This week, Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami’s latest effort in horror comes to PS4 and PS3, courtesy of The Evil Within. As Detective Sebastian Castellanos, fight for survival amidst a deranged world filled with vile creatures and deadly ghouls. Navigate a city gone wrong, where every scavenged bullet and patch of shadow can save Sebastian’s life. Upgrade his abilities, endure horrific visions, and unravel the evil forces plaguing Crimson City.
But if you scare a little too easily, don’t worry: Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel launches this week on PS3. Witness the origin story of Handsome Jack with four new Vault Hunters and a seemingly endless stream of sweet, sweet loot. Use the low gravity of Pandora’s moon to gain the high ground, and obliterate your enemies with new laser weapons and ice bullets. And Claptrap. Always Claptrap.
Oh, bonus news: Minecraft is coming to PS Vita. For a full list of new games hitting PlayStation this week, read on. And enjoy the Drop!
New PlayStation Games This Week
Best of Board Games
PS3, PS Vita — Digital
Chess, Mah-jong, Solitaire: rediscover 3 timeless classics with this Best of Board Games compilation. Try out these updated classics, for both beginners and experts. Play with chessmen modeled in 3D, a brand new Mah-jong mode, and many types of Solitaire (Freecell, Solitaire, Spider, Pyramid and Golf).
Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel
PS3 — Digital, Retail
Launch into the Borderlands universe and shoot ‘n’ loot your way through a brand new adventure that rockets you onto Pandora’s moon! Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel is a new role-playing shooter in the critically acclaimed Borderlands series.
Dead Island: Riptide – Complete Edition
PS3 — Digital
Dead Island Riptide takes players to the island of Palanai on the Banoi archipelago, infested with bloodthirsty Zombies and only a few remaining Survivors still fighting for their lives. Introducing new terrifying enemies, deadly weapons, a new playable character, and much more, Dead Island Riptide will draw players back into a world that has grown corrupt — with the last rays of hope vanishing in rising tides.
Duck Dynasty
PS4, PS3 — Digital, Retail
Hunt, race, and prank to become a Robertson! Take on the role of Willie’s son John Luke as he learns how to become one of the Robertson Duckmen! Interact with Willie, Uncle Si, Jase, and the rest of the family from the hit TV show.
The Evil Within
PS4, PS3 — Digital, Retail
Developed by Shinji Mikami and the talented team at Tango Gameworks, The Evil Within embodies the meaning of pure survival horror. Highly-crafted environments, horrifying anxiety, and an intricate story are combined to create an immersive world that will bring you to the height of tension.
In Space We Brawl
PS4, PS3 — Digital (Cross Buy)
In Space We Brawl is a frantic couch twin-stick shooter in which you challenge friends in fast-paced space battles for up to 4 players. Choose a spaceship and a weapon: there are more than 100 available combinations! Will you humiliate your friends with a fast ship? Or will you choose shields and armor instead?
Lone Survivor: The Director’s Cut
PS4 — Digital
In this psychological survival adventure, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary. Starving and exhausted, he has begun to question how much of what he sees is even real. Lone Survivor: The Director’s Cut is a new kind of adventure where the choice of how to survive is up to you. Sneak through without firing a single shot, or kill everything in your path.
Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition
PS Vita — Digital
Imagine it, and you can build it! The critically acclaimed Minecraft comes to PS Vita. Create your very own game world and explore, build, and conquer. When night falls the monsters appear, so ensure you’ve made yourself a shelter before they arrive. Make it through the night and the world is only limited by your imagination — you choose what you want to make or what to do.
Nidhogg
PS4, PS Vita — Digital (Cross Buy)
Fight! Each level has multiple rooms that test your skills as a player, and highlight your strengths as you attempt to exploit your opponent’s weaknesses. Playing next to someone is the most fun way to enjoy this game, or host a 3 to 8 person local-multiplayer tournament.
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2
PS3 — Digital
The gang is back! Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures 2 will feature Pac-Man, Spiral, and Cylindria in an all-new storyline as they defend PacWorld from the ghoulish army of Lord Betrayus.
Peggle 2
PS4 — Digital
Peggle 2 is a magical game full of bouncing balls, magical pegs and bricks made of pure compressed joy! Test your luck and skill by clearing pegs, bashing bricks, and timing your shots just right to achieve EXTREME FEVER!
Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus
PS Vita — Digital, Retail
SHINOVI VERSUS tells the story of a grand clash among four rival ninja schools from each of their vantage points. 20 playable shinobi round out the cast, each with her own unique personality as well as her own fighting style and skills to master. Up to four players can battle online to determine which shinobi really deserves to be on top.
Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition
PS4 — Digital, Retail
The Definitive Edition of the critically acclaimed, award winning open-world action adventure, reworked, rebuilt and re-mastered for PS4. All 24 previously available DLC extensions have been integrated into the game, including the story-extending episode Year of the Snake and the horror-themed Nightmare in North Point. Alongside a wealth of new technological, audio, and visual improvements, Hong Kong has never felt so alive.
Tears to Tiara II: Heir of the Overlord
PS3 — Digital, Retail
You are the last heir to Hispania’s royal throne. Will you succeed in reclaiming your land from the tyranny of the Divine Empire? Hamilcar Barca, sole surviving member of Hispania’s royal family, has within him a unique rage and a terrifying power that may be the key to freeing his people at last — if he can first learn to control the demon inside, lest he himself turn the world to ash.
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season
PS4 — Digital, Retail
Play as Lee Everett, a convicted criminal, who has been given a second chance at life in a world devastated by the undead. With corpses returning to life and survivors stopping at nothing to maintain their own safety, protecting an orphaned girl named Clementine may offer him redemption in a world gone to hell.
Demos and Betas
Minecraft: PlayStation Vita Edition Trial
The information above is subject to change without notice.
Have a great weekend!
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