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The PvE shooter Helldivers 2 became one of the most high-profile releases of the first half of 2024. The game became mega-popular, but people who prefer single-player games wondered if the game would ever get a similar mode. And now there is an answer.
The best moment of State of Play presentation was the announcement of the action platformer Astro Bot. In general, the platformer was one of the most exciting events at summer presentations. This is evidenced by the number of people who added the game to their wishlist.
Sony has already released Horizon, Uncharted, God of War, and even The Last of Us on PC, but not Bloodborne. "Bloodborne on PC" is already a separate meme. Hidetaka Miyazaki, the head of FromSoftware, commented on the situation with the PC version of the game.
Sony has published the list of the most downloaded games across all platforms in May, with Rare's Sea of Thieves topping the charts for PS5 in the US/Canada and EU. Let me remind you that Sea of Thieves was originally an Xbox exclusive, and on 30 April it was released on PlayStation.
On 4 June, Destiny 2 received The Final Shape expansion pack, which after 10 days received a Metacritic score and gave the game a new lease of life.
Arrowhead Game Studios has released patch 1.000.4 for Helldivers II: it brings changes to the balance of weapons and strategy. The studio's creative director Johan Pilestedt described the changes in detail in a blog post on Steam and explained his decisions to the community.
Guerilla Games' Horizon Zero Dawn will get a LEGO version with the upcoming release of LEGO Horizon Adventures, developed in collaboration with Gobo. This 2017 adaptation of the open-world role-playing game features a more humorous story and a smaller scale. Director of photography James Windeler confirmed the use of ray tracing for Tweakers.
The launch of Astro Bot Rescue Mission in 2018 drew significant attention to the platform mascot game, followed by the positive reception of Astro's Playroom in 2020. Now, the series will make its full debut on consoles with Astro Bot later this year. According to creative director Nicolas Doucet, this was always in the plan.
LEGO Horizon Adventures definitely stands out from the other PlayStation releases this year: inspired by Guerrilla Games' Horizon Zero Dawn, this humorous adventure follows Eloy as she searches for her mother and finds herself caught up in a larger conflict. Unlike the original, it offers a shorter experience that can be completed in seven to eight hours, with some replayable elements yet to be revealed.
Deck Nine Games shared new details about Life is Strange: Double Exposure and showed new gameplay footage. In the story, Max Caulfield, the protagonist of the first game, grew up to become a professor at Caledonian University. A few months after she settles in, her best friend Safi is mysteriously murdered.
And that's not all the innovations.
PS Plus Premium subscribers will get one VR game as well
Phantom Blade Zero will have a production budget of $55 million
Tomb Raider Legend, which was previously available only on PlayStation 2, is now available in the PlayStation Plus Deluxe subscription and on the PS Store. Finally, PS4/5 players can play this game, but its optimisation leaves much to be desired.
PS5 users can access all content from the PC version of V Rising
