Sony Announces PlayStation 4, Second-Screen Experience PlayStation App for iOSTonight, Sony announced PlayStation 4, their next generation video game console, at an event in New York City, which was also live streamed on their website. The company announced that the new console would allow gamers to try out new games before purchasing them, share gameplay videos with friends and watch friends play their games in a spectator mode. Sony also revealed a redesigned Dual Shock controller with a touch pad on the front and showed off tech demos of the console's capabilities and new games like "Killzone: Shadow Fall." While Sony announced some of the hardware specs for the new PS4, they didn't show the device and provided no details about pricing. Just after announcement, Sony sent out a press release (via Engadget) announcing a PlayStation App for iOS, which will serve as a second-screen experience app, much like Microsoft's Xbox SmartGlass. Image via EngadgetA new application from SCE called "PlayStation®App" will enable iPhone, iPad, and Android based smartphones and tablets to become second screens. Once installed on these devices, users can, for example, see maps on their second screens when playing an adventure game, purchase PS4 games while away from home and download it directly to the console at home, or remotely watch other gamers playing on their devices.Previously, Sony had released an iOS app called PlayStation Official App that was only available in Europe and Australia and it allowed users to check on their gaming achievements, in the form of "trophies," and check their friends' online statuses. It's not known when this new app will be available, whether it will cost anything or whether it will have any additional features, but more information is certain to be released as the PlayStation 4's release date gets closer. Sony announced that the PlayStation 4 would be released in the Holiday 2013 timeframe, but did not reveal pricing for the console. Recent Mac and iOS Blog Stories • Simogo's Creepy Puzzle Adventure 'Year Walk' Now Available • Netflix for iOS Updated with UI Changes, Zoom Icon • Apple to Target Emerging Markets with Low-Cost Phone to Launch in September at $199? • Jony Ive on How Product Naming Influences Design Philosophy • Director Ran Out of Money, Finished Shooting his Oscar-Nominated Movie on an iPhone • Sunrise Redesigns the Calendar Experience on iOS, Integrating Facebook, LinkedIn and Google Calendars • Evasi0n Jailbreak Works with iOS 6.1.2, 1.4 Update Coming Later Today • Apple TV Launches in India Following iTunes Store Launch
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