If you were wondering how it is that Nyko is bringing charger bases for both the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4‘s controllers – look no further. We had a quick chat with the folks at Nyko at E3 2013 this afternoon and got the quick once-over on how their unique technology works. Here well before the Xbox One or the PlayStation 4 are out in the public, Nyko is hitting it hard with unique abilities for the wireless controllers that will define the next generation in console gaming.
A liberal attitude to used games and now no region-locking: the PlayStation 4 is shaping up to be the console of choice for the freedom-obsessed gamer. The PS4 won't come with any regional locking, Sony's Brad Douglas confirmed at E3, meaning greater flexibility in where you buy your games.
Read The Full Story
Just hours after Microsoft's presentation at E3 2013, home to a market point and additional presentation of the Xbox One, Sony came out to reveal their heat. With the Xbox One priced at a cool $499 in the USA, Sony's announcement of the PlayStation 4 price at $399 USD sent the crowd howling, literally. This attached to the idea that PlayStation 4 would support used games and did not require an internet connection made for a real one-two-three punch we're sure Sony was aiming for.
Read The Full Story
Though the game itself will be cross-platform, hitting the PC and Xbox One as well, the Sony PlayStation 4′s E3 2013 keynote event played host to the first full-length preview of the game Destiny. This game promises to be an epic presentation of first-person approaches to a massive multiplayer universe, shown this week to be part of a much larger environment than even Bungie and Activision had set the public up for thus far.
Well, Sony just nailed this one on the head. After Microsoft announced the all new Xbox One there has been countless complaints and discussion about the entire ecosystem. Talk of used games not being supported, always-on connections, and people getting their tinfoil hats and more. Sony just cleared up any possible doubt with the PS4. Yes, Yes the Playstation 4 will support used games. No matter what.
Under the ground we go with Watch Dogs, an open sandbox game in which the user is a hacker in futuristic smart city, able to take control of any display, any computer system, and quite a few other humans, as well. Gameplay expands this week as Sony shows their PlayStation 4 graphics and computing power blowing through the game with some rather interesting results.
Read The Full Story
Today Sony is up on stage announcing all types of new and impressive titles for their upcoming PS4, and the Playstation 3. We've already seen plenty from their initial unveil in February, but today we're getting a closer look at games from all developers, including Indie titles, as well as the actual PS4 hardware. Then they shared a quick look at two titles we're sure many will be extremely exited to play.
Read The Full Story
This week at E3 2013, the folks at Ready At Dawn studios have shown a title that'd been just whispered of before today - The Order: 1886. This game will be a PlayStation 4 exclusive title and will follow a band of steampunk-like characters heading in to battle with what appears to be an age-old stagecoach. Once they reach a bump in the road, on the other hand, a bit more appears than meets the eye.
Read The Full Story
As Blizzard Entertainment lets it be known that their decade-long awaited title Diablo III has been optimized for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, a release date is dropped well within the ream of next-generation console detail. With September third on the books, the devil-bashing game is set to bring web-connected-only action to both consoles with whispers of a re-release for the future. Could it be that this game would continue to be released next year, as well?
Read The Full Story
As "The Last of Us" hits shelves, so too does a multiplayer gameplay demonstration take place, this environment known as Factions. What you'll be doing here is continuing the battle taken up in the original storyline presented in The Last of Us, only this time you're part of a team that's in direct combat for supplies - in one mode - with a team that's controlled by another set of real-life human beings.
Read The Full Story
We've spent a lot of time talking about the Xbox One's woes, but that doesn't mean that the PlayStation 4 doesn't have any of its own. It's said that almost all PS4 games will be required to support Remote Play on the PS Vita handheld console. Essentially, games that don't require the PS4 Eye camera will need to require Remote Play for the Vita.
Read The Full Story
It seems Sony really wants Minecraft on its PlayStation platform, all the way to the point that the company is bribing the game's creator, Markus Persson, with a VIP E3 2013 invite and what looks to be a gold-plated PSone console, as well as an original copy of Dungeon Master 2. Persson seems to be laughing it off, though.
Read The Full Story
