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Christmas is still a few weeks away, but the festive folks at Pixelopus announced that a free Holiday Brush Design Pack is now available for Concrete Genie on PlayStation 4! 🖌

Here's the latest scoop on the free PS4 patch update from Creative Director Dominic Robilliard, to quote:

We have a surprise gift for everyone who owns a copy of Concrete Genie! We have built a special Holiday Brush Design Pack, which everyone who owns the game will get for free!

It’s the perfect way for us to say thank you for the support, and to help everyone get into the festive spirit.

When you download the patch which is released today, you will be greeted with a new message asking if you would like to activate the holiday pack. Once you say yes, you can load up your existing saves, or start a new game, and find that many of the brushes have been given a holiday makeover!

We had so much fun making this special set of brushes and can’t wait to see the holiday scenes you paint with them. You can also turn them on/off in the front end menu at any time.

We hope you enjoy this holiday gift from us to you, and please keep on sharing all your wonderful masterpieces on Twitter and Instagram!

Notes: Requires patch 1.06. Patch requires Internet connection and an account for PlayStation Network. Holiday Day Brush designs may be terminated at any time.

A few weeks back CEO Jim Ryan revealed Sony's plans to Transition to PS5, and in a recent interview with GameInformer.com he confirmed that PlayStation is also no longer interested in making handheld consoles (such as PS Vita 2) citing the current strength of mobile gaming market... with PS4 Remote Play now across more devices and apps such as Chiaki and PSPlay gaining ground he may be right!

Below are some further details courtesy of IGN.com, to quote:

"Ryan recently spoke to Game Informer for a feature that looks back on the 25-year history of PlayStation consoles. As part of this, he remembered the PlayStation Vita and confirmed that there were no plans for any more PlayStation consoles like it in the future.

“PlayStation Vita was brilliant in many ways, and the actual gaming experience was great, but clearly it’s a business that we’re no longer in now,” Ryan said.

This new quote from Jim Ryan certainly confirms that there will be no more PlayStation (handheld) consoles, but that doesn’t mean the PS5 won’t have some form of portable gaming, nor does it mean Sony won’t make portable games for other platforms."

Following the Monster Hunter: World PS4 Pro LE Bundle and Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Expansion, today Capcom announced that the gates to the Tundra Region have opened in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne unleashing the Hell Wolf Wyvern and a whole lot more! ❄ ☃

Below are the details courtesy of Social Media & Community Manager Yuri Araujo alongside a Monster Hunter World: Iceborne x Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds PS4 trailer video, to quote:

For starters, Zinogre’s thunder element makes way for Stygian Zinogre’s ability to channel the debilitating dragon element. And since this beast often prowls locales with extreme temperatures—the scorching heat of volcanic areas or freezing cold of icy regions—and low food supply, it becomes exceedingly aggressive; thus earning Stygian Zinogre the moniker “Hell Wolf Wyvern.”

The Guiding Lands Expands: Tundra Region

Your Special Assignment will start with an investigation of a newly discovered area within the Guiding Lands: the Tundra Region. This frigid locale expands the possibilities of monster appearances within that ecosystem: Barioth, Viper Tobi-Kadachi, Shrieking Legiana and Stygian Zinogre will feel right at home… and will fight anyone who steps on their turf.

More monsters means more materials to acquire, and our Smithy will be ready to put those to good use, further increasing the potential for weapon augments. By the way, I heard he might have a wider selection of High Rank Layered Armor to craft too; so bring him some of those new Guiding Lands monster materials and see what he can make.

Good luck braving this new locale, hunters! And keep your eyes open for any new unforeseen dangers this new region may bring...

Defender Weapon Line

Finally, we have an update for the hunters making their way through the main story and new hunters wanting to join the hunt in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne. As part of the latest free title update, all hunters (including both Monster Hunter: World and Iceborne owners) will gain access to a new weapon line: the...

Although no PS5 Price has been confirmed yet, those seeking a launch day PS5 console during the Holiday 2020 season may want to sign up at various retailers to receive an email notification when PlayStation 5 pre-orders officially open... you can do so as of today at stores including Best Buy, Game, Dustinhome, Game Mania and Ned Game across different regions around the globe!

This PlayStation 5 news comes following PS4 to PS5 Transition details, a Sony Survey and public confirmation that PS5 DevKits equipped with DualShock 5 (DS5) Controllers are finding their way into the hands of developers.

As with other PlayStation console hacking scenes, it's advisable to acquire a launch day PS5 console for the best chance of finding a PlayStation 5 exploit that can be utilized for a PS5 jailbreak to run homebrew, game backups and unsigned code on like CFW, emulators and Linux before Sony patches the holes with PS5 Firmware / System Software updates.

Below is a tentative list of shops that offer PS5 pre-order notification sign ups from SpielTimes.com sorted by region:

United States:

• Best Buy

United Kingdom:

• Game

Norway:

• Dustinhome

Netherlands:

• ...

Previously we've seen Search & Seizure Warrants for GTA5 Cheaters issued, so it should come as no surprise that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recently ordered (PlayStation-Seach-Warrant-Application.pdf) a PS4 user's PlayStation Network data from Sony who was allegedly utilizing the PSN service to sell drugs through in-game audio chat.

According to Joseph Cox of Vice.com, the search warrant even asks what games the suspect played and their progress with additional details below to quote:

"The case revolves around Curtis Alexander, also known as 'Dola,' who the FBI alleges used PlayStation's online service to coordinate the sale of large quantities of cocaine.

The CHS [Confidential Human Source] stated ALEXANDER was currently charging $34,000 per kilogram of cocaine. The CHS stated ALEXANDER utilizes the PlayStation username 'Speedola20', the application reads, referring to an unnamed informant for the FBI who helped investigate Alexander.

The CHS said Alexander contacted them through the PlayStation game during game.

Investigators believe that ALEXANDER likely believes that audio communication during the course of his participation in an online game is secure.

As such, ALEXANDER likely believes that he can use audio communication during game play on the PlayStation to arrange the details of a drug transaction."

Here is a summary of the PSN data requested by the FBI thus far:

• content of all communications associated with the PlayStation account
• stored or preserved copies of emails, chats or other messages sent to and from the account
• drafts of such, and the source destination addresses associated with each
• the date / time at which each was sent and the size and length of each
• all records regarding the identification of the account such as name, physical address, telephone numbers
• any passwords associated with the account, security questions and answers
• IP address used to register and log into the account
• what games were played
• software data such as...