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APRIL 9, 2024

ProbablyMonsters has had a long and eventful life for a company that has yet to ship a game. Read more

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

It was called project 'Revolution', which was a surprising moment of hubris for a company that had been soundly defeated (again) by PlayStation. Not only had Sony trounced sales of Nintendo's console for a second consecutive generation, but it had also extended its lead and Nintendo had fallen further behind.

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JUNE 9, 2023

Sony will not be making an appearance at this year's Gamescom. As reported by VGC , per German publication GamesMarkt , the company said it will not be on the show floor. The publication notes that Sony's last attendance was back in 2019, before the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more

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FEBRUARY 8, 2024

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

PlayStation CEO and president Jim Ryan will retire at the end of this year, the company has announced. He will be succeeded on an interim basis by Sony Group Corporation President, COO and CFO Hiroki Totoki. Totoki will assume the role of SIE chairman from next month. Ryan is a 30-year veteran of PlayStation.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Sony will only release six live titles by the end of March 2026 instead of the 12 initially announced. In the mid-to-long term, we want to [push] this kind of service, and that's the unchanged policy of the company," said Totoki. It's not like we want to stick to certain titles, but game quality should be the most important."

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Sony has released its second quarter results for the financial year, showing an increase in overall revenue due a rise in its movie, music, and gaming businesses. This figure remains unchanged, with Sony attributing the release of the redesigned PS5 and the introduction of the PS Portal as a way to increase sales during the holiday season.

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 30, 2023

The event did not take place in 2022, but the ESA announced it had partnered with ReedPop ( GamesIndustry.biz 's parent company) to work on a new version of the show for 2023. However, major companies such as Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft would not support the event. Read more

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NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Sony mobile developer Savage Game Studios has rebranded as Neon Koi after multiple executives left the company. As noted by MobileGamer.biz , Savage Game Studios co-founder Michail Katkoff announced his departure in July, with the studio's head of technology Mike McManus and game director and co-founder Nadjim Adjir taking the lead.

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GamesIndustry.biz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Sony is rolling out a redesigned PlayStation 5 system for the holidays. The company today announced the new smaller PS5 will arrive at US retailers in November, followed by a global rollout in the months to come. Like the original PS5, the new system will be available in disc and digital-only models.

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MARCH 1, 2023

As Sony Interactive Entertainment's head of third-party portfolio and acquisitions, Shawne Benson is in a good position to trace the platform holder's evolving strategies when it comes to – in her words – "making PlayStation the best place to play."

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox NCsoft and Sony Interactive have entered a partnership that will involve collaboration in various business fields, including mobile. Currently, the two companies are evaluating their business opportunities. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As Windows Central reported, Kato will oversee global partnerships for Japanese companies at Xbox, in her new role that she began in July. Kato previously worked for Sony Interactive Entertainment as vice president of business development for eight years.

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GamesIndustry.biz

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Nintendo is returning to live-action films with a new movie based on The Legend of Zelda, the company announced today. Nintendo is co-financing the production with Sony Pictures, but the Mario maker will be putting up more than half of the money for it. Sony Pictures will distribute the final product worldwide.

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MAY 26, 2023

One of the games shown during Sony’s latest PlayStation Showcase this week was Alan Wake 2. In an FAQ on the developer’s website, the company explained its decision, and began by stating: ‘You can buy a Sony PlayStation 5 without a disc drive and Microsoft’s Xbox Series S is a digital only console.

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GamesIndustry.biz

APRIL 10, 2023

That's more or less true, although the lines are more blurred than these definitions suggest; Sony definitely sees PlayStation as a generation-spanning digital platform to some extent, while Microsoft is clearly invested in the fortunes of the Xbox Series X/S consoles as hardware platforms.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 4, 2024

Take Sony, for example. As his own tenure comes to a close, Jim Ryan, President & CEO at Sony Interactive Entertainment, found himself tasked with announcing an 8 percent workforce reduction. This is despite Sony reporting $9.3 In the absence of big releases, Sony will have to cut costs like everyone else.

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 6, 2023

The success of The Last of Us is, according to analysts, more than just a successful adaptation of a gaming franchise; it is the culmination of Sony’s gradual transition to becoming a media company. PSVR2 More broadly, Sony’s combined operating income for games, music, and pictures accounts for roughly 48 percent of its total.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) has entered a deal to purchase audio technology company Audeze. Terms of the transaction, including the cost, were not disclosed. Read more

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JULY 3, 2023

If you have new appointments or transitions in your company that belong here, please send the names of the appointees, new role and company, and prior role and company to newhires@gamesindustry.biz. Christine Brownell has joined Sony as game director of an unnamed project at PlayStation London Studio. Read more

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MAY 5, 2023

Game Pass has been beloved, Xbox Series X is a superb piece of console hardware, Series S is an unprecedented marvel in terms of bang-for-buck performance, and from Phil Spencer down, the company's execs and spokespeople have perfected the art of making all the right noises to make game consumers feel good about the platform. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MARCH 2, 2023

The outlet cites "three people familiar with the matter" who indicated that the Xbox maker's previous pledges to keep Call of Duty available through platforms and services owned by other companies will be sufficient to satisfy the commission's concerns.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JUNE 30, 2023

Documents from both Sony and Microsoft which were meant to have key details censored before being entered into the court records were clumsily redacted with a marker, leaving the figures quite legible on the court’s scanned versions of the documents. Read more

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GamesIndustry.biz

MAY 4, 2023

In an appearance on the Kinda Funny Xcast published today on YouTube , Spencer laid out the reason for the company's pursuit of subscription services like Game Pass and cloud gaming technology. We're not in the business of out-consoling Sony or out-consoling Nintendo," Spencer said. There isn't really a great solution or win for us.

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JANUARY 31, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Sony has reportedly made a dramatic reduction in its projects for PlayStation VR 2, and even warned supply partners that manufacturing may decrease as well.

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GamesIndustry.biz

JULY 31, 2023

Ember Lab has been around since 2009, starting out as a company specialising in commercial animation and digital content. So how did its co-founders, COO Josh Grier and chief creative Michael Grier, go from wanting to become filmmakers to making a game that would catch the attention of Sony just as it was preparing to unveil PlayStation 5?

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PreMortem.Games

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The research company has shared its end-of-year data which you can check out in more detail here. Looking at the top earners this year, we see that the top 10 public game companies by revenues generated $54 billion in the first half of 2023. According to Newzoo , this year ‘is one for the video game history books’.

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MARCH 3, 2023

Representatives Lori Trahan told Axios that of the 14 companies who responded to her questionnaire – which include Microsoft, Sony, Tencent, Epic Games, EA and Activision – only five detailed what they're doing to assess and tackle extremism in their games. Read more

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PreMortem.Games

MARCH 13, 2023

Like Sony Worldwide Studio Guerrilla Games that recently delivered the critically acclaimed PSVR2 title Horizon: Call of the Mountain. She represents two game publishing companies, casual f2p games specialist Tamalaki and Web3 games publisher FGL. “We Utomik Another well known Dutch game tech company is i3D.net.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Climate Action Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo, publicly disclose their annual carbon emissions, marking an initial step toward comprehensive climate action. Set Targets : Encourage video game companies to establish science-based targets aligned with the 1.5°C

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GamesIndustry.biz

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Several members of Congress have penned a letter to ask top game companies how they are addressing extremism. As reported by Axios , the inquiry will be sent to gaming firms such as Activision Blizzard, Electronic Arts, and Sony.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Today sees the launch of Sony's latest virtual reality headset, the PlayStation VR 2, which aims to offer a generational step up on the company's original VR headset. Announced in February 2022 , the PSVR 2 follows up on 2016's PlayStation VR, which had sold 4.2 million units worldwide as of March 2019.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Sony remains opposed to Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, despite the two companies meeting in Brussels today. But Microsoft has reached a deal with Nvidia, which will see Xbox games released on Nvidia's GeForce Now cloud service. It follows a similar deal the firm has signed with Nintendo.

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JULY 21, 2023

One peculiar aspect of Microsoft's battle to stave off regulatory intervention in its proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard – now seemingly in its final stretch, following the slapping down of the FTC's frankly ill-conceived case for blocking the deal – is that it has required the second largest company ever to exist, a $2.7

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JANUARY 4, 2023

Gearbox Entertainment has announced its acquisition of 3D capture company Captured Dimensions. The firm has worked with entertainment companies such as Lionsgate, Sony Pictures, 2K Games, and EA. Captured Dimensions' services include 3D printing, prop scanning and cross-polarized texture photography. Read more.

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MARCH 16, 2023

Microsoft, Sony and Activision Blizzard's response to the findings have been revealed in full, and repeat many of the arguments that the companies have made already. However, Microsoft has proposed behavioural remedies, specifically offering Call of Duty to multiple platforms over the next ten years.

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APRIL 28, 2023

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Sony plans to sell 25 million units of PlayStation 5 into retail in the current fiscal year.

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