[image src=’https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3872/14710467859_7e98606ff3_z.jpg’ width=’300′ height=’200′ title=’Rime is Playstation exclusive’ align=’left’]Welcome to Playstation Gamescom 2014 live from Cologne, Germany! We will be bringing you regular updates from all brands and provide the entire conference for each show once a video is made available.

Summary

After a few new trailers of previously announced games coming in the months ahead the show finally begun and Playstation took to the stage to announce they have sold over 10 million units of PS4 since it’s arrival back in November 2013.
Together with new trailers and actual game plays from developers for upcoming games were brand new announcements about completely new games and exclusive content for Playstation players.
System 2.0 – was talked about briefly too which will be launching in Autumn and it will bring Youtube uploading, Shareplay and the ability to play co-op online with Playstation Plus members even if they don’t own the game. More patch notes and features will be announced later when the update comes closer to release.
New Trailers – Tequila Works showed off the gorgeously graphical Rime which looked amazing and Driveclub showed off the great dynamic weather options for users starting up a race. A new horror title named “PT” showed very quickly a people playing it in a dark demo room and getting scared out of their minds. Creators of Heavenly Sword showcased their new title named Hell Blade which looked awesome. Ruffian Games debuted dazzling action title Hollowpoint and Thomas Was Alone developer Mike Bithell showed off more of his eagerly anticipated stealth game Volume.
Some new games that were shown:

  • Until Dawn: Though first glimpsed for PS3 at Gamescom 2012, interactive horror Until Dawn is now on PS4.
  • WiLD: Your first glimpse at the incredible new title from Michel Ancel, the legendary creator of Rayman and Beyond Good & Evil.
  • The Tomorrow Children: PixelJunk studio Q-Games return with a wonderfully eccentric new title for PS4.
  • Alienation: Dead Nation/Resogun studio Housemarque return with a frenetic sci-fi shooter.
  • Tearaway Unfolded: Media Molecule’s acclaimed PS Vita adventure comes to PS4 in a special expanded edition.

[image src=’https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5566/14896384092_a6c3611224_z.jpg’ width=’300′ height=’180′ title=’Hellblade coming to PS4 next year’ align=’right’]New Services – Playstation TV, Playstation Now and Project Morpheus were discussed tonight as well and are all launching soon after next year so that is something to look forward to in terms of new hardware and options for gamers looking to upgrade to a digital library and media platform.

Indies – were a big part of tonight’s event and that was made clear when a compilation video of all kinds of different indie games were shown, most of which are completely exclusive or coming first to Playstation. Such games were: The Vanishing of Ethan Carter. Papers Please. Nom Nom Galaxy. Snow. In Space We Brawl. Dreamfall Chapters. Pix the Cat. Ether One. Runemaster. Q.U.B.E 2.
It was an avalanche of new games. Unfortunately there was not much for PS Vita which still continues to struggle and offers only a small handful of games to be coming out in the future but the future is not all bad. Remote Play seems to make developers more interested in bringing functions and playable games over from the PS4 on to the PS Vita. Playstation 3 is slowly being phased out by Sony to make way for more PS4 development, right now most games are being made for both generations of consoles.
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The trailers shown at the beginning were:

    • “inFamous First Light”

Players will control Fetch. It is a stand-alone expansion, so Second Son is not required, but ownership of the main game grants players access to exclusive content.

    • “The Order 1886”

Set in an alternate history London, where an old order of knights keep all of the world safe from half breed monsters, who are a combination of animal and man. In the game’s history, around the seventh or eighth centuries a small number of humans took on bestial traits. The majority of humans feared these half breeds and war broke out. Despite the humans outnumbering the half breeds, their animal strength gave them the upper hand in centuries of conflict.

    • “BloodBorne”

The game’s story takes place in an ancient, abandoned city called Yharnam which was known for housing a medical remedy. Over the years, many travelers made pilgrimages to Yharnam seeking the remedy to cure their afflictions; the protagonist is one of these travelers. Upon arriving in Yharnam, however, it is discovered that it is overrun with a terrifying curse which has rendered most of the city’s population violently deranged.

    • “LittleBigPlanet 3”

In this next edition of the LittleBigPlanet franchise we are introduced to new characters in addition to Sackboy, each with their own unique traits and abilities. Oddsock is a four-legged, dog-like character who can run faster than Sackboy and can wall-jump. Swoop is a bird-like character who can fly freely around levels and can also pick up other light objects and characters. Big Toggle is much larger and heavier than Sackboy and can weigh down platforms or pressure plates, He can also turn into a miniature version of Big Toggle called Light Toggle, who can walk quickly on the surface of water, is very small and can fit through tight spaces. Level creators can choose which two characters the player can switch between during gameplay. In addition, Sackboy now has a climbing ability which seemingly works on rope-based textures like vines.

    • “Murasaki Baby”

It is an upcoming side-scrolling game developed by Ovosonico exclusively for the PlayStation Vita. The game is directed by Massimo Guarini who previously worked on the games Killer7, No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned.

    • “Everybody’s gone to the Rapture”

A spiritual successor to Dear Esther, the game will be set in a large open world and will be a story driven game.

    • “Journey”

Making it’s way from Playstation 3, the player takes the role of a robed figure in a desert with one goal, to get to the mountain.

    • “The Unfinished Swan”

The game starts with a completely white space in which the player, a boy named Monroe, is chasing after a swan that has escaped a painting.

    • “Hustle Kings”

Hustle Kings is a pool video game developed by VooFoo Studios for the PlayStation 3.

    • “The Hungry Horde”

You start the game off controlling a couple of wayward zombies. Every time you bite a human they join your ever-increasing horde, until you’re controlling whole streets full of the undead.