TodayThu, 29th Jun 2017

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  9

  Weirdness Sniff the Dead or Alive Ladies with New VR Sense Release

  Seriously

  PlayStation VR is getting enhanced in Japan as part of a new arcade virtual reality cabinet named VR Sense, and Koei Tecmo is one of the first publishers to sign up. It’s bringing a slew of titles to the futuristic format, which aims to invigorate all of your senses – rather than just your eyes and ears. And yes, that means there will...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Koei Tecmo
  • Arcade
  • PlayStation VR
  • VR Sense
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  16

  News Sony Seemingly Removes Easy Platinum Trophy Game

  You snooze, you lose

  In case you missed our article from earlier in the day, a new game launched on the North American PlayStation Store yesterday, proclaiming to offer the “world’s fastest Platinum Trophy”. But it’s since been removed. The circumstances of the game’s deletion are currently unclear, but critical videos from the likes of...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • Trophies
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  7

  News Inside and Limbo Double-Pack Bundling Two of PS4's Best Games

  Blobby blobby

  If you’ve never played Danish developer Playdead’s macabre puzzle platformers Limbo and Inside, then you simply need this retail double-pack in your life. The collection – being published by 505 Games – is set to release on 12th September in North America and 15th September in Europe, at a reasonable price point of $29.99 and...

  • 6 hours ago
  • 505 Games
  • Playdead
  • PS4
  • Limbo
  • Inside
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  4

  News Pinball FX3 Tops the Scoreboard on PS4 This Summer

  And you'll be able to import most legacy tables for free

  Pinball FX3 will fire to the PlayStation 4 this summer, replacing Zen Pinball 2 as the home of Zen Studios’ fan-flippin’-tastic fantasy tabletop series. The game’s promising a wealth of new features and functions, though before we get into those it’s worth pointing out that the...

  • 6 hours ago
  • Zen Studios
  • PS4
  • Pinball FX3

YesterdayWed, 28th Jun 2017

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  84

  News July 2017 PlayStation Plus Games Announced

  And it's a phenomenal one

  The big PlayStation Plus update for July 2017 is in – and it’s an outstanding month. The headliner this time is Until Dawn, one of the best exclusives released on the PlayStation 4 to date, and a must-play if you haven’t tried it already. It’s joined by the full season of Telltale’s Game of Thrones as well as new...

  • 14 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • PS3
  • Vita
  • PlayStation Plus
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  59

  PS4

  Review Until Dawn

  Mourning woods

  Republished on Wednesday, 28th June 2017: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of July 2017's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. Until Dawn is much better than you may be expecting. The teen horror title – which was originally intended as a PlayStation Move...

  • 14 hours ago
  • Reviews
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • Until Dawn
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  44

  Guide Elite Dangerous Tips and Tricks for Beginners

  How to get started in Frontier's space-faring sim

  If you were to think of a game series that successfully evoked the vastness of space then Elite – not No Man’s Sky – would probably sit at the top of many people’s list. And with the release of Elite Dangerous on PlayStation 4 a new crop of commanders will finally be heading out into the...

  • 1 day ago
  • Frontier Developments
  • PS4
  • Elite Dangerous
  • Guides
  • Features
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  14

  PS3

  Review Tokyo Jungle

  Primal rage

  Republished on Wednesday, 28th June 2017: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of July 2017's PlayStation Plus lineup. The original text follows. In an industry which is seemingly obsessed with burly soldiers packing massive machine guns and other associated heavy ordinance, it’s...

  • 13 hours ago
  • Reviews
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  41

  Weirdness A PS4 Game Is Being Sold on the Premise That It's Super Easy to Platinum

  And it's 98 cents

  There’s a hot new game on the North American PlayStation Store: it’s called 5-Star 1000 Top Rated. The 98 cent digital download is essentially a slide puzzle title that’s billed as the “world’s fastest Platinum Trophy game”. Watch its launch trailer in the video embedded above and you can see that it’s clearly not shy...

  • 15 hours ago
  • Culture
  • PS4
  • Trophies
  • Weirdness
  • WTF
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  39

  News Sony's Improved the PS4's TV Section and Everyone Hates It

  TV, TV, TV

  The latest in a long line of PlayStation 4 usability “improvements”, Sony has controversially tweaked the TV & Video section of the system, which houses media apps like Netflix and BBC iPlayer. Where previously you could twirl down from a folder to access all of your apps, now you’ll be taken to a standalone page with a heavy...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • TV
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  28

  Round Up Valkyria Revolution Isn't the PS4 Chronicle This Series Deserves

  To be or not to be

  Valkyria Chronicles was one of the unspoken superstars in the PlayStation 3’s catalogue, but aside from a decent PlayStation 4 remaster, the series has taken some strange turns. First up, there was the PlayStation Portable sequels, which weren’t really what anyone wanted. And now enter Valkyria Revolution: a hack-and-slash...

  • 1 day ago
  • SEGA
  • PS4
  • Valkyria Revolution
  • Round Up
  • Features
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  7

  Hands On Starting Our Engines with Tiny Trax on PlayStation VR

  Beat that!

  Three years ago, Futurlab released the excellent Velocity 2X on the PlayStation 4 and Vita, wowing us with its unique rhythmic take on action platforming and shooting. Since then, the studio’s gone relatively quiet and hasn’t released any games, due to a myriad of reasons. Imagine, then, the excitement when Futurlab revealed Tiny Trax...

  • 12 hours ago
  • FuturLab
  • PS4
  • PlayStation VR
  • Tiny Trax
  • Hands On
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  6

  Japanese Sales Charts PS4 Back on Top with Several New Releases

  Final Fantasy XIV targets software summit

  The low stock Nintendo Switch situation has opened the door for the PlayStation 4 to return to the top of the Japanese hardware charts – albeit with relatively unimpressive figures all told. Combined sales of the PS4 Slim and PS4 Pro propelled Sony’s console back to the summit, with several lower-profile...

  • 10 hours ago
  • Japan
  • Sales
  • Charts
  • PS4
  • PS3
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  1

  News Call of Duty Heats Up with Days of Summer Promotion

  Life's a beach

  To coincide with Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered going standalone today, Activision has begun a multi Call of Duty event called The Days of Summer. The event will cover Modern Warfare Remastered, Infinite Warfare, and Black Ops 3 for the next few weeks. Today the event starts for Modern Warfare Remastered and Infinite...

  • 1 day ago
  • Activision
  • PS4
  • Call of Duty
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  5

  News Speedy Parkour-Powered Super Cloudbuilt Lands on PS4 Next Month

  Demo included in pre-order

  Coilworks has announced that its 2014 PC title Cloudbuilt, will be releasing on the PlayStation 4 next month in the form of Super Cloudbuilt. Over on the PlayStation Blog, Natalie Wicks of publisher Double Eleven describes the game as a high-speed wall-runner, mixed with rocket powered jumps and laser focused shooting

  • 12 hours ago
  • Coilworks
  • PS4
  • Super Cloudbuilt
  • Announcements

Tuesday27th Jun 2017

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  40

  News PlayStation Plus Members Save Big in Mid-Year NA PSN Sale

  Cut down to size

  At this point, there’s always some kind of promotion running on the PlayStation Store in one territory or another, and Sony has just launched a new mid-year sale in North America which is packing some pretty big savings – especially if you’re a PlayStation Plus member. There are genuinely some really good savings here: the...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • Deals
  • Discounts
  • Sales
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  25

  Store Update 27th June 2017 (Europe)

  Crash bash

  This week plots the return of a PlayStation icon: Micro Machines. Oh alright, while World Series from Codemasters looks promising, we’re obviously referring to Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy. This is actually a crazy week for new releases, with Valkyria Revolution, The Golf Club 2, and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Remastered all vying...

  • 2 days ago
  • Store Update
  • Europe
  • PS4
  • PS3
  • Vita
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  15

  PS4

  Review The Golf Club 2

  Tee time

  It’s been almost three years since The Golf Club bagged up its 9 iron and plotted a course for the user created links of the PlayStation 4. HB Studios’ simulation resembled a present day Tiger Woods: a little rough around the edges but still capable of magic. This sequel, then, aims to improve upon the handicap of its predecessor by...

  • 2 days ago
  • Reviews
  • Maximum Games
  • PS4
  • The Golf Club 2
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  22

  Hands On Arizona Sunshine Needs Work on PlayStation VR

  Zombie shooter leaves a sour taste

  It wasn’t supposed to be like this, was it? Arizona Sunshine – a game which has received a lot of buzz on PC-based headsets – was supposed to be the next big PlayStation VR release. Packing both PlayStation Move and PlayStation VR Aim Controller support, a three-to-four hour campaign (which can be played solo...

  • 2 days ago
  • Vertigo Games
  • PS4
  • PlayStation VR
  • Arizona Sunshine
  • Hands On
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  7

  News Documentary Details the Creation of Gran Turismo

  Sports car superstar

  True story: this author once sat opposite Kazunori Yamauchi (and Translator-san) eating a burger. A surreal moment, for sure. This documentary from IGN includes some nice anecdotes from the luminary, as he speaks of his passion for photography among other things, and sheds some light on what makes Gran Turismo such an enduring...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • Gran Turismo
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  12

  News Hellblade to Host First Ever Q&A with Video Game Character

  Innovative new MoCap makes it possible

  Ninja Theory’s created some ridiculous motion capture technology which basically allows it to render in real-time. And it’s going to use that Unreal Engine 4-based equipment to host a live Hellblade question and answer session today – with, er, Senua from the game. Seriously! You’ll be able to send your...

  • 2 days ago
  • Ninja Theory
  • PS4
  • Hellblade
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  11

  News The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth+ Targeting PS4 with Retail Launch

  Extra goodies for pre-orders

  Nicalis has taken to Twitter to announce that The Binding of Isaac Afterbirth+ is coming to the PS4. This is a huge expansion to the original Afterbirth DLC and includes a ton of new additions, a harder greed mode, a new character, new bosses, new items, and more. Nicalis also confirmed that the PS4 version will get a...

  • 2 days ago
  • Nicalis
  • PS4
  • The Binding of Isaac
  • DLC
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  3

  News Anticipate New Yakuza Information in Two Months

  Gangster's paradise

  SEGA’s busy beavering away on a new Yakuza game, and we’ll get all of the details in about two months, according to series chief Toshihiro Nagoshi. That would peg the news at late August to early September, which is around about when Sony typically holds its pre-Tokyo Game Show press conference, so we suspect that’s where...

  • 1 day ago
  • SEGA
  • PS4
  • Yakuza