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Released Tomorrow, Shadow of the Colossus (PS4)
Experience the wonder of one of the most acclaimed games, which will be available on PS4 and PS4 Pro from tomorrow. Preorder your copy from £24.00 and get dynamic theme and life sword, which will enable you to increases your health regeneration rate.
During Super Bowl LII, a teaser for Solo: A Star Wars Story dropped, and it gave us a look into the next Star Wars film, which takes place years before A New Hope. The solo Han Solo film has been on a rough journey the past year. The original directors, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, were fired and then replaced by Ron Howard. It’s been a roller coaster of a ride for the cast and crew.
This week, during Good Morning America, a full trailer for the upcoming spring film was released. The extended trailer had a few Easter eggs as well as a few new characters that every Star Wars fan will be able to purchase a toy of in the upcoming months. More importantly, we also learned a lot about the new film; here are the main takeaways.
Solo: A Star Wars Story stars Alden Ehrenreich as Han Solo and Joonas Suotamo as Chewbacca. Donald Glover, Woody Harrelson, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and Emilia Clarke are also featured in the film, which releases in theaters on May 25, 2018.
The movie has faced a somewhat troubled production, as noted above. Rumors have suggested more of the film was reshot than initially believed; we know Paul Bettany had to replace Michael K. Williams. It remains to be seen how the film turns out, but the new trailer provides us with our best sense yet of what to expect.
Registration for the beta test of a “major” new PS4 update recently began, and now the beta is officially underway. With the update beginning to roll out to select PS4 users, Sony has announced the details of what to expect from what we now know is system update 5.50.
These changes affect a wide variety of areas on the system. The Library has now been divided into two different areas: One lets you see everything purchased on your account, as normal, while the other only displays what’s currently installed on the console. There’s also a section where you can see which games you only “own” through PlayStation Plus. If your subscription has lapsed, games on the system will be shown with a lock icon on top of the PS Plus logo. This is meant to let you know you can re-subscribe to regain access to the game in question. Additionally, a new option will allow you to hide “certain” items from the Purchased list, such as demos, trials, and betas.
Custom wallpaper had been implemented to some extent previously, but 5.50 allows you to import any image via USB to apply as your background. A new USB storage device option has been added to the Themes area of the Settings menu. It features some (limited) options for modifying the image you have, such as zooming and cropping.
For those wanting to limit how much a PS4 is used, the new Play Time Management feature has been introduced, which is primarily intended for use with kids. This allows you to track time played and set daily time limits, even from a PC or smartphone. Notifications can be sent to warn the player about the upcoming cutoff, although you can decide whether or not the time limit immediately signs the users out or not.
PS4 Pro owners receive a new supersampling feature that will be of interest to those who have the system connected to a non-4K display. Similar to what’s offered through certain games with PS4 Pro enhancements, the new setting allows supersampling to be utilized for more games. This process involves a game being rendered at a higher resolution (up to 4K, in the case of certain PS4 games) and then downscaled to your display’s resolution, thereby providing greater clarity. While not everything will necessarily benefit, this complements the existing Boost mode as another optional way to leverage the Pro’s power.
Other features in this patch include new Quick Menu improvements (shortcut buttons for volume and Pause/Play when listening to music, faster access to individual friends) and customization options for team pages in Tournaments. You can also now manually delete notifications.
If you signed up to beta test the update, keep an eye on your email for details on accessing it. There’s not yet any word on how soon it will launch in full to the public. It’s also possible that the full release could include more features.
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A new week of Switch games is upon us! So IGN has gathered a list of the latest eShop releases of the week for Nintendo Switch and 3DS in North America.
Dragon Quest Builders – $49.99
As the legendary Builder, you’ll construct rooms, towns, and defenses while fighting monsters. In Terra Incognita, build freely, share creations online, battle in an arena, and access exclusive content to the Nintendo Switch version of the game. You’re the only one in Alefgard who can rebuild and level up its ruined towns to attract new residents and raise their strength. But be wary: increasing a town’s level will also lure the Dragonlord’s monsters.
When you defeat monsters and break blocks of the environment, you’ll earn materials for crafting items and building structures. Enjoy content exclusive to the Nintendo Switch version in Terra Incognita: ride a Great Sabrecub, slay foes for Pixel Blocks, and use them to build a Dragon Quest Game Pak so you can access more items for building
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Whether your desk space is for work, school, gaming, or a hybrid of all three, there are quite a few products out there to help make the experience of sitting in front of your desk that much better. We’ve scoured Amazon to bring you some of the best stuff out there to bring order, brighten things up, or just add a touch of personality.
Not everything at your desk needs to be strictly-business. You have to have a little fun, too. It’s critical. Here are a few items to liven up your work space.
Monster Hunter World is a challenging game. Once you’ve acquired some better gear, the early monsters don’t present much of a threat, but difficult enemies still await players toward the end of the game–specifically, the vaunted Elder Dragons.
Elder Dragons are a recurring aspect of the Monster Hunter series, and they’re present once again in World. The game’s box features a new addition to the Elder Dragon ranks, Nergigante, but it isn’t the only such foe you’ll face over the course of the game. In the video above, some of our die-hard Monster Hunter fans take on three Elder Dragons you’ll need to face toward the end of World. It should give you a good idea of what to expect from some of the game’s most difficult encounters (or provide a glimpse if you don’t think you’ll make it that far yourself). We’ve also got a more detailed breakdown of what to expect from Monster Hunter World’s endgame.
Monster Hunter World released last last month on Xbox One and PS4, with a PC release still to come. It immediately set a new series record for most units shipped in three days, and Capcom has plans to provide much more content in the weeks and months ahead. Street Fighter V-themed content is coming (both free and paid), and we also know Mega Man gear has been confirmed alongside the existing Horizon: Zero Dawn items. New monsters will also be added as DLC, with the first coming this spring.
If you’re just getting started, you can read all about the game in our Monster Hunter World review. We also have a beginner’s guide to help you get started in World, which does a better job of welcoming in new players than previous installments.
Since its Xbox One debut in December, PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds has been one of the platform’s most popular titles, recently surpassing 4 million players on the console alone. Microsoft bundled the battle royale game together with its new Xbox One X console for a limited time last holiday season, and now the publisher is doing the same with Xbox One S.
Beginning February 20, prospective Xbox owners around the world will be able to pick up the Xbox One S PUBG bundle. It retails for $300 and includes a 1 TB console, an Xbox One controller, and a full download of PUBG, which is currently only available in Xbox Game Preview for $30. You can take a look at the packaging below.
In addition to the game and hardware, the Xbox One S PUBG bundle includes a 14-day trial for Xbox Live Gold, as well as a one-month subscription to Xbox Game Pass. The former is required to play PUBG online against other players, while the latter is Microsoft’s Netflix-like game streaming service, which gives players unlimited access to a select library of Xbox One and 360 titles for as long as they have an active subscription. Microsoft recently announced that the Game Pass service will soon receive all first-party Xbox One exclusives on the same day they launch, beginning with Sea of Thieves.
Developer PUBG Corp. recently rolled out a new update for PUBG on Xbox One. That patch focused primarily on the amount of damage vehicles can inflict and receive, on top of an assortment of bug fixes and gameplay tweaks. To celebrate surpassing 4 million players, PUBG Corp. is also offering players a gift of 30,000 Battle Points to use on in-game cosmetic items this month.
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Avengers: Infinity War got a TV spot during Sunday’s Super Bowl that we immediately broke down for hints as to what the movie holds in store. But we weren’t the only ones poring over the details – Marvel fans are adamant they’ve spotted Brie Larson’s Captain Marvel in the footage.
The supposed sighting is at the 11-second mark, when we see Cap, Black Widow, and Vision walking through what appears to be Avengers HQ. If you look closely, you’ll see a fourth figure behind Steve Rogers, next to Vision, sporting what looks like a black and gold suit at first glance.
PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds released version 1.0 in December, after a long and successful run on PC in early access. The PUBG Corporation put together an infographic of stats giving insight into some of the game’s numbers.
For example, players played a combined 310,000 years worth of PUBG during early access. At its highest point, 3.14 million players were battling it out concurrently on Steam, a record number for the platform.
Check out the infographic for more stats from PUBG’s early access run:
It may utilize the mix of action and humor that now defines the Marvel movie formula, but Black Panther refuses to blend into the crowd of superhero films. It stands out boldly, in part by opening up a beautiful new corner of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but also with its topical themes. Not everything works across the board, but when it sets this fantastic cast of relatable heroes on one side of real-world ideological debates and the MCU’s most compelling and dimensional antagonist in years on the other, a huge amount of it works wonderfully.
For a film that touches on so many very real and very serious topics, you might expect Black Panther to be an entirely solemn affair. Some parts are, but it’s also an entertaining adventure film about an action hero with awesome gadgets and a super-suit, a fun film with many laugh-out loud moments, and a gorgeous movie with a distinctive visual style that can’t be mistaken for any other big-budget movie. It’s a testament to director/co-writer Ryan Coogler’s skill that he juggles all these elements without his film ending up tonally inconsistent. As he did with his previous film, 2015’s Creed, Coogler has made a larger-than-life crowd-pleaser that works so well because he keeps it grounded in what is very human, emotional, and relatable.