It’s official. Sony has pulled back the curtain on the PlayStation 4 hardware. We know that the new console will be a powerful beast, it’ll have a ton of social and streaming features, and feature a newly redesigned DualShock 4 controller.
And about the games you ask? Well Sony has introduced a number of first party games that will be coming to the PlayStation 4. Their wide range of first party studios look like they’ll have the bases covered when the PS4 arrives in 2013.
First Party PS4 Games
Killzone: Shadow Fall
Killzone: Shadowfall is set in a near future, thirty years after the events of Killzone 3. The world is a different place, with two factions known as the Helghast and Vektans living side by side in a futuristic city divided by a great wall. The two factions have been engaged in a Cold War which will be coming to a head in Shadow fall, where the player assumes control of a Shadow Marshall who is tasked with keeping order.
iNFamous: Second Sun
Seven years after the events of inFamous 2, the world has changed. A government agency oversees every nook and cranny of the inFamous universe to make sure history does not repeat itself, after the events of Empire City and New Marais. inFamous 2 touches on the topics of security, and surrendering freedoms for the sake of safety.
Drive Club
Evolution Studios has a new racer on the way. One that puts players smack dab in the thick of car culture. According to Evolution: Drive Club is all about utter car passion. It was about connecting people who are as in love with car culture as we are, and creating a universe for these impassioned racers to all play together. We created web design concepts that showed how you could connect with people and access your club when you were away from the living room, and we created prototypes of the most immersive, detailed vehicle interiors and exteriors possible.
Knack
Knack is a new platformer for the PlayStation 4. In the spirit of Crash Bandicoot, Jak and Daxter, and Ratchet and Clank, Knack is focused on bringing the fun back to action/platform gameplay. Knack, the character of the story is a creature with mysterious powers who can incorporate relics into his body as he finds them, which allows him to transform from a three-foot tall creature into a gigantic wrecking machine.
Third Party
Watch Dogs
In Watch Dogs, players will assume the role of Aiden Pearce, a new type of vigilante who, with the help of his smartphone, will use his ability to hack into Chicago’s central operating system (ctOS) and control almost every element of the city. Aiden will be able to tap into the city’s omnipresent security cameras, download personal information to locate a target, control systems such as traffic lights or public transportation to stop a chase, and more. The city of Chicago is now the ultimate weapon
Destiny
From the creators of Halo, Destiny is a first person shooter with deep competitive and cooperative gameplay in a persistent, always connected online world.
Deep Down
Capcom didn’t officially reveal a new game for the PlayStation 4, but they did release an impressive tech demo of their MT Framework successor. Deep Down appears to be what a next-gen Dragon’s Dogma could look like in the coming years.
The Witness
“In most games with open worlds, the developers try to make them as big as possible so you’ll be impressed by the scale. In The Witness, we compress everything so you’ll always be finding new things,” Blow relayed on stage in New York. “On the design side, we worked very hard to convey in a nonverbal way the essence of each puzzle.”
Developers with games in the works for PlayStation 4
Japan (45 companies in total):
ACQUIRE Corp.
KADOKAWA SHOTEN CO., LTD.
ARC SYSTEM WORKS CO.,LTD.
Konami Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd.
ARTDINK CORPORATION
LEVEL-5 Inc.
ASCII MEDIA WORKS Inc.
MAGES. Inc.
Bethesda Softworks, LLC
MarvelousAQL Inc.
CAPCOM
NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc.
Chara-Ani Corporation
NAMCO BANDAI Studios Inc.
CRAFTS & MEISTER CO.,LTD.
NIHON FALCOM CORPORATION
CyberConnect2 Co.,Ltd.
Nippon Ichi Software, Inc.
D3 PUBLISHER Inc.
O-TWO inc. (peakvox)
Dimps Corporation
PlatinumGames Inc.
Electronic Arts Inc.
SEGA Corporation
FromSoftware, Inc.
SPIKE CHUNSOFT Co.,Ltd.
GANBARION Co., Ltd.
SQUARE ENIX Co., Ltd.
Genki Co., Ltd.
SystemSoft Alpha Corp.
Granzella Inc.
TECMO KOEI GAMES Co.,Ltd.
GRASSHOPPER MANUFACTURE INC.
TOSE CO., LTD.
GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc.
tri-Ace Inc.
GUST CO.,LTD.
Ubisoft Entertainment
IDEA FACTORY Co., Ltd.
WILL CO., LTD
IMAGEEPOCH INC.
XING Inc.
Index Corp.(ATLUS)
YUKE’S Co.,Ltd.
KADOKAWA GAMES,LTD.
Asia (Four companies in total):
BLUESIDE Inc.
Ratloop Asia Pte Ltd
Red Hare Studios
XPEC Entertainment Inc.
North America (47 companies in total):
17-Bit
JETPACK Interactive Entertainment Ltd.
5th Cell Media LLC
Klei Entertainment Inc.
Activision Publishing, Inc.
Lab Zero, Inc
Armature Studios
LucasArts, a Lucasfilm Ltd. company
Behaviour Interactive
Metanet Software Inc
Bethesda Softworks, LLC
Minority Media Inc.
Blind Squirrel Games
Nicalis, Inc
Certain Affinity, Inc.
Panic Button, LLC
Darkside Game Studios, Inc.
Psyonix Studios, Inc.
Devolver Digital
Slant Six Games
Disney
Sony Online Entertainment LLC
Double Fine Productions, Inc.
Spark Unlimited
Double Helix Games
Spry Fox LLC
DrinkBox Studios Inc.
SuperVillain Studios
Edge of Reality, Inc.
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
Electronic Arts Inc.
Telltale, Inc.
FarSight Studios
Tribute Games Inc.
Gaijin Games, Inc.
Turtle Rock Studios, Inc.
Gearbox Software
Ubisoft Entertainment
HB Studios Multimedia
vBlank Entertainment Inc.
Heavy Iron Studios, Inc.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Inc.
High Voltage Software, Inc.
WayForward Technologies, Inc.
inXile Entertainment Inc.
Zombie Studios, LLC
Iron Galaxy Studios, LLC
Europe/PAL (53 companies in total):
4A Games
Kalyspo Media
505 Games
Laughing Jackal
Abstraction
Ludosity
Beatshapers
Mediatonic
Big Ant
Milestone
Big Bit
Mojang
BitComposer
Onmi Systems
Bloober Team S.A.
Prodigy Design
Boss Alien
Ripstone
Bugbear
Roll7
Cauldron
Ronimo
City Interactive
Rovio
Criterion Games
Shortround
Croteam
Sperasoft
Curve Studios
Sproing
Dakko Dakko Ltd
Stormbasic
Deck 13
Straight Right
Double Eleven
Targem
Eko Software
Tate
FatShark
Techland
Flying Wildhog
Tonika
Four Door Lemon
Torus Games
Frozenbyte
Vector Cell
FuturLab
Virtual Toys
Gaijin
Vlambeer
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Wizarbox
Green Hill Studios
Published: Feb 21, 2013 05:30 am