Sony bought Insomniac for $229 million
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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…

10 Reasons Why I Still Love PlayStation, 25 Years Later
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10 Reasons Why I Still Love PlayStation, 25 Years Later

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…

PlayStation is celebrating its 25th anniversary
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PlayStation is celebrating its 25th anniversary

The original PlayStation is a quarter-century old this week. The first PlayStation console debuted in Japan on December 3, 1994. It went on to sell over 100 million units worldwide, becoming the top-selling video game system in history at the time. Its immediate follow-up, the PlayStation 2, surpassed it in global sales. PS2 remains the…

Sony now owns the rights to Sunset Overdrive
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Sony now owns the rights to Sunset Overdrive

Sony gained the rights to Sunset Overdrive after purchasing Insomniac Games. That’s according to a report from PlayStation fan site Push Square. The developer behind hits like Marvel’s Spider-Man and the Ratchet & Clank series generally already released their titles exclusively on PlayStation platforms. That exclusive relationship changed with the release of Sunset Overdrive, which was…