Category Archives: PS4

Tue, May 21, 2013 | 15:25 BST

Assassin’s Creed 4 on PS3 is stellar despite PS4′s “visual innovations,” says Ubisoft

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Jean Guesdon, creative director at Ubisoft Montreal, has told VG247 that while the PS4 is definitely a hug leap forward compared to PS3, those who plan on purchasing Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag for PS3 won’t be disappointed, as it will still be a stellar experience.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 12:21 BST

PS4 console pieced together from teaser clip

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PlayStation 4 has yet to be revealed in its final physical form, but based on Sony’s teaser trailer yesterday, one Reddit user has piece together the close-ups to produce an artist’s rendition of what it might look like.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 08:19 BST

Battlefield 4: “Big announcements are coming soon”

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We know that the next-gen Xbox reveal taking place tonight will show off next-gen FIFA and next-gen Call of Duty, but we expect that many of the big game announcements will be left for Microsoft’s E3 press conference. But it could be that we’ll find out something about Battlefield 4 at the imminent event.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 04:08 BST

Visceral working in unnamed next-gen shooter — rumor

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The personal website of a game developer named Jehan Choo who once contracted with Visceral Games contained until a few hours ago a reference to work done on “pre-vis environments, mood pieces, and texture work for a PS4/Xbox 720 title” at Visceral, which is best known lately for the producing the Dead Space games.

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Mon, May 20, 2013 | 21:24 BST

Watch Dogs pre-order perks get detailed

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Gamers who pre-order Ubisoft Montreal’s upcoming futuristic open-world game Watch Dogs at Gamestop or Amazon will get exclusive pre-order bonuses, the firm’s revealed.

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Tue, May 21, 2013 | 12:19 BST

PS4 console to be shown at E3, teaser video gives glimpse

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Sony will reveal the PlayStation 4 console in full at E3, according to a new teaser clip released online. The video shows a fleeting glimpse of the rig, ahead of its full unveiling during Sony’s conference on June 10.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 18:10 BST

PS4 watch: job post suggests on-board speech recognition

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PlayStation 4 could have built-in voice recognition, similar to Microsoft’s Kinect speech functions, according to a job post unearthed recently.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 22:45 BST

PS4 site suggests Vita remote play as standard feature

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Sony has updated its PlayStation 4 website with a section suggesting Vita Remote Play may be available for all or most PlayStation 4 games.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 21:29 BST

Agent listed as “currently in development” on Rockstar resume

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Agent rumors never die, they just go to sleep for a while. That’s the case today at any rate, as Agent rumors have awoken from their slumber once more thanks to a resume posted by a Rockstar research video editor.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 20:42 BST

Watch Dogs players may not notice others in a multiplayer session right away

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Watch Dogs’ Jonathan Morin has explained how the multiplayer will work in the game, without giving too much away on it. Essentially, players will always be in their “own session,” but it can be merged with others to where players will “intertwine.”

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 20:01 BST

Sony registers The Last of Us 2 & 3 domains, The Order: 1886 speculation resumes

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Sony has filed some domain registrations for The Last of Us and more for its mysterious The Order: 1886.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 17:19 BST

Diablo 3 video diary takes a look at developing the controls for PS3 and PS4

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Blizzard has a released at look into the development of Diablo 3 for PS3 and PS4, via new video diary on the PS Blog.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 17:00 BST

Lords of the Fallen will be playable at E3

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City Interactive has announced Lords of the Fallen, for next-gen and PC releasing in 2014, will be shown at E3.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 12:14 BST

Panopticon: Sony’s mysterious countdown ends, trailer appears

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Sony’s mysterious ‘Panopticon’ countdown site has expired, and in its place a new trailer has appeared. It’s not the Last Guardian. Sorry folks.

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Thu, May 16, 2013 | 21:58 BST

Gran Turismo 6 could hit PS4, suggests Yamauchi.

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Gran Turismo 6 was announced for a holiday 2013 release on PS3 yesterday, but it may yet get a dedicated PS4 release, Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi has suggested.

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Wed, May 15, 2013 | 23:00 BST

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag not expected to outsell AC3

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Ubisoft is cautiously forecasting fewer sales of Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag than last year’s entry, Assassin’s Creed 3.

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Fri, May 17, 2013 | 00:20 BST

Gran Turismo 6: a commitment to PS3′s installed base

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During the Gran Turismo 15th anniversary event at Silverstone Circuit today, VG247′s Sam Clay posed a few questions to SCEE president Jim Ryan, such as why the Polyphony racer is heading to PS3 when PS4 is just around the bend.

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Wed, May 15, 2013 | 19:07 BST

Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag trailer is full of pirate shenanigans

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Ubisoft has released a new trailer for Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, showing off some high seas battle, pirate mayhem, and leaping assassins. Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag is out on October on PC, PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360 and next-gen systems.

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Wed, May 15, 2013 | 19:08 BST

PS4 watch: Sony trademarks ‘Greatness Awaits’ slogan

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Sony Computer Entertainment America has trademarked ‘Greatness Awaits’, the leaked slogan that surfaced on some alleged PS4 marketing material last week.

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Wed, May 15, 2013 | 12:39 BST

Killzone: Shadow Fall tech slideshow appears, mentions unnanounced IP

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Killzone: Shadow Fall was unveiled at Sony’s PS4 reveal event earlier this year, and it looked quite tasty from a tech perspective. But what you didn’t see were the slides that went along with the game’s presentation. The documents have emerged online and are full of technical data on the game, and make mention of another IP in the works at Guerrilla Games.

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