News::Video claims to show a redesigned PS4 slim controller

Earlier today Eurogamer took pictures and video of what appears to be a redesigned slim PlayStation 4, and now YouTube channel ZRZ is showing off what it says is the console's new controller. The only immediately noticeable tweak is up top, where there's either a second light bar or the DualShock 4's touchpad is allowing the light to shine through. That could be useful for syncing up with the PlayStation VR headset or just taking advantage of games that use the light indicator to give the player feedback. Lat year when we asked Sony exec Shuhei Yoshida about his favorite use for the feature, he called out Bloodborne's blood-red indicator.

Via: Destructoid

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News::What's on your HDTV: 'Halt and Catch Fire,' 'Madden NFL 2017'

The Olympics were a nice diversion, but now it's back to your regular summer programming schedule. AMC's hardware hacking series Halt and Catch Fire is back, and Madden NFL 2017 is hitting consoles everywhere. FX's The Strain brings its vampires back for another run, while HBO wraps up The Night of and Playdead's latest game Inside arrives on PS4. Look after the break to check out each day's highlights, including trailers and let us know what you think (or what we missed).

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News::Weeklong Twitch marathon showcases streamers with disabilities

The AbleGamers Charity has been campaigning for greater accessibility in games for over a decade now, applauding games that do inclusivity right and raising money for grants and fellowships. Today they're kicking off a different awareness project: A Twitch marathon. Six different streamers will broadcast over the next five days, each showcasing how they play to accommodate their disabilities.

Source: AbleGamers

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News::PlayStation Plus membership prices rise in September

PlayStation Plus memberships will cost more starting on September 22nd. On that date, a one-year membership in the US will rise from $50 to $60, while three-month memberships will rise from $18 to $25. The price of a monthly plan will remain the same in the US ($10). Existing members will not have to pay the increased amount until their plans renew on or after September 22nd.

Source: PlayStation Blog

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News::The slim PS4 is looking realer every day

When photos of a purported slim PS4 redesign emerged, you could hear the skeptics' cries from a mile away: fake! Photoshopped! However, it looks like this new console is very much real. Eurogamer visited the person who bought the unreleased console from a Gumtree listing, and has posted video (below) proving that this is a real, working game system. You'll have to wait until later for more details, but what you saw before holds true: it's smaller, rounder and more utilitarian than the original.

Source: Eurogamer (YouTube), Wall Street Journal

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News::Analogue's beautiful, aluminum NES gets a smaller spin-off

The NES Classic is equal parts neat and limited -- after all, it has the correct look, but can't be expanded beyond the 30 games built into it and won't play nice with existing NES controllers. Cheap? Sure, though it's maybe not the tiny retro machine fans have been hoping for. That's where the makers of the custom-built Analogue Nt come in: they've built a smaller, less expensive version of the console called the Nt mini that's set to ship in January 2017.

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News::'Big City Stories' is a free-to-play city builder for PS4

Hellfire Games' Big City Stories is looking to combine the best parts of city-building games like Sim City or Cities: Skylines with the open-world mechanics of an MMO. The result? An awesome-looking PlayStation 4 exclusive.

Source: PlayStation Blog

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News::Tokyo 2020's Olympics pitch: Mario, Pac-man and co.

In case you didn't notice, the Olympics is wrapping up in Rio, and sports fans now have an endure a whole three years and 11 months until the next one, which happens to be in Tokyo. Japan's Olympic committee decided to highlight that fact by transforming the country's Prime Minister into Mario (naturally), showcasing its distinctive skyline (swoon!), showing some of its athletes you've probably never heard of (sorry!) and a bunch video game and anime characters. It's all backed by a punchy jazz soundtrack, and is likely to give you goosebumps, although I wonder why the creative team wasn't able to book Pikachu in time.

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