Ant-Man Pinball Comes to PS4, PS3, PS Vita July 15th

Prepare for an adventure of enormously tiny proportions! Our latest pinball collaboration with Marvel will showcase their upcoming film, Marvel’s Ant-Man, only in theaters July 17th! Assume the role of Scott Lang, master thief turned Super Hero, as he fights to save the world on a microscopic level. The Marvel’s Ant-Man table will be available for Zen Pinball 2 on PS3, PS Vita and PS4 on July 15th! Just remember to purchase on PS3 or PS Vita and import to PS4 to play on all three systems.

On the Marvel’s Ant-Man table, players will experience the breathtaking action of the upcoming Marvel Studios film as they’ll engage in heated combat with Yellowjacket in a multiball fight, duke it out as shrunken Ant-Man, help Hope Van Dyne train Scott Lang, and have an active role in side stories featuring Ant-Man and his friends. Heroes don’t get any bigger!

We’re doing things with the Marvel’s Ant-Man table that will be completely new to both our game and the pinball genre as a whole, including shrinking pinballs and crazy new mini-games that will undoubtedly excite our biggest (and smallest) fans. We can’t wait to give all of our players a shot at this table!

Working with Marvel to bring their properties to our pinball universe has been fantastic over the years, but we’re extremely excited to have teamed up with them on not just one of their films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe releasing this year, but BOTH of them, with Marvel’s Ant-Man joining our recently released Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron table on our Marvel roster! See you on the leaderboards!

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Quiplash: New Party Game Expands “Audience” Participation to 10,000

Everybody loves a good party game. That’s why we at Jackbox Games are constantly trying to make easy-to-play party games that can be played by everybody… literally. We’re not quite to “everybody” stage yet, but with our newest game, Quiplash, we’ve come pretty close. The game allows up to 10,000 participants in one game. And by one game, we truly mean one game – only one person needs to own the game for 10,000 people to play!

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If you’re familiar with our recent games Fibbage and The Jackbox Party Pack, you’ll know that our games do not require controllers. While you fire up the game on your PS3 or PS4, players connect to the game using their phones, tablets, or any internet-connected device (even computers) by entering the unique game code into the “jackbox.tv” web site. This has also allowed for a big explosion in streamed games, where people are joining streams of our games and actually participating from afar. So with Quiplash, we decided to try to embrace this phenomenon by introducing a new feature we call: the Audience.

Now, while an “audience” usually means a passive group of people who are just “watching,” in Quiplash, it’s different. The Quiplash Audience actually affects the outcome of the game by voting, kind of like on a reality competition show on TV. Quiplash pits two players’ answers to humorous prompts like “Another name for France” against each other. Then, the other players AND THE AUDIENCE (if there is one) vote for their favorite answer. The player whose answer receives the most votes, wins. “Oui Oui Land” or “Armpithairylvania”? That’s for the players, and Audience, to decide.

Quiplash is played by 3-8 core players, and works with or without an Audience. If you have a party of 10 people, 2 can be in the Audience, and then they can get in the next game, letting two players swap out to the Audience. If you have a stream with thousands of viewers, they can all participate – up to 10,000, anyway. This is a big upgrade for us over our previous games, one of which (Lie Swatter) allowed up to 100 players in the same game.

Our goal is to keep making party games that everyone – and maybe someday, literally everyone – can play simply by pulling out their phones. Sure, just watching our games can bring you plenty of laughs, but who wants to just watch when you can participate? That’s the idea behind the Audience. It’s kind of an “enhanced spectator” role, if you will – you actually affect the outcome of the game. We’re planning more and more of this in our future games, but for now, we hope our first stab at this feature in Quiplash is a successful first stab, without anyone getting hurt. It’s not that kind of stab. Check it out!

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Red Goddess: Inner World Coming to PS4 on June 30th

Hello everyone, we’re super excited to announce that Red Goddess: Inner World is coming to PS4 tomorrow, June 30th! We’re talking about a Metroidvania with an epic journey that features mystical-fantasy storytelling in a universe filled with symbolism.

The atmosphere is conveyed through a unique art style and immersive gameplay, a brawling adventure game where you play as a young goddess named “Divine” to explore her inner-mind with the objective of remembering and recovering her own powers.

Divine is confused and haunted by her past. She is in imminent danger — something mysterious and unknown is tearing her apart from the inside out, destroying her mind, her soul. To save herself, she must explore her own mind and the planet that exists within it.

This exploration is fraught with impediments and obstacles. The journey begins when Divine decides to right this wrong by exploring her own subconscious, where she will discover a planet within her own mind made up of mountains, forests, caves, villages, and perils unknown… a vast space for players to explore.

Red Goddess lets players explore a non-linear map, and it emphasizes backtracking with new moves and skills to access new areas. But combat, with its simple red and blue factions mechanic is where it truly shines to make Red Goddess a memorable gaming experience.

There are three playable characters: Divine, helped by two alternate personalities, Rage and Fear, who embody her emotions and have their own unique skills and abilities. The enemies, meanwhile, are her own negative thoughts. You can shift between Divine, Rage, and Fear characters with a quick tap of the R1 and L1 buttons. When you do select one character, the other half appears as a “mask” of the main character. The mask appears following you everywhere in the game, and could turn against if you activate some traps.

Red Goddess features new and progressively more deadly challenges for the player. Unlocking new powers and unravelling the mysteries, survive attacks from dangerous creatures, solving puzzles and defeating the powerful bosses. Check out our trailer, showcasing in-game footage, to get a glimpse of what to expect when we take you to Red Goddess: Inner World.

We’re an independent game developer with only six people based in Spain with a focus on creativity. Now our dream comes true: Red Goddess: Inner World on PS4!

Be sure to check out Red Goddess:Inner World, you can pick up an awesome platformer with epic boss battles! Thanks for reading. We’d love to answer any questions and read your reactions, so please leave your comments below.

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Introducing Soft Body on PS4, PS Vita

Hello! I’m Zeke Virant, the sole developer of Soft Body. It’s coming out later this year for PS4 and PS Vita with cross buy support. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the game, Soft Body is an action-puzzle game that infuses the twin-stick shooter with a surreal sense of control and style.

Inspired by the simplicity and joy of twin-stick shooters and other arcade games, players take control of two beautiful, gooey snakes at the same time (one with each analog stick). Together, you use the snakes to paint the world, which continually changes around you, while dodging bullets and popping enemies. Both soothing and tense, Soft Body combines the challenge and twitchy fun of quick-restart action games with a smooth, meditative aesthetic.

Today, I’m happy to give you all a glimpse of Soft Body’s two different single-player modes: Soft Mode and Hard Mode.

With Soft Mode, I wanted to create a game that offered a smooth difficulty curve and levels that flowed into each other visually and aurally. I understood that learning to control two characters at the same time is a complicated affair, and so I designed a mode that could facilitate people gradually learning the game’s mechanics and rules.

In Soft Mode, you take control of the Soft Body and the Ghost Body but are not always required to control them at the same time. By default, the Ghost Body is attached to the Soft Body and will follow it around — but separating the two bodies is simple. By pushing the right analog stick from its centered resting position, the Ghost Body detaches from the Soft Body and becomes independent. If the right analog-stick returns to its resting point for one second, the Ghost Body will automatically return to the Soft Body and reattach. That being said, Soft Mode is not “Easy,” but it’s certainly not as tough as Hard Mode.

With Hard Mode, I wanted to take full advantage of the game’s unique, brain-splitting mechanics. I wanted to make something that could push people to master the challenge of controlling two things at the same time — something stoically difficult, unforgiving, but fair and rewarding. Hard Mode gives you control of both bodies at the same time, all the time. If either body is popped by an enemy or a projectile, it’s game over, and you restart from the beginning of the level.

Soft Body is an unusual twin-stick game, and I want people to experience the full breadth of its controls. For me, the way it feels to control the two snakes is the most important aspect of the game. My desire to make Soft Body’s movement feel great has driven the game’s development and informs almost every aspect of the design.

From the shape of the bullet patterns, to the sound of painting a wall, Soft Body’s mechanics encourage movement and give personality to the game’s tense and joyful fiction. With Soft Mode and Hard Mode, I’ve worked to create a single-player experience with multiple ways to play and enjoy the game.

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The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 6/30/2015

The dust has finally settled after an amazing week at E3 2015. And yet still the new games lineup marches on! If you’re a fan of games from Japanese developers, you’re in for quite the treat this week, with titles like BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend joining the PlayStation family.

Master the incredibly diverse (and incredibly quirky) cast of BlazBlue in the latest chapter of this lightning-fast fighter. Chrono Phantasma Extend packs in a whopping 28 playable fighters, new story mode scenarios, and a revamped guard system for even more technical matches.

Or battle with iconic characters from the Shonen Jump manga series in J-Stars Victory VS+. This fighter brings together Dragon Ball, Fist of the North Star, Hunter x Hunter, and more in a big way, so anime fans take note.

There’s lots more coming to PlayStation this week, so read on — and enjoy the Drop!

New PlayStation Games This Week

Arcade Archives Scramble

PS4 — Digital

Scramble is a shooting game that was released in 1981. Players control a space fighter with a limited fuel supply as they battle enemies and try to destroy the enemy base. Konami has produced many masterful shooting games, but Scramble is the original that started it all.

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend

PS4, PS3 — Digital, Retail

The most definitive installment of the renowned 2D fighting game franchise can finally be taken into your living room. Uncover the secrets of the Chrono Phantasma Extend with new characters, new story scenes, and revamped battle system.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation

PS Vita — Digital

Time to Nep-Nep like it’s 1989! Lost in an alternate dimension, Neptune must collect enough shares to get back home. Sounds easy — except the evil alliance of Seven Sages wants to rid Gamindustri of all CPUs, including Neptune! Can she defeat the Seven Sages and get back to her own world?

J-Stars Victory VS +

PS4, PS3, PS Vita — Digital, Retail

For a limited time, purchase J-Stars Victory Vs+, and get the J-Stars Victory Vs+ Digital Compendium and a J-Stars Victory Vs+ Theme for your PS4. The Digital Compendium is filled with information about the game that includes gameplay directions, artwork and details about the series and characters included in the game.

Quiplash

PS4, PS3 — Digital (Cross Buy)

The team behind the hit party games You Don’t Know Jack, Fibbage, and Drawful presents Quiplash, the laugh-a-minute battle of wits and wittiness! Use your phone or tablet to answer simple prompts like “Something you’d be surprised to see a donkey do” or “The worst soup flavor: Cream of _____.” No rules, no correct answers! Say whatever you want!

Red Goddess: Inner World

PS4 — Digital

Red Goddess is a 2.5D nonlinear side-scroller platformer with combat situations in an adventure to explore the inner-mind of a Young Goddess with the objective of remembering and recovering her own powers. Fight against the “dark thoughts” and an invisible enemy The Narrator.

Samurai Warriors: Chronicles 3

PS Vita — Digital

The Samurai Warriors Chronicles series makes its long-awaited debut on PS Vita! Switch between up to four playable characters in real time, and use Hyper Attacks to make this the most strategically rich title in the series to date!

Scrabble

PS4 — Digital

Play with friends in person, online, or add virtual opponents. Virtual opponents range from easy to very difficult to beat, and will respond to the player’s actions and strategies over time, allowing players to either engage in casual fun or play with a real challenge.

Whispering Willows

PS4, PS Vita — Digital

In Whispering Willows, you take on the role of Elena, a determined young girl with the extraordinary ability to project her spirit outside of her body. In her spectral form, Elena can interact with the benevolent spirits and wicked wraiths that used to dwell within the walls of the sinister Willows Mansion.

Coming to PlayStation Music

Miguel – Wildheart
Neil Young – The Monsanto Years
Bassnectar – Into The Sun

Coming to PlayStation Video

Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Big Game
Terminator Genisys: Pre-Order
Teen Wolf | Season 5

The information above is subject to change without notice.

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This Week in PlayStation

Hello, friends! Excuse me if I keep this short — Batman: Arkham Knight and Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward are out, so…

This Week’s Top 10 Posts

1. DRIVECLUB PlayStation Plus Edition Out June 25th
2. Uncharted 4: Inside That E3 Demo
3. Conversations with Creators with Wil Wheaton Premieres July 7th
4. Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition Out Today on PS4
5. Introducing Whispering Willows on PS4, PS Vita
6. Yakuza 5: Inside a World of Organized Crime on PS3
7. Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5: Online Play, Park Creator Details
8. Want to Win Your Own Custom Batmobile?
9. Batman: Arkham Knight Out Now on PS4
10. Disgaea 5 Takes Its Revenge October 6th on PS4

June’s Free PS Plus Games

PS4	PS3	PS Vita

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This Week’s Top Movies

1. Chappie
2. Kingsman: The Secret Service
3. Run All Night
4. Get Hard (Unrated)
5. Jupiter Ascending
6. Unfinished Business
7. Project Almanac (AKA Welcome to Yesterday)
8. American Sniper
9. Focus
10. The Lazarus Effect

PS Blogcast Episode 168

This Week’s PS Store Update

Most-Watched Video of the Week

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Flash Sale Starts Now: Fantasy Deals

Hi everyone! Hot off the heels of E3, we’re celebrating one of our favorite genres with a Fantasy Deals Flash Sale. Starting right now, we’ve got a collection of fantasy games and movies on sale for up to 80 percent off. Head over to PlayStation Store through the weekend to nab titles like Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, LEGO The Hobbit, Game of Thrones – Season Pass and films like 300 Rise of an Empire, Hercules, and more on sale.

But don’t wait too long, it’s back to reality come Monday – our Fantasy Deals Flash Sale ends at 9:00 a.m. Pacific, June 29.

Check out the full lineup:

Games

Title	Platform	Sale Price	Original Price
Bound by Flame	PS4	$14.00	$39.99
CastleStorm Definitive Edition	PS4	$5.25	$14.99
Game of Thrones – Season Pass	PS4	$12.50	$24.99
Hand of Fate	PS4	$8.00	$19.99
How to Survive: Storm Warning Edition	PS4	$3.80	$19.99
LEGO The Hobbit	PS4	$10.00	$19.99
Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna)	PS4	$6.00	$14.99
Omega Quintet	PS4	$24.00	$59.99
Rack N Ruin	PS4	$4.50	$14.99
Road Not Taken	PS4	$5.25	$14.99
Shadow Warrior	PS4	$7.50	$29.99
Ziggurat	PS4	$6.00	$14.99
Blood Knights	PS3	$4.50	$14.99
Bound by Flame	PS3	$10.50	$29.99
Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons	PS3	$3.75	$14.99
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen	PS3	$13.20	$39.99
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara	PS3	$4.50	$14.99
Game of Thrones – Season Pass	PS3	$12.50	$24.99
LEGO The Lord of the Rings	PS3	$5.00	$19.99
Might & Magic Duel of Champions Forgotten Wars	PS3	$3.50	$9.99
Of Orcs and Men	PS3	$5.00	$19.99
Risen 3: Titan Lords	PS3	$12.00	$29.99
Sacred 3	PS3	$12.00	$29.99
Tales of Graces f: Knight Edition	PS3	$16.50	$54.99
Tales of Xillia 2	PS3	$14.00	$39.99
Tales of Xillia	PS3	$9.00	$29.99
Vandal Hearts: Flames of Judgment	PS3	$3.00	$14.99
Bonk’s Adventure	PS3/PSP	$1.20	$5.99
Dungeon Explorer	PS3/PSP	$1.20	$5.99
New Adventure Island	PS3/PSP	$1.20	$5.99
Valkyria Chronicles 2	PSP	$5.00	$9.99
Elminage Original	PSP/PS Vita	$3.75	$14.99
Fate/EXTRA	PSP/PS Vita	$6.99	$9.99
MYST	PSP/PS Vita	$2.40	$11.99
Warriors of the Lost Empire	PSP/PS Vita	$1.20	$5.99
Dungeon Hunter Alliance	PS Vita	$6.75	$26.99
Hyperdimension Neptunia ReBirth1	PS Vita	$6.00	$29.99
Mind Zero	PS Vita	$10.00	$24.99
Monster Monpiece	PS Vita	$4.00	$19.99
New Little King’s Story	PS Vita	$5.00	$19.99
Pocket RPG	PS Vita	$5.25	$14.99
Soul Sacrifice	PS Vita	$4.50	$14.99
Sword Art Online -Hollow Fragment-	PS Vita	$14.00	$39.99
Tales of Hearts R	PS Vita	$14.00	$39.99

Movies

Title	SD Original Rental Price	SD Rental Sale Price	HD Original Rental Price	HD Rental Sale Price
Alexander	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$6.99
Amelie	$10.99	$7.99	$12.99	$7.99
Beowulf	$9.99	$8.99	$17.99	$8.99
Black Hawk Down	$9.99	$5.99	$12.99	$5.99
Brotherhood Of Blades	$9.99	$2.99	$12.99	$3.99
Chimeres	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$6.99
City Of Ember	$14.99	$9.99	$14.99	$9.99
The Clan Of The Cave Bear	$9.99	$6.99	N/A	N/A
Clash Of The Titans	$9.99	$7.99	$12.99	$11.99
Conan The Barbarian	$5.99	$4.99	$7.99	$4.99
Conan The Barbarian	$5.99	$4.99	$7.99	$5.99
Delgo	$14.99	$9.99	$14.99	$9.99
Dragonslayer	$9.99	$5.99	$17.99	$10.99
Dungeons & Dragons	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$6.99
Dungeons & Dragons: Wrath Of The Dragon God	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$6.99
Edward Scissorhands	$14.99	$9.99	$14.99	$9.99
Eragon	$14.99	$9.99	$14.99	$9.99
Excalibur	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$6.99
Exodus	$14.99	$11.99	$14.99	$11.99
Gladiator (extended)	$9.99	$5.99	$17.99	$10.99
The Golden Compass	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$6.99
Gulliver’s Travels	$14.99	$9.99	$14.99	$9.99
Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$8.99
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 1	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$8.99
Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows – Part 2	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$8.99
Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$8.99
Harry Potter And The Half-blood Prince	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$8.99
Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$8.99
Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$8.99
Harry Potter And The Sorcerer’s Stone	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$8.99
Hercules (2014)	$14.99	$12.99	$19.99	$16.99
Highlander 3	$7.99	$6.99	$9.99	$6.99
Hobbit, The : The Desolation Of Smaug – Theatrical Cut	$9.99	$8.99	$17.99	$12.99
Hobbit, The: An Unexpected Journey – Theatrical Cut	$9.99	$8.99	$17.99	$12.99
Ice Pirates	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$6.99
Iceman	$9.99	$2.99	N/A	N/A
In The Name Of The King	$14.99	$9.99	$14.99	$9.99
In The Name Of The King 2: Two Worlds	$14.99	$9.99	$14.99	$9.99
In The Name Of The King 3: The Last Mission	$10.99	$9.99	$10.99	$9.99
Inkheart	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$8.99
Journey To The West	$12.99	$8.99	$14.99	$8.99
Kingdom Of Heaven	$14.99	$9.99	$14.99	$9.99
Ladyhawke	$9.99	$6.99	N/A	N/A
Last Samurai	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$8.99
Lord Of The Rings: Fellowship Of The Ring – Theatrical Cut	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$8.99
Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King – Theatrical Cut	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$8.99
Lord Of The Rings: Two Towers – Theatrical Cut	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$8.99
Meet The Spartans	$14.99	$9.99	$14.99	$9.99
Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium	$14.99	$9.99	$14.99	$9.99
Neverending Story Ii, The: The Next Chapter	$9.99	$6.99	N/A	N/A
Neverending Story, The	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$8.99
Nim’s Island	$14.99	$9.99	$14.99	$9.99
Odd Thomas	$12.99	$5.99	$16.99	$5.99
Pan’s Labyrinth	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$8.99
Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightening Thief	$14.99	$9.99	$14.99	$9.99
Percy Jackson: Sea Of Monsters	$14.99	$9.99	$14.99	$9.99
Pioneer	$12.99	$8.99	$14.99	$8.99
Premium Rush	$9.99	$5.99	$12.99	$5.99
Quest For Camelot	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$6.99
Ragnarok	$12.99	$8.99	$14.99	$8.99
Red Sonja	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$6.99
Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$6.99
Snow White & The Huntsman	$9.99	$4.99	$12.99	$4.99
Sorcerer And The White Snake	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$6.99
Tai Chi Zero	$9.99	$2.99	$12.99	$3.99
The Adventurer: The Curse Of The Midas Box	$11.99	$5.99	$12.99	$5.99
The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader	$14.99	$9.99	$14.99	$9.99
The Crow: City Of Angels	$9.99	$8.99	$12.99	$8.99
Time Machine, The	$9.99	$6.99	N/A	N/A
Tristan And Isolde	$10.99	$9.99	$10.99	$9.99
Troy Director’s Cut (unrated)	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$8.99
Upworld	$7.99	$5.99	$9.99	$5.99
Wake The Witch	$9.99	$6.99	$12.99	$6.99
White Haired Witch	$9.99	$2.99	$12.99	$3.99
William Shakespeare’s Romeo And Juliet	$14.99	$9.99	$14.99	$9.99
Wrath Of The Titans	$9.99	$7.99	$17.99	$11.99

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Anything pique your fancy? Tell us what you’re picking up this weekend. Have a great one!

Note: All pricing is for U.S. only and subject to change without notice.

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