The world has fallen under the tyrannical rule of Grand Master Meio. As people suffocate in his steely grip, Special A-Class Strider Hiryu is sent into the wintry winds of Kazakh City to assassinate the dictator. The arcade classic series returns with Strider, which launches for PS3 and PS4 this week.
Guide Hiryu through an expansive map and cut down Grand Master Meio’s forces in a flurry of strikes. Using Hiryu’s indestructible plasma Cypher — and a host of unlockable special moves — players can traverse the dark halls, harrowing heights, and gleaming towers of Kazakh City with speed and skill.
For those gamers hungry for a more old-fashioned quest, the PS4 beta of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn also launches this week. Saddle up a chocobo and ride through Eorzea in this staggering MMO from Square Enix. Interested parties can head here for more information about the beta.
There’s plenty more coming to PlayStation, so head below for the full list. And enjoy the Drop!
Blast through legions of bugs in the latest from a cult-classic series. More than 80 missions, 700 weapons, local and online multiplayer, and four character classes. Fans of B movies, take note!
A story of both magic and love. Guide a young girl named Eveline through a dark forest in search of her beloved, a werecat named Aurelio. Meet werewolves, goblins, and challenging puzzles in this fantastical adventure.
A chaotic, run-and-gun shooter with a gigantic collection of upgrades and bonuses. Tackle brutal challenges in randomly-generated stages with retro-style graphics.
Caution: big, bright blocks have buried downtown! It’s going to take a drilling professional to solve this conundrum. Fortunately, Mr. Driller is on the case. Help drill and solve puzzles in this PlayStation classic.
The year is 4444 A.D. Earth has been remade into a ghastly prison planet rife with criminals. When a threat emerges from this underworld society, Bill Rizer is awakened from his 2,000-year slumber to destroy the Neo Contra menace. Dive back into this PS2 classic shooter from Konami.
PS4 — Digital, Retail (Already Available on PS3, PS Vita)
The eye-catching platformer from Ubisoft makes its PS4 debut. Built with new features that take advantage of DualShock 4, experience Rayman’s latest adventure with enhanced visuals and PS Vita remote play.
The arcade classic from Capcom gets a titanic visual upgrade with this new action platformer for PS3 and PS4. Take up the scarf and plasma Cypher of Strider Hiryu in order to take out the tyrannical Grand Master Meio. Revel in the lightning-fast play and expansive map of Kazakh City.
So Assassin’s Creed Freedom Cry Standalone isn’t happening this week I take it? It was going to be a fight between Strider and it for my $20 card. Now it’s rather one sided.
Hi! According to my documentation, it is actually still coming (though that is subject to change)! But since it’s not a “new game” of sorts, I didn’t include it above.
Also glad to see Tomba 2. Since I know a large swath of people won’t pay attention, I’ll point out this is the IMPORT version, meaning it is in JAPANESE! Don’t expect it to be in English. There is a legitimate reason why this is as Monkey Paw explains on their site. The short answer is that the US version of the game simply doesn’t paly nice with emulators. They’d release it if they could, but it would be glitched. Regardless, the game is easily playable despite the Japanese text, so don’t worry. It’s still worth it And it has a better intro.
Awesome to see Tomba. Neo Contra would be great to play on the Vita. Why aren’t the PS2 classics not on the Vita? Imagine being able to play Neo Contra or San Andreas on the go.
Also, Mr driller gives me faith that the Namco Classics parade isn’t over. hoping to see some other stuff, especially Tales games and the other Pac Man titles (Maze Madness in particular).
I can not find confirmation of this anywhere not on square enix twitter or anywhere. I do not care if its preorderable or not I just want to know if there is going to be a ps4 digital copy of thief on the 25th again not worried about if i can preorder it I just want to know if digital will happen at all.
Gunslugs is looking great… and cheap. Can’t wait to pick it up.
Hey Ryan, not sure if you want to change it, but the image you have up for Gunslugs isn’t actually from the game. That’s the pic from the original conception for the game that would evolve into Gunslugs. Just FYI.
@30 Haha, you’re right! I bought Pac-Man World last week, and I really hope World 2 comes to PSN as a PS2 classic too! (it’s much better than World 1 IMO) Same goes with Tales. (particularly of Destiny 2/Eternia)
Tomba! 2 “PSone Import”? This better be a mistake. The game had a north american release so it would be the dumbest thing to ever happen on psn if they give us the japanese version. Tomba 2 is my all time favorite platformer and they better not screw me like that
Well, I guess that’s it then. No word about Strider 1&2 available in the US PSN as a bonus for those buying Strider in the week of release. That is truly, truly disappointing. Japan not only got a physical copy of the game (only on PS3), but also got the PSX classics to play on their consoles, PSP and PS Vita. This would be a fantastic time to release Strider 1&2 PSX Classic on the US PSN. Interest for the character will be on an all time high. And Strider 2 is a superb game to play on a portable console.
Then again, this is Crapcom. We should be used by now with them screwing with fan expectations and desires…
All you guys mentioning nascar 2014 don’t expect much mention by the blog. They all seem to hate racers such as nascar. Let it be they and the commenters all suck at racers I don’t know, but their is a lot of hate towards nascar in these blogs. Never a mention of it and never nascar on the psn to buy. Its always stupid disc. They have nascar the game 2011 and inside line on psn in the uk to buy as a digital option but never here where the sport is from… THE USA! But they constantly put formula one games on psn for download. Its pissing me off. I’m a digital guy so its annoying to be FORCED to buy disc to play nascar. Heck even nascar inside line is on xbox live for gods sake so what is up with sony not putting them on psn. But I wouldn’t buy the new one anyways. The uk
developer can’t make a good nascar game for crap. I’m still amazed I was able to platinum nascar 2011 and almost platinum inside line but due to the terrible online you can’t platinum inside line unless you cheat with multiple disc and ps3’s and set up a room online and even that would be stupid and cheating and cost a lot of money. Who ever buys nascar 2014 will be mad cause it will glitch bad like every game before it and never got fixed.
Valkyrie Profile (ps1) and Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria (PS2) as psn classics please bring them some day. Thanks playstation staff for the great updates
Also, if Sony would just allow multiple accounts on the Vita, as they do on the PS3, I could just have my japanese account on the Vita to play the PSX classics that I want.
Strider Hiryu is Dropping into Grand Master Meio’s plans.
Dang it Ryan!
You love it!