The PlayStation 4 is here. Sort of.

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February 21, 2013

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Sony unveils the PS4 -- the games, at least.

The PlayStation 4 was formally announced at an event in New York City. At least we know the name is definite. As for its features, the details came out eventually. Here's what you need to know.

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Making sense of the PS4 game lineup

Sony's PS4 event left us asking plenty of questions. Which games are PS4 exclusives? Which are PS3 games? And which are both?

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Sony: Fear not, the PlayStation 4 will play used games

It's official: there is no need to worry about a patent that stops consoles from playing second-hand games -- it isn't intended for Sony's next console.

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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is cut from a different cloth

Metal Gear Rising isn't a sequel to Metal Gear Solid 4 (although at one point it was supposed to take place in between games two and four), but it does exist in the same universe, carrying along themes of mechanically enhanced human cyborgs and creepily human artificial intelligences.

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Crysis 3: A gorgeous redundancy

As far as console games go, it doesn't get much prettier than Crysis 3, the latest effort from developer Crytek. Built upon the eponymous CryEngine, Crysis 3 again takes place in a dilapidated futuristic vision of New York City, 24 years after the events in Crysis 2.

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