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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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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Half-Life Beyond

Half-Life Beyond

First Person Shooter

Fight to survive the horrors from the world beyond, in this Unreal Engine 5 Singleplayer and Multiplayer First-person shooter set in the Half-Life universe...

Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona

Skelethrone: The Chronicles of Ericona

Platformer

Skelethrone is a challenging Metroidvania game that combines brutal 2D combat with an evocative narrative core delivered through the exploration of non-linear...

They Are Here: Alien Abduction Horror

They Are Here: Alien Abduction Horror

Adventure

“They Are Here” - is a first-person horror story about a journalist who witnessed an alien invasion at the Grayswood farm. Explore the area armed...

Witch's Forest

Witch's Forest

Adventure

Dive in to the tragic tale of one of the last witches in all of Europe while keeping your family safe from hunters, find all the candles in the deep Portuguese...

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown

Combat Sim

Become an ace pilot and soar through photorealistic skies with full 360 degree movement; down enemy aircraft and experience the thrill of engaging in...

Fallout 4

Fallout 4

Role Playing

As the sole survivor of Vault 111, you enter a world destroyed by nuclear war. Every second is a fight for survival, and every choice is yours. Only you...

Minecraft

Minecraft

Adventure

Minecraft is a first-person fighter/sandbox construction game created by Mojang AB.

Six Days in Fallujah

Six Days in Fallujah

First Person Shooter

A first-person tactical shooter that drops you and three other players into real-world urban combat that requires real-life tactics to overcome.

Meifumado

Meifumado

Role Playing

Meifumado is an action role-playing game set in a post-apocalyptic world inspired by Japan.

Legions At War

Legions At War

Turn Based Strategy

Legions at War is an unique sandbox platform for the enjoyment of turn based strategy games. You control modern military and classical chess units, so...

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Hades II Alternative Portraits
Hades II

Hades II Alternative Portraits

Adventure

An alternative set of portrait images for various characters in the game, Hades II.

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...

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...

Duake
Quake

Duake

First Person Shooter

Run through the Quake campaign as Doomguy! Featuring his full arsenal of weapons, rebalanced maps with colored lighting, and more!

(Not So) Grand D16 Overhaul (no GK for Firearms)
DOOM (2016)

(Not So) Grand D16 Overhaul (no GK for Firearms)

First Person Shooter

Compilation of my mods. Properly integrated. Main project.

Bondo's SuperDuper Quake
Quake

Bondo's SuperDuper Quake

First Person Shooter

SuperDuper DMSP Quake More fun than a barrel of exploding monkey gibs! by Bondo

EM Rebalance Mod
DOOM (2016)

EM Rebalance Mod

First Person Shooter

Rebalances different aspects. Plus adds some things and changes some things drastically.

Afraid Of Madness
Amnesia: The Bunker

Afraid Of Madness

Adventure

After your accident in the war, you fell into a coma, and now you dream about your old terrible workplace. You better wake up soon Henri! They need you!

Seroit Mode
Minecraft

Seroit Mode

Adventure

Seroit Mode works in Minecraft Java Edition version 1.20.1 Only Turkish and English Languages Supported! Developer Note : First of all, since this is...

Bonk Jam
Quake

Bonk Jam

First Person Shooter

Quake has a new melee weapon: the Hammer! This mod comes with two new monsters, a new weapon, 18 maps, and loads of unlockable skins!

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