Players can now sign up for the New World: Aeternum Confidential Console Closed Beta that is due to start next month. The beta aims to let players test out a variety of content from the character creation tool through to end-game activities, although those who do take part will be subject to a non-disclosure agreement.

How to sign up for the New World: Aeternum closed beta

The Confidential Console Closed Beta is available to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S players in North America and Europe. The beta begins at 9 AM PT on July 11 and runs until 9 AM PT on July 17. Those who wish to take part can sign up now:

1. Go to the New World: Aeternum website and sign in with your Amazon account.
2. Choose your platform: PlayStation or Xbox
3. Hit the Sign Up Now button

Those who are chosen to take part in the closed beta will be notified via email “in the days leading up to the start of the test.” Preloads will begin at 9 AM PT on July 9. The test is subject to a Non-Disclosure Agreement meaning players won’t be able to stream, post videos or screenshots, or discuss the game outside of the feedback channels.

The beta offers the chance to customize a character, experiment with unique weapons, and explore vast, supernatural zones both in the campaign and end-game. Bear in mind that progress will be wiped before the game’s full release on October 15. Cross-play is available between PS5 and Xbox Series X|S, although PC players will not take part in this beta.

Following a leak on the PlayStation Store, New World: Aeternum was confirmed for consoles during Summer Game Fest. Aeternum will come with the base game, the Rise of the Angry Earth expansion, and all updates that PC players have received so far, including Brimstone Sands. New features will include a large-scale PvP zone, a 10-player raid, and end-game solo trials.

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The Beyond Good & Evil – 20th Anniversary Edition PS5 trophy list has gone live on the PlayStation servers, suggesting the game’s release date could be soon.

Ubisoft had previously said the game’s “official launch is set for early 2024,” which means they technically have until the end of June to hit that target. We were meant to hear more about the game in the new year but this hasn’t happened, so there’s a chance the release date has slipped slightly.

The Beyond Good & Evil – 20th Anniversary Edition Trophy List

The game was leaked on the Xbox store at the end of November 2023 and its description promised there would be updated trophies. The good news is that while Beyond Good & Evil HD didn’t have a Platinum trophy on PS3, the 20th Anniversary Edition trophy list revealed on Exophase does indeed have a Platinum trophy.

The new PS5 trophy list does include the PS3 trophies with some differences. Some trophies have been renamed, while the unlock requirements have changed for some of the collectible trophies. There are 35 trophies in total and you can see the full trophy list below:

Beyond Good & Evil – 20th Anniversary Edition Platinum Trophy

• True Hillyan – Earn all trophies

Beyond Good & Evil – 20th Anniversary Edition Gold Trophies

• Beyond Good & Evil – Complete the game
• Bountiful Volcano – Complete Volcano’s Treasure
• Message Across the Stars – Finish the Hunt for Chests from the Past

Beyond Good & Evil – 20th Anniversary Edition Silver Trophies

• Alpha Sectioned Out – Complete all Alpha Section areas
• Speedy Jade – Complete your first run in Speedrun mode
• Into Appearances – Obtain all customizations items
• Yo Pearl Pro – Break Issam’s Yo Pearl record
• Lucky Number 13 – Read Mdisk 13 obtained after winning the pallet game
• Familiar Bloodsucker – Take a picture of the mosquito AEDES RAYMANIS
• Racing Champion – Score 1st place in all 4 hovercraft races
• Bounty Hunter – Chase down all 4 looters
• Wildlife Photographer – Take 6 film rolls of animal photos
• Pearl-fection – Find 88 Pearls
• Shauni NOhmpahkhan – Beat the DomZ High Priest without losing any hearts
• Old Life, Other System – Open the chest in Pey’j’s hidden workshop
• Will to Fight – Open the chest on Black Isle
• Demons from the Past – Open the chest in the Akuda Bar (Room 1)
• Finding Family – Open the chest in Volcano’s Treasure

Beyond Good & Evil – 20th Anniversary Edition Bronze Trophies

• Bad Jade – Get fined twice by the police
• K-Bups Catcher – Grab the K-Bups from Woof
• Olden Times – Take a sepia photo with your camera
• Surrounded by Stars – Pilot the spaceship to the moon
• Ok, let’s go! – Power up the Hovercraft
• A Helping Heart – Save a companion during combat
• Avid Hillyan Reader – Subscribe to all Hillyan newspapers
• I Spy System 3? – Take a picture of one of the constellations
• Big Heart – Get 13 hearts for Jade’s HP
• Data Manager – Collect 18 Mdisks
• Besting Peepers – Win 3 times in the coconut shell game against Peepers
• Gambling Queen – Win 3 times in the pallet game against Francis (except Tutorial)
• Heart Giver – Give a PA 1 to a companion
• Pig-ture Perfect – Take a pig pic with Pey’j posing
• Something Different – Listen to Something Completely Different
• Kicking Butt – Kill 10 Alpha Section guards

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Team Asobi studio head Nicolas Doucet has confirmed that Astro Bot will get free post-launch DLC. The content will come in the form of free updates “soon” after launch, although we didn’t get an exact window as to when we can expect the DLC after the game is released in September.

What’s in the free Astro Bot post-launch DLC?

The free DLC will include more challenge levels. These are shorter levels where players are given a specific platforming challenge to complete. Doucet told IGN that there will be other things included in the DLC too, although this content wasn’t specified.

We can guess what the content updates might also include alongside the challenge levels. The pre-order bonuses and Digital Deluxe Edition will include outfits for Astro and paint colors for the Dual Speeder, and it’s likely the content updates will also include these. These might include more PlayStation characters to go alongside the 150 cameos already in the game. Ratchet, Rivet, PaRappa, Lammy, Kratos, Atreus, Jak, and the Traveler from Journey are PlayStation characters that have been confirmed in the game.

Fans will also be hoping for more larger character-themed levels. The game will launch with approximately 80 levels, spread around “more than 50 exciting and diverse worlds.” Recent hands-on previews took place in a level where players had to rescue Kratos and Atreus bots before they flew off to another world. Doucet refused to confirm a God of War-themed level but told IGN that “the hammer and the two Odin’s Ravens kind of give it away, but what happens inside that world is TBD. Please play it when it comes out”.

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Star Wars Outlaws creative director Julian Gerighty has confirmed the length of the game’s campaign. The open-world action-adventure RPG will have plenty of content for those who want to spend more time with the game, but there will also be a “golden path adventure” for those who don’t want to grind everything the game has to offer.

How long will it take to complete Star Wars Outlaws?

Players who just want to experience the story will get a 25-30-hour-long “golden path adventure.” Completionists will be able to spend 50-60 hours with the game. As Gerighty explained to VGC, “for a guy with a family and a job, it’s still a fair amount of time.”

Gerighty had already explained that the game would not be a “200 or 300 hour epic unfinishable RPG.” The shorter Star Wars Outlaws campaign length allows the team “to really focus on the detail.”

Some of those details were shown off in the latest Ubisoft Forward show. The game overview trailer explained how Kay is an original scoundrel and the high-risk, high-reward jobs that she can take on to earn favor with the galaxy’s crime syndicates. There was also a look at the underworld, and some of the locations players can explore like the jungle world of Akiva, the ancient city of Kijimi, and the savannah moon of Toshara.

Another gameplay showcase went into more detail on one of the game’s expert quests. Completing quests for experts allows Kay to learn new skills and in this one, she needs to gather intel about a gunslinger on Tatooine. In the meantime, she also aids a Pyke Syndicate freighter and explores Mos Eisley.

The final trailer featured Associate Narrative Director John Bjorling as he broke down some of the smaller details that players may have missed in the gameplay showcase. These included more details on Kay’s speeder, blaster, and her ship, the Trailblazer. There are also Easter eggs to find in the Akiva system and on Tatooine.

Star Wars Outlaws will be released on August 30, 2024. Those who preorder the Gold Edition or Ultimate Edition can get three days of early access starting on August 27.

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During today’s Ubisoft Forward show, Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time remake got a new release date window. The tease was all too brief, with most of the attention going to fellow franchise games Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and The Rogue Prince of Persia, but it was enough to prove the game is still alive.

When is the Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake Release Date Window?

Don’t get too excited because the game is still quite far away; Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake won’t be released until 2026. The game’s all-too-brief appearance was a surprise bearing in mind Ubisoft had previously claimed it would not be at the Ubisoft Forward show.

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Remake has had an extremely rocky development so far. Originally in the hands of Ubisoft Mumbai and Ubisoft Pune, the game was due to be released in January 2021. Following heavy criticism of the game’s graphics, the game was delayed twice before disappearing from view.

In 2022, the game was handed over to Ubisoft Montreal and rebooted; it was still in the conception stage as of May 2023. At the start of June, Ubisoft Toronto also joined the development team, but the publisher has said not to expect more news this year beyond this.

This year is the 35th anniversary of the Prince of Persia franchise, and it wasn’t the only game to appear at the Ubisoft Forward show. Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown showed a brief look at the free The Divine Trials update with combat challenges, revised bosses, puzzle challenges, and new amulets and outfits, all of which are available now. The upcoming Mask of Darkness story DLC also got a September 2024 release date window.

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The list of new PS5 and PS4 games for the week of June 10, 2024, features some big titles for both consoles. The highlight on PS5 will be vampire action RPG V Rising while PS4 gets a double dose of Monster Hunter games. There’s also Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance and the return of Rocket Knight on both consoles.

All PS5 and PS4 June 10 to 16, 2024 game release dates

Here are all of the PS5 and PS4 games currently set to be released throughout the week of June 10 to 16, 2024.

PS5 Games

• Cazzarion: Tank Killer (June 10)
• Light Snake (June 10)
• Hood Story: Kaito Yamazaki (June 11)
• Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Collection (June 11)
• V Rising (June 11)
• Roxy Raccoon’s Pinball Panic (June 12)
• Color Snake (June 13)
• Guess The Flag! (June 13)
• Hidden Cats in Paris (June 13)
• Spot The Differences! Party (June 13)
• Willy’s Wonderland – The Game (June 13)
• Learn to Play Vol. 3 – Mice Love Cheese (June 14)
• Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye (June 14)
• Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (June 14)
• Spin the Book (June 14)
• MyRummy (June 15)
• Sky Dunk (June 15)

PS4 Games

• Light Snake (June 10)
• Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Collection (June 11)
• Shinobi: The Warlord (June 11)
• Roxy Raccoon’s Pinball Panic (June 12)
• Color Snake (June 13)
• Dead Station 2 (June 13)
• Guess The Flag! (June 13)
• Spot The Differences! Party (June 13)
• Willy’s Wonderland – The Game (June 13)
• Learn to Play Vol. 3 – Mice Love Cheese (June 14)
• Monster Hunter Stories (June 14)
• Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin (June 14)
• Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance (June 14)
• Warfront Tactics: Battlefield Chronicles Battle Simulator (June 14)
• MyRummy (June 15)
• Sky Dunk (June 15)

A total of 17 games are coming to PS5 this week, while PS4 players get a slightly shorter list of 16 titles. V Rising will finally be making its debut on console alongside the Castlevania DLC that was released earlier this year on PC. Meanwhile, PS4 players get Monster Hunter Stories and Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, the latter of which is already available on Nintendo Switch and PC.

Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance is the definitive edition of Atlus’ RPG, this time featuring a new storyline with new locations, demons, and choices to make. Earlier in the week, Rocket Knight Adventures: Re-Sparked Collection will bring Rocket Knight Adventures, SPARKSTER Rocket Knight Adventures 2, and SPARKSTER to modern-day consoles.

Finally, PSVR 2 players get one new game this week in the form of the adventure game Retropolis 2: Never Say Goodbye.

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Today’s Summer Game Fest show has confirmed the existence of the much-rumored LEGO Horizon Adventures for release on PS5, Nintendo Switch, and PC this holiday season through a new trailer. The action-adventure game is being co-developed by Guerrilla Games and Studio Gobo yet still has the characteristics of a typical LEGO game.

What the LEGO Horizon Adventures trailer shows

The LEGO Horizons Adventure trailer shows Hotdog Guy as he nearly gets squished by a rampaging Thunderjaw. The good news is that LEGO Aloy is there to save him. She then ventures through a LEGO-fied post-apocalyptic US alongside pals like Varl, taking down familiar dinosaur-like machines by throwing sharks at them, and collecting “all the shiny things.”

The story begins when Aloy is found in a cave as a baby by a huntsman called Rost, who raises her and teaches her everything she needs to know to survive. On a search for her true destiny, she finds a thousand-year-old hologram of a scientist called Elisabet. The world is endangered by a group of sun worshipers who bow to an Ancient Evil, and she must confront their leader Helis.

There’s also a chance to turn the village of Mother’s Heart into a theme park, as players can construct and decorate unique LEGO buildings and ornaments. Alongside these are plenty of outfits to unlock like a bee, carrot, banana, or astronaut. Whether Aloy ever gets her desired hotdog costume remains to be seen.

The game features co-op play for two players, both as couch co-op and online multiplayer. There wasn’t any confirmation of the rumored cross-play between platforms, nor whether the game will feature a typical live-service model.

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A PS5 version of Amazon’s open-world MMORPG New World Aeternum has been leaked on the PlayStation Store. A sponsored advert for the game appeared briefly on the console’s PS Store for some players before it was swiftly removed. The game’s official announcement is expected tonight although some players are hoping the game will be stealth-dropped later.

New World Aeternum PS5 announcement expected at Summer Game Fest

The announcement of the PS5 version of the game is expected to be made during tonight’s Summer Game Fest show, which will be shown at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET on YouTube and Twitch. The New World Twitter account has been teasing an announcement all week, although many believed this to just be a big update on PC prior to the leak.

The advert was noticed on the PS5 PS Store by Reddit user OMG_R3A11Y, although it disappeared from the console soon afterward. New World Aeternum is currently only available on PC although sources have told Insider Gaming that it will be coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S in October. When the game first entered development, Amazon Game Studios didn’t consider console platforms because it was focusing on “pushing graphics as far as we can,” although it seems like that has now changed.

New World Aeternum is set on the titular hostile and cursed island of Aeternum. Players assume the role of the Sole Survivor, who is washed up on the island’s shore after a shipwreck. The aim is to become a powerful hero who forges a new life on the island, completing quests, gathering supplies, and defeating The Corrupted and other players along the way. Players can either forge their journey alone or join one of three factions — the Covenant, Marauders, or Syndicate — that control the towns and territories.

The game currently has a variety of game modes for varying numbers of players. Expeditions offer dungeon experiences for groups of five players where there are foes to encounter, mysteries to uncover and loot to find. Elsewhere there are 3v3 PvP arenas for smaller groups. Larger teams of 20 players can take part in Outpost Rush where two factions compete for control of fortifications and resources.

The biggest modes feature teams of 50 players. The first is Invasions where teams co-operate to take down waves of monsters. The second is War mode, where two teams of attackers and defenders take part in siege warfare.

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The Slitterhead release date has leaked ahead of tonight’s Summer Game Fest show. Developer Bokeh Game Studio uploaded its latest gameplay trailer to YouTube early and accidentally made it public, revealing not only when the game will be released but also the platforms on which Slitterhead will be appearing.

The Slitterhead release date for PS5 and PS4

Slitterhead will be released on November 8, 2024, for PS5 and PS4. The game will also launch on Xbox Series X|S and on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store.

All of this was confirmed in the new gameplay trailer on Bokeh Game Studio’s YouTube channel, although the video has since been made private. Before that happened, though, several people were able to upload it to their own channels, including YouTube member Leak Onylom.

The two-minute trailer begins with a police detective walking through the murky back streets of a rundown fictional Asian city as he makes his way towards a grisly murder scene. Not everything is as it seems, though, as the trailer then cuts to a montage of different supernatural happenings. We see the player able to possess random people (and dogs) in the street, a wide variety of grotesque creatures, and plenty of combat with all kinds of weird and wonderful weapons.

The trailer will debut properly during today’s Summer Game Fest show, which is due to air at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET on YouTube and Twitch. The show will feature over 50 other publishers and studios alongside Bokeh Game Studio and is expected to run for approximately 2 hours.

Slitterhead is the studio’s first project, although it is helmed by Silent Hill director Keiichiro Toyama. The third-person action-adventure horror game aims to “explore life and death and the process of decay throughout everyday life.” The city is filled with graffiti, rubbish, and seemingly normal residents who can transform into monsters known as the Yakushi. Toyama promises it will “include many new mechanics that have not been seen so far in other games, so I think it will result in a unique experience.”

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Fans have paid for a 15-second ad in the middle of New York’s Times Square to campaign for Ys Net to develop Shenmue 4. The likelihood of ever seeing a sequel to Shenmue 3 shrunk when it received a mixed critical reception and didn’t sell particularly well, but this hasn’t stopped fan website Shenmue Dojo from starting its campaign.

The Shenmue 4 Times Square ad was to get Sega’s attention

The campaign from Shenmue Dojo aims to “support the continuation of the series and attempt to spread global awareness to find YSNET a potential partner for Shenmue 4.” One of those potential partners was Sega, who was tagged in a follow up Tweet that included a live stream of the Shenmue 4 Times Square ad.

Shenmue creator Yu Suzuki explained that he “will never give up on my own personal journey to complete its story” during the credits at the end of Shenmue 3. Unfortunately, he then later revealed that the sequel depended on the sales of Shenmue 3 and whether developer Ys Net could find a publishing partner. While Shenmue Dojo can’t do much to fix the first part, they’re definitely trying to help with the second part.

The site did have some success as its advert was enough to get #shenmue trending on Twitter for a short time. It concluded with the message: “Thank you to everyone that helped to show their support with the timed mass tweets/posts today. It was very much appreciated and proves that together, as a collective, we can spread the awareness that we are not going to sit back without a fight. We will continue to strive until Shenmue 4 is a reality! #LetsGetShenmue4”

Shenmue 4 would be more accessible to newcomers if it ever did happen. Suzuki has previously told IGN that “the most important thing is to make it enjoyable without knowing previous events in the story. I don’t think that a new player wants to know 100% of the story. 20 or 30% could be enough. In Shenmue 3, we implemented a digest movie that teaches the player the main events of the previous games, but for Shenmue 4 I want to integrate that part into the main game”.

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