Stream Until Dawn and Gravity Rush Remastered with PS Now Next Week

It’s officially 2018, and hot on the heels of last month’s batch of new PlayStation Now games, including Dishonored and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, is a slew of PlayStation exclusive games this month ready to stream to your PS4 and PC.

As of today, PS Now features more than 600 games — with more than 120 PS4 games. The $9.99 1st month intro offer (US only) and the $99.99 12-month subscription are still available, so now’s the time to jump in and give it a try, or lock in your subscription for another 12 months. Act fast because these offers end February 6.

Additionally, some users will start to see a new PS Now app interface roll out over the coming weeks. The interface update should make the app smoother and easier to use. Stay tuned for more on this update in next month’s blog post when we’ll also be introducing NBA 2K16 and a few Yakuza titles into the PS Now library.

New This Month

First up this month is Until Dawn, the acclaimed horror game where your choices determine who survives, and who dies. With branching storylines and multiple outcomes, guide eight friends through a deadly night at a remote mountain retreat.

In Gravity Rush Remastered, the PS4 remake of the award-winning PS Vita game, gain a new perspective as Kat, a strong-willed girl trying to protect her future in a world that’s crumbling to pieces. With incredible gravity-altering abilities, Kat is the only one who can salvage the floating city of Hekseville — if only she could remember who she is…

From Santa Monica Studio comes Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, a non-linear, open-world narrative experience that tells the story of a remote English valley town shrouded in mystery. Piece together the fateful events from the fragmentary memories of the former inhabitants through revolutionary environmental storytelling. What you see and hear is just as important as what you do.

Enjoy frantic top-down twin-stick arcade action in Alienation. With hordes of alien creatures swarming across the planet, work together with up to three friends locally and/or online (PS Plus not required when playing online via PS Now) to drive back the alien threat and save the world. Some of developer Housemarque’s other hit titles are also available on PS Now, including Resogun, Super Stardust HD, and Dead Nation.

Knack is a colorful platformer/brawler for one to two players. As Knack, collect powerful ancient relics to grow bigger and more powerful and help fight off the invading goblin army. But the ancient relics hold secrets and mysteries that could put all of humankind in danger…

Quantic Dream is a studio known for their gripping, narrative-driven experiences. The PS3 versions of both Heavy Rain and Beyond: Two Souls have been part of the PS Now library for a while, and starting today you can play the PS4 versions of both games in PS Now.

Here are all the new games available to stream on PS4 and PC starting January 9.

New PS4 Games

• Until Dawn
• Gravity Rush Remastered
• Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture
• Alienation
• Knack
• Fat Princess Adventures
• Shadow of the Beast
• Escape Plan
• Hardware Rivals
• PixelJunk Shooter Ultimate

PS3 > PS4 Updates

• Beyond: Two Souls
• Heavy Rain
• Super Stardust Ultra
• Hohokum
• Entwined
• Counterspy

Here are the most popular games on the service in December:

• Red Dead Redemption
• The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
• Mortal Kombat
• WWE 2K16
• Fallout: New Vegas
• The Last of Us
• Mafia II
• Injustice: Gods Among Us
• Sonic Generations
• Dishonored

If you haven’t given PlayStation Now a try yet, check out the seven-day free trial for PS4 and PC to experience the streaming service for yourself. PS Now provides unlimited on-demand access to a growing library of more than 600 games, with new games added every month, and no game downloads required. PS4 save data in PS Now is also compatible with PS Plus cloud saves, so you can upload/download save files to and from your own console.

For new subscribers in the U.S. that want to take advantage of the $9.99 intro offer, you will need to purchase that directly, as the 7-day trial will transition into the standard monthly subscription.

Stay tuned for more updates on PS Now, and happy gaming!

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The Station Comes to PS4 on February 20

The Station drops you into a sci-fi mystery, serving up cosmic questions to ponder and problems to solve. Over a newly-discovered planet home to a hostile alien race, orbits a research space station. However, it has suddenly gone dark – all communication has ceased and the vessel’s stealth systems have shut off entirely. As a recon specialist sent to investigate the dark, ominous, puzzle-filled station, your only tools are your wits and the clues revealed through your augmented reality heads-up display (AR HUD). What you discover may have you questioning your ethics, morality, and beliefs. Welcome to the AR world of The Station.

Your character is equipped with an AR device that feeds you audio and visual materials on board. Each crew member of the station was implanted with a device that would record moments during their mission. These audio logs were triggered by physiological reactions to stress and emotions. Your AR device renders these recordings as points of interests in the physical space. Discovering these orbs scattered around the station will reveal a crew member’s thoughts, decisions, and on occasion, their intimate desires. The information from these orbs will help you piece together what exactly went wrong.

All your findings and discoveries are recorded in your TAB menu. This menu exists as a virtual object in space that you can interact with to find your map, inventory, and objectives. Provided you have enough room, at any time you can drop the menu in front of you at the press of the button. Feel free to walk around it, leave it, return to it, or drop it somewhere else. There’s no need for a journal when you have movable digital representation of your thoughts with you at all times.
 

Additionally, the AR device displays the virtual notes left in the corridors, labs, and personal rooms by crew members. The crew left these messages around the vessel as public virtual messages for each other. Devices on the Station will also interact with your AR device, feeding you information and showing what life was like onboard in better times. The virtual signage will also help you interact with the Station, assisting with both navigation and puzzles. In many ways, the Station is as much of a character as the crew itself. The AR device is the only way to access information that will get you deeper and deeper into the Station’s systems, and closer to the heart of the mystery.
 

The technology behind the AR HUD has been a challenge design, but we think you’ll enjoy using it to discover the hidden depths of the Station. It’s been difficult to keep these secrets to ourselves, but you’ll be able to untangle the web we’ve weaved for you on February 20.
 

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The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 1/9/2018

Happy New Year!

With 2018 in full swing, we’re back with our ongoing series of new releases coming to PlayStation next week. Thank you for your patience as we took a brief rest at the end of last year for the winter holiday.

Without further ado, let’s get to those new PlayStation games! See the full list below, and enjoy.

New Releases: Week of January 9, 2018

The Count Lucanor

PS Vita — Digital

Join Hans in a fantasy world and experience a unique adventure, full of surprises and challenges. Get hooked on an immersive tale, where every decision counts and every clue is a piece to solve the puzzle and get the treasure.

Energy Invasion

PS4, PS Vita — Digital (Out 1/10)

Energy Invasion — an arcade game inspired by the classic Breakout. Unlike the original game, your ball does not break blocks on its own, but can launch missiles in a chosen direction.

Happy Drummer PS4

PS4 — Digital (Out 1/11)

Happy Drummer is easy to play. All the in-game music was tailor-made by different composers worldwide, perfectly mixed to take you into a fully immersive world.

Little Red Lie

PS4, PS Vita — Digital

Little Red Lie is a narrative-focused, interactive fiction experience that reduces the traditional nine-verb adventure game structure down to a single, context-dependent interaction: lie.

Planetbase

PS4 — Digital (Out 1/11)

Planetbase is a strategy game where you guide a group of space settlers trying to establish an outpost on a remote planet. In the game you play the role of the base architect and manager, telling your colonists where to build the structures they will need to survive.

Plox Neon

PS4 — Digital

Plox Neon’s classic visuals and exciting music turn this action-packed puzzle game into an entrancing experience. Use your wits to find the best way to clear areas of the map and trap monsters to earn points.

Sword of Fortress the Onomuzim

PS4 — Digital

Many a century ago, in a land far away, a mighty king faces rebellion. This was the beginning of the most epic struggle between good and evil ever seen.

• Your Name (Original Japanese Version + regular) – Pre-Order
• Earth: One Amazing Day
• Jigsaw

The information above is subject to change without notice.

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PlayStation Store: The Top Downloads of 2017

Welcome to 2018! The future!

We all know 2017 was an incredible year for games, but now we can see exactly which ones players picked up. Read on to see PlayStation Store’s most-downloaded PS4 and PS VR games for the year of 2017. You’ll notice we’ve added a category for top PS4 Themes, as well.

A lot of the titles on these lists are to be expected, but there are some surprises tucked in there… Friday the 13th at #3 on the PS4 list? Whoa!

Oh, and just FYI: The charts here are based on the number of downloads from PlayStation Store — not total revenue.

As we head into the new year, which games (that have been announced so far) do you think will end up on this list in January 2019?

PS4 Games
1	Call of Duty: WWII
2	Destiny 2
3	Friday the 13th: The Game
4	Horizon Zero Dawn
5	Grand Theft Auto V
6	NBA 2K18
7	Rocket League
8	Minecraft: PlayStation 4 Edition
9	Madden NFL 18
10	Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands

PS4 Add-ons
1	Call of Duty Black Ops III: Zombies Chronicles
2	Destiny 2 – Expansion Pass
3	Call of Duty: WWII – Season Pass
4	Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds
5	Battlefield 1 Premium Pass
6	Black Ops III – The Giant Zombies Map
7	Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege – Year 2 Pass
8	Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare – DLC1 Sabotage
9	Diablo III: Rise of the Necromancer
10	Call of Duty: MWR Variety Map Pack

PS4 Themes
1	Legacy Dashboard Theme
2	Friday the 13th: The Game Theme
3	For Honor Dynamic Theme
4	Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Ops Theme
5	Assassin’s Creed Origins – Dynamic Theme
6	The Last of Us Part II Stop Sign Theme
7	The Last of Us Outbreak Day Theme
8	Blue-eyed Wolf Theme
9	Rasta Reggae Skull HiQ Dynamic Theme
10	Skeleton Dance HiQ Dynamic Theme

PS VR Games
1	Job Simulator
2	Superhot VR
3	PlayStation VR Worlds
4	I Expect You To Die
5	Batman: Arkham VR
6	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
7	Fruit Ninja VR
8	Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
9	Until Dawn: Rush of Blood
10	Driveclub VR

PS Vita Games
1	God of War: Collection PS Vita
2	Adventure Time: The Secret of the Nameless Kingdom
3	Jak and Daxter Collection
4	Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
5	Persona 4 Golden
6	Salt and Sanctuary
7	Need for Speed Most Wanted
8	Ratchet & Clank Collection
9	Star Wars: Battlefront II
10	PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

PS Classics
1	Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
2	Bully
3	Twisted Metal: Black
4	Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy
5	Destroy All Humans! 2
6	The Warriors
7	Destroy All Humans!
8	Psychonauts
9	Jak and Daxter: The Precursor Legacy
10	Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

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PlayStation Blogcast 275: Live From Arcadia Bay

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You know Ashly Burch? Of course you do. She’s in this episode! We’ve got two new interviews in this episode, shining a light on Life is Strange: Before the Storm and upcoming PS VR megaton Blood & Truth. Plus, Ryan, Kristen and Justin gather to share what they played and watched during their respective holiday breaks. Happy new year!

Stuff We Talked About

• Life is Strange: Before the Storm
• Blood & Truth
• Game of the Year 2017
• Black Mirror
• Assassin’s Creed
• Persona 5

Recent Episodes

• 274: The Best of 2017
• 273: Donuts and Jedi
• 272: Sweet Dreams Are Made of PSX

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The Cast

Justin Massongill – Social Media Manager, SIEA
Ryan Clements – Sr. Social Media Specialist, SIEA
Kristen Titus – Social Media Specialist, SIEA

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[Editor’s note: PSN game release dates are subject to change without notice. Game details are gathered from press releases from their individual publishers and/or ESRB rating descriptions.]

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OK K.O.! Let’s Play Heroes Arrives January 23 on PS4

Hey whats up PlayStation Blog people! I’m here to announce that OK K.O.! Let’s Play Heroes will be available on January 23rd!

Let’s check out the first official gameplay trailer!

When I was a teenager, I got a job at a grocery store to fund my addiction to video games and comics. My feelings for that time would eventually inspire OK K.O.! I wanted to make something that felt like those lazy weekend afternoons playing games and watching cartoons. So imagine my surprise when I not only got to make a cartoon based on my idea, but a video game too!

Even as a cartoon fan, I’m immediately wary of cheesy tie-in games, so we knew this had to be different. We wanted to find a developer with an affinity for the material, and create the game in tandem with the show so neither the game developers or animators are trying to imitate one another.

It was a tall request, but Cartoon Network eventually connected me(and my Co-Executive Producer Toby Jones) with Capy Games, the developer of Super Time Force and Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP. I’d known about Capy for some time and was excited to work with them, but when we started, there was no real show yet to base things on. We had an old pilot, some character designs and a few story ideas, but we were still brainstorming and developing the show, and we wanted the game to develop in the same way.

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The basic idea for the game came from a couple of great hangouts where we geeked out about games we love, weird gameplay concepts and ideas for jokes. We immediately invited Capy into the animation process, so they could understand the characters and see where we were headed. It became a true collaboration, with Capy integrating many of our ideas into the game, while the show team found similar inspiration in many of Capy’s ideas. In the end, Capy created an awesome game, with a storyline that works on its own.

I’m a big fan of when pieces of media feel personal to the people who made them- the OK KO! show is a labor of love and you can see the fingerprints of the artists in the final product. The game is the same way. You can see a specific, personal style that is all Capy! There’s also tons of original animation by Capy and Exit 73 Studios. And the game features an amazing soundtrack by doseone (whos music you may have heard in Samurai Gunn, Enter the Gungeon, Niddhogg 2 and others).

OK, K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes airs on Cartoon Network (go watch now!) and it’s about a group of friends who work at a convenience store and are also cool heroes. The main character is a kid (K.O.) who dreams about leveling up so he can save the day just like the heroes he looks up to.

The console game, OK K.O.! Let’s PLAY Heroes, is part side-scrolling beat-’em-up brawler, part RPG, and just like in the series, it’s about questing to help your friends and fellow heroes while honing your own special skills. In the game, these quests play out kind of like a season of short episodes, where you’re helping people at Lakewood Plaza Turbo, and as you build stronger relationships with those characters, you get to call them in to assist you in battle. And of course, it wouldn’t be a beat-‘em-up without tons of killer punches, kicks, jump attacks and super moves!

OK K.O.! Let’s Play Heroes is coming to PS4 on January 23, 2018.

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PlayStation Developers Pick Their Most Anticipated Games of 2018 and Beyond

The team over at PlayStation EU have put together an excellent series of posts gathering some end-of-year thoughts from a group of prolific creators. We were thrilled with how they turned out, so we’re running the series here as well. If you’re based in Europe, do yourself a favor and bookmark the EU PlayStation.Blog for more high-quality, region-appropriate updates and announcements into 2018 and beyond.

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Hear that? That’s the sound of multiple Trophies being unlocked worldwide, as we try and clear our backlog in anticipation for what’s ahead in 2018 and beyond. Some of the gamers causing that iconic sound to ring out? Developers of your favourite games this year, who are also rushing to clear their gaming calendars.

We asked them what titles have got them personally excited. Here’s their selection.

God of War

As chosen by…

“I am really looking forward to this father and son adventure. The new direction Santa Monica Studios is taking the franchise is looking very promising and I can’t wait to see what larger-than-life set pieces they have been creating.” Hermen Hulst, Co-founder, Guerrilla Games (Horizon Zero Dawn)

“It has been a while since the last title in the series, so I’m really looking forward to seeing how Kratos has evolved. From watching the video that has been released, I get a sense that the actions and gore are really going to live up to expectations.” Fumihiko Yasuda, Director, Team Ninja (Nioh)

“The player experience is obviously great, but seeing how far they can push the technical limits of the PlayStation 4 hardware and thus raise the bar for game developers all over the world is both frightening and exhilarating at the same time! Seeing if my own predictions about how the story will develop is also something that I am secretly looking forward to a lot!” Naoki Yoshida, Director, Square-Enix (Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn)

Days Gone

As chosen by…

“Days Gone looks like a fabulous mix of third person zombie carnage and smart storytelling that will be a brutal blast to play. I can’t wait.” Steve Goss, Director of Design, Supermassive Games (Until Dawn: Rush of Blood, Hidden Agenda)

“ZOMBIES, and bloody loads of them. Get in my PS4 Pro right now!” John McLaughlin, Senior Producer, XDev Studios

Marvel’s Spider-Man

As chosen by…

“My son and I have played the trailer for Insomniac’s Spider-Man so much that we’ve worn a groove in YouTube. Looks. Amazing. Cannot. Wait!” Capsar Field, CEO, Wish Studios (Knowledge is Power!)

“It just looks so much fun to play!” John Johanas, Director, Tango Gameworks (The Evil Within 2)

“I am really looking forward to experiencing the same kind of roller-coaster ride feelings from the movies in video game form.” Takashi Katano, Director, Square-Enix (Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age)

Monster Hunter: World

As chosen by…

“I have a big interest in seeing how fans overseas rate this new Japanese-made Monster Hunter that has been reborn for PS4!” Hiroaki Kato, Producer, Square-Enix (Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age)

“I spent countless hours playing all the Monster Hunters and never get tired of it. I played it at PAX this year and it just stoked the fire even more. The level of polish is nuts. Can’t wait!” Steve Madureira, Lead Designer/Lead Animator, Airship Syndicate (Battle Chasers: Nightwar)

Dreams

As chosen by…

“Of course I am very biased here, as I previously worked with Media Molecule a few years ago and Dreams was already in the works. Now I’m just eager to see how far they improved it. It’s a very ambitious project with fabulous technology.” Omar Cornut, Co-founder, Lizardcube (Wonder Boy)

“I had the chance to play it and it is incredible!” Raul Rubio Munarriz, Co-founder, Tequila Works (Rime)

The Last of Us Part II

As chosen by…

“The first game was an amazing accomplishment that made me re-evaluate what is possible in terms of video game storytelling. Part II looks even more fantastic.” Jens Matthies, Creative Director, MachineGames (Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus)

“I can’t wait to see what Naughty Dog has in store for us. It’s going to be heartbreaking, but oh-so worth it!” Brad Davey, Lead Designer, Sumo Digital (Snake Pass)

Red Dead Redemption 2

As chosen by…

“Red Dead Redemption is one of my most cherished videogame experiences in recent years. Rockstar took their open world formula and created a breath of fresh air with their western setting… now, after a long eight years, we will be returning to the amazing world that grabbed me in and held tightly. I simply cannot wait to see what Rockstar delivers.” Khalil Osaimi, Media Designer, Housemarque (Nex Machina, Matterfall)

Ace Combat 7

As chosen by…

“First and foremost, I have high hopes for PS VR. Apparently you’ll be able to frantically swing your head around to see enemy fighters, just like you would in a real fighter jet. I can’t wait to experience those true-to-life dogfights next year.” Keiichiro Toyama, Director, SIE Japan Studio (Gravity Rush 2)

Dragon Quest Builders 2

 
As chosen by…

“In the first title, you had to defend cities you designed from bosses, and you needed to construct buildings based on set plans by putting materials together. It did a great job of balancing elements that make people want to do and have more and more. I have been looking forward to the sequel ever since I finished the first one.” Tsutomu Kouno, Designer, SIE Japan Studio (LocoRoco)

Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom

As chosen by…

“I cannot wait to immerse myself in the gorgeous world of Ni No Kuni again. Thinking back on how great Oliver’s story was, and all the emotion that comes rushing back with that has me ready to explore the other parallel worlds Revenant Kingdom has waiting for us.” Jeramy Bergerson, Associate Producer, Arkane Studios (Prey)

Detroit: Become Human

As chosen by…

“This is the one that I will buy and play on day one.” Henrik Larsson, Producer, Tarsier Studios (Little Nightmares, Statik)

Death Stranding

As chosen by…

“I can safely say this is the game I’m most looking forward to. I’m a big fan of Hideo Kojima and Mads Mikkelsen. The teaser trailers have been very strong so far, even though I didn’t understand anything that was going on in them! Classic Kojima.” James Valls, Senior Producer, Rebellion (Battlezone)

13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim

 
As chosen by…

“The one that I’m most curious about is probably 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. Mr. Kamitani from Vanillaware makes games that are so appealing, I always end up buying them.” Yoko Taro, Director, Platinum Games (Nier: Automata)

Concrete Genie

As chosen by…

“Another Paris Games Week treat. It looks really beautiful and expressive and unlike anything else… I want to steal those visuals!” Gavin Price, Creative Lead, Playtonic (Yooka Laylee)

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