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Issues with the latest PlayStation 4 firmware update has caused 2K Games and Turtle Rock Studios to postpone the platform’s planned alpha event for Evolve. A post on the upcoming game’s official site states that PS4’s 2.00 firmware update has caused unspecified issues for Turtle Rock – though GameSpot reports …
Read More »PlayStation Plus boasts 7.9m subscribers
Sony’s PlayStation Plus service has climbed to 7.9m members, the company has confirmed. The firm revealed the figure during a post-earnings conference call with international investors earlier this week, following Sony’s earlier announcement that its PlayStation 4 hardware had reached 13.5m sales worldwide. It’s not clear how the number breaks …
Read More »Resogun targeting Vita release
Developer Housemarque has confirmed that PS4 shooter Resogun is in development for Vita. The 2.5D shooter was a launch title on PS4 and was one of the console’s early flagbearers, much in the same way as previous title Super Stardust HD was on PS3. News of the Vita port first …
Read More »PS4 unit sales reach 13.5m worldwide as console enjoys its best quarter since launch
Sales of the PS4 have now hit 13.5m units after the console shifted 3.3m worldwide in the quarter ending September 30th, Sony has revealed. That’s up from the 2.7m shipped in the quarter before and the 3m shipped in Q4 2013, Sony’s sales datashows. In fact, it is the second …
Read More »Driveclub PS+ Edition ‘postponed until further notice’
The free version of DriveClub for PlayStation Plus subscribers has been delayed until further notice, Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed. Unfortunately, the road to launch has been a little rocky, and we are truly sorry that so many of you have not been able to enjoy everything …
Read More »Sharing Sony’s tech: A look inside the Authoring Tools Framework
Sony Worldwide Studios holds the keys to the tech behind hit games such as The Last of Us and Killzone – and it has made them available to everyone
Read More »Sony drops big Uncharted PS4 re-release hint
Some are chalking this up as a mistake. We’re not quite as convinced. In a blog post detailing the new YouTube sharing functionality now available on PS4 as part of the 2.00 firmware update, Sony used a screenshot showing someone uploading an Uncharted 3 clip. Uncharted 3 is only available …
Read More »Sony investigating PS4 update complaints as Driveclub PS+ Edition is put on hold
The ongoing problems with DriveClub and SingStar have now been compounded with several issues affecting PS4 owners who have downloaded the 2.00 firmware update. We are aware of issues reported by some PS4 users following the release of PS4’s latest system software update, v2.00,” Sony told MCV. We are investigating …
Read More »UPDATED: Bloodborne producer says 30fps is ‘best’
The producer of upcoming PS4 exclusive Bloodborne has said that the decision to target 30fps was a specific and deliberate design goal. Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Studio’s Masaaki Yamagiwa told PlayStationLifeStyle that while SCEJ and From Software haven’t made an official announcement” regarding Bloodborne’s tech specs they will probably go …
Read More »VIDEO: Here’s how Share Play will work on PS4
Sony has explained how its new Share Play feature will work on PS4s. The feature arrives as part of PS4’s v2.0 firmware is released tomorrow. It allows owners to transfer control of their games to friends over the internet, and as it relies on streaming tech the share-ee need not …
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