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Disney Infinity 2.0 Collector's Edition exclusive to PlayStation
Want to SMASH it up as the Hulk in Disney Infinity 2.0? He and his fellow Avengers will appear in a special Collector's Edition that will be exclusive to PS4, Sony announced during their E3 2014 press conference. While Hulk and co. will be available for other platforms, grabbing the Collector's Edition will be the only way to play as the big green machine earlier than everyone else. Make your friends green with envy! The game, developed by Avalanche Studios, is set to hit store shelves and collectors' shelves alike this fall.
Last of Us-themed dungeon coming to Diablo 3 PS4
When Diablo 3: Ultimate Evil Edition debuts on the PlayStation 4, it will include an exclusive dungeon packed with enemies that should be familiar to fans of Naughty Dog's The Last of Us. Alongside the standard imps and other demonspawn, this dungeon will also be populated by fungus-riddled clickers. [Image: Sony]
Dead Island 2 shambles onto systems with exclusive content, beta [Update: trailer]
Sony announced today that Yager's Dead Island 2 is coming to PlayStation 4 with an exclusive character, level, and a pre-release 30-day beta. A release date is not yet known. Update: Deep Silver's press release notes Spec Ops: The Line studio Yager is developing the new Dead Island - we've amended the post to reflect that. Also, the Unreal Engine 4 game is coming to Xbox One and PC as well and the release window is spring 2015.
Far Cry 4 cries for co-op help
Far Cry 4 will include cooperative multiplayer, as demonstrated during Sony's E3 2014 press conference. Two players liberated a fortress together in online co-op during the demo. PlayStation VP of Publisher and Developer Relations Adam Boyes said that Far Cry 4 players on PS4 or PS3 can invite friends to partake in its co-op action without said friend having to own a copy of the game. It will launch November 18 on PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC.
Dark Souls studio cuts open a new, dark IP, 'Bloodborne' [Update: trailer]
Dark Souls studio From Software and director Hidetaka Miyazaki are working on Bloodborne, a dark fantasy game due out in 2015 and "only on PlayStation" according to the end of a trailer shown at Sony's E3 conference. The PS4 action-RPG appears to be Project Beast, a grisly long-rumored game that surfaced in video form late last month.
Twin-stick action game Entwined out now on PS4 [Update: trailer]
Sony announced that it is publishing Entwined, a new PlayStation 4 game developed by a team of recent graduates from Carnegie Mellon University. Gameplay in Entwined challenges players to control two characters at once using the DualShock 4's analog sticks. Players can maneuver both characters separately to collect items scattered throughout each forward-scrolling level, and the characters can be united for a more powerful form. The PlayStation 4 version of Entwined launches tonight via the PlayStation Store for $9.99. PS3 and Vita versions will follow at a later date as part of a Cross-Buy promotion.
LittleBigPlanet 3 announced for PS4, get creative in November [Update: trailer]
Sony just announced LittleBigPlanet is making a return on PlayStation 4. As revealed at Sony's E3 conference, LittleBigPlanet 3 provides Sackboy with new pals in the form of Toggle and Swoop. The content creation series debuts on Sony's new system in November. A demonstration showed Sackboy and friends working through a level together, with Toggle shrinking to slip through small spaces and let others in from the other side of obstacles. Meanwhile, Swoop can fly and pick up Toggle to drop him onto higher platforms. Sony also announced that when LBP3 launches, all 8.7 million user levels from the first two games will be available to download. 8.7 million! That's a pretty sizable starter pack.
Infamous: First Light standalone DLC coming to Second Son in August [Update: trailer]
Infamous: Second Son will be getting standalone DLC in August of this year, Sony announced during its E3 2014 press conference. The DLC will be titled Infamous: First Light and seems to focus on Abigail Walker, a Conduit - see: person with superpowers - who can control neon light. No pricing or further details were shared at the time of announcement.
Destiny alpha cometh to PS4 this Thursday [Update]
Bungie will launch a "First Look" alpha version of Destiny this Thursday on PS4, Sony announced during its E3 2014 press conference. The game's beta is slated to arrive on the system on July 17. The first person shooter will launch September 9 on Xbox One and PS4. Update: Destiny is currently planned for Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One and PS4, not PC. We've updated our post accordingly.
Watch PlayStation's E3 2014 press conference over here [Update: It's over!]
PlayStation's E3 2014 press conference will be live on this very page at 6:00 p.m. PT (9:00 p.m. ET). When paired with our liveblog, you have a torrential downpour of PlayStation news and footage. Now that the PlayStation 4 had a few months of life, it's time to talk about games, there's a pretty good chance the show will include some announcements about new video games for PS4 and Vita. Does that mean new entries in popular PlayStation brands such as Uncharted or LittleBigPlanet? Let's find out together! We'll keep our running commentary going on our liveblog of the event, so we suggest you dedicate two tabs to us this evening. Update: Sony is done showing off its suite of upcoming games and products, but if you're just catching up, we've been cataloging its many announcements. [Image: Sony]
Download Dead Rising 3 fan-service DLC soundtrack for free
If you read our earlier article on the Super Ultra Dead Rising 3 Arcade Remix Hyper Edition EX Plus Alpha DLC for Dead Rising 3, and immediately developed a craving for the addition's tunes, today is your lucky day: Capcom's offering the soundtrack at the always attractive price of "free." Developer Capcom Vancouver revealed the gratis download in a tweet shortly after the DLC's reveal earlier today. "Anyone fancy a free #SuperDR3 soundtrack?" the developer asked, before linking to a Sumthing.com page that features both the Super Ultra Dead Rising 3 Arcade Remix Hyper Edition EX Plus Alpha soundtrack as well as the soundtrack for Dead Rising 3. Though the former is available at no charge, the latter features a $10 price tag. [Image: Capcom]
Ubisoft gets tactical, introduces Rainbow Six: Siege
At the E3 2014 Ubisoft Media Briefing, the Tom Clancy game publisher reintroduced gamers to the Rainbow team. Rainbow Six: Siege is coming Xbox One, PS4 and PC in 2015. Revealed at the end of the conference, the in-game demo featured two teams of five battling each other in a hostage-filled home. In the footage, criminals were spotted barricading doors and windows in anticipation of the authorities. Then all hell breaks loose as Team Rainbow makes it way inside. Ubisoft had originally announced Patriots as the next game in the Rainbow Six franchise – a game much darker in tone than previous installments in the series – in 2011. Five months ago, Ubisoft announced it was going back to the drawing board with the Rainbow Six franchise; Siege appears to be the result.
E3 2014: See Dawngate's 'badass bookish nerds' honored in a new video
Dawngate is looking to bring a little something different to the MOBA field, as evidenced in its catchphrase, "break the meta." In a new video, Waystone Games devs list off several reasons why Dawngate isn't your average MMO. These include more of a focus on flexible team strategy, an epic storyline, and even the embrace of "badass bookish nerd" characters. Is this all just big bluster or shrewd design strategy? Check out the video after the jump and let us know what you think.
Get fit this November in Ubisoft's Shape Up
Though Ubisoft creative director Charles Huteau admits that "fitness is boring," Ubisoft has announced Shape Up, an exercise game that promises to "finally" turn your workout into an epic game. During Ubisoft's E3 conference, Huteau demonstrated a cardio workout that took the form of a mano a mano piano shuffle battle. While rapidly stomping virtual keys alongside a Kinect-spawned doppelganger of himself, Huteau seemingly worked up a minor sweat - crucially, without holding an extra peripheral (as in Ubisoft's Just Dance Now). Ubisoft offered no specific release date for Shape Up, but the game is slated to appear on the Xbox One during this November.
Ubisoft E3 2014 Liveblog on Joystiq
Ubisoft is likely to serve up a big cake load of Assassin's Creed: Unity, as well as FarCry 4 and The Division info at its E3 press conference, which will take place at 3PM PST. We will have our liveblog of the event right here. So, please come back at 3PM and join us for festive merriment of the Ubi variety.
Assassin's Creed: Unity stalks the French Revolution on October 28
Hooded assassins have done an awful lot of dirty work on their own, but that trend will change on October 28, when the co-op supplemented Assassin's Creed: Unity plunges pointy things into Xbox One, PS4 and PC. [Image: Ubisoft]
The Crew beta on July 23, crosses finish line November 11
Ubisoft's racer The Crew will arrive on PC, PS4 and Xbox One on November 11, Ubisoft announced during its E3 2014 press conference. Want to put the pedal to the metal finger to the trigger sooner? A closed beta will hit on July 23. [Image: Joystiq]
Just Dance Now uses mobile devices as controllers
With Just Dance Now coming to mobile devices, players can use smartphones instead of an arsenal of controllers and Kinects to track their grooves. Just Dance executive producer Jason Altman announced the tiny dancer during Ubisoft's E3 conference, which uses phones to track players and tablets, computers or internet-connected TVs to display routines to as many dancers as you can fit into a room.
Just Dance 2015 grooves onto systems in October [update]
Like day follows night and night follows day, Just Dance 2015 will shake its evergreen booty on systems this October - a trailer shown during Ubisoft's E3 conference listed Xbox One, Xbox 360 and Wii U while the official site also lists logos for PS3, PS4 and Wii. There's no Aisha Tyler in it though, and that's always a disappointment. Meanwhile, Just Dance Now promises to give players a mobile way to groove. Update: The game will launch on October 23 in EMEA regions, and then the day after in the UK. The North American release window remains October. Additionally, Ubisoft unveiled some of the 40 tracks coming to the dancing game, which you can check out below the break.
E3 2014: Warframe heading to Xbox One
Xbox One jockeys will soon have another online offering in which to indulge. Warframe announced today at E3 that it will be heading to the console sometime in 2014 as a self-published title. Digital Extremes Creative Director Steve Sinclair says that this will be a good move for the online sci-fi title: "Bringing Warframe to Xbox One is a no-brainer. Our players have been asking for Warframe since the debut of the console and with the ID@Xbox Program, now we can make it happen. Having the freedom to develop and publish Warframe on our own terms is the true definition of independence to us. Warframe is a passion project for our team and building it alongside our players is a reality now with digital distribution." You can check out Warframe's E3 trailer, starring Big-Eyed Fred, after the break. Massively's on the ground in Los Angeles during the week of June 10-12, bringing you all the best news from E3 2014. We're covering everything from WildStar and Landmark to Skyforge and H1Z1, so stay tuned!
