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This is your early heads-up to set an alert for July 19. Because in just under a week, the Summer Sale lights up PlayStation Store, bringing with it blazingly hot discounts on thousands of games across PS5 and PS4.

Game discounts will be offered for a limited time, and some titles will leave the sale early*, so be sure not to miss out on discovering your next great adventure. The full game list will be revealed when the sale commences on July 19, and the link you’ll need is right here. Once it’s live, click to find out your regional discount.

*PlayStation Store’s Summer Sale runs from 00.00am local time Wednesday, July 19, until 23.59pm local time on Wednesday, August 16. Some games will be removed from the promotion on August 2. Check a game’s PlayStation Store page for its end date.

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Last week, we asked you to share your favorite gaming heroes using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s heroic highlights:


wingsforsmiles shares Cal from Star Wars Jedi: Survivor


sorathluna shares Rivet from Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart


cold_desktop_4k shares Aloy from Horizon Forbidden West...

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This week voice actors Jennifer Hale and David Hayter stop by to discuss their roles in Synapse. The team also does a quick deep-dive into Synth Riders’ Experience levels, with a bit of Final Fantasy XVI and Diablo IV talk along the way.

Stuff We Talked About

• Killsquad on PS5 and PS4
• Oaken on PS5 and PS4
• July PlayStation Plus Game Catalog and Classics
• Synth Riders 5th Anniversary/new DLC
• TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge Dimension Shellshock DLC – PlayStation Underground
• Interview w/ Jennifer Hale and David...

Summary

• Xbox’s latest safety feature allows players to capture and report inappropriate voice activity on any multiplayer game with in-game voice chat on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.
• Players who experience or witness inappropriate verbal behavior can “capture now, report later” minimizing impact to their gameplay.
• Xbox’s player reporting and evidence capabilities now cover all content including text, image, video, and voice, further supporting player safety.
• The voice reporting feature will be available first to Xbox Insiders to gather feedback from the community.

Players come to Xbox to build friendships, be competitive, and to experience incredible games – and they expect to be treated fairly, for interactions to be free of hate or harassment. Our investments in safety have helped players feel safer across text, video, and image – and our new voice reporting experience is the latest addition to our robust suite of...

Summary

• Features immersive Career mode, customizable races, rewards, captivating gameplay, and more!
• Milestone focused on designing a Career mode that transcends skill level and provides endless hours of entertainment.
• Ride 5 is available for pre-order and is coming to Xbox Series X|S on August 24.

When we started brainstorming the game design for Ride 5, creating the Career mode was one of the most important moments. It’s not easy to design a video game that can satisfy all potential riders who will hop on our bikes. Whether they are novice gamers or seasoned champions, everyone should have fun and find something that fulfills them, offering the right level of challenge. The game must also be able to reward the time invested in it to both those who have a lot of time to dedicate and those who approach it casually, enjoying a few...

Summer fun continues with something for everyone! Assetto Corsa Competizione, Catan (Console Edition), Dragon Ball the Breakers, and Serial Cleaner are available this weekend for Xbox Live Gold and Xbox Game Pass Ultimate member to play from Thursday, July 13 at 12:01 a.m. PDT until Sunday, July 16 at 11:59 p.m. PDT.

How to Start Playing

Find and install the games on each of the individual game details page on Xbox.com. Clicking through will send you to the Microsoft Store, where you must be signed in to see the...

Summary

• Everspace 2 is an exciting semi-open world space action RPG coming soon to Xbox; available now on Windows and with PC Game Pass.
• Explore more than 100 handcrafted locations set in deep space, low orbit, and planet-side, all packed with secrets.
• Experience an exciting sci-fi story stretching across multiple distinct star systems.

Our story in Everspace 2 begins with Adam, an escaped clone pilot seeking his way in a cold and dangerous universe. What he’ll soon discover is that the events of his past self are on a collision course with the ambitions of many of the region’s corporate bosses and outlaw overlords. To survive and buy his way free of the demilitarized zone of Cluster 34, he’ll need to team up with a new crew while exploring relatively uncharted star systems.

As a studio, we wanted to write a love letter to the games that...

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The streets were hot with combat, others fought to escape hell, and some received the blessing of fire. Which game had the most heat for you in June?

How does it work? At the end of every month, PlayStation.Blog will open a poll where you can vote for the best new game released that month. Soon thereafter, we’ll close the polls, tally your votes, and announce the winner at PlayStation.Blog. PlayStation Store will also showcase some top Players’ Choice winners throughout the year.

What is the voting criteria? That’s up to you! If you were only able to recommend one new release to a friend that month, which would it be? In keeping with our long tradition in the Game of the Year Awards, remastered or re-released games won’t qualify. Ambitious, larger-scale rebuilds and remakes like Shadow of the Colossus and Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy will.

How are nominees decided? The PlayStation.Blog and PlayStation Store editorial teams will gather a list of that...

The Essential Picks promotion is now live on PlayStation Store, bringing with it discounts off up to 70% on a wide variety of titles for a limited time*. That includes 50% off PGA Tour – Deluxe Edition, 45% off Dying Light 2 Stay Human and 60% off Subnautica for PS4 & PS5.


Many more games are included in the promotion. Check out the full list below, then head to PlayStation Store to find out your discount.


Many more games are included in the promotion. Check out the full list below, then head to PlayStation Store to find out your regional discount.

• ★The Sinking City
• 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim
• 16-Bit Soccer
• 1993 Shenandoah
• 20XX
• 3D Air Hockey
• 3D Billiards – Pool & Snooker
• 3D Billiards – Pool & Snooker – Remastered
• 3D Table...