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Sony’s Teaser Trailer Hints To PS4 Announcement

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Sony revealed a teaser trailer that hints for a major announcement on February 20. The trailer invites everyone to “See the Future”.

All signs point to a PlayStation 4 announcement, though nothing has been confirmed.

This would be a strategic move from Sony as there is a good chance Microsoft is planning to reveal the next Xbox at E3. With an early reveal of the PS4, it will allow Sony to get a head start on Microsoft and will allow for them to showcase PS4 games at the June event.

Stay tune as we will have full coverage of Sony’s announcement.

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New PS4 Development Kits Hardware Details Revealed

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A report suggests that Sony has begun shipping a PlayStation 4 development kit called ‘Orbis’ to developers.

According to VG247, the new dev kit is a modified PC, and isn’t a representative of the final hardware. The PS4 is running an AMD’s A10-series APU. The A10 is a second-generation A-Series APUs, codenamed “Trinity”, manufactured using a 32-nanometer process.

The dev kit box is said to have 8GB or 16GB of RAM, and 256GB hard drive. There’s also a Blu-Ray drive which was expected.

The goal for the PS4 is to have it run powerful enough to run 1080p games in 3D at 60FPS with no problems.

Another dev kit will be sent out in January, with the final version to arrive in the summer of 2013. This suggests that Sony could release the PlayStation 4 in time for the 2014 holiday season.

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PS4 Receiving Upgraded Move Controller?

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The PlayStation 4 could be receiving an upgraded Move controller. Sony filed a new patent for the PlayStation Move controller that supposedly heats up and cools down in your hands.

The temperature of the controller will change depending on the action within the game. For example if playing a FPS such as Call of Duty and your gun overheats, your controller also increases in temperature.

“As the weapon heats up, the controller light may change from a cooler color to a warmer color, such as from blue or green to orange or red. Similarly, when the weapon cools down, the color exhibited may revert to the cooler color,” the patent reads.

Sony has not announced this technology yet, and there is no clear indication if this will be first introduced for the PS3 or PlayStation 4.

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Sony Having Trouble Balancing PS4, PS3, and PS Vita

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Reports have surfaced that Sony is struggling with balancing the development of PlayStation 4 games and its current console games.

“We do have a challenge to manage [the next generation of consoles], particularly in terms of dev studio resources,” said PlayStation UK managing director Fergal Gara.

“The more platforms you have, and the amount of rich content you have to deliver on all the systems you are supporting clearly puts pressure on decisions made across the studio network, which is something we are battling with.”

PS4 is expected to support 4K playback and with Sony’s recent acquisition of Gaikai the PS4 could offer cloud-based streaming service.

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EA Claims PS4 Will Launch in 2013

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EA Labels president Frank Gibeau is claiming that the PlayStation 4 will launch in 2013. In a interview with Bloomberg, Gibeau commented that hardware and software sales begin to decline towards the end of a console lifecycle. He said that hardware is coming “in about a year’s time” and he is not able to reveal the real names of the next-gen consoles since he signed a NDA.

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PlayStation 4 to support 4K resolution

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Sony’s plan to introduce an 80-inch XBR LED television set with 4K resolution has created speculation over PlayStation 4′s technology. It is believed that Sony is pushing the 4K strong to prepare for the PS4 release. The company has started selling 4K Blu-ray players and a source tells us the PS4 will support 4K resolution playback.

Sony is hoping that they can have consumers upgrade to 4K TVs when they purchase a PS4, similar to how the PlayStation 3 did with Blu-ray.

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Sony Liverpool Was Working On 2 PS4 Games

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Eurogamer has reported that Sony Liverpool was working on two PlayStation 4 games prior to the company being shut down earlier today.

The company was developing a stealth-based title similar to Splinter Cell that would of utilized motion capture technology.

The other game was a new WipEout title that was said to be ‘dramatically different’ to previous entries. WipEout for the PS4 was in development for 12-18 months.

This news confirms that developers have been at work on the PlayStation 4 and the release of the PS4 could be sooner than we expect.

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Expect New Gran Turismo Details Says Sony

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Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida said fans shouldn’t have to wait long to hear details for the next installment in the Gran Turismo franchise.

“Kazanori seems to have started talking about, so I won’t be surprised to hear more about their plans, our plans, on future Gran Turismo rather soon.”

Yoshida could be referring to Gran Turismo 6 for the PS4 or a GT game on the PlayStation Vita.

News of a new Gran Turismo is expected at the Tokyo Games Show in September.

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EA Labels Boss Has Seen Sony’s PS4

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EA’s president of labels Frank Gibeau confirmed at Gamescom this week that he has seen Sony’s PlayStation 4 and Xbox 720.

“I’ve seen both of them,” the executive said at the conference.

“Ten years ago we used to measure our market in terms of 200 million people. Now we are at a billion people playing games and we have a straight line view on 2 billion.”

Sony has yet to announce the PS4, though it is believed to be released at E3 next year and will hit shelves in 2014.