Playstation 4 announced

Big news, Sony have just announced the Playstation 4! The 1st of the 'big 2' games consoles to be announced, this console is slated for a Christmas season 2013 release which means this year. A handful of games were shown including the recently announced title from Bungie "Destiny", a console port of Diablo 3 as well as new titles from some 1st party studios including a new Infamous and a new Killzone. Very exciting indeed, gameplay footage was shown (running on PS4, though this was not shown) and it looks fantastic.

A new controller design was announced which alters the original Dualshock design somewhat, mainly adding a touchscreen on the controller and a 'Share' button; a main feature of the new console being to 'share' content seamlessly. As expected nothing specific was announced, such as the widely rumoured price plans or the visual appearance of the console, but we have plenty of game conferences to come before the release so I'm sure they are keeping some tricks up their sleeves for now.

To watch the full conference go to Sony's official "Meeting 2013" website.