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Hey everyone, happy 2023! I’m Phil Crifo, Tchia’s Game Director and Awaceb Co-founder. Last year was a very busy and exciting one for us, and I would like to give you an update on the development of Tchia and offer a sneak peek into the game. As you’ll see, it has come a long way, and we’re happy to announce the game is coming to PS4 & PS5 this Spring (stay tuned!).
A trip to our homeland
As you may know, Tchia is inspired by our homeland, New Caledonia, and it was super important for us that folks who worked on the game got to experience those landscapes, wildlife, cultures, languages and customs firsthand. If you’re interested in finding out more, we have already released a 3-part series on the topic.
Everything in Tchia is infused with the local culture of New Caledonia. This includes all the various landscapes that we recreated in the open-world archipelago, and that you can freely explore, swim or navigate around, and even climb on if you’d like!
This is also the case with our cast of characters that you will meet throughout your journey. We have worked with local talent to voice everyone you will encounter in either Drehu (one of the most ancient local New Caledonian languages) and French. As you can freely explore the archipelago in Tchia, we encourage you to try out various side quests to acquaint yourself with some of the island’s inhabitants and learn more about their culture and individual personalities.
Music, finally, is a major component of your adventure. All sounds and sonorities are inspired by traditional New Caledonian culture and folklore. You’ll try these out for yourself using your trustworthy Ukulele!
PlayStation Store welcomes the Games Under 20 promotion on Wednesday, January 18. For a limited time* enjoy great games at compelling prices. That includes the like of Call of Duty: Black Ops III – Zombies Chronicles Edition, with 72% off the PS4 version, 67% off of the PS4 and PS5 versions of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege Deluxe Edition and 50% off God of War III Remastered on PS4.
Check out the full list of titles included in the promotion below, then head to PlayStation Store when the promotion goes live to find out your regional discount.
Check out the full list of titles included in the promotion below, then head to PlayStation Store when the promotion goes live to find out your regional discount.
- 20XX
- 35MM
- 39 Days to Mars
- 60 Parsecs!
- 60 Seconds! Reatomized
- 7th Sector
- 7th Sector Collector’s Edition
- 8-Ball Pocket
- 8-Bit Armies – Deluxe Edition
- 8-Bit Hordes – Deluxe Edition
- 8-Bit Invaders! – Deluxe Edition
- 8Floor Strategic Collection
- 9 Clues: The Secret of Serpent Creek
- A Winter’s Daydream
- ABZÛ
- ACE COMBAT™ 7: SKIES UNKNOWN – TOP GUN: Maverick Ultimate Edition
- Aces of the Luftwaffe – Squadron
- Active Neurons – Puzzle Game
- Active Neurons 2
- Active Neurons 3 – Wonders Of The World
- Adam’s Venture: Origins – Deluxe Edition
- AereA – Deluxe Edition
- Aero Striker – World Invasion
- Aery – Broken Memories
- Agony
- Air Bounce – The Jump ‘n’ Run Challenge
- Air Conflicts: Secret Wars Ultimate Edition
- Air Missions: Hind
- Aircraft Evolution
- Alder’s Blood: Definitive Edition
- Alien Shooter
- Alien Shooter&Portal of Evil: Stolen Runes
- Alienation™
- Almost My Floor
- Alphadia Genesis
- Alphadia Genesis 2
- Alteric
- Alveole
- Amazing Superhero Squad
- America’s Greatest Game Shows: Wheel of Fortune® & Jeopardy!
- An Evil Existence
- Anthem™: Legion of Dawn Edition
- Ape Escape™ 2
- APICO
- Aqua TV
- Arc The Lad: Twilight of the Spirits™
- ARCADE GAME SERIES 3-in-1 Pack
- ARCADE GAME SERIES: Ms. PAC-MAN
- ARCADE GAME SERIES: PAC-MAN
- Arcade Islands: Volume One
- Archaica: The Path Of Light
- Arietta of Spirits
- Arise: A simple story
- ARK Park
- ARK Park – Deluxe Edition
- ARK Park – Hunter’s Package
- Arkan: The Dog Adventurer
- Ascendshaft
- Ascendshaft and Endless Shaft
- Asdivine Saga
- Assassin’s Creed Chronicles Trilogy
- Assassin’s Creed III: Remastered
- Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Season Pass
- Assassin’s Creed Rogue Remastered
- Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
- Assassin’s Creed® Odyssey
- Assassin’s Creed® Syndicate Gold Edition
- Assassin’s Creed® Unity
- Assassin’s Creed® Valhalla – The Siege of Paris
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To celebrate the upcoming release of Forspoken, the team at Luminous Productions is excited to announce a brand new “Forspoken Collection” line. We’re thrilled to be able to finally be able to reveal this line up!
“The PlayStation Gear Store is excited to be a part of the official launch of the ”Forspoken Collection” – we have been working hard in partnership with Luminous Productions to get these pieces perfect for the community and we hope you all love them as much as we loved creating them.” – Gerado Riba – PlayStation Global Group Manager Brand Marketing
Gear inspired by Forspoken’s art direction
We’re excited about how everything turned out – particularly blending the Forspoken logo, added detail, and other various design elements. We love how the in-game inspiration of the designs were utilized to introduce modern aspects from a fantasy world.
While Forspoken is an intricately designed game with tons of surprises and detail, the core concept is “merging modern and fantasy”. The main story – Frey traveling from modern present day to a fantasy world – is a clear representation of this concept. In terms of art concept, we aimed to create a brand new identity of fantastical symbology and merge that with modern sensibilities.
T-shirt Logos and Coins: Gold as the Main Color
In the world of Forspoken, gold symbolizes magical power. Similarly in the modern world we live in, gold and magic have been deeply connected since ancient times. For example, alchemy involves the use of magic to create gold. Plus, economically speaking gold is inherently valuable which will always make it special to humans. We tapped into the magic of gold as a main color in creating the universe of Forspoken.
This new line’s t-shirt and coins let players bring some of Forspoken’s golden magic into their everyday lives.
Shop the t-shirt here.
Shop the t-shirt here.
Shop the coins here.
Shop the coins here.
Jacket: Emblem on Frey’s Pants
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Last week we revealed the top downloads on PlayStation Store for December. Today, it’s time to look at the top downloads for the entirety of 2022. Blockbusters rubbed shoulders with great indie titles, but even in a year of heavy hitters, there’s some surprises as older classics snuck into the charts.
Check the full lists below.
PS5 Games
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1 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | FIFA 23 | 2 | God of War Ragnarök | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | 3 | NBA 2K23 | God of War Ragnarök | 4 | ELDEN RING | ELDEN RING | 5 | Madden NFL 23 | Grand Theft Auto V | 6 | Grand Theft Auto V | GRAN TURISMO 7 | 7 | FIFA 23 | Cyberpunk 2077 | 8 | Horizon Forbidden West | Horizon Forbidden West | 9 | GRAN TURISMO 7 | LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga | 10 | Dying Light 2 | Dying Light 2 | 11 | MLB The Show 22 | Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | 12 | Cyberpunk 2077 | Among Us | 13 | LEGO Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga | NBA 2K23 | 14 | Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales | F1 22 | 15 | NBA 2K22 | It Takes Two | 16 | WWE 2K22 | Stray | 17 | Gotham Knights | FIFA 22 | 18 | Sifu | Assassin’s Creed Valhalla | 19 | Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order | Sifu | 20 | Stray | FAR CRY 6 |
*Naming of products may differ between regions *Upgrades not included
PS4 Games
| US/Canada | EU |
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1 | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | FIFA 23 | 2 | Grand Theft Auto V | Grand Theft Auto V | 3 | Minecraft | Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II | 4 | ELDEN RING | Minecraft | 5 | NBA 2K23 | FIFA 22 | 6 | Red Dead Redemption 2 | Red Dead Redemption 2 | 7 | NBA 2K22 | Among Us | 8 | Madden NFL 23 | The Last of Us Part II | 9 | God of War Ragnarök | ELDEN RING | 10 | FIFA 23 | The Forest | 11 | MLB The Show 22 | Need for Speed Heat | 12 | The Last of Us Part II | The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 13 | Horizon Forbidden West | The Crew 2 | 14 | Batman: Arkham Knight | NBA 2K22 | 15 | Gang Beasts | God of War Ragnarök | 16 | Need for Speed Heat | A Way Out | 17 | WWE 2K22 | Gang Beasts | 18 | Dying Light 2 | F1 22 | 19 | Among Us | GRAN TURISMO 7 | 20 | The Forest | Horizon Forbidden West |
*Naming of products may differ between regions
PS VR Games
Here’s a sentence that I never thought I’d type: The Last of Us airs its first episode tonight on HBO and HBO Max.
It’s a surreal feeling. Just think: In a few short hours, Joel and Ellie will be introduced to the entire world in a whole new medium. I’m incredibly grateful to the team at Naughty Dog, HBO, Sony Pictures Entertainment, PlayStation Productions, and of course the cast and crew members that helped get us to this historic moment.
I’m particularly thrilled that we found Pedro and Bella to play our iconic leads, Joel and Ellie. I can’t wait for the world to experience their portrayals and the rest of these unforgettable characters in an entirely new way.
Naughty Dog’s Co-President Neil Druckmann also wanted to drop by with a quick message for you folks:
“It’s been an unimaginable honor (and one of my life’s highlights) to collaborate with Craig Mazin and the team at HBO to bring The Last of Us to life as a TV show. Intense pride doesn’t begin to describe my feelings to how the show turned out. I deeply believe it captures the soul of the game that so many of you have fallen in love with. As you can imagine, I’m extremely excited (and extremely nervous) for PlayStation and Naughty Dog fans to dive into the first episode and experience for themselves the love the cast and crew has poured into this adaptation. From myself and everybody at Naughty Dog, thank you! It is due to your incredible passion and support that this show exists! We are forever grateful! Endure and survive!” – Neil Druckmann, Co-President, Naughty Dog
And another quick note for you The Last of Us veterans. The HBO show follows the broad beats of the overall story from the game, and is quite faithful in tone and spirit. But hopefully it won’t come as a shock that this isn’t a beat-by-beat, line-by-line adaptation of the games. Neil, Craig and the production team took this opportunity to weave in new characters, themes, and locations — only where they felt true to the characters and the world, the “soul” of The Last of Us. Sometimes this was done to expand on ideas only briefly explored in the games, or because it better served the narrative structure of an episodic show.
But rest assured, The Last of Us stays true to the soul of the games. I hope you’ll join us tonight, and definitely let us know what you think!
Last week, we asked you to find moments where characters ran out of luck in the game of your choice, and share using #PSBlog #PSshare. Here are this week’s unlucky highlights:
ForgottenJasmin shares Aloy falling from a snapped rope in Horizon Forbidden West.
OuterRimsPhoto shares a troll about to be whipped by Kratos’ Blades of Chaos in God of War Ragnarök
masaoandm shares an unsuspecting cat lover about to be ambushed by a headless yokai in Ghostwire: Tokyo.
GameTogg shares Sam tumbling down a cliffside in Death Stranding.
MilanesfanTJG shares Nathan Drake caught in a rainstorm in Uncharted 4.
elicitus__ shares Amicia caught up in a fire in A Plague Tale: Requiem
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: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order SUBMIT BY: 11:59 PM PT on January 18, 2023
Share of the Week grabs a lightsaber and hops in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, available as a PlayStation Plus Monthly Game for January. Share daring moments with Cal using #PSshare #PSBlog for a chance to be featured.
In Season: A letter to the future, you play as a young woman from a secluded village exploring the world by bike for the first time, collecting memories before a cataclysm washes everything away. Your journey brings you to a strange valley where the seeds of the next Season have been planted. You meet the last remaining inhabitants the day just before they’re to be evacuated. In this last moment, you try to piece together the mysteries of the valley. Every conversation, every landscape, brings you closer to understanding: what is this Season and why is it ending?
What’s the story?
Most of the themes of “Season: A letter to the future” are expressions of the anxieties of our age. We’re heading towards a future we know will be worse than the present. As this becomes more certain, it has an attendant thought that feels even darker: These awful years are also the good times. The story exists to give some kind of poetic expression (poetic meaning barely under control, the subconscious has the wheel) to these thoughts and feelings, to defamiliarize them, tear them up and put them back together in a fantasy world. There is another major motif to the story as well: The five senses.
The senses or how things feel
The game often calls attention to your senses. The screen goes black several times as the character closes her eyes to listen closer to sounds. How things taste, feel, or smell, are often described as you explore. This theme found potent expression in many of the features available only on PlayStation 5. How does it feel to ride a bicycle? The adaptive triggers let us vary the resistance depending on the speed or the steepness of the road, so going uphill feels uphill. The haptic feedback also changes as you cycle over different types of terrain. When recording audio in the game, you hear the sound but you also feel the shape of it in the vibration of the DualSense controller.
Season also uses Tempest 3D AudioTech to add a deeper level of detail to the spatial dimensions of sound. The world is populated with ear-catching sounds that demand this close inspection. Music doesn’t just exist in the score but is part of the world, self-playing musical instruments, tunes from the radio, unusual bird songs, wind singing through bamboo. These are rich details but given the thematic importance the game attaches to our senses, they take on an added layer of meaning.
Interact with the world and its people
There are many diverse people you will meet on your adventure through the world of Season. When you come across them, each is preparing for the changing Season in their own way. Join th
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