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First look at Crash Bandicoot: Nsane Trilogy

The first gameplay trailer for Crash Bandicoot: Insane Trilogy was shown today during the PlayStation Experience 2016 keynote.

The PlayStation 4 collection includes remakes of Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back, and Crash Bandicoot: Warped.

Here is a quick overview:


Your favorite marsupial, Crash Bandicoot, is back! He’s enhanced, entranced & ready-to-dance with the N. Sane Trilogy game collection. Now you can experience Crash Bandicoot like never-before in Fur-K. Spin, jump, wump and repeat as you take on the epic challenges and adventures through the three games that started it all, Crash Bandicoot, Crash Bandicoot 2: Cortex Strikes Back and Crash Bandicoot: Warped. Relive all your favorite Crash moments in their fully-remastered HD graphical glory and get ready to put some UMPH in your WUMP!

 

Let’s see the results! Here are some work-in-progress examples of what to expect:

  • Rebuilt levels, based on the original geometry
  • Another beautiful day at N. Sanity Beach!
  • Rebuilt characters, following the original designs
  • Rebuilt cinematics, inspired by the originals

Adding New Features

Because this is a remaster plus, we have an opportunity to add features.

Choosing new features is a difficult process. We consider numerous things, including the team’s ideas and fan requests, but perhaps our most important consideration is the evolution of the franchise itself. Naughty Dog learned a lot of lessons on how to refine the Crash formula over the course of making three games. So, the first new features we’ve worked on take the best of each of the games and apply them to all three.

Here are some work-in-progress examples:

  • Unified checkpointing & save game system. This includes manual and auto-saving. (Yes, the first game now has a proper save game system!)
  • Unified menu system. Here an example of the Pause menu for Crash Bandicoot:
  • Eagle-eyed readers will notice something special about this Pause Menu.
  • Time Trials in all three games!

These aren’t the only new features for the N. Sane Trilogy. However, that’s all we’re going to share for today.

Uncharted 4 is adding a Survival Mode in December

Sony Interactive Entertainment and Developer Naughty Dog have announced a new expansion to Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. The new expansion is titled “Survival Mode”, a co-op and solo mode in which players will fight off waves of enemies and complete unique objectives.

Here is a quick overview of what to expect and a trailer of showing off the new Survival Mode.


Survival is a wave-based mode where you and up to two additional friends can take on swarms of increasingly powerful enemies and unique objectives. If you played Co-Op Arena from Uncharted 2 and Uncharted 3, you’re going to feel right at home in Survival. We’ve built upon and evolved the core gameplay experience with an entirely new level of depth, challenge, and variety. From new enemy types and powerful new bosses to a dedicated progression system and expansive upgradable arsenal, Survival is all about strategy, camaraderie, and skill.

Across 50 waves and 10 maps, you’ll face off against Shoreline mercenaries, heavily armored Brutes, Snipers, Hunters, and more that will only get more precise, more aggressive, and better equipped as time goes on. Every 10 waves culminates in an intense boss battle, including our all-new Pirate Warlords. Inspired by the story of Uncharted 4, some of the Founders of Libertalia have arrived to hunt you down with powerful Mystical attacks. Don’t miss Henry Avery himself as the Djinn-wielding Warlord boss in the video above.

But Survival requires more than just dispatching enemies. To reach wave 50, you’ll need to work your way through objective modes where victory depends on defending a particular area, collecting treasures within a time limit, or taking out marked enemies. We might even throw a curveball at you from time to time, like when an active modifier makes it so only pistols, headshots, or melee attacks do damage to enemies. As you take out enemies and complete objectives, you’ll earn in-game cash, which can be used to unlock and equip weapons and gear via arsenal crates around the map. You can buy everything from Heavy Weapons, long guns, Mysticals, and more.

Survival also features its own dedicated progression system, Relic Challenges, and loadouts. As you rank up, you’ll earn upgrades for your weapons, as well as new items, such as Survival-exclusive boosters. There are also vanity items that can only earned by playing Survival, but can be used to deck out your character in both Survival and Multiplayer. Best of all, the challenge grows with you. Enemies will adapt to your increased firepower and there are multiple difficulties to choose from. Those that finish Survival on Hard Mode will unlock Crushing Mode, which as the name suggests, is the ultimate test of your will and determination.

The Last Guardian is almost here, and has a new CG Trailer to HYPE players up!

After a 7 year delay, Sony has finally set a release date for The Last Guardian. With so much anticipation, players can finally set foot on an epic journey that was teased back in 2009. With that being said, Sony has released a new CG trailer to hype players up once again as they wait for the release.

You can catch the new CG trailer below, and finally pick up The Last Guardian December 6 for Playstation 4. Sony has also announced they will offer a collector’s edition with a Steelbook case, digital soundtrack, 72-page artbook, statue, sticker sheet, and collector’s box.

 

Gravity Rush 2 Has Been Delayed, Premium DLC Free of Charge

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced a delay for the highly anticipated Gravity Rush 2. The title was originally planned for an early December release, but has now been pushed back to January 20 for North America.

To make up for the delay, Sony Interactive Entertainment has said they will release the premium downloadable content it was planning for Gravity Rush 2 free of charge to players as an apology for the delay.

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You can read the full Gravity Rush Update Below:


In July, we announced a release date for Gravity Rush 2 that we felt most appropriate for the title. Since then, though production is proceeding smoothly, the landscape for that release date has changed dramatically.

Gravity Rush 2 is the conclusion of Kat’s journey, so we want players to have enough time to dive deep into her story. In addition, as a lot of work went into online features that allow for asynchronous player interaction, we want as many people as possible playing the title at the same time. Thus, after careful deliberation, we have decided to change the release date. Gravity Rush 2 will now launch on January 20, 2017.

I would like to apologize to all those players anxiously awaiting Gravity Rush 2. After four years of development making a title we are very proud of, we want to release it at the very best time.

In exchange for the longer wait, we have decided to release the premium DLC planned for the title free of charge. This additional story will take place in the world of Gravity Rush 2 and we think fans will have a lot of fun playing through it.

As we move into the holiday season and the New Year, we have many more exciting things in store, including more information about the title and the special animated feature. Please keep an eye out for more on Gravity Rush 2, and thank you again for all your support.


(via Playstation Blog )