS4 as part of the excellent Spring Fever 2015 lineup! It’s an exciting moment for us at Supergiant, as you may know us best from our game Transistor, which debuted on PS4 last year. But before that, we created Bastion, and this launch means a whole new slew of people will get to see what that game’s all about. So, whether you’ve never played any of our games, or played and enjoyed Transistor and want to see what else we can do (or count yourself a fan of both and want to play Bastion again), we love you! Thanks to you we get to do what we do every day, and keep on making stuff. It was always difficult to describe Bastion while the game was in development. We designed the game in an organic way, little by little, listening to what it needed most and building whatever that was next, until we felt that we were done. It didn’t start with an elevator pitch for what would make the next big blockbuster. After all, one of the nice things about being a small, independent studio is you can focus all your energies on making the game you really want to make, and with any luck, you can discover much of that during the process. We liked to joke about how the pitch for Bastion would have been just awful, and how the game never would have been made if it started off that way: “Well you see it’s this action RPG where an old man talks to you the entire time!†While this is technically accurate, it’s selling the game more than a little short. We wanted Bastion to feel cohesive rather than like a collection of cool features. The trailer we came up with is one of our attempts to convey that. Thankfully, these days, the success of Bastion helps explain it better than we ever could. For one thing, more than three million people all around the world have bought this game, and for another, it’s earned more than 100 different end-of-year awards and accolades. As you might imagine, this exceeded our wildest fantasies while the game was in development. We just wanted to make a game that felt personal to the seven people on the team, building a game in the living room of a house in a California suburb. We hoped, and did our best to make sure, that it would do well enough that we could stick together and keep going, and make something new (that something was Transistor). It feels great having made a game we feel has stood the test of time, as the first version of Bastion launched almost four years ago — practically an eternity in game years, yet you wouldn’t know it just from playing this latest version, with its hand-painted scenery running at a silky smooth 60 frames per second in 1080p and all that! And for you completionists out there, it’s another Platinum Trophy you could add to your collection. We couldn’t have done this without the help of the team at BlitWorks, based over in Barcelona, who we knew would be up to the task from their great work on PS4 versions of great games like Don’t Starve and FEZ. The result is an exacting translation of a game that’s very near and dear to us, and we hope will soon be very near and dear to you. View the full article
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    Zen Studios’ next Marvel pinball table will be inspired by the upcoming Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron film! The table will bring the blockbuster action of the film to Zen Pinball 2 on PS3, PS4, and PS Vita on April 21st. The Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron table will allow players to relive the struggle of Earth’s mightiest heroes, including Captain America, Iron Man, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow, and Hawkeye against Ultron and his seemingly endless army. The table features dedicated game modes for each member of the Avengers team, including a first-person sharpshooting mini-game starring Hawkeye, a spectacular aerial melee combat sequence between Iron Man and Ultron, and selectable difficulty levels (Easy, Medium, or Hard) to cater to each player’s individual skill level. Zen Pinball 2 | PlayStation.com As you know, we have created many other Marvel Pinball tables, but nothing is quite like getting to work on a table that is based on a big blockbuster movie like Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron. It’s both exhilarating and a bit overwhelming to base a pinball table on a film as it is being made! Often times, final decisions about the film (like costumes, lines, etc.) have not even been made while we’re designing the table, so we have to be able to change with the film as needed. It really keeps us on our toes! We also have to stay true to the filmmakers’ vision while still creating something uniquely fun. Piece of cake, right? Timing a table release with a film’s release is always a challenge; we have to be careful that there are no leaks, and most of all, no movie spoilers! Marvel’s Avengers is a hulk of a franchise (pun intended!) and we cannot express how proud we are that Marvel trusts us to do the job well. We’re stoked to be a part of this and that we get to share it with all of you. We truly hope you enjoy this table, the film, and more Marvel adventures yet to come. See you on the leaderboards! View the full article
  24. Commander Fury
    It’s a big month for the PlayStation Now Subscription, with new games and new devices to play on! I’m excited to announce that PlayStation Now subscription is now available for purchase and play on 2015 Sony Blu-ray players in the US, and select 2014 Sony TVs in the US and Canada. Even more devices will be announced in the coming months, offering subscribers more flexibility in how and where they play PlayStation Now games. If you’re not sure if your Sony TV or Blu-ray player is PS Now enabled, you can check out the supported model list in our FAQ. Moving on to PS4, we’ve made it a little easier to find the PS Now subscription app. As of System Software Update 2.50, the app is now installed by default on the PS4 system — no download necessary! Simply start the app from the content launcher on your PS4 system, and if you haven’t tried the subscription yet, try it out with our free 7-day trial. Last but certainly not least, here are the new games added to the PlayStation Now subscription catalog this month, giving subscribers fresh games to play and even greater value with their subscription. Uncharted 3: Drake’s DeceptionHave you played through Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves yet? (Hint: They’re available in the subscription!) This month we add the third chapter in the saga of fortune hunter Nathan Drake, where a search for the fabled “Atlantis of the Sands†propels him on a daring trek into the heart of the Arabian Desert — a journey that pits him and his mentor Victor Sullivan against the occult treachery of a shadowy clandestine organization and its ruthless leader. When the terrible secrets of this lost city are unearthed, Drake’s quest descends into a desperate bid for survival that strains the limits of his endurance and forces him to confront his deepest fears. Super Stardust HDMultiplier. Multiplier. Weapon overdrive. Want to know which game the first PlayStation Now closed beta testers could not get enough of? Super Stardust HD! In this fully updated version of the classic game Stardust, your mission is simple: destroy everything in sight! Visit different planets and fend off giant asteroids and waves of enemies by utilizing three upgradeable weapons to save your home solar system from total annihilation. Hustle KingsYou may be thinking, I’m a shooter guy, or I’m an adventure gal, why is there a billiards game on this list? An important feature of PlayStation Now is giving you a variety of genres to experience. Easy to pick up yet very addicting and challenging, sports fans are calling this one of the best pool simulators they have ever tried. Give it a shot — you may not be able to put it down either! Set in contemporary and stylish pool bars, Hustle Kings allows players of every skill level to immerse themselves in one of the most realistic billiards experiences ever realized through true-to-life physics and stunning, photo-realistic lighting and graphics. Ninja Gaiden SigmaWarning: This game is hard! If you’re looking for a nice way to unwind after a long day, try one of the other games in the subscription, because this game will kick you in the teeth! If you’re up to the challenge, however, Ninja Gaiden Sigma consistently makes it into the top 10 lists of the most difficult games of all time. Play as Ryu Hayabusa, a young master ninja who seeks vengeance against those who attacked his village and stole the Dark Dragon Blade. Challenge the action-packed world of Ninja Gaiden Sigma and complete the journey. Dead or Alive 5 UltimateHere’s a fun fact: the second rarest Trophy for Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate is in the tutorial. If you are just two Trophies away from this Platinum, jump back in and earn “A Fighter is Born: Complete all lessons in Tutorial.†The Trophies you earn while playing on PlayStation Now sync with your PlayStation 3 Trophy progress, so it’s a great way to raise your game completion levels. Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate heightens the signature DOA fighting style with the inclusion of new modes from DOA5 PLUS, dynamic new stages, and deadly new fighters to deliver the ultimate in fighting entertainment. Players will take on the roles of their favorite Dead or Alive fighters — as well as combatants new to the franchise — in an intense, action-packed brawler set in visually striking locations from around the world. The famed DOA hand-to-hand combat is enhanced with new content that extends the experience. Want a full list of the awesome titles in the PlayStation Now Game Streaming Subscription? Visit us here. Enjoy the new games of April, and we’ll be back with even more adventures to discover next month! View the full article
  25. Commander Fury
    Proudly, and with great anticipation, we announce that Aaru’s Awakening is coming to PS4 and PS3 on April 7th. At last! The plan was to release the game last summer but first we had to learn about the hefty work of post-production in video games. The hard way. Since this is the debut game for us at Lumenox Games, it has been a learning experience. The game started out as a school project for three of the founding members of Lumenox Games but took off when it won a game creation competition, IGI Gamecreator. Plus having faith it was a motivation to establish the company. Well… Aaru’s Awakening is an “indie gameâ€. So, what makes a game an “indie gameâ€? Some say it has to do with size of the developer, others say it has to do with distribution or funding – but really there is no real definition. For us, it has always been about creating the game independently. No compromise. Working long hours and burning up the midnight oil has defined this process. No regrets. This game is our passion. So, you have to understand: We are excited. That is exactly why we decided to hand draw everything on the screen, make our own score and design each level to utilise the game mechanic of teleportation in clever ways. For those not familiar with the game, Aaru’s Awakening is a fast-paced platformer that relies on the protagonists abilities to teleport and charge. To finish levels players must solve puzzles that require these abilities, often with split second decision in the rapid and deadly environment. To further involve you in this environment we created a story which is delivered through narrated cut-scenes and music that is fitting to the mood. The game has been in a developing process for a long time now and we have taken all criticism humbly and with open eyes. We are thankful and we have changed the game accordingly – whenever we have seen useful points. And have updated the game to this very day. It goes without saying; we hope the gamers will like the result. For those who are advanced in game, here are examples of the newest developments: As the game revolves heavily around using the shoulder and trigger buttons – much like with first-person shooters – we had ignored the conventional button jumping and assigned it to “up†on the left joystick. As we had gotten used to it ourselves, we felt it was easy and comfortable and did not anticipate gamers to feel any different. We were wrong and we figured out a way to assign the jumping to the same button that makes Aaru ‘charge’ – L1. The charging ability makes Aaru dash through the air, enabling him both extra time in the air and the ability to break certain breakable objects. As you always tend to jump when you charge anyway, this made a lot of sense. At the same time we assigned the charging direction to the movement direction of Aaru – which makes more sense when using a controller – opposed to the direction of where you are aiming your teleportation mechanic. So, as you can see, there is a lot to take under consideration. One of our most severe criticisms revolved around the difficulty of the game. While we always wanted to make a difficult game, it’s important to make sure that the game isn’t to blame when a player fails to progress, and to make them feel satisfied when they do. For this reason we had to carefully review each of the game’s puzzles with the help of game testers that had no experience with them. A lot of puzzles got minor tweaks, while the boss levels perhaps took the biggest transformation. We now feel that the game is a lot more fluid and easier to pick up – making it easy to learn, but difficult to master. While getting off to a rocky start – some loving the game and others having trouble with certain aspects – we now feel that it has become something most people can really enjoy. It makes us extremely happy to be releasing the game free for all PlayStation Plus subscribers on PS3 and PS4 so we can reach a larger audience and get as much feedback as possible. For the rest of you, the game is only $14.99. Now we can use this valuable experience to keep working further on Aaru – the adventure is just about to begin. View the full article

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