The PlayStation weekly wrap-up

“We could be heroes, just for one day,” someone much cooler than all of us once said. Well, now that Overwatch is here, heroes come in many shapes and sizes, and you can spend your entire weekend as a lightning wielding gorilla scientist if you want to! But while you take a break from fighting the good fight, here’s this week’s round-up of all the news from the PlayStation arena…

This week’s biggest new trailers

1. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Blood and Wine

   Equal parts colourfully vibrant and darkly mysterious, Geralt returns to beast-slaying action in this launch trailer for next week’s huge add-on to an already epic adventure.
    
   

2. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Wildlands

   A quite frankly stunning level of detail is emerging from the shadowy world of Ghost Recon Wildlands; check it out here:
    
   

3. Absolver

   Ah, something new and shiny to feast your eyes on. This one comes from a crack team of former Ubisoft developers and looks very exciting indeed.
    
   

Tweets of the week:

A Thunderjaw keeps a watchful eye on downtown LA. pic.twitter.com/1gSbHGNR1k

— Guerrilla Games (@Guerrilla) May 24, 2016

How to play Uncharted 4 in 1st person/free cam mode (kinda)
1. Beat game
2. No HUD Mode ON
3. Aim a scoped gun
Boom. pic.twitter.com/KkUlVzOizb

— Grant Voegtle (@grantvoegtle) May 24, 2016

Our list of the best games on PS4 gets an update! Welcome, Nathan Drake. https://t.co/MHTT0ENviu pic.twitter.com/NpzmInlMzk

— Kotaku (@Kotaku) May 26, 2016

Around the world of PlayStation

This week, everyone seemed to have an opinion on the best way to play Overwatch – although news didn’t seem to reach the seven kingdoms of Westeros. Away from Blizzard’s new shooter, folks have been getting creative in DOOM, living a treasure hunter’s life for realm, while a familiar face has been popping up again in a few spots online…

• The lure of fortune and glory was clearly too much for the crazy kids over at Freakin Rad, who have brought Uncharted 4 to life in this brilliant live action short film.
   
  
• Conan O’Brian stepped into the Overwatch arena alongside Peter Dinklage and Lena Headey for some hilarious Clueless Gamer action. Okay, so they were using some funny looking controllers, but they are Lannisters after all.
   
  
• The lucky folks over at IGN have got hands-on with The Last Guardian and learned a little more about Trico and how you’ll interact with him in in this incredible adventure. Read more.
• DOOM’s SnapMap mode gives you the power to recreate hell – and some users have been putting this to excellent use. Our friends over at Games Radar have put together this list of the top 10 maps they’ve found.

This week’s PlayStation Store ‘leftfield’ pick:

So you’ve fallen down a well full of meanies – hey, it happens, right? Our advice is to never leave home without your Gunboots, as we learned this week from the excellent Downwell, available now on PlayStation Store.

• Buy Downwell
• All of this week’s new releases

The pick of PlayStation Blog:

1. 21 expert tips for getting ahead in Overwatch
   Straight from the experts at Blizzard, hone your style with each of Overwatch’s heroes.
2. Uncharted 4 sold more than 2.7 million copies in its first week
   Excuse us for blowing our own trumpet, but there’s a palpable glow of pride around PlayStation HQ about this one – all thanks to the genius work of our colleagues at Naughty Dog.
3. World of Warriors, from the creator of Moshi Monsters, is coming to PS4
   How much fun does World of Warriors look? A LOT. It’s coming exclusively to PS4, and we can’t wait to join in the mayhem.

The rest of the week’s headlines:

• Dragon Quest Builders is coming to Europe on PS4 and PS Vita
• Riktor joins Paragon’s expanding roster of Heroes
• Watch the UEFA Champions League Final Milan 2016 live for free on PS4
• Voice-controlled strategy game There Came an Echo hits PS4 next month
• Check out the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutants in Manhattan trailer
• Hitman episode 3: Marrakesh launches on 31st May
• Loot Rascals, the new game from Hohokum’s co-creator, announced for PS4
• Massive World of Tanks in-game event ‘The Motherland Calls’ starts 31st May
• Hit action MOBA Smite launches next week on PS4
• Survival adventure 7 Days to Die hits PS4 on 1st July
• Deadlight: Director’s Cut’s new Survival Mode detailed
• Bloodborne: Game of the Year Edition is PlayStation Store’s deal of the week
• 7 things you should do in top-down cyberpunk shooter Neon Chrome, out next week
• Widescreen bullet-hell shmup Score Rush Extended hits PS4 next week
• Brutal arcade platformer Super Mutant Alien Assault hits PS4 this summer
• Minecraft: Battle minigame coming to PlayStation in June
• Acclaimed physics puzzler Art of Balance arrives on PS4 next week
• The Crew hits 5 million players
• Yomawari: Night Alone and htoL#NiQ combine forces on PS Vita this October
• 29 classic Capcom and SNK games join the PlayStation Now library
• Become a legend in action RPG Moon Hunters, out this July on PS4
• An update on No Man’s Sky

What we’re playing:

• Corey: “With Axiom Verge hitting PS Vita recently, I’ve finally got time to play this masterpiece of atmosphere and design. The only thing is, it’s making me crave more Spelunky too, and I’m not sure my heart can take that.”
• Fred: “I finally got my act together and jumped into Uncharted 4. I’m making exceedingly slow progress though, as I have to stop every 30 seconds to pull up Photo Mode. Gosh, it’s pretty.”
• Rhys: “I’ve had an Uncharted 4 week too – my jaw is still on the floor from the market square/jeep chase level. Even though we’d been shown it nearly a year ago at E3, that whole set piece still grabbed me by the scruff of the neck and dragged me through the mud.”
• Matt: “Alienation – finally made it to the end-game raid and hoping to bag my first 12-core legendary weapon (the Platinum will be mine!).”