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Sony has unveiled a rebrand for its in-development virtual reality system. Having until now been known as Project Morpheus, the tech will from now on simply go by the name PlayStation VR. The name ‘PlayStation VR’ not only directly expresses an entirely new experience from PlayStation that allows players to …
Read More »VIDEO: Bloodborne’s first DLC is called The Old Hunters
Sony has confirmed the first piece of DLC for From Software’s successful action-RPG Bloodborne. The Old Hunters will explore the nightmare of the hunters who once guarded Byrgenwerth. It’s set in what is described as a nightmare world where hunters from the past are trapped forever”. As well as the …
Read More »PEGI rates batch of PS2 games for PS4 – report
The PS4 iteration of PS2 Classics could be in the works, as a trio of the legacy hardware’s titles have been rated by the Pan European Game Information Board. Gematsu reports Twisted Metal: Black, Ape Escape 2 and Dark Chronicle (Dark Cloud 2 in the US) have been rated on …
Read More »Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture claims another charts No.1
Sony has revealed that Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture was the best-selling game on PSN in Europe in August. The platform holder added that The Chinses Room’s title racked up one of the highest week-one sales totals of any PS4 digital-only title to date”. MCV revealed last month that had …
Read More »PS4 topped US hardware sales once again in August
NPD data has shown yet another monthly sales victory for the PS4 in America. VentureBeat reports that Sony says that its console outsold Xbox One in August, just as it has done in every month bar one – April – throughout 2015. It also shifted the most software. We would …
Read More »Until Dawn was YouTube’s top August game
PS4 horror title Until Dawn has been named as the ‘hottest’ game on YouTube in July. As reported by Kotaku, YouTube defines ‘hotness’ by combining both video watch time and uploads. Supermassive’s title was helped no doubt by the attention it was given by big names such as PewDiePie and …
Read More »New Uncharted Collection PS4 bundle includes the first three games in Naughty Dog’s series
Players wanting to catch up on Naughty Dog’s Uncharted franchise before the fourth entry in the series next year are in luck thanks to a new console SKU. Sony has revealed a new bundle which includes a digital copy of Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, comprising the single-player campaign portions …
Read More »Aqua Blue Vita confirmed for US
Sony has announced that a rather fetching Aqua Blue version of its PlayStation Vita handled is to be released in the US. The $199.99 device will be exclusive to GameStop, which is already taking pre-orders. It’s the first time the slim version of the machine has been available in any …
Read More »Upcoming PS4 firmware update adds 10 GB of cloud storage, YouTube streaming
Sony has revealed a list of new features set to arrive alongside the forthcoming PS4 3.00 firmware update, including an increase in online storage space and the ability to livestream to YouTube. In a post on thePS Blog, Sony’s John Koller announced those opted into PS4’s beta testing system will …
Read More »Sony hires Creative Assembly director to work on Project Morpheus
Design director Gary Napper leaving UK developer after working on Alien: Isolation VR demo
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