TodaySat, 23rd Sep 2017

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  11

  News Score Up to 70 Per Cent Off in New NA PlayStation Store Flash Sale

  Animated

  Animation is the theme in the latest North American PlayStation Store Flash Sale, with some games scoring as much as 70 per cent off. Some highlights include simplistic role-playing game Child of Light for $3.74, rhythmic roguelike Crypt of the Necrodancer for $2.99, and ace platformer Rayman Legends for $9.99. The sale spans the...

  • 9 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • PS3
  • Vita
  • Flash Sale

YesterdayFri, 22nd Sep 2017

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  14

  Hands On Can Assassin's Creed Origins Revive Ubisoft's Stealth Series?

  By 'eck

  Someone at Ubisoft’s been busy playing The Witcher III: Wild Hunt. Though the anticipated Assassin’s Creed Origins whisks you away to the wide open expanses of Egypt, you can sense the White Wolf watching over this surprisingly RPG leaning iteration of the French publisher’s stealth series. Our demo is a perfect example of that:...

  • 12 hours ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS4
  • Assassin's Creed
  • Hands On
  • Features
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  21

  News Red Dead Redemption 2 Returns Next Thursday

  Rockstar teases more info

  Rockstar is teasing something Red Dead Redemption 2 related over on Twitter, and as you'd expect, the gaming sphere has gone nuts. It's been pretty quiet on the Western front since the developer announced that the game's release would be delayed back in May. There were rumours that it would reappear around E3 2017, but...

  • 17 hours ago
  • Rockstar
  • PS4
  • Red Dead Redemption
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  69

  Poll Is Final Fantasy IX the Best Final Fantasy?

  The one and only

  With Final Fantasy IX's PlayStation 4 port making waves earlier this week when it was announced and released all within the space of a few hours, now's as good a time as any to roll out this inevitable poll. Originally launching on the PSone at the very end of the console's life, Final Fantasy IX is considered by many to be the...

  • 19 hours ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS4
  • PSone
  • Final Fantasy
  • Polls
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  46

  News Square Enix Wants to Focus More on Multiplayer and Service Games Going Forward

  This'll go down well

  "Gone are the days in which single-player games were of primary status and multiplayer games secondary. Lately, multiplayer games have taken the lead, and it is standard for games to be designed for long-term play," reads Square Enix's 2017 annual report. "We will also endeavor to develop games designed not to be played once...

  • 1 day ago
  • Square Enix
  • Industry
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  9

  Hands On Who Has a Hidden Agenda in Until Dawn Dev's Crime Thriller?

  Whodunnit?

  The next game from Until Dawn developer Supermassive Games is a lot like Until Dawn at first blush: it has unnervingly lifelike virtual characters, branching plot paths, and more serial killers than an entire season of Midsummer Murders. The twist is that Hidden Agenda’s being sold on the strength of being a local multiplayer party game...

  • 1 day ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • PlayLink
  • Hidden Agenda
  • Hands On
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  40

  News PUBG Dev Isn't Too Happy About Fortnite's Battle Royale Mode

  As you'd expect

  Given the meteoric rise of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, it was inevitable that other games would try and emulate its success. On PlayStation 4, where PUBG isn't yet available, we've got the likes of Fortnite's newly introduced Battle Royale mode. By most account

  • 18 hours ago
  • Bluehole
  • Epic Games
  • PS4
  • PUBG
  • Fortnite
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  19

  News Familiar Faces Return to Destiny 2 in Faction Rallies

  New loot

  Despite being less than a month old, Destiny 2's first special event is about to get underway. Starting 26th September, players will be able to take part in the Faction Rallies, a new affair that pits the three factions from the original game against each other in a bid to gather supplies and obliterate enemy resources. Guardians will be...

  • 1 day ago
  • Activision
  • PS4
  • Destiny
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  18

  News Nintendo Switch Not Affecting PS4's Sales, Says Sony

  Both devices doing well

  The Nintendo Switch has got off to a much stronger start than its predecessor the Wii U, but its early success isn’t cannibalising the PlayStation 4’s sales, according to SIE group president Andrew House. There’s been a good tussle between the two systems recently in the monthly NPD report, but it seems that regardless...

  • 11 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • Nintendo
  • Switch
  • Hardware
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  15

  News Sony Ships Another Half Million PlayStation VR Headsets

  But House is concerned by how easily Sony's dominating

  Sony shipped out another 500,000 PlayStation VR headsets during the three month period through June, making it far-and-away the industry leader when it comes to high-level virtual reality experiences. But the extent to which the Japanese giant is dominating the nascent space has group president...

  • 11 hours ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • PlayStation VR
  • Sales
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  7

  Hands On Far Cry 5 Sticks to the Tried and Tested Formula

  A stronger party cabinet

  If Ubisoft were to give another one of its franchises a bit of a break and a slight reboot, the Far Cry series has to be a prime candidate. Despite entry numbers three and four being fairly high in quality, they followed the Ubisoft open world formula to a tee, with only a radical setting change being the main...

  • 12 hours ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS4
  • Far Cry 5
  • Hands On
  • Features
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  8

  TGS 2017 Wrap Your Eyes Around 13 Minutes of Gorgeous Dragon's Crown PS4 Gameplay

  Scaled up

  Officially revealed earlier this week at TGS 2017, Dragon's Crown Pro is dashing onto PlayStation 4 early next year in Japan. The remaster will boast 4K resolution on PS4 Pro, and it's apparently fitted with a newly recorded live orchestra soundtrack. Perhaps best of all, it'll support cross-play with the PlayStation 3 and PS Vita versions...

  • 19 hours ago
  • TGS 2017
  • Atlus
  • PS4
  • Dragon's Crown
  • Videos
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  13

  News Another Fallout: New Vegas? Obsidian Would 'Love' To Do It

  Your move, Bethesda

  Fallout: New Vegas developer and role-playing veteran studio Obsidian "would love" to work on another Fallout game, director Josh Sawyer has told IGN. "I know there are tons of people at Obsidian who would love to work on a Fallout game again. If we were given the chance, we would certainly love to," he said. That's a lot of...

  • 18 hours ago
  • Obsidian
  • Fallout
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  10

  News South Park: The Fractured But Whole Is Finally Ready to Meet Its Release Date

  Ubisoft says the game's gone gold

  Bloody hell, it's about time. Ubisoft has announced that South Park: The Fractured But Whole has gone gold, meaning that development is complete and the game's ready to be shipped. The swear-ridden role-playing sequel is out for PlayStation 4 on the 17th October, so it's not very far away now. To celebrate,...

  • 16 hours ago
  • Ubisoft
  • PS4
  • South Park
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  6

  News Fear 20 Minutes of The Evil Within 2 Gameplay

  Dead good?

  The Evil Within 2 is out in a matter of weeks now, and Bethesda hasn't been shy about publishing new gameplay footage. This time it's Game Informer who's gone live with 20 minutes of terror from the forthcoming Tango Gameworks developed sequel. Can you feel the heat from here?

  • 1 day ago
  • Bethesda
  • PS4
  • The Evil Within
  • Trailers
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  2

  News Tekken 7's Free Character Panel Pack Is Out Now on PS4

  A new look

  Head over to the PlayStation Store right now and you can nab some new Tekken 7 character portraits for free. The portraits themselves are from a variety of different artists from around the world. Some are pretty cool, some are pretty... Weird. Still, free content is free content, so we're not complaining. Are you still playing Tekken 7?...

  • 16 hours ago
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS4
  • Tekken
  • DLC
  • Free
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  7

  Hands On Knowledge Is Power (Unless You're Thick as a Brick Obvs)

  Knowledge is everything in this game

  The obligatory trivia game in Sony’s burgeoning PlayLink line is exactly what you’d expect it to be: a jovial round of multiple choice with silly photo opportunities and a host that likes the sound of his own voice. With an eccentric, borderline claymation artstyle, it certainly looks the part – although...

  • 1 day ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • PlayLink
  • Knowledge Is Power
  • Hands On

Thursday21st Sep 2017

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  37

  TGS 2017 Yakuza: Kiwami 2 Nabs Another Questionable Side Activity

  Say cheese

  The Yakuza series is no stranger to, er, somewhat questionable side activities. Yakuza 0, for example, introduced a minigame in which you watch scantily clad women wrestle in an underground area and place bets on who you think will come out on top. We're not sure whether stuff like this goes down well with everyone, but the bottom line is...

  • 2 days ago
  • TGS 2017
  • SEGA
  • PS4
  • Yakuza
  • Videos
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  8

  PS4

  Review Maize

  A bad crop

  When we received the code for Maize, a comedic first-person adventure game about sentient corn, we were obviously intrigued. How could we not be? The key art features a stalk of corn listening to a boom box, and in an industry that can at times feel bereft of fresh ideas, this left-field offering from Finish Line Games excited us. Not...

  • 2 days ago
  • Reviews
  • Finish Line Games
  • PS4
  • Maize
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  17

  TGS 2017 Resident Evil 7's Not a Hero Looks Like Brilliant Free DLC

  Seeing S.T.A.R.S.

  Chris Redfield’s back – and so are his burly biceps. Okay, so actually the legendary BSAA agent may not look quite as ripped in Resident Evil 7’s universe, but he’s still able to Shoryuken the Moulded like they’re not even there. In this first gameplay footage of the title’s Not a Hero add-on pack, we see the former...

  • 2 days ago
  • TGS 2017
  • Capcom
  • PS4
  • Resident Evil
  • Trailers
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  14

  News The Binding of Isaac: Afterbirth+ Is Now Available on PS4

  Sneaky release

  The long awaited Afterbirth+ DLC for The Binding of Isaac has finally released on the PlayStation 4 with not a word mentioned anywhere about it. The DLC includes 55 plus new items, three booster packs of fan-made items, a new playable character, a harder Greed mode, five new challenges, new bosses, hundreds of new rooms, a whole load...

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

  News Fans Relieved as Zhou Tai Avoids Army of Clones in Dynasty Warriors 9

  But there's still a lot of outrage

  Dynasty Warriors 9 just can't catch a break lately. Over the last few weeks, publisher Koei Tecmo has been steadily unveiling the open world title's cast of playable characters. Some are old, some are new, but as far as many fans are concerned, way too many of them are clones. Okay, so what's a clone? Well, the...

  • 2 days ago
  • Koei Tecmo
  • PS4
  • Dynasty Warriors
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  20

  TGS 2017 Here's 24 Minutes of Glorious Monster Hunter: World PS4 Gameplay

  Out and about

  Who's up for a good look at Monster Hunter: World, then? Straight out of TGS 2017, Japanese publication Famitsu has uploaded over 20 minutes of PlayStation 4 gameplay footage -- and it looks fantastic. The video features the game's desert area and plenty of combat. Remember, Monster Hunter: World isn't very far away at all -- it's due...

  • 2 days ago
  • TGS 2017
  • Capcom
  • PS4
  • Monster Hunter
  • Videos
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  4

  TGS 2017 Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet Doesn't Make You Play as Kirito

  Finally

  Good news for all of you Sword Art Online fans out there who are sick of being plonked into series protagonist Kirito's shoes: Sword Art Online: Fatal Bullet won't make you play as the Black Swordsman. According to information coming out of Tokyo Game Show 2017, as reported by IGN, the third-person shooter is all about your custom...

  • 2 days ago
  • TGS 2017
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS4
  • Sword Art Online
  • Videos
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  5

  TGS 2017 Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker Beta Coming Soon to PS4

  Go ninja

  Team-based brawler Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker has a new trailer fresh from TGS 2017. The video itself doesn't really show us anything that we haven't seen before, but it does confirm that a beta test for the game is coming to PlayStation 4 in the near future. No concrete date is given, but we imagine that won't be too far off. We'll...

  • 2 days ago
  • TGS 2017
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS4
  • Naruto
  • Trailers
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  11

  TGS 2017 Fist of the North Star Looks Brain-Bustingly Brilliant in First Gameplay

  You're definitely already dead

  We may only have three minutes of Fist of the North Star footage to gawk at, but boy does it look promising. Essentially a Yakuza title with a Fist of the North Star skin, the game's certainly grabbed our attention. In the video that we've embedded, we get to see some general exploration as well as...

  • 2 days ago
  • TGS 2017
  • SEGA
  • PS4
  • Fist of the North Star
  • Videos
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  30

  News NieR: Automata Has Shifted Over 2 Million Copies Since Launch in March

  A surprise hit

  Wow, NieR: Automata has certainly done well for itself. For the longest time, the action role-playing game was looking like it would have to settle for being a hit with a smaller audience, but it's actually managed to sell really, really well. Publisher Square Enix says that the title has exceeded two million copies -- that's...

  • 2 days ago
  • Square Enix
  • PS4
  • NieR
  • Sales
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  3

  PS4

  Review Planet of the Eyes

  A road less travelled

  Buried beneath the mishmash of platformers new and old comes the emergence of Planet of the Eyes – a funky puzzle platformer originally released for PC and Mac back in 2015. Though not much has changed throughout its transition to the PlayStation 4, it does feel like a welcome one. Guided by the wisdom of one man’s...

  • 2 days ago
  • Reviews
  • Cococucumber
  • PS4
  • Planet of the Eyes
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  6

  TGS 2017 New FighterZ Trailer Gives Us a Glimpse of a 'Forbidden' Dragon Ball Story

  Waifu 21 is here too

  Dragon Ball FighterZ has a new story trailer fresh from TGS 2017. As you'd expect, the video shows off newly announced playable characters Yamcha, Tien, and Android 21. Unsurprisingly, the latter -- an original character partly designed by Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama -- plays a main role in the title's...

  • 2 days ago
  • TGS 2017
  • Bandai Namco
  • PS4
  • Dragon Ball
  • Trailers
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  6

  TGS 2017 Over 20 Minutes of Yakuza: Kiwami 2 Gameplay Shows an Impressive Remake

  The boys are back in town

  Yakuza: Kiwami 2 is set to be a thoroughly entertaining return to what is arguably one of the best titles in the series. Yakuza 2 launched on the PlayStation 2 all the way back in 2006, and thanks to the lovely looking Dragon Engine -- which also forms the basis for the upcoming Yakuza 6 -- the adventure is back with a...

  • 2 days ago
  • TGS 2017
  • SEGA
  • PS4
  • Yakuza
  • Videos
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  7

  News Sony's Made a Mental New Patapon Ad, For Some Strange Reason

  Pon pon pata pon

  There we were, innocently sorting through all the new Tokyo Game Show 2017 trailers, when we see that Sony's uploaded some sort of new Patapon ad. The remastered version of the game launched for PlayStation 4 back at the start of August, so why has the company pumped out a fresh video for it? We had to set aside our hunt...

  • 2 days ago
  • Sony
  • PS4
  • Patapon
  • Videos
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  2

  News Overwatch's Junkertown Map Arrives in Latest Update

  Also includes major hero overhauls

  The latest update for Overwatch is out on the PlayStation 4 and it includes a new escort map called Junkertown. This new map is associated with the Junkers, Junkrat and Roadhog, who recently both received an animated short and a comic detailing parts of their history at Junkertown.  The update also brings...

  • 2 days ago
  • Blizzard
  • PS4
  • Overwatch
  • Patches