Catch a new Nintendo Direct on April 1 at 3 p.m. PT to hear the latest about upcoming Wii U and Nintendo 3DS games. Keep watching after the Direct for a short Nintendo Treehouse presentation featuring one of our spring 2015 releases. Don’t let the date fool you: This Nintendo Direct is no joke! www.Nintendo.com/Nintendo-direct.
Spotify is the exclusive partner of PlayStation Music, and with more than 30 million songs and 1.5 billion playlists, PS4 users can soundtrack their gaming sessions with their favorite songs. To make controlling your music even easier PS4 and PS3 users will be able to take advantage of the Spotify Connect feature on the official Spotify app for Android/iOS. You can select a playlist, skip songs, adjust the volume, and more.
PlayStation Network users can easily link their accounts to Spotify and use their account to subscribe to Spotify’s Premium service, which is available for $9.99 per month. If you want to check out Spotify’s Premium service first, we have the following offers in place:
This is just the beginning of Spotify on PlayStation Music, which will continue to evolve. We are working with the team at Spotify to bring new and exciting features exclusively to our platforms. You can learn more at the official site.
via Spotify Launches on PlayStation Music Today – PlayStation.Blog.
Check out what our friends at Giant Bomb had to say about Axiom Verge.
The ways that Axiom Verge resembles Metroid help set up and drive home the ways that Axiom Verge is most definitely not Metroid.
The hunt begins Fall 2015 with the release of Halo 5: Guardians where the truth is never what it seems.
See the other side of the story:
Eiji Aonuma, producer of The Legend of Zelda, announced today that they have decided not to show it at E3 and that the focus has shifted from shipping in 2015. The full message can be seen in the video below.
For the first time ever, the Forza experience of thrilling driving and amazing cars is combining with the unstoppable Fast & Furious movie franchise to create an original adventure filled with high-speed automotive action.
To celebrate the April 3 theatrical launch of “Furious 7,” the standalone expansion will be available at no charge for a limited two-week period. Players can download the expansion on Xbox One or Xbox 360 (at no charge!) from March 27 through April 10; after this, the expansion will cost $10. Players who downloaded it during the initial two-week window can continue to play without restriction.
Features coming to PS4 with “Yukimura” include:
PlayStation Vita and PlayStation App for smartphones and tablets will also receive system software updates tonight, adding complementary features to those added to PS4. PS Vita update version 3.50 and PlayStation App update version 2.50 will add new accessibility options, including enlarged text, increased contrast and more. This update also enables PS Vita to support 60 fps streaming for Remote Play**.
We’re excited for you to get your hands on these new features and experience them for yourselves. You have all been such a big part of our successes, and we have carefully listened to your requests to make your PlayStation experiences even better. We’re happy to be delivering many of them with “Yukimura.” Please keep the feedback flowing, so we can continue making PlayStation 4 the best place to play.
*Suspend/Resume is not fully supported by some software titles.
**A sufficiently robust wi-fi connection is required.
via PS4 System Update 2.50 Available Tomorrow, Features Detailed – PlayStation.Blog.
Here are some of the highlights from this weeks new PS4 Games, check out the link below for all the releases for PS4, PS3, and VITA titles.
YouTube is preparing to relaunch its livestreaming platform with a renewed focus on live gaming and esports specifically, according to sources within the streaming industry.
The Google-owned online video behemoth, which tried and failed to acquire streaming giant Twitch last year, has watched the growth of esports with great interest and is looking to acquire broadcast content and talent within the industry.
“Gaming and esports in particular are going to be a big driving force for the new-look YouTube Live,” one source said. “There’ll be huge opportunities for established streamers and organizations soon and I would say that the record numbers of esports viewers are only going to grow when Google start promoting and partnering with these events.”
YouTube began experimenting with livestreaming in 2010, broadcasting cricket matches from the Indian Premier League, bragging at the time that these were the first free online broadcast of a major sporting event. Since then, however, the site’s livestreaming arm hasn’t really lived up to early expectations, outside of a few marquee events. And in early 2014, YouTube removed any mention of live events from its homepage.
Much of YouTube’s live content has long been dominated by foreign language news, obscure sports events, or hastily assembled Hangouts sessions. A new approach has been long overdue. So when Variety announced that Google was in talks to acquire the gaming streaming platform Twitch for $1 billion last summer, many assumed this would be the company’s next step in the streaming business. When that deal fell through, allegedly due to “antitrust concerns,” Amazon swooped in.
Now, YouTube is preparing to take on its former acquisition target head on. But it will be an uphill battle: Only four-years old, Twitch has quickly acquired what’s essentially a monopoly on live streaming in gaming and esports.
YouTube has already begun recruiting of a formidable team, with one source pegging the number at 50 engineers with expertise in the streaming industry.
That “is a pretty big statement of intent,” one source said. “The time is right as well, with Twitch moving into other areas such as music and so on. Google doesn’t want to be too far behind in the arms race.”
YouTube has already dipped its toe in the esports water. It has broadcast the biggest professional league in the U.S. and Europe, the League of Legends Championship Series since 2013. That deal, however, isn’t exclusive, and the majority of League of Legends fans continue to watch the live broadcast on Twitch or even smaller competitors, such as Azubu. That, combined with international copyright laws that prevent the broadcast from being viewed in certain countries, has largely left YouTube on the outside looking in—a situation it hopes will soon change.
The company will likely make an official announcement on its revamped streaming service at the gaming expo E3 that runs June 16 to 18.
YouTube declined to provide a statement on this story.
via YouTube to relaunch livestreaming service with focus on esports and gaming.
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