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PlayStation 4 to support PlayStation Move

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If you thought that Sony’s PlayStation Move would be a thing of the past once the PlayStation 4 was announced then you have another thing coming. Today during Sony’s PlayStation Event, Media Molecule’s Alex Evans went on stage to state how the PlayStation Move will be used for various things on the PS4.

The Move was shown as a sculpting tool, a paint brush and to control dancing avatars and avatars playing various musical instruments. No actual game was shown off but it was done to demonstrate the fact that the Move will be used for the PS4 and that the PlayStation 4 is a creative powerhouse as well as a gaming powerhouse.

Yoshinori Ono Announces Deep Down for PlayStation 4

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As he stood on stage at the PlayStation Meeting 2013, Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono reflected on past Capcom series like Street FighterResident Evil, and Monster Hunter.

More importantly, though, Ono announced, in both English and Japanese, the first Capcom game for the PlayStation 4 – a game with the working title Deep Down.

Deep Down looks like a deep, dark fantasy adventure akin to Dark Souls.  It will be one of the first games that will use Capcom’s new Panta Rhei engine.

The announcement trailer featured at Sony’s 2013 Meeting showed a soldier fighting a dragon in gorgeous 3D, and accompanied it with the tag line “Conquer your fear or die trying.”

DriveClub Announced for PlayStation 4

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In the past, PlayStation consoles have always launched with a racing game, whether Ridge Racer or Gran Turismo.  This time around, a new challenger enters the race.

Evolution Studios, developers of MotorStorm, have announced their inaugural PlayStation 4 title.  With its focus on team-based racing, DriveClub will come to the PlayStation 4 with all of the detail you were wanting from a Gran Turismo game and more.  DriveClub features extremely detailed real-world cars.  The developers even went so far as to model the leather and suede on the interior so the lighting is correct on it.

DriveClub will feature team-based challenges instead of focusing on a set of races.  Also, like a squad-based first person shooter, DriveClub will reward players based on how well they do in conjunction with their club – the online team they choose to race with.  DriveClub looks to be everything Gran Turismo fans could hope for and more.

Keep it tuned to Capsule Computers as we cover the rest of Sony’s 2013 Meeting.

Killzone: Shadow Fall announced for the PlayStation 4

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Guerrilla Games Co-Founder and company Director Hermen Hulst have just announced the newest addition to the Killzone franchise – Killzone: Shadow Fall.

The footage shown starts with the protagonists landing in a futuristic city, based – according to Hermen Hulst – on Cold War Berlin. This is brought to life by the use of a giant wall that divides the two factions; the Helghast and Vekta. These two races are in a permanent race war, with the Helghast claiming genetic superiority over the Vekta.

The next gen graphics in these videos are awesome. The explosive packed goodness of Killzone: Shadowfall was relentless, with the video showing tactics like flanking heavily shielded turrets and balls-to-the-wall action sequences. It starts with the protagonist landing on the roof of a gigantic skyscraper.

After being scanned at a security checkpoint, hell breaks loose. The facility has just been brutally attacked by an unseen force, who begin executing every single person they can find. The action doesn’t let up – in the final sequence, where our protagonist jumps off a skyscraper and catches a rope dangling out of a helicopters loading dock, my blood started pumping harder then it ever had before.

PlayStation 2013: inFAMOUS: Second Son Revealed

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Nate Fox game director at Sucker Punch, took to the PlayStation 2013 stage to announce and introduce inFAMOUS: Second Son. The debut trailer shown can be viewed below this article!

He started the presentation speaking about the price of our security, stating, “4.2 million security cameras are distributed all around Great Britain…Our security comes at a high price – our freedom.” Then he spoke about how great it would be to have superpowers that allow you to circumvent a highly monitored world…that’s when it became clear that we were about to see a new entry in the inFAMOUS franchise.

A PS4 exclusive, inFAMOUS: Second Son looks to make you more powerful than ever, allowing you to phase in and out of space. Now, without spoiling any previous storylines/conclusions, we can tell you Cole McGrath is not the player character this time. The trailer shown was all cinematics and hopefully there will be a video online soon for us to show you. Stay tuned to Capsule Computers for all future inFAMOUS: Second Son news.

Play games as they download on the PlayStation 4

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Today Sony announced that there will be a secondary chip in the PlayStation 4 that will allow the console to download games in the background. But what makes this so interesting is the fact that the PlayStation 4 will actually allow you to PLAY these games AS they are downloading, which means you can simply start downloading the game and as it downloads you can start playing it.

The company said that their plan with the PlayStation 4 is to “reduce download times of digital titles to zero” and they will do this in a way that makes your system judge your likes and dislikes and prepare games ahead of time for you that you will already buy.

PlayStation 4 components revealed; 8GB onboard memory and more

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Today during Sony’s PlayStation Live event at New York City the lead system architect on the PlayStation 4, March Cerny, has revealed a few technical specs of the newly announced PlayStation 4. The PlayStation 4 will come with a built in x86 CPU and will have an enhanced PC GPU which will be supported with 8 Gigabytes of on-board GDDR5 memory.

Along with that announcement Cerny also announced that yes, there will be a local hard drive in the PlayStation 4 but he did not elaborate further. He also mentioned that there will be a secondary chip inside of the PS4 which will handle all of the downloading which means that all downloads can be performed in the background even while you’re playing a game.

Vita And PlayStation 4 Work Closely Together with Remote Play

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With the president of Gaikai on stage for Sony’s Meeting 2013, several big topics were announced.  One of the most significant of those announcements, though, was the introduction of what Sony is calling “Remote Play.”

As demonstrated on-stage with Knack, Sony’s first officially announced PlayStation 4 title, Remote Play will allow players to pick up their PlayStation Vita (that’s right, Vita owners – Sony hasn’t forgotten about you!) and stream your PlayStation 4 games in full fidelity straight to your PlayStation Vita.

On top of being able to play PlayStation 4 games on your Vita, Remote Play will also let players have their friends take over control of their game from across the internet.  This provides some really interesting possibilities for play in the future.

For more, keep it right here with Capsule Computers as we take you through Sony’s 2013 Meeting.

PlayStation 2013: Gaikai Connects Us All

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At the PlayStation 2013 event, Gaikai CEO and Founder David Perry elucidated us on the true integration of Gaikai with the PlayStation 4..

He said, “try it for free, share it if you like it and pay for it only if you love it.” Facebook and UStream are official partners that are going to help connect us all and bring fans together. It is “the first social gaming network with meaning – dedicated to games”  You will be able to use “the share button to broadcast from your game live 100% in real time.” UStream integration will also allow to multi-casting capabilities.

Down the line, the ability to stream the entire back catalog of PlayStation games, across all generations, to any device will be possible (we’ll need clarification on that…any device sounds insane!). The fastest global network ever made will be necessary for this, and the project to create such a network has been greenlit by Sony.

Cloud services will be revealed and released in phases, so for all future information, stay tuned to Capsule Computers as we continue to update you.

 

First PlayStation 4 Game Announced as Knack

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With Sony having its Meeting 2013 on a cold February Wednesday, everyone wondered what Sony would have coming down the pipe.  Would they announce the next system?  What about the new controller or system capabilities?  Would they show off any games?

Approximately twenty minutes into the meeting, Sony’s Mark Cerny announced the first official PlayStation 4 game,  a title that he is directing.  That game is called Knack.

Humanity is in trouble.  Orcs are attacking and humanity needs a way to fight back.  Enter Knack.  Knack shows a small robotic type creature with the ability to manipulate items around him to modify the size of his body and more.

Keep your eyes tuned here to Capsule Computers for more as Sony works through their 2013 Meeting.