Sony’s new subsidiaries Bungie and Firewalk Studios revealed their next big video game projects as part of the semi-regular PlayStation Showcase livestream. Marathon marks the official return of one of… Read More
Sony announced Thursday that it will acquire Firewalk Studios from Bellevue, Wash.-based ProbablyMonsters. Financial terms were not disclosed. Firewalk is one of three teams built under ProbablyMonsters’ umbrella, and was… Read More
Microsoft plans to increase the base price for some of its first-party, internally-produced video games in 2023. Xbox’s first three big releases of the year —Forza Motorsport, Redfall, and Starfield—will… Read More
Microsoft says it has offered Sony a 10-year contract to make new “Call of Duty” games available on PlayStation at the same time as their release on Xbox if the… Read More
In a filing to Brazil’s national competition regulator, Microsoft has claimed that Sony pays unnamed video game developers to prevent them from adding content to the Xbox Game Pass. The… Read More
Bungie, the Bellevue, Wash.-based development studio behind the Destiny franchise of video games, has officially been acquired by PlayStation makers Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE). Under the terms of the $3.6… Read More
Sony released its revamped PlayStation Plus subscription service on Monday, which places its service in indirect competition with Microsoft’s Game Pass. I went ahead and signed up for Plus on… Read More
Sony announced a rebranded PlayStation Plus subscription service on Tuesday morning, which merges its two existing monthly offerings into a single three-tiered option that’s implicitly meant to be competitive with… Read More
Next week, Sony reportedly intends to announce a service to compete with Microsoft’s Game Pass, which has the potential to move the “console wars” into a new, subscription-based era. As… Read More
The latest jaw-dropping deal in video games is Sony Interactive Entertainment’s agreement to buy Bellevue, Wash.-based Bungie, maker of the Destiny series of online multiplayer first-person shooter games, originally known for… Read More
Bungie, the Bellevue, Wash.-based software developer behind the popular online shooter Destiny 2, announced Monday that it will join the Sony Interactive Entertainment network. The $3.6 billion deal will see… Read More
Bungie, the Bellevue, Wash.-based game developer that originally developed the platform-defining Halo franchise for Microsoft’s Xbox, has agreed to be acquired by Sony, maker of the competing PlayStation consoles, for… Read More
New Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has confirmed that the best-selling video game series Call of Duty will continue to be available on the PlayStation platform, two days after Microsoft… Read More
The ninth generation of console hardware has gotten off to a rocky start, and it’s not likely to let up until this summer. The New York Times recently reported on… Read More
Microsoft is expanding its Xbox refund policy specifically to accommodate consumers looking to return digital copies of the recently-released action RPG Cyberpunk 2077, which has been plagued by bugs and… Read More
Several games from the Pacific Northwest’s development community are among the major nominees at the 2020 Game Awards, an annual livestreamed ceremony that celebrates the highest achievements in the video… Read More
The next generation of game consoles came into sharper focus this week as Sony officially announced the launch date and price for the PlayStation 5 during its showcase at the… Read More
A late-night leak forced Microsoft to officially disclose some of its plans for the launch of the Xbox Series X on Tuesday. While some essential details are still missing, what… Read More
The U.S. gaming industry broke a record in April as sales across hardware, software, accessories and game cards reached $1.5 billion, up 73% year-over-year. The data shows how more people… Read More
Sony Semiconductor Solutions says it will embed Microsoft’s Azure AI technology into its new intelligent vision sensor for smart cameras under a partnership between the companies. Sony will also use… Read More
The ninth-generation console war is on. Sony on Wednesday presented a deep dive into the development process and hardware of the PlayStation 5, just a few days after Microsoft did… Read More
Bellevue, Wash.-based studio Sucker Punch announced today that its open-world samurai action game Ghost of Tsushima will be released June 26. Ghost has been in the works for most of… Read More
Nintendo has already reported production delays from the outbreak of coronavirus in China, and a Wall Street firm thinks the upcoming Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 could be next.… Read More
Despite a spate of rumors, Sony conspicuously had no new information about the PlayStation 5 on Monday evening at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The company released some… Read More
Sony’s effort to replicate the immersive soundscape of a live musical performance is coming to listeners this fall, and Seattle-based Napster and Amazon are among several partners teaming with the… Read More
Sony has been conspicuously quiet for much of 2019. It’s teased a handful of major first-party video game releases – The Last of Us Part 2, Hideo Kojima’s hallucinatory action… Read More
The Entertainment Software Association, a U.S. video game industry trade group, announced today that multiple game publishers and developers will adopt new policies regarding in-game “loot boxes,” including the disclosure… Read More
Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft have co-signed a letter to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, arguing against the Trump administration’s proposed 25 percent tariff increase that would impact… Read More
Microsoft and Sony are going exploring. The two longtime gaming console rivals announced Thursday that they have struck a multiyear partnership that involves plans to think about doing stuff together,… Read More
The best moments in Days Gone are also its most intense. The game’s not-zombies, “Freakers,” aren’t much of a threat at all if you can fight them one at a… Read More