All Articles: PS4

Watch Dogs is coming to every platform ever this holiday season

Posted on February 23, 2013 by Andrew Rainnie

Well, not quite every platform, but it will be one of Ubisoft’s most widely released titles to date. Ubisoft’s CEO Yves Guillemot was at the New York launch event for Sony’s new console, the PlayStation 4. There, he was singing the console’s praises, and revealed that Watch Dogs will be available during the system’s launch this holiday season.

“Ubisoft has a strong history of supporting new technologies with unique and creative offerings. The power and capability of the PS4 allows the Watch Dogs team to further push the boundaries of what was previously thought possible in interactive entertainment.”

Bold words, but Ubisoft are not hedging their bets on Sony’s new box alone. With the company showing the same strategy that has lead it to become one of the most successful developers during the current generation, the futuristic open world third-person thriller will also be released on the console’s predecessor, the PS3, as well as the Xbox 360, PC, and the Wii U. There has been no word on if Watch Dogs is a timed exclusive for Sony’s next-generation system, but given the recent debacle surrounding the delay of Rayman Legends so it could also be released on the PS3 and Xbox 360, it would be reasonable to assume that Watch Dogs will hit all consoles simultaneously.

And while it has not been mentioned thus far, we can only assume this wide umbrella will also ensnare Microsoft’s Xbox 720, whenever it is announced.

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Jonathan Blow’s The Witness will appear exclusively on the PS4

Posted on February 20, 2013 by John Scalzo

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Jonathan Blow will bring The Witness, his first-person abandoned island exploration game, to the PlayStation 4. It’s unknown if The Witness will still be released for the PC as originally announced. Blow promises 25 hours of puzzle-based gameplay that’ll be available exclusively on the PS4.

But I’m not going to lie, it looks a lot like Myst.

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Sucker Punch reveals InFamous: Second Son for PS4

Posted on February 20, 2013 by John Scalzo

playstationplainlogoAs expected, Sucker Punch Productions has unveiled the third InFamous game for the PlayStation 4. The world has moved beyond Cole MacGrath and now focuses on a population that is trying to deal with a growing mutant “threat.”

It’ll be known as InFamous: Second Son and we’ll learn more about it soon.

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Driveclub is Evolution Studios’ PS4 racing game

Posted on February 20, 2013 by John Scalzo

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Evolution Studios is working on a first-person racing game for the PlayStation 4 known as Driveclub.

The game is built around “team-based racing” and is about “driving the very best cars in the greatest locations in the world.” Driveclub will feature asyncronous challenges that can be monitored through a tablet app.

Evolution is recreating the cars with “obsessive love” and the team has been working on the idea behind Driveclub for ten years.

Hopefully, it won’t take that long to learn more about the game.

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Guerrilla officially unveils Killzone: Shadow Fall

Posted on February 20, 2013 by John Scalzo

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Herman Hulst, the Managing Director at Guerrilla Games, has introduced the second PlayStation 4 game of tonight’s Meeting 2013, Killzone: Shadow Fall.

The trailer begins as some VSA VIP gets a first-person helicopter, and then walking, tour of Vekta City… Oh no! Bomb! Helghast spies are everywhere!

It’s at this point that the “trailer” segues into a playable first-person section as the VIP guns down a ton of Helghast spies. Eventually, the player grabs onto a hovercraft and Spider-Mans his way across the city hanging on for dear life.

We’ve seen this trick before (remember Killzone 2‘s debut at E3 2005?), but what we’re seeing sure is purty.

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Knack is the first official PS4 game

Posted on February 20, 2013 by John Scalzo

playstationplainlogoSony has revealed the first game for the PlayStation 4 during their “Meeting 2013” presentation.

Knack will be directed by Mark Cerny, who is a veteran of the Crash Bandicoot series, among others. The game is in development at Sony Japan Studio and features a cartoony war between humans and orcs. The humans believe they can turn the tide with Knack, a tiny robot that can suck up smaller robots to become something much larger.

Knack, like the PlayStation 4, has no release date yet.

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DualShock 4 is everything we thought it would be

Posted on February 20, 2013 by John Scalzo

playstationplainlogoSony has introduced the DualShock 4 controller during their PlayStation 4 reveal and it’s everything the rumors said it would be.

The DualShock 4 will be a major improvement over the SixAxis/DualShock 3 with reduced latency, an improved rumble feature, a headphone jack, a “Share” button for social networking, a front touchpad, and a lightbar on the top of the controller.

The lightbar is “a simpler way to identify players” and it works with a radio bar/3D camera that resembles Microsoft’s Kinect sensor.

More from Sony’s “Meeting 2013” soon.

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It’s Official: Sony’s next system will be the PlayStation 4

Posted on February 20, 2013 by John Scalzo

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“PlayStation wants to Win the War Against Reality”

Sony opened their “Meeting 2013” with a wild video showing all the ways the PlayStation platform has changed the world over the years. And then, just a few minutes later, Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Andrew House revealed that the company’s next system will indeed be named the PlayStation 4.

We’ll have more from Sony’s “Meeting 2013” (AKA THE OFFICIAL PS4 REVEAL EVENT) soon.

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