Enlarge / Layers upon layers. Tuesday morning, Sony announced plans to combine its PlayStation Plus and PlayStation Now subscription services. The newly revamped, multi-tier PlayStation Plus hydra will offer multiple pricing and access options for downloadable and streaming games from across the PlayStation’s 25+ year catalog. Starting in June, the revamped PlayStation In addition will […]
Enlarge / Why spend time or money earning in-game currency when a PC script can do it for free? (credit: Sony) In our review of Gran Turismo 7, we warned that players should “be prepared to grind” for the in-game credits needed to buy some expensive in-game cars. We also said the game “will try […]
Enlarge / Exoprimal is a promising-looking new co-op battler from Capcom, and it’s not just coming to PlayStation consoles. (credit: Capcom) If you didn’t catch Sony’s latest State of Play video presentation, which concluded earlier today on YouTube, consider this a quick guide to the presentation’s best reveals of previously unknown games—along with mostly good […]
Enlarge / Despite the prominent “Xbox” in this image, Microsoft suggests some of these popular Activision titles could persist on PlayStation “into the future.” Microsoft now says that it has “committed to Sony” that “Call of Duty and other popular Activision titles” will be “available on PlayStation beyond the existing agreement and into the future […]
Enlarge (credit: Sony) If Sony and Polyphony Digital stick to their current deadline, the newest installment of the 25-year-old Gran Turismo franchise should launch on March 4. Gran Turismo 7 will be the first GT game for the PS5 console (there’s a PS4 port for those of us who can’t get hold of the latest-gen […]
Enlarge / Well, we didn’t necessarily see this one coming. (credit: Aurich Lawson | Sony | Bungie) After Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard King , talk turned to how Sony and its PlayStation division would deal with the fallout of the purchase. Might Sony miss out on a megaton first-person shooter franchise if Xbox becomes […]
Enlarge / Sony’s PlayStation 4. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Hackers have released details of a new exploit that allows homebrew and custom firmware to be installed on PS4 consoles running relatively recent software. What’s more, the specifics of the exploit suggest similar homebrew capabilities may soon be available on some versions of the PlayStation 5. The […]
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson) If you’re still searching for a PS5 and are a Best Buy customer, your ship may have just come in—that is, if you’re willing to spend an extra $200 a year for access. That’s because the big-box electronics retailer is locking stock of in-demand holiday items like Sony’s console behind membership […]
Enlarge (credit: Collage by Aurich Lawson) Sony has a long history of keeping its first-party games behind the walled garden of console exclusivity. So the company’s choice to bring its PS4 hit Horizon Zero Dawn to PC in August 2020 felt like a precedent-changing move away from that barrier to entry. It represented a seismic […]
Enlarge (credit: Play Station) After months of speculation, it’s finally official: Sony is acquiring Demon’s Souls developer Bluepoint Games. News of Bluepoint’s addition to the PlayStation Studios roster shouldn’t surprise many. The Austin-based studio turned heads with 2018’s Shadow of the Colossus remake before tackling its redux of FromSoftware’s Demon’s for the PS5. It has […]