Playstation Now UK
First up, Playstation Now has officially launched in the UK.
If I haven't previously mentioned Playstation Now before, it's a subscription based service that allows Playstation 3, 4 & Vita users to play hundreds of Playstation 3 titles. Currently, the service is priced at £12.99 per month, giving you access to all of the games available on the service.
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| Do you think that it's overpriced for what's available? |
If you don't fancy paying £12.99 a month, you can instead rent each game for a limited amount of time at £2.99 each. There is also a week long trial so you can see whether the service is your cup of tea or not, just keep in mind that if you do take part in the trial, ensure you cancel the renewal or the service will continue to take money out of your account each month!
Now, as it is a streaming service, a good internet connection is needed. It does test your internet beforehand to ensure that you can actually stream the games. I'd recommend using a wired connection when using Playstatio Now, otherwise it's likely that you won't be able to use the service!
I think Playstation Now could be a good success for Sony. At the moment, I'm not too sure. It seems like there are only PS3 games available at the moment, with only a few classic PS2 games. If they continue to add to the catalog and add classics from the PS2 and PS1, then yeah, but with it priced at £12.99, I'd wait a while and see if they expand the catalog.
FIFA Hacks
Next up, a bunch of high profile FIFA YouTubers have been hacked, leaving their FIFA Ultimate Team accounts looking rather empty.
Over the past few weeks, a bunch of major FIFA YouTubers, like WS2, MattHDGamer, and Nick28T have all had their Ultimate Team accounts hacked. For those of you who are unfamiliar with FIFA, Ultimate Team is a mode that allows players to create their own teams with player cards and play other people online. If a player in real life has a good game over the weekend, then they'll get an inform card, which can be obtained in packs.
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| If you play FIFA, do you trust EA? |
Most of the big FIFA YouTubers upload regular pack opening videos on their channels, where they show off the big and expensive players they pull from the packs. They can then sell these players on the in-game market for 'coins' with which they can buy other players or more packs.
One of the standout examples is YouTuber MattHDGamer, who pulled an Inform Ronaldo card on the first week of the games release. In-game, the card is worth around 3.4 million coins, which translates to around £800 in real money. So, as you can guess, everyone is a little pissed.
However, one of the main reasons that the FIFA community is fuming is because of how easy it is to hack into an account. All it takes is for a hacker to message the online EA Customer Service Live Chat armed only with an email or gamertag. And how they get this information I hear you ask, the hackers simply look at the online leaderboards and find an account that is near the top of the leaderboards for Club Value. Ridiculous, I know. Unfortunately, most customer service reps that work for EA don't actually know how to do their job, and they unknowingly give access to accounts thinking that the hacker has actually been locked out of an account. YouTuber W2S reckons he lost around £1000 worth of in-game items when his account was hacked in September. Both MattHDGamer and W2S were given coins as compensation for their issues.
EA released the following statement following the hacks:
" We encourage all FIFA players to secure their accounts with authentication and verification steps, which we outline on our help and our product sites.
We are consistently working through our customer experience teams to secure accounts and make sure players are educated when account compromises are made. "
I don't now if it's just me, but it sounds like they're blaming us the players...
If you have FIFA 16 and play Ultimate Team, ensure that your account is safe, otherwise the same could happen to you!
Battlefront Beta
Finally, the Star Wars Battlefront beta was released on all current gen consoles and PCon Thursday, and it's pretty great!
There are two game modes available, Drop Zone and Walker Assualt. Drop Zone is much like 'Hardpoint' on Call of Duty. You have to capture and hold a pod while you try and repel enemy forces. Pretty standard.
It's Walker Assualt where things get interesting. The Imperials have the task of escorting two AT-AT walkers to the Rebel base so they can destroy the base. The Rebels have to activate Uplink sites so friendly bombers can be called in to destroy the walkers. These Walker Assualt lobbys can hold up to 40 players at a time, so, as you can presume, things can get pretty crazy. You can pilot vehicles, whether that be X-Wings or an AT-STs, use turrets and power-ups. Oh, and take control of two hero characters, Luke Skywalker
and Darth Vader!
On the note of hero characters, some PC players have been delving into the files of the beta and it seems like there will a wide range of different characters available in final game. The files within the beta directly mention The Emperor, Han Solo, Princess Leia and Boba Fett. The files also come with some voice clips for the characters. For example, there is a sound clip from The Emperor which specifically references him killing Princess Leia, and another sound clip that references Han Solo killing Boba Fett. Could this mean that there will be some sort of Hero Battle mode or something like there was in Battlefront 2? I hope so!
If you haven't already downloaded the beta, go do so! You're missing out! The beta is scheduled to end on the 12th, so tomorrow... Get in while it lasts!
And that's that for this week. What did you think of this weeks news? Will you be subscribing to the Playstattion Now service? Have you been hacked on FIFA? Will you be taking part in the Star Wars Battlefront beta? Let me know in the comments down below!
As always, thanks for reading!
Connor :)
There are two game modes available, Drop Zone and Walker Assualt. Drop Zone is much like 'Hardpoint' on Call of Duty. You have to capture and hold a pod while you try and repel enemy forces. Pretty standard.
It's Walker Assualt where things get interesting. The Imperials have the task of escorting two AT-AT walkers to the Rebel base so they can destroy the base. The Rebels have to activate Uplink sites so friendly bombers can be called in to destroy the walkers. These Walker Assualt lobbys can hold up to 40 players at a time, so, as you can presume, things can get pretty crazy. You can pilot vehicles, whether that be X-Wings or an AT-STs, use turrets and power-ups. Oh, and take control of two hero characters, Luke Skywalker
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| May the force be with you! |
On the note of hero characters, some PC players have been delving into the files of the beta and it seems like there will a wide range of different characters available in final game. The files within the beta directly mention The Emperor, Han Solo, Princess Leia and Boba Fett. The files also come with some voice clips for the characters. For example, there is a sound clip from The Emperor which specifically references him killing Princess Leia, and another sound clip that references Han Solo killing Boba Fett. Could this mean that there will be some sort of Hero Battle mode or something like there was in Battlefront 2? I hope so!
If you haven't already downloaded the beta, go do so! You're missing out! The beta is scheduled to end on the 12th, so tomorrow... Get in while it lasts!
And that's that for this week. What did you think of this weeks news? Will you be subscribing to the Playstattion Now service? Have you been hacked on FIFA? Will you be taking part in the Star Wars Battlefront beta? Let me know in the comments down below!
As always, thanks for reading!
Connor :)
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