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 […]
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Gran Turismo 7 players use PC Remote Play to automate the in-game grind
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 […]
Server issues lock Gran Turismo 7 owners out of single-player races
Enlarge / The virtual sun rises on another day that GT7 ‘s servers remain offline. A longer-than-expected server outage has meant that Gran Turismo 7 owners haven’t been able to access large portions of the single-player game for more than a day. The scheduled server maintenance, timed around the release of the version 1 . […]
Ukraine’s cyber success prompts call for U. S. to shore up its defenses
The U. S. government and private sector teamed to repel Russian cyberattacks. Doing the same at home during peacetime is harder. Read More
The best games from PlayStation’s March 9 “State of Play” presentation
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 […]
Sony and Honda are teaming up to make a range of electric vehicles
Enlarge / The Vision-S 02 (left) and Vision-S 01 (right) are a pair of concept EVs developed by Sony. Now, the company} is joining up with Honda to build a range of EVs. (credit: Sony) On Friday, we learned that Honda and Volvo are teaming up for a strategic alliance. The two companies are creating […]
Big Tech’s influence in Ukraine is overhyped
The valiant resistance of Russia largely traces back to strong alliances and fearless Ukrainian fighters, not the tech industry. Read More
Can Facebook be cool again? It’s trying with Reels global launch
The social media platform’s short-form video offering will show whether it can manufacture excitement among teens and young adults. Read More
Sony offers a first look at the orb-like PSVR2 headset
Enlarge / Say so long to the original PSVR’s glowing blue lights (credit: PlayStation Blog) It was just shy of a year ago today that Sony first announced the (then-unnamed) PlayStation VR2. Today, the company showed off the first photos of the upcoming PS5-compatible headset’s design, highlighting a number of aesthetic and functional changes over 2016’s […]
Sony’s latest wireless earbuds have donut holes in them (on purpose)
Enlarge / Sony’s latest true wireless earbuds, the LinkBuds. Their drivers are shaped like rings in order to allow ambient sound in naturally, the idea being to let you stay persistently aware of your surroundings. They look like donut holes, so here’s an actual doughnut for scale. (credit: Jeff Dunn) On Tuesday, Sony announced its […]