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

Watch The Last of Us Part II State of Play

Sony is broadcasting another State of Play event today. This one focuses exclusively on The Last of Us Part II. For your convenience, we’ve embedded the YouTube stream below, so go ahead and keep scrolling. By the way, it starts at 4 PM Eastern Time. So you have time to get a coffee or read … Read more

Play at Home: Sony offers Uncharted, Journey for free

Sony is encouraging its fans to stay at home with their new Play at Home campaign. And as part of it, they are giving away two free games. Sony is offering fans free copies of Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and Journey on PS4. The digital downloads will be available starting on April 15 at … Read more

The Last of Us Part II is the first major game delayed due to COVID-19 pandemic

Sony Interactive Entertainment announced today that The Last of Us Part II is delayed. They have not provided a new release date. “SIE has made the difficult decision to delay the launch of The Last of Us Part II and Marvel’s Iron Man VR until further notice. Logistically, the global crisis is preventing us from … Read more

Sony bought Insomniac for $229 million

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 … Read more

PS4 game sales topped 1 billion in 2019

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 … Read more

As PS5 launch looms, PS4 sales have slowed significantly

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 … Read more

MLB The Show is set to go multi-platform as early as 2021

MLB The Show has received a multi-year extension from Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association. In even bigger news, the franchise will potentially expand beyond PlayStation platforms soon. Sony Interactive Entertainment jointly made the announcement today with MLB to continue the development and distribution of MLB The Show. SIE’s San Diego … Read more