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AFTER XBOX KICKED off E3 with its keynote, Sony was the second of the three major console players to reveal its plans for the next twelve months.
While Xbox’s presentation was very games focused, and Nintendo’s keynote is likely to follow the same format, Sony not only announce key games, but developments in services like Playstation Now and Playstation TV. Here were some of the key announcements.
Destiny
Release Date: 9 September
One of the most anticipated games of the year, Destiny is a highly stylised first-person shooter from the creators of Halo, Bungie. Taking place in what it describes as a “mythic science fiction” setting, the game will incorporate massively multiplayer online elements to create a world that will develop as players play.
The beta will arrive on 17 July, while the alpha will arrive this week for Playstation owners.
Entwined
Release Date: Now
A breather from the gritty and dark action games that preceded it, Entwined tells the story of “two souls who are in love but can’t be together” and has you guiding both a fish and a bird over the course of their lifetimes.
With origami-style graphics and trippy visuals, the surprise was the game is available now in the Playstation Store for $9.99 and will appear on the PS3 and Vita.
LittleBigPlanet 3
Release Date: November
The third edition of the playful level creator series throws a number of new characters into the mix like Oddsock, a dog that can wall run, and a bird named Swoop. These characters will form the basis of the game’s co-op section, which will allow up to four players to play together.
More than 8.7 million levels have been created across the first two LittleBigPlanet games, and all of them will be playable in the sequel.
Batman: Arkham Knight
Release Date: 2015
A gameplay demo of the latest game in the Arkham series has Batman gliding through the city, driving through Gotham in the Batmobile, and hunting down the Penguin before the Scarecrow makes an appearance.
Batman moves fluidly, transitioning from flying to driving to fighting smoothly, suggesting that this could be the best one yet.
Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
Release Date: 2015
Uncharted 4′s trailer revealed very little about how the game will play, but what we do know is it features a much older Nathan Drake, now a retired fortune hunter, and numerous references to it being the last job, suggesting everything will be wrapped up in this installment.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain
Release Date: 2015
Directed by its creator Hideo Kojima, The Phantom Pain’s five minute trailer will go over the heads of those who haven’t been following the series, but for those who are up to date, we got glimpses of Big Boss and his new private military force Diamond Dogs, something that will play a major part in its open-world setting.
No Man’s Sky: Infinite Worlds
Release Date: Not announced
The space exploration games is one of the more visually stunning games shown during Sony’s keynote. The main hook is that each player starts on a different planet, and will be able to explore other planets and solar systems.
Since the game is procedurally generated (generated through algorithm instead of manually), it means that not even the developers know what planets are out there.
Re-released and remastered games
While the announcement of remastered games like The Last of Us were expected, and the news that GTAV would arrive in the Autumn got a warm response, some of the biggest cheers came from the news that the classic adventure game Grim Fandango will be remastered for the PS4 and PS Vita.
If this news doesn’t excite you, it’s from Tim Schafer who is responsible for some of the best point and click adventure games around like Day of the Tentacle, Monkey Island and Psychonauts.
Playstation TV
The microconsole that Sony released in Japan last year will be arriving in the US, Canada and Europe in Autumn for $99 and will play games from Playstation Now, and Vita games.
Those who own a PS4 already will be able to enable remote play which allows them to stream their PS4 games to another TV in their house.
Playstation Now
Sony’s on-demand cloud gaming service will go into beta on 31 July. While the line up hasn’t been announced yet, the pricing of games, which will include both first- and third-party games, will range between $2.99 to $19.99 depending on the rental period.
The company did say it was working on expanding the service to Europe and Japan so potentially it could arrive here by the end of the year.
Also, it took the time to announce its first original television show Powers, an adaptation of the graphic novel which follows a pair of detectives with superpowers. The show will be make its debut on Playstation Network on December, and every customer will get the first episode for free.
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Arkham Knight! I’ll have to ask Santa nicely for a PS4 console now. I can always wish… Failing that I can sell crack to blind kids & make a few bob that way.
Uncharted and LBP3 look amazing. The Order could be promising
Other than that it was just multiplatform stuff. (Far cry and AC Unity also look great).
That being said there isnt much to encourage me to but a PS4 until this time next year
but* = buy
Looking forward to Destiny, but what I really want is a Fallout 4 announcement of some sort
I’m really in want of a PS4 right now @.@
That’s more like it Sony, I was an xbox fan for so long, not anymore!!
Same. I had both an Xbox 360 and a PS3 but I only have a PS4 now.
Nothing about Bloodborne? Considering the director is the same guy who did Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls 1 you’d think there’d be more attention about it…
There was a vid released at e3 showcasing BloodBourne, journal doesn’t have it though.
The only one there with looking forward to is mgs
Really? The trailer bored the arse off me quite frankly. I know Kojima likes his long, theatrical…well, everything, but this was just obscure. Am I the only one that has no idea what the mechanical arm is about? Is Snake the guy that killed Harrison Ford’s wife in The Fugitive?
I’d hold off on getting it right away wait for it to come bundled with mgs ground zero
Abes odyssey in July it’s going to be new n tasty
DLNA and i’ll upgrade from the PS3. Until then not interested.
For the love of all that is good, no more multiplayer first person shooters! It’s depressing looking at the state of shelves for the PS4, making me regret ever going next gen from my xbox…
That being said…. GRIM FANDANGO!!!!
I’ve been waiting for a Grim Fandango remake for years.
Rainbow six siege I’ll say no more looks like a winner to me
Still no DLNA
Uncharted!! Wow
About 3 games look good. Rest look crap. MGS looks like it needs to just go away. The Playstation TV looks good, but needs more then just been able to play on different tv’s for me to be interested. But at least Mircosoft built theirs into the Xbone.
Can’t wait for BF Hardline, MGS, Star Wars Battlefront, The Division, Destiny, Uncharted 4, The Last of Us (remastered) and Rainbow Six to name a few!
Thought they might bring out a tablet to rival iPad mini.sony only have big tablets so far
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