Ahead of 2013 PlayStation Meeting, company registers several domain names hinting at cloud-gaming support.

Ahead of Sony’s major New York City event tomorrow, the company has registered a series of domain names related to something called PlayStation Cloud. As spotted by Superannuation, the domain names are registered to a Gaikai system administrator and IT manager.

Sony acquired cloud-gaming company Gaikai last year for $380 million to establish a new cloud service combining Gaikai’s resources with its own. A new Wall Street Journal report suggests the PlayStation 4 will be backwards compatible, allowing gamers to stream PlayStation 3 titles.

A Sony representative was not immediately available to comment.

Sony is expected to announce the PlayStation 4 tomorrow at its 2013 PlayStation Meeting, beginning at 3 p.m. PST/6 p.m. EST. GameSpot and its sister sites will be in attendance at the event, which will also be live-streamed.

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Six-day live-streaming event starts from October 22 until 27; featuring appearances by Nathan Fillion, Wil Wheaton, and Felicia Day.

Red 5 Studio, the developer behind the upcoming free-to-play shooter Firefall, will be hosting an upcoming live-streaming event called the Firefall Fest.

See Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day talk amidst some tense Firefall action next week.

The six-day show featuring live streams of the game will be held from October 22 until October 27. Notable guests include Wil Wheaton (from TV shows Star Trek: The Next Generation, Big Bang Theory) and Felicia Day (from web series The Guild) who will appear on October 22 from 3pm to 6pm PST, webseries comedy team Mega 64 who are scheduled on October 23 from 3pm to 6pm PST, and Nathan Fillion who will be on air on October 27 from 3pm to 6pm PST.

Red 5 Studio will also be giving away prizes sponsored by Razer and AMD at different times during the event. These range from mice and keyboards like the Taipan and Black Widow Tournament Edition, to gaming PC rigs with an AMD FX-8150 3.6GHz CPU and Radeon HD 7950 video card.

Additionally, gamers who buy a Founders Pack from October 22 to 27 will get immediate access to the game. The event will be streamed on the developer’s Twitch page. The full schedule of the event can be seen here.

For more information on Firefall, check out GameSpot’s coverage on the title.

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Irrational Games has been silent on the topic of FPS-RPG BioShock Infinite since it was delayed a few months ago from this year’s holiday season to February 2013. That blackout, however, is set to end soon, according to a new countdown on the game’s official Facebook page. As of publication, the countdown stands at just over 10 days and 14 hours. 

It will finish on Sunday 21st October at 7am EST (4am PST, 12pm BST), and apparently means the release of a new trailer.

As an extra novelty, the page contains a poll giving you a series of choices between two things you would like to see more of in the new trailer. For example, my first choice was between Elizabeth and Songbird. Each of these switches out and is replaced by another character, setting or object when you have cast your vote.

BioShock Infinite is set for a worldwide release on PS3, PC and Xbox 360 on 26th February 2013.

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Annual promotion slashes prices on Modern Warfare 3, Portal 2, Spec Ops: The Line, several package deals.

The Steam Summer Sale is on, and with it come significant markdowns on PC games large and small, new and old. The sale offers deals on different sets of individual games daily until July 22, publisher packages until July 23, and “flash sale” discounts, which are good for 12 hours or less.

It’s like a stimulus package! Just the other way around.

Some highlights from the discounts available today include Portal 2 for $5 (was $20) and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 for $30 (was $60). Gamers interested in $50 package deals can find Spec Ops: The Line and The Darkness II among others in the 2K Collection. Deus Ex: Human Revolution and Just Cause 2 as well as several Hitman and Tomb Raider titles are on sale in the Square Enix Collection, and many other packages are available.

The promotion’s current flash sales include Deus Ex: Human Revolution for $7.50 (was $30), ending at 4 p.m. PST, and Rayman Origins for $15 (was $30), ending at 10 p.m. PST. Gaming documentary Indie Game: The Movie is also available for $5 (was $10) for the duration of the Summer Sale.

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Blizzard announces stress-testing weekend, allowing free access to the beta this weekend for players from across the world.

After last week’s announcement that it would be inviting in a further 275,000 Diablo III beta testers, Blizzard today opened the floodgates to eager gamers with a one-weekend stress-testing open beta. The beta will be open from shortly after midday PST (8 p.m. BST), the firm said, and is open to anyone with a Battle.net account. The client is available to download now via the Battle.net blog.

Hordes will come; servers will break.

Participants in the Open Beta Weekend will get access from today until 10 a.m. PDT (6 p.m. BST) on Monday. Player classes will be unrestricted, but players will not be able to take their characters past level 13. Blizzard says the purpose of the open beta weekend is to “put the game and servers through their paces” ahead of the launch.

The core game will be the same for everyone, but access to beta forums and some aspects of auction-house testing will remain the privilege of invited beta testers.

Blizzard also offered a warning for those who would be participating that technical issues were to be expected. “It’s very possible that players connecting to the stress test could experience issues with the service,” the firm said. “While not ideal, this is exactly why we’re having a stress test. We want to catch and analyze as many bugs as possible during this stress test period, so that we can try to ensure a smooth launch.”

The closed beta test will continue until May 1, two weeks before the game is officially launched on May 15.

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Art and music contributions to be used in “official capacity” for near future.

Amidst the recent Street Fighter X Tekken DLC kerfuffle, Capcom recently announced on its community blog that it plans to celebrate Street Fighter’s 25th anniversary with the help of its players. The company announced that fans will be able to participate in the upcoming festivities by contributing original art and music from the fighting universe.

Deadlines for fan tributes is May 4. Don’t keep Ryu waiting.

Capcom will use these fan submissions in an “official capacity” in the near future, but hasn’t yet revealed its own plans for the anniversary. Artists who wish to pay tribute can submit traditional hand-drawn artwork, digital artwork, or a photograph of physical creations such as statues and costumes.

Those interested in creating a musical tribute will need to submit remixes of existing Street Fighter music, or fully original tunes inspired by the series. Entries close at 11:59 p.m. PST on May 4. For more information, head to the art submission and music submission guideline pages.

Capcom’s latest release in the long-running franchise is the recent Street Fighter X Tekken for the Xbox 360 and PS3. Check out GameSpot’s coverage of the upcoming Vita version.

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