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| E3 2017: Sony teases virtual reality games | E3 2017: Sony teases virtual reality games |
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| Sony has teased a string of new games for its PSVR virtual reality headset hardware ahead of the E3 video games show in Los Angeles. | Sony has teased a string of new games for its PSVR virtual reality headset hardware ahead of the E3 video games show in Los Angeles. |
| VR content for role-playing adventure Skyrim was shown, as was a new first-person horror title, The Inpatient. | VR content for role-playing adventure Skyrim was shown, as was a new first-person horror title, The Inpatient. |
| A virtual reality fishing simulator for Final Fantasy - Monster of the Deep - was also debuted. | A virtual reality fishing simulator for Final Fantasy - Monster of the Deep - was also debuted. |
| It contrasts sharply with rival Microsoft's announcements at E3 this year, which barely mentioned VR. | It contrasts sharply with rival Microsoft's announcements at E3 this year, which barely mentioned VR. |
| Last week, Sony revealed that it has sold one million PSVR headsets to date, meaning there is already a sizeable market for new VR titles. | Last week, Sony revealed that it has sold one million PSVR headsets to date, meaning there is already a sizeable market for new VR titles. |
| The company also used its E3 show to highlight a string of new blockbuster titles that will be coming to the PS4. | The company also used its E3 show to highlight a string of new blockbuster titles that will be coming to the PS4. |
| "You could say that they're using VR as a differentiating factor," said Brian Blau, a video games analyst at Gartner. | |
| "VR experiences on PlayStation are pretty good." | |
| One further example of a brand new VR title unveiled at the briefing was Bravo Team - a first-person shooter from Supermassive Games, the developers behind Until Dawn. | |
| Mr Blau added that he thought Sony showed off a "great line-up" but that E3 was becoming less focused on major news announcements. | |
| "The tech vendors want to have their own events and have the spotlight on themselves," he told the BBC. | |
| "There are challenges with E3 this year, the conference is changing somewhat and there are more fans there." | |
| Using the show as a place where fans and games designers could interact was becoming increasingly common, he suggested. | |
| "In 2017 it continues to be all about the games," said Shawn Layden, president and chief executive of of Sony Interactive Entertainment America, as he introduced the showcase. | "In 2017 it continues to be all about the games," said Shawn Layden, president and chief executive of of Sony Interactive Entertainment America, as he introduced the showcase. |
| "PlayStation is home to all the biggest and best franchises in the world." | |
| Spiderman - a major exclusive for the PS4 - will arrive in 2018, the firm revealed, having shown off new gameplay. | |
| The web-slinging hero was seen in a dramatic chase with a helicopter flying through a cityscape. | |
| Among others titles were a remake of Shadow of the Colossus, also expected in 2018, and Monster Hunter World, due early the same year. | |
| And there was more footage of God of War - a highly anticipated action game, first teased at Sony's E3 event in 2016. | And there was more footage of God of War - a highly anticipated action game, first teased at Sony's E3 event in 2016. |
| Before the firm's main briefing got under way, it announced a new feature for PlayStation owners - PlayLink, which lets friends join gaming experiences via their smartphones. | Before the firm's main briefing got under way, it announced a new feature for PlayStation owners - PlayLink, which lets friends join gaming experiences via their smartphones. |
| Sony announced some games that will make use of this feature, including That's You, a party-style experience in which friends answer humorous questions about each other and doodle competitively on their smartphones' touchscreens. | |
| "PlayLink is there to promote local, social play using smartphones as second screen," said IHS Technology analyst Piers Harding-Rolls on Twitter. | "PlayLink is there to promote local, social play using smartphones as second screen," said IHS Technology analyst Piers Harding-Rolls on Twitter. |
| However, he added, "Second screen gaming has never been very popular." | However, he added, "Second screen gaming has never been very popular." |
| Read and watch more E3 coverage | Read and watch more E3 coverage |