News - 2018, Week 14

Monday9th Apr 2018

  • Review Owlboy (PS4)

    Golden egg

    When Owlboy was first shown over a decade ago, pixel art indie games weren't all that common, but over the course of its lengthy development, they became increasingly numerous as independent development grew more popular. Nowadays, it feels like there are almost too many of them, to the point where a lot of players will write off games...

  • News NIS America: Sony Isn't Friendly with Small Publishers Like Us

    "They just care about big Japanese companies"

    NIS America, the publisher of franchises such as Disgaea and Danganronpa, does not appear to be all that happy with Sony at the moment. Speaking with MCV about a range of subjects – including its partnership with Nintendo on SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy – president Takuro Yamashita...

Sunday8th Apr 2018

  • Review Island Time VR (PS4)

    Stranded

    Island Time VR is a virtual reality, survival game in which you are stranded on an island with nothing but Carl the Crab – voiced by Greg Miller – to keep you company. Your aim is to survive as long as your depleting health will allow by consuming any food you can find, coconuts from trees, fish from the sea, or even a pesky seagull who...

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  • News Monster Hunter: World's Spring Seasonal Event Is Live on PS4

    Hay fever

    Jump into Monster Hunter: World after reading this article and you'll find that it's more lively than usual. The game's first seasonal event is underway, with the Spring Blossom Fest giving way to a revamped gathering hub, daily quest rewards, new seasonal equipment, new dances, and even new food. The event lasts until the 19th...

  • News Fortnite Emotes Are Inspiring Footballers Around Europe

    Take the L

    Fortnite has become a cultural phenomenon, and footballers across Europe have underlined that by implementing one of the game’s popular emotes into their goal celebrations. French forward Antoine Griezmann – who’s no stranger to atrocious victory stances – borrowed the title’s iconic ‘Take the L’ dance after scoring Atletico...

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  • News God of War Director on Campaign Length: 'What Have We Done?'

    System designer spent over 40 hours doing everything

    God of War games have, historically, been tight 10 hour experiences that could be completed in a handful of sittings. But the franchise’s forthcoming PlayStation 4 soft-reboot is not a traditional entry in the franchise – and it’s going to take you a significant number of hours to complete...

Tuesday3rd Apr 2018

  • News April 2018's Free PlayStation Plus Games Are Out Now

    Road rage

    April 2018’s roster of free PlayStation Plus games are available to download now in Europe, with North America set to follow shortly. The free games, in case you missed the announcement, include Mad Max and TrackMania: Turbo on the PlayStation 4. One extra bonus is that PlayStation 3 freebie In Space We Brawl appears to be cross-buy, so...

  • News Burnout Paradise Remastered Patch Smashes onto PS4 Today

    Update: Available now

    Criterion Games has revealed on Twitter that a patch for Burnout Paradise Remastered will be barrel rolling its way to PlayStation 4 today. The headline fix will be to the corrupted save files, which seemed to be a pretty widespread issue. Stats in online play will also be addressed, and we're hoping the game's hard crashes...

  • News Free-to-Play Action MMORPG Tera Is Out Now on PS4

    Teraific

    Following on from the game's open beta last month, free-to-play MMO Tera has arrived in full on PlayStation 4. Hit up the PlayStation Store and you should find it available to download under new releases. If not, you may have to search for it manually. The download itself is quite hefty weighing in at around 46GB, but seeing as you don't...

  • News Future Updates to Middle-earth: Shadow of War Will Remove Microtransactions

    That orc to please fans

    Middle-earth: Shadow of War released about six months ago, and was generally a very good game, but those pesky microtransactions wormed their way in, offering needless new ways to gather orcs for your army. Fortunately, developer Monolith Productions has posted a detailed update on the game's website, going over future plans...

  • News Spyro the Dragon PS4 Announcement Looks Set to Hatch

    Cracking stuff

    The world is waiting (to port beg) for Spyro the Dragon’s rumoured remake, and IGN may have received the biggest hint that an announcement is imminent. The site was sent a purple, scaled egg from a mysterious individual named Falcon McBob. Those of you with

  • Review Minit (PS4)

    Full minute hero

    Minit is the adventure game distilled down to its purest and simplest form. Developed by a team of independent developers whose combined credits include Horizon: Zero Dawn, Celeste, and Nuclear Throne, this is a top-down, open world adventure game you play a minute at a time. It doesn't sound like it should work, but it somehow does...

  • News Fresh Spider-Man PS4 Information Will be Swinging Online Soon

    Game Informer's new cover feature revealed

    American games publication Game Informer has just announced the cover of its May issue, revealing that Spider-Man is the headline feature in the new mag. Game Informer teases that they've played the game extensively, and know its release date, which could mean an official announcement on that front is just...

  • News Dark Souls Remastered Cleans Up Nicely on PS4 Pro

    But it's nothing amazing

    The first footage of Dark Souls Remastered running on the PlayStation 4 Pro has hit the web, and it’s looking perfectly adequate. Running in 4K at 60 frames-per-second on Sony’s supercharged system, the title’s looking tight, with improved lighting and textures pushing it above its PlayStation 3 counterpart. To be...

  • Game of the Month Top 4 PlayStation Games of March 2018

    Cars, guns, jailbreaks, and higgledies

    As is usually the case, March was quite a busy month for PlayStation. EA actually decided to remaster a game, Ni no Kuni II finally launched, and the Ubisoft open world factory pumped out another vast adventure packed with enemy camps and hilarious bugs. Needless to say, our internal Game of the Month...

  • News 2MD: VR Football Looks Down Field This Spring on PSVR

    Titanic touchdown

    We quite liked virtual reality soccer sim VRFC recently, but we couldn’t help but think that good ol’ gridiron would be a better fit for PlayStation VR. Fortunately, the folks at Truant Pixel got the memo, as it’s lining up 2MD: VR Football for release on Sony’s headset this Spring. Are you ready to become virtual Tom...

Monday2nd Apr 2018