$60 for a year Sony has announced that it will be lowering the price on PlayStation Now, it’s subscription-based streaming service for playing Sony titles across different platforms. Previously going for $100 a year, the service can now be had for $59.99 in a similar fashion to PlayStation Plus. The other two tiers (monthly and quarterly) have also seen a reduction to $9.99 and $24.99 respectively. Jim Ryan, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, said in a press release, “Following PlayStation Now’s expansion earlier this year, we have coverage for more than 70 percent of our global PS4 user base, making it the ideal time to revamp the service with a more compelling price and stronger content offering....

Reserve your Envoy name now just in case Digital Extremes didn’t confirm the exact date forSoulframePreludes applications opening up, but it will be within the months of Q3 2024 becauseWarframe: 1999is launching in winter 2024. While the game offers a very different experience from the developer’s flagship title, it’s still worth playing for its unique take on the ARPG genre. In the game’s first devstream, Digital Extremes revealed the latest Ancestor that you’ll be able to rescue in the next update toSoulframePreludes....

The big new festival added toStardew Valleywith the long-awaited1.6 updateis called the Desert Festival. You’ll have access to it after you’ve mended the Bus and have access to the Calico Desert. The festival has a lot to enjoy, so let’s take a look. The Desert Festival allows you to play minigames, delve into Skull Cavern, and hang out with Villagers outside of their usual routine. Some very special and unique items are up for grabs using the event currency, Calico Eggs, and there are a lot of fun things to experience and discover....

Legends is playable on March 23 It’s been…a year! Well, it’s been…a hard nine months or so, but it’s felt like a full year. And in that time, I’ve forgotten about a lot of games that were sort of vaguely coming in 2021, or were pushed further away into limbo. That includes the upcomingMagic: The Gatheringthemed dungeon crawling action rompMagic: Legends! Lo and behold though, Perfect World Entertainment and Wizards of the Coast are here to remind us that it is indeed a thing, and will start becomingan actual thing you can playpretty soon....

Also more Doom DLC Twitch Prime continues to dole out monthly rewards, and July’s offerings have just come across our desk. The highlight of the month is easily the new batch of free SNK classics, a list that now fully includes (with the July additions):SNK Collection 1: Art of Fighting 2, Blazing Star, Fatal Fury Special, The King of Fighters 2000, The King of Fighters 2002, PulstarandSamurai Shodown II. The newDoom Eternaldrop includes the “Cosplay Slayer skin,” which is literally just the Doom Slayer dressed up in cardboard like he was going to a gaming convention....

Announced at TGS Voez, a Switch launch game, is still one of my most-played on the system. It’s a fantastic little rhyhtm game that happens to be pretty damn challenging, showcases a ton of great music, and adds free DLC at a regular cadence. I’m happy to see that it’s doing well then, as publisher Flyhigh Works announced at TGS this week that worldwide, this little rhyhtm project has hit 40,000 downloads....

And there was rejoicing: provided this beta actually works In what Sony calls a “comprehensive evaluation process,” which basically means “nearly all of our fans turned on us and we hurt our brand,” they are now considering cross-platform play, starting withFortnite…today. Sony says that people will be able to play with PC, Mac, Android, iOS, Switch, and Xbox One players as part of the beta test that ensures “cross-platform play is best on PlayStation....

Make it a priority, Sony WhenGhost of Tsushimacame out, I knew it was something special. That’s why I was waiting fortheDirector’s Cut/DLC packagewith open arms. Now I’m waiting for basically anything else. A PC port would do. Sadly there is no confirmation at all right now thatGhost of Tsushimais even getting a PC port, but we can look at some trends and surmise thatit’s likely going to happen. It was also part of that partially correct, partially incorrectNvidia PC leakfrom 2021....

For completionists looking to finish all of the storyline quests inWorld of Warcraft: The War Within, you’ll need to complete Sojourner of Hallowfall by completing all of the story quests in the Hallowfall zone. Below is all of the Sojourner of Hallowfall Achievement quests in The War Within that you will need to complete to earn the achievement. All Sojourner of Hallowfall Achievement Storyline quests As you progress through the mainThe War Withincampaign quests, you’ll complete The Guiding Star, Gathering Shadows, and Hope in Solidarity, all campaign quests that are required to complete the campaign but are not part of the Sojourner of Hallowfall achievement....

The Great Vault is one of the best sources of high-end loot in WoW: The War Within, but earning the potential rewards you can get from it requires some effort on your part. Here’s how the Great Vault works, and how you can earn all the possible loot choices from it. How to Unlock Great Vault Rewards in WoW: The War Within Although added several years ago in one of WoW’s many expansions, the Great Vault continues to act as the great counterbalance toward unlucky RNG....

Nook’s Books Publisher Viz Media has announced that is currently in the process of translating the manga adaptation of Nintendo’s delightful social simAnimal Crossing: New Horizons. The English edition ofAnimal Crossing: New Horizons Deserted Island Diaryis expected to launch in the west this fall, with pre-orders now open on the first volume viavarious book retailers. The first two volumes of Coconas Rumba’s manga adaptation were released in Japan in 2020 and also featured in the popular monthly magazine CoroCoro....

Rebellion, the developer behind those sniping games that give you an X-ray look at bullets blowing up testicles in slow motion, hasannounced a 2025 release dateforAtomfall. We can’t confirm if the mysterious RPG will let you shoot someone’s junk, but it’s not unlikely, considering the source. However, we can confirm thatAtomfallis all kinds of strange and intriguing. In what is arguably Rebellion’s most ambitious game in years,Atomfallplops you into a post-apocalyptic Britain to eke out a living scavenging the land while solving a gripping mystery....

Coral Islandfeatures a plethora of systems for players to sink their teeth into. Like its contemporaries, combat is one of the most important. There’s even an adventurer’s guild for an added incentive to add some dungeon-crawling to your cozy farming sim. The one featured inCoral Islandgoes by theBand of Smilesand it’s an international organization dedicated to protecting innocent lives from monsters. How to join the Band of Smiles Joining the Band of Smiles is a breezy prospect....