Alien: Isolation Release Date - playstation4.co.uk - March 29, 2014

Alien: Isolation Release Date

During a press conference at EGX Rezzed earlier this afternoon, developer Creative Assembly announced the Alien: Isolation release date.

The announcement follows; Alien: Isolation will launch on PlayStation4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC later this year on October 7, also revealed was new details on what the developer is calling a “haunted house in space”

Alien: Isolation in a first-person survival horror set between the events of the first and second movies, and sees the player take on the role on Amanda Ripley daughter of the film protagonist Ellen, as she searches for clues as to her mother disappearance.

Alien: Isolation is looking to reboot the series in what has been disappointing in recent years, from what we have seen so far it looks promising though the lack on content we have seen at the point is a little worrying. No doubt we will have more details coming at E3 and more moving towards launch, make sure you keep checking back on everything Aliens, but while we wait for the release check out the trailer below.

Weekly Roundup of PlayStation news - oneupgaming.co.uk - March 22, 2014

Weekly PlayStation Roundup.

What’s up guys, each Saturday ill be here to give you my weekly roundup of all things PlayStation, including trophy news and the big games coming to the PlayStation family.

The talk this week around the world has been about the announcement of Project Morpheus. Sony’s take on the VR headsets, which are becoming increasingly popular thanks to the Oculus Rift.

The Morpheus look to keep with Sony’s futuristic designs, and has sliders to adjust to the users head size and if they where glasses, good news for me as the Oculus was very uncomfortable when I used it.

 Sony are focusing on six points to make the Morpheus a success, sight, sound, tracking, control, ease of use and content. The kit currently features, 1080p, 90-degree field of view and 3D surround sound, while Sony are looking to expand on this to make it completely immersive.

The headset itself, has six LED lights, four on the front and two on the back for full 360 degree head tracking that speaks with the PlayStation 4 camera, as players will know the same LED lights are in the Dualshock 4 and they were very well with the camera even at distance.

Sony has already drummed that a lot of developers are on board to support the Morpheus, including the likes of Epic Games, Crytek and Square Enix, with engine developers Unity, Havok and others listed as partners in the PlayStation VR endeavor.

 Rumors of the virtual reality headset have been in circulation since last year, but now we finally have the official announcement and a prototype to look in awe at. Yoshida explained at the panel that Sony chose GDC to unveil it so developers could get their hands on it; a good way of selling the headset to those who are skeptical on VR is to show them a working model.

No final details or pricing were available on the finished product though I expect we will hear more at Sony’s E3 press conference in June. 

Next this week, we had a plethora of games finally release on the PlayStation eco system, which looks to be the start of Sony dominating the year of games.

 First off the release of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, while this has been getting a lot of criticism over the weeks leading up to launch, I decided I wanted to see where Kojima was taking the series, while I can say that yes the main mission is short, my first run of it clocking in at just 90 minutes, it is by no way a short game, once the main mission is done you are given different reward to tackle the mission with as well as 11 different side missions, each taking 45+ minutes to complete.

 I’m very happy with Ground Zeroes, and although casual players of the series may not appreciate the exclusive content it’s a nod to those who have stuck with the series over the years.

 Next up we saw the release of Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster on PlayStation 3 and Vita, a 13 year old game has never looked better, the character models have been reworked and the soundtrack has been completely been remastered to fit a more modern market. While they say there a host of new extras in the games, players in Europe can only experience these on Final Fantasy X-2, as with the original we had the international extras when the game launched in 2001, while this is no where near a bad thing, It makes me think about the latter of the two games a bit more where I should be focusing on what is in front of me.

 Final Fantasy X, is one of my all time favorite games and delving back into Spira has been amazing, the games look stunning on both PS3 and Vita, although I’ve been leaning more toward the Vita version as I can take it anywhere with me and leave the main TV free for my PS4 games.

 Lastly this week the highly anticipated PS4 exclusive inFamous: Second Son launched, and it exploded onto the scene just a Delsin would have liked.

 The story this time revolved around Delsin Rowe, a conduit that can absorb abilities, receives the power or Smoke and Ash, allowing him to explode create havoc just be an all round anarchist. Over the course of the game other powers are introduced with a maximum of four being available but for the purposes of not spoiling them I wont talk about the two that the developers has not shown off. The power of smoke lets Delsin being a wrecking ball, creating carnage and not really thinking about the morality of what he is doing, where as the power of Neon allows Delsin to more precise, allowing for the Kharmic choice to be put into affect.

 While I haven’t yet completed inFamous, from what I have done it is worth of every good word people are talking about it, the game is much more smooth, the new graphic engine looks stunning on the PS4 and the use of the touch pad is something that a first didn’t think was a good idea but, turns out it is just as important as the X button we have had for years.

Look out for my review of inFamous: Second Son, coming later this week.

And that’s the weekly round up for PlayStation this week, join me again next week where we may all be in flying cars and in our own virtual reality worlds, well if Sony carry on the way they are.

        

MLB 14: The Show Release Date - playstation4.co.uk - March 14, 2014

MLB 14: The Show Release Date

PS4 owners in Europe had best get comfortable, today MLB 14: The Show release date was unveiled today by developer Sony San Diego as May 6 for US. Meanwhile the European Territories are still in the dark of whether the game will make the jump across the pond.

We already know that MLB will be the only baseball series that will be released this year, and is also exclusive to the Sony ecosystem, so now players are left wondering if we will get what is looking like the best looking game on the PS4.

MLB 14: The Show, runs in 1080p and 60fps and includes 1000 different crowd models, each featuring unto 10,000 polygons, to the tech savy player thats kind of a big. In addition, every stadium has more than 1 million polygons, this game boasts some seriously impressive visuals.

It’s worth noting that the PS3 and PS Vita versions are launching on April 1, which is after the Major League Baseball opening so how will that affect the games performance, and now with this announcement PS4 owners know just how much longer they need to wait to enjoy that awesome beard visuals the developer has loved showing off.

Just look at the detail in that beard, you know he means business.

Heres a rundown of the most notable features in MLB 14: The Show.

• Quick Counts mode, created to get you through the full nine innings in 30 minutes.
• Evolution of Road to the Show mode.
• Universal profile system, that tracks players tendencies.
• Online franchise mode with multi season play
• Cross-platform saves across PS3, PS Vita and PS4.

With these new features MLB is shaping up to not only be the best looking sports game but also the smartest, though the worry of still not seeing much of the game and only being a few months from launch may come to mind.

For now players of Europe that are looking forward to MLB 14: The Show, will either have to sit on the bench patiently waiting for that all important release date, or will have to import it. Regardless be sure to keep checking back for all the latest new as it drops, and watch the trailer below.

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark Release Date - playstation4.co.uk - March 11, 2014

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark Release Date.

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark release date has been announced, the upcoming third person shooter from developer Edge of Reality will be the third instalment in the War for Cybertron and the fourth instalment of the movie game series.

Much like its predecessors, Rise of the Dark Spark will have a single player campaign which will allow players to either side with the Autobots, to protect the Earth, or affiliate themselves with the decepticons, to destroy the Earth.

The multiplayer is getting some new touches as well, the use of another name seems as if they are trying to make the single player and multiplayer two separate entities, Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark Escalation. The mode players will be used to with it being a defence play type where players will be tasked with defending waves of increasingly tough enemies, with new features in the form of upgradeable defence systems. The mode will feature over 40 playable characters, in addition experience point gained across single player and multiplayer will be shared out.

So far only a number of characters have been announced, including Autobots, Bumblebee, Optimus Prime and Grimlock. And Decepticons, Kickback, Shockwave and Lockdown. So far there is an absence in the more well known Decepticons.

Other details on the game at the minute are vague, like how the single player story will fit in with the Michael Bay movies and if it will connect the dots leading upto Transformers 4: Age of Extinction, what we do know today though is that all important release date.

Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark will be launching on PlayStation 3, PlayStation4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, WiiU, Nintendo 3DS and PC later this year on July 10.

For everything else of Tranformers: Rise of the Dark Spark, keep checking back on the site, and if you haven’t done yet, go Here to pre order your copy now and don’t forget the watch the announcement trailer below.

Weekly Roundup of PlayStation news - oneupgaming.co.uk - March 8, 2014

Weekly PlayStation Roundup.

What’s up guys, each Saturday ill be here to give you my weekly roundup of all things PlayStation, including trophy news and the big games coming to the PlayStation family.

This week has been filled with a plethora of different announcements, big news some would say, the week opened with some good news for PlayStation gamers with the announcement of Fez coming to the PlayStation family.

Finally after years of waiting the acclaimed platform adventure will hit PS3, PS4 and PS Vita on March 26, this is the best looking version of Fez, running at 1080p and 60 fps, now a lot of players may think that the up scaling of the resolution wouldn’t make much difference but truth is the blocks and levels look much crisper and make the world more immersive.

More good new on Fez as well as having the amazing new features and the improvement on the resolution, it also will be cross save compatible so players will be able to get their fix of Fez wherever they are.

Next onto probably the biggest news of this year so far, Rocksteady have finally announced its finale to the Arkham trilogy. Arkham Knight takes place after the events of Arkham City, and is said to be the explosive end to the series that players should look forward to.

With an impressive roster of villains including Two Face, Penguin and Harley Quinn, it looks as if Rocksteady want to send the series out on a bang, not only that but for the first time in the series players have finally will be given the keys to the Batmobile to roam the city which is believed to be three times as big as Arkham City.

Make sure you pre order now to get the exclusive Harley Quinn missions and play as the psychotic nurse in the challenge maps, maybe we will see a cameo from MR J, only time will tell when the game releases later this year, keep and eye out at E3 for this one.

Carrying on with the big news of this week, we finally have a release date for Watch Dogs. Unveiled with a shiny new trailer, Watch Dogs will be released 27 May, and with that the hype for the game is back on.

In this new trailer, we see some of Aiden’s backstory as well as what seems to be the villain of the game, also confirmed for the game is an 8 player online free roam, no more have been said about this just yet but having something the plays like GTA but with hacking sounds like a lot of fun.

Finally this week is only a small piece which I picked up on while watching the inFamous: Second Son livestream, during the Q&A with Nate Fox, a question was asked about what his favorite power is, while they have been talking a lot of Smoke and Neon, Nate confirmed that there is more than two powers in the game that have yet to be shown off to the public, this is hugely clever of Suckerpunch as players will have the chance to try everything first hand when the game launches on March 21.

And that’s this week in news from Playstation, come back next week where hopefully we will have more details from Tales from the Borderlands and Driveclub straight from SXSW.

        

Dragon Age: Inquisition New Trailer - playstation4.co.uk - March 6, 2014

Dragon Age: Inquisition New Trailer

Here it is Dragon Age: Inquisition New Trailer, showing off the world in which players will delve later this year, and according to Bioware boss, Aaryn Flynn its all in game footage.

In todays blog update, Cameron Lee, producer of Dragon Age: Inquisition gave some interesting details about the environments we’ll see in the upcoming Bioware RPG, which is running on the Frostbite 3 engine.

“Our new “Discover the Dragon Age” video highlights only some of the locations you can choose to visit during your adventure. Each area in the video has its own realistic ecosystem with predators, prey, factions, and opportunities to expand your Inquisition.

The world’s population is based on an emergent system that adjusts what you’ll encounter based on how your actions tip the balance in the area. You’ll see towns attacked by bandits, deer fleeing from wolves, giant’s feeding on bears, and countless other scenarios.

The artists, designers, programmers, animators, audio and VFX specialists and many others are the most talented I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with. They are the people bringing the world of Dragon Age to life for you to discover. They’ve built incredible graphics systems like weather that creates naturally-formed puddles, spider webs that blow in the wind, and huge amounts of various materials that look more realistic than anything we’ve ever created in a BioWare game!”

When last we saw this game, it was a small snippet of the combat, mixed with these new environments it looks as if Bioware took on board to criticism of DA2, hopefully the hard work will pay off. Dragon Age: Inquisition launches later this year.

Watch Dogs Release Date - playstation4.co.uk - 6 March, 2014

Watch Dogs Release Date

Update 2 - 

Ubisoft have confirmed the release of Watch Dogs ahead of the official announcement later today

“We are pleased to be able to reveal to gamers all over the world the new release date for Watch Dogs™,” said Geoffroy Sardin, EMEA SVP of sales and marketing at Ubisoft. “We are extremely confident that the additional time we afforded the dev team to refine and polish the game will be more than worth the wait.”

Players who purchase Watch Dogson either PlayStation 3 or PS4 will have exclusive access to 60 minutes of additional gameplay via the PSN.

“We’re really excited for the launch of Watch Dogs on both PS3 and PS4 and are confident that it will prove to be one of the standout games of 2014,” said SCEA’s Michael Pattison. “It’s a unique and visionary game and we believe that the exclusive content available via PSN will not only excite gamers, but showcase how PlayStation is a preferred destination for Watch Dogs.”

Watch Dogs will be made available on May 27 for PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

Update 1

Game Eastleigh, had updated their webpage with a banner stating a May 27 release before promptly pulling down the listing

Even more news to solidify the fact that today is the day, a new trailer has been leaked onto the Xbox 360 dashboard, the video shows off what seems to be the games villain as well as a bit of backstory on how Aiden is so good with hacking.

Original Story

Already this week we have seen a handful of release dates, but today is another big one, it seems the Watch Dogs Release Date has been leaked.

Originally an update from the PS Blog “Find out the release date in this new trailer” and with Ubisoft giving a press update at 5pm, 6th March it was giving players hope that we would finally see a release to Watch Dogs.

Then  a look at this morning Ubisoft  updated Facebook stating “Big news tonight – be ready at 18:00 CET”

Now thats 5PM UK tonight, now Ubisoft always do press updates like these but rarely tease in such a way, and with hints about a release date circulating the last few days the hype seems to be back on for it to be true, cautious minds though it could all be for nothing.

Weekly Roundup of PlayStation news - oneupgaming.co.uk - March 1, 2014

Weekly Roundup of PlayStation News

What’s up guys, each Saturday ill be here to give you my weekly roundup of all things PlayStation, including trophy news and the big games coming to the PlayStation family.

This week I’ve not been playing much at all due to being stuck down doing university work, so will change things up this week with a recap on the big PlayStation news.

The big new of this week was the first exclusive gameplay trailer from Ready at Dawns, The Order 1886, it’s shaping up to be the huge game for the PS4 and everything about it looks stunning, Ru Weerasuriya had some things to say about what players can expect from the game when it launches at the end of the year.

“For melee, we’re leveraging some of the things we’ve learned in the past, even from the platformer days. We want to supplement ranged combat with something that players don’t expect. You’ll see more melee modes that will give you some complex options,”

In terms of house how they are using the new technology of the Dualshock 4, Ru also had this to say.

“We’ve worked with the controller to test all the different things we could do with it,” says Ru. “The issue is that the more complex and involved controller inputs get, the more it removes you from the immersive core experience. We don’t want to use it too much; we’re only using it for actions that feel natural. Tapping out Morse code just worked so well.”

The Order: 1886 is going to be huge for PlayStation, and the work that’s being put into it is really paying off as most fans are hyped for it. Look out for more info on the game in the coming months leading up to launch.

The other big news of the week was the unveiling of March’s lineup of PlayStation plus games.

For PlayStation 4, we have Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition from the talented team behind Resogun. Dead Nation is a top down shoot ‘em’ up in a zombie infested world.

Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition, feature a full campaign that can be played solo or in coop, The ‘Road to Devastation’ expansion in also included giving you two extra game modes – Arcade and Endless, allowing players to test their skils.

For PlayStation 3 the first game this month is the 2013 release of Tomb Raider, this game takes place at the start of Lara career where she goes on an expedition to locate the islands of Yamatai in the Dragons Triangle, off the coast of Japan. This installment of Tomb Raider takes you on an adrenaline fueled adventure where Lara must save her friends and uncover the mysteries of the island.

Next for PS3 is the acclaimed Brothers: A Tales of Two Sons. Embark on an epic fair tale adventure, through villages, hills and mountains completing puzzles and various challenges in an effort to save your father by collecting water from the Tree of Life.

In this unique title you control each brother simultaneously using the Dualshock 3 analogue sticks, allowing you to experience co-op play in a single player mode like never before.

For PlayStation Vita, first up is the highly addictive Pixeljunk Monsters Ultimate HD. Playing as Tikiman in this critically acclaimed PSN tower defence. Defend his offspring using an array of weapon towers. Engage in online coop to make the most of the three islands, encounter monsters, towers and challenges from all previous editions of Pixeljunk Monsters.

Finally this month check out Smart As! Use touch, tilt and camera controls to prove how smart you are in the first ever socially networked brain game on PS Vita. Solve math and memory problems, crack augmented reality challenges and sharpen your rapid fire reflexes to storm up the leaderboards and show off your scores to the world via Facebook and Twitter.

In summary this month –

Leaving PS Plus on 5th March.

Outlast – PS4

Metro Last Light – PS3

Bioshock Infinite – PS3

Guacamelee! – Cross Buy

Dynasty Warriors: Next – PS Vita

Modnation Racers: Road Trip – PS Vita

Entering PS Plus on 5th March.

Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition

Tomb Raider

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Pixeljunk Monsters Ultimate HD

Smart As!

And that is this weeks weekly round up of the top new stories from the PlayStation world, join me next week where ill look at what else is new around the web.