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PlayStation 4 will be region free, let’s not underestimate this

June 11, 2013

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Yep, screw waiting for these games to be localised Good news for all importers, as Siliconera has reported that a tweet from Shuhei Yoshida has confirmed that the PlayStation 4 will indeed be region free. If everything else that Sony achieved in that two-hour show today wasn’t enough, this is…

E3 2013: The day’s wrap

June 11, 2013

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Today was the biggest day in the E3 event, and so naturally we’re done a lot of coverage of Sony, Microsoft, EA and Ubisoft and all the goodies we’ve just experienced. Below you can find a full summary of all of our articles from the day, and links to go…

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June 11, 2013

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One of the big announcements at the Sony E3 show was that the PlayStation 4 would be released at $399 in the US. That’s $100 cheaper than the Xbox One ($499). In Australia, Microsoft has done the right thing with its pricing. The Xbox One here will cost $599. That’s…

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June 11, 2013

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The answer to that title is… close, but not quite. I already wrote up my thoughts on Microsoft’s presentation earlier, which I thought was far better than its the last several conferences, including at E3 and that earlier Xbox One announcements. Now Sony has revealed their console, plenty of games,…

Vividred Operation – Release info and screens

June 11, 2013

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An action game based on the anime series with the same name, this title has you battling aliens in aerial combat. The full title is Vividred Operation, but Namco Bandai and this will be a PlayStation 3 only release slated for Japan on June 20th of this year. Needless to…

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June 11, 2013

E3 2013/PlayStation/The Order/Trailers

Sony was swinging a baseball bat and hitting home runs left, right, and centre with its E3 show. Superb pricing, consumer-friendly business models, game after game after game. It was breathtaking and if my Twitter feed is anything to go by Sony just won itself an entire legion of fans.…

(UPDATED) E3 2013: Sony: No used sales/ online restrictions for PS4

June 11, 2013

E3 2013/PlayStation 4/Sony/used games

[ UPDATE: See the following article for further details. ] During Sony’s E3 press conference, Sony Computer Entertainment of America CEO Jack Trenton announced that used games would not be restricted in any way in terms of the Playstation 4. Citing the functioning of how the PS3 handles used games,…

E3 2013: Kingdom Hearts III and Final Fantasy XV are currently in development for the PlayStation 4

June 11, 2013

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We already knew that Kingdom Hearts was getting the HD treatment, with Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 ReMIX slated to release later this year. Tonight during Sony’s 2013 E3 conference, after Square Enix shared a fantastic new trailer for Final Fantasy Versus XIII with us, it unleashed a surprising trailer that…

E3 2013: Grand Theft Auto V gets all bundled up for its PS3 release

June 11, 2013

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While the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One charge the gaming industry into new technical heights later this year, current generation consoles are all but guaranteed to be still getting a good bit of (dirty) love with the hotly anticipated release of Grand Theft Auto V later this Fall. During Sony’s…

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June 11, 2013

Console Reveal/E3 2013/PS4/Sony

The PlayStation 4 has now been revealed. It has a nice futuristic design that’s sharp and chic, and images shown during Sony’s 2013 E3 conference show that it can either be stood upright (as shown in the image above) or laid down on its side. The new DualShock 4 controller…

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