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All Articles: PS4
Just Stop! Sony and Microsoft Will NOT Block Used Games in Their Next-Gen Consoles
When the Internet decides to collectively believe something that’s just not true, we have to cry out… Just Stop! This is what’s making a Warp Zoned editor rip his computer from the wall in frustration today…
Even though Sony’s February 20th presentation is still officially known as “Meeting 2013,” and unofficially as their “See the Future” event, the gaming populace is resolute in its belief that the PlayStation 4/Orbis will be unveiled to the public on that Wednesday evening. Actually, I have a hard time disagreeing with the hive mind of the Internet on this one. The PS4 reveal is but a fortnight away, I’m sure of it. But the drones of the Internet have also decreed that Sony will include some kind of nefarious scheme within the PS4 that’ll disable used games on the system.
No! Just Stop! YOU. ARE. WRONG. (more…)
Rumor: Evolution Studios working on PS4 racing game
What is Evolution Studios up to? The MotorStorm developer’s last game was the PSN-friendly MotorStorm RC, and it was released almost a year ago. According to a report on STFU and Play, the answer is that Evolution is working on an unannounced racing game for the PlayStation 4/Orbis.
According to their tipster, Evolution has been busy ramping up production on the next-generation game thanks to an influx of talent from two recently shuttered studios: Bizarre Creations and Sony Liverpool. This includes Ged Talbot, the Lead Designer on Bizarre’s final game, Blur.
Evolution’s PS4 game is supposed to be similar in style to Project Gotham Racing and was said to be originally linked to the Gran Turismo series (similar to last year’s Forza Horizon). However, Sony Japan put the kibosh on that and now the title will stand on its own.
STFU and Play closed by saying the game would be formally announced during Sony’s “See the Future” event on February 20, so it’ll likely be a launch game for the PS4.
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Tagged DriveClub, PlayStation Meeting 2013, PS4
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt announced for PC, next-gen consoles
Game Informer’s March cover (which is available for digital subscribers now, with the print edition slated to ship out in two weeks) will be devoted to the next adventure of Geralt, the witchiest witch who ever witched.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will be available in 2014 for the PC and “all high-end platforms available” (which is surely code for next-gen consoles). CD Projekt RED told Game Informer that The Witcher 3 will be “30 times larger” than the second game in the series thanks to the game’s new engine, the internally-developed REDengine 3. If you’re looking for an open world action RPG, The Witcher 3 might be just what you’re looking for:
[T]he detective work that precedes deadly combat when monster hunting, storylines that weave and twist together between political intrigue and otherworldly menaces, and a tired hero who wants to set things right but can’t put down his swords until his conscience allows – if it ever does.
Check out the trailer above where the developers at CD Projekt RED give Game Informer their first look at The Witcher 3.
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Tagged PC, PS4, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, Xbox One
Rumor: Sony is ditching the DualShock design for the PS4
The infamous boomerang controller Sony debuted alongside the PlayStation 3 certainly would have been different than the company’s previous controllers, the Super NES-inspired DualShock and DualShock 2. Instead, that controller was tossed aside in favor of the similarly-designed SixAxis/DualShock 3. It’d be safe to assume Sony is planning something similar for the PlayStation 4/Orbis, but if a recent CVG report is to be believed, we may be in for something new.
According to CVG’s inside sources, Sony is heaviliy prototyping a variety of different designs for the PS4 including a controller with biometric grips and another with an LCD touchscreen (because Sony can’t launch a new system without ripping something off from Nintendo). Other rumors point to a more integrated PS4/Vita solution. It’s been said before, but perhaps Sony wants to make the Vita the PS4’s official controller.
Whatever happens, CVG reasons that it’s likely the DualShock 3 will be compatible with the PS4/Orbis.
Warner Bros. has (probably) registered more Batman: Arkham Asylum-related domains
Batman: Arkham City wasn’t always known as Batman: Arkham City. Originally, WB Games referred to the project as Batman: Arkham Asylum 2 when it was first unveiled during the 2009 Spike TV Video Game Awards. it was only later that we would learn the game’s official title as part of a mass registration of domain names by WB Games.
Can you guess where this is going? Yup, Warner Bros. has gone on another domain registration spree.
The following domains were all registered by MarkMonitor, the domain management company that handles all of Warner Bros.’s web addresses. So it is (technically) unknown if Warner Bros. even owns these domains. But they probably do. And they could have been registered for any number of reasons. As misdirection… as a pre-emptive strike against domain squatters… to promote a product completely unrelated to video games… for some other reason entirely. It is literally too early to tell.
But here’s the list of domains anyway. Personally, I think “Batman: Arkham Knight” sounds kind of awesome…
- arkhamuniverse.com (Arkham Universe)
- batmanarkahmuniverse.com (Batman: Arkham Universe)
- batmanarkhamarises.com (Batman: Arkham Arises)
- batmanarkhambegins.com (Batman: Arkham Begins)
- batmanarkhamdarkknight.com (Batman: Arkham Dark Knight)
- batmanarkhamknight.com (Batman: Arkham Knight)
- batmanarkhamlegend.com (Batman: Arkham Legend)
- batmanarkhamlegends.com (Batman: Arkham Legends)
- batmanarkhamnight.com (Batman: Arkham Night)
- batmanarkhamorigins.com (Batman: Arkham Origins)
- batmanarkhamstories.com (Batman: Arkham Stories)
- darkknightarkham.com (Dark Knight Arkham)
- dcarkhamuniverse.com (DC Arkham Universe)
- dcarkhamverse.com (DC Arkhamverse)
- thearkhamuniverse.com (The Arkham Universe)
[Source: Fusible]
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Tagged Batman: Arkham Knight, Batman: Arkham Origins, PC, PS3, PS4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One
Sony has applied for a patent to chain game discs to a PSN account
On September 12, Sony Computer Entertainment filed a patent application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for a “Use Permission Apparatus” connected with a game system. Even if you don’t speak lawyer, the implications of the patent application are clear… Sony wants a way to chain disc-based games to a user account and/or game system.
This patent application comes on the heels of a March 2012 rumor that specifically linked a universal online pass system to the PlayStation 4/Orbis. Such a system would effectively require all used game buyers to re-authenticate their used games (likely for a small fee) through an online service like Sony’s PlayStation Network.
It should be said that, for now, this apparatus is just a patent application and exists only as drawings and words on a computer. There’s no guarantee that it’ll be included in the PlayStation 4/Orbis. And unless Sony wants to incur the greatest fan backlash ever, I doubt it’ll ever be included in any system.
[Source: Free Patents Online]
Diablo III is “up and running” on consoles; still no official announcement
Oh Blizzard, you’re such a tease!
Speaking to Polygon, Blizzard’s Rob Pardo has confirmed that the developer has a version of Diablo III “up and running” on console hardware. But, he reiterated, the company is still not ready to officially announce it.
“We’re still kind of exploring it,” said Pardo. “We’ve got builds up and running on it. We’re hoping to get it far enough along where we can make it an official project, but we’re not quite ready to release stuff about it, but it’s looking pretty cool.”
I realize Blizzard wants to ensure a console version of Diablo III can live up to its PC predecessor before they officially announce it or post screenshots or give it a release date, but come on, this is getting ridiculous.
Rumor: PS4 codenamed Thebes, set to launch in Spring 2014
I was just thinking that it’s been awhile since we’ve heard some PlayStation 4 rumors.
The latest news to come out of Sony via inside sources says that the PS4 has been codenamed “Thebes” (and not “Orbis,” like previously assumed). Production hasn’t begun on the system’s innards just yet, so this rumor posits that the PS4 will be available in Spring 2014 at the earliest. And if that doesn’t happen, the next-most-likely release date is listed as Fall 2014.
So much for Sony swearing they wouldn’t be last this generation, huh?
[Source: SemiAccurate]