![]() Pressing L1 or R1 lets you attack your enemies, with your attack being upgraded the more stars you collect throughout the levels. With solid resistance from the game's baddies, it's a good job your putty has plenty of tricks up his sleeves, too, even if he doesn't technically have real arms. ![]() With the putties you need to rescue being scattered across the levels, figuring out how to get to each of them is half of the challenge, whether you're using your Putty-ness to squeeze through walls, up ladders, or lower yourself down onto a platform. In fact, rather than simply asking you to get from A to B, the levels here are effectively free form, with no set route from one end to the other. However, while it may have its roots in the past, Putty Squad is far from a bog-standard platformer. Along the way, you'll be lambasted by flying dogs, attacked by skateboarding, wise-talking cats, and shot at by a German carrot with a machine gun that screams "Achtung" before firing off a few shots. All he has to do is make his way through the level, and collect the friendly red balls of putty (by absorbing them, no less), before hot footing it to the exit. An incredibly retro themed platformer, Putty Squad is a game the likes of which are incredibly rarely seen today - a game about a little, squishy ball of putty, that has a fairly simple task. "Please revisit your digital marketplace pricing policies, as this alienates consumers and puts them at odds with adopting what should be a truly next-gen digital platform.Reworked from the original Amiga code, Putty Squad has been brought back from the dead (can it be dead if it was never born?) for today's latest hardware, leading the charge on the Playstation 4, with versions for the PC, PS3, PS Vita and Xbox 360 also in development. It's offensive, it insults our intelligence as consumers, and it's downright despicable business practice. "The fact that such disparity appears to be market dependent suggests that some markets are given more (less) respect than others. "It's insulting that you would charge MORE for digital purchases that cost LESS to deliver, and that are arguably LESS VALUABLE to the consumer as they hold ZERO resale value. "This is why I am VERY MUCH considering cancelling my PS4 pre-order," he said. One upset customer is Tim Kane, who contacted Eurogamer to say he was considering cancelling his PS4 pre-order. ![]() Meanwhile, gamers are complaining about how much these games cost in the UK compared to how much they cost in the US, where Sony is charging $59.99 for digital PS4 games. It should be noted that both Microsoft and Sony do not set the price of third-party published games on their digital store fronts. Just Dance 2014 is £40 on Xbox One and £43 on PS4. Ubisoft is at it too, although the price differential is lower: £3.Īssassin's Creed 4 is £58 on PS4 and £55 on Xbox One. ![]() Why the high cost on PS4? We've asked EA UK for comment.ĮA isn't the only publisher with higher PS4 prices. Battlefield 4 premium is £39.99 on Xbox One and £42.99 on PS4. Eurogamer published an article listing the games, their install sizes and prices from the Xbox One Games Store last week.Įven EA DLC is more expensive on PS4. FIFA 14 and co are £54.99 on the Xbox Games Store. Injustice: Gods Among Us Ultimate Edition: £52.99ĮA's PS4 games are £8 more than their Xbox One counterparts.The following is the list of games currently on the PlayStation Store in the UK, alongside their prices: The PS4 isn't out in the UK yet, but the UK PlayStation Store is now live - and we've been able to verify game prices.ĮA's five next-gen games are FIFA 14, Battlefield 4, NBA Live 14, Need for Speed: Rivals and Madden NFL 25. ORIGINAL STORY: EA's five PlayStation 4 games cost an eye-watering £63 from the PlayStation Store. Eurogamer has once again asked the publisher for comment. Now, EA games cost £59.99 - a £3 reduction, but still £5 more than on Xbox One.ĮA is yet to explain this price difference. Yesterday gamers reacted in anger when it emerged that EA was charging a whopping £63 for its PS4 games, including FIFA 14 and Battlefield 4, when bought from the PlayStation Store.Ĭuriously, this figure was £8 more than the games cost on Xbox One's Games Store. UPDATE: Overnight EA cut the price of its PlayStation 4 games by £3 on the PlayStation Store. EA PS4 games as of Tuesday, 26th November 2013.
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