Tag: Sony
News Sony Likens Its Fledgling Anime Business to the PS1 Era
On the cusp of an explosion
Sony’s investing big time into anime, as it watches the medium grow worldwide and looks to capitalise. The company-wide initiative – which aims to unify its three entertainment divisions – has seen it acquire Crunchyroll and invest in organisations like K
News New Ghost of Yotei PS5 Gameplay Footage Highlights Kusarigama Weapon in Gory Combat
Wield the chain-sickle
Ghost of Yotei is the next major first-party game from Sony, and it's looking great, especially after that recent State of Play — and it now seems the marketing machine is officially up and running. New gameplay footage has made its way online via official social channels, and the video puts the spotlight on just one of...
News Gran Turismo 7's Exhaustive Car List Gets Stunning Dedicated Webpage
Check out every car in the game
Gran Turismo 7 is a real celebration of the automobile, and you only need to look at its enormous list of cars as proof. Fortunately, checking out the 500+ vehicles available to play in the game is easier than ever, thanks to a recent new addition to the series' official website. The full Gran Turismo 7 car list is...
News A Quote from a Sony Exec Is Causing a Hubbub Among PS5 Fans Again
"We're moving away from a hardware-centric business"
An out of context quote from Sony Senior Vice President Sadahiko Hayakawa has sent shockwaves through the PS5 fan base yet again. In the aftermath of the Japanese giant’s latest earnings report, Hayakawa answered a question from newspaper Nikkei involving the company’s recent investment in
News Sony Admits PS5 Live Service Push Is Not Going Smoothly
But live service games contributed over 40% of revenue
An executive within Sony has admitted the company's expansion into the live service sector with recent PS5, PC titles is "not entirely going smoothly". During the firm's latest financial earnings call, Sony CFO Lin Tao commented on PlayStation's latest efforts in the sector, saying the...
Astonishing earnings plot growth in every metric
In every conceivable measure, the PlayStation business is absolutely thriving. While there’s been a huge amount of chatter about the trajectory of consoles in 2025, Sony’s latest financial report paints a completely different picture. Over the last few years, one criticism that’s been levelled...
News Simple Death Stranding 2 PS5 Patch 1.08 Fixes Camera Issues
925.1MB in size
Kojima Productions has pushed a new Death Stranding 2 patch on PS5 live today, updating the game to version number 1.08. You can download the update now, with it weighing in at 925.1MB. The Sony XDEV Twitter account has the patch notes, and it says to expect "an issue where the camera / environment would appear to stutter when in...
News Sony Controlling More of Marathon Dev Bungie, Will Be Integrated into PS Studios
Marathon to launch by April 2026
Sony has reiterated its intentions to take more ownership and control of Bungie as it looks to fully integrate the Destiny 2, Marathon developer into PS Studios. Following a string of controversies and failures, the studio update was shared by Sony CFO Lin Tao in the Q&A section of the company's latest financial...
News PS5 Console Sales Surpass 80 Million Milestone, Closing in on PS3
80.3 million systems sold
Sony announced, as part of its latest financial results, that the PS5 console has now reached 80.3 million console sales. 2.5 million PS5 systems sold in the Q1 quarter of fiscal year 2025 (April to June), helping it to reach the milestone. The update means the PS5 is now closing in on the PS3's lifetime sales of roughly...
News PlayStation the Driving Force Behind Xbox's Helldivers 2 Port
"It was all PlayStation"
PlayStation management has been credited as the ones pushing to get Helldivers 2 on Xbox Series X|S, rather than the lead developers within Arrowhead Studios. In response to fans on Discord (via Windows Central), the developer's CEO Shams Jorjani said any praise for making the Helldivers 2 port onto Xbox Series X|S a...
News PS3's Store Has Been Broken for a Day, Forcing Fans to Fear the Worst
It'll be okay
Sony has tried to shut down the PS3’s creaking PS Store before, but it was met with such a ferocious backlash it reversed its decision. The system is almost 20 years old at this point, though, so whenever it breaks, fans always fear the worst. And that’s what’s happened this week: the last-last-gen console’s storefront has...
News Outer Banks Star Madelyn Cline Has Exceptional Video Game Taste
I know what she played last summer
Whenever a celebrity is asked about their favourite video game, they tend to give the stock answer. Unless it’s Henry Cavill on the other side of the microphone, you’re usually going to hear the same responses: Super Mario Bros, Fortnite, Call of Duty, and so on. But for Outer Banks star Madelyn Cline, her...
News Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki Visited Hideo Kojima as Attention Turns to Physint
Strengthening relationships
Hiroki Totoki, the current CEO of Sony, has spent a lovely afternoon with Hideo Kojima in Tokyo. The executive, who briefly served as PlayStation’s CEO while he learned about the business, took an obligatory photo with the Death Stranding maker in his studio’s iconic hallway. He then signed the developer’s wall...
News Media Molecule's Last Remaining Co-Founder Resigns After Nearly 20 Years
David Smith exits
Media Molecule's David Smith, the last co-founder still at the studio, has announced he's leaving the company. The developer shared the news on its socials today, with a statement from Smith himself. He says he's leaving Media Molecule to pursue "personal creative projects". Here's the full statement: 20 years ago I founded Mm...
News Lost Soul Aside Shouldn't Be Delayed Anymore, PS5 Game Goes Gold
Ready for 29th August launch
Unless it pulls a Cyberpunk 2077, then 29th August 2025 really is the day you'll finally get to try out Lost Soul Aside. The PS5 and PC title has gone gold today, meaning all work on the 1.0 version of the game is complete. In a translated post on WeChat, team UltiZero Games said the game will go on sale "as scheduled"...
News Marvel Tokon Will Be Supported into PS6 Generation and Beyond
"We plan to keep making the best experience ever"
Arc System Works is aiming to keep uber-exciting PS5 brawler Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls alive for at least 10 years, meaning it’ll almost certainly be supported into the PS6 generation and beyond. Speaking on stage at Evo this weekend, producer Takeshi Yamanaka said, as translated by PS...
News Naughty Dog Hands The Last of Us 2 Remastered New PS5 Patch, Out Now
Get the patch 2.1.1 notes here
Naughty Dog has updated The Last of Us 2 Remastered on PS5 today, fixing a short list of bugs and gameplay issues in patch 2.1.1. It's available to download now. There are no new content additions in this update; it's simply to iron out a couple of glitches affecting audio, subtitles, and missing weapons. You can read...
News Innocuous Days Gone Tweet Attracts Xbox Fans Like Flies to Slaughtered Freakers
"Is it really happening?"
It’s happening again, folks! A cryptic post from Sony first-party developer Bend Studio has brought out a bunch of bad actors within the Xbox community, all begging for a port of the supposedly “Xbox coded” open world game, Days Gone. As spotted by our friends at
News These New PS1 Toy Capsules Are Worth the Price of a Flight to Tokyo
"Changed my mind"
Why book a flight to Tokyo? Sure, the katsu curry is delicious and the historical landmarks are fascinating – but let’s be honest, these new PlayStation gashapons look like the real reason to make the trip. The miniature PS1 and PS2 game cases double as keyrings, and can be opened with a removable disc and manual inside. Hey,...
News We're Not Entirely Sold on Sony Funded PS5 Shooter EXILEDGE Yet
Exiled but not yet excellent
With Lost Soul Aside almost out on PS5, all eyes are beginning to turn to the next phase of Sony’s China Hero Project, which was conceived to nurture Chinese development talent and assist on games made for a global audience. EXILEDGE, announced a little while ago, is one such p
News Stellar Blade PS5, PC Support Still Ongoing as New Patch Goes Live
Patch 1.013 on PS5, patch 1.3.0 on PC
Shift Up has today pushed a new Stellar Blade patch live for the PS5 and PC versions of the game, updating them both with some minor bug fixes. Over a year after its release, Shift Up continues to provide Stellar Blade with technical improvements. With a sequel now confirmed to be in the works, it's probably...
News Sony's Stunning Fighter Marvel Tokon Grabs Closed Beta Exclusively on PS5, Sign Up Now
Assembles in September
The potential world-beater that is Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls will get a closed beta next month, exclusively on PS5 (the game itself is also coming to PC). The beta will take place over just a couple of days, between the 5th and 7th September. It looks like this'll be the same build as the version that's currently playable...
News Watch Pro Players Get to Grips with Marvel Tokon in Unedited PS5 Gameplay
It's going down
Well, here’s what we’ve all been waiting for: unedited, uninterrupted Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls gameplay. This footage features pro players Shinkensou and Justin Wong, the latter of which is fairly famous for his Marvel vs. Capcom chops. There’s an element of both players getting to grips with the game in this video –...
News PS5 Console Exclusive Lost Soul Aside Shows Off Its Eclectic Arsenal
Noctis again
With the long, long awaited Lost Soul Aside finally set to rip and tear the PS5 as a console exclusive later this month, Sony has stepped up the release’s marketing campaign. This new trailer focuses on the arsenal you’ll have access to in the Devil May Cry-esque character action outing, introducing the Sword, Greatsword, Polearm,...
Rumour Leaked PS6 Specs Reveal Affordable, Power Efficient Next-Gen Console for 2027
And a handheld that would outperform Switch 2
Hardware leaker Moore’s Law Is Dead – who previously accurately outed the specs of the PS5 Pro – claims to have seen an internal AMD presentation from 2023 which includes a ton of potential information about the PS6. As he clarifies multiple times throughout the video, the specs were accurate as...
News Sony Will Provide More Support and Funding for the Next Wave of PS5 Hits from China
And fully financing multiple projects
Sony held a press conference on the eve of ChinaJoy 2025 in Beijing today where it revealed the next wave of its China Hero Project. Throughout the presentation it announced that it will be financing third-person shooter EXILEDGE and character action game Daba: Land of Water Scar. It also revealed strategic...
Poll Which Characters Do You Want to Join the Roster of Marvel Tokon on PS5, PC?
Marvelous
As a four-on-four fighter, Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls is going to require a massive roster of characters. The good news is that dev Arc System Works will have a wealth of superheroes and supervillains to choose from. Ahead of Evo, which is guaranteed to bring new announcements for the upcoming PS5 and PC brawler, we’ve assembled a...
News Here Are the Command Lists for Every Marvel Tokon Character on PS5, PC So Far
Get to grips
Do you remember the old days of greasy arcade cabinets with printed command lists on them? Well, how about something less sticky but no less exciting for Marvel Tokon Fighting Souls? Ahead of its playable debut at Evo this weekend – and in the aftermath of Arc System Works’ awesome gameplay breakdown earlier this week – we now...
Rumour Sony to Put More First-Party PS5 Games on Xbox
"Would anyone care?"
Following on from the confirmation of a Xbox Series X|S version for Helldivers 2 and the debate surrounding a Sony job listing suggesting the company has multi-platform plans, a reliable insider has claimed more first-party PS5 games are indeed on their way to Xbox. NateTheHate, who has developed a reliable track record over...
News Sony Fighter Marvel Tokon Gets In-Depth Gameplay Video, Loads of New PS5 Footage
Tokon me
PlayStation and Arc System Works have released an in-depth gameplay overview for Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls, giving us our best look at the game yet. Clocking in at just under 12 minutes in length, this is just what the doctor (Doom) ordered. It's described as a 'Beginner's Guide', but given that the mechanical side of the title has been...
News Twisted Metal's Anticipated Second Season Debuts with Three Episodes
There'll be 12 episodes in total
Twisted Metal’s highly anticipated second season will start streaming on Peacock from tomorrow, 31st July. But the rollout will consist of three episodes at first, with the remaining nine spread out weekly through 28th August. We can confirm we’ve started watching the show, but as we only got access earlier this...
Reaction PS Plus Essential Deserves Much More Credit for Its Free PS5, PS4 Games in 2025
It's been a good year
Back when Sony released two higher priced tiers of PS Plus in 2022, many worried that the quality of PS Plus Essential would plummet. While the uptake of PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium has been positive,
News In Case You Missed It, Here's Some New Marvel Tokon PS5 Gameplay Ahead of Evo
It's looking so freakin' good
This week, Sony announced its first officially licensed PS5 arcade stick will be named FlexStrike, and will be playable at Evo later this week. While we covered the new peripheral in its entirety already, those of you who didn’t watch the trailer may have missed out on the fact that it includes new Marvel Tokon:
Guide 99+ PS5, PS4 Games to Buy in PS Store's Updated and Expanded Summer Sale
PS5 and PS4 games going cheap we recommend
PS Store's massive Summer Sale is officially here, and as you'd expect, it's stuffed with thousands of discounts across PS5 and PS4 games and add-ons. The sale runs from now through to 13th August 2025, and it's now even bigger, with an update adding yet more games to the gargantuan offer. While it's great...
News Tencent's Take on Horizon Would Have Taken Aloy to Asia
Rambling all over the world
The Horizon games are set in a post-apocalyptic America, with Zero Dawn set in Colorado and Forbidden West in San Francisco. However, gaming giant Tencent pitched Sony on an adaptation of the franchise that would take heroine Aloy to Asia. The news comes c
News Sony's Horizon Franchise Has Sold a Wild 38 Million Units Worldwide
That's Aloy of copies
As part of Sony’s legal assault on Tencent’s rip-off Light of Motiram title, the company’s revealed that Horizon’s franchise sales have topped 38 million units worldwide. We last got word of the Guerrilla seri
News Sony Sues Tencent Over 'Shameless' Horizon Copycat Coming to PS5
Chinese firm allegedly tried to license Guerrilla's IP
There’s paying homage and then there’s just outright copying. It looks like Sony’s legal team think Light of Motiram has crossed a line, and it’s suing Chinese giant Tencent over the “slavish” Horizon clone. According to Reuters, the platform holder filed a lawsuit against the...
News Official PlayStation Fighting Stick Named FlexStrike, Out in 2026
Features trailer reveals all the details
Sony has shared that its official PS5, PC fighting stick, which was first shown off last month, will be called the FlexStrike Wireless Fight Stick. It launches next year, and you can see all the features it's packing in the trailer above alongside new Marvel Tokon footage. The announcement comes just before...
News UK Citizens Using the Photorealistic Death Stranding 2 on PS5 to Bypass Porn Blocks
Thank you, Kojima
Those of you living in the UK will be aware of the introduction of a set of “safety measures” which will require you to disclose your identity in order to access adult content. This obviously includes porn sites, but has also rolled out on services like Discord and Reddit. Not every site implements the security measures in the...
Brave new world
Is the age of console exclusivity truly coming to an end? Perhaps not for Nintendo, but Sony is searching for an executive to lead its rapidly evolving multiformat strategy. A new job opening at its head office in San Mateo is looking for a director to lead PlayStation’s exploration of systems beyond PS5. The post explicitly...
News Lost Soul Aside's PS5, PC Price Could Be Its Biggest Bottle Neck
According to someone who played the game
According to creator Yang Bing, the upcoming PS5 and PC character action Lost Soul Aside is a “AA game”. Sony, however, is charging £59.99/$59.99 for it. This could be the game’s biggest bottleneck, according to Lunatic Ignus, a content creator who got hands-on time with the release at a recent event...
News PS5 Console Exclusive Lost Soul Aside Sure Has Levelled Up Since It Was Revealed
Soul oh levelling
It’s been a long, long road to release for Chinese Devil May Cry-style character action Lost Soul Aside. But after an epic development cycle which has seen the release swap PS4 for PS5, the game is now almost upon us, with a scheduled release date of 29th August. And here’s a bunch of new gameplay for you to sink your teeth...
Talking Point Sony's Investing in Anime, But Why Isn't PlayStation Leading the Charge?
Rogue synergy
Sony saw the anime boom before many of its rivals – and to its credit it’s been investing accordingly. Back in 2021 it acquired streaming service Crunchyroll for $1.1 billion, and it’s since invested in multimedia conglomerates like Kadokawa and Bandai Namco
News Sony's Not Done Finding New Ways to Sell You The Last of Us
Script book announced
The Last of Us is one of Sony's most successful and popular series, so it's no wonder it's had so much focus over the years, but it's impressive just how many ways the company is finding to present it. The latest is an upcoming script book, compiling the full scripts for The Last of Us 1, 2, and Left Behind in one big tome...
News Ghost of Yotei Dev Dodges Question About Multiplayer Legends Mode, Is All in on Single Player
"That is our absolute focus right now"
Ghost of Yotei developer Sucker Punch has avoided questioning around the possibility of a second multiplayer Legends mode for the PS5 sequel. In a new interview with IGN, creative director Nate Fox is asked whether there's a possibility Ghost of Yotei will receive a multiplayer mode similar to Legends, either...
News Sony Invests in Elden Ring Publisher Bandai Namco, Signs Strategic Partnership
Sony now owns 2.5% of Bandai Namco shares
Sony has today announced it's investing 68 billion yen (~$464 million) into Elden Ring publisher Bandai Namco, which will see it acquire 2.5% of the overall business. As a result of the investment, the two companies have signed a "strategic partnership" that will see them collaborate on "expanding the fan...
News Sony Veterans Notice Their Purchased PS3 Avatars Have Gone Missing
You're 'avin' a laugh?!
If you’ve been spending money on the PS Store for over a decade, then you’ll probably remember it was once possible to purchase avatars on the PS3. While this feature eventually got replaced by the ability to make your profile picture whatever you want, legacy support for the classic PSN avatars does still exist, and...
News PS5's ChinaJoy Booth Needs to Be Seen to Be Believed
Pray to the temple of PlayStation
Sony’s revealed its remarkable ChinaJoy 2025 booth, alongside the full list of playable games it’ll have on display. The booth itself is inspired by classic Chinese temples, with hanging lanterns and traditional architecture. A moon looms overhead bearing the PlayStation symbol. It really is striking stuff...
News Monthly Gran Turismo 7 Updates Just Keep on Coming, Patch 1.61 Detailed
Out on PS5, PS4 in the next 24 hours
Polyphony Digital continues its impressive monthly support of PS5, PS4 racer Gran Turismo 7 with the latest July 2025 update, which brings the game up to version 1.61. Available within the next 24 hours, the patch adds three new cars, three more events, and a GT Sophy AI update. Here are the three new cars you...
News Marvel Tokon Could Have Up to 35 Characters, Fans Hypothesise
So many fighting souls
A screenshot of Marvel Tokon: Fighting Souls’ character select screen has left fans trying to deduce the size of the PS5 and PC release’s roster. After announcing the four-on-four brawler will be playable at Evo next month, Sony released a new screenshot showing the game’s menus. At the moment, only six superheroes can...
