Not making it to E3 this year? Fear not: London will be getting its own indie gaming alternative, which will coincide with the major LA-based gaming convention. Taking place at the Loading Bar in Soho from June 10th – 13th, EToo will feature over 30 game developers showing off their latest games. PlayStation will be in attendance, with Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us playable, as well as innovative platform adventure Rain and some “surprise extras”.
Sony have revealed their plans to live-steam their E3 Press Conference, where the PS4 will finally be revealed. In just over 10 days time, you’ll be able to watch Sony unveil the PS4 along with “the next chapter in the PlayStation story” from their E3 Live Stream website. In the UK and Europe, the Press Conference will take place at 2 AM on Tuesday, 11th June 2013.
Sony has released a new developer diary for upcoming PS4 FPS Killzone: Shadow Fall, as part of PlayStation’s “Conversations with creators” series. In the new video, the developers talk about what it means to them to be a launch title on the new platform. The game will be releasing towards the end of the year, exclusively available for the PS4.
A developer working on PS4 games has told Digital Foundry that all PS4 games that don’t support the PS4’s camera requires Remote Play functionality with the PS Vita. Remote Play hasn’t seen a lot of support in the past, even with the PSP console, so this is good news if the details are accurate. Sony has already stated that the long term plan is to have most PS4 games playable on the PS Vita via Remote Play.
Despite the Xbox One requiring gamers to pay a fee to play a second-hand game, GameStop President, Tony Bartel, has told Forbes that the company will still sell pre-owned Xbox One and PlayStation 4 games. For Xbox One owners, it will mean that consumers will have to pay for the game twice – once at point of purchase and again on Xbox Live.
Bungie have released a new trailer for their upcoming PS3 and PS4 title Destiny, titled “Law of the Jungle”. The new trailer is a CG/live action trailer that features three Guardians in action, and was created in collaboration with director Jon Favreau, actor Giancarlo Esposito, and visual effects house Digital Domain.
A full page advert in today’s Metro newspaper has confirmed that the PlayStation 4 will be releasing in the UK in 2013. The advert, promoting PlayStation as an official sponsor of the UEFA Champions League, can be found in the sports section of the newspaper.
EA have today announced Need For Speed: Rivals for current and next-gen platforms, including the PS4. The game, co-developed by Criterion and Ghost Games, will run on Frostbite 3 and will be released this November for current gen platforms, and on next-gen platforms when they become available. The game will be an open world title, with players playing as either a cop or racer.
Following on from the Xbox One announcement this week, its clear that Sony is putting the consumers and developers first, while Microsoft is more concerned about themselves and publishers. As a result of the Xbox One announcement, Sony’s share prices increased by over 9%, showing that investors are putting they money on the PS4 over Microsoft’s new console. The reason? There’s actually a few of them.
DICE, a studio of Electronic Arts Inc, has announced that the highly-anticipated action blockbuster Battlefield 4 will be available this holiday for early-adopters of the next-generation hardware systems: Xbox One, and the PlayStation 4. The game was previously announced for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, but was confirmed for next-gen consoles too at the Xbox One event yesterday.
