As I sing a ballad of triumph and hopefulness for the Nintendo Switch, so I must swap to a somber so… …
Famitsu has released its interview with SIE’s executive vice president Masayasu Ito, where he talks about the development of the PS4 as the console hits its fifth anniversary in Japan. The post SIE’s Masayasu Ito Reminisces About The Development Of The PS4 & PS4 Pro appeared first on Siliconera.
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Eariler this week we reported that PSVR multiplayer shooter Starblood Arena is shutting down. Now developer WhiteMoon Dreams has spoken up with a bittersweet goodbye. Studio CEO Jay Koottarappallil took to the PSVR subreddit to talk about the game’s closure. “People, we loved this game so deeply,” he wrote, “it became a large part of the studio’s identity and though we work on other things today, the roots of SBA run deep, making this time even harder.” Starblood was an enjoyable six degrees of freedom (6DOF) VR shooter that launched in 2017. It had some good ideas on how to build a VR shooter, but struggled to find a robust audience. That’s a common theme with VR games. Sony will take the servers offline in July. Koottarappallil revealed that the decision to shut servers down came from Sony…
Are we entering a “new wave of puritanism hitting games”? Blizzard Ex-Producer Mark Kern seems to think so, as noted in a series of Tweets — as well as a recent trend of stories that boost his claims. While many accusations of Sony USA and PlayStation dictating content to developers, rarely will someone within the development or publisher community chime in. Not so with Mark Kern, a Blizzard Ex-Producer who worked on World of Warcraft, Starcraft, and Diablo II. In a chain Tweet yesterday, Kern lashed out at PlayStation and Sony USA, accusing them of censoring Sony Japan’s content and taking part in “a new wave of puritanism hitting games”: I do find it disturbing that the US is imposing their current moral panic on other countries and cultures and foreign game developers. The US being world police on morality is what I…
Around a month ago, players in Europe were able to access their PlayStation stats for 2018 in the form of the Your PS4 Life video, however, players in other regions, including in the United States, were left out. Now, that’s changed, as Sony has officially released this year’s customizable Wrap-Up page. Just like the Your PS4 Life video, this site is pretty comprehensive, showing players which games they spent the most time with, how many different games they played, the number of trophies they earned, and, of course, more. You can even see which genre you played the most of during 2018. You can check out your own PlayStation 4 stats by clicking here, however, it’s worth noting that as of the time of this writing, the site is acting a bit spotty, and I was only able to get it to…
Way back in 2014, Sony announced PlayStation Now. A service that’s designed to work across a range of devices such as the PS4, and PS Vita. Well, it’s 2019 now and Sony has today announced that the subscription service will finally be rolling out to various countries across Europe and they’re listed below. The service is planned to roll out to Spain, Italy, Portugal, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden. Previously, the only European countries who have had access to PlayStation Now has been UK, Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Switzerland, Austria, Luxemburg and Ireland. The service is also available in the US. PlayStation Now won’t be launching instantly, instead, sign-ups have opened up for a public beta which is planned to start in February of this year. Access to the beta will allow players to get hands-on with over 600+ games, ranging from PS2, PS3, and PS4 titles. If…
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