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Sony has to date sold around 900,000 PlayStation Cameras designed for use with PS4. As GameSpot reports, with global PS4 sales standing at around 6m units that equates to an attach rate of 15 per cent. However, the number would have been higher – possibly far higher – were the …
Read More »Sony opens up host of indie tools for PlayStation development
Four popular development tools have been opened up for those hoping to develop indie titles for PS4, PS3 and Vita. Develop reports that GameMaker: Studio and MonoGame will both be updated to include tools needed for exporting titles to PS4 for licensed Sony Computer Entertainment developers. In addition, developers are …
Read More »PS4 updates bringing new video sharing options, HDCP off, Twitch archiving, upped resolution
Sony has detailed some significant new functionality being added to its Share button. An update coming soon” to PS4 will, as stated on the PlayStation blog, add the following: A rich video editor with a simple tool to personalise your video clips The ability to export to and save the …
Read More »GameMaker goes free for all PS4 developers
GDC 2014: Licensed devs free to create and publish GameMaker games on PlayStation platforms
Read More »Dark Souls II debuts at No.1 in Japan as PS4 retains hardware lead
Cult RPG game Dark Souls II has debuted at the top of the Japanese charts, the latest Famitsu sales data has revealed. Namco Bandai’s game sold 256,701 units on PS3 in its first week – that’s seven times more than its closest rival Youkai Watch on 3DS. PS4 remains the …
Read More »Sony’s VR headset Project Morpheus revealed
GDC 2014: PlayStation lifts the lid off worst kept secret – virtual reality for PS4
Read More »No Platinum trophy for Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes won’t offer players the chance to gain a Platinum Trophy on PS4 or PS3. That’s because, as explained by creator Hideo Kojima on Twitter, Sony doesn’t allow for Platinum Trophies in budget releases. Ground Zeroes costs 19.99 on current-gen and 29.99 on next-gen. What …
Read More »Umbra readies visibility tool for VR revolution
GDC 2014: Graphics specialist says its optimisation can halve the processing time for VR rendering
Read More »Race the Sun heading for PS4, PS3 and Vita this summer
Flippfly’s minimalistic endless runner Race the Sun is getting the PlayStation treatment. Having been released on PC last year and more recently on Steam, the game is now due for release on PS4, PS3 and Vita this summer. It will be a cross-but title and also support cross-save. There’s just …
Read More »Spencer: "Being a fan of Xbox doesn’t mean you can’t be a fan of something else"
Microsoft Game Studios boss Phil Spencer has said fanboys have an unhealthy dislike” for rivals and should realise that all formats have their virtues. There seems to be this natural faction that gets created around what console you own, and then this,” he said at an SXSW panel, as reported …
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