NEWS | Week beginning June 1st | Fallout 4 Confirmed!, New PS4 & Xbox One consoles & Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection

*Jesus I swear these titles are getting longer and longer each week...*

Evening guys! Prepare yourself for another round of video gaming news selected by me, Connor!

First up, Fallout 4 has finally been confirmed! After 5 years of patient waiting, Bethesda has finally announced Fallout 4, to be released on PS4, Xbox One & PC.

"Welcome Home..."

For those of you who have no clue what this 'Fallout' is, Fallout is a Role Playing Game that allows players to explore an American Wasteland ravaged by nuclear war. Often set in the future, the game explores how life has expanded and progressed in a post-apocalyptic world. Pretty cool huh!
Anyway, on Wednesday, Bethesda threw out a sneaky tease on Twitter, linking users to a website with the classic Fallout 'Please Stand By' screen, with a timer. Once that timer reached 00:00:00, users were redirected to the official Fallout 4 website: www.fallout4.com. The site contains links to pre-order the game, as well as a teaser trailer.
Although no release date has been announced, it is expected that Bethesda will reveal the release date at their E3 conference on June 14th.
As a Fallout fan I am hugely excited about this announcement. The last Fallout game to be released was Fallout New Vegas in 2010, so you can argue that it's been far too long. The teaser trailer looked amazing, confirming previous rumors that the game will be set in Boston, with landmarks such as Fenway Park and the Massachusetts State House all appearing in the trailer.
To put it simply, it's gonna be great!

Here's the teaser trailer if you haven't already seen it:

Next up, both Playstation and Xbox are expected to announce that they will be releasing 1 Terabyte consoles soon. As reported by Polygon, Amazon listed a $400, or £250 bundle with a new 1TB console, which is also rumored to include a new controller including a 3.5mm jack and a copy of The Master Chief Collection.

Memory Wars...

Sony on the other hand had certification documents sent to the US Federal Communications Commission leaked, which state that Sony has registered a new 1TB console.
Both these leaks may not come as a big surprise. E3 is right around the corner, and a number of huge games could be announced/are expected to be announced, such as Fallout 4 and DOOM. Therefore, it would make sense that both Sony and Microsoft are releasing new consoles with bigger hard-drives, especially as more modern games are as big as ever in terms of installation size. GTA 5 for example, had a installation size of 45GB+. The newer the game, the more technology is put into creating it, therefore file size dramatically increases. It makes sense that consoles with bigger hard-drives are being rumored. Expect an announcement sometime during E3...

Finally, following a leak on the US Playstation Store, Playstation have announced that the Uncharted series will be getting a remastering on the PS4. Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection will launch in the UK on the 9th October.
The package will contain the single-player campaigns of all 3 of the Uncharted games, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, as well as beta access to Uncharted 4: A Thief's End multiplayer. If you pre-order the collection, you will also gain

"Coming to a Playstation Store near you!"

access to player and gun skins and if you buy the digital version, you will also unlock a dynamic PS4 theme.
An Uncharted remastering has always been expected, with Sony already remastering several classic PS3 games, such as The Last of Us (already out) and God of War 3 (coming out this July).
Personally I love the Uncharted series, so it'll be great to be able to play through the series again with upgraded graphics, textures and other cool HD stuff. Roll on October 9th!

What did you think of this weeks stories? Are you excited for Fallout 4? Will you be upgrading to a PS4 or Xbox One with a massive 1TB hard-drive? Will you be pre-ordering the Uncharted Collection?

As always, let me know in the comments, and of course, thank you for reading!

Connor :)