A village sits empty. The scattered remnants of life strewn over street corners and across the cluttered, quiet counters of kitchens. What happened? What’s left in the wake of such a catastrophic incident? These are the questions you’ll attempt to answer in Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, which is out this week on PS4.
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture tells a haunting, beautiful narrative in the aftermath of the apocalypse. Players will explore the empty setting of a small village in Britain and piece together the stories and final hours of the people that lived there. Developed by the team at The Chinese Room (Dear Esther, Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs), Rapture is a game of many emotions and many snapshots of the past. For a deeply reflective, intriguing journey, look no further than this first-person mystery.
For those craving dangerous dungeons and crackling spells, Gauntlet: Slayer Edition is also out this week on PS4. Completely retuned from the original version, the Slayer Edition has upgraded abilities, redesigned enemies, and even a new game mode for a near-endless challenge.
For a full list of games coming to PlayStation this week, read on. And enjoy the Drop!
Widely considered to be one of the bleakest experiences in indie gaming, Actual Sunlight challenges you to confront the life of Evan Winter: An overweight, lonely, and severely depressed young professional. Presented almost entirely in text, a mixture of sharp observation and pitch black humor captures your interest from provocative beginning to shattering conclusion.
Share in the epic journey of two brothers, as they set out to find a cure for their dying father. Travel across beautiful vistas, through dark and foreboding forests, down perilous rivers, up hazardous mountainsides, and experience the wonders of Nordic mythology along the way.
Experience the world’s one and only Yoga-Action-Platformer. Commander Cherry’s Puzzled Journey is a hybrid-motion control game. The game flow offers a hypnotizing cycle of tension and relaxation. Build Platforms with your body.
Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture tells the story of the inhabitants of a remote English valley who are caught up in world-shattering events beyond their control or understanding. Made by The Chinese Room — the studio responsible for the hauntingly beautiful Dear Esther — this tale of how people respond in the face of grave adversity is a non-linear, open-world experience.
Invade the darkness with the new Gauntlet: Slayer Edition! Fight with your friends through the monstrous hordes lurking in a myriad of unique dungeons as you scour them for gold with new hero weapons, abilities, and customizations.
Goat Simulator is all about causing as much destruction as you possibly can as a goat. It has been compared to an old-school skating game, except instead of being a skater, you’re a goat, and instead of doing tricks, you wreck stuff. Destroy things with style and you’ll earn even more points!
As seen in the motion picture! A brand new HT-2000 cartridge game packed with arcade style beat ’em up Nazi fights, stereo sound music inspired by up ‘n’ coming hit artist David Hasselhoff, state of the art true color graphics, and even more Nazi enemies to beat.
You are the Prototype, Alex Mercer, a man without memory armed with amazing shape-shifting abilities, hunting your way to the heart of the conspiracy which created you and making those responsible pay.
Prototype 2 takes the unsurpassed carnage of the original Prototype and continues the experience of becoming the ultimate shape-shifting weapon. A devastating viral outbreak has claimed the lives of Sgt James Heller’s family and transformed him into a Prototype.
The legendary Space Hulk returns in this epic turn based strategy game. Set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, an intriguing story of legendary battles and heroic actions unfolds. Play as a small squad of fearless Space Marine Terminators who attempt to reclaim their honor by mounting an assault on a derelict space hulk infested by hordes of vicious tyranid Genestealers.
Torque up! Hat on! Roll, tumble, and extend to get over magma, high walls, and myriad other obstacles in this puzzle game. TorqueL is a unique 2D ‘rolling’ & ‘extend’ platformer/action/puzzle game. Including a total of 50 chambers, and 7 basic routes.
Toy Soldiers: War Chest is a fast-paced genre-bending mix of strategy defense and action gameplay that brings to life the iconic toys and action figures from your childhood. Lead He-Man, G.I. Joe, and other toy armies into legendary battles and protect your toy box from increasingly devious and powerful foes.
XBlaze Lost: Memories is a visual-novel game based in the BlazBlue universe and the sequel to XBlaze Code: Embryo. Play as the enigmatic pink-haired protagonist as she navigates through a weird and wondrous alternate reality with the help of the mysterious Nobody in order to save her sister, who disappeared into this unknown world!
- Goodbye Tomorrow – A Journey Through The Mind Of A Non Believer
- New Politics – Vikings
- Georgia – Georgia
- Mad Max: Fury Road
- Aloha
- LEGO: DC Super Heroes: Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom!
The information above is subject to change without notice.
Happy Sunday! What do you think of the new format?
Cheers!
I think the format looks good, but I wish the game titles were links to more information. Perhaps previous blog stories mentioning the games? For example, Space Hulk could link to https://blog.playstation.com/tag/space-hulkdeathwing/
I really think you need a picture for each game, otherwise it appears as though certain games are prioritized, when it’s probably just likely that you only have assets available for those ones.
This is a new format? I thought you just had no time to put the regular post together again…
Every game needs a picture.( They should all have little gameplay videos, but I know that won’t happen.) I don’t understand how or why you wouldn’t have access AT LEAST to a stinkin picture of each game. That excuse honestly seems like you put this post together Sunday morning with zero preparation.
If you can’t get a photo for all games, don’t put any. It makes it look messy and unorganized.
Prices. Stop being terarded about prices. Just stop already.
I like how you put the details of the game very generously but the format need alot more bling to it. Pictures Or even trailers will be the best. To be honest the format before is fine. No need to change it.
And to the dude above me. Read the open comment rules before you type in your stuff. I think you missed the words in blue.
That font looks like Times New Roman, doesn’t seem as hip anymore. Would be nice if you could color code the font of PS4, PS3 & PSVita as well, would make for a more dynamic look. Probably integrate metacritic scores next to pre-released games as well would be a good idea.
One last thing; seeing that this is the US blog, and all games are for the US store, why not include the price? I tried thinking of reasons why it hasn’t been implemented yet but I’m drawing a blank. Just some food for thought.
I think it’s improved in some ways, but I agree that accompanying screenshots at the very least would make it so much better. Many games mentioned in The Drop (not just this week) are small titles that we had never heard of before. A screenshot or a video is not only helpful for the readers, but it’s very helpful for those who are looking to turn a profit from the games. Personally, if it’s some obscure title I’ve never heard of and has an obscure description and not even a screenshot to go with it, I won’t give it a second thought. I don’t want to have to seek information somewhere else, when it could be shared here. So, I think a barebones format hurts everyone.
Also, why hasn’t yowzagabowza been banned yet? People disagree, people complain.. that’s life. But yowza and some others come here only to make a negative scene and insult others. I know you have seen it and I’m sure you notice it every week. It’s really toxic to allow such notorious people to remain here. We know, every single week, that we are going to see him and that he will be complaining and acting a jerk to someone (usually to you).
Love it!