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Alan Velasco - Mon, Apr 14, 2025
Sony has announced that it’s raising the price of the PlayStation 5 again, with some regions seeing a jump as high as 25%. It’s the last thing gamers want after having to accept the increase in pricing to Nintendo’s hardware and software...
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Alan Velasco - Tue, Mar 11, 2025
The game industry continues to integrate artificial intelligence into the game development process. Some of the biggest players, such as EA and Microsoft, have demoed some of the tools being worked on internally that the companies hope to use in the future. Now, it seems another gaming giant...
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Alan Velasco - Tue, Feb 11, 2025
PlayStation has long had a problem with poor quality games flooding its digital storefront. These games often used incredibly low pricing or acted as vehicles for players to get easy trophies to generate sales. It’s a problem that gamers...
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Zak Killian - Tue, Jan 21, 2025
The PlayStation 3 launched in 2006, and seven years later, we got the PlayStation 4 in 2013. Then, after another seven years, we got the PlayStation 5. Given this steady cadence, we'd expect the PlayStation 6 to launch in 2027. That gives...
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Alan Velasco - Thu, Jan 16, 2025
Sony is adding a solid set of new game titles for the month of January to its PlayStation Plus Game Catalog, for users who subscribe to the Extra and Premium tiers. The lineup includes one of the gaming giant’s crown jewels, a few indie...
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Zak Killian - Fri, Dec 20, 2024
A couple of days ago on the official PlayStation YouTube channel, Sony uploaded an unusually technical video. It features Mark Cerny, the architect of the last few PlayStation consoles, talking in bits-and-bytes fashion about the...
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Alan Velasco - Fri, Dec 20, 2024
Earlier this year there were rumblings of a potential acquisition of Japanese mega-publisher Kadokawa by none other than Sony, which sent shockwaves through the gaming industry. It appeared as if Sony had its eye on buying the conglomerate...
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Alan Velasco - Thu, Dec 12, 2024
Astro Bot has been a big success for Sony, earning a lot of love from fans and critics alike thanks to its fun gameplay alongside its nods to PlayStation’s storied past. It has even managed to impress enough that it will make an appearance...
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Alan Velasco - Wed, Dec 04, 2024
During an interview with the BBC, co-CEO of PlayStation Herman Hulst was asked about the role of AI in game development. It’s an important question as AI continues to occupy an increasing role in business operations, and the gaming...
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Alan Velasco - Tue, Dec 03, 2024
Sony has been celebrating the PlayStation’s 30th anniversary, beginning with the launch of a collection of devices sporting the iconic colorway of the original PlayStation 1. However, quantities for these items were limited, so many fans...
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Alan Velasco - Wed, Nov 20, 2024
A little over a year after debuting the PlayStation Portable, Sony is delivering a massive upgrade through an update that will make the niche device a whole lot more versatile. When it originally launched, the PlayStation Portable was only...
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Alan Velasco - Tue, Nov 19, 2024
PlayStation may be on the cusp of adding some strong titles to its gaming portfolio, to further strengthen its position in the console space. It appears as though Sony is in talks over the purchase of Japanese media conglomerate Kadokawa...
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Alan Velasco - Mon, Nov 11, 2024
When the PlayStation 5 launched, Sony provided owners of its current generation console with a free adapter so they could continue to use the company’s first-generation PS VR headset. However, this offer seems to be winding down as Sony...
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Zak Killian - Mon, Nov 04, 2024
Some big PS5 Pro news today, just a scant few days before the upgraded console officially hits the market on November 7th. First up, we have some official specifications for the system shared not by Sony itself, but rather by Euro tech...
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Alan Velasco - Wed, Oct 30, 2024
Firewalk Studios, makers of the ill-fated first-person shooter Concord, has been shut down by Sony after the game was taken offline mere weeks after launching on PlayStation 5 and PC. The announcement of the closure was made by CEO of the...
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Alan Velasco - Fri, Oct 18, 2024
Shawn Layden, formerly a chairman of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios, shared that the console business can’t continue to just compete based on specs during a fireside chat at Gamescom Asia. According to Layden, “we’re...
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Alan Velasco - Thu, Sep 12, 2024
Days after Sony’s announcement, the pixel peeping experts at Digital Foundry have weighed in on whether they believe the PlayStation 5 Pro will be able to run Grand Theft Auto VI at a smooth 60 FPS in 4K resolution. "GTA 6" is of course one of the most highly anticipated games ever, but it’s...
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Zak Killian - Fri, May 31, 2024
Yesterday afternoon, Sony gave its latest "State of Play" presentation showcasing new and upcoming games for its platforms and from its studios. While the response to Sony's show has ranged from enthusiastic glee to outright outrage, we're...
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Zak Killian - Mon, May 27, 2024
Considering how the company is arguably best known for its TVs and game systems these days, it's easy to forget that Sony made its mark in the field of audio. Indeed, the very name of the company comes partially from the Latin "sonus"...
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Nathan Ord - Sat, May 04, 2024
HELLDIVERS 2 has had immense success over the past few months, with millions of players worldwide. However, the positive reception of the game has been somewhat soured by a policy change announced earlier this week. At the game's launch...
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Zak Killian - Wed, Jan 03, 2024
You may have heard that Marvel's Spider-Man and Ratchet & Clank developer Insomniac Games suffered an extremely extensive breach that stole over 1.6 TB of data—yes, terabytes—from the company's servers. An unbelievable amount of...
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Zak Killian - Tue, Nov 07, 2023
Before you start posting angry comments, we know—it's not actually called the "PS5 Slim". In fact, Sony simply refers to it as a "new look for the PS5 console." However, it is a bit smaller than the original release, and the timing is...
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