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Japan’s Getting Four Different Street Fighter V Limited Edition PS4s
Commemorating the game’s release in Japan, Sony’s announced a quartet of Street Fighter V-branded, limited edition PS4 consoles. Priced at 37,480 yen ($320) plus tax, each PS4 comes with an engraved HDD bay cover. The first of the two Glacier White ones is a simple logo design—the PS4 Street Fighter V Edition: Next is the…
By András Neltz Published January 21, 2016 -
Prison Architect, the very good prison building and management sim, will be out on Xbox 360, Xbox One and PS4 in spring. Priced at 30$, the console versions will add a Prison Warden mode where you manage pre-built prisons, and the World of Wardens network, used for sharing custom maps.
By András Neltz Published January 20, 2016 -
Diablo III Has Hooked Me Again
I thought I was done playing Diablo III, a game I happily zipped through as a demon hunter when it came out on PS4. I played with friends, cleared the story, hit level 70, barely understood what Adventure Mode and Paragon Points were and put it down. That was more than a year ago. Here…
By Stephen Totilo Published January 19, 2016 -
Tips For Getting Back Into Diablo III
Diablo III changed a lot over the years. The expansion and the later patches added a lot more content to the game, and these changes might confuse players who stopped playing around Reaper of Souls or before, but want to come back to see what’s new. People running around in crazy gear, gaining hundreds of…
By Gergo Vas Published January 18, 2016 -
Dark Cloud 2 Coming To PS4 Next Week
When Sony announced last month that the PS2 game Dark Cloud would be coming to PlayStation 4, the immediate reaction from most readers was to ask when Dark Cloud 2 is coming. Now we have an answer: January 19. Speaking on Sony’s PlayStation Blog podcast yesterday, the folks on Sony’s communication team announced that the…
By Jason Schreier Published January 15, 2016 -
Per the latest announcement on the game’s official Twitter, Ubisoft’s The Division will run its closed beta between January 28-31 on Xbox One and January 29-31 on PC and PS4. If you’re interested, head over here to sign up for the waiting list or to use a beta code, if you’ve got one.
By András Neltz Published January 15, 2016 -
Eight Cool Things In Diablo III‘s New Patch
Diablo III’s long awaited patch 2.4 is now live both in the US and in the EU. It’s quite a big update with new zones, items, game mechanics and small tweaks. The game feels a lot different if you haven’t played in months. The full patch notes are over here, if you wanna see them.…
By Gergo Vas Published January 13, 2016 -
Just Cause 3 Is Perfect For Playing Jenga
Giant cargo containers, silly physics and a grappling hook. The perfect tools for a Just Cause 3 version of Jenga. The rules are the same in teamcream’s video. You build a tower and take one block from any level of the tower (except the one below an incomplete level) and place it on the topmost…
By Gergo Vas Published January 8, 2016 -
EA’s throwing a Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 multiplayer beta event starting next Thursday, on January 14. The beta, which ends on January 18, will be freely available on PS4 and Xbox One. Check out the GW2 beta page for more info, and eventual download links, if your interest’s piqued.
By András Neltz Published January 7, 2016 -
Having been down for most of the day, Sony says that it’s PlayStation Network is now back up and running across both the US and Europe. I just logged in here in Australia and could sign in, access the PlayStation Store and play some Destiny, so yeah, looks good. But if you’re having any problems,…
By Luke Plunkett Published January 5, 2016 -
The Bests2015’s Best In-Game Map? Assassin’s Creed Syndicate
Let us praise a thing that matters a lot in video games: the quality of an in-game map. Zooming in, let us heap praise upon 2015’s most magnificent in-game map, the one that appeared in Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. The video above is all the proof you need. This map is great. Shall we count the…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 30, 2015 -
Black Ops III‘s First Map Pack Skipping PS3, Xbox 360
Awakening, the first $15 map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops III, will be out for PS4 on February 2 and will come out for Xbox One at a later date. It won’t be coming to PS3 and Xbox 360 at all. It’s got four maps (one in a water park!) and the first…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 21, 2015 -
The Good, New Assassin’s Creed Expansion’s Unexpectedly Bold Depiction Of Prostitution
Assassin’s Creed Syndicate’s new Jack The Ripper expansion is a compelling if rough-edged remix of the base game that cleverly works in one of history’s most famous killers. It pulls off another trick, too, going to extraordinary lengths to engender empathy for a group of people who don’t get much of it in video games:…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 21, 2015 -
New Trailer Shows A Little More Kingdom Hearts III
Square Enix has just put a new Kingdom Hearts trailer that showcases the series’ upcoming 2.8 Final Chapter Prologue release and ends with a couple of minutes’ worth of Kingdom Hearts III gameplay. Nothing ground-breaking, and III still seems to be a long ways off, but this is better than nothing, right? Jump to 3:38…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 18, 2015 -
Good Morning. Here’s The PS4’s Dynamic Bacon Theme.
Yours for just $3, the new dynamic bacon theme for the PS4. I paid for this just so I could listen to this sizzling absurdity. The good people at Leviathan Games also just re-released the classic PS3 theme “Corn Love” for PS4. And they’re teasing a sequel! Oh, the wonderful world of PlayStation themes. The…
By Stephen Totilo Published December 16, 2015
