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Sony has confirmed that PlayStation 4 will not prevent consumers from playing second-hand games, silencing the rumours once and for all. Countless reports, rumours, and speculation pieces since March last year have suggested that the next generation Sony console will block second-hand games. But Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida …
Read More »ANALYSIS: PlayStation 4 – A sensible plan served with trademark waffle and hype
MCV editor-in-chief Michael French says Sony is changing its tune with PlayStation 4, despite some bad habits. Bathed in the gobbledegook of a thousand suits, showered in the light of video after video of noisy shootybang games, and devoid of firm details such as price, date, and what it actually …
Read More »Frictional targets Q2 for Amnesia sequel
Frictional Games has revealed it has received developer thechineseroom’s final version of Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, an indirect sequel to Frictional’s 2010 survival horror hit. The series creator-turned-publisher announced on its blog that the game should arrive at some point between April and June of this year, adding that …
Read More »Murdered: Soul Suspect to launch in 2014 on current-gen hardware
Square Enix has confirmed platforms alogn with a vague release target for its freshly announced paranormal investigation game, Murdered: Soul Suspect. The publisher announced that the game will launch for PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, but not until sometime next year. As of now, the 2014 release doesn’t appear to …
Read More »Diablo 3 headed to PS3, PS4
Blizzard’s Chris Metzen made a surprise on-stage appearance at Sony’s PlayStation 4 reveal event. Metzen announced that his company and Sony had entered into a strategic partnership to bring Blizzard games to PlayStation consoles, and the first game to do so will be Diablo 3. Diablo 3 will be available …
Read More »Sony sells M3 shares in restructuring effort
As part of a restructuring effort, Sony has sold a percentage of its shares from medical marketing and research subsidiary M3. The firm still remains the majority shareholder after shedding six per cent of its stake in M3, accounting for 95,000 shares. The sale is expected to net Sony $1.23bn, …
Read More »Jonathan Blow’s The Witness to debut on PS4
Jonathan Blow, the creator of the award-winning Braid, has announced that his new game will debut on the PlayStation 4. The Witness is a first-person exploration-puzzle game set in an open-world that isn’t massive in size but is densely populated and packs in a ton of variety. Blow promised that …
Read More »GungHo’s Puzzle & Dragons hits daily revenue of $2m
Japanese mobile firm GungHo Online Entertainment is pulling in an estimated $2m a day on a single free-to-play title. Gamasutra reports the company’s Puzzle & Dragons looks to have taken Japan by storm, earning around $65m monthly from a registered user base topping 8m across iOS and Android versions. All …
Read More »Select PSN users gifted $10 store credit for "being loyal"
Certain Playstation Network members have reported receiving $10 in store credit from Sony for their apparent loyalty. PSN users on Twitter and popular gaming forum Neogaf have claimed to receive the funds accompanied by this message: "Thank you for being a loyal customer and fan of the PlayStation Network. As …
Read More »PS4 won’t natively support PS3 games
In amongst a long list of impressive PlayStation Clould features laid out for the PS4 by Gaikai’s David Perry was one little detail that may turn many potential buyers off. While Perry said that cloud services on the PS4 would enable Sony to stream PS3 games to users, he also …
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