With countless adventures to date, the Dragon Quest saga is coming to North America and PlayStation 4 with Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Tree's Woe and the Blight Below. Featuring realms of stunning visuals, epic monsters and numerous enemies, Dragon Quest Heroes provides an all-new chapter in the legendary franchise.The Dragon Quest series is back with a full-scale action RPG experience for the first time. Grab your controller and head out for a thrilling adventure. Rise up against unbelievable odds, take on hordes of foes and conquer gigantic monsters. Delve into the action with high-definition graphics that are filled with characters and monsters created by Akira Toriyama. Are you ready for the latest Dragon Quest?

The barren landscape stretches out before you, seemingly unending with no signs of life and no relief from the relentless sun. As you navigate your battering ram of a vehicle over the remnants of a long-abandoned highway, you contemplate this existence you call life. There is no mercy in this post-apocalyptic world and no solace ~ only the instinctual quest for survival and the cold comfort that is vengeance. You've become a lone warrior, a reluctant hero, but only because your choices were that or death. The only thing that gives you any hope is the thought of leaving this madness behind and finding peace at last in the storied Plains of Silence. You are Mad Max, and these are the end of times.Embark on a dangerous journey through the Wasteland that is this post-apocalyptic world on a quest to retrieve your Interceptor, which has been stolen by a deadly gang of marauders. Take on each foe with brutal moves and combos that are your only chance of beating the deranged bandits of the Wasteland. Scavenge the landscape for the scraps you need to craft and upgrade equipment, vehicles and weapons ~ your lifelines in this unforgiving setting. With the ability to construct the ultimate war vehicle by choosing from dozens of customizable parts and upgrade combinations and arming your vehicle with a slew of deadly weapons, you can annihilate enemy vehicles in dynamic, physics-based vehicular combat. As you explore the vast, open-world environment of the Wasteland, take on unique missions and side quests, eliminate eccentric bandits and battle savage gangs. There's only one thing to live for now ~ revenge.

In 2013, we first spotted them coming from far out in space. Many of us hoped they were elder beings, bringing us wisdom or to take us to a better place. However, we knew that wasn't the case. Luckily, we had the foresight to create a contingency plan ~ the Earth Defense Force. It took four long years for the world's militaries to assemble and equip the team, and it didn't leave a lot of time to train ~ but we were ready. In 2017, they arrived ~ from the air and underground. Giant mutant insects, massive starships and battle machines opened fire, laying waste the innocent people. Only the EDF stood a chance, and the Ravagers were eliminated after a hard-fought and bloody war. Now, eight short years later, the Ravagers have returned with new creatures and enhanced machines. 2017 had only been the first wave. The Earth Defense Force is ready and has been training diligently during peacetime. Now, fully equipped, trained and with giants of our own, humanity is ready for round two against the otherworldly villains.The Earth Defense Force is coming to PlayStation 4 for the first time in Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow of New Despair. This re-imagining of Earth Defense Force 2025 features 60 fps, 1080p resolution, smooth visuals and loads of new content. Select your class from Ranger, Wing Diver, Air Raider and Fencer, each with unique equipment, abilities and upgrades. Arm yourself with hundreds of weapons and vehicles, and head into battle, as you unleash man-portable cannons, call in air strikes, drive tanks, pilot jetpacks or even maneuver your own giant robot. Take on more than 90 online missions with the help of up to three friends, where you'll need to work together to emerge victorious. The Ravagers are back, and only the Earth Defense Force can save humanity.

Kojima Productions ushers in a new era for the Metal Gear Solid V franchise with its newest chapter ~ Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain ~ which is set nine years after the fall of Mother Base and the other events in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes. The game resumes the storyline in 1984 with the Cold War as the bleak, fear-inducing backdrop, which continues to shape an impending global crisis that potentially cannot be averted. After lying dead to the world in a near-decade-long coma, you finally awaken as Snake, a.k.a. Big Boss, filled with the thirst for revenge.Set off in pursuit of the shadow group, XOF, as Snake in The Phantom Pain, which features an open-world design, giving you ultimate tactical freedom in carrying out your missions and progressing through the game. Thanks to the Fox Engine, you can enjoy cutting-edge visual technology with photorealistic graphics and cinema-quality storytelling, making it feel as if you're truly part of the action. Delve into the dark nature of combat, exploring intense themes, such as the psychology of warfare and the resulting atrocities. Showcase your skills of stealth in Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain.