It's a Hobbit-led week as The Desolation of Smaug hits Blu-ray and LEGO The Hobbit comes to every gaming system in existence.
JT Pierce: Happy Monday! Were excited to share this first extended look at MLB 14 The Show on PS4. In this dev diary, Ramone Russell, Community Manager and Game Designer, shows off some of the improvements and graphical upgrades the team at San Diego Studio has made to the environments of some of the most storied and iconic stadiums in all of baseball.
Retailer Newegg is having a sale on ebay, offering 12 months of PlayStation Plus membership discounted to $40. ...Read More
In a new video, the tremendously talented Yoshitaka Amano (of Final Fantasy fame) is shown doing what he does best. In mere moments, Amanos skills are shown in brilliant detail as he creates art that brings Child of Light to life.
Entertainment Buddha's Matt Heywood writes, "In the second episode of the recently released Entertainment Buddha-Cast the team takes a look at two of the more prominent April Fools Day video game related pranks. In particular the Titanfall Prime bit and the EA vs. Nintendo twitter war get analyzed. The team also discusses some of the hot games theyve been playing such as Infamous: Second Son, BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea Episode 2, Dead Island Epidemic, and WildStar."
"This glitch lets you walk through the floor and through the map."
PS4 13,448 (-35%) 743,472 XOne 11,365 (-21%) 513,255 3DS 5,246 (+4%) 2,371,881 X360 3,282 (-0%) 8,802,633 PS3 2,670 (+8%) 5,843,352 PSV 2,268 (-16%) 482,714 WiiU 2,053 (-8%) 254,942 Wii 278 (+13%) 8,638,317 PSP 71 (-5%) 4,405,190
Entertainment Buddha's Matt Heywood writes, "This week ushers in the release of Respawn Entertainments Titanfall for the Xbox 360, which should make fans of Microsofts older console rejoice. The game has been delayed twice up until this point, so 360 gamers have to be foaming at the mouth to play it. The other major release this week is Lego The Hobbit, which is releasing for multiple platforms on April 8th (Wii U version out 4/22)."
Sucker Punch: "We have been absolutely thrilled to see and hear the response to the launch of Second Son via Twitter, Facebook and/or forums. We've seen some amazing #PS4share and Easter egg screen shots... keep them coming. As a thank you to you all, we've collected some Second Son assets into a kit and posted on our website for all to use."
Stevivor - "EA Australia today announced a great Battlefield contest where one skilled filmmaker will walk away with $10,000 AUD."
A batch of brand new screenshots of the PlayStation 4 version of MLB 14: The Show have been revealed. The images look at the stadium details in the game, and the only word that can truly be used to describe the detail is incredible.
Destructoid: Last year, the news of Ubisoft making an old-school throwback to the JRPG genre took a number of people by surprise. When Destructoid got the chance to check it out, there was a healthy amount of curiosity around it. Not too many people knew what to make of it, especially considering it was coming from the team that made Far Cry 3, which is a title that seems very far apart from it. But after spending some time with Child of Light, about three hours to be exact, there might more in common with these two titles than you think. I got the chance to talk with lead writer Jeffrey Yohalem,…
Baden of WGB writes: "Nostalgia has become an industry within an industry, with games that tap into peoples happy memories of simpler times dominating Kickstarter. Mercenary Kings is just one more game in a long line aiming to capture the spirit of 2D shooters that has risen from Kickstarter, but unlike most of them it does it pretty well, mixing in a couple of more modern elements t create a run and gun shooter that doesnt get too bogged down by its own inspirations."
NGB Wrote: "inFAMOUS: Second Son doesnt take the PS4 by storm, but does just enough to warrant a next-gen title label (mainly thanks to the visuals). Its just a slight shame Sucker Punch didnt evolve the gameplay formula a little to keep things fresh and new. Would I like to see a fourth entry in the inFAMOUS series? Absolutely. Delsin is a great character with great the potential to take the series to the next level, kind of like Nathan Drake with Uncharted. Throw in a little evolution in terms of gameplay, and it could be something really special. That said, inFAMOUS: Second Son is far from…
Mike from Mii-gamer: Tsutaya Game Rankings are in for the week between March 31st and April 6th
Gen 8 Hardware Sales (US): XOne 61,410 (-18%) 2,625,007 PS4 57,474 (-35%) 2,875,689 WiiU 14,030 (-8%) 2,363,932 Gen 8 Software Sales (US): PS4 235,139 (-62%) 6,425,642 XOne 192,586 (-29%) 7,350,378 WiiU 72,484 (+26%) 10,077,253 Top 5 games: 1. inFAMOUS: Second Son (PS4) Sony Computer Entertainment, Action 109,584 2. Titanfall (XOne) Electronic Arts, Shooter 93,119 3. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes (PS4) Konami Digital Entertainment, Action 43,594 4. Diablo III (PC) Activision, Role-Playing 42,732 5. Minecraft (X360) Microsoft Game Studios, Adventure 36,942
Push Square: "Ukrainian indie outfit Beatshapers is no stranger to new PlayStation initiatives. The firm was one of the first to create content for Sonys lighter bites platform PlayStation Minis, before making an early appearance on the PlayStation Vita with Stardrone Extreme. Now, with its PlayStation 4 debut Ready to Run already deep into development, we can exclusively reveal that the studio intends to enter the virtual reality space and its got the recently announced Project Morpheus in its sights."
Kristine Steimer // Sr. Community Specialist - Put on your sneaking suits, folks, its time to escape a deadly lab in Stealth Inc. A Clone in the Dark. This puzzle platformer requires you to stick to the shadows, cause if youre spotted youll be terminated on sight. Rough crowd. There are 80 levels to maneuver through, so make sure you dont get vaporized by a laser, okay? As an added bonus, because Stealth Inc. is a Cross-Buy title, PS Plus members can download both the PS3 and PS Vita versions of the game.
Developers of The Elder Scrolls Online today released a brand new video highlighting the first planned post-launch content update - introducing a myriad of PvE content aimed at challenging the most experienced players in the online world of Tamriel
"Our full interview with Oddworld's Stewart Gilray, CEO of Just Add Water. He talks about PS4, Xbox One, Kickstarter and even the PS Plus program."
Child of Light developer Ubisoft has teamed up with renowned Japanese character designer and illustrator Yoshitaka Amano to create an artwork inspired by the RPG. Yoshitaka Amano is of course the character designer for most of the Final Fantasy games, which Child of Light is inspired by. Find the video of Amano drawing the stunning […]
VRFocus - Virtual reality (VR) videogame developer nDreams has secured £250,000 in funding from investment group Mercia Fund Management (MFM). The developer joins a number of other teams that MFM has placed investment in and will use the money to expand the team size as well as drive its VR development. The news hits shortly after nDreams confirmed that it would be revealing a 'major' new VR project at this year's E3 in June.
Kingdom Under Fire II (KUF2) is a massively multiplayer online real-time strategy RPG developed by Blueside. We are so glad to have had the Executive Producer Sang Youn Lee to share their latest progress of Kingdom Under Fire II at GDC 2014. Lee also revealed that their goal for KUF2's western beta on PC is in this September or November. Check out more details of 2p's interview with Lee below.
Hello readers -- exciting times! It's been pretty frantic bringing King Oddball over to PS4 from PS Vita, but we're really happy to have it as our first PS4 release. We can't wait to see how the game is received on the big screen.
