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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 fighting over teraflops and that’s no place to be. We need to compete on content...
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Astro Bot has managed to win a special place in the hearts of PlayStation gamers, due in part to all the nostalgia it manages to pack in. The game has also won over many critics to become one of the highest rated games up to this point in the year. It’s a game that manages to blend solid, fun gameplay mechanics with...
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This is shaping up to be a busy month for Sony. First, it introduced an upgraded PlayStation 5 Pro console with a beefier GPU for faster performance and crisper visuals (including ray-traced gaming), then it followed that up with a retro-themed 30th anniversary collection that includes a PS5 Pro bundle. Now it's...
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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 not looking promising for gamers who are willing
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Concord, Sony’s attempt at a first-person hero shooter, has had its shut down date announced a little over a week after it launched on PC and PlayStation 5. The game struggled to find an audience, only managing to sell an estimated 25,000 copies and hitting a peak of 697 players on Steam. It’s a big blow for Sony as...
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The PlayStation 5 Pro was the talk of the town during this year’s Gamescom, but there are still several unknown details about Sony’s beefier console. That’s possibly no longer the case thanks to new reporting in Dealabs Magazine by well known leaker Billbil-kun, who has claimed to have seen the console in the...
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Sony is about to let PC gamers get the most out of their DualSense Edge controller on Steam with the release of the PlayStation Accessories app. In a post to social media platform X, the company says that “starting today PC gamers can unleash the full customizable power of the DualSense Edge controller directly on...
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A prototype of a Nintendo PlayStation SNES controller has sold at auction over the weekend, with the winning bid coming in at a whopping $35,000. Yes, controllers are expensive in general these days, but $35,000 could get you a decent vehicle (or at least a really nice down payment on one). So why would someone pay...
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Sony has remained tight lipped about the existence of the PlayStation 5 Pro, leaving gamers to rely on leaks for details about what to expect. Developers, however, seemed far more willing to discuss the upcoming console during this year’s Gamescom show. Alessio Palumbo of WCCFTech was at the event, and shared that...
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God of War Ragnarök, follow up to God of War and one of the best games to come out in 2022, is making its way to PC soon. Gamers looking to join Kratos and Atreus as they journey through the Nine Realms now know what kind of hardware they’ll need to play at a variety of performance tiers. The most eye-catching part of...
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, the first game in the series to launch on Game Pass, has been hit with a major leak after an early build of the game made its way onto the PlayStation Network database, becoming available for those with a PlayStation 4. Shortly thereafter, several maps, weapons, and more information started...
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Bungie will see a major reduction to its headcount, according to a letter posted by CEO Pete Parsons detailing the layoffs. The game studio will be losing 220 employees, or 17% of its staff. Moreover, another 155 employees, comprising 12% of its staff, will be shifted to Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) over the...
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When the Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 launched four years ago many expected that the difference in hardware between the two systems would be apparent as time went on. However, that supposed gap never materialized, with Sony’s system keeping up with it’s more powerful counterpart. The pixel peeping gurus at Digital...
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Helldivers 2 was a surprise smash hit when it launched earlier this year, contributing to the record of concurrent players seen on Steam back in March. However, these days the game’s PC audience has significantly diminished with the number of concurrent players sitting at 45,315, which is a mere 10% of its peak (and...
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Owners of Sony’s PlayStation Portal will be getting an update that adds several quality of life improvements to the device, as the company says it looks to “continue to evolve the experience on PS Portal.” The update will be making it easier to join public Wi-Fi networks, and it also improves the emulated touchpad by...
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The PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium tiers are getting a fresh new set of titles added to the game catalog for the month of June, including an entry from the popular Monster Hunter franchise. An interesting wrinkle to the additions for this month is the inclusion of a PS VR2 title available in the Premium...
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Hidetaka Miyazaki, president of game studio FromSoftware, made it known during an interview with PC Gamer that he isn’t the least bit opposed to Bloodborne making its way to PC. Fans have long requested updates for the game on console along with a PC port. However, nothing has materialized, not even a performance...
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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 going to sidestep all of that and just show you the stuff that was presented...
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A rumor about a possible new gaming handheld from Sony is making some waves on the ResetEra gaming forum. The source of the rumor is Russian journalist Anton Logvinov, whose post was found by ResetEra user Iroshino and later translated by user DieH@rd. According to Logvinov, Sony has plans to release a new handheld...
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Sony has announced its new leadership structure, which will include two CEOs taking charge of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE). This is the first time Sony has decided to go with co-CEOs to manage its PlayStation side of the business.
It was just last September that former SIE President and CEO Jim Ryan...
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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, the requirement to link Steam accounts to a PlayStation Network account was...
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Sony scored a big win in US District Court in a long running patent lawsuit, which has been ongoing since 2017. Genuine Enabling Technology claimed that Sony was infringing on its ‘730 patent,” Method and Apparatus for Producing a Combined Data Stream and Recovering Therefrom the Respective User Input Stream and at...
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