PlayLink

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Link is the name for a series of PlayStation 4 -exklusiven video games that allow the user to a smart phone or a tablet computer with Android - or iOS - the operating system as input devices to use for control. The PlayStation 4's gamepad is only required once to start the game on the game console . The PlayLink system is based on the principle of the second screen , in which game scenes can be seen on the television and additional information can be called up on the screen of the input device and actions can be carried out, such as the selection of an answer, the creation of drawings or the Use of the camera function. A free app corresponding to the desired game must be installed on each input device for operation . In addition, all devices must be in the same WiFi network so that communication between the PlayStation 4 and smartphone or tablet is guaranteed. Depending on the application, up to eight people can play together. With That's You! the first game developed for PlayLink was officially released on July 5, 2017. Further compatible games are announced for the next few months.

List of compatible games

A complete listing of all available and announced games can be found in the list of PlayLink games .

Chim party

It is in Chimparty a mini-game collection, compete in up to four players against each other. Each player first chooses a cartoon monkey as an avatar , which can be customized with a selfie and items of clothing. In the central board game mode, players advance on the fields according to the points they collect in the mini-games. Whoever reaches the goal of a sofa first is the winner of a game round that lasts on average about 20 minutes. The game boards use five different themed worlds as a backdrop, such as jungle, spook, pirate, magician and alien. The game includes a total of 90 different mini-games, including treadmill terror in which the players run over an obstacle course and collect bananas in the process , or volleyball , a humorous volleyball variant. The developer is the Danish software studio NapNok Games, which has already released the PlayLink game Frantics .

That's you!

With That's You! is a party quiz game from the PlayLink series, in which up to six players are asked to assess their fellow players by answering questions. For example, it should be clarified who is considered to be the worst cook by the group or who is most likely to survive in the wild. Different actions such as drawing a teammate or making selfies are intended to loosen up the game.

Hidden agenda

In Hidden Agenda is an action adventure of the British developer Supermassive Games . The players follow the protagonists Becky Marnie and Felicity Graves on the hunt for a serial killer, who is called "The Trapper", and can influence the course of the story at given points. Under time pressure, the players have to choose one of the options offered, the majority then decide on the further course. However, a single player can veto the majority decision and thus steer the action in the direction he wants. This is particularly important if the player has been assigned a secret task and, for example, is supposed to pursue a certain procedure without the knowledge of the other players. As in the game Until Dawn, the developer, all protagonists can die.

Knowledge is power

Knowledge is Power is a quick guessing game in which up to six players compete against each other and answer knowledge questions from different areas as quickly as possible.
A revised version of the game entitled Knowledge is Power: Decades was released on November 14, 2018 . This contains new questions that deal thematically with pop culture of the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. In addition, eight more characters as well as new game modes and touch-controlled actions have been added.

Frantics

Frantics is a mini-game collection in which up to four players compete against each other. Each player chooses a cartoon character such as a pig, chicken, elk or dog as an avatar and must try to win most of the games to emerge as the overall winner. The mini-games have an amusing tone and live from the glee. For example, you have to jump off a cliff together and be the last to open a parachute. The project is made more difficult by the fact that an oversized stylized stick of dynamite is thrown back and forth between the opponents. Another challenge is to push opponents into an abyss on a slippery ice surface in order to be the last player left and to collect the winnings in the form of coins.

SingStar Celebration

SingStar Celebration is a new edition from the SingStar series. Due to the possibility of using the smartphone or tablet as a microphone, the game will be published within the PlayLink series.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/PlayLink-fuer-PS4-Das-Smartphone-als-Controller-3743986.html
  2. Markus Böhm: Multiplayer Games: Take out the smartphones, we play with the Playstation. In: Spiegel Online . June 14, 2017, accessed June 10, 2018 .
  3. https://blog.de.playstation.com/2017/06/13/wir-stellen-vor-playlink-fr-ps4/
  4. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/06/sony-playlink-preview-e3/
  5. https://blog.de.playstation.com/2017/06/13/wir-stellen-vor-playlink-fr-ps4/ We introduce: PlayLink for PS4
  6. https://blog.de.playstation.com/2018/11/12/chimparty-betzt-familienfreund-brettspiel-action-mit-playlink-auf-ps4/ Chimparty offers family-friendly board game action with PlayLink on PS4
  7. https://www.playstation.com/de-de/games/thats-you-ps4/ Get to know your friends completely new
  8. http://www.pcgames.de/Playlink-Thats-You-Spiel-61125/Specials/Preview-Playlink-Thats-You-Hands-on-Vorschau-zu-Sonys-Partyspiel-1231945/ That's You: Hands- on preview of Sony's party game
  9. http://www.gamestar.de/artikel/hidden-agenda-neues-horrorspiel-der-until-dawn-macher-angekuendigt,3315539.html New horror game announced by the Until Dawn makers
  10. http://www.ps4info.de/sony-stell-mit-playlink-neue-spielereihe-vor/ Sony introduces a new series of games with “PlayLink”
  11. https://blog.de.playstation.com/2018/08/22/tretet-im-kampf-um-popkultur-wissen-in-der-playlink-quizshow-wissen-ist-macht-dekaden-gegen-freunde Available from November 14th / Compete in the battle for pop culture knowledge in the PlayLink quiz show Knowledge is Power: Decades against Friends