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New PS5 System Software Beta Boosts DualSense Audio Capabilities and More

Sony has released a new PS5 system software beta that features some pretty impressive-sounding improvements to the DualSense controller's audio capabilities. First up, the DualSense's speakers can…

February 6, 2024 | 08:29 EST

The Last of Us Part 2 Ellie and Neil Druckmann
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The Last of Us Creative Director: "There Is Probably One More Chapter to This Story"

Today Naughty Dog released the documentary Grounded II: Making The Last of Us Part II, and the series' creative director and writer Neil Druckmann had a tease to share at the end.  Druckmann…

February 2, 2024 | 03:23 EST

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PlayStation State of Play January 2024 Recap - Check Out All the News, Trailers, and Reveals

Sony just hosted the first State of Play broadcast of 2024, including many reveals from developers around the world.  The livestreamed event included new extensive looks at Stellar Blade by Goddess…

January 31, 2024 | 05:05 EST

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PlayStation State of Play Coming This Week Featuring Stellar Blade, Rise of the Ronin, and More

Today, Sony Interactive Entertainment announced a new State of Play broadcast coming later this week, promising a look at plenty of upcoming PS5 games.  According to the announcement made on the…

January 29, 2024 | 12:31 EST

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PlayStation China Hero Project Game AI Limit Reveals 2024 Release Window and Spectacular Gameplay

Developer SenseGames and publisher CE Asia announced that the action RPG AI Limit will be released in 2024 for PC via Steam and PS5.  Unless you have a very long memory, you may not be familiar with…

January 20, 2024 | 06:06 EST

Sony PlayStation's Best Place to Play Slide at CES 2024
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PlayStation Boasts Record 123 Million Monthly Active Users, Shows Glimpse of Gravity Rush Movie

Sony is hosting its traditional conference just before the 2024 International CES in Las Vegas. Of course, PlayStation played a part in the celebrations.  Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan…

January 8, 2024 | 08:51 EST

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PS5 Has Sold 50 Million Units to Customers

Today Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced that 50 million PS5 units have been sold through to customers worldwide. The announcement, made via press release, specifies that the impressive…

December 20, 2023 | 11:15 EST

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Learn How Much You Played on Your PlayStation Consoles and More With the 2023 Wrap-up

Today Sony Interactive Entertainment made its annual PlayStation wrap-up available to its users, allowing them to check out their statistics for the year. The feature is available on the official…

December 12, 2023 | 12:30 EST

PlayStation Awards Grand Prize Winners - Final Fantasy XVI, Genshin Impact, Resident Evil 4
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Genshin Impact, Resident Evil 4, Final Fantasy XVI Win Grand Awards at PlayStation Partner Awards

Today Sony Interactive Entertainment has revealed the winners of its annual PlayStation Partner Awards, which focus on the Japanese and Asian markets. The event was previously simply named "…

December 1, 2023 | 05:35 EST

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PlayStation Partners With Japanese Band King Gnu for a Rather Peculiar PS5 Commercial

Today the Japanese arm of PlayStation released a series of PS5 commercials in partnership with the popular local band King Gnu. The commercial is certainly fairly peculiar but rooted in the…

November 23, 2023 | 01:18 EST

Destiny 2 X Witcher Crossover
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Destiny 2 Reveals Crossover with The Witcher Promising Cosmetics Inspired by Geralt of Rivia

A crossover between Destiny 2 and The Witcher was not in my bingo card for this year, but it's actually happening, as just announced by Bungie.  The sci-fi first-person-shooter will get cosmetics…

November 21, 2023 | 01:16 EST

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The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered Leaked and Releasing for PS5 in January

Fans of The Last of Us who have been waiting to play The Last of Us Part 2 on PS5 natively can rest easy, as The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered has just been leaked.  According to the leak, the game…

November 17, 2023 | 06:38 EST

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PlayStation Revised Plans for Live Service Games With Only 6 Titles Coming by FY 2025

During Sony's quarterly financial conference call for investors and analysts, CFO and COO Hiroki Totoki talked extensively about the PlayStation Business, and commented on the layoffs at Bungie and…

November 9, 2023 | 03:26 EST

Marvel's Spider-man 2 - Pete and Miles
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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Has Sold Over 5 Million Units & Is a "Big Hit" According to Sony

During Sony's quarterly financial conference call for investors and analysts, CFO and COO Hiroki Totoki announced a sales milestone for Marvel's Spider-Man 2. According to the executive, the game…

November 9, 2023 | 02:21 EST

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PS5 Has Shipped 46.6 Million Units as PlayStation's Sales & Profits Grow Year-on-Year

Sony just released its financial results for the second quarter of the fiscal year, related to the period between July and September 2023. The press release reveals that the PS5 has shipped 4.9…

November 9, 2023 | 01:19 EST

PS5 Slim Teardown View
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Watch a Teardown of the New PS5 Slim All the Way to Its Core

With the new and slimmed-down model of the PS5 starting to be found out in the wild, the first teardown videos are emerging.  The popular YouTube channel Linus Tech Tips was among the first to get a…

November 5, 2023 | 02:26 EST

PlayStation Plus games for November 2023
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PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for November 2023 Announced: Mafia 2 Leads the Pack

Today Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the games that all PlayStation Plus Subscribers will be able to enjoy at no additional cost in November 2023.  According to the announcement made on…

November 1, 2023 | 01:11 EDT

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Sony's New High-End PlayStation Pulse Audio Accessories Get Release Dates

Sony has announced release dates for its new PlayStation Pulse Explore earbuds and Pulse Elite wireless headset. The new audio accessories are part of Sony's expanding PS5 lineup, which also…

October 30, 2023 | 12:11 EDT

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 & Wolverine
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Insomniac's Wolverine Confirmed to Be Set in the Same Earth-1048 Universe as Marvel's Spider-Man 2

While many may have guessed it, today we got the confirmation that the Marvel's Spider-Man series and the upcoming Marvel's Wolverine by Insomniac Games are set in the same universe. Asked during…

October 27, 2023 | 03:40 EDT

Miles Morales with electricity surging through his body in Marvel's Spider-Man 2
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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Hit A Pretty Astonishing Sales Milestone In Just 24 Hours

Sony has announced that Marvel's Spider-Man 2 hit a pretty impressive sales milestone within its first 24 hours on launch. The game, which was released just this past Friday, sold over 2.5 million…

October 23, 2023 | 09:40 EDT

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 - Peter and Miles look Surprised
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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Day One Patch Revealed

Today Insomniac Games announced that its upcoming PS5-exclusive title Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is getting the customary day one patch.  The update, numbered 1.001.002, brings a number of improvements,…

October 17, 2023 | 02:39 EDT

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Sony Talks Access Controller In New Dev Diary, Logitech To Launch Addon

Sony has shared a brand new development diary discussing the creation of its new PlayStation Access controller. In the dev diary, which takes the form of a video (with an additional PlayStation Blog…

October 12, 2023 | 09:37 EDT

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PS5 Slim Digital Price Hike Is the Result of PlayStation's Uncontested Domination

Today's announcement of a $50 price hike for the new slimmed-down PS5 Digital Edition in the United States is certainly emblematic of the situation of the market.  Usually, redesigns changing a…

October 10, 2023 | 04:05 EDT

PS5 Slim Officially Announcded
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PS5 Slim Officially Announced, Coming this Holiday Season

Today Sony Interactive Entertainment officially announced the previously rumored and partly leaked PS5 slim, albeit they're not going as far as calling it that.  According to the announcement, the…

October 10, 2023 | 12:36 EDT

Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Handstand Kick
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Marvel's Spider-Man 2 Has 30, 40, & 60 FPS Modes on PS5 and All Have Ray Tracing

Players who will swing into Marvel's Spider-Man 2 when it releases on PS5 will have an interesting lineup of choices in terms of performance moves. As mentioned on X (Formerly Twitter) by Insomniac…

September 15, 2023 | 12:42 EDT

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New PS5 System Software Beta Adds Tons Of Quality-Of-Life Features

Sony has unveiled a new PS5 system software beta, which is rolling out to selected participants starting from today. Previous system software beta builds have introduced features like 1440p support…

July 31, 2023 | 09:19 EDT

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Sony Has Sold 40 Million PS5 Units to Customers

Sony Interactive Entertainment just announced that the PS5 has passed a relevant sales milestone.  According to the announcement, the console has sold through over 40 million units, which means that…

July 27, 2023 | 09:23 EDT

PlayStation Plus Monthly Games August
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PlayStation PlusMonthly Games for August 2023 Announced

Today Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the games that all PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive at no additional cost in August 2023.  According to the announcement shared on the…

July 26, 2023 | 11:55 EDT

Xbox and PlayStation Strike Deal for Call of Duty
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Microsoft & Sony Sign Deal to Keep Call of Duty on PlayStation After FTC Falis to Block Activision Merger

Today Microsoft announced that it has signed a binding agreement to keep the Call of Duty franchise on PlayStation consoles after the acquisition of Activision Blizzard. The deal was announced via…

July 16, 2023 | 10:32 EDT

Ratchet facing off against a massive monster with a gun in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart
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(Updated) Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart PC Specs Revealed, GPU Decompression Detailed

Update: The Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart PC specs have now been officially announced. They appeared via the PlayStation Blog earlier today, confirming that the details of the deleted Steam post…

July 13, 2023 | 10:13 EDT

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Naughty Dog Co-President Evan Wells Will Retire; New Leadership Team Announced

Today Naughty Dog announced that co-president Evan Wells has decided to retire at the end of the year.  This announcement turns the last page on a carer at the studio started 25 years ago. Wells was…

July 11, 2023 | 06:05 EDT

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PlayStation Plus Monthly Games for July 2023 Announced; CoD Black Ops Cold War & More

Today Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the games that all PlayStation Plus subscribers will receive at no additional cost in July 2023.  According to the announcement shared on the official…

June 28, 2023 | 01:38 EDT

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Microsoft Accuses Sony of Lobbying To Protect Its Dominant Position Following Hearing Against FTC

Today marked the first day of the evidentiary hearing that sees Microsoft and Activision fight in court against the FTC's demand for a preliminary injunction that would severely hinder the proposed…

June 22, 2023 | 08:34 EDT

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Gorgeous Final Fantasy XVI Trailer Highlights PS5 Features

Sony Interactive Entertainment just released a new trailer of Final Fantasy XVI focusing on its features tied with PlayStation 5. While the footage is pretty generic (albeit gorgeous), we get to…

June 15, 2023 | 12:18 EDT

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PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan Discusses What Makes PS5 Attractive, Importance of Japan, & Timing of PC Releases

Today the Japanese website Weekly Famitsu published an interview with Sony Interactive Entertainment president Jim Ryan, touching on a variety of topics.  In the interview, Ryan claims that the…

May 19, 2023 | 12:13 EDT

The PlayStation Access controller, which was formerly known as Project Leonardo
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Sony Officially Reveals PlayStation Access Controller, Formerly Project Leonardo

Sony has unveiled the official name for the Project Leonardo accessibility controller. It's now called the Access, and as well as the name, Sony has also revealed new details about the controller,…

May 18, 2023 | 08:45 EDT

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PlayStation Showcase Coming Next Week Promising Over an Hour of First & Third-Party Games

Today Sony Interactive Entertainment announced the highly-anticipated next PlayStation Showcase that traditionally replaces the company's long-dead E3 conference.  According to the announcement, the…

May 17, 2023 | 10:11 EDT

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PlayStation's India Hero Project Puts Out The Call For Indian Developers

PlayStation has announced the India Hero Project, a new initiative intended to amplify the voices of Indian game developers. The project is open for applications right now and is looking for Indian…

May 9, 2023 | 03:09 EDT

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Sony Is Shutting Down First Party Studio Pixelopus of Concrete Genie Fame

Today, Sony Interactive Entertainment's first-party studio Pixelopus announced that it's going to be shut down.  The announcement, made on Twitter, reads as follows, accompanied by a cute…

May 5, 2023 | 05:09 EDT

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Sony's Live Service Games Won't Just Be Fortnite or Destiny Clones

PlayStation Studios head Hermen Hulst has laid out his vision for Sony's upcoming live service offerings in a new interview. The executive says that although these games will have live service…

May 1, 2023 | 11:05 EDT

Genshin Impact Earbuds and Nexk Speaker by Sony
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Sony Releasing Genshin Impact Earbuds & Neck Speaker in Japan

Today, the Japanese arm of Sony made a couple of interesting audio accessories dedicated to the popular online RPG Genshin Impact available for preorder as part of a collaboration with HoYoverse.…

January 12, 2023 | 10:33 EST

Sony Honda Mobility CEO Yasuhide Mizuno standing in front of a new Afeela car with a PS5 game running on it
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Sony's New Electric Car Can Play PS5 Games

Have you ever wanted to play a PS5 game in your car without resorting to cumbersome portable displays? Well, Sony and Honda might have the answer for you. Last night, under their collaborative brand…

January 5, 2023 | 09:46 EST

A virtual representation of Manchester City's iconic Etihad Stadium
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Sony Unveils Virtual Soccer Stadium Metaverse Experience At CES

Sony has had a busy CES 2023 so far. Plenty of new announcements have been made by the gaming and tech giant, and one of those announcements was a new virtual stadium experience in which you can hang…

January 5, 2023 | 09:10 EST

A screenshot for a game that Sony will soon be banning or restricting from their store.

Sony Bans Trophy Spam Games From Store

If you're a PlayStation trophy hunter and you want to acquire lots of trophies, you've probably heard about the many shovelware trophy spam games out there. Basically, these are cheap games sold on…

November 22, 2022 | 11:07 EST

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JRPGs, Farming Sims, and More Kiryu in Like A Dragon | Podcast 51

We get into the many announcements (many farming sim announcements) from the Nintendo Direct, the new stuff shown at Sony’s State of Play, and we talk all things Like a Dragon (Yakuza). K-pop Kiryu…

September 19, 2022 | 07:05 EDT

Two warriors on horseback in the Limgrave fields in From Software's Elden Ring
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Tencent And Sony Buy Over 30% Shares In From Software

Gaming giants Tencent and Sony have purchased more than 30% of shares in Elden Ring and Dark Souls developer From Software. Parent company Kadokawa still has a majority stake, but Sony and Tencent…

August 31, 2022 | 10:26 EDT

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PlayStation Studios Mobile Announced Alongside New Acquisition

Sony has announced a new PlayStation Studios Mobile division, the formation of which is also coinciding with a brand new acquisition. The mobile business will operate outside of the console division…

August 29, 2022 | 08:34 EDT

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Microsoft and Nintendo Respond to Sony's PS5 Price Hike

Yesterday, we learned that Sony would be increasing the price of the PlayStation 5 in Japan, Europe, China, Australia, Mexico, Canada, and the UK. Due to this extremely random and seemingly…

August 26, 2022 | 12:49 EDT