The PlayStation Store chart for Europe has been released, showing the most popular digital purchases in September 2018. Last month saw a number of major releases, so it’s no surprise that FIFA 19 was the top selling PS4 title, followed by Marvel’s Spider-Man. A total of seven new releases made it into the top 20 last month.
Epic Games and Warner Bros Interactive have announced that Fortnite Battle Royal is getting a physical version in November. The physical version will be available for PS4, Xbox One and Switch and will be called Fortnite: Deep Freeze Bundle. It will retail for £24.99 and will be available from 16th November 2018.
Sony has gone on the record to reveal that it is currently working on the PS4’s successor. The revelation was made in an interview with Sony boss Kenichiro Yoshida and the Financial Times. Sony didn’t confirm if the successor would be called PlayStation 5, but that’s likely to be it’s name. Given that the PS4 is close to being 5 years old, it makes sense that Sony has started working on the next-generation version.
October’s PlayStation Plus games have just been released, but someone at Sony has accidently revealed the two PS4 the games we can expect in November via the PS4’s portal. The two PS4 games you can expect in November are Bulletstorm Full Clip Edition and Yakuza Kiwami, both of which were released in 2017.
Sony has updated the PlayStation Store listings for three old PS3 games, indicating that the online functionality will be going offline on this month. The servers for Warhawk will be shutdown first, which will go offline on 15th October 2018, followed by PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and Twisted Metal on 25th October 2018.
After some recent backlash from fans and game developers, Sony has announced that cross-platform play is coming to the PS4 after “a comprehensive evaluation process”. The first game to support cross platform play on the PS4 is Fortnite, with a “open beta” now available to PS4 gamers.
The list of new games heading to PlayStation Plus in October 2018 has been revealed. Six new games will be available to subscribers on Tuesday, 2nd October 2018, which includes Friday the 13th and Laser League on the PS4. Be sure to grab September’s games before they are removed from the store.
The launch trailer for upcoming title Life is Strange 2 has been released by Dontnot Entertainment. Similar to the first Lift is Strange game, the sequel will be released in episodes, with the first of five episodes releasing on 27th September 2018. An all new story will playout in the upcoming game, which follows the journey of two brothers Sean and Daniel Diaz from Seattle to Mexico.
Sony has announced that PlayStation Now users will be able to download games to their PS4, on top of being able to stream them over the internet. The feature is gradually rolling out to users starting today, and will be available to all users soon. One of the advantages of downloading a PlayStation Now title is that you don’t need PlayStation Plus to play online.
