{"id":62277,"date":"2014-05-06T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T13:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=62277"},"modified":"2014-05-10T22:37:50","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T05:37:50","slug":"videogames-mar-4-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/videogames-mar-4-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Videogame Releases: Week of May 4th, 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week&#8217;s eclectic assortment of videogames offer a strong showing for Sony platforms. Come see the oddities!<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Bound by Flame (PS4, PS3, 360, PC)<\/h2>\n<p>With &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/games.highdefdigest.com\/11915\/bound_by_flame_ps4.html\">Bound by Flame<\/a>&#8216;, you get a whole mess of lore about demons, power and possession \u2013 but it&#8217;s all just a pretense for what we hope is a fun third-person action RPG. With an ambitious unknown game like this, half the fun is figuring out what works and what doesn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DUmQCrPPBWI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Stick It to the Man! (PS4, Wii U)<\/h2>\n<p>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/games.highdefdigest.com\/12039\/stick_it_to_the_man_ps4.html\">Stick It to the Man!<\/a>&#8216; is a comedy platformer that, despite its interesting marketing choices, was extremely well received it was first released last year. Now it comes to the Wii U and PS4 (as a PS Plus title, no less) ready to grab hold of new audiences with its zany humor.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/y5ryaRZNUfs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>MLB 14: The Show (PS4)<\/h2>\n<p>Sony&#8217;s MLB series is not only the end-all, be-all for baseball videogames, it&#8217;s also easily the highest rated sports title. With &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/games.highdefdigest.com\/11353\/mlb_show_14_ps4.html\">MLB 14: The Show<\/a>&#8216;, the biggest deal is the PS4 version, which finally comes out a month after the PS3 and Vita.<\/p>\n<p>The series now supports year-to-year save transfers, which is huge for fans of the &#8220;Road to the Show&#8221; player creation mode. It also has the ability to share the Online Franchise Mode with other players, and that&#8217;s a really intriguing feature that sounds great for groups of fans. The PS3, PS4 and Vita versions all support cross-save. For new players, a dynamic difficulty can scale the game as the player improves. The PS4 version looks great, and Sony has clearly put a lot of effort into all the stadiums. Let&#8217;s hope that the rest of the game bears out the platform upgrade as well.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ca4mmC3Ly4k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Hakuoki: Stories of the Shinsengumi (PS3)<\/h2>\n<p>&#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/games.highdefdigest.com\/11674\/hakuoki_stories_of_the_shinsengumi_ps3.html\">Hakuoki: Stories of the Shinsengumi<\/a>&#8216; is a combination of two visual novels that were born on the PS2 and have been upgraded for the PS3. Players take the role of a young woman named Chizuru as she attempts to navigate the supernatural end of the Edo (samurai) period.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9aoReiJYeIc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>God of War Collection (Vita)<\/h2>\n<p>Now for the Vita comes the &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/games.highdefdigest.com\/12101\/god_of_war_collection_vita.html\">God of War Collection<\/a>&#8216;, a retouched version of PS2&#8217;s original Greek-mythology-on-steroids &#8216;God of War&#8217; and &#8216;God of War 2&#8217;. With trophies and a visual upgrade, this is a good way to experience the third-person action.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Tmky6p11PO4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Borderlands 2: Limited Edition PlayStation Vita Bundle (Vita)<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/games.highdefdigest.com\/11881\/borderlands2_vita_bundle.html\">This bundle<\/a> is the North American debut of two items, the PlayStation Vita redesign and the Vita version of &#8216;Borderlands 2&#8217;. 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