This image has been leaked from a spanish battlelog moderator.

Based on the image we have:

• 4 new maps, (Taklamakan, Altai Range, Guilin Peaks and Dragon Pass)
• 5 new weapons
• new vehicles and new high-tech military equipment (Bomber and a SUAV, a smaller hand-held UAV)
• 10 new assignments
• 2 weeks early access is given to all Premium members

A new reason to rank up!

Also, China rising’s trophy list has been leaked along with news of  the return of Air Superiority mode and quad bikes.

Trophy list: 

• Mini Kimikaze (SILVER)
  Kill an enemy with the SUAV
• New Superpower (SILVER)
  Complete all China Rising Assignments
• Fledging (BRONZE)
  Play a round of Air Superiority
• 2 Wheels (BRONZE)
  Get a kill with the Dirtbike
• Death From Above (BRONZE)
  Get a kill with the bomber

We still don’t know if the DLC list is official but Battlefield 4 China Rising is set at a December 3 launch date for Premium members and two weeks later for non-Premium members.

In a panel at TGS (thanks, Siliconera, for informing us), Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn director, Naoki “Yoshi-P” Yoshida revealed what the first patch of the reborn MMO would bring.

New dungeons are incoming, and one is named Crystal Tower — Final Fantasy III, anyone? It will require 24 strong players and coordination to reach its end. Also, player housing will become available in all three cities, with over 380 decorative items for your house to boot. Another big addition is the PvP Arena called The Wolves’s Den, which will allow two teams of four to duke it out. Other additions include a new Primal, the Good King Moogle Mog, hard modes for two dungeons, extreme difficulty fights against existing Primals, daily quests, random matching rewards, a beauty parlour that will allow you to change your hairstyle, and a treasure hunting system.

What’s more interesting though, is that Yoshida revealed, for the first time, how the remade game fared player-wise. 1,080,000 unique logins have occured since the game’s launch on August 28th, with an average of 617,000 unique daily logins, and peak concurrency at 344,000 users. That is what I call impressive, and karma repaying Square Enix for not giving up after the first version’s disastrous launch.

Valiant Hearts is set in the first World War era, and is inspired by real letters from that time. The 2D platformer comes from Rayman Legends’ studio, Ubisoft Montpelier, and will be a 2D platformer. While it retains a dark tone, goofy and comical moments are present to break away from it.

This is the story of 5 crossed destinies and a broken love in a world torn apart. All of them will try to survive the horror of the trenches following their faithful canine companion. From the green forests of the French countryside, to dank trenches and snowy fields, go back through history in this emotional adventure as friendship, love, sacrifice and tragedy befall each one as they help each other to retain their humanity against the horrors of war.

It is coming in downloadable form in 2014, for Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC. It reminds me of Rocketbirds… that’s a good thing. Check out the first trailer below:

What was that sound? Oh, your wallet crying for help. Sony went ahead and announced even more exclusives, during their press conference.

Kadokawa Game Studio’s Natural Doctrine is coming to Playstation 3, Playstation 4 and PS Vita; “a fantasy RPG with natural selection”, as Sony put it.

Guilty Gear Xrd -Sign- had a trailer released, and it’s coming to Playstation 3 and Playstation 4.

Dynasty Warriors 8 is releasing alongside the Playstation 4 in Japan, on February 22nd. Have a look at some gameplay from Sony’s conference:

If you, like me, have bought the Playstation 3 version of Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, fret not; your Playstation 4 version will come free of charge.

As the game is completely cross-platform, character data will transfer over along with your account, though not stay locked to a platform. As it stands, one account can get you to play on both PC and Playstation 3, and I assume that’ll be the case with the Playstation 4 version too.

A beta test will start on February 22, 2014 for the Playstation 4 version, so you can try before you buy/upgrade. And if that wasn’t enough, PS Vita Remote Play has been confirmed by Yoshi-P, or Naoki Yoshida.

Look forward to our Final Fantasy XIV review soon (it’s an MMO, after all), and some coverage on tomorrow’s “Living the Final Fantasy” Part 3 of our ongoing feature.

Remember Carnivores, the franchise that pitted you against fearsome creatures from the prehistoric era or the ice age? It started in 1998, and its iterations have been well-received by the press for the most part. Well, it’s now getting the HD treatment.

Carnivores: Dinosaur Hunter HD is coming to the Playstation Network exclusively, as a downloadable title from Vogster Online. A re-imagining of the classic dinosaur hunting simulator, the game looks gorgeous, and features Playstation Move support at the level you’d expect from a big budget title.

I spoke with a developer of Vogster, and it’s impressive how a pretty small team (hint: single digit) managed to make such a gorgeous game, which even features full Move support. I can’t say more — we got something brewing.

Look forward to more coverage of the game in the future, and in the meanwhile, enjoy the beautiful scenery in this small gallery below.

Sony Worldwide Studios’ Shuhei Yoshida confirmed that the Playstation 4 will support up to 4 controllers at once, a downgrade from Playstation 3′s 7 controllers at once; a feature, though, rarely used, and mostly in sports games.

@RCognition 4

— Shuhei Yoshida (@yosp) September 2, 2013

SCEE CEO and president, Jim Ryan, explained to Edge why Gaikai-powered streaming won’t be available in Europe for an uncertain period.

“The plan is to begin with North America next year and the plan is to provide a streaming service that will allow for PS3 content initially to be streamed to firstly PS4 then PS Vita and then PS3.

And so that will happen in 2014 in North America initially. Now, and I touched upon these issues of broadband in Europe during the presentation – Europe is of course on the roadmap for that service to be deployed at some point in the future, but for reasons outside of our control we don’t yet have a timeline for it.”

Ryan also confirmed that these problems were why Sony didn’t bring up Gaikai at its Gamescom conference.

“At a show which is now pretty global in its reach but primarily aimed at a European audience, we didn’t really want to start talking about the virtues of this great cloud-based service without knowing exactly when it’ll come to Europe. We’ve got a roadmap, there’s just a few bumps along the road that need to be ironed out.”

Thank you kindly, CVG!

Gematsu listed all 21 publishers that signed a deal with Sony regarding exclusive content for Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Playstation Vita and Playstation Mobile. Some if it, we know, some, not. Quench the list:

• Activision Blizzard – Diablo III content
• Atlus
• Bethesda Games – The Elder Scrolls Online gets Playstation 4-exclusive beta
• Bluepoint Games – “Sony classic to modern systems”
• Bungie – Destiny
• Capcom – Deep Down
• Disney Interactive
• EA
• Insomniac Games
• Konami
• Level-5
• Nordic Games
• Rockstar Games
• Sanzaru Games
• Sega
• Square Enix
• Sumo Digital
• Take-Two
• Ubisoft – Watch_Dogs, Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (Aveline content)
• Warner Bros. – Batman: Arkham Origins content
• Zindagi Games

Bound by Flame, the latest RPG by Spiders Studios, was revealed at Gamescom, releasing on Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC in early 2014. However, the Playstation 4 is now added to the list of platforms it’s coming out on.

The impressive, if not weird, RPG takes you to a world of fairytales; twisted fairytales. You control a mercenary possessed by a flame demon, who offers its powers in exchange for your humanity. You can either develop the demonic powers, or heroic talents. The demon will constantly invite you to give up a chunk of your soul, with battles serving as temptations for more power. Moreover, choices effect gameplay and the story, adding replay value to the mix.

Battles happen in real-time, and look impressive. Three skill trees will let you advance your character in interesting ways, a character you create yourself and that also impacts how the demon looks. Throw in a crafting system for equipment creation and improvement, companions, and a creepy bestiary, and you have yourself an interesting RPG, right there. If this is not enough, here, take some screenshots.

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced the “Be the Zombie” mode for its upcoming open-world, free-running zombie survival game, Dying Light. Be the Zombie is the only PvP mode in the game, and it’s exclusively available for pre-orderers.

In it, you assume the role of a night hunter, a zombie with unique skills like super-speed, tendrils used to grapple around the world, special attacks and more. The night hunter will have a specific, special skill tree, developed with experience earned through Be the Zombie.

Techland’s first-person, action survival horror game is coming in 2014 for the Playstation 3, Playstation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One and PC.

Dying Light is a first-person, action survival horror video game with a harrowing day-night cycle set in a vast open world. Currently under development by Techland, the game will be available in 2014 for Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation 4, plus Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 system, and PC.

Spawn has been confirmed to return in Soulcalibur 2 HD Online, as announced by Namco Bandai.

The famous anti-hero was originally a guest in the Xbox version of Soulcalibur 2, while Heihachi Mishima was the Playstation 2 guest, and Link was the GameCube guest. With Soulcalibur 2 HD Online, players on both the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360 can play with both characters, for the first time.

A Wii U version would be rad; for the sole fact that Link would be in it. But, as of now, nothing is said about it, and with the game releasing pretty soon, I doubt a Wii U version would be announced from this point on.

The game is developed by Project Soul, Soulcalibur’s development team, and it’s coming out in celebration of the game’s 10-year anniversary. It will feature online gameplay (woah!) and updated HD visuals (woah woah!), as if that much wasn’t evident from its title.

Free Fall is a map exclusive to those who pre-order Call of Duty: Ghosts. If you’re on the fence, and curious about the map, fear not; it’s here.

Call of Duty: Ghosts releases on Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U and PC on November 5th, with next-gen versions to follow upon launch.

The biggest update for The Last of Us this far is revealed in the form of Update 1.03. While players are getting tweaks to gameplay, animations fixes and all that (welcome) stuff, the biggest change isn’t any of these; “Interrogation” mode is being added to the multiplayer, for free.

In Interrogation, players have to down and then interrogate their enemies to extract information on their safe location. Unlike the deathmatch-based modes on offer, this one calls for tactics and teamwork, if the team is to even consider winning. You don’t only have to down and get information; you also have to protect your safe.

Naughty Dog has released a video for the upcoming patch.