According to lead system architect Mark Cerny, development on Sony's eighth-generation PlayStation 4 (PS4) began as early as 2008. Less than two years earlier, the PlayStation 3 had officially launched after months of delays due to issues in production. The delay placed Sony almost a year behind Microsoft's Xbox 360, which was already approaching 10 million units sold by the time the PS3 launched. PlayStation Europe CEO Jim Ryan said Sony wanted to avoid repeating the same mistake with PS3's successor.

In 2012, Sony was rumored to have begun shipping development kits to several game developers consisting of a modified PC running the AMD Accelerated Processing Unit chipset (formerly AMD Fusion). In early 2013, Sony announced that an event known as PlayStation Meeting 2013 would be held in New York on February 20, 2013, to cover the "future of PlayStation". Sony officially announced the PlayStation 4 at the event. They revealed details about the PS4's hardware and discussed some of the new features it will introduce. Sony also showed off real-time footage of games in development, as well as some technical demonstrations.

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PlayStation VR

PlayStation VR

Sony Computer Entertainment Headset

Put yourself at the centre of new worlds by slipping on a visor-style, head-mounted display, currently in development by Sony Computer Entertainment...

DualShock 4

DualShock 4

Sony Computer Entertainment Controller

The DualShock®4 Wireless Controller for PlayStation®4 defines the next generation of play, combining revolutionary new features with intuitive, precision...

Delta Six

Delta Six

Avenger Advantage Controller

The ultimate gaming gun; the most realistic, immersive gun controller on the market. It is time you experienced your FPS the way it was meant to be.

KOR-FX

KOR-FX

Immerz, Inc. Haptics

The KOR-FX gaming vest uses award-winning 4DFX technology that transforms the acousto-haptic signals (audio) coming from your games or media into pinpointed...

Glyph

Glyph

Avegant Headset

Glyph mediawear is the world’s first personal theater designed with lightweight portability, rich audio and amazingly precise video. Stop watching...

VirZOOM

VirZOOM

VirZOOM, Inc. Controller

VirZOOM creates thrilling VR experiences powered by you. Pedal your VirZOOM Controller to propel yourself through endlessly exciting VR games. Power a...

PlayStation VR Aim Controller

PlayStation VR Aim Controller

Sony Computer Entertainment Controller

A controller for use with the PlayStation VR headset.

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Unreal Engine 5

Unreal Engine 5

Commercial licence

The world’s most open and advanced real-time 3D creation tool, Unreal Engine 5 will be available in preview in early 2021, and in full release late...

Custom

Custom

Commercial licence

The engine used to build this game was a once-off creation, designed explicitly to run this particular title. This is not a _real_ game engine, this is...

Godot

Godot

MIT licence

Godot is a fully featured, open source, MIT licensed, game engine. It focuses on having great tools, and a visual oriented workflow that can export to...

Unreal Engine 4

Unreal Engine 4

Commercial licence

The most world-class game engine to date, Unreal Engine 4 gives you the power to do more than ever before. Bring your creative visions to life directly...

Creation Engine

Creation Engine

Proprietary licence

The Creation Engine was created specifically for the new game, The Elder Scrolls V, Skyrim. It allows the game to have farther draw distances than any...

GameMaker Studio 2

GameMaker Studio 2

Commercial licence

GameMaker Studio 2 is the latest and greatest incarnation of GameMaker! It has everything you need to take your idea from a concept to a finished game...

GameMaker Studio

GameMaker Studio

Commercial licence

GameMaker Studio caters to entry-level novices and seasoned game development professionals equally, allowing them to create cross-platform games in record...

MonoGame

MonoGame

BSD licence

One framework for creating powerful cross-platform games. The spiritual successor to XNA with 1000's of titles shipped across desktop, mobile, and console...

CryENGINE V

CryENGINE V

Commercial licence

Building on over a decade of continued engine development and refinement, CRYENGINE is used by AAA and indie developers alike to build some of today’s...

Lumberyard

Lumberyard

Commercial licence

Amazon Lumberyard is a free, cross-platform, 3D game engine for you to create the highest-quality games, connect your games to the vast compute and storage...

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My Rosemary

My Rosemary

Puzzle

An exploration puzzle-game where a woman searches for her father, during the Portuguese dictatorship.

Half-Life Beyond

Half-Life Beyond

First Person Shooter

Fight to survive the horrors from the world beyond, in this Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-person shooter set in the Half-Life universe.

Sci-Jewel

Sci-Jewel

Puzzle

A spiritual successor to the puzzle game franchise, "Bejeweled".

Undertale

Undertale

Role Playing

Welcome to UNDERTALE. In this RPG, you control a human who falls underground into the world of monsters. Now you must find your way out... or stay trapped...

Gori: Cuddly Carnage

Gori: Cuddly Carnage

Adventure

Humanity has been destroyed - and it's up to Gori, along with his deadly but wise-cracking sentient hoverboard, F.R.A.N.K, and morose A.I companion, CH1-P...

Eternal Mist

Eternal Mist

Real Time Tactics

Eternal Mist is a real-time tactics game with some RPG elements. Explore a post-apocalyptic fantasy world in which a deadly mist has engulfed almost the...

Plaguebound

Plaguebound

Platformer

“A mutant hero battles virus-altered foes in alternate history sidescroller” Plaguebound is a sidescroller and 2D platformer game set in an alternate...

Fallout 76

Fallout 76

Role Playing

Welcome to Fallout 76, the online prequel where every surviving human is a real person. Work together, or not, to survive. Under the threat of nuclear...

Starfield

Starfield

Role Playing

Discover Starfield, the new space epic currently in development by Bethesda Game Studios. Starfield is the first new franchise in twenty-five years from...

F1 2016

F1 2016

Racing

Create your own legend in F1 2016. Get ready to go deeper into the world of the most prestigious motorsport than ever before. F1 2016 is the official...

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Shokuhō
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

Shokuhō

Role Playing

A completely comprehensive overhaul of Mount and Blade II: Bannerlord which seeks to recreate a historically accurate environment of feudal Japan from...

In the Name of Jerusalem II
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord

In the Name of Jerusalem II

Role Playing

This project is the continuation of our work in Warband crusade MOD "In the Name of Jerusalem". We will continue to extend and improve the old settings...

Invasion Mode
DOOM Eternal

Invasion Mode

First Person Shooter

Play CAMPAIGN maps with Demon Players hunting the Slayer. The Slayer must complete all encounters. The Demons must kill the Slayer. Requires an active...

SEVENTH FORCE -Modding Concepts-
Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

SEVENTH FORCE -Modding Concepts-

Arcade

A branch developed to works featuring advanced modding techniques, currently the host of Enhanced Gunplay mod by Roaches

Quake 1.5 HD Single Player
Quake

Quake 1.5 HD Single Player

First Person Shooter

This MOD is a (much needed) graphical overhaul for Quake 1.5 Public Beta 1: a set of texture-replacements taken from other MODs and here and there on...

Quadinfernal
Quake

Quadinfernal

First Person Shooter

A conversion mod featuring new enemies, new weapons and custom campaign featuring its own soundtrack.

Lordbound
Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

Lordbound

Role Playing

A massive story expansion for Skyrim with 60+ hours of original content. Visit the valley of Druadach and embark on an epic quest to bring peace to this...

Un-Wrath: Aeon of Fun
WRATH: Aeon of Ruin

Un-Wrath: Aeon of Fun

First Person Shooter

This mod revises and redesigns multiple of aspects of the game - for a much smoother and a far more competent, polished experience. Including weapon action...

DELIVER US THE MOON micromod 1.04
Deliver Us The Moon

DELIVER US THE MOON micromod 1.04

Adventure

A very small "mod", for "DELIVER US THE MOON" ver. 1.4.5.30.... -- just with some infos, tips and allowing the replacement of default keys, not modifiable...

Comedy Season
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number

Comedy Season

Tactical Shooter

The Year is 1992 , USA Was never nuked by the USSR , The Russian-Colombian Drug War Still Making Miami a Bad Place For Living , The Fans Without any hope...

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