Hold onto your hats, because the PlayStation Store’s latest sale is here, and it’s a big one. Hundreds of games for PS4, PS3, PSP, PS Vita, and PS VR are marked down, and it’s all part of The Great Indoors Sale–a.k.a. more reasons to not leave the house in these final, dreary days of winter. Besides all of the game deals, one-year PS Plus subscriptions are also discounted at just $45 (and membership pricing is rarely that cheap). While the PS Plus deal is available only until March 26, the following game deals are all valid until March 29 at 8 AM PT / 11 AM ET. And these discounts will be even greater if you’re a PS Plus member.

There are almost too many great games included here to name–but here are the highlights. You can get the complete edition of Horizon Zero Dawn for only $17, along with its amazing DLC, The Frozen Wilds, for $8. Bloodborne‘s DLC, The Old Hunters, is another worthwhile puchase at just $15. Red Dead Redemption is marked down to just $12.89, while Red Dead Redemption 2‘s special edition is $60. Borderlands 2 is down to just $5, The Last Guardian is selling for $14, Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight is $42, and The Witcher 3‘s complete edition is only $20. The list goes on and on. And if you’re on a budget, there’s even a handy section for all the cheapest deals–most of them are under $10.

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Because there are literally hundreds of options, check out more of our picks below!

• Amnesia: The Collection — $15
• Batman: Arkham Knight — $10
• Batman: Arkham VR — $14
• BioShock: The Collection — $21
• Bloodborne: The Old Hunters DLC — $15
• Borderlands 2 — $5
• Borderlands: The Handsome Collection — $25.79
• Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD — $7.49
• Child of Light — $6
• Destiny 2: Forsaken: Complete Edition — $70
• Dishonored: Definitive Edition — $12
• Don’t Starve Mega Pack — $12.14
• Dying Light — $16
• The Evil Within 2 — $30
• Fallout 4: Game of the Year Edition — $36
• Grand Theft Auto V — $18
• Hitman: Game of the Year Edition — $24
• Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition — $17
• Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds DLC — $8
• The Last Guardian — $14
• Layers of Fear — $8
• Marvel’s Spider-Man: The City That Never Sleeps DLC — $18.74
• Metal Gear Solid 5: The Definitive Experience — $14
• Metal Gear Solid HD Collection — $14
• Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor: Game of the Year Edition — $12
• Overcooked — $7.47
• Overcooked 2 — $20
• Persona 5: Dancing In Starlight — $42
• Red Dead Redemption — $12.89
• Red Dead Redemption 2: Special Edition — $60
• Slime Rancher — $12
• Soma — $15
• Trine 2: Complete Story — $5
• The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt: Complete Edition — $20
• Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus — $36
• Wolfenstein II: The New Order — $12

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/psn-just-launched-a-major-sale-on-hundreds-of-game/1100-6465610/

EA has announced the next update for Anthem is now live. This update patches Anthem’s loot system–specifically buffing the drop rates for Masterwork and Legendary items. The full patch notes are listed on EA’s website.

The new update has taken immediate effect on the server-side of Anthem so you don’t have to actually download anything. If you boot up Anthem right now, the update should have already taken effect. Because of the update, drop rates for all Masterwork and Legendary items have been increased on Grandmaster 2 and Grandmaster 3 difficulties. Across all difficulties, Masterwork and Legendary items now have a higher chance of dropping from Anthem’s harder enemies–which includes Legendary and Epic Titans, Legendary Furies, Legendary Acid Ursixes, and Legendary Luminary Elders.

This new update comes out after BioWare community manager Jesse Anderson put together a lengthy response to a Reddit post that expressed concerns with Anthem. “All I’ll say on this is that Anthem is here to stay. Do we have a lot of work to do to fix parts of the game? Yes, and the team is committed to making improvements and releasing new content,” Anderson wrote. Anthem did not have the smoothest launch–releasing to mediocre review scores. BioWare even implemented a patch that accidentally fixed a bug that players wanted to stay in the game. However, BioWare seems to be taking most of the criticism in stride, and has repeatedly released follow-up hotfixes and large scale patches for the game in response to community complaints–which Anderson also pointed out in his Reddit post.

“For feedback, we’ve made a large number of changes based on what players have told us. Not wanting to run to the Forge every time to launch an expedition? We added the ability to launch anywhere in Fort Tarsis, that was because of player feedback. Wanted to visually see loot drop from bosses in Strongholds? Added because of player feedback,” Anderson wrote. “If you are talking about feedback on loot in general…I’ve already said that the team is discussing and that more will be likely be shared in the coming days. I know everyone wants to know when, but I don’t have that answer.” He continued, “Like Chad Robertson said in a tweet, we aren’t happy with where loot is either, so know that it’s high on our priority list.”

In our Anthem review, Kallie Plagge gave the game a 6/10, writing, “Anthem has good ideas, but it struggles significantly with the execution. It’s a co-op game that works best with no one talking; it buries genuinely interesting character moments and puts its most incomprehensible story bits at the forefront; its combat is exciting until you get to the boss fights and find your wings have been clipped. Even the simple, exhilarating act of flying is frequently interrupted by the limitations of your javelin, and you never quite shake that feeling of disappointment–of knowing, throughout the good parts of Anthem, that you’ll inevitably come crashing back down.”

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/anthem-loot-just-got-better-in-new-update-patch-no/1100-6465608/

If you own a PlayStation console and enjoy online multiplayer games, you’re probably well-familiar with PS Plus, PlayStation’s annual membership subscription that grants access to online multiplayer in games like Overwatch, Monster Hunter World, or Diablo III. While PS Plus membership is usually priced at $60 per year, it’s cheaper than ever for a limited amount of time. From now until March 26, you can sign up for (or re-purchase) PS Plus for only $45 (25% off).

The PlayStation Store is offering this deal as part of its Great Indoors Sale this month, which also features games up to 75% off with PS Plus. So once you snag a membership, you can pick up a bunch of games for even cheaper.

If you’re already a PS Plus member, you’re also allowed to stack subscriptions, so you can still take advantage of the discount and save money in the long-term. Even if PlayStation launches a new console in the next few years (as it’s rumored to), your PS Plus subscriptions will likely be valid on that platform.

Notably, PS Plus is also discounted at third-party retailers like Amazon, Best Buy, and GameStop, likely to price-match the PlayStation Store’s current deal. So if you prefer to shop at those stores, you can get the same exact deal, and still swing back over to the PlayStation Store for its latest PS Plus game deals.

Besides access to online multiplayer, PS Plus membership comes with free monthly game downloads (March’s free games are available now), better discounts on everyday deals, and online game saves (with 1 GB of online storage for PS4, 1 GB for PS3, and 1 GB for PS Vita).

Buy PlayStation Plus 1-Year membership for $45

• PlayStation Store
• Amazon
• Best Buy
• GameStop

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/playstation-plus-membership-is-on-sale-for-just-45/1100-6465606/

Hello Games has announced its next big expansion for No Man’s Sky. The “Beyond” update is slated for this summer and will be free to all players. It was accompanied by a brief trailer showing a hanger, the title, and not much more.

A blog post introducing the update says that Hello Games had planned three large features, and ultimately decided to roll them all into one expansion. Though two of those are remaining under wraps for the time being, the first component the team is outlining is called No Man’s Sky Online. The newly revised online component will allow players to meet up and play together more easily, but the studio cautions that it doesn’t consider this a shift to an MMO. It will remain free for all players, won’t contain microtransactions, and won’t require a subscription (aside from Xbox Live Gold or PS Plus on consoles).

As for the other pieces of Beyond, Hello says it will “talk more about each component when we know we can be precise.”

Last year, No Man’s Sky had a large-scale update called Next that served as a major overhaul, and earned it a spot among our best expansions of 2018. Since then it’s gotten a steady stream of content updates, like The Abyss that added more underwater exploration, and Visions with a host of new biomes, flora, and fauna. Beyond appears to be scaled similarly to Next.

The game has come a long way from its initial release, which was criticized for not quite meeting its lofty ambitions. Part of that was simply not fulfilling some of the promotion surrounding the game, so the blog’s comment about not opening up about pieces of Beyond yet seems as if Hello has learned how to manage expectations.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/no-mans-sky-beyond-teases-expanded-online-mode/1100-6465604/

Apex Legends is doing very well for itself as the newest contender in the battle royale space, and now you can parlay those battlefield skills into a college education. Becker College has announced a scholarship program tied to an upcoming esports event, which will allow top-performing players to receive $5,000 for schooling.

Becker has partnered with Team Genji and Helix Esports for the program. Helix is hosting an Apex Legends amateur tournament in New Jersey in early April, and Team Genji will be on-site to perform analytics. Those who score among the top players at the tournament can claim the one-time scholarship at Becker, if they apply and are admitted to the college. Eligible finalists will be invited to apply, so there will be no ambiguity whether or not you made the cut.

Scholarship recipients will also be given a try-out for Becker’s own Apex Legends team, which will begin competing in Fall 2019. You can read more details and sign up through the official site.

Respawn is planning to launch the first Apex Legends battle pass in March, though it hasn’t given a release date yet. We did get an apparent sneak peek at what it will consist of, though, given an accidental update to the Origin site. That showed a new hero named Octane, and suggested the battle pass will be priced at 950 Apex Coins (roughly $10). Respawn acknowledged that the leak was legitimate, but warned against putting too much stock in information gleaned from data mining.

Meanwhile, the studio banned hundreds of thousands of cheaters, and said it has no plans for a reconnect feature–in part because of its potential for abuse by cheaters.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/apex-legends-scholarship-offered-by-massachusetts-/1100-6465602/