Looks like no PS4 or Xbox 720 til’ 2014

I have a few alerts set up with my email client so that whenever words or phrases, such as ‘Playstation 4′, ‘Xbox 720′ or ‘Wii 2′, are mentioned anywhere on the world wide web, I get pinged with the web address of the articles or other news posts that contain them.

It seems that someone has opened up another can of worms now that I have been inundated with alerts from all over the internet concerning possible release dates for both the Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4. [Read more...]

Will there ever be a PlayStation 4?

A huge number of various websites and other blogs detail the possibilities of a new PlayStation 4 console in the works. Dates for aneventual release for the new hardware vary from the end of this year to the end of 2016 and any time in between the two.

Solid information, as always, is scarce and any hopes people may have are just that and their are some who even purport to have seen rather ‘tenuous’ links to leaked data on the much hyped-over games console such as… [Read more...]

Would you trade mobility over power?

Sony’s newest portable gaming system, the NGP, comes heaped to the brim with features to wow even the most critical of gamers. During it’s lengthy marketing campaign, the NGP was said to have power equal to that of the PlayStation 3 console. I winced at this as thoughts of disbelief dimmed my view somewhat of the peppy, little handheld. [Read more...]

PS4: If Sony WERE working on it, they’re not now

According to a report posted on a Japanese website – pc.watch - it was stated that there is no immediate plan for PlayStation 4. If you can make sense of the poorly translated text, it goes on to say…

“they were working on a PowerPC based system at IBM Rochester after the Larrabee fall out, then shelved it. They are betting the farm on PSP2 as they expect handhelds to displace consoles.”

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If you want a PS4, be prepared to pay more for your games.

An interesting question has been raised recently…

According to THQ’s EVP Core Games, Danny Bilson – Software could well become markedly dearer. The reason… For those graphics lovers like myself.

Here in the UK I would expect to pay £39.99-£44.99 for any of the top games available at the moment and it usually takes about a month or two for them to come down in price. Personally, to be expected to pay more than that in the future is asking a bit much. [Read more...]

A Metal Gear Solid 5 in the works?

Job listings have been recently posted on Kojima Production’s website including planners, programmers and CG designers for development of “consumer game content” as they are now seeking… wait for it….

“Next Generation Metal Gear Solid Series Production Staff.” [Read more...]

Thanks to PS3 Hack, Could PS4 Come Early??

You may have already read about the PS3 hack but George Hotz – aka Geohot who uncovered the rootkey hack has put shivers down the backs of the people at Ubisoft. They’ve said that with this in place, PS3 piracy could far outpace that of Sony’s PSP.

Microsoft have it covered, more or less, in that if a hacked Xbox console is detected by their servers then a block is put in place to prevent the user from going online. This has worked out reasonably well but Ubisoft has other plans. [Read more...]

The PS4 and you… and only you

A little while ago we threw a couple ideas your way of potential displays that can be used for the next console from Sony. Well over at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas yesterday, Sony introduced their prototype for a head-mounted 3D display.

Though before you flick your heads back and sigh, it’s a far cry from how they looked back in the 80′s and 90′s. [Read more...]

Are we slowly approaching the end of the console war?

Ok, so the start of this post may at first appear a little confusing, as it’s not consoles that we’re talking about right now but rather something a little different, but the title still stands. Keep reading… [Read more...]

People who want to buy a 3DTV next year? Survey says – ERRR ERRRRR

We’ve seen a veritable boom in cinema goers opting for the “3D experience” and popping on the cereal box spectacles in recent months we’ve read reports such as Toshiba trying it’s hand with glasses-free 3DTV and Sky launching their on 3D channel as well as their world premier of Avatar 3D this coming Christmas Eve.

As well as this we have the launch date  moving ever closer for early next year for Nintendo’s glasses-free 3DS, many analysts saying it’ll be next year and the year after that people will be buying one of the many available 3D television sets. Earlier in the year, Sony released a package of arcade games on the PlayStation Network (PSN) to showcase the PS3′s newly acquired 3D capabilities. [Read more...]

The Perfect Game

One of my all time favourite video games has to be Hideo Kajima’s Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of The Patriots. Thanks to it’s amazing graphics, great narrative and gorgeous gun-play, Guns of The Patriots is way above par compared to similar titles.

Granted, cut-scenes are long and I mean loooong but perhaps this is one of the things that make Metal Gear Solid 4, Metal Gear Solid 4. [Read more...]

Games you DON’T want to see on the PS4

At PS4talk, we’ve written about the kinda games we would love to see on Sony’s future console including perhaps a new God of War, Metal Gear Solid or Killzone 4 let alone Killzone 3. But what about the games you would rather see thrown into the sun than appear on the PlayStation 3??

Whenever a new console has been released, you always got those pesky third-party developers releasing what many a gamer would call ‘shovel-ware’ i.e. games that rate from between disgraceful and mediocre at best. I think you already know the kind of games being spoken of here… Don’t you?? [Read more...]