Share of the Week: PlayStation x Destiny 2

Last week, we asked Guardians in Destiny 2 to share epic moments wearing the PlayStation collaboration armor. Here are this week’s highlights: 

Jake__Bellamy shares a Guardian wearing Ghost of Tsushima-inspired armor standing strong.

xelastarkly shares a Guardian wearing Horizon-inspired armor holding up their hand.

xenobitz shares a Guardian wearing Ghost of Tsushima-inspired armor kneeling beside a tree.

piyopiyopop shares a Guardian wearing Ghost of Tsushima-inspired armor using a bird calling emote. 

Search #PSshare #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’s theme. Want to be featured in the next Share of the Week? 

THEME: Tropical
SUBMIT BY: 11:59 PM PT on June 7, 2023

Next week, we’re headed somewhere warm. Share moments spent in tropical locations from the game of your choice using #PSshare #PSBlog for a chance to be featured.

PlayStation Plus Days of Play Deal: Save 25% Off 12-Month Subscriptions

PlayStation’s big Days of Play sale is finally here. It features sizable discounts on games and accessories, particularly on big first-party PS5 titles. But one of the best deals available during the sale, which runs June 2 – 12, is an across-the-board 25% discount on 12-month subscriptions to PlayStation Plus. This PS Plus deal works for new, existing, and returning members, so anyone can take advantage. Let’s dig into the details.

Save 25% Off PS Plus Memberships

As mentioned above, you can save 25% off a 12-year membership to any PlayStation Plus membership of your choosing, be it Essential, Extra, or Premium. Current customers can add a year to their subscription and take advantage of the discount. New and returning customers can load up at the discounted rate as well.

If you’re a lapsed PS Plus member, you might not know that Sony’s subscription service has gotten more features (and more complicated) in recent years. There are now three tiers to the PlayStation Plus subscription service, each of which offers its own batch of features. Thankfully, the 25% discount applies to all three tiers.

The Essential PS Plus tier grants you online multiplayer, cloud storage, exclusive access to discounts, and free monthly games. A year of Essential normally costs $59.99, but this deal brings it down to $44.99.

The Extra tier gives you all that, plus access to Ubisoft+ Classics and hundreds of games in the Game Catalog. A year of Extra normally costs $99.99 for a year, but is now available for $74.99.

Premium, the most expensive tier, gets you everything in the Extra tier, plus game trials, cloud streaming, and access to the Classics Catalog, which features games from previous generations of PlayStation consoles. Premium normally runs $119.99 per year, but is currently on sale for $89.99.

It’s kinda complicated, to be honest, so if you want a deeper understanding of what you get from each tier, check out our big PS Plus explainer article.

Chris Reed is a commerce editor and deals expert for IGN. He also runs IGN’s board game and LEGO coverage. You can follow him on Twitter @_chrislreed or on Mastodon @chrislreed.

This cool 50s noir game lets you do the job of a hotel cleaner (aka: solve a mystery)

You know who you shouldn’t trust? Hotel cleaners. Not in real life, I should add – where they are hardworking and one time one helped me catch and kill cockroach even though we didn’t speak the same language – but in the game This Bed We Made, a third person mystery set in a slightly grimy 1950s hotel. The reason why you shouldn’t trust this particular cleaner because it is, in fact, you, in the kitten heels of Sophie here, as you rifle through their belongings and ogle at their undies. There’s a demo of one such room on Steam now, and it plops you right in medias of some juicy res.

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Nintendo Announces Collection of Pastel Coloured Switch Joy-Cons

Nintendo has revealed a collection of four new Joy-Cons that will be available for the Switch on June 30, letting players add pastel pink, yellow, purple, and green to their gamepad collections.

“Start off your summer in style with this new line of pastel Joy-Con controllers,” reads the Joy-Cons’ Nintendo Store page. “Whether you’re on vacation or at a family barbecue, you’ll be looking cool with these colorful controllers.”

These Joy-Cons appear to be the first in a while that haven’t been a special limited edition variety and come in at the standard $79.99 price point.

The controllers are currently available in two distinct pairs, with one featuring the pastel pink and pastel yellow Joy-Cons and the other containing the pastel purple and pastel green variants. Both packs come with the standard black Joy-Con straps.

Though perhaps most reminiscent of the limited edition Animal Crossing Joy-Cons, the new colours are completely brand new and have never been released before.

June 30 will also see the surprise release of Everybody 1-2 Switch, a follow-up to the Nintendo Switch launch title. Nintendo revealed the sequel seemingly out of nowhere, promising that it will be just as wacky as the original and feature everything from balloons and aliens.

Image Credit: Nintendo of America

Anthony is a freelance contributor covering science and video gaming news for IGN. He has over eight years experience of covering breaking developments in multiple scientific fields and absolutely no time for your shenanigans. Follow him on Twitter @BeardConGamer

Chill fishing sim Catch & Cook looks a lot like Dredge without the spooky undercurrents

Take one good look at the upcoming Catch & Cook: Fishing Adventure and you might just mistake it for 2023’s other third-person cartoony fishing sim: Dredge. The big-toothed mutants and otherworldly horrors in Dredge can get quite overwhelming though, especially when they start to chomp at your ship beneath the surface. After playing Catch & Cook’s recently released demo, I’m happy to report that it’s the ideal fishing sim for people who find Dredge’s spooky undercurrents, erm, too spooky. Just a very chill, very good time.

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Talking Point: From The Sublime To The Ridiculous – Is Anybody Excited For Everybody 1-2-Switch!?

Everybody 1-2-Switch? Nah, you’re alright.

It’s a strange thing to see Nintendo swing so wildly from one extreme to another, at least in such a short timeframe.

Coming hot on the heels of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the company has gone and quietly — very quietly — announced Everybody 1-2-Switch!, the follow-up to 2017’s launch title 1-2-Switch. It is largely agreed amongst critics and fans alike that the original should have been a pack-in title to showcase the features of the then-new Joy-Con and the local multiplayer focus of the console rather than a full-price purchase. But here we are.

Read the full article on nintendolife.com

Next Week on Xbox: New Games for June 5 to 9

Welcome to Next Week on Xbox! In this weekly feature we cover all the games coming soon to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Windows, and Game Pass! Get more details on these upcoming games below and click their profiles for further info (release dates subject to change). Let’s jump in!


Amnesia The Bunker Box Art

Amnesia: The Bunker – June 6
Xbox Game Pass

Available on day one with Game Pass: Amnesia: The Bunker is a first-person horror game set in a desolate WW1 Bunker. Face the oppressing terrors stalking the dark corridors. Search for and use the tools and weapons at your disposal, while keeping the lights on at all costs. Overcome fear, persevere, and make your way out alive. Playable on Clo


Xbox Live

Diablo® IV – Standard Edition

Blizzard Entertainment


525

$69.99

Diablo IV (Standard Edition) – June 6
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Diablo IV is the next-gen action RPG experience with endless evil to slaughter, countless abilities to master, nightmarish dungeons, and legendary loot. Embark on the campaign solo or with friends, meeting memorable characters through beautifully dark settings and a gripping story, or go rogue through an expansive End Game and shared world where players will meet in towns to trade, team up to battle World Bosses, or descend into PVP zones to test their skills against other players – no lobbies necessary – with cross-play and cross-progression on all available platforms.


Xbox Live

Terminal Velocity™: Boosted Edition

Ziggurat Interactive, Inc.

$11.99

Terminal Velocity: Boosted Edition – June 6

Climb back into the cockpit of Terminal Velocity: Boosted Edition, a 360-degree combat flight simulator featuring a variety of different planets to battle across and a high-powered weapon arsenal to aid you. In the far future, armadas from surrounding systems have suddenly waged war on Earth. You are a pilot from the Ares Squadron, flying the fastest, most dangerous aircraft ever made. You’re outgunned, outmanned, and strapped inside a flying coffin. Are you ready?


Xbox Live

Garden City

8floor ltd

Garden City – June 7

Are your new flowers wilting? Is your fountain not ready for the public? Is another heir threatening to take the fruits of your labor? Worry not. Careful resource management and clever approaches will help you solve any problem in the casual strategy game, Garden City.


Xbox Live

Listeria Wars

Rubel Games

Listeria Wars – June 7
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Listeria Wars is a real-time tactical game where you defend against pathogenic microbes attacking an infected organism. A key feature of the game is the parallel viewing experience where you can view the life of the human whose body has become the pathogenic battlefield – your goal is to protect and defend the infected body from deadly pathogens.


Xbox Live

MotoGP™23 – Pre-order

Milestone S.r.l.

$49.99

MotoGP 23 – June 7
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Open the throttle, pass your opponents, and cross the finish line. Live the dream of being the next champion with the new MotoGP23 — now more amazing and challenging than ever! Compete in the three official championship categories MotoGP, Moto2, and Moto3, step into the shoes of your favorite rider and head to the track to experience the adrenaline of the 2023 season.


Xbox Live

Nocturnal

Dear Villagers

Nocturnal – June 7
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S

Carve your way with fire and steel to find out what happened to your people in this action-platformer game. You are the only one who can discover the secrets that lie beyond the Mist.


Xbox Live

SENSEs: Midnight

Eastasiasoft Limited

Senses Midnight – June 7
Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

When returning to Japan for a family visit, friends dare Kaho to investigate an infamous urban legend, The Midnight Door of Ikebukuro Walking Park. Kaho jumps at the opportunity to prove the legend true and capture positive proof of the paranormal but entering the long-abandoned park may be the worst mistake she will ever make in this 3D survival horror game inspired by genre classics.


Xbox Live
Xbox Play Anywhere

Toodee And Topdee

Top Hat Studios, Inc.

Toodee and Topdee – June 7 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery / Xbox Play Anywhere

A cosmic turbulence caused the 2D Platformer and the Top-Down Puzzler dimensions to merge! Switch between Toodee and Topdee and their unique perspectives to overcome hard-as-nails challenges, solve mind-melting puzzles, and defeat huge bosses.


Xbox Live

Aery – The Lost Hero

EpiXR Games

$9.99
Xbox One X Enhanced

Aery – The Lost Hero – June 8 – Xbox One X Enhanced

Play as a little bird and search for a hero that can save your village. Discover unknown, giant and beautiful environments and experience the feeling of flying while exploring a whole world filled with beauty and little secrets.


Xbox Live

Cat Souls

Ratalaika Games S.L.

Cat Souls – June 9 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Play as Ruby, an energetic cat with a strange ability. Like all cats, Ruby has more than one life, but not all of them can use their past souls as a platform. Ruby and her friend went on an adventure and successfully found the mythical Hourglass of time! Jump, avoid obstacles, use levers, and collect keys to reach the end of each level in time.


Xbox Live

Dead Ground

Desert Water Games LLC

Dead Ground – June 9 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

A procedurally generated tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Each playthrough will offer randomly generated guns, skills, and augments. You will have to travel, collect scrap, water, manage your inventory and upgrade your base to survive.


Xbox Live

Greyhill Incident – Abducted Edition

Perpetual-Europe

Greyhill Incident – June 9 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

Greyhill Incident is a story-driven survival horror game that takes place during the early ‘90s. As Ryan Baker, equipped with a baseball bat and a few bullets in his trusty revolver, the story takes you across the atmospheric neighborhood of Greyhill, which is invaded by UFOs & Grey Aliens.


Xbox Live

Kingdom of Aurelia: Mystery of the Poisoned Dagger

Joindots GmbH

Kingdom of Aurelia – June 9

Step inside the magical world of Aurelia, solve head-scratching puzzles, and meet many mysterious people on your astonishing journey. Explore a fascinating steampunk world brought to life with beautiful music and hand-drawn graphics and unravel the web of secrets surrounding the royal family.


Xbox Live

A Painter’s Tale: Curon, 1950

Fantastico Studio

A Painter’s Tale: Curon, 1950 – June 8 – Optimized for Xbox Series X|S / Smart Delivery

A story about love and resistance; an adventure game about historical memory. The main character of the game is a painter visiting the village of Curon Venosta as it looks today, built after a flooding in 1950. Soon the painter is dragged into the lake by a mysterious woman and wakes up in the past, in the old village of Curon as it was before the floods in this tale where history and fiction overlap.


Related:
Coming Soon to Xbox Game Pass: Amnesia: The Bunker, Car Mechanic Simulator 2021, Dordogne, and More
Next Week on Xbox: New Games for May 29 to June 2
Next Week on Xbox: New Games for May 22 to 26

PlayStation Players Are Reporting a Diablo 4 Error That Locks Them Out of the Early Access Launch Period

Some PlayStation 5 players who purchased deluxe versions of Diablo 4 are still unable to play the game thanks to a persistent “invalid licence” error.

“We are seeing reports regarding PlayStation users experiencing Invalid License errors,” read a tweet from the official Diablo account. “The team is looking into this right now and will update once we have more information.”

Diablo 4’s early access period began on June 1 at 4pm Pacific for those who had purchased the $89.99 Digital Deluxe Edition, or the $99.99 Ultimate Edition of the game, but some PlayStation gamers were met with an “unable to find a valid license for Diablo IV” error.

“$140 (Canadian) dollars for a game to play early,” read a post from Twitter user @courtlalonde.. “The game doesn’t work, and gives an error code. Priceless.” Others seemingly recalled the launch issues of previous Diablo titles. “Streamers playing and having fun while I stare at the login screen,” replied user Ardim to an official Diablo forum post. “Hello darkness, my old friend…”

Twitter user @KevlarMack expressed their frustration too: “After over 2 hours of waiting, this is becoming annoying. People literally paid extra money for four days of early access to Diablo 4. Where is our compensation then?”

Many users are reporting an unofficial workaround for the issue, however, saying that redeeming a free game or demo from the PlayStation Store will let the system remember that the user does have a valid license, and so allow them to access the game.

Elsewhere, many PC players seem to have been enjoying a much smoother early access experience. “I just completed Act 1 at level 16, stayed connected the whole time and not even a bit of lag,” wrote Reddit user u/AbraKdabra in a post with 1.4 thousand upvotes. “Blizzard really outdid themselves and this game feels f**king amazing, now it’s time for the new content.”

In IGN’s 9/10 review we described Diablo 4 as a “stunning sequel with near perfect endgame progression design that makes it absolutely excruciating to put down”. Be sure to check out our Wiki guide to stay up to date with tips and tricks that’ll help you get the most out of your journey through hell.

Anthony is a freelance contributor covering science and video gaming news for IGN. He has over eight years experience of covering breaking developments in multiple scientific fields and absolutely no time for your shenanigans. Follow him on Twitter @BeardConGamer

Episodic adventure Tell Me Why is free to keep for all of Pride Month

Continuing their annual tradition, developer Don’t Nod have announced that all three episodes of Tell Me Why will be free to keep for the rest of June. Rather than spending money on the game, the team asks that you might consider donating that money to “trans creators, trans-inclusive charities local to you, and trans people in need,” in honour of Pride Month. Regardless, the supernatural mystery is one of the best recent adventure games and is well worth the time.

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