Ahead of The Crew’s December 2nd 2014 release date, Ubisoft is planning to hold a second closed beta to test out the game. The beta will let you explore the entire United States with no loading screens and access all the missions and challenges in the Midwest area.
New content is available on the European PlayStation Store, with eight new PS4 games, ten new PS3 games and three new PS Vita games added. You can also find new DLC content and over ten new PS Mobile games for the PS Vita and compatible mobile devices. The YouTube app is available for the PS4, and Live from PlayStation is available for the PS Vita too.
Destiny is getting it’s first expansion pack in December, Bungie has revealed. Dubbed The Dark Below, the expansion pack features new weapons and gear, and new story, co-operative, and multiplayer activities. The DLC will be available form December 9th 2014, for a hefty price of £19.99 (without the season pass).
Following the Battlefield: Hardline beta in July, EA delayed the release of the game into 2015 to allow the developers to spend more time improving the game. EA has now confirmed that the game will be launching in North America on March 17th 2015, followed by a European release on March 19th 2015.
With the release of PS4 Firmware v2.00 yesterday, the PS4 now supports custom themes. The firmware update lets you change the background and icons on the PS4 using themes downloadable from the PlayStation Store, or you can change the colour of the default “flow” dynamic background.
Lots of new content is available on the US PlayStation Store this week, with nine new PS4 games, eight new PS3 games and five new PS Vita games. You can also find new pre-orders, new additions to PlayStation Now, including inFAMOUS 2 and House of the Dead 4, and lots of new themes and avatars to customise your PS4, PS3 or PS Vita with.
FIFA 15 continues to lead the UK Games Chart for another week, making it five weeks in a row. In other changes, Minecraft: PlayStation Edition has managed to climb 7 places to finish in 2nd place, while Destiny has also gained a few places to end in forth. The problematic DRIVECLUB has dropped out of the Top 10, finishing in 11th position.
PS4 Firmware v2.0 is now available to download, and we’ve pulled the official changelog from the PS4 to reveal all the features and changes added to the PS4 in this update. In addition to the previously announced features like Play Share, USB Music Playback and YouTube uploading, the firmware also makes changes to the notification popups, changes to the settings menu and more.
Evolution Studios has now confirmed that more servers are now available to handle the number of players trying to play DRIVECLUB online. Frankly, increasing the number of servers available should have been done far sooner than now. The studio also says that more server updates are incoming to further improve performance.
The latest issue of the Official PlayStation Magazine has confirmed that Grand Theft Auto V on the PS4 will run in“pin sharp” 1080p resolution. Other aspects of the game has also been improved, including greater draw distance, 100 new songs and GTA Online supporting up to 30 players.
