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Players miss Vote to Play

Sony has launched an event called "Vote to Play", where PS Plus members can vote on several officially designated games. The game with the highest number of votes will be free next month, and the second and third highest votes will be discounted. "Growing Home" and "Armed Prototype" have both entered the free lineup in this way.

Many years have passed, and many players miss this irregular benefit very much, hoping that it will return in the PS5 generation. A Twitter user posted: "Does anyone remember that you had two chances to choose the PS Plus monthly game. It's hard to say whether Vote to Play will return, but it is indeed a good attempt."

There is no pass for "Star Wars"

After the beta test of Sony's new 5v5 hero shooter "Star Wars" ended, the developers answered some common questions and discussed the game's progress, maps, modes, and subsequent support plans. They revealed that this game does not have a pass, and the official hopes to provide players with a complete experience on the first day.

“There is no pass for Star Wars. We want to focus on providing a rewarding and robust experience on day one of Star Wars, with meaningful rewards for playing the game, leveling up your account and character, and completing quests… These rewards are cosmetic and do not affect gameplay, and include things like character costumes.”

Free trial of Ronin Rise

Sony Interactive Entertainment and developer Team NINJA announced that the free trial version of "Ronin Rise" has been launched on the PS5 platform. Players can play the first chapter and the save files can be transferred to the official version.

In addition, the team also released some data, such as 36% of players chose the Dawn difficulty, 18% of players chose the Midnight difficulty, and 16% of players collected all 100 cats.

Bad Kids 2 major update coming on August 6

After experiencing CEO changes and a large number of online players losing, the third-person cooperative shooting game "Battlegrounds 2" finally revealed that the large-scale update "Escalation of Freedom" will be officially launched on August 6.

In addition to new enemy types (including the piercing worms from the previous game), new planetary environments, difficulty levels up to level 10, larger robot and zerg outposts, and new sample reward mechanisms, new mission objectives have also been added, including a new mission that was considered a spoof of Death Stranding by foreign media GamesRadar+.

The official introduction mentioned that there will be a task of recovering larvae. Players will find sealed cans containing live Zerg larvae in the game, and they will carry the Zerg larvae across the planet to reach the mission destination. This is similar to the main theme of Sam, the protagonist of Death Stranding, who carries a "delivery". The Zerg larvae will scream continuously during the journey, and attract a large number of Zerg to attack the player.

Uncharted 4 Easter Eggs Found in The Last of Us 2

The Last of Us 2 was released in 2020. Despite being controversial among the player community, the game still won numerous awards and became one of the best games of the past decade. Recently, the Twitter user NaughtyDogInfo tweeted on X that he found a small Easter egg that Naughty Dog seemed to be paying tribute to Uncharted 4 while playing The Last of Us 2. As can be seen from the picture, the shipwreck in the aquarium of The Last of Us 2 is the same shipwreck that appeared in Uncharted 4.

In the comments section, players were also very surprised, saying that they had never discovered this Easter egg. Some players also analyzed that this might just be a way to reuse the model, not an Easter egg, or both.

PUBG is developing a new 3A

According to a report from Korean gaming news website GAMEVU, PUBG Studio under PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds developer KRAFTON is developing a new 3A game with a budget of approximately $100 million. The news comes from Flash Kowaleski, a game producer who recently left PUBG Studio.

Flash Kowaleski recently revealed on his LinkedIn page that he served as the chief producer of a 3A game in PUBG Madison, Wisconsin, USA from October 2023 to June 2024, with a development budget of approximately $100 million. He led a team of more than 70 developers, supervisors, directors and executives, and had overcome some common early game development difficulties. Flash Kowaleski has participated in the development of many well-known games, including "Halo: Infinite" and "The Elder Scrolls: Legends".

Why Monster Hunter Wildlands won't be released this year

Capcom has previously announced that Monster Hunter: Wildlands is expected to be released in 2025. At Capcom's 45th shareholders' meeting recently, a shareholder asked Capcom: "If you move the release date of the next Monster Hunter to the holiday period in December 2024, won't the profit be more?"

Capcom said: "We plan to announce the release date of the latest Monster Hunter game after the preparations are completed. I hope you can continue to look forward to it. We are still committed to achieving the goal of 10% or more operating profit growth each fiscal year."

IOI talks about the new James Bond film

Recently, Veronica Lalier, head of IO Interactive, revealed some details about the upcoming "Project 007" game in an interview with Gamesradar.

According to Lallier, "Project 007" will present a brand new and original spy story, which is different from the classic "Golden Eye" game. She said that this game will be a natural continuation of the concept of the "Hitman" series: "This game will be very cool, and I am very committed to it. If you look at our previous projects, especially the "Hitman" series, you will immediately understand that "Project 007" is a logical continuation of our style and narrative. All the elements are very complete and consistent."

Terry joins Street Fighter 6

Capcom has officially released a new promotional video for the additional characters for the second year season pass of Street Fighter 6. For the first time in the series' history, Terry will appear as a guest character and will join the battle in the fall of 2024!

As the protagonist of SNK's classic fighting game series "Fatal Fury", "Terry" retains the character features of a red hat, jacket and long blond hair!

It is worth mentioning that the right to use the single character "Terry", in addition to being unlocked with Fighter Coins, will also be directly open to players who own the second year season pass. In addition to the previous boss "Vega" that has been released, this season pass is expected to release "Mai Shiranui" in winter, and "Elena" will also return next spring.

Introduction to the gameplay of "Bleach: Soul Awakening"

Bandai recently released a gameplay overview trailer for Bleach: Soul Awakening, giving players a general idea of ​​the game. The game will be available on PS5, PS4, XSX and Steam platforms, and supports Chinese. Awaken all playable characters and start a reversal duel under extreme conditions, and experience the dramatic "one-hit-kill" combat action of "BLEACH"!

Apex Pass no longer requires paid content

EA previously announced that starting with Season 22, the season pass for Apex will be split into two parts and can only be purchased with real money. This move sparked strong protests from players, and the Steam rating dropped to single digits.

Now the official response of “Apex” is: “You spoke, we listened. With the launch of Season 22, we will restore the option to purchase the pass for 950 gold coins (starting September 17). We realize that we can handle the changes to the battle pass better-this is our fault.”

Development of the PS5 version of "Naruto" begins

The official Twitter account of "Mingchao" announced that the PS5 version of the game has officially entered the development stage, and information such as the release time will be announced in the future.

Many foreign players in the comment section were very excited about this and bluntly said that this was a "big victory for the console party."