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  • Quick Predictions For Sony’s Playstation Event Tomorrow (UPDATED)

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    Photo courtesy dvice.com

    We are only mere hours away from Sony’s Playstation event which, most likely, will reveal the Playstation 4. So I figured we would play a little game of “take a stab at rumors and see if Sony can screw it up”. We will go through some quick points and check back after the event to see how close we were to being in Sony’s head.

    Be sure and leave your guesses in the comments below. We want to hear just how in tune with Sony you are.

    Alright it is time to check and see how my guesses panned out from last night’s event.

    1. Will be called the Playstation 4

    Yes. Good Start.

    2. Will only come in one version

    No answer given. Closer to E3 maybe?

    3. 1TB hard drive (I am tempted to say 750GB)

    No answer given. Guess I was too specific.

    4. Will retail for $399.99

    Again, no answer.

    5. Will still be able to use the PS Move (I don’t know why)

    Yes. Media Molecule showed off a sculpting demo.

    6. Will stream games and may offer a game rental service.

    Yes. Well Gaikai did say streaming games, but not definite on the rental. I’ll take it.

    7. At least two of these games will be shown and/or announced as launch titles: Killzone 4, Uncharted 4, Infamous and Planetside 2

    Yes. Now we’re doing good. Killzone: Shadow Fall and Infamous: Second Son were shown.

    8. Will launch on October 25, 2013.

    No answer. This will most likely be at E3.

    Be sure and keep up with all the news here and on our Facebook and Twitter.

    All in all I am calling this a win for the good guys. 4 out of 8 right and the four not right are pushes for a later date. Bingo!!

  • Image Leak May Reveal The Next Xbox Name

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    Photo courtesy geektyrant.com

    An image has found its way online which appears to be from an Xbox dev unit and as you can see there is a name attached.

    Xbox Infinity.

    The name that has been tossed around for months as discussed in my next-gen article. Now this is purely a rumor right now and the picture has not been authenticated, but where there is smoke, there is fire. And don’t forget that Microsoft has already bought up the Xbox8.com domain name.

    We won’t have to wait very much longer to find out the truth. Sony has their big Playstation event tomorrow and one would assume that Microsoft will hold their event before GDC this year which will be in the next 3-4 weeks.

  • Will Playstation 4 Stream Games?

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    Photo courtesy computerriver.com

    With the Sony Playstation event coming up on Wednesday where the Playstation 4 is expected to be unveiled the rumor bin is in full overdrive. The newest one comes from The Wall Street Journal that reports that Sony will offer streaming games over their new system.

    ‘The new technology, to be unveiled Wednesday along with the new console, will allow users to play games delivered over the Internet, these people said. The streaming service, they added, is designed to use current PlayStation 3 titles on the new console; the new device is also expected to play new games stored on optical discs.”

    This rumor should probably be filed under the section “completely likely to happen”. Sony spent $380 million dollars last year purchasing the streaming service Gaikai and I am pretty sure it wasn’t just to have no use of it.

     

  • Has The Playstation 4 Controller Been Outed?

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    Photo courtesy Destructoid

    With only six days to go until Sony’s big press even that many people (by that I mean 100%) believe will be the official unveiling of the Playstation 4, it seems that Destructoid has found the first look at what the PS4 controller may look like.

    There have been many reports that Sony was abandoning the dualshock design and including a small touch screen that will serve as the start and select buttons as well as have a share button that will let users be able to post info and videos from games they are playing directly to social media sites. Now assuming this is a prototype and not the final product what we can take away from this photo is that the reports appear to be mostly true. It may not be a complete redesign of the dualshock but it certainly has a different look and honestly looks thick as hell (again, prototype).

    We only have six more days of waiting before (hopefully) we get to find out the truth. And on the bright side, at least it is not as asinine as the PS3 boomerang debacle.

  • Twisted Metal Birthday Bundle Available For One Week Only On PSN

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    Photo courtesy gameinformer.com

    Some more good news for Playstation Network owners besides all of the free stuff you get if you are a PS Plus member. For one week only you can purchase the Twisted Metal Birthday Bundle, which has the four best Twisted Metal games available (Twisted Metal 1,2,Black and 2012’s version), for only $39.99.

    I know some of you are wondering where is Twisted Metal: Small Brawl and if you are actually wondering that then we can’t be friends.

    The games will be available separately to buy on PSN also.

    Now….where is my Carmageddon remake??!!

     

  • God Of War: Ascension ‘From Ashes’ Live Action Trailer

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    So the guesses were correct the other day when Sony teased us with a short trailer showing a woman walking through a field. It is, in fact, Kratos’ wife as you can see by watching the full version below.

    Called “From Ashes”, the live action trailer shows Kratos holding his daughter. She soon begins to break apart and he has flashbacks of his family as a group of soldiers moves in towards him. It is certainly one of Sony’s most ambitious advertisements ever and the company will even be showing a shortened one minute version during the Super Bowl.

    God of War: Ascension releases on March 12th. Sony announced a new God of War Playstation 3 bundle with a red console that will release on the same day.

  • Will The Playstation 4 Be Announced On February 20th?

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    Photo courtesy gamasutra

    Sony attempted to break the internet last night when they simultaneously announced on their Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages that “the future of Playstation” would be announced at a news conference on February 20th. This instantly has everyone believing that this is where Sony will officially unveil the Playstation 4.

    But wait, I hear you exclaiming. Didn’t Kaz Hirai just say that Sony would let their competitors go first in announcing a new console? Why yes, yes he did.

    Who knows what is going on? Maybe Sony had a change in plans. Maybe this was their plan all along to give Microsoft a bit of a mindfu**. Either way all signs point to February 20th being a very huge day in the gaming world.

    That is, of course, unless Sony just trolled all of us and plan to reveal the new super, super, Keira Knightley slim PS3.

  • Killzone: Mercenary Trailer And Screenshots

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    It looks like it is finally time for the Vita to get the quality shooter it needs and deserves. One of the main selling points of Sony’s handheld, besides the power under the hood, was the whole new world that was opened by having two analog sticks. But the Resistance and Call of Duty franchises have fallen flat on their face in the past year and failed to deliver the FPS experience that the Vita is built for. Killzone: Mercenary is looking to change that. Developed by Guerrilla Cambridge to bring the Killzone experience to our sweaty little palms.

    Killzone: Mercenary has you playing as…..wait for it….a mercenary in the midst of the Helghan/ISA war and will take place after the first Killzone. You can essentially play both sides since you will be taking jobs based on who pays you more. It appears the game will have a robust weapons list from which to spend said blood money.

    The game simply looks amazing. When the Vita was launched, this was the type of game you knew the system was capable of, it was just a matter of time before someone figured out how to harness the real horsepower. Just watching the trailer you could almost be fooled into thinking you are watching a PS3 trailer.

    Check out the video and screenshots below to see how great Killzone is looking so far.

    Killzone: Mercenary releases on September 17th.

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  • God Of War Legacy Bundle, For The Kratos Fanatic In All Of Us

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    Sony has revealed the God Of War Legacy Bundle, which will coincide with the release of God of War: Ascension this March. The set comes with a garnet red Playstation 3, God of War Saga (which contains God of War 1&2 from PS2 and God of War: Chains of Olympus and Ghosts of Sparta from PSP), a copy of God of War: Ascension and 30 days of Playstation Plus.

    All of this Kratos goodness can be yours for only $349 and will be available on March 12th, the same day God of War: Ascension will hit stores.

    I personally would not mind a red PS3, but I can not get past the fact the new systems are uglier than Rihanna after a bad date with Chris Brown.

  • Sony Gives You Another Reason To Buy PS Plus

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    As if you actually needed another reason that is. Sony gives you so much free stuff for your 50 bucks a year it is almost ridiculous so what do they do? Give you more!!

    Until March 4th, whenever you purchase a year of Playstation Plus you will automatically get an extra three months for free. This even includes the Playstation 3 “Instant Game Collection” bundles that have been released. So not only will you get early access to betas and demos and an ever expanding list of free (FREE) games for your Playstation 3 and Vita but now you get 15 months for only $50.

    What more does Sony have to do to get you to try this?!