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Sony has revealed that it sold 4m PS4 consoles in the quarter ending September. The number – which of course came before the machine’s recent price cuts in key territories such as the UK, US, Japan and China – compares incredibly favourably with its rivals. Microsoft sold around 2m Xbox …
Read More »Gran Turismo Sport is not Gran Turismo 7
Sony has said that the newly announced Gran Turismo Sport should not be regarded as a full release in the popular series. The game was announced at Paris Games Week last night and sounds as if it occupies a middle ground between previous ‘Prologue’ taster titles and a fully-fledged instalment. …
Read More »VIDEO: Sony PGW highlights – Gran Turismo Sport, Horizon Zero Dawn, Detroit and Wild
Sony’s Paris Games Week conference last night delivered new footage on a number of big upcoming PS4 titles. Freshly announced titles included Gran Turismo’s first foray onto PS4, Gran Turismo Sport and new Quantic Dream title Detroit: Beyond Human. There were also some impressive gameplay peaks at Guerrilla’s Horizon Zero …
Read More »VIDEO: No Man’s Sky arrives June 2016 on PS4, PC
Upcoming sci-fi adventure game No Man’s Sky will launch this June, developer Hello Games has announced. The studio released a new trailer for the game during Sony’s PlayStation Paris Games Week event, revealing the title will launch simultaneously on PS4 and PC this coming June. No Man’s Sky is currently …
Read More »VIDEO: Tekken 7 heading to PS4
Bandai Namco has revealed Tekken 7 will receive a worldwide console release on PS4, with the publisher teasing unspecified support for PlayStation VR as well. The console version was unveiled as part of Sony’s PlayStation Paris Games Week event. Tekken producer Katsuhiro Harada said the PS4 port will be the …
Read More »VIDEO: Street Fighter V launches on PS4 in February
Street Fighter V will launch on PS4 this Feburary in Europe and North America, Capcom has revealed. Executive producer Yoshinori Ono presented a new trailer for the title during Sony’s PlayStation Paris Games Week event, announcing it will release for Sony’s console on February 16th. Along with the release date, …
Read More »PS4’s eSports platform is called PlayStation Plus League
In more news presumably intended to be revealed at Sony’s Paris Games Week conference tonight, details about the platform holder’s eSports platform have arrived online. IGN spotted what appears to be a homepage for something called the PlayStation Plus League. The portal name-drops a host of titles including PES 2016, …
Read More »Driveclub Bikes name-dropped by PEGI
It seems one of Sony’s Paris Games Week announcements has been revealed ahead of time. Gematsu spotted a now-removed listing for a title called Driveclub Bikes on the PEGI website, meaning the game had been submitted for certification in Europe. The title appeared as a serperate listing from the core …
Read More »Everquest designer forms indie studio Stonethunder Games
Everquest franchise designer Ryan Barker has moved on from the game he spent the past fifteen years working on to found his own studio, Stonethunder Games. Games Industryreports Barker formed the studio earlier this year, likely spurred by Sony’s sale of Everquest developer Sony Online Entertainment – which has since …
Read More »Hello Games denies surprise No Man’s Sky launch this week
There’s a rumour doing the rounds that Sony could surprise the gaming world this week with a shock release of No Man’s Sky tomorrow. The root of the chat appears to be the fact that No Man’s Sky is conspicuous in its absence from Sony’s Paris Games Week activities. Sony …
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