Sony Interactive Entertainment’s president and CEO Jim Ryan has announced PlayStation 4 owners will face “somewhat slower or delayed game downloads” in Europe to manage internet usage during the coronavirus pandemic. In a recent blog post, Ryan explained the decision was made so players all around the world can still engage in online multiplayer modes […]
PlayStation Plus games for March 2020 include Shadow of the Colossus and Sonic Forces
Sony has revealed the line-up of games that will be available to Playstation Plus subscribers this March. Starting 3rd March, Playstation gamers will be able to jump in to the mysterious world of Shadow of the Colossus, and enjoy high speed hijinks with Sonic Forces. Shadow of the Colossus is a remake of a hugely popular 2005 […]
Sony officially announces PlayStation 5
Sony today officially announced the release of its next-gen console, and it is called PlayStation 5. The PS5 will be launching “in time for Holiday 2020”, according to President of SIEE, Jim Ryan. At the time of writing, details are scant and, sadly, no images of the PlayStation 5 or its yet-to-be-named controller (Dualshock 5 […]
PlayStation CEO claims Sony will never walk away from story-based games
Jim Ryan, President and CEO of Sony’s PlayStation Division, has claimed that Sony is fully committed to the future of narrative-driven, story-based games. In an interview with CNET, Ryan discussed a seamless transition into the next-generation console (PlayStation 5). However, during the interview, Ryan was asked about the future of live-service games such as Fallout […]
Sony launches PlayStation Productions to adapt Sony games for film and TV
Sony Interactive Entertainment has launched PlayStation Productions, a production studio that will begin adapting PlayStation exclusives into films and TV shows. As reported by The Hollywood Reporter, the new production company will be headed by Asad Qizilbash and overseen by chairman of Worldwide Studios at SIE, Shawn Layden. Production has already started on its first […]
First PlayStation 5 details have been revealed
First details on the PlayStation 5 (although Sony are not referring to the console with that name yet) have been revealed via an exclusive interview with the lead system architect, Mark Cerny, courtesy of Wired. The PlayStation 4’s successor will be powered by a CPU that is a variant of the AMD Ryzen third generation, and […]
PlayStation to hold its own Nintendo Direct-style showcase on Monday
PlayStation has announced State of Play, a brand new PlayStation-orientated video presentation, starting on Monday 25th March at 2:00pm Pacific Time. Announced via the PlayStation Blog, State of Play – essentially PlayStation’s response to Nintendo Direct or Inside Xbox – will provide “updates and announcements from the world of PlayStation”. The first episode, debuting on […]
Sony announces PlayStation Classic with 20 built in games
Sony has announced that it is bringing back the original PSX with the upcoming release of the PlayStation Classic, a miniature version of the legendary home console. The PlayStation Classic, which is approximately 45% smaller than the original PlayStation, will come with two controllers, along with HDMI and USB cables. The Classic will feature twenty […]
Video Game Review – Raging Justice
Scott Watson reviews Raging Justice…. Good timing or just sheer coincidence? Just as a throwback to arcade classic Streets of Rage appears on Games with Gold on the Xbox this month, Team17 and development team Makin Games bring us their homage to the once great bastion of gaming, the 2D side-scrolling beat ’em up, with […]
Video Game Review – Horizon Zero Dawn
Ray Willmott reviews Horizon Zero Dawn… Horizon Zero Dawn seems to be just like every other Open-World RPG we’ve played over the last few years. Large map, lots of quests, tons of things to collect. But it comes from the unlikeliest of sources in Guerilla Games, a company that put their name on the map […]
