It's been a relatively quiet week here at Push Square. The E3 rush is finally over, although we can't help but feel like a little part of us is missing because of its absence. Nevertheless, we tried to make sure that the past week was still packed full of content to keep you entertained during this Summer gaming lull, even if your favourite national team was unceremoniously booted out of the World Cup. We've got videos, reviews, damning Vita news, and, as you may have guessed from the title, a whole lot of Destiny. Seriously, that's a lot of Destiny coverage.
Reviews
Murdered: Soul Suspect - 6/10
Less game and more interactive story, your enjoyment of Murdered: Soul Suspect will be directly proportional to how much you buy into the tale that it tells. Those looking for a title with engaging gameplay will be sorely disappointed by the lack of challenge, boring stealth, and hunt the clue investigations. But if you can overlook its shortcomings and throw yourself headlong into the fiction, you might just find a detective yarn with a supernatural twist that’ll keep you engaged until justice is done.
1001 Spikes - 8/10
While 1001 Spikes’ extreme difficulty may pose a barrier to some, masochists will enjoy every minute of this punishing platformer. Tight controls and massive replay value make this a brilliantly brutal experience – and one of the PS4’s better side-scrollers to date.
Other Reviews
- ZRun - 4/10
- NASCAR '14 - 7/10
- Mind Zero - 5/10
- Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse - Episode 2 - 7/10
Features
First Impressions: Testing the Hype in Destiny's Exclusive PS4 Alpha
Over the last four days, we've spent 26 hours exploring Destiny's surprise First Look Alpha. Announced during Sony's E3 2014 press conference, the 6.6GB download offers a shockingly robust early look at the upcoming sci-fi epic, sporting an impressively vast map full of enemies, a player-versus-player mode, a lengthy co-op mission, and the hub-like Tower. The fact that we managed to spend so long playing what is essentially just a single chunk of the full game speaks volumes, and simply put, it's hard not to feel that developer Bungie is on to something very special.
Talking Point: Should Sony Ditch E3 Stage Shows Like Nintendo?
Very few people earnestly enjoy change. This author gets the jitters if Chart-Track’s weekly UK sales data isn’t ready to write about first thing on a Monday morning, and don’t even mention routine rupturing Bank Holidays. It was little wonder, then, that the web was awash with cynicism last year when Nintendo opted to circumvent its usual E3 stage show shenanigans for something a little more personal – a format which it furthered in Los Angeles last week. But with the House of Mario exiting this year’s colossal convention in an unexpectedly strong position, has the firm proven that press conferences in their traditional guise are well past their sell-by date?
Other Features
- Poll: Did Destiny's PS4 Exclusive Alpha Have You Dancing with Joy?
- Video: Didn't Get in Destiny's PS4 Exclusive Alpha? Let Us Take You on a Tour
- Out This Week: EA Sports UFC, MotoGP 2104, Battle Princess of Arcadias
- Who Would Win Wednesdays: Patapon Army vs. Third Colossus Gaius
- Video: What Were The Five Best PS4 Games at E3 2014?
- Feature: Five Reasons Why Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain Should Be on Your PS4 Wishlist
News
Now a Second Sony Exec Says That the Firm's Not Making More 'Mega Budget' First-Party Vita Games
Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida recently declared in an interview that the platform holder’s not planning to make many more big first-party PlayStation Vita titles, and SCEE boss Jim Ryan has since elaborated on that point in a fierce interview with Metro GameCentral.
PS4 Firmware Updates Will Add Missing Features in the Future, Stresses Sony
Sony appears to have taken your complaints about firmware updates from the previous generation a little too literally, as it is looking a little tardy with the PlayStation 4 right now. The next-gen console’s last major software overhaul deployed several weeks ago, and we haven’t heard a peep from the platform holder in the time since. That's because its operating system team’s been busy beavering away behind closed doors, Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida assures.
May NPD: PS4 Outplays the Competition as MLB 14 The Show Hits a Home Run
Considering that Microsoft announced its Xbox One price drop at the start of May, there was never going to be much chance of the maligned machine overcoming the PlayStation 4 in the latest NPD report – and as expected, Sony has revealed that it accrued the most next-gen hardware sales for a fifth consecutive time in the United States last month.
Other Noteworthy News
- Rumour: Is Titanfall 2 Stomping onto PS4 in the Near Future?
- Planning to Buy Destiny on PS4? You'll Get These Exclusive Extras for Your Troubles
- Bungie's Destiny Will Be Fulfilled Exclusively on PS4 and PS3 in Japan
- Evergreen Vita Titles to Exit North American PlayStation Plus Ahead of July Update
- PS4 Stock Situation Has Prompted Lost Sales, Sony Laments
- July's PlayStation Plus Update to Be Fully Detailed Next Week
Video of the Week
What Were the Five Best PS4 Games at E3 2014?
Remember our super-duper E3 2014 poll which we may or may not have forgotten to include Mortal Kombat X in? Well, we used that to help us pick our PlayStation Game of the Show. And now, because we were always taught to reuse waste, we’re milking the results one more time with this, well, super-duper look at the top five PlayStation 4 games from last week’s Los Angeles show. Bonza!
Comments 8
it really was a destiny week!
Had to through in the fact that England was eliminated from the World Cup huh, lol.
This week was awesome and depressing at the same time. PS4 kicked ass, and Vita got its ass kicked by Sony themselves!
The disrespect SONY showed to its vita customers was pretty pathetic.
Also still annoyed they refuse to release the remaining PSP and PSOne games in the NA PSN.
Did PS ever cover the big sales on the NA PSN last week - EXPIRING TODAY.
http://blog.us.playstation.com/2014/06/17/playstation-store-update-347/
Seems like I've been waiting for years for PSASBR to come to PS+, what with all the extra characters they could sell to people seemed logical, but I'm finally just buying it now for $5. (It helps that I got $10 free PSN credit from my Sony Visa card that my kid has bene using to buy 99c Minecraft texture packs with.) And at least now I won't have to worry about it going away when my PS+ lapses Thanksgiving. I'll renew it when I get a PS4, probably Christmas 2015.
Here's a link to the games on sale - Sony does a really bad job of linking to the online store from the Blog posts.
s-playstation-plus">https://store.sonyentertainmentnetwork.com/#!/en-us/only-on-playstation-sale/cid=STORE-MSF77008-9_ONLYPSSALE0614?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=pscom&utm_campaign=pscom-UP9000-NPUA80316_00-PSABATROYL000001&smcid=ps:playstation-all-stars-battle-royale:up9000-npua80316_00-psabatroyl000001s-playstation-plus
Not a bad week following E3, but Im still very depressed with Sony basically coming out and saying they pretty well give up on the Vita as well, I think that had to be a stupidest thing they ever said, cause now the sales will probably be even worse, and now Im considering trading it up for a 3DS
You have Doom in the title....you don't mention the new Doom game in the article....i am upset.
@3rdEyeMind Uh oh, that's a good point. "Vita's AAA Doom" as in a AAA Doom game on Vita! If only. My apologies!
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