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News 11 years ago
PS4 Lifecycle Will be Shorter than PS3
Last generation was far too long, and while it allowed for the development of impressive platform-pushers like The Last of Us, it also led to reduced sales and even studio closures. Thankfully, it seems Sony will be swapping things out a little more this time around, with the PlayStation 4 lifecycle reduced over its predecessor.
News 11 years ago
PlayStation 4 EU Launch Apps Revealed
Sony have revealed the apps that'll be available on the PlayStation 4 when it launches later this week. Those hoping to completely replace their PlayStation 3 will be happy to know that all the major ones are there day one, and that there will be a lot more available to download between now and Spring 2014.
News 11 years ago
Gears of War Could Make it to PlayStation 4
We've seen this headline time and time again before, but it's never come to anything. The relationship between Epic and Microsoft on Gears of War has been fruitful for both parties, but the hope that the sci-fi shooter would someday make it to Sony consoles has been around as long as the PlayStation 3 has. And why not? They're great games.
News 11 years ago
LEGO The Hobbit Hitting Stores Next Year
Warner Bros. have today announced LEGO The Hobbit, a new LEGO game based in the world of Peter Jackson's latest epic fantasy trilogy. If LEGO Lord of the Rings is anything to go by, there'll be more than enough reference to JRR Tolkien's one-film-max 1937 novel as well.
News 11 years ago
Activision Exploring Ways to Make New Crash Game
There have been rumours, in the past few weeks, that Sony had bought the Crash Bandicoot IP and that they'd be reviving the franchise for the PlayStation 4. The story was actually pretty solid, consolidated by a teaser video and the removal of all references from the Activision website. According to Activision though, it was all a coincidence.
News 11 years ago
PS3 Users Locked Offline after Forced Password Reset
Sony have reset an amount of EU PlayStation Network passwords, forcing users to choose something new before they can re-access their online accounts. That's inconvenient enough, but they've done it on such a scale that there's a huge backlog of people waiting for password change emails, and Sony has no idea when they'll be caught up.
News 11 years ago
Sony UK Randomly Changing Passwords Ahead of PS4 Launch
Sony are resetting countless PSN passwords as a security measure ahead of the PlayStation 4 launch next week. There also may have been attempts to break the network, although that is entirely unconfirmed (and based only on an official statement on the Sony forums). Either way, it means you may need to mess around with your account details next time you want to connect to the PSN.
News 11 years ago
Call of Duty: Ghosts Map Pack Names Leaked
The names of all four map packs for Call of Duty: Ghosts have apparently been revealed by Activision on accident. According to VG24/7, a gamer by the name of Fariko_Scorch, a member of the competitive gaming group Fariko, posted an email sent to him by Activision that detailed the upcoming DLC. Here’s the tweet below: @charlieINTEL i got a email from call of duty pic.twitter.com/urug90TKqE — Ryan (@Fariko_Scorch) November 21, 2013 This image is more than likely legit.…
News 11 years ago
Sony Replacing Defective Playstation 4 Consoles ASAP
The debut of the Playstation 4 has been a bit of a mixed bag, mainly due to a lack of noteworthy launch titles. So, pretty par for the course as far as new console launches are concerned. However, there have been many people online that have reported that their next-gen consoles are defective, some just flat-out not working. Game Informer recently spoke Sony about these issues: “There have been several issues reported, which leads us to believe there isn’t a…
News 11 years ago
Man Fatally Shot Over Playstation 4
A Florida man was shot dead after a deal gone wrong over a Playstation 4, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The victim, 25-year-old Emmanuel Johnson, met up with another man at around 4:30 p.m. November 17th to haggle over the PS4. The two were originally supposed to meet near the Orlando police headquarters, but one of them decided to change the location at the last minute. When they finally met, things went from bad to worse and a shootout ensued, killing Johnson and wounding the other man. The shooting is still under investigation.