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PlayStation Plus Has Been Overcharging Users For Over Three Years Now
One of the most talked about news in the gaming world the past week had to be the hike in the PS Plus subscription prices. Existing PS Plus subscribers have long complained that paying for this “exclusivity” doesn’t live up to its hype. The reason this service is a paid one is so that Sony filters out and only puts the best games on PS Plus. Now we’re not asking for triple A titles or new releases. The game doesn’t have to graphic intensive, but at least have a good story to make the game memorable for the player. One often wonders where the money being charged is being spent? It clearly isn’t spent in filtering out or curating games to present to the gamer. Honestly, some games look like they have been made using in-game assets on Unity a...
Sony, Steam And Amazon Offering Refunds On No Man’s Sky Irrespective Of Playtime
For most of the people, No Man’s Sky has been nothing but one disappointment after another. Allegedly, it is nowhere close to what Hello Games had promised. Needless to say, it was a huge letdown. Amazon, Sony (through the PSN) and Steam, all seem to agree on this viewpoint. Hence, they have started refunding the digital copies of the game regardless of how long you’ve spent playing the game. “You can do this with practically anything on Steam so long as you are not abusing the system,” posted NeoGaf user Nzyme32. “I assume they have some internal criteria for all this in coming to a decision as to whether you can get a refund when outside the normal refund criteria. I managed to get a refund on Volume & Homeworld Remastered (which I have since repurchased...
CEX Lists Prices For The “Unannounced” PS 4 Slim, Sony Struggles To Contain Leaks
Sony seems to having quite a lot of trouble containing their new upcoming addition to the PS 4 console family, the PS 4 Slim. After the online leak followed by an unboxing, a UK based used goods retailer CEX has now listed the PS 4 Slim for a price of £380. Right now, it doesn’t have any stock available and it might a simple placeholder, but now you know what it’s going to cost on their website come the release date. However, the listing also says that CEX will offer £304 to anyone who wishes to sell their PS 4 Slim to the retailer. A few months, CEX was in the news for selling copies of Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End ahead of its release. The PS 4 was leaked earlier when the console was sold on Gumtree. Sony is trying to keep a lid on the official statements as the person be...
You Can Now Play Uncharted & Last Of Us On PC
Sony has officially announced that Playstation Now, the streaming service that offers the ability to play PS 3 games on a PS 4 for a monthly subscription, is coming to PC, first in parts of Europe, and North America to follow shortly after. The news got out in a weird way, with alt text saying “PS Now on PC Announce Post by PlayStation Blog Europe, on Flickr” showing on the images on the EU PlayStation Blog post titled “How PlayStation VR Worlds was brought to life with extraordinary art”. Built on the Gaikai streaming technology, Playstation Now currently offers more than hundred PS 3 titles for $20 a month or $45 for three months. Jumping to the PC will mean that you’ll be able to play beloved titles like The Last of Us and Uncharted which were exclusive to the Pl...
After Initial Leaks, PS4 Slim Unboxing Video Pops Up On YouTube
Yesterday, we got the first glimpses of the PS4 Slim leaked online. Auction listings for the PS4 Slim were first seen on Gumtree, which was then followed up by ThisGenGaming who were then told by the person who put the auction up that the console will be announced on 7th September, and released on the 14th. And here we have a console unboxing video before it is even announced. And for those who are on #TeamFake, yes, the video has been 3D printed. The video comes courtesy of YouTube channel ZRZ. It’s still unclear how the console was obtained, since Sony has not even announced it yet. However, this video throws out any claims of the leak being fake. The console itself looks clean, and minimalistic, Overall, it improves upon the original model, though parts of it do look a bit cheap, ...
PS4 Slim To Release On 14th September
Whether it’s hardware or a new video game title coming up, leaks are inevitable. The smaller, cost cutting model of the PS 4, the PS4 Slim is rumored to be released on 14th September, after pics of the same being leaked earlier on the internet. Auction listings for the PS4 Slim were first seen on Gumtree, which was then followed up by ThisGenGaming who were then told by the person who put the auction up that the console will be announced on 7th September, and released on the 14th. Several listings for the PS4 Slim have been spotted since then, with a few people managing to get their hands pretty early on it. It exists, people, and here’s what we know about it: No 4K or UHD Playback – Unlike the Xbox One S, the slimmer sibling of the PS 4 will not offer any UHD or ...
Playstation Neo May Be Coming Earlier Than You Think
According to reports by Vice and Gameblog, Sony will officially unveil and upgraded Playstation 4 at an event in September. Both reports state that the event is currently scheduled to be held in New York on 7th September, 2016, putting it just in time for the Tokyo Game Show, which kicks off on 15th September. Further details about the event and any announcements haven’t been revealed yet. However, if the reports are correct, then Sony should be sending out the invites for the event soon, considering it is less than a month away. Earlier also, according to Gamespot, there have been reports than the next Sony Playstation console, codenamed Neo, could very well be released before the end of the current year. However, there was some speculation about those plans being put on hold due t...
System Shock Remake Coming To Playstation in 2018
System Shock remaster, originally announced as an Xbox and PC exclusive, is now said to release for the PS 4 as well, as announced by developer Nightdive Studios on the Playstation blog. Sony has partnered up with the studio in order to bring the game to their beloved platform. The game was announced as a Kickstarter project last month, with a crowdfunding target of USD 900,000. Since then, old and new fans alike have pledged more than $1 million at time of writing, with people who’ve put in $50 and more getting closed beta access. For the Xbox and PC, the game is targeting a December 2017 launch. The project directorm Jason Fader, wrote in a kickstarter update, “After we saw the overwhelming demand for PS4, we reshuffled our priorities and focused on talking to Sony about mak...
The Last of Us and Uncharted Movies: The Wait Carries On
Two of Naughty Dog’s loved most love franchises, The Last of Us and Uncharted are coming out as movies, but the release date has a big question mark. Neil Druckman, the Creative Director behind both the titles, in a recent interview with The Frame said, “I have been a writer on it (The Last of Us movie adaptation), but right now it hasn’t moved anywhere in the past couple years.” He goes on to say, “The Uncharted film has been in development now for I think nine years so we’ve learned these things happen at their own time, very slowly.” In a past interview with IGN, Druckman had offered some disappointing news about the movie, “”I know I said in an interview a while back we had a table read, got the script to a good place and it kind of...
PS VR Spotted on Amazon Spain Website
Sony’s much awaited virtual reality platform, the Playstation VR has been spotted on the Amazon Spain website and is available for pre-order. The mysterious leak for the price and release of a new Playstation console was actually for the PS VR. The VR device is listed for a price of EUR 392.96 which approximately translates to USD $434, and. This is close to the expected price that was confirmed by Andrew House from Sony. As announced during the E3 conference, the PS VR is supposed to release later this year with support for over 50 titles, including games like Resident Evil VII, Batman Arkham VR, Farpoint and Final Fantasy XV. You can find the Playstation VR on Amazon Spain here. You may like: E3 2016: Sony Outshines the Competition? For more news and reviews, keep checking back at...
NX Wasn’t Revealed At E3 Due To Fear Of Imitators
In a recent tweet, Shigeru Miyamoto, Creative Fellow at Nintendo said that they would’ve revealed information about the upcoming Nintendo NX at this year’s E3, but they were worried that imitators might copy it. Since the very beginning, Nintendo has had a reputation of being innovative when it comes to both hardware and software. They introduced the original analog thumbstick and the rumblepak, gave us motion gaming and 3D gaming that does not require 3D glasses. And if the rumors are to be believed, the NX will be nothing short of a game changer. Miyamoto may have a point. When Nintendo released the N-64 with an analog thumbstick and rumble pak, it was soon followed by Playstation and Sega Dreamcast controllers that came with thumbsticks on their controllers with rumble pak....
Unplayable at Best: Homefront – The Revolution Quick Review (PS4)
Stutters, FPS drops, downright hanging – these are some of the best words that describe Homefront – The Revolution. Not to mention that the story is a drag as well. Don’t get me wrong, it has a novel approach towards first person shooters, but it fails to deliver at every step of the way. Homefront is about defending post-invasion America occupied by North Korean forces. In an alternate timeline, North Korea is the world’s biggest superpower, providing the US with all sorts of technological innovations. However, these come with a back door and one fine day, North Korea decides to shut all of it down, rendering the US defenseless. Cut to present day, where you play as Ethan Brady, a member of a resistance group rebelling against the KPA forces in the city of Philadel...