According to some “reliable” specs over on NeoGAF, the PS4 hardware is “more or less set in stone.” The forum post indicates that the PS4, codenamed “Orbis” will feature a AMD CPU with 4 cores and a AMD GPU capable of producing 1.8 teraflops. The RAM is also set at a rather low 2GB of GDDR5 RAM, and unlikely to be upgraded to 4GB.
The PlayStation Network will be going offline this Wednesday for scheduled maintenance. The maintenance window will begin at 16:00 BST until 20:30 BST on June 20th 2012 but the reason for maintenance was not given. During the downtime, users will be unable to sign-in to the PSN, PlayStation Store and related services.
PS3 exclusive RPG Rainbow Moon has been given a release date of July. In Europe, the game will be released on July 4th, but the North American and South East Asian release dates still need to be finalised but have a release window of July too.
THQ has released a new trailer for Darksiders II, in which a holy man preaches about the coming of Death and that’s exactly what happens. Darksiders II: Death Lives launches on consoles in August, and you can pick up the first title for free if you are a PlayStation Plus subscriber.
Gamecom is the next biggest game’s expo after E3, so it’s strange that Microsoft and Nintendo have declined to attend this year. However, Sony and most games publishers will be attending as usual, according to Joystiq. The expo attracted over over 275,000 attendees last year, so it’s a big opportunity for console makers to show off upcoming games.
Following on from the Final Fantasy XIV Interview we posted earlier this week, fans of Final Fantasy will be happy to know that the blog post has been updated with a mention of a public beta for the game. It now appears that the game itself won’t be launch this winter, but a beta will instead.
Two new gameplay trailers for God of War: Ascension have been released showing off the games single-player and multiplayer modes. These two videos show more action and gameplay than the E3 trailer released last week. Check both videos out below.
A new PlayStation 3 advert has appeared, promoting some of the best games the PS3 has to offer, it’s entertainment capabilities, as well reasons to buy the PS3. It also finally points out that online gaming on the PlayStation Network is free.
SCEA has announced a mobile application linked to the PS3 shooter Starhawk, available on iOS and Android devices. With the Starhawk Uplink app you can easily check out detailed player and clan stats, while staying current on the all of the latest Starhawk announcements and community news/events, all on the go, anytime, anywhere.
