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You Can Smoke Pot In GTA V, According to Ratings Board

We had a hunch it was going to be possible, and, now, the people who rate video games are letting the cat out of the dimebag. You can smoke pot in GTA V, according to the Entertainment Software Ratings Board. That same group has offered a bunch of other mild spoilers for GTA V, if…

Sony Takes Another Shot at Microsoft’s Xbox One

Looks like Sony’s PlayStation people can’t resist mocking the Xbox One every time they’re in a room with at least several hundred people, judging by today’s presentation at Gamescom—a video game trade fair held in Germany. Not only did Andrew House, president of Sony Computer Entertainment, reveal the PlayStation 4’s release date, he also claimed…

PS4 Release Date Is November 15 In North America

The PlayStation 4 will be out on Friday, November 15 in North America, Sony announced at the end of their GamesCom press conference today in Germany. November 29 for Europe. It’ll retail for $399, 399 euros, and 349 British pounds. This is pretty much the last missing piece to the puzzle—we now know just about…

PS4/Vita Remote Play Sure Sounds Like The Wii U

Here’s a demo of Assassin’s Creed IV running on both PlayStation 4 and Vita, thanks to Sony’s Remote Play feature that they say will allow us to play “almost all” PS4 games on the Vita, through WiFi. Sounds familiar, no? Almost word-for-word how Nintendo has marketed the Wii U.

Ready at launch: Somewhat a blend of World of Tanks and the upcoming World of Warplanes, the PlayStation 4 will see the free-to-play MMO War Thunder featuring 200 models of aircraft and 100 vehicles in ground battles fought by five nations during World War II. A news release said War Thunder will be a launch…

My God, what colorful explosions. Straight from Gamescom, here’s the unveiling of Resogun, the next game from the makers of Super Stardust HD. It’ll be on PS4, and guess what? It features some incredibly colorful explosions. And a lot of other chaotic business that I’m guessing will make more sense while actually playing the game.

Killzone: Shadow Fall showed off its multiplayer features in this trailer from Gamescom 2013. You can get a look at it here—well, the parts where the camera isn’t inexplicably zoomed out on the crowd, anyway.

A Ton Of Indie Games Are Coming To PS4 And Vita

Well then. At their Gamescom press conference, Sony just announced a bootload of indies that will be making their exclusive console debuts on PS4 and/or the PlayStation Vita, including Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number and Rogue Legacy. N++ will be appearing on PS4, while Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Volume…

This Cool PS4 Game Looks Like Wind Waker Had A Baby With Ico

Part Ico, part Wind Waker, part Journey, and 100% pretty damn awesome-looking, this is Rime, announced today at Sony’s presser in Germany. It’s being developed by the Spanish studio Tequila Works, previously responsible for the horror game Deadlight

This story begins with the end of the world: Here’s the trailer for for Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture, a spiritual successor to thechineseroom’s Dear Esther, shown during the PlayStation news conference today at Gamescom. The game will release on PlayStation 4, but no timeframe was given.

Here’s A Weird New Game For PS Vita

This is Murasaki Baby, a newly-announced Vita game that looks absolutely fascinating.

Music festival tycoon: Big Fest, a new game in which players become a virtual music promoter, will be coming to PlayStation Vita, Sony announced. Sony said the game’s soundtrack will feature unsigned real-life bands, giving players a chance to help a new act get discovered.

Good news, Fez fans. Today during their Gamescom press conference, Sony announced that the brilliant indie platformer Fez is coming to Vita. Team that game up with Spelunky, and it looks like my Vita’s gonna gradually transform from a JRPG machine into an indie platformer machine.

PS Vita Price Cut to $199; Memory Cards Reduced, Too [Update]

The price PlayStation Vita’s price has dropped to $199 in North America and 199EU. It takes effect immediately. Sony also is trimming the price of the Vita’s proprietary memory cards in both regions. The 32GB and 16 GB memory cards both will get $20 reductions—dropping to $79.99 for the 32GB and $39.99 for the 16GB.…

Gran Turismo 6 will launch on Dec. 6 for PlayStation 3. The game will feature concept vehicles exclusive to Gran Turismo 6 made by several automotive and non-automotive brands alike, and in some cases these concept cars will be manufactured in the real world.

Our First Look At The PlayStation 4’s Menus In Action

Today at Gamescom, Sony demonstrated the PlayStation 4’s menus and interface for the first time. Also, they unveiled a lovely leather chair! Sony president Shuhei Yoshida kicked off Sony’s Gamescom conference sitting in a high-backed leather chair and navigating the PS4’s user interface, hopping between a number of different functions and firing up a game…

Watch Sony’s Big PS4 Press Conference Live, Right Here [Update: It’s Over]

Sony is in Germany talking all things PS4—games, release date, etc.—and we’ve got a stream for you right here. UPDATE: Conference is over. Original post follows: Maybe we’ll even hear some Vita news. Price cut? New games? Robot-transforming mode? Check out the embed below for a live look at Sony’s big GamesCom press conference, which…

Battlefield 4 Is Doing Its Best To Impre–Watch Out For That Ship!

This is what competition gets you. It gets you a development studio, DICE, trying to convince you that they are making the best military first-person shooter of the year. Today, they’ve made their latest pitch while uttering the word someone in their studio or in the EA marketing team cooks up the word—”Levolution”—in order to…

The Battlefield 4 beta will kick off in early October, EA announced today. Platform details to come.

Minions! Moral Decisions! Dragon Age Inquisition Is Sounding Good.

Is the third time going to be the charm for BioWare’s Dragon Age franchise? If this dev diary is accurate to how the game is turning out, it just might! You’re an inquisitor. You run the place. You send minions on quests. You make moral decisions. And the game you’re in looks damn good. Inquisition…