Playstation Press Conference LIVE BLOG

We at Geekscape are watching the Sony Playstation Live conference. If you can’t watch along with us, stay glued to this page for constant updates!

Current gen consoles are very limited and have reached their peak. Sony approached developers in 2008 to discuss what they wanted to find in a new console. PS4 is the proper evolution of gaming platforms.

The architecture of the console is very PC. Running on x86. Will have 8 Gigs of unified memory.

All games will be live demos. They just revealed the DualShock 4. It looks just like the leaked photos. Enhanced rumble, tighter buttons, lower latency, touchpad on the front of the controller, light bar is used to identify players easily. Stereo camera used to track players in real space along side the light bar.

Unreal Engine 4 running live. Full GPU acceleration. CPU and GPU are on the same physical die, and the new system will use GDDR-5 memory.

Demo of 1 million objects running on the HAVOK engine. A bunch of polygons created and dropped over a map and all seem to have proper weight.

New game being demoed from Japan Studios titled KNACK. Features a character that is made up of bits and pieces that can change his shape. Looks like Advanced Wars meets Warhammer meets Ratchet and Clank.

New Playstation UI focuses on immediateness. Play state can be saved from ram. Press the power button and the system will go into sleep mode and save exactly where you left off. New mode will allow for updates while the system is doing other things. New digital titles can be played while data is still being downloaded.

New PS4 interface being shown. Looks like XBOX blade system, crazy close. Gameplay can be recorded and uploaded while you still play the game. Hit one button, clip the footage and upload.

Knack being demoed. Live streaming of games is possible. Players can take over another players game through the internet and help them out.

New existing social network integration. Will use existing pictures and information.

Apps for tablets, smartphones and Vita will let you access Playstation home.

New Playstation key focus was customization. System will learn your likes and dislikes.

Dave Perry CEO of GuyKai(?) studios just hit the stage. His company wanted to focus on the network, playing with friends.

His goal is to create the fastest gaming network. When players start a game, you can automatically join your friends. Using the GuyKai cloud, you can live stream and demo purchases before you buy. You will be able to try almost anything.

Social gaming is at the core of the Playstation 4. Integration with Facebook and ustream. This network is dedicated to games, he made sure to emphasize.

New share button on DualShock 4 will let you live stream automatically to your friends. Gives gamers watching the ability to give you support and post messages on screen. Letting friends look over your shoulders. You can request assistance from friends to help you in game. Let them take over your controller.

Base hardware was designed to integrate social networks in all aspects. Will link PS4 with Vita, phones and tablets. Remote play will be used on second screens. It is so important that they built it into the hardware. Very XBOX smartglass like.

PS Vita integration is key. Remote play will let you play your PS4 games on the Vita. Very WiiU tablet like. Knack is being demoed on Vita.

GuyKai technology integrated into Remote Play. Makes the PS4 a server and the Vita a client to access the full power of the PS4.

New content services, Netflix, Hulu Plus, Amazon instant on, Playstation Music, MLB and more.

PS3 games will not run native on PS4, but they are working on getting integration and game longevity. Their plan is to have all consoles being able to have their games played on PS4. PS1, PS2, Vita, PSP ETC. New Playstation network and the GuyKai cloud will allow all past present and future games available to users. Features will be pushed out in phases.

Video is running from developer interviews. Developers were approached and had a hand in forming the PS4. Simple and Elegance balance was the focus from developers. General consensus of the video is Devs are happy with what PS4 is. Immediacy is key. Boot times are non existent. New devices that are supported so your Playstation experience can be taken out of the living room.

Mike Denny from World Wide Studios is on the stage.

Game creators have had hand in creating the new hardware. SYNERGY! HE SAID SYNERGY TWICE! OH YEAH!

New games going to be previewed. Herman Holst(?) from Guerrla games is on the stage. Helgast and ??? are being talked about. Killzone Shadownfall is being demoed.

Killzone looks amazing, big sweeping planet with Star Wars looking buildings. Helicopter flying over and is landing, player jumps out. Game looks great, a lot of things moving on screen at once. Classic Killzone blur is still present.

Game must be being rendered live, NPC was pushed and just glitched out. NPCs are having their own conversations as the player moves through the courtyard. Explosions and alarm just raised. WHOA DAMN! BIG EXPLOSION! Tons of particles.

The guard that lead you into the court yard is now excevuting injured people. Is actually a Helgast in a cloaking disguise. Player just killed him and stole his weapon.

Stream is kind of lagging, but so far there are a TON of particles being rendered on screen, buildings are burning and falling apart. The sounds in the game are pretty good. Minigun being fired has tremendous volume.

Player just pulled a MirrorsEdge and jumped onto a fleeing enemy helicopter. Sweeping vista of the city is present. Player is hanging from the helicopter and attacking it. So many things moving and being rendered at once. Smoke looks fantastic.

Player plants C4 on helicopter and pulls an epic move as he jumps off and lands without a hitch. Demo ends with robotech looking helicopters surrounding player.

Racing game is now being demoed. Evolution Studios Game. DriveClub. Demo ended, just showed a few drivers hopping in cars and starting. Game is called Drive Club. Evo Studios director on stage.

Drive Club has been in dev and concept for over 10 years. All about social racing. Letting players drive anything everywhere.

Various car company logos on screen, companies were approached. Evo Studios dev says the next generation of games are about us the gamers. DriveClub is about racing in a team, racing in clubs against other clubs. Rewards you for playing in groups.

DriveClub tablet app can create challenges for other players to race at home on their console. You can watch it live from your tablet. All kinds of races are capable. From quick races to 1000 player weekend tourneys. First person view emphasized. Hennesy Viper and Konensigigigigigz models on screen. Completely been remodeled in the game, even metallic flake paint and fibers and threads so they all react with the light.

True first person racing. Player is walking up to the car, closing trunk lid and is walking up to the door, opening it and walks in. SAFETY FIRST! Player buckles up. Looks amazing, race is now being demoed. This looks AWESOME, first person racing. Looks like you can manipulate all the gadgets inside the car.

Drive Club app being shown in demo on a Sony tablet. Players can interact with created challenges.

Stream is lagging up but the game looks pretty damn good. You know I will grab a copy of this!

Bald guy on stage, talking about being tear gassed in 2009 at a political rally. Asks the audience if the police are ACTUALLY there to protect us. Talking about 1 camera per every 14 citizen of London. Talking about US government monitoring, 4 in 1200 people have been monitored by us. Talking about wasting time in TSA lines. WHAT IS THIS GUY DOING? Now he is asking what happens if people become superheroes, living breathing weapons. These people can walk through metal detectors and wreck havock.

Dev is Nate Fox, Suckerpunch studios new game for PS4 is being demoed.

Security checkpoint is on screen, travelers being monitored. WE ARE HERE FOR YOUR SAFETY being broadcasted over loud speakers. Sounds like the SEE SOMETHING SAY SOMETHING stuff you can hear in airports.

Super powered guy just showed up and started wrecking the place. Looks into security camera and said YOU ARE NOT IN CONTROL. Rage Against the Machine being played. lol

Refreshing stream.

Playstation will remain steadfast in support of Indie Devs. Indie Devs will be able to sell their products right on PSN. Dev of Braid is taking the stage to show his new game that will debut on PS4. John Blow.

New game is called The Witnessed, where you explore an abandoned island where you explore it’s mysteries. Game is all about epiphany. Taking the player from confusion to solution. Witness focuses on the AH HA moment in gaming. Game takes place in an open world where you can go everywhere.

Witness open world is designed about being compact instead of vast, everything is there for a reason. No filler gameplay will be in the Witness. It is a puzzle game and each puzzle has an idea(?) in it that the devs are trying to convey. The game will have 25 hours of gameplay and will launch on PS4. The game will take place mostly in your mind(?) trailer being rolled.

First person game. Kind of stylizied island, sweeping over various landscapes. A turntable and a record are in a tree stump and start playing a song. Puzzles being shown, hard to describe. Looks like Pipe Panic game. Getting major Myst/Riven vibes.

Check the KillZone facebook page to view the live gameplay that was automatically shared from the stage. Facebook.com/killzone. Way to go back three steps guy.

Quantic Dream studio dev David Cage on stage. lol that Ahmed.

His most looked for feature on a console is player emotion. He wants to be able to suspend disbelief and make them believe in a new reality. Going over buzzwords right now, yeah a lot of buzzwords showing up on the screen.

Great Train Robbery being shown on the screen. Talking about old silent films… David is emphasizing emotion a lot. Is saying it almost any other word. PS4 is the first time emotion can be possible. He is listing off the games his studio have done, polygon count.

Quantic Studio character being demoed live on screen. Old man, looks like a Pixar film. Full shadowed polygons on the guys face. Emotions can be conveyed. The guys face is VERY detailed, lets pray LA NOIRE 2 uses this tech.

PS4 is the hardware this guy wants, he is able to convey his emotion.

Alex Evans from Media Molecule takes the stage, going over his creative process. He wants to take creative gaming and bring it to the home.

Media Molecule wants to bring creation to the player and keep it from being disjointed. Media Molecule wants to let players record their dreams. Stream just jumped. How can people create digitally…steam just jumped again.

The perfect tool for 3D creation is the Move Controller? They are going to marry the Move with the PS4. Medi Molecule has created a sculpting tool with the Move. Tool being demoed on screen. A guy is standing in a room with a Move and is sculpting some clay, Alex says it’s cloud watching but with your hands?

My office phone just rang and I missed it shit. A guitar is now on screen and two people with Move controllers are manipulating two characters in 3D space, one of them has picked up a guitar and is now shredding.

OH GOD! WII MUSIC! ITS FUCKING WII MUSIC!

Playstation 4 is the “Creative Console”.

Main guy is back on the stage. Every third party developer will support PS4. Bunch of logos on screen. Yoshinori Ono from Capcom is taking the stage.

He is not going to talk about Street Fighter. MMMM, his accent is going to make this tough.

Ohayo gozaimasu! Translater is taking over. Ono is talking about how the PS1 let them create Biohazard (resident evil) with pure 3D characters.

I just realized I met Ono at SDCC, he was dressed as Blanka at the time.

New game is being demoed. The new engine from Capsom, Panta Rhei.

New game being demoed “Deep Down”, a bunch of Tolkien looking bandits are in a cave, being gruff and are searching for something. Big old dragon thing just showed up, I am getting major monster hunter vibes. DAMN this game looks great! We can really see the PS4 being able to render all these various flame particles.

Square Enix is up next.

Yoshihisa Hashimoto is on the stage from Square. Chief Tech Officer.

Real time cinematech demo will be shown. We see a middle eastern looking Mos Eisley looking town. Modern age, a car is driving through a city. A priest is in a cave summoning a demon? Terrorists just showed up and ruined his day.

AK-47s VS. Magic. One of the spell casters took off her hood, VERY Final Fantasy looking girl. One of the terrorists shot a dog with a some chemical and it is turning into a monster. Now the girl is transforming. Cloverfield cam is making this hard to tell whats going on. Girl is now being attacked and the demon from the cave saved her. Looks like a dragoon, was Panzer Dragoon a Square game?

The tech demo was the aimed for quality for Square’s all new next gen games. Yoshi is back and emphasizing the hardware and social again. They are REALLY hammering this social gaming thing.

Shinji Hashimoto is taking the stage to talk about ONE MORE THING!  Brand Director of Final Fantasy. He has ONE THING TO SAY!

New Final Fantasy title is being developed…he just said be prepared for E3….cmon Shinji!

Ubisoft dev is taking the stage. Yves Guillemot on stage. He asked, “WHO REALLY CONTROLS OUR LIVES?” The answer is ALL OF US!

Ubi is creating games that can be played whenever and wherever and will put players together everywhere.  Deeper, richer and more believable games. Jonathan Morrant is on stage now and is talking about Ubi’s new game WatchDogs.

Refreshing Stream.

Jonathan says everything he is, and all that he loves are all on his phone. WatchDogs is about complete control over everything. Everything is connect. DISCOVER THAT EVERYONE IS CONNECTED!

Game takes place in Chicago and is about tapping in and taking over peoples lives. Full open world to explore. Nick is on stage demoing Watch Dogs.

Third person view of a thuggy looking guy walking around in Chicago. This looks pretty fucking good! EVERYONE is broadcasting.  Player is targeting homeless guy, his full info shows up on screen, we see is an Iraq War Vet. Player is hacking ATM and taking cash.

Player is targeting a girl, her VICTIM probability is rising. Player targeting a guy, his CRIME probability is rising, he tries to mug the girl and the player interrupts and takes chase. Through alley. We hear 911 call, the police are after the player. Player has killed mugger. Player hacked automatic road blocks that raised up and blocked police.

This looks like Urab Assassins Creed. Player is jumping up on a building and hacked a L-Train. This game looks ballistic. I’m sold! Tag line is Connection is power.

New dev is taking stage, first time ever on stage, Blizzard manager Chris Metzen.

I’VE MET THIS GUY!

Blizzard and Sony have entered a strategic partnership, in order to take over the world. OK Chris. He’s going over Blizzards history.

Says the company has been trying to consider what franchise to bring to the console. Blizzard will be bringing a new game to PS4. We are hearing the Diablo guitar… Diablo 3 will be on PS4 and PS3…come on I thought this was going to be some good news!

Diablo 3 will feature 4 Player 1 screen COOP. More info at PAX East.

Stream just glitched BAD! Activision Dev is suddenly on the stage.

OH SHIT! IT’S BUNGIE! BUNGIE IS ON THE STAGE! FIRST TIME IN A DECADE! WHERES MY HALOZ?!?!??!

The stream is clipping bad for me, more glimpses of ingame footage of new Bungie game Destiny.

Game looks great, Halo meets hyper gritty Sci Fi.

A few Bungie guys just got on stage to talk about Destiny. They are super happy about being independent. Destiny is an online connected shooter. Looks like it will really use all the features of the PS4.

All the Bungies guys must have the same Mom, they all dressed the same!

The arrival of PS4 will dramatically change how games are played.

AND THATS A WRAP! YOU CAN GET YOUR OWN PS4 THIS HOLIDAY!