During the PlayStation 5 reveal event and subsequent streams, Sony remained tight-lipped regarding the pricing or release date of Sony’s next-gen system, but finally that key piece of information has been shared as part of the latest PS5 showcase. As announced near the very end of the presentation, the PS5 will cost $500 / €500 / $750 AUD for the Standard Edition and $400 / €400 / $600 AUD for the Digital Edition. It will release on November 12.
According to the PlayStation Blog, that date will be the release across several markets: the US, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea. Then on November 19 it will launch elsewhere, including Europe, Middle East, South America, Asia and South Africa.
The release details were the culmination of a presentation that included trailers and new game announcements including Final Fantasy 16 and a new God of War. We also got fresh looks at Spider-Man: Miles Morales (which is also coming to PS4), the remake of Demon’s Souls, and more.
Those who buy the PS5 will receive a new benefit with their PlayStation Plus subscription. Sony revealed the Plus Collection during its recent PS5 event, a library of some of the best PS4 games that is freely available to Plus subscribers. The Plus Collection includes first-party games like God of War, Bloodborne, and Days Gone as well as third-party titles, such as Persona 5, Monster Hunter World, and Resident Evil 7.
The Plus Collection is exclusively available on the PS5. Sony announced that it’s an added benefit to the PlayStation Plus service and does not cost extra.
Five Nights at Freddy’s: Security Breach, a follow up to the teddy bear-centric horror games from Scott Cawthon, was teased with a short trailer during the PS5 event. The video featured slow camera shot of a creepy mall location and some new characters, but didn’t include much else.
The teaser showed multiple locations within the mall including a restaurant, a kitchen, a loading area with a forklift, and an 80’s inspired carnival-like area with neon lights. The game’s visuals make the locations look stunning, especially when compared to any of the game’s predecessors. All the locations are a part of Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizza Plex, according to developer Steel Wood Studios.
“At three stories tall, it’s the flashiest, raddest, rockingist, safest, pizzeria the universe has ever seen,” wrote Steel Wood Studios co-founder Andrew Dayton on the Official PlayStation Blog. “Of course, Freddy and the band are excited to meet you! Utilizing the latest in animatronic technology, you can actually party with the stars themselves. So, on your next birthday, let Freddy Fazbear’s Mega Pizza Plex make you a SUPERSTAR!”
Security Breach was originally slated for a 2020 release when it was announced in August 2019 during the franchises fifth anniversary, although no release date was given during the short teaser today. Steel Wood Studios didn’t reveal much new information about the game in the teaser or in the post on the PlayStation Blog.
Cawthon recently announced that his studio would be helping fan creators by providing funding for fan games, helping them get their games on consoles, and helping them with merchandize through the Fazbear Fanverse Initiative.
Capcom is bringing Devil May Cry 5 to PS5 with some new features and updates. Revealed during today’s PS5 Showcase event, Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition is coming to Sony’s next-gen console, and it’ll be available digitally right at launch.
The biggest addition in DMC5: Special Edition is Vergil, who is joining the game as a playable character; the announcement trailer spent a lot of time showcasing his flashy sword skills. Those who already own the original DMC5 on PS4 will also have the option to purchase Vergil as paid DLC “at a later date.”
Capcom shared some additional details about DMC5: Special Edition in a PlayStation Blog post. In addition to Vergil, the game will feature the fan-favorite Turbo mode, as well as the Legendary Dark Knight difficulty. The game is also receiving some visual and performance improvements thanks to the PS5’s extra horsepower, including an optional 120 FPS mode.
As previously mentioned, DMC5: Special Edition is launching digitally alongside the PS5 this November for $40 USD. The system itself releases on November 12 in the US, Japan, Canada, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, and on November 19 in other territories. The Digital edition will cost $400 USD, while the Standard edition will retail for $500 USD.
During the September 2020 PlayStation 5 Showcase, Raven Software revealed more of what’s to come in the campaign for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. In addition to an extended look at the campaign, it was announced that PS4 players will be able to play the multiplayer alpha for free this weekend.
In the livestream, creative director Dan Vondrak at Raven Software introduced the new gameplay for the campaign mission “Nowhere Left To Run,” which takes place in an isolated airport runway in Turkey. We see returning characters Woods and Mason attempt to assassinate a high-priority target. During the ensuing battle, we see the familiar, COD-style gunfights and gadgets on full display. We even see the return of the fan-favorite RC-XD, which is used to disable an entire cargo plane.
While Treyarch will still be heading up Black Ops Cold War, the campaign is being handled by Raven, which served as a support developer for past games. This new gameplay is the most comprehensive look we’ve had of the campaign so far. You can watch the full presentation above.
In addition to the new gameplay, Vondrak revealed that PS4 users will be able to download and play the multiplayer alpha this weekend. Access will be free (with exceptions in Germany and Japan) and will run from September 18-20. You’ll be able to pre-load the alpha beginning at 8 AM PT on September 17. This will be the first chance to play the Black Ops Cold War multiplayer early; there is a multiplayer beta scheduled for October.
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War is set to release on November 13. See below for more news from the showcase, including the PlayStation 5 price and release date.
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You’re stuck in a village, there are vicious-looking werewolf people, and Chris Redfield is seemingly a very bad dude: welcome to Resident Evil 8, known as Resident Evil Village. We got another look at the game during Sony’s latest PS5 showcase, and although the trailer didn’t reveal much in the way of new story details, it did give off some serious Resident Evil 4 vibes.
You can check out the trailer from the showcase below, which seems to pick up where our last look at Resident Evil 8 left off–immediately after Chris Redfield seemingly kills off a key character from Resident Evil 7. Although we know this story seems to start with and revolve around this character’s death, the latest trailer gives the serious sense that they’ve still got a big role to play. Ethan, the protagonist of the last game, is also back to survive more monster-filled mysteries.
At the center of this new trailer is a voice-over from Ethan’s wife Mia as she tells a folklore-like story about a mother and daughter who head into the woods to gather berries for the girl’s father. During their hunt, the girl gets ahead of the mother and disappears into the woods. We don’t hear more than that, but it certainly sounds like nothing good happens after the girl vanishes into the forest. Given that the tale is cut with images of hairy, monster-like humans and occult-looking symbols, chances are pretty good you’re going to be dealing with whatever she met out there.
Capcom shared a little more detail on its website. After the tragedy that upends Ethan and Mia’s peaceful life together following the events of REVII, he’s drawn to the snowy village we see in the trailers. Here’s how Capcom’s post about the trailer describes it:
“While the village itself may look pristine from all the freshly fallen snow, disturbing events are happening just out of sight. Flickering movements catch the corners of Ethan’s eyes, while strange shapes loom on the horizon. It’s among the dilapidated sheds and houses that he may find his answers… or he may find something far more sinister. Strange creatures, odd symbols, and an unusual fairy tale all come together with the power of the RE Engine in the latest trailer to make Resident Evil Village a true showcase of next-generation survival horror.”
The trailer also ends on a pretty evocative image of a castle. The subtitle of “Village” has already made Resident Evil 8 feel like it has some factors in common with Resident Evil 4, which also took place in a rural European village and also prominently featured a spooky castle. Is that a coincidence, or do the two stories have more in common than we’ve been shown so far? Unfortunately, we’ll be waiting until sometime next year to find out.
During Sony’s latest PS5 event, we got another look at Oddworld Soulstorm. The new trailer showed a few short snippets of gameplay, revealing its 2D gameplay that looks reminiscent of the PS1 classic. Abe will continue to avoid all manners of dangerous obstacles, while working to save his people.
The game will make use of the DualSense controller to offer trigger resistance based on what Abe is doing in the environment and the struggles he’s facing. There’s also a new “scavenger’s economy” and crafting system to assist him on his journey, and you’ll be able to fully search the environment and even pickpocket people. You’ll see the consequences for your actions over time, so you best act carefully.
Unfortunately, no release date was revealed for Oddworld Soulstorm. The PS5, however, finally got release date and price details.
This October, Amazon is offering up plenty of spooky movies to get you through the Halloween season. Whether you like ghosts ruining your new home, vampires invading your Alaskan town, or old gods that demand blood, Amazon has something for you.
The most notable releases during the month are none other than the Blumhouse/Amazon collaborative films coming out in October. Four of the eight films will release this month. The first two arrive on October 6: Black Box and The Lie. In Black Box, a man who loses his memory and his wife in a car wreck takes a leap and has an experimental treatment done to him which leads him to question a lot about his own life. The Lie follows a teenage girl who kills her best friend, and after she confesses the crime to her parents, they do everything in their power to help cover it up.
On October 13, the other Blumhouse films–Evil Eye and Nocturne–drop. Evil Eye is about a woman who thinks her daughter’s new boyfriend has a dark connection to her past. Nocturne is about a music student who finds a notebook that once belonged to another student who passed away, and there are some supernatural connects to it.
There are also plenty of more familiar movies arriving in October as well that you can watch again. One of the most entertaining horror movies of the past decade, The Cabin in the Woods, arrives on October 1. The film follows a group of teenagers who go to a cabin… in the woods, and they discover zombie rednecks hunting them down; however, this is all because a corporation is trying to kill them in a story with a ridiculous amount of bizarre twists and turns.
Below, you’ll find all of the Halloween movies headed to Amazon for the month of October. In the meantime, check out everything coming to Amazon in September, which features great originals like Season 2 of The Boys and the new show Utopia.
Developer Avalance Studios unveiled the upcoming open-world Harry Potter game, Hogwarts Legacy, during today’s PS5 event. It is an “immersive, open-world action-RPG” where you can create your own wizard and master a variety of spells. Hogwarts Legacy will launch in 2021 on PlayStation 5.
Hogwarts Legacy takes place in the late 1800s, where your actions will shape the wizarding world of Harry Potter. You can learn spells, tame fantastical beasts, and team-up with iconic Harry Potter characters during Hogwarts Legacy’s main campaign. Aside from the 2021 release window, details on the game are scarce, and other platforms were not confirmed. You can check out the official reveal trailer below.
Along with the reveal trailer, Avalanche shared sone brand-new screenshots of what players can expect when Harry Potter: Hogwarts Legacy arrives next year.
Avalanche’s head of story Adrian Ropp briefly discussed some of the features Hogwarts Legacy will tout thanks to the power of PlayStation 5’s processors and the sensory capabilities of the DualSense controller. Specifically, Ropp said the DualSense imbues a sense of sound and touch not seen in previous Harry Potter games, a feature that will make Hogwarts Legacy much more immersive.
“This is an exciting time to develop immersive experiences–the new opportunities provided by the PS5 are literal game-changers,” Ropp said. “With innovative high definition graphics, a player can practically feel the terror of Inferi bearing down upon them [and] sense the ground rumbling beneath them as a herd of angry centaurs surrounds them. Even dueling against a deadly dark witch takes on a new level of realism thanks to the controller’s ability to imbue sound and touch into every moment.”
In other Harry Potter news, author and series creator J. K. Rowling was under fire recently for controversial tweets she penned in relation to gender and transsexuality, and railing against hormone treatments by calling them “the new antidepressants.” Actor and Harry Potter himself, Daniel Radcliffe, responded to Rowling’s comments with an open letter asserting that all transgender women are women.
Sony has finally confirmed the release date and price for the PlayStation 5, which launches on November 12 in most countries and November 19 worldwide. Preorders for the system go live tomorrow. Meanwhile, both Microsoft’s Xbox Series S and Series X arrives on November 10.
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Since the announcement of the Xbox Series S, one of the questions about Microsoft’s cheaper, less-powerful console has been how it will handle next-generation games. Dirt 5 doesn’t entirely fit that bill, but its latest snippet of gameplay is the first footage from the Series S.
The footage itself isn’t all that exciting, showing off a cramped course with lots of brown walls and dimly let tunnels. When the racing does emerge into the sunlight, there’s some nice lighting details on mud puddles on the track and reflections on the interior of the car. Perhaps most importantly, it seems to run very smoothly.
Dirt 5 will support up to 120 FPS on the Xbox Series X, but developer Codemasters has not yet confirmed if that’s the case for the Series S too. Both consoles, equipped with HDMI 2.1, will support higher frame rates, with the Series X targeting 4K resolutions while the Series S limits that to 1440p. You can read up on all the differences between the two consoles and what they mean here.
Both the Xbox Series X and Series S will launch on November 10, with Dirt 5 being delayed recently to secure itself a launch on the same day. The Series X will retail for $500, while the Series S comes in cheaper at $300. Pre-orders for both consoles will open soon, so check out our pre-order guide for all the details.
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