Hob: Designing a Transforming World on PS4

When we started talking about ideas for Hob, the biggest aspect that kept coming up was the world itself needed to be centre stage for both gameplay and story. The main goal was for it to be something unique and engaging, allowing the player to interact with the world in interesting ways. Those core goals are what drove the idea of a world dishevelled like a Rubik’s cube; it’s not complete, and the player needs to help fix it. It was proposed that...

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10 ways Deus Ex: Mankind Divided aims to be the perfect action RPG

Although we’ve been quiet about Deus Ex: Mankind Divided for the past few months, our team at Eidos-Montréal has been hard at work on the game. We’re excited to be back in the spotlight today with our brand new 101 trailer, which will give you an overview of what you can expect from the game. Enjoy! So how does Deus Ex: Mankind Divided perfect the action-RPG formula? Here are 10 ways: Deus Ex is all about letting you play the way you want. Combat,...

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Psychological thriller Asemblance announced for PS4, from Destiny alumnus

You wake to find yourself trapped inside an experimental machine. A machine built to simulate memories. You have no idea how you got here… But to break the cycle, you must look into a past that you may not want to remember. Hi everyone. My name is Niles and I’m the creative director at Nilo Studios. We’re excited to announce Asemblance, a single-player, first-person psychological thriller for PS4. It’s the first episode of an expansive franchise...

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Ratchet and Clank Join Dead Star on PS4, Advanced Tips

It’s been a busy month for us at Armature Studio with the PS4 launch of Dead Star via PlayStation Plus, and while we have plenty to talk about, we want to kick this off with some extremely exciting news: the stars of Ratchet & Clank are coming to kick some asteroid in Dead Star across a series of community events! Yes, that’s right! Soon – as soon as tomorrow, actually – you’ll be able to use everyone’s favourite Lombax in Dead Star, with Clank...

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Sky Force Anniversary blasts onto PS4, PS3 & PS Vita this summer

Hello Pilots! My name’s Marek, I’m the co-founder of Infinite Dreams. I’m extremely proud to announce that Sky Force Anniversary, our modern air-based shooter, will launch on PS4, PS3 and PS Vita this summer! Sky Force Anniversary is a recreation of Sky Force, a title we made more than a decade ago — it made quite an impact on the whole mobile gaming industry. When creating Sky Force Anniversary, our main goal was to preserve the old school, arcade...

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Coming to PlayStation Plus in May: Tropico 5, Table Top Racing and more

The PlayStation Plus team is excited to present your next batch of games, available for download on 3rd of May. First up is tongue-in-cheek dictator sim Tropico 5 – a fully-fledged city-building game set on a fictional island nation. Stepping into the boots of virtual dictator, El Presidente, you’ll guide and direct the everyday life of your beloved Tropicans. Farm llamas, build textiles plants, and occasionally concern yourself with the well-being of your residents, while secretly funneling money to your Swiss Bank Account. Tropico 5 also has...

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Supernatural adventure Oxenfree possesses PS4 next month

Hi, I’m Sean from Night School. We are losing our minds over here. We’ve been driving towards this day for a long time, and are ridiculously hyped to announce that soon, everyone can enjoy Oxenfree in its coolest, scariest, most mind-freakiest form on PS4. A quick catch-up on Oxenfree: it’s the debut game from our studio, and centres on a girl named Alex who brings her new stepbrother Jonas to a decommissioned military island for an overnight party...

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How Hello Games created the lore of No Man’s Sky

Hello there! Sean Murray here, one of the programmers working on this game called No Man’s Sky, the upcoming science-fiction title coming soon to PlayStation 4. Today, I wanted to show you something new, a little bit of how we approach lore and storytelling in our universe. It’s a bit different to what you might be used to with some other games. With a universe as open as ours – with a near infinite number of planets out there to see – we want players to discover everything on their terms. We don’t have huge cut scenes or a traditional linear story. There...

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Classic NEOGEO fighter The Last Blade 2 hits PS4 and PS Vita next month

The Last Blade 2 originally came out in 1998 as the sequel to The Last Blade. Together with Samurai Shodown, the blade-based fighting game genre was born on NEOGEO together with this groundbreaking series. A true arcade classic featuring masterfully crafted 2D dot-pixel graphics and gameplay, over the years The Last Blade 2 has become one of the most highly revered, unique, and competitive fighting games in the genre’s history. Recently, on 19th...

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Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End update

We have some unfortunate news to report that a number of copies of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End were stolen while in transit. While we are continuing to work with the police to resolve the matter – which is the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation – it appears that a few copies of the game have surfaced in the UK. We know that very many of you have been looking forward with great anticipation and excitement to the latest masterpiece from Naughty Dog. From what I have played of Nathan Drake’s latest adventure, I can tell you that it is very...

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Handsome JRPG Stranger of Sword City arrives on PS Vita this week

This Friday see the release of Stranger of Sword City on the PS Vita, and it looks like reviewers are really enjoying it! I thought it would be fun to provide you all with a quick guide to a couple of parties recommended by the developer! Feeling Safe with Strangers The first team composition the game’s director suggested is pretty well balanced and includes a bunch of characters from the Strangers Guild. If you’re the kind of person who gets a...

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Alienation touches down on PlayStation Store today

Hello Earthlings, Tommaso from Housemarque here. The time to stand up for your planet has finally come! Alienation was announced at GamesCom in 2014, and since then we and Sony XDev have been working hard to make this the best game we’ve ever released together. Alienation is not only a testament to PS4’s raw power, but also an important milestone for the arcade games of the future. Fans of Dead Nation will find the same ruthless gunfights and overwhelming...

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New on PlayStation Store this week: Alienation, Severed, Hitman ep. 2 more

It’s another busy week for new releases on PlayStation Store, with some really interesting new titles hitting the virtual shelves. On PS4, look out for Alienation – the brand new action game from the talented team at Housemarque, who were also behind the likes of Resogun, Dead Nation and Super Stardust. Meanwhile, over on PS Vita, Drinkbox Studios debuts its long-awaited follow-up to Guacamelee! – touch-screen dungeon crawler Severed. Elsewhere,...

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