The PS5’s unique elements are still to be revealed, according to a recent interview with Sony Interactive Entertainment president and CEO Jim Ryan. Speaking to Business Insider Japan, Ryan also revealed that the console would launch in Japan alongside the West.
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PlayStation Now is set to change the way we game when it releases in North America later this year. As long as your Internet connection is up to the task, you’ll be able to stream PS3 titles to your PS4 and PS Vita. In an interview with Polygon, Sony recommends a minimum 5 Mb/second connection to use the service.
Speaking to CVG following the announcement of PlayStation Now, SCEA’s marketing VP John Koller has revealed that the streaming service won’t give users access to games they already own on disc for free. When asked if the PS4 would detect PS3 games in the drive and unlock it via streaming, Koller responded with “We… uh, initially, no. So, we’re saying no to that right now.”
As final platform testing comes to an end, Housemarque have shared some new footage of PS4 launch title RESOGUN, along with a exclusive interview with the developers. The developers talk about the game’s system and design, while a second video shows off some of the concept art for the game.
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag’s Game Director Ashraf Ismail has revealed some new information about the upcoming game featuring new protagonist Captain Edward Kenway, and set during the Golden Age of Pirates in the early 1700s. Ismail has previously revealed that present-day sequences will be available in the game, but has delved deeper in a new interview.
Mark Cerny, the man who designed the hardware and functionality of the PS4, says the PlayStation 4 will have the strongest launch line-up yet. And it’s all thanks to the ease of developing on the machine. The news was revealed in an interview Gamasutra had with Cerny yesterday. “The launch lineup for PlayStation 4 – though I unfortunately can’t give the title count – is going to be stronger than any prior PlayStation hardware,” he said. “And that’s a result of that [tech] familiarity.”
In a brand new interview with Sony’s Mark Cerny, the man who designed the hardware and functionality of the PS4, has revealed new information about the console, including the motivation behind removing backwards compatibility and using the new UI at 4K resolution. The interview’s in Japanese, but translations exist, though we cannot verify all the facts. We’ve summarised the main points below.
Naughty Dog’s upcoming title, The Last of Us, will have a single-player campaign that is expected to last 12-16 hours long. Naughty Dog’s Arne Meyer confirmed the length of the story while speaking to EvolveEnt in a recent interview. However, the game is strictly linear, but if the player chooses to act stealthily or take their time to explore environments, the game will easily last 16 hours.
Originally launched in Japan over a year ago, the sequel to Tales of Graces F, Tales of Xillia, will be released exclusively on the PS3 in 2013. In an interview with the PlayStation.Blog, producer Hideo Baba revealed new details about the game. Tales of Xillia is the 13th title in the long-running series, and brings a number of significant new innovations for the much-loved franchise.
Speaking in an interesting interview with Kotaku, the EA’s COO Peter Moore talks about microtransactions and how games will transform to use the free-to-play model in the next 5-10 years. He things that “microtransactions will be in every game, but the game itself or the access to the game will be free.”
