The next-gen release of Grand Theft Auto V on the PS4 and Xbox One has shot the game back to the top of the UK Games Chart. The game has broken records to make it the UK’s highest all-time selling game, beating the previous record holder: Call of Duty: Black Ops. New release Far Cry 4 also debuted on the chart in 2nd place, pushing Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare to third place.
Ubisoft will be holding one last beta test for The Crew, which starts on November 25th 2014, and lasting for just a few days. The beta will include two of the five regions from the full game, but you’ll need a PlayStation Plus subscription to access the online features.
DerpTrolling has released a log of customer logins across the PlayStation Network and other services, revealing 2,131 PSN details. The group also claims that they have around 7 million usernames and passwords in total, including credit card details of some of the hacked services.
New content is available on the European PlayStation Store with lots of new games added. You can find 10 new PS4 games, including Far Cry 4, Grand Theft Auto V and Tiny Troopers Joint Ops. On the PS3, there are 12 new games, including Arcana Heart 3, Dragon Age: Inquisition and MotoGP14 Compact.
Lots of new content is available on the US PlayStation this week, with 13 new PS4 games, 11 new PS3 games and 7 new PS Vita games. New games include Far Cry 4, Grand Theft Auto V, LittleBigPlanet 3 and Samurai Warriors 4. There is also plenty of new DLC and themes to enjoy.
Sony Computer Entertainment America’s President and CEO Shawn Layden has defended the DRIVECLUB launch issues by giving a poor excuse on how it’s hard to test concurrent users hitting servers. According to Layden, it’s hard to beta test “50,000, 100,000, 200,000 users hit your service”. But we already know that the Destiny beta managed to test over 850,000 concurrent users.
With two patches for Assassin’s Creed: Unity already released since the game’s launch last week, Ubisoft have detailed changes coming to the game in the third patch. It’s good to see the game getting patched at breakneck speeds, however inconvenient it might be for players.
Call of Duty: Advance Warfare has managed to fight off competition in the UK Games Chart to keep top spot for a second week. CoD managed to keep ahead of new release Assassin’s Creed: Unity, which debuted on the chart in 2nd, followed by Xbox exclusive Halo: The Master Chief Collection.
As the DRIVECLUB issues continue, with no resolution is sight, Evolution Studios has revealed means of compensation for those who purchased the full game. The studio will be offering some premium DLC packs for free to anyone who’s purchased the game from November 25th 2014.
Square Enix has released a tech demo video for Final Fantasy XV, demonstrating how various elements in the game were designed and created, including the environments, lighting effects, character models and more. All of this is achieved using Square Enix’s Luminous Graphics Engine.
