New content is available on the European PlayStation Store today, with a number of new games available on all three PlayStation platforms. New games include Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain (PS4, PS3), Mad Max (PS4) and Grow Home (PS4, free on PS+). September’s PlayStation Plus content is also available to download from today too.
Naught Dog has officially revealed the release date for the next game in the Uncharted series. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End will be releasing on 18th March 2016, exclusively on the PS4. In addition to announcing a release date, two special editions of the game have also been revealed: the Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Special Edition and Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End Libertalia Collector’s Edition.
EA will be releasing a playable demo of FIFA 16 on September 8th 2015, giving gamers a go at the game before the full game releases on September 22. The demo will allow players to play as one of 12 teams, two of which are Women’s National Teams, in three Stadiums, with four game modes available.
Sony has detailed the new games coming to the PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection next week (on 1st September 2015), while also revealing the winner of the first Vote to Play winner. On the PS4, you can look forward to Grow Home, Super Time Force Ultra (cross-buy with PS Vita), Teslagrad (cross-buy with PS3), and Xeodrifter (cross-buy with PS Vita).
Features for the PS4’s next major firmware update have been leaked from the beta version of the update. Sony has confirmed that it is working on a new firmware update, but has refused to confirm whether all the features described below will make it into the final version. Sony also says that the new update will be available, but declined to give a release date.
New content is available on the European PlayStation Store with ten new PS4 games available for purchase, including Everybody Goes to Rapture! and TorqueL (available on PS Vita too). You can also find new downloadable content, and the PES 2016 demo for PS4 and PS3.
A number of NeoGAF users have received emails from Sony stating that the price of the three month subscription to PlayStation Plus will be rising from September. The subscription will rise from £11.99 for 90-days to £14.99, but the price for monthly and annual subscriptions will remain the same. The price change takes affect from 1st September 2015, and will affect your subscription on your renewal date.
Square-Enix revealed a new trailer for Final Fantasy XV at Gamescom in Cologne last week, titled “Dawn”. The 3-minute trailer teases events that occurred 15 years before the game, effectively acting as a prologue to the game, but it’s a rather boring trailer and doesn’t really reveal much about the “dramatic events” Square Enix states in the description.
Sony has released the PlayStation Store Download Charts for July 2015, showing the most downloaded games. July saw a number of new releases for the PS4, with five making the top 10, but Journey was the best selling new release overall, beating God of War III Remastered (3rd place) and Life is Strange (5th place). On the PS3, Minecraft returns to the top of the chart (up from 3rd), and Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars come in 2nd place thanks to the release of Rocket League on PS4.
The European PlayStation Store has been updated with new content today, although this week’s update is DLC heavy. You can find four new PS4 games, along with August’s Instant Game Collection, which includes Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris and God of War Ascension.
