The Drop: New PlayStation Games for 6/30/2015

The dust has finally settled after an amazing week at E3 2015. And yet still the new games lineup marches on! If you’re a fan of games from Japanese developers, you’re in for quite the treat this week, with titles like BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend joining the PlayStation family.

Master the incredibly diverse (and incredibly quirky) cast of BlazBlue in the latest chapter of this lightning-fast fighter. Chrono Phantasma Extend packs in a whopping 28 playable fighters, new story mode scenarios, and a revamped guard system for even more technical matches.

Or battle with iconic characters from the Shonen Jump manga series in J-Stars Victory VS+. This fighter brings together Dragon Ball, Fist of the North Star, Hunter x Hunter, and more in a big way, so anime fans take note.

There’s lots more coming to PlayStation this week, so read on — and enjoy the Drop!

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3 V Generation

New PlayStation Games This Week

Arcade Archives Scramble

PS4 — Digital

Scramble is a shooting game that was released in 1981. Players control a space fighter with a limited fuel supply as they battle enemies and try to destroy the enemy base. Konami has produced many masterful shooting games, but Scramble is the original that started it all.

BlazBlue: Chrono Phantasma Extend

PS4, PS3 — Digital, Retail

The most definitive installment of the renowned 2D fighting game franchise can finally be taken into your living room. Uncover the secrets of the Chrono Phantasma Extend with new characters, new story scenes, and revamped battle system.

Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth3: V Generation

PS Vita — Digital, Retail

Time to Nep-Nep like it’s 1989! Lost in an alternate dimension, Neptune must collect enough shares to get back home. Sounds easy — except the evil alliance of Seven Sages wants to rid Gamindustri of all CPUs, including Neptune! Can she defeat the Seven Sages and get back to her own world?

J-Stars Victory VS +

PS4, PS3, PS Vita — Digital, Retail

For a limited time, purchase J-Stars Victory Vs+, and get the J-Stars Victory Vs+ Digital Compendium and a J-Stars Victory Vs+ Theme for your PS4. The Digital Compendium is filled with information about the game that includes gameplay directions, artwork and details about the series and characters included in the game.

Quiplash

PS4, PS3 — Digital (Cross Buy)

The team behind the hit party games You Don’t Know Jack, Fibbage, and Drawful presents Quiplash, the laugh-a-minute battle of wits and wittiness! Use your phone or tablet to answer simple prompts like “Something you’d be surprised to see a donkey do” or “The worst soup flavor: Cream of _____.” No rules, no correct answers! Say whatever you want!

Red Goddess: Inner World

PS4 — Digital

Red Goddess is a 2.5D nonlinear side-scroller platformer with combat situations in an adventure to explore the inner-mind of a Young Goddess with the objective of remembering and recovering her own powers. Fight against the “dark thoughts” and an invisible enemy The Narrator.

Samurai Warriors: Chronicles 3

PS Vita — Digital

The Samurai Warriors Chronicles series makes its long-awaited debut on PS Vita! Switch between up to four playable characters in real time, and use Hyper Attacks to make this the most strategically rich title in the series to date!

Scrabble

PS4 — Digital

Play with friends in person, online, or add virtual opponents. Virtual opponents range from easy to very difficult to beat, and will respond to the player’s actions and strategies over time, allowing players to either engage in casual fun or play with a real challenge.

Whispering Willows

PS4, PS Vita — Digital

In Whispering Willows, you take on the role of Elena, a determined young girl with the extraordinary ability to project her spirit outside of her body. In her spectral form, Elena can interact with the benevolent spirits and wicked wraiths that used to dwell within the walls of the sinister Willows Mansion.