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PlayStation sets Gran Turismo 7-focused State of Play for February 2

PlayStation has confirmed that it will hold a State of Play presentation on Wednesday, February 2nd that’s all about Gran Turismo 7.

The stream will kick off at 2pm PT/5pm ET and feature “just over” 30 minutes of footage from the upcoming racing sim, says Sony. This will be the company’s first State of Play of 2022, and most recent one since October 2021.

The Gran Turismo 7 State of Play will be streamed to PlayStation’s Twitch and YouTube channels.

Gran Turismo 7 is set to launch on PlayStation 4 and 5 on March 4th, 2022.

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Here are the free games hitting PlayStation Plus in February 2022

Every month, Sony offers a few PlayStation games at no additional cost to those subscribed to its PlayStation Plus service.

Now, the company has revealed the three games landing on PS Plus in February.

To start, this month’s PS5 freebie is the roller coaster building sim Planet Coaster: Console Edition. Note that the PS4 version of the game is not free with PS Plus.

Meanwhile, the two PS4 games are the MMA fighting game EA Sports UFC 4 and action-adventure RPG Tiny Tina’s Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-shot Adventure. Note that the PS4 version of Tiny Tina’s Assault is not free with PS Plus.

All three games will be free on PS Plus from February 1st to 28th. Find out what came to PlayStation Plus in January here.

A PlayStation Plus subscription costs $69.99/year in Canada.

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PlayStation releases its 2021 ‘Wrap-Up’ reports

PlayStation ‘Wrap-Up’ is back once again, but a bit earlier this year than we’ve seen in the past.

Similar to ‘Spotify Wrapped,‘ PlayStation Wrap-Up looks at the specific data based on your Sony gaming habits across the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5. The end-of-year wrap-up tells you what your most-played game was, how many hours you spent playing on your console, how many trophies you earned and more.

Additionally, PlayStation Wrap-Up splits information regarding your PS5 and your PS4 games.

You can generate your own PlayStation 2021 Wrap Up report here. 

My personal report said I spent 938 total hours gaming, played 20 games, and my most played game was Apex Legends.

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Sony to produce more PS4s amid PS5 shortages: report

Sony will ramp up production of PlayStation 4 consoles in response to ongoing PlayStation 5 shortages, according to Bloomberg.

The new console has been in short supply in no small part due to semiconductors that are also in hot demand for smartphones, cars and more.

Per Bloomberg, Sony had been planning to discontinue assembly of the PS4 at the end of 2021, but these chip shortages led it to reconsider. The company hadn’t publicly stated it would stop producing PS4s, and a spokesperson told Bloomberg that it hadn’t planned to do so, either.

In any event, the PS4 features simpler components, is easier to manufacture and offers a lower-cost alternative for consumers to the PS5. Altogether, Sony will produce about one million PS4s this year, reports Bloomberg.

It should be noted that PlayStation’s two major confirmed 2022 exclusives, Horizon Forbidden West (releasing February 18th) and God of War: Ragnarok (TBA 2022), are coming to both PS4 and PS5. In general, many games are still releasing across both generations of consoles, with only a handful of upcoming titles, like Bethesda’s Ghostwire: Tokyo (TBA 2022) and Square Enix’s Forspoken (May 24th) being PS5 console exclusives. Therefore, those who still have a PS4 — or indeed decide to get one amid PS5 shortages — will still be able to play most major games for now.

It’s also unclear exactly when the chip shortages will begin to alleviate, but multiple analysts predict that supply constraints will continue at least through late 2022.

Source: Bloomberg

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Near-complete build of Horizon Forbidden West has leaked online

A playable and almost complete build of PlayStation’s Horizon Forbidden West has leaked online, over one month before the game releases to the public.

Images of what appears to be the PS4 version of the Guerilla Games-developed title began hitting the web earlier this week and have since been hit by copyright strikes by PlayStation. VideoGamesChronicle (VGC) also corroborates that the leaked build is indeed legitimate.

It’s unclear how this may have happened, but VGC reports that outside of some missing art assets, the leaked build contains the “entire core content” of the game. Therefore, those looking forward to Forbidden West may want to tread lightly online for spoilers, perhaps even by muting Twitter keywords related to the game. Forbidden West is one of the two major confirmed first-party PlayStation games for the year alongside Sony Santa Monica’s God of War: Ragnarok.

This isn’t the first time a major PlayStation game has suffered a leak. In 2020, significant story beats from Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us Part II had leaked months before the game ended up releasing. One of the developer’s earlier games, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End, also leaked a couple of weeks early in 2016.

The Last of Us leak was reportedly due to a hacker exploiting a vulnerability that granted access to a server, while Uncharted 4 leaks surfaced early due to physical copies of the game getting stolen in the U.K. It’s unclear whether something similar to either situation may have happened with Horizon Forbidden West.

Horizon Forbidden West is set to release on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on February 18th. Little has been revealed about the game’s plot, but we do know the game follows huntress Aloy as she journeys to a mysterious frontier to find the source of a deadly plague. Some of Forbidden West‘s new gameplay features include explorable underwater areas, enhanced melee combat and a Breath of the Wild-esque ‘Shieldwing’ hang glider.

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Here’s what’s coming to PlayStation Now in December 2021

Every month, PlayStation adds a handful of new games to its PlayStation Now streaming service.

Now, the company has revealed that it’s rounding out 2021 with the following titles:

  • Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster
  • Grand Theft Auto III: The Definitive Edition (available until January 31st, 2022)
  • John Wick Hex
  • Spitlings

All four games will land on PlayStation Now on December 7th.

It’s worth noting that Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster is the fourth Final Fantasy title to come to the PS Now catalogue since September. A fifth game from the series, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age, will hit the service in January.

A PlayStation Now subscription costs $12.99 CAD/month, $34.99/three months or $79.99/year.

In related news, a recent Bloomberg report revealed that PlayStation is planning to merge PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now into a new service with expanded features. You can read more on that here.

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PlayStation is reportedly working on its own version of Xbox Game Pass

Sony is reportedly working on its own PlayStation video game subscription service to take on Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass, according to Bloomberg’s often very reliable Jason Schreier.

Codenamed internally at Sony as ‘Sparticus,’ subscribers would pay a monthly fee to subscribe to a library of new and classic titles. According to Bloomberg’s sources, the service will be available on the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5.

The service, reported to launch this spring, will merge PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now under one subscription platform. PlayStation Plus is Sony’s online gaming platform that offers some monthly titles for free, and PlayStation Now lets users stream games via the internet and download select games. Bloomberg says that this new service will still be called PlayStation Plus, but the PlayStation Now brand will be phased out.

Sparticus is rumoured to feature three tiers: the first will offer a standard PlayStation Plus subscription, the second reportedly gives access to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 titles and the third features a library of PS1, PS2, PS3 and PSP games, game streaming and demos.

This isn’t the first time we’ve heard about Sony’s Xbox Game Pass-like ambitions. According to David Jaffe, the God of War series’ outspoken creator, Sony has been working on a “counterpunch” to Xbox Game Pass for quite some time.

Microsoft’s Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription tier remains one of the best deals in gaming, especially with the addition of Forza Horizon 5 and soon Halo Infinite, the Xbox brand’s marquee title.

Xbox Game Pass is available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Android, and iOS in beta. Game Pass for Console and Game Pass for PC each cost $11.99/month.

Meanwhile, Xbox Game Pass Ultimate costs $16.99/month and is required for streaming. On top of that, this tier includes Game Pass for both Console and PC, an Xbox Live Gold subscription and access to EA Play.

It’s unclear how much Sony plans to charge for its new expanded PlayStation Plus offering. The service currently costs $69.99/year.

Source: Bloomberg’s

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GameStop is offering up to $449 trade-in value on PS4 consoles

Looking to upgrade to a new-gen console? You can get up to $449 in value when you trade in your old PlayStation 4 at EB Games GameStop.

Available only in-store, exchanging your used PlayStation 4 can net you $299.99 to $449.99 in value which will go towards purchasing a new PlayStation 5/Xbox Series X/S console bundle.

Check out the trade-in value breakdown below:

  • PlayStation 4 500GB: $299.99
  • PlayStation 4 Slim 500GB: $329.99
  • PlayStation 4 Slim 1TB: $349.99
  • PlayStation 4 Pro 1TB: $449.99

The deal is in-store only and can’t be combined with other trade offers. GameStop’s page notes that to be eligible for a trade-in, your console must be in full working condition with no alterations. Further, the console’s hardware shouldn’t have been tampered with.

It’s worth noting that you can use the credit only towards buying a new PlayStation 5/Xbox Series X/S bundle. If GameStop doesn’t have new-gen console stock, then you’ll have to wait until the bundles are available.

Also worth noting is that the trade-in offer is only available from today, December 3rd to Sunday, December 5th.

Learn more about the offer here.

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Here’s what’s coming to PlayStation Now in November 2021

PlayStation has revealed the new batch of games that are coming to its PlayStation Now streaming service in November.

On November 2nd, the following four games will join the PS Now catalogue:

  • Celeste
  • Final Fantasy IX
  • Mafia: Definitive Edition (available on PS Now until February 28)
  • Totally Reliable Delivery Service

It’s worth noting that Celeste is the critically-acclaimed platformer from Vancouver’s own Extremely OK Games. As well, Final Fantasy IX is the third of five Final Fantasy games that are coming to PS Now.

PlayStation Now is available on PS4, PS5 and PC at a cost of $12.99 CAD/month, $34.99/three months or $79.99/12 months.

Find out what came to PS Now last month here. Meanwhile, the full list of games coming in November to PlayStation’s other service, PS Plus, can be found here.

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PlayStation Store is running a ‘Halloween’ sale with titles up to 75 percent off

Sony is celebrating Halloween early with a special themed sale on the PlayStation Store.

The Halloween sale offers over 570 titles, season passes and DLCs, including Yakuza: Like a Dragon, Borderlands 3, Resident Evil Village and more up to 75 percent off until November 4th, 2:59am ET.

Check out some of the notable deals below:

Find all titles under the Halloween sale here.

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