Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain prequel Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes has been given an official release date. The game will be releasing on current and next-gen systems in North America on March 18th 2014, with the game costing for £29.99 on the PlayStation Store for the PS4 version, but only £19.99 for the digital PS3 version.
In the all-formats chart in the UK this week, Gran Turismo 6 has failed to make a big impact despite being the only major new release, debuting in 8th place. The game only managed to generate one-fifth of first week sales compared to its predecessor, Gran Turismo 5. In other news, Call of Duty: Ghosts are returned to the top of the chart, while Killzone Shadow Fall dropped to ninth.
Telltale Games has confirmed that it’s working on a Game of Thrones series based on the TV series and not the books, but is still in the initial stages of planning. Like previous games by Telltale, players will be able to make choices in the game, limited by the story, and will be released in episodes. A release date hasn’t been revealed yet, but the game will be releasing sometime in 2014.
Crystal Dynamics has revealed that Tomb Raider will be getting the next-gen treatment, and will coming to the PS4 in the New Year in the form of Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition. The game has been pulled apart and rebuilt with enhanced visual fidelity, realism, and a new immersive richness to the world. The game will be in native 1080p resolution, and will feature more sophisticated physics modeling thanks to the powerful hardware of the PS4.
Bungie has revealed that Destiny will be released worldwide in September 2014, with a Beta scheduled for Summer 2014. The game was originally expected to release in Spring 2014 but has since slipped to September. As the game’s release date has been pushed back, so had the beta date, which will now be available in Summer 2014, and available first on PlayStation platforms before releasing elsewhere.
Sony has revealed that there will be another period of maintenance this Monday, affecting European gamers’ evening session. The maintenance window will begin at 4:00 PM GMT on Monday 9th December, and will last up to midnight – a total of 8 hours of downtime. The maintenance could be related to the recent “password reset” issue PSN users have been seeing recently.
Sony has experienced record-breaking sales for the PS4 after launching the console in 32 countries. The PS4 sold over 1 million units in the first 24 hours of sale in North America on November 15th, and has sold over 2.1 million units worldwide after the console released in Europe and Latin America on November 29th.
There hasn’t been much news about Gaikai recently, with the last mention of the streaming service back at E3. Sony previously announced that Gaikai would power a full-game streaming service on the PS4, allowing gamers to play PS3 titles via the Internet. According to inside sources, the streaming service won’t be launching in Europe until 2015, but will be available in North America in 2014.
Guerrilla Games has released a new patch for Killzone: Shadow Fall which fixes a number of issues with the game, and also adds a couple of new features too. New features include support for left-handed players, the slight shortening of chapter seven, and improved collision system in chapter eight.
Two games expected to be PS4 launch titles in Europe have been slightly delayed according to Sony. Free-to-play Blacklight: Retribution and cross-buy title flOw will now be released after the European launch. “It’s delayed ever so slightly. We hope to have it with you next week – I’ll confirm as soon as possible,” explained Sony’s Fred Dutton.
