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The ‘Playstation 4’ Is Officially Unveiled!
The press conference is over, and the Playstation 4 Has been officially revealed! Even more crazy is they are planning on releasing the system this holiday season. Head past the break to check out all the notes I took during the press conference. Keep checking the video for the replay of the stream. It runs just about 2 hours long. It’s definitely worth the watch. I would assume someone has put it on YouTube by now. If the video past the break isn’t working go HERE to watch the stream over again if you missed it.
Head past the break for what we know so far, and the embedded live video!
Live broadcast by Ustream
The Playstation 4 system itself will be running:
A x86 CPU
A PC GPU for graphics
8 Gigs Of System memory
Supercharged PC Architecture
I don’t quite understand much of that but you PC and gaming nerds I would assume understand.
The Dual Shock 4 Controller
The leaked picture was definitely the real thing. They also announced some things you may or may not already know about the controller:
Touch pad for browsing
Regular headphone jack, built right in
Light bar
Share button (instantly start streaming with the press of the button)
Random Other Features:
*The system even when shut down can download updates, DLC, games, etc while it and you sleep.
*You will be able to instantly play anything you want from the Playstation Store, and buy it if you love it.
*Suspend the system in game so you can very quickly pick back up right where you left off in game.
*With the share button, you can stream your gaming live, have friends watch, comment, chat, and help you with your play through if you need the help.
*Quantic Dream developed an engine that has CG Film Quality characters and polygons.
*The Playstation Vita will be able to take over your game playing if you have to leave your Playstation 4, possibly to give up the living room to someone else. So you can keep your game going almost completely uninterrupted.
*The Vita isn’t the only PS device making the transition, as you will be able to create practically anything with the Playstation Move. (See video)
Games Announced:
*Killzone: Shadow Fall
*Infamous: Second Son
*Deep Down
*Capcom hints at Final Fantasy game announcing at E3
*Watch Dogs
*Diablo III
*Destiny
Check out the video they showed at the conference for Destiny below.
*The Witness
—Exclusive to PS4
—25 Hours Of Gameplay
—Compacted but very in depth world
—Solve many puzzles on the island you explore
*Drive Club
—Drive as a club with friends
—Challenge other clubs all around the world
—Drive the best cars around the world, in the best locations
—Real world details to a T, an insane amount of detail
—Connect via your phone, tablet and more
Capcom announces new engine code named Panta Rhei. They showed if off for their new game ‘Deep Down’ and also showed and incredible quick possible Street Fighter Teaser.
The final bit of unexpected news is that they are planning to release the Playstation 4 the 2013 Holiday Season.
(Please excuse any off, or miss-information, as I did this quickly while they talked about everything.)
Sam Neill, the New Zealand actor best known for his role in 1993’s Jurassic Park, has passed away this week at 78 years old. In a statement shared on Neill’s Instagram page this morning, the actor’s family said that his passing was “sudden and unexpected.”
Neill had been diagnosed with a rare blood cancer in 2022, but stated the following year that he was in remission. The family notes that he “remained cancer free” at the time of his passing.
The family statement reads, “It is with immense sadness that the whānau of Sam Neill share the news of his passing on Monday 13th July, in Sydney Australia. Sam was surrounded by family and passed with the dignity that has characterised his whole life. The loss was sudden and unexpected but blessed by the fact that Sam remained cancer free.
“They would like to express their deepest gratitude to the staff at St Vincent’s Private Hospital for their incredible care. More details will be shared later, but for now, on behalf of the family, we ask that you respect their privacy as they navigate this immeasurable loss.”
In addition to his iconic role as Dr. Alan Grant in the original Jurassic Park and the sequels Jurassic Park III and Jurassic World: Dominion, Sam Neill left an indelible mark on the horror genre with memorable roles in Andrzej Żuławski’s Possession, The Omen: The Final Conflict, John Carpenter’s In the Mouth of Madness, and sci-fi horror favorite Event Horizon.
Sam Neill’s vast resume in film and television began in the early 1970s and also includes the films Sleeping Dogs, Enigma, The Good Wife, A Cry in the Dark, Dead Calm, The Hunt for Red October, Memoirs of an Invisible Man, Hostage, The Jungle Book, Snow White: A Tale of Terror, The Horse Whisperer, Bicentennial Man, Daybreakers, Escape Plan, and Thor: Ragnarok.
Sam Neill is survived by his four children and eight grandchildren.
Steven Spielberg said in a statement to Variety, “I owe a debt of gratitude to Roger Donaldson, Gilliam Armstrong, Graham Baker and Phillip Noyce for casting Sam Neill in the roles in which he was so brilliant that brought him to my attention and led to his playing Dr. Alan Grant in Jurassic Park. Sam was exceptionally collaborative. It was a stretch for him to play a character who acted as though children were messy and smelly because this was the opposite of the loving father he was to his children. I adored making all the Jurassic movies with him.”
Spielberg adds, “Along with Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum, we will always have our Jurassic family and Sam will never be forgotten by us or his many millions of fans around the world.”
Sam Neill in ‘Event Horizon’
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