Do you remember the Strider games? They’re something I missed out on, whether it’s the original arcade game or some of the following sequels and ports. But Strider’s back this week, bringing some ninja-based action to PS3 and PS4 for £11.99/€14.99. The PS3 has a trial, but unfortunately this is not a Cross-Buy title.
The same is true of Assassin’s Creed: Freedom Cry, the DLC turned standalone game which will feature Adewale in a distinct 3 hour adventure. It’s out now on PS3 and PS4 for £11.99/€14.99.
Rayman Legends pops up on PS4 for the slightly pricey £34.99/€39.99, given how close it is in quality to the PS3 release, available tomorrow.
Rounding things out for the PS4 is the download for the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn PS4 beta. Get your console ready now for when the beta kicks off on Saturday.
As always, retail games are added on Fridays, which is when the PS3 will see the release of Earth Defense Force 2025, translating last year’s Japanese release for Western markets and following on from EDF 2017 with more giant insects and great big robots. This will set you back £34.99/€44.99 and, though I’m sure some of you will be hoping for a PS Vita release as we saw with EDF 2017, this is just for the PS3 a moment.
Also seeing a European release on Friday is Ys: Memories of Celceta, with the well received Action RPG coming to the PS Vita.
Update: Ys’ release is retail only this week, with a PSN release next week.
Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God wins this week’s award for the strangest game title, out today on Vita for £29.99, while the tongue twisting title Fort Defence North Menace is £3.99/€4.99. Gunslugs brings rogue-like sidescrolling to the handheld for £1.99 or £1.59 for PS+ subscribers.
As an aside, if you’re looking for the maps being added to Killzone: Mercenary, bringing a taste of Killzone 2 to the handheld, these are actually being delivered via the 1.06 patch. No need to traipse to the store at all!
There’s a rather unique PS Mobile game already out this week, in the form of Battle of Puppets. It’s an opera-themed tactical puppet battler, which is certainly a bit different, and it’s available for £2.19/€2.79 via the PS Mobile section on your Vita or phone.
On the DLC front, Zen Pinball 2 is going Football crazy, with the new Super League Football table. It’s just one table with several themes, for Arsenal, Liverpool FC, Barcelona, Real Madrid C.F., A.C. Milan, Juventus Football Club, A.S. Roma and the more fictional Zen Studios F.C. though the table remains the same, each individual team will cost £2.39/€2.99. The Cross-Buy system here is a little odd, only working from PS3 and PSV to PS4, and not the other way around. You should read more on it here.
Finally, there’s the PS3 and PS4 release of the Second Assault DLC for Battlefield 4 Premium owners only, which rolled out yesterday. If you don’t have Premium, then it will be made available to everyone else in a fortnight.
As usual, I’ll be back later to add more details, prices and games that haven’t yet arrived on the store itself.
Update: Added Rayman Legends, corrected Ys’ entry and filled in with prices for mainland Europeans.
Sources: PS Store, EU PS Blog
TSBonyman
Nice to see the Strider demo is available for PS4 too, i’ll check that out.
Kennykazey
I’ll get the FF beta, Strider demo on PS4 and maybe I’ll get EDF.
RedStarGlow
Planning to try the FF beta.