News - 2017, Week 08

Sunday26th Feb 2017

  • Weirdness Here's How Horizon's Ruins Could Look in the UK

    Life's looking bleak after Brexit

    We won't spoil which city, but Horizon: Zero Dawn is obviously set in the United States. Sony's marketing machine is in overdrive right now, though, so it's commissioned a series of PhotoShops showing how the game's apocalypse could affect some of the UK's most famous cities. The images span this author's neck of...

  • News NieR Automata Lets You Buy Trophies with In-Game Cash

    Platinum standard

    With the game already readily available in Japan, some of NieR Automata's secrets are starting to trickle online. And it seems that the new game is as much a fan of breaking the fourth wall as its predecessor: complete the title three times and it'll allow you just buy any Trophies that you're missing with in-game cash. To be...

  • News PS4 Exclusive Horizon: Zero Dawn Can Be Downloaded Now

    Pre-loading begins

    Assuming that you pre-ordered from the PlayStation Store, you can begin downloading Horizon: Zero Dawn in North America right now. The game, which weighs in at almost 50GB, is available for pre-load – though due to the later release date in Europe, you'll need to wait a little longer to pull the files down in the Old World...

  • Rumour Middle-earth: Shadow of War Is Coming Soon to PS4

    Supposed sequel's box art leaks

    Well, well, well, we were wondering when this sequel would show up. Spotted on retailer Target's website, Middle-earth: Shadow of War is supposedly the sequel to the well received Lord of the Rings title Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor. The leak consists of the game's box art, which looks rather legitimate, and...

  • News Marvel: We Want Spider-Man PS4 to Be Game of the Year

    Great power, great responsibility

    It's worth reiterating that Marvel's approach to games is changing. Gone are the days where it would farm its licenses out to the highest bidder and demand regular movie tie-ins; it's taken a long, hard look at the Batman: Arkham titles and decided to do something different. And that all starts with Spider-Man, the...

  • News Sony May Need to Defuse This Uncharted Movie Thing

    Filmmaker and Naughty Dog don't sound like friends

    Sony's been plotting an Uncharted movie for as long as this website has consumed bandwidth, but the project seems closer to becoming a reality than it's ever been. That's all fine and dandy, but the problem is that Naughty Dog's denied having any involvement with the project. And to make matters...

  • News Promising PlayStation VR Shooter Farpoint Launches 16th May

    Impulse Gear's fab FPS not far off

    Farpoint is awesome, and is deploying on 16th May. The Starship Troopers-esque first-person shooter sees you whisked away to an alien planet, where you're armed to the teeth and tasked with taking down giant alien bugs. The title – developed by Impulse Gear – will launch alongside the PlayStation VR Aim...

  • News PlayStation VR Is Dominating the Virtual Reality Space

    Peripheral nears one million sales

    Sony's sold around 915,000 PlayStation VR headsets since launch as of 19th February. That's according to group president Andrew House as part of an interview with the New York Times. While it may not sound like an enormous number in isolation, it's worth remembering that the perpetually out of stock peripheral...

Saturday25th Feb 2017

Friday24th Feb 2017

  • News Sunset Overdrive Could Grind Again on PS4

    Fizzy

    There was a little period towards the tail of the PlayStation 3 era and the beginning of the PlayStation 4 generation where it felt like Insomniac Games had parted ways with Sony for good: Sunset Overdrive was announced as an Xbox One exclusive, the studio formed a tight relationship with Oculus, and no one seemed to want to show Ratchet &...

  • Talking Point Which Free March 2017 PlayStation Plus Games Do You Want?

    That time again

    Surely it's not time for another PlayStation Plus update? Apparently, it is – but then we suppose February is the shortest month of the year. Still, it genuinely doesn't feel like that long ago that Sony dropped complimentary copies of LittleBigPlanet 3 and Not a Hero onto the PlayStation Store, but already it's time to start...

  • Poll Are You Buying Horizon: Zero Dawn?

    Brave new world

    The reviews are out, the scores are in, and the launch trailer is here; it's almost time to get your sweaty hands on Horizon: Zero Dawn - or is it? Guerrilla Games' open world epic is out next week on PlayStation 4, and it's safe to say that there's a lot of excitement in the air. As such, we're here once again to ask you lot what...

  • News PS Plus Free Multiplayer Weekend Is Still Having Issues

    Soooony!

    Ah come on Sony, you can't hype up a free multiplayer weekend and then have the whole thing bugger up multiple times. As some of you may know all too well, PlayStation's free weekend, in which you don't need PlayStation Plus to play games online, hasn't quite panned out so far. Over the last day or so, the company has taken to Twitter in...

  • News PS4 Exclusive Nioh Cuts Through 1 Million Sales, Free DLC Celebrates Today

    Razor sharp

    Bloody and brutal samurai slice-'em-up Nioh has sold over one million copies worldwide, Koei Tecmo has announced. The figure includes both physical units and digital downloads, and for a rather niche PlayStation 4 exclusive that's only been on the market for just over a couple of weeks, that's not a bad number at all. Even better is...

  • News A Familiar Face Returns in Resident Evil 7's Free DLC Not a Hero

    Well, not that familiar

    Chris Redfield will star in Resident Evil 7's free Not a Hero story expansion this spring, though he won't look like you remember him. Capcom's promising a "short scenario" with a different flavour to Ethan's adventure – it's probably safe to assume that this will be a full-on first-person shooter like the latter stages of...

  • News This Horizon: Zero Dawn Time Lapse Is Pure Eye Candy

    Phwoar

    For our money, Horizon: Zero Dawn is up there with the best looking games ever made. And y'know what, we're including PC software in that; sure pricey graphics cards can technically do more, but Guerrilla Games' opus is specifically coded to squeeze every last drop of juice out of the PlayStation 4 and, of course, its 4K-capable counterpart,...

  • News BioShock Creator Ken Levine's New Studio Is Named Ghost Story, Sci-Fi RPG in the Works

    Levine la vida loca

    Ken Levine and the folk behind BioShock have revealed the name of their new studio: Ghost Story. Essentially, this is BioShock developer Irrational Games rebranded, and although the team has been hanging around since Irrational shut down in 2014, it's only just decided to formally introduce itself. Well, when we say 'hanging...

  • News Horizon: Zero Dawn Hunts Down a Fantastic Launch Trailer

    Bullseye

    Launch trailers have one job: to get viewers hyped up for an incoming release. Horizon: Zero Dawn hits the market next week on PlayStation 4, so naturally, Sony's pumped out a video to remind us of that fact - and gosh darn is it a good one. Now, we already know Horizon's a great game - we've reviewed it after all - but there's a definite...

  • News Gravity Rush 2's Free Raven DLC Flies Free on 21st March

    Kat's protection league

    Ready for more Gravity Rush 2? Of course you bloody well are. Japan Studio's sequel was already a meaty game, but it's about to get bigger starting 21st March with the property's previously promised Raven-based DLC. Elaborately named 'The Ark of Time – Raven's Choice', the complimentary story-based content won't cost you a...

  • News BioWare Confirms Mass Effect: Andromeda Is Ready For Takeoff

    Sci-fi RPG goes gold

    Crack open a few bottles of space beer and get ready to chat up some aliens at the wrap party, because Mass Effect: Andromeda has gone gold. Developer BioWare has confirmed over on Twitter that the anticipated sci-fi role-playing release is ready to ship, meaning that the game ain't going to get delayed again. Hurrah! Andromeda...

Thursday23rd Feb 2017

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Tuesday21st Feb 2017

Monday20th Feb 2017