Sony has been keeping a tight lid on its next-generation console, now officially called the PlayStation 5, but the company has revealed some interesting new details about the upcoming system in an interview with Wired. Among other things, Sony confirmed that players will once again need to install games onto the system, but this time around they’ll have greater freedom over choosing which parts of the games to install.

“Rather than treating games like a big block of data, we’re allowing finer-grained access to the data,” system architect Mark Cerny says in the interview. An example Wired brings up is only installing a game’s multiplayer component, or being able to delete a game’s single-player portion from your system once you’ve completed it.

This ties into other changes Sony is making to improve the user experience on PlayStation 5. As the company previously confirmed, the system will use a solid-state drive rather than a standard hard driver, allowing for significantly faster load times than were possible on the PS4. Sony is also improving the system’s UI to let you see what’s happening in games without booting them up.

“Even though it will be fairly fast to boot games, we don’t want the player to have to boot the game, see what’s up, boot the game, see what’s up,” Cerny said. “Multiplayer game servers will provide the console with the set of joinable activities in real time. Single-player games will provide information like what missions you could do and what rewards you might receive for completing them—and all of those choices will be visible in the UI. As a player you just jump right into whatever you like.”

Other topics Sony touched on include PS5’s new controller, which will feature haptic feedback for a more “immersive” game experience. The company also confirmed that Bluepoint, the studio behind high-profile ports such as PS4’s Shadow of the Colossus remaster, is working on a “big” PS5 game, although no other details were shared beyond that.

PlayStation 5 will release Holiday 2020–the same window as Microsoft’s next-gen Project Scarlett console. In the meantime, you can read more about Sony’s new system in our roundup of everything we know about the PS5 so far.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps5-game-installs-are-mandatory-but-you-can-delete/1100-6470409/

Sony continues to gradually reveal new tidbits about its next-generation console, now officially called the PlayStation 5. In an interview with Wired, the company opened up about the system’s release window and new features, which include improvements to game installation and user interface.

According to system architect Mark Cerny, PS5 will boast a “revamped” UI that will make it much easier to, say, see what multiplayer matches you can jump into or what single-player missions are available without having to load a game. As Cerny explains:

“Even though it will be fairly fast to boot games, we don’t want the player to have to boot the game, see what’s up, boot the game, see what’s up. Multiplayer game servers will provide the console with the set of joinable activities in real time. Single-player games will provide information like what missions you could do and what rewards you might receive for completing them—and all of those choices will be visible in the UI. As a player you just jump right into whatever you like.”

As Sony had previously confirmed, the PS5 will also be ditching a standard hard drive in favor of a solid-state drive (much like Microsoft’s next-gen Project Scarlett), which will dramatically reduce load times. That isn’t the only way Sony will be improving the user experience, however. While game installs will still be mandatory on PS5, Sony says players will have more control over which aspects of a game they wish to install.

“Rather than treating games like a big block of data, we’re allowing finer-grained access to the data,” Cerny says. An example Wired mentions is only installing a game’s multiplayer component, or installing the entire game and then deleting the single-player portion from your system once you’ve completed it.

PlayStation 5 is slated to launch Holiday 2020. There is still much we don’t know about the console, but Sony recently confirmed that the PS5 controller will have haptic feedback, and porting specialist Bluepoint is working on a PS5 title. For more on the anticipated next-gen system, check out our roundup of everything we know about the PS5.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps5s-improved-ui-will-let-you-see-whats-happening-/1100-6470406/

To celebrate three years of PlayStation VR, Sony has slashed the prices on a ton of PSVR and PS4 games on the PlayStation Store. The sale is live now and runs through Tuesday, October 22 at 8 AM PT / 11AM ET.

The wide-ranging sale includes a number of major releases that were later adapted to VR. You can grab The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR for $21.59 (was $60). Even two years after its release, Skyrim in VR remains one of the most impressive feats on the platform in terms of scope and ambition. While you may still be plucking away at Borderlands 3, now’s your opportunity to jump back in time with Borderlands 2 VR for $25 (was $50). And if you’re disappointed that Doom Eternal has been delayed until March 20, 2020, you can hop back into some demon slaying action in Doom VFR for $15 (was $30).

A number of the games included in the sale support VR, but don’t require the headset to play. The standard edition of Resident Evil 7 is on sale for $15 (was $20), while the Gold Edition is half price at $25. Persona 3: Dancing in Moonlight and Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight are each $30 (were $40). You can save even more on the rhythm game spinoffs by purchasing the Persona Dancing: Endless Night Collection for $45 (was $60). As an added bonus, you’ll get Persona 4: Dancing All Night, which can only be played on PS4 by purchasing the collection.

We’ve rounded up some of our favorite deals in the sale below. Plus, check out more of the best PS4 deals available in October.

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Best PSVR deals in PSN’s anniversary sale

• Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown — $30 ($60)
• Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown Deluxe Edition — $51 ($85)
• Creed: Rise to Glory — $15 ($30)
• Eagle Flight — $6 ($20)
• Electronauts — $10 ($20)
• Floor Plan — $3 ($6)
• Guns’n’Stories: Bulletproof VR — $10 ($20)
• I’m Hungry — $11.89 ($17)
• Infinite Minigolf — $7.49 ($15)
• Mervils: A VR Adventure — $6 ($20)
• PlayStation VR Worlds — $7.49 ($15)
• Raw Data VR — $16 ($40)
• Sprint Vector — $15 ($30)
• Superhot VR — $15 ($25)
• Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot — $10 ($20)

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/huge-ps4-psvr-anniversary-game-sale-kicks-off-in-t/1100-6470407/

Doom Eternal has been delayed into 2020. Id Software sent an announcement explaining that Doom Eternal’s release date is now set for March 20, 2020. The studio also shared a few development updates on various Doom projects, including the Invasion mode, Nintendo Switch version, and the re-release of classic game Doom 64.

“Throughout the development of Doom Eternal, our goal has been to deliver a game that exceeds your greatest expectations across the board,” the statement reads. “To make sure we’re delivering the best experience–for Doom Eternal to live up to our standards of speed and polish–we’ve made the decision to extend our launch date by a few months to March 20, 2020. We know many fans will be disappointed by this delay, but we are confident that Doom Eternal will deliver a gaming experience that is worth the wait.”

Along with the delay, the studio announced a few other updates. The Invasion mode multiplayer, which lets you jump into others’ games as a demon, will be coming as a free update shortly after launch. The Nintendo Switch version will be coming after the other platforms, with a separate date to be announced later.

Finally, the Doom 64 re-release, which was previously only announced for Nintendo Switch, is also now coming to PC, PS4, and Xbox One. That will also hit on March 20, 2020, because it’s being added as a pre-order bonus for Doom Eternal.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/doom-eternal-release-date-delayed-to-2020/1100-6470404/

Sony has officially confirmed its next-generation console will be called the PlayStation 5, as well as when it’s coming out: The PS5 will launch in Holiday 2020. It’s also shared the first details on its controller–at least for now, not yet called the DualShock 5–and more about the discs it uses, ray-tracing support, SSD, UI features, and other aspects of the system. Here’s what we learned.

The company announced the news in a blog post. “I’m proud to share that our next-generation console will be called PlayStation 5, and we’ll be launching in time for Holiday 2020,” said Sony Interactive Entertainment present Jim Ryan. “These updates may not be a huge surprise, but we wanted to confirm them for our PlayStation fans, as we start to reveal additional details about our vision for the next generation.”

Ryan went on to share more details on Sony’s vision for the next generation, as well as its plans for the PS5 controller: “One of our goals with the next generation is to deepen the feeling of immersion when you play games, and we had the opportunity with our new controller to reimagine how the sense of touch can add to that immersion.

“To that end, there are two key innovations with the PlayStation 5’s new controller. First, we’re adopting haptic feedback to replace the ‘rumble’ technology found in controllers since the 5th generation of consoles. With haptics, you truly feel a broader range of feedback, so crashing into a wall in a race car feels much different than making a tackle on the football field. You can even get a sense for a variety of textures when running through fields of grass or plodding through mud.

“The second innovation is something we call adaptive triggers, which have been incorporated into the trigger buttons (L2/R2). Developers can program the resistance of the triggers so that you feel the tactile sensation of drawing a bow and arrow or accelerating an off-road vehicle through rocky terrain. In combination with the haptics, this can produce a powerful experience that better simulates various actions. Game creators have started to receive early versions of the new controller, and we can’t wait to see where their imagination goes with these new features at their disposal.”

Sony shared more details on the PS5 in an interview with Wired. The company reassured fans, for example, that the hard drive seen in current-gen consoles is out, and a faster, more efficient solid-state drive is in. More new details include:

• The PS5 will include a disc drive for physical games and 4K Blu-rays.
• PS5 discs will have a capacity of 100 GB.
• Game installation is mandatory, but the console will allow you to just install a multiplayer campaign, for example, or install the entire game and then delete the single-player portion once you’re done.
• The controller “doesn’t have a name yet,” but contains an improved speaker, USB-C connectivity, and a larger-capacity battery.
• “There is ray-tracing acceleration in the GPU hardware,” says Mark Cerny, lead system architect.
• The new UI will allow you to see more details on what you can play at any time, as well as more on what your friends are doing.
• Bluepoint Games, the studio behind remakes such as Shadow of the Colossus and Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection, is working on a PS5 game.

Sony has not yet shared what the PS5 will look like, nor its precise release date or price point. Earlier this year the company did state it was working on a new PlayStation, but stopped short of confirming a release window or name, so this is the first time those details have been confirmed. We do know is that the PS5 will be better for the environment and that it will support backwards compatibility in some way. For more, check out everything we know about the PS5.

from GameSpot – Game News https://www.gamespot.com/articles/ps5-sony-confirms-playstation-5-name-2020-release-/1100-6470401/