According to a former AMD employee, Sony is working on the PlayStation 4 and “the processor designer may play a key role in the new product.”
AMD claimed last month that gaming will help drive their revenue growth in 2012.
AMD and Sony’s Chief Transformation Officer George Bailey have declined to comment on the claim.
President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America Jack Tretton commented in a interview with IGN about PlayStation 4 being a distraction for the company.
Tretton said that the release of PS4 will depend on Sony’s current platforms and how they perform.
“In terms of when you talk about [the next generation] and when you announce it, it really depends on the health of the existing platform and the other things you have going on,” Tretton said. “And right now, we’re focused on PlayStation 3, and I’ve got another platform (PS Vita) to get out the door in seven days, so I don’t want to be thinking about trying to launch new technology anytime soon. I want to focus all our energy on our console business, which is really just hitting its stride, and Vita, which really deserves a dedicated push from us.”
Tretton admitted he would be distracted if he had to discuss PlayStation 4 this year.
“I, quite frankly, would be very distracted if I had to be talking about next generation hardware this year.”
Capcom recently registered the trademark for Darkstalkers.
The brawler made its debut in the arcades in 1994 and had multiple sequels that were eventually ported to PlayStation. The last title was Darkstalkers Chronicle on the PSP in 2005.
Yoshinori Ono previously stated that if 500,000 people sign a petition for a Darkstalker game that Capcom could allow him to develop a new game. His comment was made in response to 100,000 fans petitioning for a new game back in March 2011.
Ubisoft announced this afternoon that Assassin’s Creed III will be released on October 30, 2012.
Ubisoft chief Yves Guillemot confirmed in a conference call that the sequel has been in development for three years.
“We will push the title a lot because it’s a fantastic product that the team has been working for three years,” he commented. “What we have seen is just fabulous.”
Medal of Honor 2 is expected to make a debut at GDC 2012, as EA has sent out invites to a press event for March 6.
We last heard about Medal of Honor 2 when developer Danger Close Games confirmed last year that the next sequel was in the works. A Medal of Honor 2 artwork was included with Battlefield 3 copies in October 2011.
PSN exclusive title Journey is completely finished after being under development for three years confirmed ThatGameCompany. Sony has not announced a release date for the title yet.
Studio boss Jenova Chen took to Twitter to announce the news: “Three years is a long time when you finally finish something and look back [and say], ‘What have I done in the past three years?’” he said. “Hope it’s worth it.”
On release date, “Sony’s working on [a date]” but that there are “quite a few big releases coming up”. “Once Sony figure out the right time, they will announce it. I assume pretty soon.”
Rising Star Games released the highly anticipated patch for King of Fighters XIII. The new patch fixes several bugs from the online component.
-Ranked Match Filtering: One of the most requested additions, players may now set conditions for their opponent’s connection. When a player who doesn’t meet the standby conditions tries to enter the Ranked match, a warning message will be displayed and the match cancelled.
-Improved Filtering: Filtering functionality in general has seen dramatic improvements. Previously, certain connection data was not filtered sufficiently and the player had a chance of connecting to opponents with poor connection quality. Now, more aggressive filtering should ensure that players are only matched with opponents who meet their filter settings.
-Improved Connection Antenna: The computation behind the players’ connection antenna, the meter indicating the quality of a player’s connection, has been improved, resulting in a more accurate and consistent measurement.
-Temporarily Saved Custom Match Settings: Players may continue searching for opponents with the same settings as long as the player remains in the PLAYER MATCH/RANKED MATCH menu.
-Character-specific Bug Fixes: “NESTS-Style” Kyo and Iori with the Power of Flames no longer become unresponsive under certain circumstances.
-Additional refinements, fixes, and more.
Hadoken has released information of Capcom’s Street Fighter x Tekken DLC. The content is totaled to cost $55 and includes six new gems, costumes and characters.
Boost Gem Pack 1 – $2.99 Includes 9 new gems to equip to your characters.
Boost Gem Pack 2 – $2.99 Includes 9 new gems to equip to your characters.
Color Edit Pack 1 – FREE Includes 4 new colors to use in the Color Edit mode.
Costume Swap S Pack – $9.99 Includes a new costume for each of the Street Fighter characters, based on a Tekken character.
Costume Swap T Pack – $9.99 Includes a new costume for each of the Tekken characters, based on a Street Fighter character.
Costume Swap X Pack – $15.99 A combination of the S Pack and T Pack – Includes new costumes for each character, based on characters from the opposite series.
New Challengers Pack – $7.99 Adds 4 new characters to the game: Cody, Guy, Christie and Leo.
X Unlocker – $4.99 Unlocks two secret characters, Akuma and Ogre, as well as all additional character colors and special modes without having to perform the in-game tasks to unlock them.
Street Fighter x Tekken is due out on PlayStation 3 in March, with a PS Vita version following shortly after.