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"What mask?"

Much like last year’s Kara technology demonstration, The Dark Sorcerer is Quantic Dream’s latest experiment for the PlayStation 4. The video is running in realtime on the next generation console, and represents the first version of the French studio’s latest engine. However, the developer stresses that the footage is not...

No annoying codes

Now that Sony’s revealed that you’ll need a PlayStation Plus subscription to play PlayStation 4 games online, the company’s announced that it’s ditching the PSN Pass system currently present in its first-party games. However, that’s not stopping other publishers from implementing their own version if they choose...

Watching you

While the enhanced PlayStation 4 camera doesn’t come bundled with the console, it’s still being touted as an integral part of the system’s setup. This brand new trailer deployed by PlayStation Japan shows off an augmented reality demo known as the ‘Playroom’, which uses a combination of the camera and the DualShock 4 to...

Giving the Cole shoulder

Who said that next generation games are indistinguishable from existing releases? inFAMOUS: Second Son may not appear to be blowing off the doors from a gameplay perspective, but it sure looks clean for an open world game, doesn’t it? The first gameplay trailer embedded below shows protagonist Delsin Rowe zooming around...

Anticipated exclusive is on hiatus

We really thought that this was going to be the year that The Last Guardian puffed out its feathers in glorious high resolution on the PlayStation 4 – but it sounds like the title may have been put back on the shelf. Following a promising message from creative director Fumito Ueda earlier in the year – which...

Magic moments

If you were anywhere but the United States last night, you’d have either had a hard time staying awake – or just given up altogether and slept right through Sony’s most important press conference in years. And what a show you missed. For those of you who were sleeping – and even those who managed to brave the night – point...

Good and evil

It may not be quite as eye-catching as that incredible inkblot mock-up, but we’re still rather fond of Killzone: Shadow Fall’s official box art. The package demonstrates the divide between the ISA and the Helghast, and even incorporates the shape of the leather fastener on the redesigned antagonists’ masks. Interestingly, it...

Tune in

The press conferences may be done and dusted, but that doesn’t mean that the E3 action’s over. Sony will be broadcasting live gameplay demos and interviews from its PlayStation Booth all week, and you can tune in courtesy of the video embedded below. In all, the publisher’s promising over 40 demonstrations, ranging from PlayStation 4...

Platform holder's not breaking the bank

Let’s not beat around the bush, the PlayStation 4’s price point was a bit of shock. While we’d heard inklings that the company was going to price its next generation system much lower than previous efforts, very few imagined that it would hit $399.99. And that’s prompted some pundits to question...

Presentation punch-out

The LA Convention Centre may have only just opened its doors for E3 2013, but the primary press conferences are now over for another year. After a long day of media briefings from Microsoft, Ubisoft, and EA, Sony finally

Fancy bedroom not included

Aside from the fancy visuals and new games, the unmistakable advantage of upgrading to the PlayStation 4 is demonstrated in the cringe-inducing trailer embedded below. While we’ve become accustomed to the clunky interface of the PlayStation 3 over the years, the next generation console will offer a much more refined...

The circus master of games

To cap off an exciting evening of E3 announcements, Sony has released a brand new commercial for the PlayStation brand. The advertisement – which leaked almost word-for-word earlier in the year – shows an enthusiastic ringleader with slicked back hair walking into a theatre of activity. You’ll spot a number of famous...

Of course it is

Considering the strides that it’s made to appease gamers in other areas, you didn’t think that Sony was going to go and region lock the PlayStation 4, did you? Good, because it’s not. Writing on Twitter overnight, a nonchalant Shuhei Yoshida revealed that the next generation console will be “region free”. However, it’s...

Big beats

Sony confirmed overnight that DriveClub will be available as a launch title for the PlayStation 4 – and PlayStation Plus subscribers will score a free version of the game as part of their membership on launch day. Judging by the terminology being used by SCEA executive Jack Tretton on stage, we’re guessing that this giveaway will...

Green screen

Sony didn’t show an enormous number of new PlayStation 4 titles during its E3 press conference last night, but this tech demonstration from Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream was a definite highlight among the few that it did reveal. Dubbed The Dark Sorcerer, the video opens like any David Cage epic, as a tormented magician agonises...

Super power nirvana

We fully expected inFAMOUS: Second Son to feature during Sony's E3 2013 presser as a live demonstration, but instead we were treated to this brilliantly paced, action-packed trailer. Protagonist Delsin Rowe – played by the ever brilliant Troy Baker – is shown skipping between cracking combat and brotherly narrative. It's...

Playing its cards right

Let’s be honest, today’s PlayStation press conference wasn’t the best that Sony’s ever put together. The pacing was lethargic after Microsoft’s high-octane offering of trailers and live gameplay demonstrations, and it all took a while to hit top gear.

Ouch, that stings

Following Sony's momentous E3 showing – in which the firm delivered the revelation that the PlayStation 4 will play used games – a video has surfaced on the Japanese giant's official YouTube channel, mocking the somewhat more complicated procedure of pre-owned content on its competitor's platform. At just 22 seconds long, it's...

Simple luxuries

A beaming Jack Tretton took great pleasure in revealing that the PlayStation 4 will not block used games during Sony’s E3 press conference earlier today. In a dig at Microsoft’s confusing and restrictive policies for the Xbox One, the SCEA executive explained in detail that you’ll be able to sell, trade, and rent disc-based...