News - 2015, Week 33

Sunday16th Aug 2015

  • News SNES Smash Super Star Wars Heading to PS4

    Other classics coming to Sony's new-gen console

    Well, would you Wookie here – Sony's gone absolutely Star Wars gaga. In addition to announcing a custom PlayStation 4 at the D23 Expo earlier today, the platform holder's also revealed that four classic Star Wars titles will be coming to its new-gen console – with overhauled graphics and full...

  • News The Force Is with This Limited Edition Star Wars PS4

    Darth knight

    We all knew that it was coming, but here it is: the PlayStation 4's limited edition Star Wars bundle. Due out in both Europe and North America this November – with pre-orders set to open very soon – the only twist with this tempting package is that there are actually two of them. That's right, Sony's doubling down on force fever...

  • News How's Sony Helping Shenmue III?

    Gio Corsi explains platform holder's role

    Following the success of the record breaking Kickstarter last month, things have gone a teensy bit quiet in the Shenmue III camp. Hopefully that's because Yu Suzuki and crew are busy beavering away on the long overdue sequel, which is currently set to release on the PlayStation 4 and PC in 2017. As part of a...

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  • News PlayStation's Sending Out Super Cute Birthday Gifts

    Many happy returns

    The secret to corporate success was simple all along: you just have to pretend to be your consumer's friend. Sony cottoned onto this at the start of the generation, making silly videos about used games and reminding us that it cares. And now Microsoft has stumbled upon the strategy, with gaffer Phil Spencer whispering sweet...

Saturday15th Aug 2015

  • News So, the Street Fighter V Beta Was Temporarily Live on PS4

    Sonic boom

    Like a perfectly timed dragon punch, Street Fighter V's up-and-down PlayStation 4 beta clipped the chin of franchise fans overnight, as it went live for a few scant hours. According to the series' official Twitter account, this was due to an internal stress test that publisher Capcom was running, which has now concluded. Exactly when the...

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Thursday13th Aug 2015

  • Review Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons (PS4)

    Cool story, bro

    Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons released to much critical acclaim around two years ago. Celebrated for its unique control scheme and touching narrative, it was a hit, and fans to this day hold it in very high regard, among peers such as Journey and Ico. Fortunately for those of you who missed it the first time around, publisher 505...

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Wednesday12th Aug 2015

  • Review Actual Sunlight (PS Vita)

    Actually depressing

    Depression is a fairly common mood disorder that, despite its frequency, is still not considered a serious issue by many. Sadly, some people think that a simple attitude change will fix all of the ailments; that it's a self-inflicted state of mind. This is simply not true. Actual Sunlight by Will O'Neill is a short, interactive,...

Tuesday11th Aug 2015

Monday10th Aug 2015

  • Review Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment (PS4)

    It's all in the game

    Sword Art Online Re: Hollow Fragment leaps from the small screen of the PlayStation Vita and onto the PlayStation 4 complete with online play. Its handheld roots make this role-playing game undeniably rough around the edges, but give it some time, and you'll uncover a satisfying, addictive adventure that sports some nice touches...

  • Review Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (PS4)

    Rapturous

    There are still bed sheets hanging on the clotheslines in the deserted streets of Shropshire. They sway lightly in the wind; the ethereal vestiges of a place that once was. In many ways, they're the perfect analogy for Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, an experience which is astoundingly gorgeous in a subtle, unassuming, and overwhelmingly...

  • News Diablo III May Be Summoning a New Expansion From the Depths of Hell

    More of the same, please

    We've pumped so many hours into Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - Ultimate Evil Edition that we're slaughtering the armies of Hell in our dreams, but we wouldn't say no to more of Blizzard's superbly polished loot-'em-up. Thankfully, more might be coming, at least if a developer job listing is anything to go by. Requesting "a...

  • News The PSN Is Undergoing Scheduled Maintenance Next Week

    Thankfully we'll be in bed

    The PlayStation Network's going to be undergoing some scheduled maintenance next week, Sony has announced. Starting at 04:30AM BST and 20:30PM PST on Tuesday the 18th August - or Monday the 17th August for you Americans - it's unlikely to disrupt many users in our neck of the woods, although we can't say the same for our...

  • Out This Week Everybody's Gone to the Rapture, Goat Simulator, Gauntlet: Slayer Edition

    Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, Actual Sunlight, TorqueL, and more

    The excitement of Gamescom 2015 may have subsided, but that's okay, because there are about a billion new PlayStation games due out this week. Alright, we're exaggerating a teensy bit, but considering that it's the summer, such an enormous roster of new software is practically unheard...

  • News Don't Call Hitman PS4 an Early Access Game, Says Developer

    Apparently it'll be polished like 47's shiny head

    "Everything we launch will be finished, polished and completed. When people hear Early Access they often think unfinished, unpolished and buggy. That's the opposite [to what we're doing]," IO Interactive's Hannes Seifert has told VideoGamer.com regarding the Hitman franchise's newest iteration. The...

  • News Oh Wow, Final Fantasy XV Gets Three Whole New Screenshots

    What next, another 90 seconds of gameplay?

    You know that feeling when you've been waiting for a game for almost a decade and then it doesn't decide to show up at the world's biggest gaming expo? So you wait a little longer and it turns up at Gamescom with 90 seconds of gameplay footage that doesn't even look close to being ready? Yes, we're still...

  • News Enjoy a Lara Rise of the Tomb Raider Gameplay Footage

    Hanging on

    With a PlayStation 4 version of Rise of the Tomb Raider confirmed for 2016, we suppose that we should start covering it like any other game. And this latest footage from Gamescom 2015 is worth talking about, as it shows heroine Lara Croft embroiled in a variety of sticky situations. Get your mind out of the gutter, we don't mean like...

  • News UK Sales Charts: A Rare Change at the Summit

    Blast from the past

    Xbox One exclusive Rare Replay shot straight to the top of the UK sales charts in a desperately slow summer week, securing the legendary British developer's first number one since Banjo-Kazooie all the way back in 1998. Elsewhere, last week's frontrunner LEGO Jurassic World moved down into second, while Batman: Arkham Knight, The...

  • News 345,000 People Made It to Gamescom 2015

    Annual show's popularity increases

    It was a successful Gamescom this year if these newly released figures are anything to go by. According to official numbers, 345,000 people attended to German event, which is 10,000 more than 2014's total. Apparently, attendees came from 96 different countries - which is a particularly impressive statistic. We...