Today we are pleased to reveal the newest colors to join the PS5 family of color accessory offerings: Nova Pink, Starlight Blue, and Galactic Purple. Adding to the previously released Cosmic Red and Midnight Black DualSense wireless controller colors, the latest galaxy-inspired colors will launch globally starting in January 2022 at participating retailers.

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We’re also introducing new PS5 console covers to match all of the galaxy-inspired DualSense wireless controller colors in Midnight Black, Cosmic Red, Nova Pink, Starlight Blue, and Galactic Purple. 

These new console covers are beautiful and easy to use — simply remove your original white PS5 console covers and click your new ones into place. The PS5 console covers will be available for both the PS5 with the Ultra HD Blu-ray disc drive and the PS5 Digital Edition and are sold separately from the PS5 console and DualSense controller.

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The Midnight Black and Cosmic Red PS5 console covers will become available starting in January 2022 at participating retailers in the following locations: USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Korea, and the Philippines. The Nova Pink, Galactic Purple, and Starlight Blue PS5 console covers will also launch

Pre-order for “Horizon Forbidden West” physical editions (Release Date: 18th February 2022), will start from 14th December 2021 at all PlayStation®Authorised Dealers and Sony Stores.

Customers who pre-order any edition of “Horizon Forbidden West” Blu-ray Disc™ Version will receive the Nora Legacy Outfit and Spear to use in the game which can be redeemed via PlayStation™Store.

Additionally, physical pre-order customers will stand a chance to get one of the 3 different physical pre-order incentives: “Focus Keychain”, Horizon Forbidden West Cap or “Tremortusk 3D Puzzle”. Please check with local retailers for details of the physical pre-order mechanic.

Digital version pre-orders for “Horizon Forbidden West” are now available on PlayStation™Store. You’ll have the option to choose between the Standard Digital Edition and Digital Deluxe Edition – both of which include the full game and the Nora Legacy Outfit and Spear as bonus incentives for pre-order purchase.

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Last week, we asked you to share some sacred gaming sanctuaries using #PSshare #PSBlog. From temples and tombs to hidden hideouts, here are this week’s highlights: 

AhmadYuanda_1st shares a serene altar in Shadow of the Colossus.

Alien_K121 shares a calm environment in Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice.

Sefwick shares a hacker’s sanctuary in Watch Dogs 2.

TheoBouillet shares a Seraphite altar in The Last of Us Part II.

Yuric83 shares Batman peering out over Gotham in Batman Arkham Knight.

tadisteee shares Bayek exploring an ancient tomb in Assassin’s Creed Origins.

Search #PSshare #PSBlog on Twitter or Instagram to see more entries to this week’s theme. Want to be featured in the next Share of the Week? 

THEME: Endwalker

SUBMIT BY: Wednesday 9 AM PT on December 15

Next week, embark on an epic quest in Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker. Share your greatest moments using #PSshare #PSBlog for a chance to be featured.

Our take on the beloved 90s-era falling block puzzle genre, Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon, comes to PlayStation 4 in only three days! It’s a hot mashup of old and new: roguelike dungeon crawler meets puzzle adventure.

We can’t wait for everyone to get a taste of what a unique, engaging, challenging experience there is to be found in Pocket Dungeon. But before then, let’s dive into some exciting things to look forward to when you all get your hands on it:

Building out a Team

Shovel Knight and the strongest warriors have been vanishing lately, trapped inside a confounding cube contraption. Puzzle Knight, a renowned puzzle prodigy, has created a camp for Shovel Knight and his fellow adventurers to team up and solve their way out of this riddle.

It’s up to you to recruit this team and bring them back to the camp. Everyone has a completely unique playstyle- check out Shield Knight who is great on defense:

Or Specter Knight who flips the game on its head, gaining health from enemies but losing health to potions:

Or Mole Knight who makes the game feel even more like a puzzler, with his ability to trade places:

To escape, your team at camp must work together through the dungeon and defeat its ultimate ruler – the Pocket Dungeon Master.

Crafting a build

Shovel Knight crafting? Oh no no… We mean equipping items and relics to create a character build to your liking. In Pocket Dungeon, when you suffer defeat, you lose everything you acquired on your run. It’s imperative you grab gems and find Chester to buy the relics that suit you best. Check out a few of the options below:

Mixing and matching what relics you purchase is the difference between life and death in each dungeon. Choose carefully… and have fun experimenting.

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Throughout the years, PUBG: Battlegrounds has seen so many changes. We’re proud of all the improvements our little game has seen over the years, but now it’s time for the game to make its biggest leap of all: free to play.

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It’s been a long road getting to this point. Back on March 24, 2017, PUBG: Battlegrounds was little more than the hope and heart of a small dev team as it debuted in early access.  In a heartwarming and humbling turn of events, fans around the world embraced the organized chaos of our battle royale as they experienced the game’s tension, realistic gunplay, and nonstop, edge of your seat action. Following the unprecedented success, Battlegrounds found its way to PlayStation and other platforms, expanding our community. Throughout our journey, which is approaching five years, we’ve seen more than 14 billion hours of play across our eight maps, which is the largest amount available in the battle royale genre.

Battlegrounds free-to-play now gives us the opportunity to expand our community even more and bring all the thrills of PUBG and battle royale to everyone, while providing new friends, and let’s be honest, more targets for our existing player base. In many ways, going free-to-play was our natural next step. Since launch, it’s always been our intention to bring the Battlegrounds to as large of an audience as possible. It’s part of the reason we decided to launch in early access, it’s why we grew into consoles and other platforms, and it’s why we’ve expanded the PUBG franchise into other ventures like esports and entertainment. With free-to-play, we can finally fulfill an important and long standing goal of ours.

To show how much we appreciate the support, all players who have owned and played PUBG: Battlegrounds before the free-to-play service transition can receive the PUBG – Special Commemorative Pack, which includes a free Battleground Plus upgrade and various rewards.

So, what can new players expect when they drop in next year? Well, they can look forward to 100 survivors parachuting into a winner-takes-all showdown featuring best-in-class gunplay. Players must land, loot, and survive across not only some of the largest maps in battle royale, but the largest variety of maps, which include forest, jungle, snow, desert, city, and countryside environments. Battlegrounds free-to-play w