Tag: Sony
News Platinum Trophy for Imminent PS1 Game MediEvil 2 on PS Plus Premium
40 Trophies to earn in total
Set to drop on PS Plus Premium inside the next 12 hours, there's a Platinum Trophy attached to the PS5, PS4 release of PS1 classic MediEvil 2. The full Trophy list has appeared on Exophase, though it doesn't appear to be joined by one for Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings — at the time of writing, at least. There...
News Damning PlayStation Studios Rumour Debunked After Live Service PS5 Game Cancellations
Devs did know about them
Earlier today, a follow-up story to last week's PlayStation Studios cancellations started doing the rounds online, claiming that the developers of these cancelled projects — Bluepoint Games and Bend Studio — only heard the news at the same time as everyone else. If true, the whispers painted a rather damning picture of...
News Days Gone Dev Says It Still Plans to Create 'Cool Sh*t' for PS5 After Live Service Cancellation
Cruisin' for a bruisin'
PS5 fans have been left bemused by the news that Bend Studio was working on a live service game, which was cancelled as part of an internal review recently. Early last year, a job listing noted that the Oregon-based o
News More Astro Bot Content on the Way as New Speedrun Level, Bot Revealed
That's Heihachi!
It appears Team Asobi has more content planned for Astro Bot, but the evidence is sourced from a rather unlikely place: a jigsaw puzzle. Following his departure from PlayStation, Shuhei Yoshida has been sent a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle of the PS5 ship featured in the game and lots of Special Bots surrounding it. Eagle-eyed users...
News Shuhei Yoshida on PSVR2: 'I'm Sorry'
Far from a PS2 moment
The recently departed PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida has apologised for how PSVR2 hasn't turned into a PS2 situation, where Sony successfully built on its first iteration to release an even more successful product. Speaking on the Kinda Funny Gamescast (via UploadVR), it appeared Yoshida had very little positivity to...
News Lists of Sony’s Cancelled Live Service PS5 Games Paint a Worrying Picture
How many of the 12 confirmed projects are still alive?
With another two of Sony's live-service PS5 games cancelled and sent to the scrapheap, PlayStation fans and games media have started to truly map out the results of the company's Games as a Service efforts, announced a few years ago. The results, outside of an unexpected Helldivers 2 success...
Reaction Sony's Live Service Push Has Been a Disaster of Utterly Insane Proportions
A new low
Live service. The two words that every PlayStation fan seems to pop a blood vessel over. And you know what? That kind of visceral reaction now seems justified. Under former CEO Jim Ryan's leadership, PlayStation had announced its intent to blitz the live service market — to create PS5 mega hits that would rake in unprecedented dough. To...
News Sony Cancels Bluepoint, Bend Studio PS5 Games, One Being a Live-Service God of War Title
The two developers won't be closed
Sony has revealed via a Bloomberg article that it has cancelled PS5 projects from both Bluepoint and Bend Studio. The two developers remain open and won't be shut down, and Sony is now
News PS5 Accessories in Midnight Black Up for Pre-Order Now
All release on 20th February
Pre-orders for a range of PS5 accessories in a new Midnight Black colourway are available now at various retailers, from Amazon to PlayStation Direct to
News Shuhei Yoshida: If You Want New First-Party PS5 Games, You Should Support Remasters
They're good, actually
Some PS5 fans have been a little frustrated by Sony's output over the last few years, with what feels like fewer brand new games and an increase in remasters and remakes. While that's an understandable frustration, ex-PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida says these projects are necessary to allow first-party teams to keep...
News Shuhei Yoshida Reels Off List of Reasons the PS Vita Bombed
Vita still means life, though
Shuhei Yoshida, a now-former PlayStation executive, has gone over a few reasons why the PS Vita wasn't as big a success as the company hoped. Talking on Kinda Funny Games, he goes over a handful of technical reasons the handheld console failed before delving into what he believes is the main contributor to its...
Rumour Next State of Play Showcase Set for Next Month
So says Nintendo Switch 2 leaker
Sony's next State of Play livestream will take place next month in February, the leaker who just correctly suggested the Nintendo Switch 2 will be announced today has hinted. Responding to a user on Twitter asking about the next possible State of Play showcase, NateDrake responded: "How's February sound?" A State...
News Full Until Dawn Movie Trailer Reveals New Time Loop, Out 25th April
Wendigos confirmed as one of the monsters
Sony and PlayStation Productions have now uploaded a full Until Dawn movie trailer after the promising first look video earlier this week proved a fair bit better than expected. Now with two and a half minutes of footage, we can get a better understanding of how the time loop mechanic in the film works...
Poll Will the Switch 2 Compete with PS5?
The Switch up
Yes, it finally happened: the Switch 2 has been officially revealed. After months of frankly obnoxious rumours and leaks, Nintendo's next console has been confirmed for a 2025 release. We'll hear more about it on the 2nd April, which gives us three months of additional speculation to endure. Yay! Snark aside, we're obviously looking...
News Why Hasn't Sony Done Anything with Bloodborne? Shuhei Yoshida Has a Theory
Ex-PlayStation exec weighs in
For a long time, a burning question among PlayStation fans has been why Bloodborne remains untouched. Well, Shuhei Yoshida, who just exited the company, has offered his theory on the subject. Speaking to Kinda Funny Games in a recent interview, Yoshida says that the beloved FromSoftware action RPG is "one of the most...
News Sony, PlayStation Studios Making Donations to Los Angeles Wildfire Relief Efforts
Millions towards aid for ongoing disaster
Sony and some of PlayStation's first-party studios have confirmed they're making donations to relief efforts relating to the ongoing Los Angeles fires. They join other companies and entities that are providing financial support to help those providing aid and rebuilding services in the area. In a statement...
News After 31 Years, the Legendary Shuhei Yoshida Bids Farewell to PlayStation
Big Shus to fill
Shuhei Yoshida, a beloved PlayStation figurehead, has now concluded his time with the company. After a run of 31 years, he's been a part of Sony's video game brand since its very inception, climbing the ladder to become one of the most important and recognisable people in the business. He announced he would be leaving PlayStation...
News The Elusive PS5 Disc Drives Are Back in Stock Right Now in the US
Pro move
The stock situation surrounding the PS5's sold-separately disc drive attachment has been rocky to say the least, but as of right now, it's currently available for purchase in the US. At the time of writing, the disc drive attachment for PS5 and PS5 Pro is in stock at PlayStation Direct and Amazon US, so it seems Sony has let loose a fresh...
News PlayStation Fans Want The Simpsons: Hit & Run, GTA, God of War Back on PS Plus Classics
So says Implicit Conversions community
PS2 and PSP classics like The Simpsons: Hit & Run, GTA: Vice City Stories, and God of War: Ghost of Sparta are some of the most requested titles for a comeback on PS Plus Premium, a stats sheet from Implicit Conversions reveals. Of the more than 1,400 requests it's received from its
News Until Dawn Movie First Look Reveals Twist on PS5, PS4 Game's Choices
"Same night, different nightmare"
The first look at Sony's upcoming Until Dawn movie adaptation has been revealed, sharing and backing up how the flick isn't a direct translation of the PS5, PS4 game. A full trailer is coming soon, but for now, we have the above to watch. What's most notable about the first look video is confirmation of how the...
Random You'll Want to Plunge a Knife into Zayn Malik's The Last of Us Birthday Cake
Clicker or cake?
Like most reasonable people, we didn't think we'd be writing about British singer Zayn Malik's birthday cake when we woke up this morning. The performer, previously part of One Direction, recently celebrated his 32nd birthday, and posted about his cake on Instagram, because that's the sort of thing that happens now. However, it's...
News Sony Patents Predictive AI Button Presses, So You Don't Have To
PlayStation may, someday, Push Square for you
Sony has filed a patent that, as likely as not, will never see the light of day. Known by the wonderfully evocative name, Sony Patent WO2025010132 "TIMED INPUT/ACTION RELEASE", the speculative tech aims to streamline the "timed release of user commands" by using AI to determine your next button press...
"It's incredibly tough."
With Death Stranding 2: On the Beach slated to release at some point this year, Hideo Kojima has confirmed he and his team are now crunching on the PS5 project to get it completed on time. Calling it the "most demanding period of game development", Kojima posted to his Twitter: "On top of mixing and Japanese voice recording,...
News Ghost of Yotei Stars in Sony's New, Big Budget Marketing Campaign
Ghost with the most
Sony has just launched a new marketing campaign based on "real creators" — and the main video features just one nod to PlayStation, with Ghost of Yotei. The campaign covers all of Sony's tech-driven bases, across movies, photography, music, audio, and, of course, video games. It's a big budget production, but again, Ghost of...
News Astro Bot Could Become Even More Decorated at the DICE Awards 2025
Up for six awards, including GOTY
Astro Bot, the most celebrated platforming game in history without Super Mario in the title, has the chance to earn itself even more Game of the Year awards, with six nominations now accrued at next month's DICE Awards. The game has six nominations for the show taking place on 13th February 2025, and it's joined by...
News Gummy Bears Details Leak, Bungie's MOBA Taken Under Sony's Wing
Takes inspiration from Super Smash Bros.
"Gummy Bears" is the rather odd name by which a secret Sony project is currently known. Originally in development at Destiny, Marathon developer Bungie, during its most recent round of layoffs, Sony carved out a small team to work on the allegedly Smash Bros.-inspired MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena)...
Talking Point PS5 Saves Video Clips When You Earn Trophies - Do You Leave That Feature On?
For posterity
As is usually the case with Sony's consoles, the PS5 has many small features that some users might not even know about. One such example is the current-gen machine's ability to automatically save video clips (and screenshots) every time you earn a Trophy in a game. This feature is enabled by default, and it means your media gallery...
News Job Listing Confirms Sony Has Established an Internal AAA Studio in LA
Secret studios
A job listing for a senior project producer confirmed an open secret: that Sony has established at least one new AAA studio in LA. There are reportedly several groups that this could ultimately be, but the smart money seems to suggest that this is likely the team led by Jason Blundell (of Call of Duty Zombies fame), who left Deviation...
News You'd Better Believe The Last of Us 2 Demands a PSN Account on PC
Prepare yourself accordingly
The Last of Us 2 is coming to PC in April, and you'd better believe it will require a PSN account on Steam. As we saw with God of War Ragnarok, people are going to react normally when this happens, and we're giving you three months' notice now so we can say "told you so" then. Of course, this also means the excellent...
News Hideo Kojima Is Still 'Building' Death Stranding 2
The final stretch?
Hideo Kojima has revealed another of his trademark development updates on Twitter, confirming that he is still "building the game". That game just so happens to be Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, slated to launch for PS5 this year. There are no sneaky shots of the screen or any potential PS5 Pro dev kits this time around; it's...
News Housemarque's Swanky New Office Is Ready for Business, Complete with Awesome Returnal Spacesuit
Happy 30th anniversary
In case you forgot, Returnal developer Housemarque intended on opening "the Nordics' Most Advanced Gaming Headquarters" with its new premises, and now, it's finally ready to roll. The Finnish studio has opened its brand new offices, still in Helsinki, and from this brief snippet of footage, it looks super fancy: It's just...
Random Sony's Electric Car Encourages You to Flaunt Your Astro Bot Fandom
Oh, AFEELA good
Sony and Honda’s forthcoming electric vehicle AFEELA comes with all kinds of innovative features, but the one that’s caught our attention is how it allows you to flaunt your Astro Bot fandom. As part of a “themes” system – something the PS5 doesn’t even have – you can select from some of your favourite games, like the...
News PS5 Tipped to Top Switch 2 Sales in the US This Year
Here comes a new challenger
PS5 is expected to outsell the Switch 2 in the United States this year, despite enthusiasm for Nintendo’s new machine reaching fever pitch. Circana analyst Mat Piscatella says he anticipates the unannounced appliance to sell 4.3 million units in USA this year, assuming it’s released in the first half of 2025...
News A Decade Later, Director Says Shadow of the Colossus Film Still Happening
Running up that hill
The first whispers of a film adaptation of the already cinematic Shadow of the Colossus began in 2010. After several creative reshuffles, The Flash director Andrés Muschietti was hired in 2014. Over a decade later, Muschietti claims it's still happening. Speaking on Radio TU's program
Demonstration at CES 2025
At this year's Consumer Electronics Show, Sony has been demonstrating a new Future Immersive Entertainment Concept that aims to give participants a new interactive experience. Though only at a conceptual level at this stage, a live demo allowed attendees to step into the world of The Last of Us and see it from a different...
News Horizon Hatred Simmers Once More As Sony Announces Movie Adaptation
Here we go again
Another Horizon adjacent announcement, another intense round of scrutiny as rowdy social media users accuse Sony of attempting to “force” the Guerrilla franchise on fans. During its CES 2025 press conference this week, PS Productions bigwig Asad Qizilbash confirmed his department is working with Columbia Pictures to bring Aloy...
News DualSense Edge Discounted in Europe, with a £10, €20 Price Cut
Still quite expensive, though
PlayStation's premium DualSense Edge controller has received a small price cut in European markets, down £10 / €20 from the recommended retail price of £209.99 / €239.99. US pricing, for the present, remains unchanged. Spotted by VGC, if that's enough to make you sit up and take notice, you can now get the PS5's...
News The Until Dawn Movie Isn't a Direct Adaptation, Will Feature New Story, Characters
They wendigo in a different direction
PlayStation Productions is clearly incredibly busy right now, especially after the company made several new announcements for game adaptations during CES 2025. One we already knew about was an Until Dawn movie, but new details reveal that it won't be a direct retelling of the game itself. The only link between...
News Housemarque Recruits PlatinumGames Dev of 11 Years as Lead Designer on Next PS5 Game
Time for action
Housemarque, the PS Studios team behind the excellent Returnal and many other arcade action games, has hired an ex-PlatinumGames developer as lead designer. Abebe Tinari has clocked just over 11 years at the Japanese studio, which is known for Bayonetta, Vanquish, and many more high-octane action titles. On his LinkedIn profile,...
News Sony Is Betting Big on the Global Growth of Anime
Giant wants to dominate rapidly expanding industry
Following its substantial investment into Kadokawa late last year, it’s no real surprise to see Sony doubling down on the global growth of anime content. During its CES 2025 press conference, however, it put that ambition on stage. A long presentation saw Aniplex president Atsuhiro Iwakami and...
News PS5 Accessories to Get New Midnight Black Colourway, Pre-Order from 16th January
PS Portal, PS5 DualSense Edge pad, earbuds, and Pulse Elite headset
Sony has announced some of its current PS5 accessories will receive a facelift in the form of a new colourway, painting the likes of the PS Portal, DualSense Edge controller, Pulse Elite headset, and Pulse Explore earbuds in Midnight Black. Pre-orders for the new variations go live...
News Do You Put Your PS5 in Rest Mode or Shut It Down?
To rest or not to rest, that is the question
In a welcome reminder that we aren't alone in the world, it appears the PlayStation faithful are evenly divided on the subject of Rest Mode. About 50% opt to power down partially after each gaming session, with the rest choosing to cut the connection completely. Getting lost in the weeds during a recent...
News Helldivers 2 Is So Big It's Already Getting a Hollywood Adaptation
Sony announces plans to bring shooter to cinemas
Wow, from plucky PS4 and PS Vita isometric shooter to one of the biggest games in the world to the big screen, huh? Someone will need to write a case study on the success of Helldivers 2 one day. While very few details were announced, PS Productions bigwig Asad Qizilbash took to the stage at CES 2025...
News Sony's Bringing Horizon Zero Dawn to the Big Screen with Live Action Movie Adaptation
PS Productions, Columbia Pictures to produce
Horizon Zero Dawn, originally planned to be a live action Netflix series, is getting a big budget movie instead. Announced during CES 2025, PS Productions bigwig Asad Qizilbash confirmed that his department is partnering with Columbia Pictures to bring Aloy’s origin story to life. No casting...
Live Watch Sony's CES 2025 Press Conference Right Here
Can you AFEELA it?
If you’re watching Sony’s CES 2025 press conference, then don’t expect enormous PS5 news. The manufacturer’s already said it’ll be focusing on AFEELA, its electric vehicle project with Honda, during this presentation. It’ll likely have other news on camera sensors, televisions, and more. But the company does specialise...
Talking Point Is PlayStation Right in Saying PC Isn't a 'Major Risk' to Console Business?
Does it compute?
Is the growing PC landscape a threat to PlayStation? Well, Sony doesn't seem fazed by it whatsoever, in new comments coming from a shareholders call. One shareholder asked whether Sony's increased reliance on externally-made exclusives (like Rise of the Ronin and Stellar Blade) is to help boost the user transition from PS4 to PS5,...
News PS5's Astro Bot Now the Most Decorated Platformer Ever with Over 100 GOTY Awards
No wonder he's always dancing
Astro Bot, the PS5 exclusive 3D platformer, is now the most-awarded game in its genre on record, accumulating 104 Game of the Year nods so far. That's according to this site, which tracks all Game of the Year awards attributed by eligible media outlets. The count isn't complete, but even if the figure stays at 104, it...
News Unfortunately, PS5's Disc Drive Add-On Shortage Doesn't Seem to Be Getting Better
January blues
Now we're the other side of the holidays, we were hoping to start seeing some improvement regarding the PS5 disc drive situation. However, the add-on is still suffering from shortages and inflated prices from scalpers. Since the PS5 Pro's launch in November, the disc drive — compatible with the "slim" PS5 and PS5 Pro — has been...
News What Time Is Sony's CES 2025 Press Conference?
Don't expect much PlayStation news
CES, or Consumer Electronics Show, always feels strange coming so soon after Christmas, but the event will run next week, from 7th January to 10th January in Las Vegas. And on the eve of the convention, there’ll be Sony’s annual press conference, scheduled to stream from 5PM PST / 8PM EST on Monday, 6th...
News The Composers of Intergalactic PS5 Just Won a Golden Globe for Their Challengers Soundtrack
Let them cook
Composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, perhaps best known as Nine Inch Nails, have a distinctive sound unlike anyone else. And ahead of their work on Naughty Dog’s new game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, the pair just scooped a Golden Globe for their efforts on Zendaya’s messy sports romance, Challengers. <related...
