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PS4 fans can look forward to a few more surprises from Sony at the PlayStation Experience in December.

 

For those who watched the PlayStation conference at Paris Games Week, complete with Gran Turismo Sport and PlayStation VR announcements, it may seem unlikely that much was left for Sony's event close to the holidays.

Attending PlayStation Experience 2015 in San Francisco on December 5 and 6 includes some major developers, including Activision, Ubisoft, Bungie, Naughty Dog, Square Enix and EA.

And while big keynote presentations have been promised for Saturday morning and a long list of titles revealed to be playable, fans may also get a little extra than they were banking on.

 

PlayStation's European boss Jim Ryan hinted that more could be revealed before the end of 2015, which could come from Sony or some of the major developers listed above.

"I'm sure there'll be a few surprises for PlayStation Experience," Ryan told Eurogamer.

"Moving from a global calendar of three events to a calendar of four events, it keeps the heat on the developers to churn out new stuff, which is good."

 





Ryan also spoke about the possibility of The Last Guardian making an appearance at the PlayStation Experience, adding: "The reaction that thing got at E3 - it was very nicely delivered.

"I love those games - the first two - they're really the sort of games that inspired genuine emotion in me as I played them. It's quite special."

And while PlayStation have promised that although their confirmed list of independently developed games looked good, there will be a lot more to come.

The Capcom Cup will also be held at PlayStation Experience this year as a one-day special event open to all attendees on Sunday, December 6, acting as the final culmination of the 2015 Capcom Pro Tour and the official Street Fighter eSports league, the Capcom Cup will feature 32 of the world’s best players competing for the title of “Street Fighter World Champion” and a shot at a $250,000 prize pool.

 

GTA 5 has brought more success for Rockstar, who have seen a new crime-fighting vehicle unleashed on Los Santos, along with a series of mad dash jobs.

 

UPDATE ONE: Rockstar have released a new update for GTA 5's online gamers on Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, PS3 and PC.

Celebrating 10 years since the release of The Warriors on PlayStation 2 and Xbox, fans can now play through a range of throwback jobs created by fans.

Fans who dig it can experience the Team Deathmatches, Last Team Standings and Captures in The Warriors Anniversary Special.

New Throwback jobs for PS4 and PS3: 

The Warriors 2014 - You are the new day Warriors. Do you have what it takes to survive this showdown?"

Artillery ranging from AP Pistols and Sticky Bombs to Miniguns and Heavy Sniper rifle are included in this challenging Team showdown, with spawn points spread throughout the board that allow for sneaky attacks.

THE WARRIORS transit - Picture perfect Deathmatch in a subway straight from the movie scene itself.

Appropriately set in the LSIA Parking Station in Los Santos International Airport, each team starts on a separate platform before meeting each other in the narrow corridor between.

 

New Throwback jobs for Xbox 360 and Xbox One: 

The Warriors - This Warriors tribute TDM allows for some serious melee combat. Make a mad dash for the Knives - the best Damage/Speed combo to make quick work of your enemies as you duke it out near Vespucci Beach.

The Warriors: ending - Settle the score and put the night behind you. Large scale hand to hand LTS, strut to the fight like gentlemen and back up your pals. Only dirty Luthers pick up the gun. Hardcore Swans pick up the knife."

New Throwback jobs for PC:

The Warriors, Gang Brawl - Fight for the pier and take what is yours in this TDM set at Del Perro Pier to mimic the iconic Coney Island home of The Warriors. Fill this one up to the 20 player limit and watch the melee mayhem unfold as you defeat your foes with Knives, Crowbars, Baseball Bats, Golf Clubs and Nightsticks.

The Warriors - This LTS finds itself on the familiar boardwalk of Del Perro Pier. You and your team must scramble to one of the scarce spread out weapons.

 

The 33rd annual Golden Joystick Awards saw Grand Theft Auto 5 pick up four awards for Best Multi-Player for its online version, while the introduction of the first-person mode won Innovation of the Year.

Other awards included Best PC Game and the PlayFire Most Played Award, if anything spells success like bringing in the gongs, then Grand Theft Auto has proved it can still battle with the best of them.

It should also be noted that the Golden Joystick Awards is the only gaming award ceremony in the world voted for by the gamers themselves and included over 9 million votes cast.

 

That GTA 5 originally launched in 2013 and continues to evolve on the newer platforms of the Xbox One, PS4 and PC only goes to show the enduring support the titles continues to recieve from its dedicated fanbase.

Declan Gough, Future’s Head of Content & Marketing, Film, Games & Music, says, “The Golden Joystick Awards have once again demonstrated the depth and remarkable innovation of the video gaming world.

"The awards have been a triumph, not only for Future and the gaming industry, but also the gamers who have voted in their millions to make sure their voice is heard. We look to the 2016 awards with huge excitement in the knowledge that the next 12 months is full of incredible games - and they are only the one’s we know about!”

And speaking of those hardworking gamers, a new mod unleashed this week adds a new crime-fighting vehicle to the game.

A fully equipped Batmobile has been put together, allows fans to blast around the city using the built in rocket launchers and turbo boost.

OVERWATCH was confirmed to be coming to Xbox One and PS4 at BlizzCon today and Blizzard have revealed more on what's new with the upcoming title.

Blizzard revealed today that from day one, Overwatch was always designed to be played on console and it isn't just a port.

PC gamers and console players will not be facing off against each other, each platform will be separate from each other, something that had been asked since the announcement was made.

Console players will have access to the Origins Edition of the game, which will include new skins for some of the game's 21 character, three more of them were announced today.

D.VA, Mei and Genji are joining the long list of playable battlers, each boasting their own set of abilities.

The new Hollywood map was also shown off at Blizzcon, as well as the Spring 2016 release date.

Overwatch: Origins Edition includes all 21 heroes and launch-day maps, as well as an arsenal of Overwatch-themed content linked to some of Blizzard's other games, that can be viewed below.

BLACK Ops 3 fans have reported a spate of issues affecting playing the game on Xbox One, PS4 and PC.





BETHESDA have confirmed that fans on Xbox One, PS4 and PC can begin to prepare for their wasteland adventures from today.

 

The studio confirmed earlier this week that the game would have pre-loading offered to fans who had digitally bought the game.

Pre-loading aims to download the game ahead of its release date, meaning fans can be ready to play the game when it is unlocked.

A message from the studio confirmed: “Preloading is underway on Steam and Xbox One. PS4 preloading coming this weekend. #PleaseStandBy”

Bethesda have slightly different times for the game to be released in different areas of the world.

 

Digitally the game will become available on November 10, 2015, at 12:01 am (local time) in all territories (In North America, the unlock time will be 12:01 am EST), except Asia (available at 12 am on Wednesday, November 11th) and Japan (available at 12 am on Thursday, December 17th).

Fans on the PS4 and PC can also look forward to special Fallout 4-themed content for one of the console’s popular online games.

Rocket League developers have revealed they will be offering some Pip-Boy items in their latest update for the game.

 

A special Vault Boy antenna will be part of an upcoming Rocket League update by Harmonix and follows a recent news release from Microsoft that confirmed that a couple of post apocalyptic vehicles will be added to Forza 6 Motorsport.

A statement from Turn 10 Studios explains: “Forza Motorsport 6 players will receive an exclusive Fallout 4-themed version of the 1956 Ford F100 in the game. 

“With an iconic Vault Boy theme, this Fallout 4 version of the F100 will be sent to Forza 6 players today in celebration of the upcoming Nov. 10 launch of Fallout 4 on Xbox One.

“Also coming soon, for a limited time, all players of Fallout 4 on Xbox One will receive the super sleek Chryslus Rocket 69 coupe – the future of speed!”

FALLOUT 4's launch is pointing to Bethesda scoring big success with their latest title, while members of the team have been talking about the frame rate reports on Xbox One, PS4 and PC.

 

An early indication on how big the Fallout 4 release has been comes from some of the stats supplied on Steam, where the concurrent players numbers show a healthy interest in the open-world RPG.

As of this time, Fallout 4 has over 400,000 concurrent users, setting it in third place behind DOTA 2 (548,000) and CS: GO (585,000).

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, which launched last week, has over 42,000, while GTA 5 registers over 35,000.

Fallout 4 reportedly debuted after midnight with over 280,000 cocurrent players, a solid start to the highly anticipated title.

 

It means a new record has been set for a non-Steam game with the highest cocurrent players, after GTA 5 went over 300,000 in April.

Like all big launches though, Fallout 4's hasn't been without a few hiccups.

UK retailer GAME have experience difficulty supplying Fallout 4 pre-orders and have since defended themselves following the problems with payment issues.

 





“On Friday, a small number of our customers who pre-ordered the Fallout 4 Pip-Boy Edition online experienced payment issues which has resulted in reports of orders not being fulfilled,” the retailer told MCV.

“GAME can confirm that these payment issues were not caused by our systems, and instead arose due to customers’ banks or PayPal accounts not allowing payment to go through. This is mainly caused by expired bank account details.

“At every stage, we have reassured our customers that their Pip-Boys have been reserved for them. Since Friday, our customer service team has been working hard to contact all impacted customers to ensure that as many orders as possible are fulfilled for launch day.

"Each customer has been, or will be, contacted individually to reprocess their order and we have extended the opening hours of our distribution centre and customer services to facilitate this."

 

Bethesda have also had to defend themselves over Fallout 4's frame rate, which fans and reviewers have pointed out as hitting low marks on PS4 and Xbox One.

Studio VP Pete Hines replied to fans before the title's launch, who asked about the PS4 frame rate reports from recent reviews, telling them: "No they aren't. they regurgitated one thing one person said. game runs well on PS4."

And when someone else pointed to a recent performance analysis of the game that questioned how well the game could run at 30fps and his own past comments about Fallout 4's performance, Hines pointed out: "I told you my experiences. Article says "Fallout 4 does hold 30fps as a general rule". So..."

The Digital Foundry review quoted in full, reads: "All things put into perspective, Fallout 4 does hold 30fps as a general rule, but drops are noticeable. For example, moving between major city areas is a particular strain on the engine, causing PS4 and Xbox One to drop to 20fps in matching spots on the map."

CALL of Duty fans who have been enjoying Black Ops 3 Zombies Mode have yet another update to look forward to on Xbox One, PS4 and PC

 

Treyarch have taken it upon themselves to add a secret fourth mode to the game that launched last week.

Like the days of old, completing the main campaign on a Call of Duty game unlocks a new easter egg that Zombies mode fans are going to like.

Called Nightmares, the new mode allows you to play through the game again, this time with a refreshed storyline and new enemies to defeat.

 

It includes zombies invading the main campaign and even has its own trailer showcasing some of the new carnage.

Treyarch revealed more about the new mode, telling fans: "It’s part of our studio's DNA to launch a game with a few surprises – and we see that some of you have already begun to find your way to this one.

"If you complete the Campaign, you can access “Nightmares” mode and play it again in an entirely new way…but with Zombies."

 

“With Black Ops III, we wanted to create a Call of Duty game like no other, one that brings innovations to every mode in the game and introduces a few new surprises along the way, all while staying true to the gritty, blockbuster thrill ride for which the franchise is known. And Treyarch has delivered,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing Inc..

“This game is so fun, so deep, so varied and has so many kick ass twists and turns, that we couldn’t be prouder of it. And we think our fans are going to love it.” 

The Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 campaign propels players forward to a future world dominated by cutting-edge technology, where bio-technology and cybernetic enhancements have given rise to a new breed of Black Ops soldier.  

However, in Nightmares mode we find out that an outbreak reduces the human population to a few hundred million people scattered across the world, with the undead clocking in at over 7 billion.

Doesn't seem fair at all.





BLACK Ops 3 fans have reported a spate of issues affecting playing the game on Xbox One, PS4 and PC.

 





UPDATE FIVE: The PS4 is now the only platform left with a warning from the Activision Support team when it comes to server access.

A recent hotfix was deployed with Treyarch revealing today some of the Game Settings that have changed with update 33.11.12, including Minor playlist updates, changes to Arena Pro; and Nuk3town now in the Chaos Moshpit.

The Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS3 and PC have all been listed as fully operational, and for those who are still being affected by online connection problems and the PlayStation 4 Error Code CE-34878-0, there are now some new tips on how to work round them.

For those still receiving CE-34878-0 errors after updating, try the following suggestions:





UPDATE FOUR: Activision have provided a new update on the server issues affecting Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 gamers.

"We’re still hard at work looking at the intermittent server issues," a message from the company's support team was posted to Twitter earlier today.

The official server status site now lists all platforms as green but also warns that some PS4 players around the globe may still be facing issues.

"All services are online, however, users in some regions are reporting intermittent connectivity issues," the Activision status page confirms.

"We are monitoring the situation closely."

Activision have also supplied a fix for players who are still unable to claim their pre-order bonus maps of Nuk3town and The Giant.

The problem has been listed as solved by Microsoft but a new work around has been posted just in case.

It includes: Navigating to settings, selecting system, choosing Console Info & Updates and clicking on update now.