Sony release two new PS4 Control

Sony has recently announced two licensed pro controllers that will be official for the PlayStation 4 console – namely the Nacon Revolution and the Razer Raiju. This the company claims is to give its players more controller choices to choose.“Through close collaboration we’ve been able to help optimise each controller for PS4 – incorporating innovative Dual shock4 controls and ensuring gamers can enjoy a plug & play experience with any model of PS4,” said PlayStation in a blog.

Razer Raiju
The Razer Raiju as the company says is ‘designed for conquering professional eSports tournaments.’ This controller (according to the blog) comes with advanced ergonomics and controller customisation for sports games. Razer Raiju controller features include-– Built-in control panel on the front of the controller– Trigger-stop switches and hair trigger mode for ultra-fast trigger responses– Two custom profiles which you can instantly switch between and modify– 3.5mm headset jack and dedicated headset volume and mic mute controls– Detachable analog stick rubber caps which provide extra grip during intense gaming sessions.
The controller will be compatible with all PlayStation 4 consoles using a 3m USB detachable cable.

Nacon Revolution
The Nacon Revolution has also been designed keeping eSport games in mind, and promises ‘to meet a wide range of gameplay needs’. The controller includes:– 46° amplitude dual analogue sticks, enhanced with innovative firmware for advanced eSports accuracy   and reach– Four extra shortcut buttons– Eight-way directional pad– Four custom profiles – all configurable via the companion PC application, enabling players to: re-map      buttons, assign macros to the four shortcut controls and adjust analog and trigger sensitivity– Two internal compartments with six additional weights – for a tailored balance and feel.
The Nacon Revolution will also be compatible with all PS4 systems using a 3m-long secure connection detachable USB cable.

Amnesia: The Dark Descent coming to PS4

Amnesia is one of the decade’s essential video games, a reimagining of the horror genre. Played from a first-person perspective, the goal isn’t to kill hordes of baddies, but simply to progress through a mysterious castle, avoid contact with monsters, and survive.
Released in 2010, Amnesia inspired countless horror games,and played a crucial role in the popularization of video game streaming, where folks like PewDiePie built identities shrieking at Amnesia and its ilk. Which is to say, it’s not a streaming-friendly horror game, it's the streaming-friendly horror game. And yet, for six years, Amnesia, its sequel Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs, and a side project called Amnesia: Justine, have been available exclusively on PC, Mac, and Linux.
A new PS4 collection will bring all three to a video game console for the first tine. Thomas Grip, creative director of Frictional Games, wrote a recap of the events that led to Amnesia's creation, and provides some interesting background on the two games that followed. (For example,Justine was actually a loose tie-in for Portal 2.) But Grip is modest about the game’s significance.
Amnesia: The Dark Descent was released a year after Resident Evil 5, the game that downgraded the biggest horror franchise in video games into a caffeinated action film pastiche.
Since The Dark Descent, the horror genre has embraced the slow pace and vulnerable heroes established by Amnesia. Six years later,Resident Evil 7was introduced with first-person gameplay, featuring a weaponless hero running for their life. A small indie game informed the reigning genre champ, and soon both will be playable on the same console.

The Amnesia Collection will be available on PS4 on November 22nd, 2016.

Sony to enter mobile gaming market

Sony is making plans to launch at least five smartphone games by March 2018, targeting Japan and other Asian markets. A new report from Nikkei suggests that Sony Interactive Entertainment will be offering smartphone games based on its popular PlayStation series, and this will be handled by the company’s gaming arm(subsidiary) – Forward Works.
Sony is expected to revive some older games that are not compatible with PlayStation’s latest hardware for mobile platforms. The games will reportedly be linked to consoles as well, and the Japanese tech giant will announce titles it is developing by the end of 2016.There is a huge market for mobile phone gaming, and Pokemon GO is the biggest example of that. The augmented reality game went viral, and helped rake millions of dollars for the game’s creator Niantic and partners – Nintendo and The Pokemon Company, through in-app purchases. Sony continues to lose traction in the competitive Android smartphone market (currently dominated by Samsung).
Nintendo at the Apple iPhone 7 launch announced ‘Super Mario Run’ for iOS, and Sony too realises the importance of mobile gaming. Sony’s gaming arm, Forward Works was formed earlier this year with an objective of leveraging the intellectual property of PlayStation dedicated software titles and bringing it to smartphones.
Sony in 2014 sold of its PC business (VAIO) to an investment firm – Japan Industrial Partners, in an attempt to restructure the company and focus on mobile devices. While Sony has failed to capture the smartphone industry by storm, the company’s PlayStation consoles have been doing well. According to a Business Insider report, Sony has sold 40 million units of the PlayStation 4 (PS4) since its launch in November 2013. This makes the PS4 the best selling gaming console in the world right now, and Sony recently announced two new versions of the console last month. We’ll have to wait and see if Sony launches these new games for smartphones.