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Sony adds Horizon: Zero Dawn, Resident Evil 7, Friday the 13th, more to PlayStation Hits line
With the PS5 on the horizon and this year’s E3 Expo in the rearview mirror, now’s the perfect time for Sony to add a new batch of games to their PlayStation Hits line of budget titles for the PS4.
All games in the PlayStation Hits line are priced at a very wallet-friendly $19.99, and five new titles will be added on June 28, including Friday the 13th, God of War III Remastered, Horizon: Zero Dawn – Complete Edition, Nioh, and Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. In case you missed it, five other games recently became part of the PlayStation Hits line in a Spring update that included Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, Lego Jurassic World, Mad Max, Persona 5, and Star Wars: Battlefront.
More than 40 games have become PlayStation Hits since the lineup’s distinctive red label launched last Summer. And if you’re interested, you can find a complete rundown of the entire collection over at the PlayStation Blog.
Posted in News, PS4
Tagged Friday the 13th, God of War III, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Nioh, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
For Honor rises to the occasion as the best-selling game of February 2017
Ubisoft’s For Honor conquered all comers during its first month of availability, as The NPD Group declared it the best-selling game during February 2017. The multiplayer brawler faced some tough competition, but it emerged victorious on the retail battlefield, besting both Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (#2) and Grand Theft Auto V (#3).
The only other new release to crack last month’s top ten was Nioh, an action RPG developed by Team Ninja and published by Koei Tecmo.
But the overall retail health of the industry was on a downward swing in February. According to GamesIndustry.biz, hardware and software sales were down: “Total hardware sales amounted to $204 million, down 30% from last year. Console and portable software dropped 14% to $344.2 million, PC software fell 26% to just $25 million, while accessories fell 21% to $150.8 million. All told, industry sales took a 21% hit, declining from $918.7 million to $724 million.”
However, it seems likely that the successful launch of the Nintendo Switch (and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) will change that trajectory in March.
The complete list of best-selling games from February 2017 can be found after the break. (more…)
Posted in News, PC, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Tagged Battlefield 1, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, For Honor, Grand Theft Auto V, Madden NFL 17, NBA 2K17, Nioh, NPD, Overwatch, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Siege
Nioh, How to Survive 2, 8Days, more added to PS Store
Today’s PlayStation Store update is small, but fans of brutally-hard action games should definitely check it out…
Team Ninja is giving Ryu Hayabusa a break to bring Nioh to the PS4 this week. Nioh is an action RPG that takes place in ancient Japan, and players will have to contend with the warring factions of a civil war while also doing battle with an army of rampaging monsters.
Also available to download for the PS4 this week is How to Survive 2, a survival game where players will have to overcome a worldwide zombie pandemic by building a camp, learning skills, and foraging for food and water. You can even be neighborly and meet with other locals, but as George Romero taught us, sometimes the living are more dangerous than the dead.
Finally this week, 8Days is a retro-inspired twin-stick shooter that takes place in a dystopian future where players might not be fighting for the forces of good.
More information on all of these games (and a few other new releases) can be found after the break. (more…)
New Retail Releases: Nioh, Rainbow Six Siege Year 2 Gold Edition, WWE 2K17 for PC
Three new games fill out this week’s batch of new retail releases, though only one of them can reasonably be called “new.”
Nioh is a PS4 exclusive that transports its audience to a “fantastical and dark vision of 16th century Japan.” Developed by Team Ninja, players will battle skilled samurai, vile beasts, and demons which are threatening to tear the country apart during the Warring States period.
Also available this week is Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege – Year 2 Gold Edition from Ubisoft. The PS4 and Xbox One re-release comprised of the original game and the Year 2 Pass, which includes access to all of the game’s upcoming Year 2 content. However, if you want to add the Year 1 Pass to the team-based shooter, you’ll need to purchase it separately.
Finally this week, 2K Games will bring WWE 2K17 to the PC for the first time. WWE 2K17 features an expanded MyCareer Mode, as well as the largest roster of wrestlers ever included in a WWE game.
That’s it for now, but we’ll back later this week with a look at the latest digital additions to the PlayStation Store, Xbox Games Store, and Nintendo eShop.
Sony shines a spotlight on what’s coming to PS4 in 2017 including Detroit: Become Human
PlayStation Europe definitely kicked the year off right after they unveiled a new video highlighting the many exclusives coming to the PS4 in 2017.
In addition to games such as Gran Turismo Sport, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and the PaRappa The Rapper remaster, the sizzle reel also includes a glimpse of Quantic Dream’s Detroit: Become Human, which had previously been tagged with a “TBA” release date.
Here’s the full list of games featured in the video:
Coming to PS4 in 2017
- Detroit: Become Human
- Drawn To Death
- Dreams
- Farpoint
- Gran Turismo Sport
- Gravity Rush 2 (January 20)
- Hellblade
- Horizon: Zero Dawn (February 28)
- Knack 2
- Matterfall
- MLB The Show 17 (March 28)
- New Hot Shots Golf
- Nex Machina
- Nier: Automata (March 7)
- Nioh (February 7)
- Persona 5 (April 4)
- PaRappa The Rapper
- Pyre
- Starblood Arena
- Uncharted 4: The Lost Legacy
- Wipeout: Omega Collection
- World of Warriors
- Yakuza 0 (January 24)
The first big event of the 2017 “Video Game Calendar” will be PAX South, which will be held in San Antonio beginning on January 27. We’ll surely hear more about at least a few of these games then.
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Tagged Detroit: Become Human, Drawn to Death, Dreams, Farpoint, Gran Turismo Sport, Gravity Rush 2, Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Knack 2, MLB The Show 17, New Hot Shots Golf, Nex Machina, Nier: Automata, Nioh, PaRappa the Rapper, Persona 5, Pyre, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, WipEout Omega Collection, Yakuza Zero