Crackle is now available on PlayStation Store (UK only) allowing you to watch free full-length movies and TV series on demand. Crackle provides hundreds of movies and TV episodes in the genres you crave: Action, comedy, crime, anime, horror, music, thriller and sci-fi.
PlayStation Plus subscribers in North America can look forward to a variety of new PS3 and PS Vita games this month, the first of which arrive later today as part of the weekly PlayStation Store update. Demon’s Souls will be added to the Instant Game Collection today along with discounts on various titles. Then, later on this month you can look forward to games like Malicious (PS3) and Zombie Tycoon 2 (PS3 and PS Vita – Cross-Buy and Cross-Play).
In a brand new interview with Sony’s Mark Cerny, the man who designed the hardware and functionality of the PS4, has revealed new information about the console, including the motivation behind removing backwards compatibility and using the new UI at 4K resolution. The interview’s in Japanese, but translations exist, though we cannot verify all the facts. We’ve summarised the main points below.
Sony’s Santa Monica Studio has released a new patch for recently released God of War: Ascension. The patch updated the game to version v1.03 and brings with new new multiplayer options, while making some of the game’s hardest stages a little easier to overcome. Patch v1.03 has altered “The Trial of Archimedes” (Chapter 28) by adding green and blue chests at the end of each elevator stage after registering fan feedback.
Rockstar have today released ten brand new screenshots for upcoming title Grand Theft Auto V. As before, the screenshots look gorgeous but don’t reveal much about the game, except for various locations and activities you can expect to encounter in the game. The game is scheduled for release in September, but it’s unclear if the game will also be available on the PS4.
Guacamelee! will be coming to the PS3 and PS Vita next month, DrinkBox Studios has revealed. The game will be releasing in April with cross-buy support, bagging you both the PS3 and PS Vita version of the game. The game, which has been nominated for the IGF award for “Excellence in Visual Art,” also has a Platinum trophy.
Sony revealed more details about the PS4 and the accompanying peripherals that come with the console. Sony revealed a number of specific details about the new DualShock 4 controller as well as revealing the specification of the new camera bar. We break down the information for you below. With each new reveal from Sony, we can’t help but get a little bit more excited about the PS4.
Kojima has revealed at the Games Developers Conference in San Francisco the trailer for Metal Gear Solid V. This trailer confirms that The Phantom Pain and Metal Gear Solid V are, in fact, one and the same. The Phantom Pain part of the story is to be a kind of prologue, with the Ground Zeroes part coming later in the game, with more open world elements.
EA has officially announced Battlefield 4, which will be powered by the Frostbite 3 engine to “provide a visceral, dramatic experience unlike any other.” The game is in early development but is already available to pre-order from the Origin Store. The game starts with the evacuation of American VIPs from Shanghai and follows your squad’s struggle to find its way home, with the player taking the role of Recker.
Zombie Studios are bringing Blacklight: Retribution, a free to play first person shooter, to PlayStation 4. The game has been available on the PC for over a year now, but the developers revealed that the PS4 was always their system of choice. The PC like architecture on the PS4 will make the game easy to port over for the studio.
