Sony reschedules PS5 event for Thursday, June 11

Sony has revealed a new date for its PS5 ‘Future of Gaming’ event. The broadcast – which was originally scheduled for June 4 – will air on Thursday, June 11 at 4 PM Eastern. The presentation broadcasts live via Twitch and YouTube. We’ll also stream and cover the event on Game Freaks 365. So be … Read more

Sony delays PS5 reveal event

The PlayStation 5 reveal event scheduled for this Thursday has been delayed. The news comes in the wake of national protests against racism and police brutality. “We have decided to postpone the PlayStation 5 event scheduled for June 4,” Sony wrote on PlayStation Blog. “While we understand gamers worldwide are excited to see PS5 games, we … Read more

The Future of Gaming: PS5 presentation to showcase next-gen games

Sony will be debut PlayStation 5 launch titles during a presentation on June 4. “The games coming to PS5 represent the best in the industry from innovative studios that span the globe,” says Sony’s Jim Ryan. “Studios, both larger and smaller, those newer and those more established, all have been hard at work developing games … Read more

Sony unveils DualSense, the PlayStation 5 controller

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 … Read more

PS5 specs revealed

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 … Read more

Watch the PS5 ‘deep dive’ livestream

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!

We just retired the PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U sections from our navigation bar

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 … Read more

An official PS5 web page just went live on PlayStation.com

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 … Read more

PS4 tops 100 million units sold, passing original PlayStation

The PS4 marked two significant milestones in the most recent quarter. The system both passed the original PlayStation in total sales and topped 100 million units sold. Sony reported quarterly sales of 2.8 million for the system for a total of 102.8 million units sold to date. That puts it barely ahead of PS1, which … Read more

PS5 will include SSD, PSVR support, PS4 backwards compatibility, 8K output

Sony has just revealed the first details for its next-generation console. Here’s what we know so far. In exclusive article published on Wired, Sony confirmed that the PS5 will include a solid state drive (SSD), which should dramatically improve loading times in games. We do not yet know the size of the drive – and … Read more