PlayStation 4: 10 Launch Titles To Expect

With it being widely anticipated that Sony will be unveiling the PlayStation 4 at their massively hyped press event next Wednesday, it's also reasonable to expect that they will be giving us our first glimpses at the next generation of gaming, by way of some launch titles that will release when the console does near the end of 2013 (or in Europe, Spring 2014 if rumour is to be believed). While plenty of launch titles prove to be tech demos and little else - and, of course, it's impossible to even begin to predict what new IPs might show up on the slate - we can at least speculate on which popular franchises from the PS3's era might rear their heads next week, as well as a few current-gen titles that will inevitably slink their way in to pad out the line-up. Well, it can't be any worse than the Wii-U's dreadfully underwhelming library of launch games, can it? Here are 10 launch titles you should expect from the PlayStation 4.

10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4

Activison commented this past week on what the next-gen leap this year means for their esteemed and immensely popular Call of Duty franchise, resolving that the launch of new consoles would likely put something of a dent in their sales, though of course, it's still reasonable to expect they're going to make considerable bank nonetheless. What's more interesting is the possibility - nay, the damn-near certainty - that Modern Warfare 4 will be a launch title for the PS4; after all, what better way to launch your console and lure in millions of casual gamers than by including the world's most popular gaming franchise? There's one key issue that potentially holds it back, though, and that's the technicals; the CoD games have never had amazing graphics - especially in the wake of Battlefield 3 - and so to make it a launch title to show off the PS4's graphical capabilities might prove a tad underwhelming. It's unreasonable to expect Activision to work on a current-gen version while also trying to make a far more visually stunning next-gen version, so the result could either be a) the complete CoD game with sub-standard graphics or b) a CoD game with some features gutted to give the PS4 dev-team more time to hone the visuals.
 
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