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PlayStation Store Update (10-22-13)

by Trevor Rodenberger | Oct 22, 2013 | 0 comments

Welcome to the PlayStation Store update for October 22, 2013. The update this week is one of the largest in recent memory and is crammed full of new releases, pre-orders, and great sales! The PlayStation 4 is now less than a month away from release and even more PlayStation 4 games are up for pre-order this month including Killzone: Shadow Fall, Battlefield 4 and Call of Duty: Ghosts.

Halloween is coming up soon and Sony has begun a multi-week promotion to celebrate. Both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita users can enjoy deep discounts on zombie games during this week’s ‘Sale of the Dead’. Both PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita users can also become a hero today and explore the world of LEGO Marvel Super Heroes.

Finally, PlayStation Plus users will be receiving Hotline Miami (PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita) for free along with many discounts on several games. Keep reading to see a complete list of content available on the PlayStation Store this week!

Flower, flOw, Sound Shapes & Escape Plan Coming to PS4

by Brien Bell | Oct 16, 2013 | 2 comments

If you’re like me, you may have been a little disappointed yesterday to learn that Watch_Dogs would be delayed until Q1 of Ubisoft’s 2014 fiscal year. What had been planned as a launch title now finds itself slated for, at the earliest, an April release. What, then, would replace that hole in the PlayStation 4’s launch day lineup? Well, how about four critically acclaimed PS3 and Vita titles optimized for the new hardware–and completely free if you’ve already purchased them digitally on those earlier systems?

PlayStation Store Update (10-15-13)

by Trevor Rodenberger | Oct 15, 2013 | 0 comments

Welcome to the PlayStation Store update for October 15, 2013. The update this week is packed full of great games and sales! One month from today the PlayStation 4 will be released and to mark the occasion both Knack and Warframe are now available to Pre-Order.

PlayStation 3 users will see several sales, demos, and new releases today including Episode One of The Wolf Among Us, Telltale’s follow-up to their wildly successful The Walking Dead. PlayStation 3 also receives several new ultimate editions (Crysis 3, Dead Space 3, and Prototype 2 to name a few) which feature both the core game and all of the available DLC in one package.

Finally, PlayStation Plus users will be receiving Poker Night 2 (PlayStation 3) for free along with many discounts on several games. Keep reading to see a complete list of content available on the PlayStation Store this week!

PlayStation Store Update (10-08-13)

by Trevor Rodenberger | Oct 8, 2013 | 0 comments

Welcome to the PlayStation Store update for October 08, 2013. The update this week is packed full of great games and sales! Get ready to shake you groove thing with the release of Just Dance 2014 today for the PlayStation 3.

PlayStation 3 users will also see several sales, demos, and new releases today,including Dishonored: Game of the Year edition which includes all of the DLC plus the original game.

Finally, PlayStation Plus users will be receiving Shadow of the Colossus (PlayStation 3) for free along with many discounts on several games. Keep reading to see a complete list of content available on the PlayStation Store this week!

PlayStation Store Update (10-01-2013)

by Trevor Rodenberger | Oct 1, 2013 | 0 comments

Welcome to the PlayStation Store update for October 01, 2013. The update this week is packed full of great games and sales! Get ready to hit the hardwood yet again this year as NBA 2K14 releases today. The highly anticipated PlayStation Network game rain also releases today alongside a remake of the classic side-scroller Flashback.

PlayStation 3 users will also see several sales and a few demos today, including deep discounts on several games published by Atlus. The absolutely fantastic JRPG Persona 4: Golden for the PlayStation Vita is also on sale this week, so pick it up now!

Finally, PlayStation Plus users will be receiving Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (PlayStation 3) for free along with various discounts on several games. Keep reading to see a complete list of content available on the PlayStation Store this week!

PlayStation Store Update (09-24-13)

by Trevor Rodenberger | Sep 24, 2013 | 1 comment

Welcome to the PlayStation Store update for September 24, 2013. The update this week is packed full of great games and sales! Soccer is king this week as both FIFA Soccer 14 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 Launch Edition both land on the network today.

PlayStation 3 users will also see several sales and price drops today, including deep discounts on the every game in the Assassin’s Creed series. The psychological survival horror adventure game Lone Survivor: The Director’s Cut arrives in Cross-Buy form for both the PlayStation 3 and the PS Vita.

Finally, PlayStation Plus users will be receiving Rayman Origins (PS Vita Version) for free along with various discounts on several games. Keep reading to see a complete list of content available on the PlayStation Store this week!

PlayStation Store Update (09-17-13)

by Trevor Rodenberger | Sep 17, 2013 | 0 comments

Welcome to the PlayStation Store update for September 17, 2013. The update this week is packed full of great content! Rockstar is back and invites you to explore Los Santos today in the long awaited Grand Theft Auto V for PlayStation 3. For the first time in its storied history, Grand Theft Auto V features three main characters instead of one.

PlayStation 3 users will also see several sales and price drops today, including a colossal discount on the fantastic JRPG Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. Ni No Kuni was also recently featured in a “Gaming With Heather” article, so check out Heather’s thoughts on this wonderful game!

Finally, PlayStation Plus users will be receiving both ICO (PlayStation 3) and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PSP/PS Vita) for free along with various discounts on several games. Keep reading to see a complete list of content available on the PlayStation Store this week!

PAX13 Preview: XCOM Meets ‘Titanfall’-Sort Of-in ‘Enemy Within’

by Brien Bell | Sep 14, 2013 | 2 comments

Last year, Firaxis brought back the classic PC strategy series X-Com in a big way with XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Released on console for the first time since X-Com: UFO Defense on the original PlayStation, Enemy Unknown brought turn-based strategy to the PS3 in a way that few other games had done this generation. Just a few days before the PlayStation 4 arrives in North America, 2K Games and Firaxis are bringing a major expansion to the Enemy Unknown story to PS3 with XCOM: Enemy Within. Firaxis brought a hands-off demo of Enemy Within to PAX Prime, and here are a few of our takeaways from that session.

PlayStation Store Update (09-10-13)

by Trevor Rodenberger | Sep 10, 2013 | 3 comments

Welcome to the PlayStation Store update for September 10, 2013. The update this week is packed full of great content for both the PlayStation 3 and the PS Vita. Puppeteer, NHL 14, and Dragon Fantasy Book II (See our recent review of this Cross-Buy title here) highlight the offerings this week for the PlayStation 3.

The highly anticipated Killzone: Mercenary finally comes out of Beta and releases on the PS Vita today. Be sure to have plenty of space on your memory card as you will need 4.6GB of free space to download the entire thing.

Finally, PlayStation Plus users will be receiving Galaga Legions DX for free along with various discounts on several games. Keep reading to see a complete list of content available on the PlayStation Store this week!

‘Dragon Fantasy Book II’ Review

by Trevor Rodenberger | Sep 10, 2013 | 1 comment

The JRPG Dragon Fantasy Book II continues the story started in Dragon Fantasy Book I which came out on both PlayStation 3 and PS Vita in April of this year. Unlike the first game, which was done in an 8-bit graphic style and paid homage to the Nintendo era, Dragon Fantasy Book II instead focuses on imitating the graphics and game-play mechanics the great RPGs from the time of the Super Nintendo. While there are many enjoyable and positive things to say about The Muteki Corporation’s latest offering, there are a few things that keep the experience from being everything it could be. Keep reading to see our full review.

PAX13 Preview: Dragon Fantasy Book II is a Love Letter to the SNES Era

by Brien Bell | Sep 5, 2013 | 1 comment

There’s a charm and verve to the Dragon Fantasy games that immediately grab your attention once you get your hands on them. Even for newcomers to the series, Muteki Corp’s loving homage to the JRPG genre instantly teleports you back to the days of early Final Fantasy and Dragonquest games, a comparison the team is eager to point out. “Dragon Fantasy Book I is our homage to the Nintendo era, so it is just like Dragonquest 1, 2, and 3 and Final Fantasy I, II and III,” according to Anna Marie Privitere, PR and social media manager for Muteki. “It’s going to be a little more difficult and a little more grind-y than your usual game.” Owners of Dragon Fantasy Book I already understand this; Muteki’s first installment released on iOS and Android in fall 2011, with PC, Mac and Linux releases shortly thereafter, followed by an April 2012 debut of the original 8-bit and enhanced 16-bit version on PlayStation Network as part of Sony’s PubFund initiative.

Dragon Fantasy Book I was only the beginning, and Muteki is getting ready to bring the next three chapters of their saga to PS3s and Vitas with Dragon Fantasy Book II. “Book II actually picks up directly after Book I finishes, but you don’t need to have played Book I to enjoy the story,” explained Privitere. The first Dragon Fantasy game consists of chapters 1, 2, and 3 while Book II plays through “approximately chapters 4, 5, and 7 while Book III is going to finish up the trilogy with 6, 8, and 9.” Billed as a love letter to the Super Nintendo era, Privitere said “if you could sort of squeeze together Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI, Earthbound, and Lufia II into a cartridge, that would be Dragon Fantasy Book II.” Based on my fifteen minutes with the Vita version of the game at Muteki’s showcase at PAX’s Indie Megabooth, the comparisons are apt and welcomed.

PlayStation Store Update (09-03-13)

by Trevor Rodenberger | Sep 3, 2013 | 0 comments

Welcome to the PlayStation Store update for September 3, 2013. The update this week is packed full of great content. Several new pre-orders along with the console port of Diablo III highlight the new releases for the PlayStation 3 .

The highly anticipated sequel to Rayman Origins, Rayman Legends along with the rhythmic kung fu game Kickbeat comes to both the PS Vita and the PlayStation 3 today.

Finally, PlayStation Plus users will be receiving Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection for free along with various discounts on several games and pre-orders. Keep reading to see a complete list of content available on the PlayStation Store this week!

PlayStation Plus Content Announced For September

by Trevor Rodenberger | Aug 29, 2013 | 6 comments

Are you ready for more information about free games? If so, you have come to the right place! The PlayStation Blog has announced all of the new content coming to North American PlayStation Plus subscribers for the month of September.

Resident Evil Chronicles HD Collection for the PlayStation 3 will be free for subscribers starting on Tuesday, September 3rd. This collection features high definition versions of both Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. Rayman Origins for the PlayStation Vita headlines the remainder of free games available in September.

Keep reading to see a full list of free games available this month!

PlayStation Store Update (08-27-13)

by Trevor Rodenberger | Aug 27, 2013 | 1 comment

Welcome to the PlayStation Store update for August 27th, 2013. The update this week is packed full of great content. Madden NFL 25 and Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn lead the way for the PlayStation 3.

The highly anticipated Spelunky comes to both the PS Vita and the PlayStation 3 along with the Killzone: Mercenary Public Beta opening itself to all PS Vita users.

Finally, PlayStation Plus users will be receiving the PS Vita version of Machinarium for free along with deep discounts on various games with the PAX 2013 Sale. Keep reading to see a complete list of content available on the PlayStation Store this week!

PlayStation Store Update (08-20-13)

by Sohrab Osati | Aug 20, 2013 | 0 comments

After a busy Tuesday full of PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation Vita announcements from Gamescom 2013, it’s time to sit back and fire up your console of choice to get the latest PlayStation Store updates. Some note worthy releases from this week include:

Saints Row IV – Pre-Order ($59.99)
Battlefield 4 – Pre-Order ($59.99)
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season ($19.99)
God of War: Ascension Add-ons – $2.99+

After the jump, the full update awaits you.