Playstation 4

[Learn2Eel]

Couldn't find the old thread, so here's a new one for all PS4-related discussion.

To kick us off, the official Playstation Twitter posted this picture about an hour ago;



No-one has any real idea what it is referencing, save that it likely wouldn't be an already announced game - precluding Destiny, of course. The next logical one would be Playstation All Stars Battle Royale 2, but the purple and the planet just don't seem to fit - unless it is a very vague reference to Polygon Man.

The most interesting and valid link I've seen so far is a new God of War, particularly when one views this video;



Seems too much of a coincidence not to be the next God of War, and it begs the question, could God of War be moving into a modern or sci-fi era now? The end of God of War 3 (*spoilers* Kratos disappears off the cliff after seemingly suffering a mortal wound *end spoilers*) leaves lots of possibilities, so this seems a very distinct possibility. The purple light doesn't really fit God of War - and it isn't the green light seen in the Ascension Easter Egg - but when I looked closely at the image, I could make out a broken and very indistinct Omega symbol. Probably just me wanting to see one though.
Thoughts?

[DrLove42]

God of War would be a big early release thing.

Why they wouldn't show something so big at E3 if its ready in some form is wierd though

[Mr Mystery]

Intriguing!

Didn't really enjoy the prequel God of War game. There was nowt really wrong with it, but it didn't really add anything new in terms of gameplay, so more a missed opporchancity!

But getting a PS4 regardless!

[Kirsten]

I am playing Ascension at the moment and I agree, it is fine, but nothing special

[Mr Mystery]

Hold on.....my Brian has just made a dodgy connection.....

Ares - God of War.

Mars - God of War.

Martians? With Kratos jobbing the little green gits?

[DrLove42]

That was Spartan Total Warrior, the hack and slahs made by creative assembly

Start off as a Spartan, fight a bunch of guys and some mythical creatures, then find out you're the son of a god and kill the God of War in the final boss fight.

Sound familiar?

[Learn2Eel]

God of War would be a big early release thing.

Why they wouldn't show something so big at E3 if its ready in some form is wierd though

Sony have a major presence at both Gamescom and TGS, unlike Microsoft they tend to hold out a lot of their big stuff and even it out across the three shows. It is understandable on both companies' part realistically as it all comes down to markets; Playstation enjoys its dominance in Europe and Japan, while Xbox dominates North America. In that sense, I wouldn't be surprised if they announce a few really big titles for next year at Gamescom, and an early prediction I will make is that The Last Guardian is being ported to the Playstation 4 ala Final Fantasy Versus 13/15. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if that is exactly the reason why no-one has talked about it since 2011 and also why the game has been delayed several times.

Intriguing!

Didn't really enjoy the prequel God of War game. There was nowt really wrong with it, but it didn't really add anything new in terms of gameplay, so more a missed opporchancity!

But getting a PS4 regardless!

From what I have seen it is still good, but yeah the problem is that it doesn't really change the formula at all.

That was Spartan Total Warrior, the hack and slahs made by creative assembly

Start off as a Spartan, fight a bunch of guys and some mythical creatures, then find out you're the son of a god and kill the God of War in the final boss fight.

Sound familiar?

They both came out the same year too lol.

Turns out IGN are going to be revealing what the image means "in a few days", which likely means their big 300th episode for the Beyond event on Friday. This isn't surprising as Sony officials have started popping up a lot on Beyond lately. As to what it is, a popular theory going around now is that it has something to do with Planetside 2, but I can't imagine what given that they have already said there will be no cross-platform servers.
I really have no idea what it is. It is certainly possible that it is Sony Santa Monica Studio's next game (the God of War devs) but that the hints both here and in Ascension are actually a preview of an entirely new franchise.

[Kirsten]

I really enjoyed Spartan Total Warrior, plus ares was clearly a chaos warrior

[Learn2Eel]

On an unrelated note, I will just leave these in-engine screenshots here....









Those may be the best character models I have ever seen in a video game. This is more than comparable to Crysis 3 on PC, and that is no small achievement. And it is a launch day title.....crazy!

EDIT: The bottom two pictures aren't copying correctly, go to these two links to see them in their original high res glory;

[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/9243640050/[/url]

[url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/playstationblog/9240858505/[/url]

The detail on the second one in particular is astounding....

[Learn2Eel]

Here's another;



If the character models look anything like that in-game then this will be a real visual treat!