Do you like planes, trains, and automobiles? Are you a pyro and like to see things explode, implode, and shoot every which direction? If so, then do we have the thing for you. YouTuber Foolish Pedro has put together a video, spanning Uncharted 1-3, featuring 100 ways that you can die in the franchise. If you’re in need of some humor at the expense of Nathan Drake, then this video should satisfy your urge. The video awaits your eyes, after the jump.
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Welcome to the PlayStation Store update for October 01, 2013. The update this week is packed full of great games and sales! Get ready to hit the hardwood yet again this year as NBA 2K14 releases today. The highly anticipated PlayStation Network game rain also releases today alongside a remake of the classic side-scroller Flashback.
PlayStation 3 users will also see several sales and a few demos today, including deep discounts on several games published by Atlus. The absolutely fantastic JRPG Persona 4: Golden for the PlayStation Vita is also on sale this week, so pick it up now!
Finally, PlayStation Plus users will be receiving Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (PlayStation 3) for free along with various discounts on several games. Keep reading to see a complete list of content available on the PlayStation Store this week!
Quantic Dream, the French developer behind the games Fahrenheit (or Indigo Prophecy in the US) and Heavy Rain, has been a major investment for Sony in recent years, and their next title Beyond: Two Souls is set to break ground yet again on October 8. If you’re like us at SonyRumors, you’re always looking for great deals on new games, and Amazon has just put offered one that’s very promising.
Amazon’s promotional material reads as follows:
Welcome back to another week of Gaming With Heather, friends! I apologize for my recent absence, and I’m going to entirely blame it on all the new releases of September. This week though, I was fortunate enough to snag an early access code for the demo of Beyond: Two Souls. The rest of you will be able to experience the demo on October 1st, but until then I wanted to share with you why I think you my thoughts! If you’re not familiar with Beyond: Two Souls, it is an upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive from Quantic Dream, who developed Heavy Rain. It is another interactive movie-style game that really raises the bar on how we play games. I personally don’t think Beyond: Two Souls has been hyped as much as it should be. If you read my last post I talked about too much hype, but in this case I have to wonder why everyone isn’t as familiar with this game as they should be.
Welcome to the PlayStation Store update for September 24, 2013. The update this week is packed full of great games and sales! Soccer is king this week as both FIFA Soccer 14 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 Launch Edition both land on the network today.
PlayStation 3 users will also see several sales and price drops today, including deep discounts on the every game in the Assassin’s Creed series. The psychological survival horror adventure game Lone Survivor: The Director’s Cut arrives in Cross-Buy form for both the PlayStation 3 and the PS Vita.
Finally, PlayStation Plus users will be receiving Rayman Origins (PS Vita Version) for free along with various discounts on several games. Keep reading to see a complete list of content available on the PlayStation Store this week!
At Gamescom, Sony announced that select PlayStation 3 titles will be available to upgrade to their PlayStation 4 versions once the system launches on November 15 (North America) and November 29 (almost everywhere else). While other titles might be possible to upgrade in the future, the initial launch upgrade offerings will be Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Watch_Dogs from Ubisoft, Call of Duty: Ghosts from Activision, and Battlefield 4 from EA. In Europe, NBA 2K14 from 2K Sports will also be an option. Back in Germany, Sony had yet to reveal just what it would take to get your next-gen fix — deferring to publishers on the cost of going from one system to another. Now, we have the full details from the PlayStation Blog. To learn how, and how much it’ll cost you, read onward.
So far I’ve only done a handful of Gaming With Heather posts, and I hadn’t finished a game featured in one until I started The Last of Us. I’m sure you’re wondering when I featured The Last of Us as my game of the week, but it’s this week! Now I’ll admit I had a rough start with this game considering I purchased it back when it released in June. For one the introduction rips your heart out so quick that you’re left wondering why the hell you’re playing it. Like, let’s have a little warning next time you decide to ruin my afternoon, Naughty Dog! However, it would seem that the cosmic gaming universe had aligned to allow me the time I needed to properly start and finish this game. I realize I am a few months late on this, but I still felt that I needed to step up on my soapbox and talk about The Last of Us.
Let me start off by addressing why it took me so long to play a game I purchased in June. In last week’s post I mentioned that I am a busy gamer and some nights I only have an hour or two to dedicate to actual game time. With that said, The Last of Us is not a game you can pick up for an hour or two. Throughout the entire game I felt like I was never at a good place to stop. Sure, you can technically save at any point, but it felt like turning off a movie that just started. It pains me to play games like this but not have the time to dedicate. Not to mention that a game like this loses a lot of the experience when cut down to short sessions. I just couldn’t commit the time I thought The Last of Us deserved yet. So for the next several months I heard all about how amazing it was and about all the emotions to be experienced. I clearly wasn’t ready for that kind of emotional investment so it just had to wait until I had the time.
Welcome to the PlayStation Store update for September 17, 2013. The update this week is packed full of great content! Rockstar is back and invites you to explore Los Santos today in the long awaited Grand Theft Auto V for PlayStation 3. For the first time in its storied history, Grand Theft Auto V features three main characters instead of one.
PlayStation 3 users will also see several sales and price drops today, including a colossal discount on the fantastic JRPG Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. Ni No Kuni was also recently featured in a “Gaming With Heather” article, so check out Heather’s thoughts on this wonderful game!
Finally, PlayStation Plus users will be receiving both ICO (PlayStation 3) and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories (PSP/PS Vita) for free along with various discounts on several games. Keep reading to see a complete list of content available on the PlayStation Store this week!
Last year, Firaxis brought back the classic PC strategy series X-Com in a big way with XCOM: Enemy Unknown. Released on console for the first time since X-Com: UFO Defense on the original PlayStation, Enemy Unknown brought turn-based strategy to the PS3 in a way that few other games had done this generation. Just a few days before the PlayStation 4 arrives in North America, 2K Games and Firaxis are bringing a major expansion to the Enemy Unknown story to PS3 with XCOM: Enemy Within. Firaxis brought a hands-off demo of Enemy Within to PAX Prime, and here are a few of our takeaways from that session.
Now that Sound Shapes has been out for just over a year, I’ve finally purchased the game and completed the campaign (all in 1-2 weeks of casual yet addicted gameplay). “Good for you, Allegra,” you might be thinking. “Way to be A YEAR TOO LATE.” Yeah, well, you’d be right. I am late. But, with the revived love for the game that comes with the one-year anniversary, I write to you as a big fan who can’t help but sing praises for this simple and deceiving (read: not actually simple) game. I am here to remind you how amazing of a game Sound Shapes is, especially a year after its release.
If you’re a music person like I am, buy this game. The team at Queasy Games (and Sony Santa Monica) pulled out all the stops with this one. They start you off with some fantastic beats that get you dancing, and your successful gameplay enhances the music throughout each level. If you miss just one note, you are missing out on a part of the music that makes it that much cooler, and it gives you a reason to want to go back for another round. Not that you need one. I played some of the levels over and over again just to listen to the music and to see if I could do it just a little faster. At this point you might be thinking, “What the heck is Sound Shapes?”
Welcome to the PlayStation Store update for September 10, 2013. The update this week is packed full of great content for both the PlayStation 3 and the PS Vita. Puppeteer, NHL 14, and Dragon Fantasy Book II (See our recent review of this Cross-Buy title here) highlight the offerings this week for the PlayStation 3.
The highly anticipated Killzone: Mercenary finally comes out of Beta and releases on the PS Vita today. Be sure to have plenty of space on your memory card as you will need 4.6GB of free space to download the entire thing.
Finally, PlayStation Plus users will be receiving Galaga Legions DX for free along with various discounts on several games. Keep reading to see a complete list of content available on the PlayStation Store this week!
Ratchet & Clank are a force of nature. Ever since the heroic Lombax and his robotic companion debuted on the PlayStation 2, Insomniac’s dynamic duo has spawned a dozen games across multiple Sony platforms, becoming one of the most prolific exclusive franchises in the PlayStation family. Unfortunately, interest in the adventures of Ratchet and Clank has waned, with Insomniac’s efforts to experiment with different gameplay styles–including four-player co-op and tower defense–meeting some resistance (no pun intended) among faithful series stalwarts. Many hoped for a return to the height of the characters’ popularity, and Insomniac seems ready to deliver this holiday with Ratchet & Clank: Into the Nexus.
Coming to PlayStation 3, Into the Nexus is the final game in the “Future” series of Ratchet & Clank games that included Tools of Destruction, Quest for Booty, and A Crack in Time. While eschewing the title of Ratchet & Clank Future, Into the Nexus plays and feels like the return to form fans had waited for. James Stevenson, marketing and community lead for Insomniac, walked me and other PAX goers through the demo, showing off just a sample of the new gadgets, worlds, and puzzles that Ratchet and Clank will encounter in their journey.
The JRPG Dragon Fantasy Book II continues the story started in Dragon Fantasy Book I which came out on both PlayStation 3 and PS Vita in April of this year. Unlike the first game, which was done in an 8-bit graphic style and paid homage to the Nintendo era, Dragon Fantasy Book II instead focuses on imitating the graphics and game-play mechanics the great RPGs from the time of the Super Nintendo. While there are many enjoyable and positive things to say about The Muteki Corporation’s latest offering, there are a few things that keep the experience from being everything it could be. Keep reading to see our full review.
There are very few games that actually make me want to collect and do everything in-game. At this point, I can’t even seem to finish the main story in most games. Depending on what genre of games you love, completing games could take quite awhile if you are a busy gamer. I am a busy gamer and I always fall hard for games that are like 50 hours long. This time is no different. So after hearing the announcement of Miyazaki’s retirement this week, I knew I had to make time to finally finish Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch.
There’s a charm and verve to the Dragon Fantasy games that immediately grab your attention once you get your hands on them. Even for newcomers to the series, Muteki Corp’s loving homage to the JRPG genre instantly teleports you back to the days of early Final Fantasy and Dragonquest games, a comparison the team is eager to point out. “Dragon Fantasy Book I is our homage to the Nintendo era, so it is just like Dragonquest 1, 2, and 3 and Final Fantasy I, II and III,” according to Anna Marie Privitere, PR and social media manager for Muteki. “It’s going to be a little more difficult and a little more grind-y than your usual game.” Owners of Dragon Fantasy Book I already understand this; Muteki’s first installment released on iOS and Android in fall 2011, with PC, Mac and Linux releases shortly thereafter, followed by an April 2012 debut of the original 8-bit and enhanced 16-bit version on PlayStation Network as part of Sony’s PubFund initiative.
Dragon Fantasy Book I was only the beginning, and Muteki is getting ready to bring the next three chapters of their saga to PS3s and Vitas with Dragon Fantasy Book II. “Book II actually picks up directly after Book I finishes, but you don’t need to have played Book I to enjoy the story,” explained Privitere. The first Dragon Fantasy game consists of chapters 1, 2, and 3 while Book II plays through “approximately chapters 4, 5, and 7 while Book III is going to finish up the trilogy with 6, 8, and 9.” Billed as a love letter to the Super Nintendo era, Privitere said “if you could sort of squeeze together Chrono Trigger, Final Fantasy VI, Earthbound, and Lufia II into a cartridge, that would be Dragon Fantasy Book II.” Based on my fifteen minutes with the Vita version of the game at Muteki’s showcase at PAX’s Indie Megabooth, the comparisons are apt and welcomed.
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