In a surprise announcement Tuesday afternoon, Sony revealed the controller for their upcoming PS5 console. They’re calling it DualSense. “After thoughtful consideration, we decided to keep much of what gamers love about DualShock 4 intact, while also adding new functionality and refining the design,” the company said on the PlayStation Blog. The DualSense controller has…
Sony has revealed the hardware specs for its upcoming PS5 console. During a livestream this morning, PlayStation 5’s lead system architect, Mark Cerny, took a “deep dive” into the console’s architecture. For instance, we learned that the system’s SSD will allow for load times that are 100 times faster than PS4. The PS5 will feature 8x…
Sony revealed new details on the PS5 today during a livestream, which you can watch below. As we reported yesterday, the PlayStation 5’s lead system architect, Mark Cerny, will take a “deep dive” into the console’s architecture. And that’s exactly what he did, providing insight into the console’s infrastructure. Watch the presentation below!
The PlayStation 5’s lead system architect, Mark Cerny, will take a “deep dive” into the console’s architecture tomorrow. That’s according to a tweet sent out this morning from the official PlayStation Twitter account. The presentation will be carried on the official PlayStation Blog. The announcement comes one day after Microsoft officially revealed the specs for…
It looks like 2K Sports is getting back into the football game. The company just inked a deal with the NFL. Unfortunately, today’s announcement will not revive the long-dormant NFL 2K franchise, at least as a simulation football game. The new partnership encompasses “multiple future video games,” but they can only be non-simulation. That’s because…
If you’re a frequent site visitor and noticed that things looked a little different, first of all, good eye! Second, we have indeed made a few cosmetic changes to the site. If you are viewing the site on a desktop, you’ll notice that the category and platform navigation bar has changed. We’ve moved the alphabetized…
Last year, Sony bought the legendary game developer Insomniac. Now we know how much they paid to acquire one of the top studios in the industry. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Sony paid $229 million US dollars for the studio behind the PS4 hit Marvel’s Spider-Man. The acquisition was “mainly paid in…
Sony has launched a page for PS5 on the official PlayStation website. The page is mostly empty. It says that “PlayStation 5 is coming” and notes that the system “launches holiday 2020.” Other than that, there’s also a sign-up form. Click here to visit the page. Here’s the small blurb that the page has on…
Sony has announced that PS4 passed another significant sales milestone. As of December 31, 2019, the console had sold 1.181 billion games. The PS4 is selling games at an attachment rate of almost 10 games for every one console sold. That puts its attachment rate on par with PS2, which sold 1.53 billion games and…
A leaked trailer of the upcoming PC and PS5 game Godfall is authentic, although the gameplay footage is a year old. That’s according to the game’s official Twitter account. The leaked trailer first appeared on Reddit. It gives us an early look at what the next-generation of gaming might look like. [Godfall] [Video] – Full…
Techland has delayed the survival-horror Dying Light 2. No new release date or release window was provided. The announcement was made this morning on Twitter. The sequel to 2015’s surprise hit was supposed to come out this spring. Now it’s not clear when it will come out. Indeed, it’s conceivable that it could get pushed…
Sony is skipping E3 for a second straight year. Instead, the company says that it will focus on “hundreds of consumer events across the globe” in the lead-up to PS5’s launch. GamesIndustry.biz broke the news on Monday. According to the publication, a split has surfaced between ESA members – particularly Sony and EA – who…
Sony’s PlayStation 4 console saw its sales decline significantly in the final three months of 2019 compared to the final three months of 2018. If you missed the news earlier in the week, SIE CEO Jim Ryan announced at CES that the PS4 has sold 106 million units worldwide. If you do the math, that…
If a teaser on social media is any indication, it looks like a new Batman game is on the horizon. WB Games Montreal’s Twitter and Facebook accounts uploaded a logo for what appears to be its next Batman game. The logo comes with the caption “Cape sur la nuit / Capture the Knight.” The timing…
Sony used their CES presentation today to unveil the logo for the upcoming PS5 console, which is set to launch during holiday 2020. The logo is hardly surprising. It’s exactly the same font and design as the PS4 logo, only the numeral four is replaced with the numeral five. SIE CEO Jim Ryan presented Sony’s…
We knew that Final Fantasy VII Remake was going to be a timed-exclusive on PS4, but we didn’t know for how long. Now we do. Final Fantasy VII Remake launches on March 3, 2020. And according to just-released box art, the game will remain a PS4 exclusive for exactly one year. If you’re a longtime…
Buried in a lengthy announcement of a new studio, 2K Games today confirmed the next iteration of the BioShock franchise. Whether it is a sequel, prequel, or remake, we don’t really know. What we do know is that the game will be developed out of the newly-formed Cloud Chamber. The studio will be wholly-owned by…
Blink long enough and twenty-five years might pass. At least that’s what it feels like with the original PlayStation, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary today. Sony’s iconic disc-based gray console debuted in Japan on December 3, 1994. Throughout its 10+ year run, the PS1 sold over 100 million units worldwide and laid the foundation…
