Sony’s PlayStation 4 is officially out today and the corporate is currently riding on a wave of next-generation console hype. With every week to move before the launch of Microsoft’s Xbox One, Sony can expect several more days of heavy publicity before the focal point shifts to the contest.

With the run as much as and the launch of the PlayStation 4 being one of the vital smooth console launches in recent memory, there’s unquestionably that Sony Entertainment executives are being congratulated quite a lot today. In the middle of the launch hype, however, Sony has now been congratulated from an unlikely source.

Microsoft’s Xbox division today congratulated Sony via its social network channels. The Xbox team posted a huge, green image with white text to its Twitter and Facebook accounts reading, “Congratulation in your launch, Sony.”

Of course, this being the net, Microsoft was immediately accused of sarcasm. It does seem, though, that Microsoft is sincerely congratulating its competition while slyly diverting somewhat attention toward itself in a technique that doesn’t seem jealous.

Microsoft would be releasing its Xbox One console in a single week, on November 22. The street to the Xbox One’s launch hasn’t been as smooth as for the PlayStation 4, and Sony even mocked Microsoft’s poor console design decisions at this year’s E3. It will likely be interesting to determine whether Sony also congratulates Microsoft next week.

At the PlayStation 4 announcement in February and again at E3, Infamous: Second Son was easily some of the impressive-looking next-gen titles announced. It was a little bit a blow, then, when Sony revealed that Second Son wouldn’t be a launch title for the PlayStation 4. For months now the title have been Sony’s shiny fist-party bauble, sitting just out of reach for fans in its nebulous early 2014 release window.

Last night, though, Sony used the launch of the PlayStation 4 console to attract attention to approaching next-generation games. Besides a brand new Uncharted and exclusivity announcements for Destiny and Metal Gear Solid V, Sony and developer Sucker Punch finally unveiled the discharge date for the following Infamous.

Second Son can be released for PlayStation 4 on March 21, 2014. The sport would be joining South Park: The Stick of Truth, Titanfall, and Dark Souls II in a single of essentially the mostsome of the most crowded release months for highly-anticipated games in recent history.

The release date was revealed on the tail end of a brand new trailer for Second Son. While protagonist Delsin Rowe have been shown with “smoke” powers all year long, the hot video includes a take a look at his flashy “neon” powers:

Earlier this month, Konami clarified its upcoming launch of Metal Gear Solid V. The sport will first appear on consoles as Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, a lower-priced prologue a good way to be released sometime in spring 2014. The sport if you want to lead into the events of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain later next year.

Last night at Sony’s big PlayStation 4 launch event, Hideo Kojima, the creator of the Metal Gear series, announced that the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 versions of Ground Zeroes will include an exclusive mission.

Titled “Déjà Vu,” the mission will re-create gameplay from the unique Metal Gear Solid, including the botched rescue of DARPA chief Donald Anderson. Players may be in a position to play the content within the guise of the cast Snake seen in Metal Gear Solid, complete together with his low poly count and pixelated face.

In addition to the exclusive content, Konami today also released a 12-minute gameplay video for Ground Zeroes narrated by Kojima Productions co-Producer Sean Eyestone. The video is of a mission titled “Day,” and it shows off more open-world nature of Metal Gear Solid V. Mostly, though, it shows that the sport continues to be a great deal a Metal Gear Solid title:

Today, at the eve of the PlayStation 4 launch, Sony and developer Just Add Water have revealed another game for you to be coming to the brand new console. One which might bring more PlayStation nostalgia than all of Sony’s recent ads combined.

Oddworld: New ‘n’ Tasty might be coming to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, and PS Vita sometime in spring 2014.

New ‘n’ Tasty is an HD remake of the primary Oddworld game, 1997′s Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee. Greater than just the graphical upgrade , the sport was entirely re-built for newer PlayStation consoles.

In addition to the discharge window announcement, Just Add Water today released the primary teaser trailer for brand new ‘n’ Tasty since this year’s E3. The video doesn’t sing their own praises any of the game’s new visuals or gameplay, nevertheless it does preview some nice-looking cut-scenes:

Over the past few weeks, PlayStation Europe have been making a collection of amazing videos under the $4ThePlayers tagline. It began with a glance back at the history of PlayStation that was then followed by witty viral ads for Street Fighter and Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. Now all of those come together for the very best ads that Sony has ever produced.

It all starts with Ryu in a cab because the world slowly transforms from ours into the arena of PlayStation. With references to Killzone, Knack, Watch Dogs and more, Sony appears to be going back to its old PS2 mantra – “Live on your world. Play in ours.”

The ad is definitely epic, nevertheless it seems a bit mean to elevate the hype much more for the Europeans which have to attend until November 29 for the PS4. Still, they are able to at the least boast that they got a more in-depth PS4 launch ad than us.That’s gotta be worth something.

The PS4 launches in North America tomorrow. Make sure to look at our previous coverage to get caught up on all things PS4.

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Normally game publishers wait a year or two since their latest game release before offering their anthology or heritage series collections. Given the lackluster response to the discharge of Batman: Arkham Origins on the end of last month, though, Warner Bros. isn’t watching for it to age.

Warner Bros. today announced the Batman: Arkham Collection. The bundle comes with all three of the Arkham Batman games: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, and Batman: Arkham Origins. The gathering have been confirmed just for the united kingdom, where this will launch on November 22 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC.

The bundle comes only with a game disc for Arkham Origins. The bundle will include download codes for the digital versions of Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. Warner Bros. has essentially made the former two (better reviewed) Batman: Arkham games right into a value add for Origins.

No price was announced for the hot bundle, but gamers within the UK seeking to get into the series can most likely expect to pay greater than the retail price of Origins.

PC gamers may even get worthwhile of the deal, because the versions of Arkham Asylum and Arkham City included within the PC version are both “Game of the Year” editions will all of the game’s DLC included. The PlayStation 3 version of the bundle can even include the “Knightfall” DLC for Arkham Origins.

With the entire next gen excitement over a higher two weeks, it’s easy to forget quite a lot of excellent games can be hitting other platforms to boot. Nintendo has Super Mario 3D World and The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds on November 22, and Sony is releasing Tearaway for the PS Vita at the same day.

In a brand new trailer for Tearaway released today, the team at Media Molecule comment on developing for the PS Vita and why Tearaway is the sort of perfect match for the hand held.

While many could be playing either the PS4 or Xbox One come November 22, Vita owners could be enjoying what could be the most charming game of the year. Of course , what other game will teach players how you can make papercraft models?

Tearaway launches on November 22 exclusively for the PS Vita.

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Just over one week ago, Microsoft released the primary episode in a live-action mini-series tied to its upcoming Xbox One launch title Ryse: Son of Rome. The series, titled The autumn, follows Marius Titus, the protagonist that players will control within the online game. Though not quite as ambitious as last year’s live-action Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn, the series does sport significant production values.

The first episode inside the series provided a little bit background, showing just why Titus is bent on revenge. The second one episode featured Titus re-telling a version of the tale of Damocles, possibly foreshadowing his own fate.

Today Microsoft released the overall two episodes inside the Fall. The third episode introduces a gladiator named Gannicus. He provides an extended soliloquy about death and the brutality of Roman society. Fair warning, the video gets graphically violent near the top:

The fourth episode of The autumn gets back to Titus and his quest for vengeance. His mentor, Vatallion, places a seed of doubt into his mind about what Rome might actually stand for:

It’s almost here, folks. The PS4 launches in the dead of night tonight and the PlayStation faithful are readying themselves for a chilly night of camping in front in their retailer of choice. Before you grab your coat and hat, it is advisable take a look at one final little bit of PS4 gameplay.

Last night, Jimmy Fallon joined Ice-T to take a look at the PS4 one last time before its launch. They investigate cross-check the Playroom mini-game collection on the way to ship with every PS4 console. While the core gamers accessible will probably scoff at it, it actually looks pretty fun.

It could be noted that the Playroom software does require the player have the PlayStation Camera. It’s sold separately from the PS4 and fees $59.99. It will likely be available alongside the PS4 at launch tomorrow.

If you can’t contain your excitement for the PS4′s launch tomorrow, make sure you try all our previous PS4 coverage.

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Resogun could also be getting all the best PlayStation 4 launch title reviews, but it surely isn’t the simplest free game PlayStaion Plus subscribers gets free on their PlayStation 4′s starting tomorrow.

Indie game Contrast may also be free for PS Plus members who get their PlayStation 4′s on launch day. The sport is both a 3D and 2D platformer that challenges players with puzzles based around a shadow mechanic. Players could have the power to shift out and in of a “shadow dimension” through which they are able to interact with shadows. In fact, light sources within the “real” world will play a massive role in how the shadow world appears.

The game is decided within the 1920s and has a decidedly vaudevillian aesthetic. Players will control Dawn, the imaginary friend of a woman named Didi. Didi has family issues and sets out to cause them to all better. All of this can be previewed within the game’s launch trailer, which debuted today:

Contrast is out tomorrow as a downloadable title for PlayStation 4 and Xbox 360. It is going to even be out for PlayStation 3 on November 19.