Teen adventure Crossing Souls, coming soon to PS4, is a love letter to classic ’80s movies

It’s the first day of summer 1986. Your little brother calls you over the walkie-talkie: “You’re not going to believe this, dude! Hurry! Get the gang together in the treehouse. I have something incredible to show you! I think it’s actually starting to… rot. It smells awful, man!” That’s how Crossing Souls begins, a game where you join Chris, Kevin, Big Joe, Charlie and Matt in the biggest adventure of their lives. An ode to the ’80s Crossing Souls...

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How Dark Eclipse is bringing the thrill of the MOBA genre to PlayStation VR

Sunsoft is making a MOBA for PlayStation VR. It’s called Dark Eclipse, and it will be launching spring 2018. Multiplayer Online Battle Arena — or MOBA — games have come a long way, and Sunsoft wants to bring MOBA into the era of virtual reality. We play lots of MOBA games. The thrill of getting a triple-kill, diving under the tower to chase a kill, ganking an unsuspecting opponent, getting that power buff, pushing towers towards the enemy base, receiving...

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Unwrap the first PlayStation Store 12 Deals of Christmas offer today!

The holidays are almost here and on PlayStation Store we’re celebrating with the return of our annual 12 Deals of Christmas promotion! Starting today and running until 24th December, you’ll get a new discount on an awesome PS4 title every 48 hours at midday. To kick things off, we’ve got a hefty saving on Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy! Buy Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy now! Click on the link to see the pricing in your region. Make haste – this discount expires on 2nd December, when it will be replaced by a new deal. We’ll be updating this...

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Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition headlines December’s PlayStation Plus line-up

Well, here we are folks, it’s very nearly that time of year again and with only one month of the year to go, we hope that 2017 has been good to you and that you’ve got some well-earned downtime to look forward to. In the coming months we’ll be taking a look back at some of the year’s best bits in the world of PlayStation (and there’s certainly plenty to choose from) but for now, with 2017 still alive and kicking and the month end in sight, it’s time to unwrap a brand new bundle of PS Plus games. Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition Forget your zombie...

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Here’s your panel schedule for next week’s PlayStation Experience 2017

Hello hello! Hard to believe we’re just over a week away from the kickoff of PlayStation Experience 2017, starting with Friday night’s PlayStation Presents. Gulp! Speaking of PlayStation Presents! The show will commence at 4am GMT/5am CET next Saturday morning, 9th December.  Though PlayStation’s biggest 2017 announcements were revealed at E3 and Paris Games Week, we’ve saved a few stocking stuffers for the show. Expect to listen in on candid discussions with some of PlayStation’s top developers, get updates on key titles, and be a part of...

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Sling stylish spells in PS4’s action-packed dungeon crawler Wizard of Legend, out 2018

No wands, long beards, nor drawn out incantations needed here. Wizard of Legend is a no-nonsense, action-packed take on wizardry that emphasises precise movements and smart comboing of spells in a randomly generated dungeon crawler you can go at alone or with a friend. The dev team of Contingent99 is two high school friends who decided to tackle game dev co-op style. The two are big fans of action and fighting games, so they’ve made fluid combat the main focus of the game. Think of Wizard of Legend as a pixelated hybrid of Devil May Cry or Bayonetta...

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How PS4 shooter Mothership’s gun customisation leads to some wonderfully bizarre weaponry

Hello Playstation Fans! Joe Mirabello and George Mamakos here of Mothergunship, a bullet-hell FPS where you craft your own guns and face off against an invasion of robotic alien monstrosities. During the past few months, the Mothergunship team has participated in several gaming showcases and the big questions on people’s minds have been whether Mothergunship will include multiplayer action and how the gun crafting system will work. Today, we would...

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How Star Ocean: The Last Hope’s 4K remaster breathes new life into the sci-fi RPG

Hello everyone! My name is Takaaki Kai and I am the producer for Star Ocean: The Last Hope 4K and HD Remaster. When The Last Hope originally released on the PS3 I was still a student, and it was the first game from the Star Ocean series I ever played. I was captivated by the beautifully scenic outer space, as well as the spectacular effects displayed in battle that were generated through the capabilities of the next-gen hardware. The battles were...

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Hilarious mulitplayer brawler Gang Beasts gets a confirmed PS4 release date

Prepare to scream with horror and delight as gangs of saggy, pugnacious thugs from Beef City punch, kick and slapstick their way across your screen, hurling their foes into hazardous machinery or mercilessly head-butting them into flaming incinerator pits! That’s right folks, the long awaited beef-em-up Gang Beasts is coming to PlayStation 4 on Dec 12th! Gang Beasts will launch with a whole glut of customisation options  and several new modes,...

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Five years later, David Cage revisits Quantic Dream’s Detroit: Become Human tech demo Kara

First came Connor, then Markus. Now finally with Quantic Dream revealing the third of its Detroit leads Kara at last month’s Paris Games Week, we thought it the best time to look back on the tech demo that sparked the android revolution. Five years after its creation, we asked David Cage to revisit the studio’s PS3 tech demo Kara, offering his commentary to the piece, and additionally, in this exclusive piece written for PlayStation Blog, offer his...

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3 big new PlayStation Store releases you need to check out this week

This week on PlayStation Store, battle hordes of demons across Mars and into the depths of hell itself in Bethesda‘s brutal, pulse-pounding Doom VFR. Elsewhere, Lovecraftian adventure Black Mirror gets a slick PS4 reboot and fan favourite action RPG Star Ocean: The Last Hope makes its way to PS4 complete with a shiny HD remaster. 1. Doom VFR Obliterate demon hordes in VR with Bethesda’s adrenaline-pumping horror shooter, Doom. Put your PlayStation...

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How an aviation enthusiast collaborated with the US Navy to create PS4’s Blue Angels Flight Simulator

Hi, I’m Roberto Simonetto – aviation enthusiast, sports pilot and huge fan of the Blue Angels (and of aerobatic flight). In 2012 I founded RORTOS, an Italian company focused on developing flight simulators, and I’m happy to announce Blue Angels Flight Simulator, an innovative sim focused on aerobatics and formation flying that’s being created in collaboration with the US Navy. After initial introductions, we took a plane and flew over to the Pensacola...

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