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Sony Will Stop Providing Digital Download Codes To Retailers On April 1st

Sony is to stop supplying digital download codes for full games to retailers starting April 1st. This news came via a leaked memo from retailer GameStop. The memo details how the changes will affect…

March 24, 2019 | 01:18 EDT

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Sony's New PlayStation Video Showcase State Of Play Starts On Monday

Sony is debuting its new PlayStation-focused video showcase State of Play on Monday. The company announced its plans through a blog post on its official website. State of Play will essentially be…

March 22, 2019 | 12:16 EDT

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PS4 Update 6.50 Adds Remote Play For Apple Devices

A new firmware update has just been released for PlayStation 4 and it finally allows users with an Apple phone or tablet to stream their PS4 to their mobile devices. Update 6.50 was released earlier…

March 7, 2019 | 01:20 EST

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Anthem PS4 Issues Continue, Reports of Consoles Being Bricked

Last week I reported on a slew of user reports indicating that PS4 players were receiving major crashing issues when playing Anthem. The game would crash at any moment. In some cases, the game would…

March 4, 2019 | 07:29 EST

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A World Of Demons - Demon's Souls' Unique Approach to Online Multiplayer

It's been ten years since the release of Demon's Souls, the underrated first installment in the long-running Souls series by FromSoftware. Hidetaka Miyazaki's unsung masterpiece contains many…

March 4, 2019 | 01:00 EST

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Dreams Goes Early Access in Spring

Media Molecule's next game, Dreams, wrapped up its first beta testing period at the beginning of February, but players won't have to wait long to jump back in. In a post on the PlayStation Blog,…

February 20, 2019 | 06:00 EST

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Ode to the Vita -- Production Reportedly "Ending Soon" in Japan

According to the official Japanese page for the PS Vita, the current and final production run of the handheld will "finish soon." The model page does not list a specific date, and looking at the…

February 20, 2019 | 09:40 EST

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Sony Ships 94 Million PS4 Units, Says Cloud Streaming Isn't An Immediate Threat

While Microsoft and Nintendo are performing reasonably well, Sony is killing it with 94 million PS4 units shipped to retailers during the console’s lifecycle, the company today revealed via its Q3…

February 1, 2019 | 10:02 EST

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The PS5 May Have Full Backwards Compatibility

Recently, Sony Japan registered a new patent (filed under 2019-503013) that would allow for compatibility with the PS5 from the PS 1-4. Hobbyconsolas was one of the first to discover the new patent,…

February 1, 2019 | 05:10 EST

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February PS Plus Users Get Extra Cloud Storage, For Honor and More

Subscribers to Sony's PlayStation Plus service will be getting an additional bonus to go with the usual dose of claimable games. On top of the six games you can expect to get if you have a…

January 30, 2019 | 01:56 EST

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Quantic Dream Will Now Develop For All Platforms After NetEase Buys Minority Stake

One of the biggest internet companies in China, NetEase Inc., has acquired a minority stake in David Cage’s Quantic Dream S.A. via their gaming arm, NetEase Games. The intent is to “further the…

January 29, 2019 | 09:58 EST

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Sony Fined by Italian Anti-Trust Authority For Not Making the Need of PS+ Obvious Enough

As most of our readers are probably well aware, one of the drawbacks of playing on a console is the need to pay a separate monthly subscription fee in order to be able to play online in most…

January 15, 2019 | 10:00 EST

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January's PlayStation Plus Games Include Snow Sports and Sandbox Action

This month's PlayStation Plus offerings headliners include a January-appropriate title, as well as some good ol' fashioned ARPG adventuring. These titles are up for grabs at no extra charge for…

January 1, 2019 | 03:03 EST

PlayStation Plus: December 2018

PlayStation Plus December Games Announced

Today, Sony on its PlayStation Blog has revealed the final games for this year's PlayStation Plus release. The main titles are Soma and Onrush Standard Digital Edition for the PS4. Soma (11 GB) is a…

November 28, 2018 | 06:18 EST

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Marvel's Spider-Man: Turf Wars Review - Filler Wars

The second part of Spider-Man’s DLC trilogy kicks off with Hammerhead and the Maggia pick up the pieces left behind by The Heist. A crime war is in full swing and Spidey's caught in a torn apart New…

November 27, 2018 | 12:00 EST

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Sony Plans to Skip E3 2019 - First Time They'll Miss The Event

In a surprising turn of events, Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced it will not be attending E3 next year. Sony has been a major player at E3 since the annual conference started in 1995.…

November 15, 2018 | 06:20 EST

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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Landing On PS4 This Holiday

PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds launch on Xbox One was a timed exclusive, but now it'll finally make its way to PlayStation players this holiday season. PUBG for the PS4 launches on December 7, 2018.…

November 13, 2018 | 02:13 EST

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Amusement Tax Will Hit PlayStation Users In Chicago Starting Tomorrow

The 9 percent "Amusement Tax" will hit PlayStation users in Chicago, Sony has confirmed. As of November 14, the tax will be levied on PlayStation Store receipts of PlayStation Plus, PlayStation Now,…

November 13, 2018 | 01:39 EST

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Marvel’s Spider-Man: Turf Wars DLC Launches November 20

Turf Wars, the second part of Spider-Man's three-part DLC series City That Never Sleeps, continues the story started in The Heist, which released in October. Check out our review of The Heist, which…

November 13, 2018 | 11:36 EST

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Marvel's Spider-Man: The Heist DLC Review - Another Brief Swing Around NYC

Spider-Man is back for his first DLC outing just less than two months after the game launched in September. The first part of Insomniac's three-part City That Never Sleeps series, The Heist centers…

November 7, 2018 | 11:00 EST

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Return to Gallowmere In MediEvil, Coming To PS4 In 2019

It's the spookiest day in Spooktober, and Sony saw fit to announce a rather appropriate remake on this most frightening of days: a remake of the classic game MediEvil will be coming to the…

October 26, 2019 | 09:56 EDT

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PlayStation Classic Full Lineup Revealed

The full lineup of games for the upcoming PlayStation Classic console has been revealed. The news came via a blog post on Sony's website, which revealed all 20 games consumers can expect to play…

October 29, 2018 | 03:15 EDT

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Revisit Bloodborne This Halloween In Fan-Made "The Blood Moon" Event

Fans of From Software's 2015 action RPG Bloodborne are inviting others to revisit the game this Halloween as part of a special event. The event's called "The Blood Moon", named for the eerie…

October 29, 2018 | 11:00 EDT

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[Correction] Indie Dev and Marvelous Community Affiliate Petitioning Sony to Stop Censoring Japanese Games

Update and Correction: Yagyu4k reached out to us and clarified his position in relation to Marvelous. The position of CA means Community Affiliate and essentially he sometimes works with them to test…

October 25, 2018 | 10:20 EDT

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Changing Your PSN Name Could Revoke Access To DLC, Delete Save Data, And More

PlayStation users have been wanting to change their usernames for as long as the PlayStation Network has been around. While Microsoft has offered the function for years, Sony has lagged behind.…

October 24, 2018 | 11:05 EDT

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[Update] How To Make Sure Your PS4 Doesn't Get Bricked, Or What To Do If It Is

Update: Though there has been no public announcement of a fix for the issue when asked to the PlayStation Support Twitter account for the UK responded that the issue has been resolved and that it…

October 14, 2018 | 08:54 EDT

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[Rumor] Sony Planning Backwards Compatibility For PlayStation 5

For over a decade, Sony has been under continued controversy for removing backwards compatibility from the PlayStation 3 in later revisions and removing it entirely with their PlayStation 4. This in…

October 7, 2018 | 05:30 EDT

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October's PlayStation Plus Games Bring Scares and Future Sports

October is almost upon us. With a new month, comes a new set of games for PS Plus subscribers. Of course, since October is the spookiest month of them all, a horror game is amongst the month's…

September 27, 2018 | 03:00 EDT

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Sony Gives into Peer Pressure, Launches Fortnite Crossplay Beta

In a huge policy u-turn, Sony has announced today that they will be opening an extended beta to allow cross-play for Fortnite players on PlayStation 4. John Kodera, president and CEO of Sony…

September 26, 2018 | 12:15 EDT

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Drawn to Death Servers Shutting Down March 25, 2019

Drawn to Death will be shutting down its servers March 25, 2019, according to PlayStation store's website. This was discovered by someone on ResetEra booting up the game and being told of the game's…

September 25, 2018 | 07:32 EDT

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15 Games That Should Appear On The PlayStation Classic

Sony revealed the PlayStation Classic earlier this week. It launches December 3rd and will retail for $99.99. They have announced five of the 20 games that will be preloaded on the mini-console,…

September 24, 2018 | 02:00 EDT

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Spider-Man Sold Becomes Fastest-Selling Exclusive After Selling 3.3 Million In 3 Days

Marvel's Spider-Man is now the fastest-selling PS4 exclusive. Insomniac's web-slinging adventure sold 3.3 million copies in just 3 days, beating out April's God of War. Kratos' critically acclaimed…

September 21, 2018 | 11:20 EDT

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Play In Their World Once Again - PlayStation Classic Arrives December 3

Almost ten years after ceasing production, the first Sony console is making a return of sorts as the PlayStation Classic according to a post on the PlayStation Blog. Sony's very first console was the…

September 19, 2018 | 08:29 EDT

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Pilot Sports Coming To PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch On October 4th

Pilot Sports, a multiplayer arcade flight game, will launch on October 4th for PlayStation 4 and the Nintendo Switch. In development by Z-Software, Pilot Sports “offers a fast-paced and fun flight…

September 18, 2018 | 10:42 EDT

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Marvel's Spider-Man Review - Activision No More!

First things first. Marvel's Spider-Man has excellent web swinging. Ever since the game's premiere, the only thing people could talk about is whether it would top Spider-Man 2. This is definitely the…

September 17, 2018 | 01:00 EDT

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Sony CEO Says Cross-Platform Play Not Happening Because "PlayStation Is The Best Place To Play"

Sony has been getting a lot of heat recently about their position on cross-platform play. The platform holder controversially stated their disinterest in enabling their players to play alongside…

September 4, 2018 | 04:53 EDT

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Marvel's Spider-Man Post-Release Content Revealed And Photo Mode Announced

The post-release content for Marvel's Spider-Man has been announced. The City That Never Sleeps will be the game's first major piece of DLC and will be broken up into three parts. All three parts of…

September 3, 2018 | 01:57 EDT

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Destiny 2, God Of War 3 Remastered Are September's Playstation Plus Games

Pumpkin spice season is nearly upon us. The leaves are changing, California is still on fire, and PlayStation is offering another round of games for PlayStation Plus subscribers. Just in time for the…

August 30, 2018 | 10:59 EDT

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Kill Gods Again in God of War New Game+ Later This Month

Sony announced today that the long-awaited God of War New Game+ mode will come on later this month, on August 20th as a free update. The announcement today comes almost two months after Sony…

August 8, 2018 | 11:07 EDT

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Steamforged Games Is Making A Canon Horizon Zero Dawn Board Game

Horizon Zero Dawn is getting an official board game, it was announced at Gen Con 2018. Steamforged Games, whose previous works include Dark Souls: The Board Game, Resident Evil 2: The Board Game and …

August 3, 2018 | 03:35 EDT

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Sony's China Hero Project Shows Off Five Upcoming Chinese Indie Games

I have an absolute love for the Chinese indie market. While it's still not as big, or frankly as good, as other regions, I love watching it bubble and grow. It seems Sony also loves this growing…

August 3, 2018 | 12:02 EDT

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July's PlayStation Plus Has Platforming, Fighting and Heavy Rain

Sony has announced July’s PlayStation Plus lineup, though it’ll look a bit different depending on where you live. For PlayStation 3 players, there’s a different game depending on if you live in North…

June 28, 2018 | 09:23 EDT

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The Winners and Losers of E3 2018: Microsoft, Sony, Bethesda, and More!

It's that magical time of year again, the week where the biggest companies in the gaming industry start trotting out their best and brightest new projects for the world to look at. From Bethesda to…

June 27, 2018 | 12:30 EDT

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Sony Unreal Accounts Don't Carry Over To Nintendo Switch For Fortnite

Players of Epic Games' battle royale title Fortnite have discovered that their Sony PS4 accounts for the game don't carry over to the Nintendo Switch version. Cross-platform play is currently…

June 15, 2018 | 08:54 EDT

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Nioh 2 Will Improve Upon Its Predecessor With Definite RPG Elements, Character Creator, And More

During the PlayStation Live coverage of E3, Koei Tecmo provided more information on the recently revealed Nioh 2. Game director Fumihiko Yasuda thoroughly outlined the goal regarding the development…

June 14, 2018 | 10:29 EDT

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Sony E3 2018: Press Conference Recap

Sony's press conference has now come and gone and within plenty of information on some of their hottest upcoming titles including The Last of Us Part II, Spider-Man, and the highly anticipated Death…

June 11, 2018 | 11:55 EDT

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Sony E3 2018: Déraciné

Following the conclusion of the core Sony E3 2018 show, we got to see one last title in the post-show that was created by FromSoftware: Déraciné. The presentation for Déraciné opened with imagery…

June 11, 2018 | 11:23 EDT

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Sony E3 2018: Spider-Man

We were treated to a gameplay demo of the new Spider-Man game. We see Spider-Man crash landing onto a prison, The RAFT, on an island in a storm where all of his greatest enemies are on the loose and…

June 11, 2018 | 11:14 EDT