Sony has announced a new feature exclusive to PlayStation Plus subscribers: Vote to Play. The new feature lets subscribers vote on several as-yet unreleased PS4 games to be included in the upcoming month’s game line-up. Although it won’t be a monthly feature, it gives games the power to choose which free game they want to receive.
Sony has unveiled the Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection Special Edition, which will be releasing in October 2015 alongside the standard edition of the game. The Special Edition includes a 48-page The Art of Uncharted Trilogy artbook, a steelbook cover for the game and a handful of stickers. Purchasing the collection will also give you exclusive access to the Uncharted 4 multiplayer beta.
New PlayStation Plus content will be available to subscribers in North America and Europe tomorrow, following the weekly PlayStation Store update. August’s games include Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris (PS4), God of War Ascension (PS3) and Sound Shapes (cross-buy). As a result, last months games, including Rocket League will be removed, so be sure to download any games you’ve missed.
Sony is continuing it’s road to financial recovery, having recently reported an increase in profit for Q1 2015. Sony has report $780 million operating profit, up 39% compared to last year, and mostly thanks to the success of the PS4. Sony’s games devision was obviously the most profitable part of the company, reporting 350% increase in profits to $147 million.
PS4 Firmware v2.57 is now available to download, and is required to access the PlayStation Network. The update itself is a minor one, improving system stability and fixing bugs with the System Software. The official changelog can be found below.
New content is available on the European PlayStation Store this week, with seven new PS4 games, one new PS3 game and two new PS Vita games. New games include Journey (PS4), Skullgirls 2nd Encore (PS4), Deadpool (PS3) and Hatoful Boyfriend (PS Vita). You can also find new DLC for all three PlayStation platforms.
With a PlayStation Plus subscription, games get 1 GB of cloud storage included in the subscription plan, letting you back up your savedata. The space is sufficient for the PS3 and PS Vita, where savedata is much smaller (usually a few megabytes per game), but the same can’t be said about the PS4. As I recently found out, many PS4 games have far larger data saved, filling up your cloud storage quickly.
Telltale Games has announced that Episode 5 of it’s Game of Thrones series will be releasing next week, starting with the PC release, and Xbox and PS4 versions to follow shortly afterwards. Episode 5 is titled A Nest of Vipers and is the penultimate episode in the series. A trailer for the upcoming episode has been released, which you can find below.
Over the past few months, Sony has been testing the PlayStation Now game streaming service in the UK, but with selected gamers only. However, as of today, the beta is now available to all gamers. The service lets you stream selected PS3 games to your PS4 and other PlayStation Now compatible devices, with compatibility eventually coming for the PS3 and PS Vita.
SCEA released the PlayStation Store chart for June 2015, revealing the top selling games and DLC across all three consoles. On the PS4, The Elder Scrolls Online: Tamriel Unlimited debuted at number 1 on PS4, followed by Batman: Arkham Knight and The Witcher 3, while Minecraft continues its reign atop the PS3 chart. Final Fantasy VII saw a sudden surge in downloads too, thanks to this announcement.
