From its Future of PlayStation event in New York today, Sony confirmed that a new entry in the Infamous series is headed to PlayStation 4, called Infamous: Second Son

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Sucker Punch, the creators of Infamous, are developing Second Son, which is set seven years after the events of Infamous 2. Its protagonist, Deslin Rowe, a smug 20-something with the power to manipulate and become smoke, is labeled as a bio-terrorist in the real-world city of Seattle. He acquires his powers after coming in contact with someone he rescues from a flaming bus crash.Second Son focuses on a locked-down society under surveillance, and what happens when several people with super powers live there, while its story revolves around the idea that "our security comes at a high price -- our freedom."

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