During Sony’s E3 press conference today the company emphasized its advantage in the indie gaming scene, placed an emphasis on exclusive content and showed of a small amount of exclusive titles.
While far from the resounding victory of last year’s E3, Sony still had a decent show.
Sony opened their E3 2014 press conference with a trailer for Destiny, the new, original title from 343 Industries, the creator of the Halo franchise.
Destiny is coming to the PlayStation 4 first
As expected both the game’s visuals, tone and music are very similar to the Halo franchise’s, although this is far from a bad thing. Andrew House then took to the stage to state that Destiny’s beta is set to launch on July 17th on the PS4.
Destiny is also getting an open alpha that launches today and a Destiny PlayStation 4 bundle. The PS4 will also get an exclusive multiplayer map.
The Order remains one of Sony’s most promising exclusives
Next Sony showed a gameplay trailer for The Order: 1884 featuring new, zombie-like enemies.
Although it’s received significant criticism in the press lately, The Order is by far one of the PS4’s most promising looking exclusive titles.
Uncharted 4 gets a new trailer
A new trailer that looks like it’s pre-rendered as shown off for Uncharted 4. It features an older Nathan Drake who’s reluctant to return to his
Grand Theft Auto V is coming to the PS4
Grand Theft Auto V is coming to the PlayStation 4 this fall. Surprisingly with this new title, players will have the ability to transfer their online saved files from both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 version of GTA V to this new, enhanced version.
Entwined actually exists and it’s available now
Then a trailer for Entwined, an original video game developed by a new internal development studio. The game looks reminiscent of Flower and has a mesmerizing look to it. The game launches tonight on PSN for $9.99 on the PS3, PS4 and Vita, as part of the company’s cross-but PlayStation Network platform.
New DLC for Infamous: Second Son, First Light
Infamous: Second Son is getting a DLC package focused on Fetch, one of Second Son’s more interesting support characters.
The DLC seems set to flesh of Fetch’s back story involving a drug-addled past.
Little Big Planet 3
Despite stating that they wouldn’t be at E3 this year, Media Molecule was on hand to reveal Little Big Planet 3 for the PlayStation 4.
The game looks similar to Little Big Planet 2 but also includes multiple new character with special abilities and an emphasis on co-operative gameplay and multiplayer.
Four developers showed off various portions of the game’s co-operative gameplay during a demonstration that felt slightly too long. In an industry full of gritty first-person shooters, it’s great to see Sony still has faith in the Little Big Planet series’ cutesy aesthetic and classic sidescrolling gameplay.
Shoe hits the stage
Next popular Sony ________ hit the stage to cheers from the eager crowd. He explained that custom maps created in Little Big Planet 2 will be transferable to Little Big Planet 3 with updated visuals.
___ then introduced Project Bloodborne, a new original IP created by hardcore gamer favourite, From Software. While the trailer was brief and featured quick cuts, the level of violence expected from From was definitely present.
The game is also a spiritual successor of sorts to Demon Souls and is set to be released at some point in 2015
Far Cry 4 gameplay demo takes on a tour of Kyatt
Alex Hutchinson, the creative director of Far Cry 4 too to the stage to show off more gameplay from Far Cry 4.
The demo shoed off a new rope swinging mechanic and gave us another glimpse at Kyatt, the fictional mountainous Himilayan region where the game takes place. Graphically it looks like a large step up from Far Cry 3, at least when running on the PlayStation 4.
The Far Cry 4 demo also gave us a glimpse at how the game’s drop in/drop out co-operative multiplayer is going to work, allowing the player to call in a helping hand on certain missions.
Also, a rampaging elephant destroyed an entire village and destroyed a car.
Adam Boyes Sony’s vice president of developer relations took to the stage next to reveal that players will be able to invite their friends to game co-operatively with them in Far Cry 4, even if they don’t own a copy of the game.
Dead Island 2 gets a hilarious trailer
A new trailer for Dead Island 2 was also shown off featuring a man running down a beach while the world around him turns to ruins.
Towards the end of the trailer he becomes a zombie and so does everyone around him. Unfortunately actual gameplay wasn’t shown off, so it’s unclear of the game’s developers, ____, have found ironed out the first Dead Islands serious technical issues.
Paradox Gaming reveals Magicka 2
Paradox gaming shoed off a hilarious trailer for a new title coming to the PlayStation 4 called Magicka 2: Learn to Spell Again.
Tim Schafer is remastering Grim Fandango
One of Tim Schafer’s most revered old school adventure games, Grim Fandango, is getting a modern remake.
It seems Sony and Schafer’s Double Fine have worked out an agreement with Disney to release Grim Fandango. Hopefully more of Schafer’s popular classics get graphical updated rereleases on the PlayStation 4.
Impressive title, No Man’s Sky gets a new trailer
Finally, the impressive No Man’s Sky, was shown off and revealed as an exclusive title for the PlayStation 4. After watching the game’s trailer, it’s difficult to believe No Man’s Sky is an indie title developed by an extremely small studio, Hello Games – but it is.
No Man’s Sky features a procedurally developed universe resulting in no two players having the same experience with the game. Its vibrant and unique graphical style is unlike anything we’ve ever seen before. While impressive, it’s hard to believe that an extremely small studio is going to be able to pull off a title of this magnitude.
PlayStation Now’s Open Beta is coming to the U.S. and Canada
PlayStation Now is coming to the United States and Canada via an open beta on July 31st. The service is then coming to the Vita and the PlayStation 3 as well as “select Sony television.”
The open beta will consist of over 100 PS3 games including Ultra Street Fighter IV and Ratchet and Clank: Enter the Nexus.
No information regarding pricing was revealed.
PlayStation TV is coming to North America
The PlayStation TV is coming to the United States, Canada and Europe this fall. It was originally released in Japan earlier this year and was very well received, prompting Sony to bring the device to North American audiences.
It will have the ability to play PS4 games on another television in your home via remote play as well as PlayStation Vita title. The small console is set to cost $99.
PlayStation’s TV ambitions
An original television series called Powers is coming exclusively to the PS4 this December. The first episode of the show will be free to all users and the entire series is viewable for free if you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber.
Sony also showed off a trailer for Ratchet and Clank the movie. The original Ratchet and Clank is also getting remade for the PlayStation 4. Both the game and the movie will be available in the first half of 2015.
The rest of the announcements
A new trailer for Batman Arkham Knight was shown off featuring a ton of vehicular combat and fake technical difficulties in order to reveal the Scarecrow as the game’s main nemesis.
BroForce, Titan Souls, Not a Hero, Hotline Miami 2, The Talos Principle and various other Devolver Digital games are headed exclusively to Sony’s PlayStation 4.
Free-to-play titles Planet Side 2, Kingdom Under Fire II, Destiny of Spirtis, Reaper, My Singing Monsters, War Thunder, Guns Up, Pain, Loadout all were part of a brief sizzle reel-style trailer.
Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain got a new, gritty trailer featuring Snake rubbing what looks like ashes on his face, while wearing a red prosthetic arm. The video was action packed and very cinematic, but didn’t show offany actual gameplay footage.
Suda51’s Let it Die was also announced via an ultra-violent trailer and is set for a 2015 release date.
A gameplay trailer for Mortal Combat X, the latest title in the extremely violent Mortal Kombat franchise, was also shown off for the first time. The trailer featured the same ultra-violence fans have come to expect from the long-standing franchise.
Not much about Project Morepheus was talked about but it was revealed that the VR headset will work with the PlayStation Camera.
The last of Us’ Clickers are also making their way to Diablo III when it launches on the PlayStation 4.
A trailer for Battlefield: Hardline, revealed earlier in the day during EA’s press conference, was also shown off at Sony’s press conference.
The incredible hulk and the rest of the avengers are coming exclusively to the PlayStation 4.
The Last of Us: Remastered for the PlayStation for gets a July 182014 release date.
Over 100 Vita titles are apparently under development for the PlayStation 4.