The new always-on device will open up new ways to share with friends, live stream gameplay and download a full library of PlayStation titles.
Chris Metzen, Senior Vice President of Story and Franchise Development of Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., unveiled that the award-winning Diablo franchise would make its console debut with PlayStation. Diablo III will be adapted for PS4 with an interface custom-designed to work naturally on controllers.
Eric Hirshberg, CEO of Activision Publishing, announced full support from its developers for PS4. Hirshberg then introduced Bungie, Inc., which is working on "the next great video game franchise – Destiny."
Harold Ryan, President of Bungie, announced that Destiny will have exclusive content for PlayStation gamers. Ryan said: "Like PS4,Destiny is an online, connected experience. Like PS4, Destiny lets you access the content you love from multiple devices. And like PS4,Destiny is designed to entertain you for years to come."
"The arrival of PS4 is a critical initiative that presents an enormous opportunity to dramatically evolve the game play experience into something far grander than ever imagined," House said, as he concluded the event. "From enhanced social capabilities to intensified power to realizing bigger, better, and more immersive game play, to the evolution of our ecosystem to meet the requirements for a simpler, more adaptive interface, we believe PS4 proves we have more to offer than ever before."
