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News August PlayStation Plus Update to Boast Eclectic List of Free Games
Something for everyone
We’re nearing that time of the month yet again where attention begins to turn to the next batch of free PlayStation Plus titles set to enter the Instant Game Collection. July saw the addition of PlayStation 4 releases Strider and TowerFall: Ascension – among others – but Sony is plotting a particularly varied lineup for...
News Kids Compare, Er... Oh, Just Watch This Japanese PS Vita Commercial
We're saying nothing
Japan is famous for its quirky commercials, but this one seems like it was designed to land us in hot water. The ballsy PlayStation Vita spot shows a bunch of kids getting changed after some summer swimming lessons – and, er, measuring up. Of course, it’s all just a gag designed to market Sony’s handheld at slightly older...
News PS4 Firmware Update 1.74 Improves Your System's Stability Right Now
Groan
Well, this wasn’t the kind of firmware update that we had in mind yesterday when Sony teased that some brand new system software was right around the corner. As of this morning, the platform holder has launched a new patch numbered v1.74, which – perhaps a little embarrassingly – improves nothing other than system software stability. To...
News Here's Your, Er, First Look at Media Molecule's PS4 Game
Epilepsy warning
Media Molecule’s been curiously quiet since the release of underrated PlayStation Vita exclusive Tearaway last year, but it has started to get a little more vocal over the past couple of weeks. Whether that signals some kind of impending GamesCom announcement remains to be seen, but even if the British studio does skip the...
News Failing to Consider The Last of Us 2 Would Be a Disservice to Fans
Naughty Dog exploring ideas for a sequel
The Last of Us is one of the biggest PlayStation exclusives of all time, with sales of the PlayStation 3 version currently sitting at seven million units. The next-gen re-release – due out next week – is likely to bump those numbers up considerably, putting the property on par with first-party juggernauts...
News Sony Taints Vita Exclusive Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines with Download Requirement
Tainted move
Just like fellow first-party release Freedom Wars, you’ll need a roomy PlayStation Vita memory card in order to play Oreshika: Tainted Bloodlines in Europe, as Sony has revealed that the title will only be available as a digital download in the region. There’s no word on a North American cartridge just yet, but seeing as the former...
News Naughty Dog Wants All of Its PS4 Titles to Run in 1080p at 60FPS
High standards
Naughty Dog is no stranger to pushing the boundaries of PlayStation platforms, having set visual benchmarks on all three of Sony’s previous systems. Now, with its PlayStation 4 debut just a week away, the developer is aiming to do the same – and with re-release The Last of Us Remastered set to run in 1080p at 60 frames-per-second,...
News PS4 Firmware Update Details Right Around the Corner
New system software on the way
While primary competitor Microsoft has been busy updating its next-gen machine on a monthly basis, Sony has been much slower with firmware updates for the PlayStation 4. One could argue that the Japanese giant’s system deployed in a much sturdier state than the Xbox One, but with the latter now getting 3D Blu-ray...
News The Last of Us Remastered Will Gobble Up 50GB of Your PS4's Hard Drive
Spreading like spores
Californian developer Naughty Dog must have sprinkled some fairy dust on The Last of Us Remastered, because we’re not entirely sure how the first-party studio’s managed to fit the game on a single Blu-ray disc. The original title was already pushing the limits of Sony’s storage format, but now that it’s added in a bunch...
News Aww, The Last of Us Definitely Won't Be Getting Any More Single Player DLC
More multiplayer content on the way
The time to rejoice is near at hand, dear readers, as The Last of Us Remastered will soon be hitting store shelves. Not only will this allow us to finally get our hands on the next-gen port, it also means that we can stop writing articles about it. Hurrah. In the meantime, though, we have the unenviable task of...
News What if The Last of Us Originally Released on the PSone?
Do not underestimate the power of PlayStation
The Last of Us is just about as cutting edge as PlayStation 3 games come, but what if it had deployed 15 or so years ago on the PSone? Proving once again just how creative it can be when it puts its mind to it, the NeoGAF community has concocted a few mock-ups of what Naughty Dog’s survival horror opus...
News Japan Finally Has a Cool Custom PS4 Console to Look Forward To
Thank the Traveller
Credit must go to Sony’s industrious Japanese arm for at least attempting to boost the region’s abysmal PlayStation 4 sales with some custom console designs – it’s just a shame that it’s been producing some real abominations of late. After the horror of the Frozen and
Rumour The Unfinished Swan Feeling Its Way onto PS4 and Vita
Drawn to life
With most of Sony Santa Monica’s indie-inspired adventures already available on the PlayStation 4 and Vita, it’s only a matter of time before our 2012 Game of the Year winners The Unfinished Swan and Journey make the jump. Fascinatingly, the former may just be closer than you think, as Giant Sparrow’s beautiful first-person foray...
News Could Bikes Be Roaring Their Way into PS4's First Gran Turismo?
Sony secretly studying famous Isle of Man circuit
Sony engineers are currently on the Isle of Man scouting out the British landmass’ famous Mountain Course for the PlayStation 4’s first iteration of Gran Turismo. The track – which plays host to the Isle of Man TT event every year – provided the inspiration for Polyph
News Naughty Dog: An Uncharted Collection Would Be Really Cool to Have on PS4
Could you Drake it any more obvious?
Award-winning developer Naughty Dog has pencilled a five o’clock shadow on rumours regarding some form of Uncharted Collection for the PlayStation 4. Acting coy at a The Last of Us Remastered press tour in London today, community strategist Arne Meyer said that it would be “really cool” to see protagonist...
Feature Three Reasons Why PS4's Ratchet & Clank Remake Could Be Rad
Up your arsenal
Since the series’ inception in 2002, veteran developer Insomniac Games has milked Ratchet & Clank harder than a particularly productive Friesian. The good old dependable duo have starred in no less than 12 titles over the past 12 years – and that’s excluding mobile phone spin-offs, compilations, and cameos in titles such as...
News This Tacky The Last of Us Remastered PS4 Is Exclusive to Japan
Probably for the best
Y’know how The Last of Us Remastered tween Ellie laughs hysterically at bad jokes in Naughty Dog’s survival horror opus? Well, we’re having a similar impulse in regards to this Japan exclusive custom PlayStation 4 hardware bundle. Much like the Frozen unit, it sports a laser printed hard drive face plate rather than any...
News PSN Offline for Some as Bungie Deploys Destiny Beta Codes for PS4
What the heck does 'E-820001F7' mean?
We’ve been sat waiting for our Destiny beta code to appear all day, so it’s not exactly surprising that the PlayStation Network has collapsed mere moments after the first batch have gone out. Sony’s online status page notes that it’s “currently experiencing high volume and users may experience issues...
News PS4 Port The Last of Us Remastered Sure Looks Pretty in These New Screenshots
If looks could kill
PlayStation 4 port The Last of Us Remastered looms large on the horizon, and as such, developer Naughty Dog has been painfully drip feeding us information about the hotly anticipated re-release. With this in mind, the California-based studio recently released these new screenshots on the
News Sony to Share the Future of PS4 at GamesCom 2014 on 12th August
Save the date
Still recovering from E3 2014 last month? You may want to take a real quick breather, as Sony’s always eventful GamesCom press conference is only 26 days, four hours, and 45 minutes away at the time of typing. As part of an invitation to the press, the platform holder has confirmed that its European briefing will take place on 12th...
News Globe Trotting Uncharted Movie to Start Production 'Very Early Next Year'
"It's going to honour the mythology of the game"
Nathan Drake’s big screen debut is very much back on track, with production set to start early next year. The cinematic adaptation of Naughty Dog’s blockbuster Uncharted brand has been on and off more times than a hazard light over the past few years, but director Seth Gordon – who’s known for...
News PS4 Shooter Killzone: Shadow Fall's DLC Will Allow You to Act Like a Plank
Trump on your targets
While it may not be the most appropriate admission for the editor of a PlayStation site, this particular scribe wiled away many hours acting like an utter idiot in Halo 2. Back then, the only real tool for acts of humiliation was the crouch button – but Killzone: Shadow Fall is taking things to the next level with its...
News Already Own The Last of Us? You Won't Be Getting a Discount to Upgrade to PS4
At least you know it's not a hack job
You didn’t think that we were going to sign off without one final The Last of Us Remastered story, did you? As part of today’s big blowout, Sony has confirmed that there’ll be no discount for existing owners of Naughty Dog’s survival horror opus looking to upgrade to the PlayStation 4 version – despite...
Talking Point Why PS4's Christmas Offering Is Much Cleverer Than You Think
An excellent excuse
We’ve written so much about the PlayStation 4’s holiday lineup that we’re beginning to sound a little bit like a Skrillex record that has bass drops so heavy that the needle gets caught in its cavernous grooves. Much like the PlayStation 3 before it, there’s a narrative developing that Sony’s next-gen super machine is...
Review The Ratchet & Clank Trilogy (PlayStation Vita)
Screw loose
If the well of original PlayStation Vita content is drying up, then its fountain of high-definition re-releases is overflowing. The Ratchet & Clank Trilogy is the latest in a long line of PlayStation 2 compilations to nonchalantly sidle onto Sony’s struggling handheld system, following closely in the slipstream of the God of War...
News How Is the PS4 Controller Used in The Last of Us Remastered?
Touched by the touchpad
The novelty of the DualShock 4’s superfluous features have lost a little of their lustre of late, but that doesn’t give developers an excuse to ignore them. Fortunately, upcoming PlayStation 4 re-release The Last of Us Remastered will boast some nifty features enabled by the next-gen console’s overhauled input device...
News The Last of Us Remastered Will Replenish PS4's Stamina with More Add-Ons
DualShock 4's light bar will have a part to play
As we’ve already established, The Last of Us Remastered is not your ordinary re-release. Not only has the port been handled internally by award-winning developer Naughty Dog, but it’s also arguably the most important PlayStation 4 exclusive of the year. As such, it’s no surprise to see the...
News This Is How Sony's Going to Promote PS4 Port The Last of Us Remastered
Resistance is futile
Whether or not you think that it’s an embarrassing indictment of the state of the PlayStation 4’s post-launch lineup, there’s little doubt that The Last of Us Remastered is the next-gen console’s most important release since inFAMOUS: Second Son earlier in the year. As such, Sony has pledged some serious marketing muscle...
News Sony Wants to Win Nintendo Wii Owners with the PlayStation 4
For all of the players
Sony has always been a pioneer in the video game space, but sometimes a lack of conviction has let its consoles down. In many ways, the PlayStation 2 was ahead of the casual gamer curve, with titles such as Buzz, SingStar, and EyeToy Play appealing to families in a way that traditional hardcore games hadn't. However, the...
News So, PS4 Re-Release The Last of Us Remastered Appears to Be Finished
Just a little longer
That ain’t no Clicker that you can hear in the distance – it’s the sound of applause erupting from Naughty Dog’s roomy Californian office. Cryptically writing on Twitter, lead animator Mike Yosh has posted a picture of a gold bar, which is almost certainly connected to the completion of PlayStation 4 re-release The Last...
News Will PS4 Win the Battle for China? Our Survey Says...
Ker-ching
Now that the Chinese government no longer believes that video games will rot the mind of its teens like teeth cleaned with Coca-Cola, both Sony and Microsoft are scrambling to release their next-gen consoles in the region. It’s easy to understand why: the untapped nation represents a potential audience of over one billion. So, who will...
News Guerrilla Games' Unannounced PS4 Property to Boast Innovative Online Gameplay
Match makers
We don’t know a whole lot about Guerrilla Games’ unannounced PlayStation 4 project, aside from the fact that it’s in production now. However, a job listing on the Dutch developer’s official website hints that it may sport “innovative online gameplay”
Review Killzone: Shadow Fall - Intercept (PlayStation 4)
In the zone
A dedicated co-op component has long been missing in action over the course of the Killzone series' multiple instalments. If you've ever wanted to blow up Helghast with a buddy outside of the franchise's sometimes disappointing campaigns, then you've always had little choice but to team up together for some competitive play – but now,...
News Sony: We Won't Close the Door on Crash Bandicoot Comeback
No tribal tattoos, ok?
Sony seems ready to restart the Crash Bandicoot cycle all over again, as group president Andrew House has admitted in an interview with British newspaper The Telegraph that the platform holder’s open to bringing back old mascots such as the Naughty Dog spinster. There were
Weirdness What if Animals Got Infected in The Last of Us?
Pet sounds
It’s an extremely mild spoiler, but you do encounter several different animals throughout the course of Naughty Dog’s survival horror opus, The Last of Us. These land-based mammals, however, are not infected like their human counterparts, which has left us pondering what a post-apocalyptic United States would look like with reanimated...
News Could Knack Possibly Make a Comeback? PS4 Architect Mark Cerny Would Like It To
Indie-esque project next on the agenda
PlayStation 4 exclusive Knack was easily the worst received of the next-gen console’s launch titles, securing a string of low scores around the web. However, it also attained a lot of press in the build up to release, primarily due to its ties to hardware architect – and industry legend – Mark Cerny...
Weirdness The Last of Us' Ellie Can't Play Guitar, But She Can Sure Rock a Violin
Audio from the end of the world
Father figure Joel may promise to teach Ellie how to play guitar at one point in PlayStation 3 – and soon-to-be PlayStation 4 – exclusive The Last of Us, but we didn’t realise that the potty mouthed protagonist was already something of a whiz on the violin. In truth, she’s not – that’s just musician Taylor...
News Sony: PS4 Needs More Content to Truly Take Off in Japan
Device won't be dead forever
While the PlayStation 4 has ripped up the sales record books in Western regions since its release last November, the system’s struggling a little in its native Japan. Sony originally said that it intended to delay the console’s launch in its home nation in order to secure a better lineup
News Sony's Considering a Steam-Style Early Access Program, Says Adam Boyes
Let the games begin
It seems that Steam's famous Summer Sales may not be the only thing Sony's thinking about borrowing from the digital download service. In a recent interview, SCEA big-wig Adam Boyes suggested that the firm may be adopting an early access program. If implemented, it would allow studios to release unfinished games for purchase as a...
News Popular PlayStation Network Classics Cost Just $0.99 in US This Weekend
Cost cutter
Are you in the market for a new video game? Worry not North American readers, as Sony has launched a brand new flash sale on the PlayStation Store, plunging the price of a slew of digital downloads down to just $0.99. Highlights include Dyad, Oddworld: Much’s Oddysee HD, and Papo & Yo, as well as the excellent
News Watch Sony Giants Mark Cerny and Andrew House Talk 20 Years of PlayStation
Play on
Best kick back and grab a snack before settling into this fascinating conversation with game development legend Mark Cerny and PlayStation boss Andrew House, because it lasts a whole hour. The duo cover just about everything, from their own careers to the consoles we all know and love. It certainly makes for an interesting watch, especially...
News You'll Be Able to Cool Off with This Fashionable Frozen PS4
Well chill
Sony's custom Glacier White PlayStation 4 may be ice cold, but Japan's latest hardware option is Frozen. This special shell sports Anna and Elsa artwork from the popular Disney movie, as well as lots of pretty snowflakes. Much like the Yakuza and Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes units from launch, this is not a completely unique console...
News Killzone: Mercenary Developer Recruiting for High Profile PS4 Projects
Sir Dan, rise from your grave
Guerrilla Cambridge, the studio behind PlayStation Vita exclusive Killzone: Mercenary, is currently searching for an audio programmer to provide support on “forthcoming projects in a high profile, multi-million selling franchise”. The studio is thought to be switching its attention to the PlayStation 4, with
News European Developers Favour PlayStation 4 Ahead of Any Other Console
Stop us if you've heard this one before
A study conducted by GDC Europe is the second in less than a week to find that the PlayStation 4 is currently the console of choice for most developers around the continent. In a poll quizzing about 400 studios about their platform preferences, 18 per cent of respondents said that they are currently making...
News Want a Glacier White PS4? The Destiny Bundle Won't Be Your Only Option
Standalone unit coming later this year in Europe
Sony seems to really understand the importance of hardware bundles at the moment, announcing a variety of packages for big third-party and first-party games. While many of these boast custom box art and little more, though, the firm is going the extra mile with Destiny, as it’s set to sell...
News Let's Be Honest, Heavenly Sword: The Movie Looks Hellishly Bad
Kai sera, sera
Hairy heroine Nariko’s real-life alter ego Anna Torv may be present and correct, but that doesn’t look like it’s going to save Blockade Entertainment’s cinematic Heavenly Sword adaptation from plunging to the pits of Hades. The curious flick seems to have been in production for an eternity, and now it finally has a 2nd...
News Sony's Current Crop of Consoles Have Sold Over 100 Million Units
That's the PS4, PS3, and Vita combined
Sony’s current flock of flagship formats are selling pretty strongly, if a new promotional video released by the platform holder is any indication. In the corporate clip – which focuses on the firm’s line of licensed peripherals and accessories – the company claims that combined sales of the PlayStation...
News Why Was the PS4 Announced Before the Xbox One?
Sony wanted to take a leadership position
Those of you with strong memories may recall Sony overlord Kaz Hirai insinuating in a newspaper interview that it would allow Microsoft to announce its next-gen console first – only to tease its PlayStation Meeting press conference a few d
News Microsoft's Messaging Mishaps Prompted PS4 Boss to Re-Write E3 Script
The rest is history
Remember when Jack Tretton laid the figurative smackdown during Sony’s E3 press conference a couple of years ago? That wasn’t originally planned. Despite speculation at the time, Sony never intended to mirror Microsoft’s abhorrent Xbox One digital-rights management policies – but seeing
News Uncharted Collection a 'Good Candidate' for PS4, but Sony Won't 'Flood the Market' with Remakes
Firm won't Sully reputation
While the PlayStation 4 may be garnering a bit of a reputation for re-releases, The Last of Us Remastered is the only real port currently in Sony's portfolio. Granted, the likes of Escape Plan and Sound Shapes did accompany the console at launch, but these seemed more like late additions to the platform holder’s...
