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Opinion Sony Has Executed Impeccably on PS4's Gamer-Centric Approach
This is for the players
Sony couldn’t have been more in tune with gamers’ demands this year if it invited the entire population of the NeoGAF forums to participate in its daily meetings regarding the PlayStation 4. Ever since it teased the system at the tail-end of January, the Japanese giant has launch
News Wonderbook's No Longer Extinct with Book of Potions and Walking with Dinosaurs
Ice page
They may have got lost amid the excitement surrounding the PlayStation 4, but Sony turned the pages on two new Wonderbook titles last week. Building on the success of Wonderbook: Book of Spells, both Wonderbook: Walking with Dinosaurs and Wonderbook: Book of Potions hope to convince you to dust off your hardback-based peripheral and worm...
News Sony Swapping Faulty PS4s As Fast As Physically Possible
Beep, beep
Sony doesn’t want you twiddling your thumbs while you stare at the dreaded ‘Blue Light of Death’, and so it’s committed to swapping faulty PlayStation 4 systems faster than The Road Runner from classic cartoon fame. Perhaps in an effort to subdue any mounting social network backlash, the company has confirmed that anyone unlucky...
News Whoa, One Third of PS4 Games Sold Are Developed by EA
Slam dunk
We all know that the PlayStation 4 is selling like hotcakes, but a recent report from Electronic Arts' chief financial officer Blake J. Jorgensen reveals that the AAA publisher hasn't done too badly itself. "We had a great weekend of sales relative to the console that looks like the average consumer tie ratio is about three pieces of...
Weirdness So, What Happens When You Plug a PS4 into the Xbox One?
Well, the world doesn't end
It’s a mystery more puzzling than the meaning of life: what happens when you plug a PlayStation 4 directly into an Xbox One? Microsoft admitted earlier in the year that its next generation console’s HDMI input could be used to connect a competing console, and now the embargo has lifted on the Redmond-based firm’s...
News PS4 Firmware Update v1.51 Arrives in North America
Balancing things out
While the PlayStation 4 hasn't been available in North America for a week yet, it's already facing a second firmware update. As reported prior to launch, the previous update added many new features – including Remote Play and facial recognition – but this new refresh is not quite as flashy. According to the PlayStation Blog,...
News Tearaway Launch Trailer Tears onto the Scene
Paper, Please
Charming PlayStation Vita exclusive Tearaway is almost here, and those mischievous geniuses over at Media Molecule have graced us with an adorable launch trailer to keep the hype rolling. The video shows off the game's striking visuals as well as its inventive controls that make full use of the handheld's hardware. In further...
Review Tearaway (PlayStation Vita)
Royal mail
It's been over five years since LittleBigPlanet made a huge impact on the gaming scene – its 'Play, Create, Share' slogan paving the way for what was almost a new genre entirely. With developer Media Molecule's latest title Tearaway we find a smaller but much more focused adventure that's delightfully charming, accessible, and...
News Could Sony Santa Monica's First PS4 Project Be Open World?
Space to breathe
Sony Santa Monica may be stepping away from the blood stained corridors of God of War and opting for something a little more open on the PlayStation 4. That’s assuming an official job listing contains accurate information on the first-party outfit's long rumoured next generation game, which seeks a level designer with experience...
Review Killzone: Shadow Fall (PlayStation 4)
For the glory of next-gen
Killzone: Shadow Fall takes place shortly after the events of PlayStation 3 exclusive Killzone 3, as the ISA and Helghast are forced to co-inhabit the planet Vekta. Living together in peace is not on the agenda for either faction, however, as the Helghast fight to push the humans out of their own home. This location has...
News PS4 Smashes Canadian Launch Sales Records
Platform holder now looking to the future
Sony has claimed that the PlayStation 4 enjoyed the biggest Canadian launch in gaming history – and given last week’s incredible sell-through tally, we don't think that it's exaggerating at all. Speaking with our friends over at
News Pimp Your Ride with Gran Turismo 6's Credits System
Splash the cash
Racing games fit the format of microtransactions better than most, so it’s not entirely surprising that the upcoming Gran Turismo 6 is getting an in-game purchase system. While you’ll no doubt be able to earn credits by completing license tests and winning races, publisher Sony has also announced that you’ll be able to snag...
News Still Desperate to Play The Last Guardian? Fumito Ueda's Terribly Sorry
In a flap
Team ICO founder Fumito Ueda’s feathers seem well and truly ruffled. The legendary game developer – responsible for the creation of iconic PlayStation 2 titles ICO and Shadow of the Colossus – has told EDGE magazine that he’s “terribly sorry” for the delays that have kept
News A Tornado May Have Taken This Man's Home, But It Spared His PS4
System shock
There are often scant silver linings when a fierce tornado cruelly destroys your home and all of your worldly belongings, but one Washington dweller found a single reason to smile this week – his brand new PlayStation 4 weathered the storm. The above image – shared on Reddit yesterday – shows an optimistic home owner holding onto...
News Sony: PS4 Launch Is Just the Beginning for the Console
The game is just the start
Don’t go thinking that on the back of unprecedented first day sales Sony is going to slip into its old arrogant persona, as SCEA marketing executive Jon Koller has told GamesBeat that the PlayStation 4 is just the beginning for the next generation console. Speaking as part of the system’s launch event in New York City,...
News Get Hot and Bothered with These Thermal Images of the PS4
Pretty cool
Perhaps the most glaring oversight in the PlayStation 4's design is its inability to withstand shots from a sniper rifle. However, if this shocking omission is forcing you to reconsider your pre-order, we have some good news for you. We're happy to report that, barring any heavy military intervention, your shiny new system isn't likely...
Poll How Would You Rate Your First Weekend with the PS4?
Snap judgement
There’s always a sense of deflation when you anticipate a moment for so long that it passes in the blink of an eye. We’ve spent the past nine months or so building up to the PlayStation 4’s launch, and now it’s already gone in North America. While there’s still the excitement of the European release to come, we hope that the...
News Want to Play Killzone: Shadow Fall in 3D? Sorry, Remove Your Stereoscopic Goggles
Guerrilla Games flattens hopes
Cast your mind back to the three-dimensional days of 2011 and you may recall Killzone 3 comprising a sizeable portion of platform holder Sony’s stereoscopic push on the PlayStation 3. Guerrilla Games worked hard to implement the hardware intensive technology, and it ended up being a real showpiece for the feature...
Weirdness Saucy Site Expands Upon PS4's, Er, Entertainment Options
Rough and ready
Sony may not have touted the PlayStation 4 as a media juggernaut in quite the same way as the Xbox One – but the next generation console does now have access to all of the adult entertainment that you could ever need. Stimulating hotspot Pornhub has announced that it’s the first saucy site to fully support the Japanese giant’s...
Weirdness Prince William Wants a PS4, Fears Kate Middleton's Reaction
Sony recruits a royal fan
What do you buy a member of the Royal Family for Christmas? Well, in the case of Prince William, he’s quite keen on a PlayStation 4 – even if he is a little worried that wife Kate Middleton may not take too kindly to the addictive addition to the family. The modern monarch revealed the tidbit as part of an appearance in...
News No Fix for the PS4's 'Blue Light of Death' in Sight
"Have you tried turning it on and off again?"
While the PlayStation 4's launch seems to have run fairly smoothly, there are still some isolated issues plaguing the system. The first reported problems were related to faults with the machine's HDMI ports, but these seem to have been cleared up relatively quickly. What continues to rear its ugly head,...
Rumour PS4 Production Impaired by Poorly Treated Employees
So says one forum poster
If you’ve ever purchased an electronics product, chances are you own something that was manufactured by Foxconn. The colossal Taiwanese electronics giant employs over one million people, and has clients including Apple, Nintendo, and Sony. One of its current contracts includes the PlayStation 4, a product an intern has...
Talking Point Are You a Fan of the PS4's Social Features?
Broadcast yourself
Game sharing is nothing new. While it’s never been this particular author’s cup of tea, numerous YouTube personalities have made a living out of uploading commentated footage of games, and the rise of social streaming services such as Twitch and Ustream have only increased the prestige of these online pundits. On the...
Video This Clip of PS4 Racer DriveClub Will Make Your Jaw Hit the Floor
Lights and sounds
Do not underestimate the power of the PlayStation 4. Sony may have decided to push Evolution Studios' next generation racer DriveClub out of the system’s launch window, but it looks like the decision was worthwhile, as the game seems to get better every time that we set our stunned optics on it. Just check out the video embedded...
Rumour Is Crash Bandicoot Plotting a Return on PS4?
Spinning around
Sony has talked about Crash Bandicoot a lot this year. The former PSone mascot has hit the headlines frequently over the past 10 months, partly because of PlayStation 4 architect Mark Cerny’s role as executive producer on the 90s classic. However, rumours are now starting to spiral that the protagonist could be plotting a return to...
News Blimey, One Million PS4s Were Sold in Just 24 Hours
Mission accomplished
A recent tweet from Sony Worldwide Studios president – and official brand mascot – Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed that the PlayStation 4 has sold over one million units in its first day on sale in North America. The next-gen – or should we say, current-gen – system now ranks as the fastest selling PlayStation console,...
News Knack Rattles and Rolls in Cinematic Launch Trailer
Remember, red is bad
Japan Studio’s family-friendly PlayStation 4 launch title Knack may have lacked strong review scores – but it looks excellent once again in this cinematic launch trailer. Alright, we’re still not sold on the eponymous hero's Barry White-esque baritone vocals, but the visuals have come a long way since the title was...
Weirdness What Happens If You Shoot a PS4 with a Sniper Rifle?
Boom, headshot
Sony’s next generation console may be suffering from some minor mishaps – but we don’t think that the platform holder’s support department will be sending a replacement for this particular system. YouTube user RatedRR – who’s garnered a fan base by shooting electronics with terrifying weapons – put together this...
Talking Point What Are Your Thoughts on the PS4's User Interface?
The important link
There was a time when a console’s interface consisted of little more than a digital clock and a save data protocol, but the PlayStation 3 era changed all of that. Microsoft can be perhaps credited for the improvement, as the Xbox 360 deployed with a cavalcade of features as part of its classic ‘Blades’ hub – but Sony’s...
News Naughty Dog: Uncharted PS4 Will Represent a Huge Jump Graphically
Shake it, Drake
Naughty Dog’s already promised that we’ll be in awe of its first PlayStation 4 project – and speaking as part of this week’s Spike TV launch livestream, co-president Christophe Balestra has teased that you should expect a huge graphical jump in the recently announced Uncharted PS4. Yeah, we’re salivating over the prospect...
News Yoshida: Sony Bend's PS4 Game Will Make You Panic
Yoshida too scared to say anything about Sony Santa Monica
Uncharted PS4 aside, there weren’t many outrageous announcements during Sony’s big PS4 All Access launch livestream this week. However, one interesting snippet focused on Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida, in which he was asked to give a one-word summary of some of the...
News You Can Play Resogun Even if You're 10 Miles Away from Your PS4
Using Remote Play, of course
Remote Play remains one of the most criminally under advertised features of the PlayStation 4. As Nintendo Wii U owners will attest, the ability to play home console quality games while using the bathroom is a massive boon. And, if a recent test by YouTube user The Phawx is anything to go by, the nifty feature may have...
News EA Retracts Statement Blaming PS4 Firmware Update for Software Issues
Passing the buck
PlayStation 4 problems appear to be escalating as we approach the end of the system's first full day on the market. Connection issues aside, some users are now complaining of crashes in certain software. Earlier today, EA Games uploaded a support page blaming this on the next generation syst
News Microsoft Pats Sony on the Back for Successful PS4 Launch
Round of applause
As entertaining as the console wars can undeniably be at times, all three major gaming manufacturers rely on each other to succeed. After all, a healthy industry is good for business – and competition is a great thing for consumers. This surprisingly sporting image from Microsoft congratulating Sony on the PlayStation 4 launch...
News Bask in the Beautiful Explosions of PS4 Exclusive Resogun
There's a spark
There’s a part inside all of us that garners immense satisfaction from seeing explosions. It’s the exact reason that we sit through Michael Bay movies and enjoy firework displays. Resogun taps into that internal desire for detonations and satiates it like nothing else – as is evidenced by the brand new trailer embedded below...
Feature Uncharted PS4 - Raising the Anchor on Naughty Dog's Newest Adventure
Black flag
The golden age of pirates may not be decaying in Davy Jones’ locker after all, as it seems almost certain that Naughty Dog’s newly announced Uncharted title for the PlayStation 4 will be sailing the seven seas in search of spoils – and, judging by the tone of the teaser trailer’s irritable narrator, trouble. The ferocious oceans...
News Sony Unfazed by Isolated Instances of Faulty PS4 Consoles
Failure rate within expectations
While there was widespread hysteria yesterday when a batch of early PlayStation 4 consoles bricked, last night’s North American launch hasn’t exactly brought a glut of bad news. That’s because it seems that, aside from a few isolated cases, the next generation console is pretty well built – and the platform...
News EyeToy Creator Wants You to Play PS4 Games with Your Eyes
Look left, look right
While we didn’t get a look at the rumoured PlayStation 4 headset during last night’s Spike TV launch livestream, host Geoff Keighley did take us on a tour of the platform holder’s brand new Magic Lab research and development department. Fronted by EyeToy creator Richard Marks,
News PSN Errors Prompted by North American PS4 Launch
Cloudy with a chance of downtime
Refreshingly, the PlayStation Network hasn’t crashed quite as badly as we expected it to. We were anticipating reports of Grand Theft Auto Online-esque outages to emerge overnight, but it seems that North America has managed to traverse the PlayStation 4’s launch relatively unscathed. That’s not to say that...
News Not Got a PS4 Yet? Take a Tour of the User Interface While You Wait
The game is just the start
While the PlayStation 3’s award winning XMB was undoubtedly a slick interface, it started to feel a little limited as the system evolved. Accessing content was always easy, but the addition of streaming services, digital trinkets, and more really slowed the navigation system down. Fortunately, the PlayStation 4 has been...
News Yoshida: The Last Guardian Sure Looks Pretty
Executive has played the mysterious game
Outside of the surprise announcement of a new Uncharted game, last night’s PlayStation 4 launch livestream didn’t quite live up to the epic scale that prior teases had promised. Nevertheless, while Sony opted to keep its first-party stu
Talking Point What Are Your First Impressions of the PS4?
Hot or not
You may be bleary eyed after an evening spent standing outside your local game store, but we daresay that Sony’s next generation system has managed to wash away some of your blues. While you may not have had ample time to sink your teeth into the PlayStation 4 yet – that’s what the weekend was invented for, after all – we want to...
News This New inFAMOUS: Second Son Trailer Will Light Up Your PS4 Life
Neon nirvana
Fresh from Sony's PlayStation 4 launch event in New York comes this typically stunning inFAMOUS: Second Son trailer, which features Delsin's neon powers all to the beat of Nirvana's Heart Shaped Box once again. Showcasing plenty of combat scenarios and some gorgeous looking cutscenes, we can already feel the hype building inside of us...
News You'll Play as Ellie in Expansion The Last of Us: Left Behind
Everything to do with that little girl
As promised, Naughty Dog has revealed the first single player add-on pack for its critically acclaimed PlayStation 3 exclusive The Last of Us. A prequel to the events of the main game, Left Behind will see you assume the role of Ellie, as the potty-mouthed tween attends a military boarding school in the Boston...
News Naughty Dog Pulls Back the Curtain on Uncharted for PS4
Some chains can never be broken
We all knew that it would happen eventually, but we don't think that anyone expected it to be announced quite so early: Naughty Dog has revealed that it's hard at work on a new entry in the Uncharted series for the PlayStation 4. Details are unsurprisingly scarce at this early stage, but a brief debut trailer —...
Out Today PlayStation 4 Paints North America Blue
Tears of joy
We’re running out of ways to say that the PlayStation 4 has launched, so let’s skip over the awkward introductions and get straight to the point: the next generation has finally arrived. It’s been a rollercoaster year filled to the brim with policy reversals, rumours, and more Talking Points than we care to count, but that’s all...
Talking Point Share Your North American PS4 Launch Stories
Greatness beckons
The wait has almost come to an end. At the time of writing, we are mere hours away from the PlayStation 4’s launch in North America. It’s been a long journey since the next generation system’s exciting 20th February unveiling, but now you're moments away from getting your hands on the hotly anticipated hardware. We recently...
News Clear the Fog on Five Minutes of inFAMOUS: Second Son Gameplay
Smokin'
Sucker Punch’s next generation open world opus is set to sizzle as part of Sony’s big PlayStation 4 launch livestream this evening – but that’s not stopped one YouTube user from sending out some superhero smoke signals a little early. Arekkz Gaming has uploaded a few minutes of gameplay footage from the impending exclusive, showing...
News You'll Want to Rip These Tearaway Bundles Off Store Shelves
They'll tear a hole in your wallet
Sony has today announced these fantastic European PlayStation Vita bundles that are set to include Media Molecule's upcoming papercraft title Tearaway. The first package features a Wi-Fi Vita model and the whimsical platformer. Bundle number two also contains the same handheld model, as well as a voucher to...
Weirdness South Park Tackles the PS4 and Xbox One Console War
Stoking the flames
Clearly not content with its own impending South Park: The Stick of Truth, the potty-mouthed animated series has taken it upon itself to tackle the never-ending topic of the console wars. The clip that we've embedded below sees the show's main characters split up after pledging their allegiance to either the PlayStation 4 or Xbox...
