PlayStation Access TV has released a video showing how PS Plus will work on PS4. So far, what we know is that a Plus subscription will be required for online multiplayer on PS4, and those who currently have a subscription, will automatically get PlayStation 4 content. PlayStation Plus also provides free games, discounts and access to exclusive content. Surely there is more to knao so hit up the video below. Thanks, CyberMarco.

A rather nice Nintendo update has been released for North America, with the arrival of New Super Luigi U on the eShop, and fro now until June 25 you can expect Game and Wario, Project X Zone, and LEGO Legends of Chima to land on the service. Get the update in full below.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown is out today on iOS, and is practically a direct port of the game. It will run you $20/ £13.99/ €17.99. While not included at launch, the head-to-head multiplayer mode will be added later as a free update. Check out the launch trailer below.

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Thief might look shiny on PS4, but Phil Own played it at E3 and found the game’s stealth mechanics to be quite disappointing. Producer Stephane Roy told him why realistic stealth wouldn’t be all that fun in a game setting.

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Xbox One has overtaken PS4 in Amazon UK’s pre-order charts after Microsoft announced it was ditching its DRM policy last night.

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PlanetSide 2 developer Sony Online Entertainment has started rolling out the MMO’s 11th update, which tweaks balancing, vehicle customisation slots and much more.

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Watch Dogs has appeared on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, showing off new gameplay of Ubisoft Montreal’s hackable sandbox. There’s also some weird things going on with a sex doll. Yep.
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Wicked Paradise is the Oculus Rift-powered erotic game from developer Wicked Paradise. Founder Jeroen Van den Bosch has suggested that the episodic series will depicts erotic scenes for both male and female gamers, with triple-a quality and a strong narrative.

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Nintendo has found itself in the cross-hairs of human rights organisation Walk Free, which claims the Japanese company procures raw minerals needed to make its products through slave labour. Nintendo has since responded to the 400,000-strong petition, which demands the company disclose an audit of its operations in order to prove its innocence.

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FIFA 14′s AI goes a long way from previous instalments in that all 11 positions on the pitch come with their own AI and behavioural traits, but executive producer David Rutter wants to go one step further and use the game’s stat-capture tech to give every single player their own unique AI in future games.

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Hotline Miami developer Dennaton Games has said that its PS Vita port is releasing “probably” next week. It comes as Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number was revealed and detailed yesterday. It’s a good time for ’80s neon and bloody skull–caving violence – if that’s your bag.

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Xbox One’s DRM, used game and 24-hour authentication policies have been dropped by Microsoft, and we want to know if the u-turn is enough to make you want to buy a console. Cast your vote here.

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Killzone: Mercenary gameplay was showcased at E3 last week, and Sony has released a 17-minute video full of raw footage of the game running in real-time, as well as insight from Tom Jones, the art director at Guerrilla Cambridge, not the Welsh crooner.

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Retro City Rampage developer Brian Provinciano has discussed the restrictive nature of Microsoft’s Xbox Live indie publishing policy. It has come under fire recently for being expensive, demanding that indies sign up with a publisher, and asking that studios sign an exclusivity deal.

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Super Smash Bros. director Masahiro Sakurai knows that there’s a vocal majority of players out there who loved Melee on Gamecube, and realises they will be back for more on Wii U and 3DS. So instead, he wants to focus on the silent minority who prefer Brawl and to win them back into the fight.

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Zynga’s new focus on real-money casino games doesn’t appear to be helping the troubled studio much as of late, but it has just acquired developer Spooky Cool Labs, which specialises in this particular corner of the gaming market.

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Mind Zero developers Acquire – of The Last Guy fame – and ZeroDiv have released two new trailers for their spirit-summoning dungeon crawler. The game is currently in development for PS Vita and seems to pander to the Persona crowd, which is no bad thing I’m sure fans will agree.

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Deadfall Adventures developer The Farm 51 has released some screens for its FPS, which was – at one point – slammed for being nothing more than an Uncharted rip-off. It’s looking more like Indiana Jones x Painkiller now. Is that a bad mix? Decide for yourself here.

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Lost Planet 3 has received a new gameplay trailer care of Capcom and Spark Unlimited. It has nothing to do with Xbox One I’m afraid, but it’s still rammed full of action and big, stompy robots. You lot like that, right?

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“The internet” is currently involved in a frenzy of self-congratulation over Microsoft’s abandonment of Xbox One’s various DRM restrictions. We did it, the Ouroboros cries. Actually, you didn’t. Sony did.

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