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Last month retail stores received PS VR Demo Units, and today some PlayStation VR game boxart has surfaced for PS4 virtual reality titles including RIGS Mechanized Combat League and PlayStation VR Worlds!

At GDC 2016 Sony confirmed the PlayStation VR will arrive this October with a price tag of $399, and according to Best Buy RIGS Mechanized Combat League is available for pre-order for $49.99 while PlayStation VR Worlds is listed for $39.99 on pre-order.

Thanks to PlayStationInsider.com for the news tip!

NASA fans will want to check out Kerbal Space Program, which according to PS Blog officially launches (pun intended ) on PlayStation 4 this July 12th with a KSP PS4 gameplay demo video below.

And from the Kerbal Space Program trailer's caption: Who said rocket science wasn't fun!

Kerbal Space Program puts you in charge of the recently launched space program for a fun & clever alien race – the Kerbals.

PlayStation 4 developer BitwiseSolutions is currently seeking PS4 Remote Play BETA testers for their iPad and iPhone iOS client software.

To quote: Hey everyone,

We are looking for testers for our upcoming app called PlayCast, that allows you to remotely play your PlayStation 4 using an iOS device. This can work on your home network, or even over the internet, allowing you to play your games from anywhere.

To test this app you must have a PS4 linked with a PSN account and running v3.55 system software, a home WiFi network and an iPad/iPhone running iOS 8 or higher. If you meet these requirements and would like to be involved in testing PlayCast, please send an email to info AT bitwise.hk and let us know.

It is unfortunately not possible to connect the DualShock 4 controller to iOS devices, so PlayCast can be controlled either with an on-screen virtual controller or any MFi game controller (one example pictured below).

If anyone has any questions about PlayCast, please post a reply to this thread and we’ll answer as quickly as possible.

This is what the developers told Wololo about their project, to quote:

"PlayCast is a PS4 remote play client for iOS devices such as iPad, iPhone etc. It was developed from the ground up over the course of the past half year and involved a considerable amount of reverse engineering.

It was quite challenging to get it working well on iOS due to the fact that these devices can only connect to wireless networks which can be quite unreliable. The protocol used by PS4 remote play supports a form of error correction, as well as a method of automatically adapting the stream parameters (video bitrate, data redundancy) according to the connection quality. PlayCast fully supports both of these features, in order to mitigate the difficulties posed by the use of wireless networks.

It is not possible to connect a DualShock 4 to an iOS device (unless its jailbroken, which is beyond our scope here). Therefore, PlayCast may be controlled either with the on-screen virtual controller, or any MFi (Made for iPhone) bluetooth controller.

We intend to release PlayCast on the app store as a paid download. Cannot provide further details regarding price etc at this time."

That said, there...

Following his PS4 Linux Installation Tutorial and PS4 Steam Tutorial, today PlayStation 4 developer D-ecks shared a PS4 Linux pre-configured distro which supports Steam, various emulators, Office and more right out of the box!

Download: PS4 Linux v 0.1.1.torrent (23.12 KB)

Check it out below, to quote: PS4 Linux. Steam + Emulators + office out of the box

Current version - 0.1.1

Pre-configured linux distro, based on Fedora 23 with kernel patches from Fail0verflow team. Uses OsirisX's works (3d acc., steam).

Requirements:

• PS4 with 1.76 FW
• USB flash drive 8GB+
• Any Internet connection
• USB keyboard/mouse
• USB hub (optional)

Instructions:

WINDOWS

Download and unpack the image (How to Download Torrents Using uTorrent)

Use a program that can write dd-images. My choice is rufus.

Use settings as pictured below:


Locate PS4Linux_0.1.1.img and press Start.

OS X

Download and unpack the image.

Open Terminal.

Type:
Locate your usb disk by size. It should be /dev/diskX


In this case X = 1

Type:
Enter your password and wait for some time.

LINUX

Download and unpack the image.

Open Terminal.

Locate your usb disk using lsblk or Disks. It should be /dev/sdX

Type:
Enter your password and wait for some time.

NEXT STEP

Insert prepared usb stick into your ps4 and use Magic DNS (fastest) or any other way to boot linux.

All...

Last week we saw the first of two PS Store Mid-Year sales, and today Andy Yen returns with the second and final installment to make summer even hotter for PlayStation gamers and movie fanatics alike!

You can view a summary below from the full listing, as follows:

Games

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PLATFORM	TITLE	SALE PRICE	PLUS PRICE	ORIGINAL PRICE
PS4	ADVENTURES OF PIP	$5.99	$4.49	$14.99
PS4	AMPLITUDE	$9.99	$7.99	$19.99
PS4	ARCANIA & THE COMPLETE TALE	$7.99	$4.99	$19.99
PS4	ARMELLO	$9.99	$7.99	$19.99
PS4	ASSASSIN’S CREED CHRONICLES TRILOGY	$14.99	$12.49	$24.99
PS4	ASSASSIN’S CREED CHRONICLES: CHINA	$5.99	$4.99	$9.99
PS4	ASSASSIN’S CREED CHRONICLES: INDIA	$5.99	$4.99	$9.99
PS4	ASSASSIN’S CREED CHRONICLES: RUSSIA	$5.99	$4.99	$9.99
PS4	BEDLAM: THE GAME BY CHRISTOPHER BROOKMYRE	$6.49	$5.19	$12.99
PS4	BIT.TRIP PRESENTS… RUNNER2: FUTURE LEGEND OF RHYTHM ALIEN(CROSS-BUY)	$3.99	$2.99	$9.99
PS4	BLADESTORM: NIGHTMARE	$29.99	$23.99	$59.99
PS4	BORDERLANDS: THE HANDSOME COLLECTION	$23.99	$14.99	$59.99
PS4	BOUND BY FLAME	$13.99	$9.99	$39.99
PS4	CHARIOT	$7.49	$3.74	$14.99
PS4	CHARIOT BUNDLE	$7.99	$3.99	$15.99
PS4	DEAD OR ALIVE 5 LAST ROUND	$19.99	$15.99	$39.99
PS4	DIVEKICK (CROSS-PLAY)	$2.49	$1.99	$4.99
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