Sony have uploaded the PS4 Firmware v1.50 to the servers ahead of the console’s launch in North America and Europe next month. Although Sony has confirmed that the update can be downloaded in the background while playing single-player games, but if you want to update your console straight away, you can download the firmware update beforehand.
Ubisoft have delayed their upcoming title, Watch_Dogs, on all consoles until Spring 2014, meaning the game will no longer be a PS4 launch title. The game was delayed at the wish of the development team, who want to “deliver something that embodies what we wanted to see in the next-generation of gaming,” and the coming after months of deliberation.
Activision have revealed a new four-player co-op mode in Call of Duty: Ghosts, called Extinction. The new mode sees a group of up to four players taking on aliens and defending their base from the extra terrestrials. It’s also class-based and players will level up as they progress.
Frozenbyte has revealed that a port of Trine 2 is coming to the PS4, called Trine 2: Complete Story. Trine 2: Complete Story is a sidescrolling game of action, puzzles and platforming. You play as the Thief, the Wizard and the Knight, known as the Three Heroes, who make their way through dangers untold in a fantastical fairytale world.
If you’re worried about waiting to download the 300 MB patch for the PS4 on launch day, you’ll be happy to know that the firmware update can be downloaded in the background, while playing single-player titles. Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed that the patch, which adds various features to the console, can be downloaded in the background.
Sony has clarified how used and digital games will on the PS4 with some new FAQs, confirming the need to activate your “primary” PS4 console to enjoy certain benefits. The FAQs state that the “primary” PS4 console will allow all users of the system to enjoy downloaded games, but games on other systems can only be used by the PSN account that purchased them.
Following GTA V‘s return to the top of the UK Games Chart in the last two weeks, new comer Batman: Arkham Origins has knocked the game down to second place in this week’s Top 10. The new entry also pushed down other titles, including FIFA 14 down to third.
Following the install size requirements for Killzone: Shadow Fall and Call of Duty: Ghosts, it looks like the installation size for PS4 launch title, Knack, has also been revealed. According to twitter user JoshLMusic, the game needs 37 GB of space on the PS4’s hard drive.
Sony and Guerrilla Games have released a new trailer for PS4 launch title, Killzone: Shadow Fall, which is only weeks away from release. The new trailer details the story in which the rival Helghast and Vektan factions are living side by side on planet Vekta.
Sony has show off the PS4’s Remote Play capabilities in the past, but at the Brazil Game Show, Sony showed off Knack’s Remote Play features with a twist: second-screen co-op. Knack allows you to play couch co-op with a friend, with one player using the PS4 connected to a TV and the using a PS Vita.
