Following a record attendance of more than 340,000 visitors, the doors have now closed on GamesCom until next year. Sony enjoyed another fruitful spell in Cologne, reinforcing its indie message and consequentially keeping our fingers busy with plenty of fascinating PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and Vita announcements.
Don’t worry if you missed out on any of the news, though, because we’ve put together a comprehensive recap to keep you in the loop. Not only can you watch all of the key moments from the PlayStation press conference through here, but there are also dozens of articles eager to feel the tickle of your cursor below.
Headlines
- You'll Be Able to Buy a PS4 from 15th November in North America
- Sony Slashes Vita's Price to $199/€199
- PlayStation Vita Memory Cards Are Still Pretty Pricey
- Say Hello to the New 'Magma Red' and 'Wave Blue' DualShock 4 Controllers
- This Is the Launch Window Lineup for the PS4
- Free 14 Day PS Plus Trial for All PS4 Owners
- Watch Shuhei Yoshida Operate the PS4's User Interface
- Unbelievably, PS4 Pre-Orders Are Ahead of the PS2 and PS3
- Oh Yeah, Twitch Is Totally Coming to the PS4
Features
- Reaction: Sony Refreshes PS4 with Indie Vision, Keeps Ammunition Stashed Away
- Reaction: There's Never Been a Better Time to Buy a PlayStation Vita
- Feature: 15 Fresh PS4, PS3, and Vita Titles That Should Be on Your Wishlist
- Feature: Sony's GamesCom 2013 Showcase - Did It Meet Our Expectations?
- Interview: FuturLab on the Sweat and Tears Fuelling Velocity 2X on PS4 and Vita
- Interview: Chatting Pool Nation FX on PS4 with the Potty Cherry Pop Games
- Interview: Octodad: Dadliest Catch Developer Talks Tentacles, PS4, and Fishy Disguises
Announcements
- Sony Reveals Free-to-Play Creation Tool LittleBigPlanet Hub
- Minecraft Builds a New Home on PS4, PS3, and Vita
- Helldivers Swoops onto PS4, PS3, and Vita Next Year
- Everybody's Gone to the Rapture on PS4
- Murasaki Baby Takes PlayStation Vita by the Hand
- ResoGun Assaults Your Senses on PS4
- Borderlands 2 Loots PlayStation Vita in 2014
- SEGA Places Football Manager Classic 2014 on the Vita Transfer List
- Starbound Crash Lands on PlayStation 4
- PlayStation 4 Cultivates a Fresh Flower Port
- So, Shadow of the Beast Is Making a Comeback
- RIME Fuses All of Your Favourite Games in One Beautiful PS4 Sandbox
- BigFest Brings Music Festival Management to Vita
- Wait, There's a New Lemmings Game on the Way?
- Flame Over Is the Firefighting Game You've Been Waiting For
- Velocity 2X Steps Out of the Ship on PS4 and Vita
Video
- Mark Cerny Talks PS4, the 'World's Most Powerful Console'
- Relive PlayStation President Andrew House's Xbox One Jab
- Check Out Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Being Played on Vita
- Killzone: Shadow Fall Dazzles with Delicious Multiplayer Footage
- Don't Worry, DriveClub Looks Absolutely Delicious Now
- Delsin has the Power in this New inFAMOUS: Second Son Trailer
- Crash Around with Knack in this Cinematic Trailer
- BioWare Entrust Us with a New Glimpse of Dragon Age: Inquisition
- Batman: Arkham Origins' Firefly Trailer Sets Gotham Ablaze
- Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Goes Overboard With CG Hair
- Weirdness: Even the President of Sony's Worldwide Studios Needs Some Sleep
- This Is What Skylanders: Swap Force Looks Like on PS4
- Absorb 15 Minutes of New Knack Gameplay
What was your favourite GamesCom announcement? (31 votes)
- Definitely the PS4’s release date
- I was really pleased about the Vita price drop 0%
- Killzone: Shadow Fall's multiplayer amazed me
- RIME looked sublime
- I can’t believe that Shadow of the Beast is back 0%
- Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is going to be great 0%
- Borderlands 2 on Vita is huge news
- Getting a good look at the PS4’s user interface
- LittleBigPlanet Hub sounds really interesting 0%
- Something else entirely
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Comments 8
Missed the BIG option: Vita Minecraft + Starbound + Bindings Of Isaac: Rebirth + Hotline Miami 2 + other awesome indie games.
I agree, Mine craft vita is pretty huge. So excited!
My personal highlights are as follows: PS4 release date, Vita price drop, Shadow Fall multiplayer, remote play display and seeing the PS4's UI in action.
Release date and the UI demonstration were the top 2 highlights for me.
I was pretty surprised by the Borderlands 2 on vita announcement.
Man, I like a lot of what was presented at GamesCom. The introduction with the simple presentation of the new PS4 UI looks amazing(I am kinda hoping to put up different wallpapers to switch between different menus just like the Vita) The announcement of AAA indie games for the Vita, for example Minecraft. How good Killzone multiplayer looked and Knack gameplay, which remind me a lot of playing Jak 2/Jak 3 and Crash Bandicoot. Last but not least the comment by Yoshida stated that they still have the luxury of not having to reveal everything in production for the PS4. Hopefully this means there is not to much dead time in between release of good games in the near future.
PS4 release date and then BL2 on Vita... That announcement made me want a Vita even more.
The only announcement really worth a damn was Borderlands 2 on Vita. The price drop on Vita itself was decent news too I guess but it gets off set by the still ridiculous prices of memory cards despite Sony's 'significant' price drop on those. Landing Borderlands 2 was pretty big though and it gives me hope that there might still be a slight chance the Vita can be a success.
Nothing announced for PS4 was a worth a sh*t to me and with all Sony's idiotic talk about how it doesn't have to announce its big games I've resigned myself to the fact it's going to be a pretty empty first three years just like it was for PS3... unless you love indie games and nothing else. I do like indie games but I need a hell of a lot more than that.
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