2020-4-3 09:48 |
Sony announces a $100 million COVID-19 relief fund, showing just how little money many other gaming companies are donating. The post Sony’s $100 Million Pandemic Donation is a Gaming Industry Wake-up Call appeared first on CCN.com origin »
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Microsoft, Amazon, and Google could send the Sony PlayStation 5 (PS5) into oblivion thanks to their supremacy in cloud infrastructure. The post The PS5 Could Be Sony’s Last Gaming Console, Ever appeared first on CCN.com
2020-2-17 10:19 | |
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E3 seems like a very expensive tradition compared to the new way that gaming companies reveal games. Developers are now much more concerned about getting games played by streamers and fans to post messages on social media.
2020-1-16 04:30 | |
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An end to the tit for tat rivalry between Microsoft and Sony promises a much less entertaining start to the next generation of consoles. The post Rivals Microsoft & Sony Getting Friendly is No Fun for Gaming appeared first on CCN.com
2020-1-14 16:40 | |
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Sony's ugly new accessory for the DualShock 4 adds back paddles to the PS4 controller, but the gaming company needs to start copying Xbox. The post Ugly PS4 Controller Upgrade Proves Sony Hasn’t Learned to Crib from Xbox appeared first on CCN.com
2019-12-18 22:15 | |
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Xbox drifts away from tech, while Sony remains heavily invested. Facebook and… The post Facebook’s Beat Studio Purchase Highlights Gaming’s Love-Hate VR Take appeared first on CCN.com
2019-11-27 14:23 | |
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We’ve heard a lot of details about Sony’s next-gen PlayStation console, the PS5. Recently the Dual Shock 5 appeared on the website of the Japanese patent office. Some of the changes seem to be really good, but a few are sort of concerning.
2019-11-19 20:53 | |
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Mark Wahlberg is set to join the Uncharted movie as Sully. Fans of the gaming franchise aren’t happy with the film’s casting. Sony is doing an origin story instead of adapting one of the games.
2019-11-14 20:34 | |
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Sony announces November PlayStation Plus Free Games. Nioh and Outlast 2 are available to download from November 5. Sony’s excellent run of titles in recent times are helping boost the service’s subscriber base.
2019-10-31 14:02 | |
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Sony is delaying hotly-anticipated PlayStation 4 exclusive The Last of Us Part II to Spring 2020, according to Kotaku. Sources close to developer Naughty Dog told the publication that despite announcing a release on Feb.
2019-10-24 18:08 | |
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Two well-known industry leakers recently hinted at a possible delay to an unnamed first-party Sony title that fans fear could be Ghost of Tsushima. The rumor comes from Daniel Ahmad and Jason Schreier, two gaming insiders who’ve reliably leaked valuable information in the past.
2019-10-23 19:29 | |
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Sony today revealed it’s repackaging PlayStation Now, halving the price and adding several popular current-gen games. Now the service is priced to compete with its upcoming cloud gaming competition, and it might also survive the transition to the next generation.
2019-10-1 20:38 | |
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After month's of radio silence, we've learned that developer Naughty Dog and Sony are hosting a The Last of Us Part II media event later this month. Gaming conference host extraordinaire Geoff Keighley of The Game Awards fame announced the news late yesterday in a Tweet showcasing what appears to be an invitation slip.
2019-9-10 12:18 | |
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Sony Interactive Entertainment reportedly filed a recent patent for what appears to be a new gaming console, complete with drawings indicating it will have a radical design featuring a V-shaped indent on top.
2019-8-22 00:16 | |
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By CCN Markets: Sony is expected to pack the PlayStation 5 with high-end specs, but the latest leak indicates that the Japanese giant is going to hit it out of the park. HotHardware reports that one of PS5’s engineering samples that’s being tested reportedly runs at a graphics card clock speed of 2 GHz, according […] The post PlayStation 5 Has the Potential to Kill the PC Gaming Industry appeared first on CCN Markets
2019-8-16 20:00 | |
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The three big console makers have just pledged to put an end to the “gambling” aspect of lootboxes, meaning the gaming industry might finally put this whole shady moneymaking operation behind us — and not a moment too soon.
2019-8-9 20:24 | |
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Today at the Chinese gaming expo ChinaJoy, a devoted fan destroyed a PlayStation 4 in protest at what a cluster of onlookers saw as Sony's promotion of shameless The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild ''clone'' Genshin Impact.
2019-8-4 18:00 | |
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Facebook is gunning for Sony's gaming throne, and it's arming itself by partnering with Ubisoft to bring exclusives of popular franchises Assassin's Creed and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell to the Oculus VR headset.
2019-7-12 18:04 | |
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Coinspeaker Sony Plans to Target Hardcore Gamers With PlayStation 5, a Gamble or a Smart Move?The PlayStation 5 gaming console with host high-end next-generation tech but will come with a premium price tag.
2019-7-11 11:50 | |
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Just when we thought that the likes of Sony would restrict console gaming to those with deep pockets, Nintendo has come to the rescue with the announcement of the wallet-friendly Switch Lite. The Nintendo Switch Lite is a $199 handheld gaming device that will hit the market on Sept.
2019-7-11 01:09 | |
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The day will soon come when gamers can simply stream titles to their consoles instead of buying hard copies or downloading them digitally. That’s because gaming is on the verge of an industry-shattering paradigm shift toward cloud gaming.
2019-7-8 20:20 | |
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Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Confession time, dear reader: I actually liked the Sony PlayStation Classic. Was it a totally cynical attempt by Sony to cash in on the retro console craze amidst the 2018 Christmas shopping season? Absolutely.
2019-7-4 13:54 | |
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Sony’s PlayStation 4 has absolutely dominated the console wars hands down against Microsoft’s Xbox One and Nintendo’s Switch console. The company will be aiming to do the same with its PS5. Sony has reportedly moved 94 million units of the PS4 over the console’s lifetime.
2019-7-2 02:30 | |
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Welcome to CHEAP, our series about things that are good, but most of all, cheap. CHEAP! Even though it’s less common than it was, one of my favorite aspects of gaming is local multiplayer. Yeah, you can still have a great time playing online, but there’s nothing quite like handing your friends a solid beating, and then chatting shit right to their face.
2019-6-30 15:00 | |
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By CCN Markets: Google Stadia will be the first open challenger to dominant Sony or Microsoft in years. Nintendo has always continued in the fringes, ever since its highs in the era of $70 Nintendo 64 games, while Microsoft and Sony have unwittingly built the modern gaming world’s online architecture.
2019-6-17 09:44 | |
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E3 has drawn to a close for another year, and with the end comes the usual question of what the conference’s purpose is in the gaming industry. According to Xbox head Phil Spencer, the purpose is to raise the profile and reputation of gaming worldwide.
2019-6-14 23:05 | |
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Sony skipped gaming’s biggest event, E3, this year and Microsoft pounced. Xbox stormed the stage with a veritable bevvy of announcements about new games and services, and a slew of details about its next generation console — dubbed Project Scarlett.
2019-6-11 02:55 | |
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During its WWDC keynote yesterday, Apple CEO Tim Cook revealed that Apple‘s tvOS would now support third-party controllers such as the PS4‘s Dualshock and the Xbox One S gamepad. Later, game companies confirmed iOS 13 would also support said controllers — meaning Apple‘s upcoming game service, Arcade, just got a whole lot easier to play.
2019-6-5 03:47 | |
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Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. While it’s kept a tight grasp on most details on its next-generation gaming console, Sony has unveiled a few details about the next PlayStation.
2019-5-22 17:58 | |
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Coinspeaker Microsoft and Sony Tie Up to Enhance the Future of Cloud GamingMicrosoft and Sony merge to fight competition from Amazon and Google in the provision of cloud gaming services that are expected to take the gaming world by storm in the near future.
2019-5-21 13:54 | |
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By CCN: According to Bloomberg sources, the PlayStation unit at Sony was as surprised as anyone when Sony and Microsoft announced a cloud gaming partnership. Sony has been working on its cloud gaming offering since 2012 but has only achieved limited success.
2019-5-21 02:30 | |
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The team-up announced last week between gaming’s eternal blood rivals, Microsoft and Sony, came as a surprise to many — including, apparently, Sony’s PlayStation team. Other industry whispers suggest that Nintendo might also be considering a team-up with Microsoft.
2019-5-21 23:39 | |
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Microsoft and Sony, makers of the eternally-competing Xbox and PlayStation consoles, respectively, today announced they were partnering up to find “joint development of future cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure to support their respective game and content-streaming services.
2019-5-17 03:09 | |
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When Sony revived the PlayStation Classic, it was regarded by many in the gaming chattering classes as a lazy and transparent attempt to cash in on the retro gaming craze. Overwhelmingly, people’s complaints centered on one key issue: the games.
2019-4-11 19:55 | |
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Nintendo is working on two variants of its popular Switch game console, and aims to unveil them this summer. According to the outlet’s sources who have used both devices, they’re apparently not just ‘Lite’ and ‘Pro’ versions of the existing Switch, but are more varied than that.
2019-3-25 12:03 | |
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Shares of Sony fell by 8% after the Japanese entertainment and technology giant recorded a decline in sales and profits. Specifically, Sony’s gaming division, which has become increasingly critical to the conglomerate saw operating income from games fell by 14% to $666 million during the October-December holiday quarter, according to Bloomberg.
2019-2-5 14:55 | |
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After months of continuous pressure and needling and guilting from the rest of the gaming industry — fans, developers, and even Microsoft and Nintendo themselves — Sony is finally allowing cross-platform play between the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One and Switch.
2018-9-26 19:28 | |
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Sony launched a layer 2 network on Ethereum to create an entertainment layer on top of a Web3 finance layer. The network is open to all creators and will protect creator rights while ensuring equitable value distribution between creators and consumers.
Sony has officially launched the mainnet of Soneium, its Ethereum layer-2 blockchain, according to a Jan. 14 statement shared with CryptoSlate. Soneium leverages the OP Stack infrastructure developed by the Optimism Foundation and prioritizes streamlined blockchain experiences.
Scam Sniffer uncovered the ad on Google, directing users to a phishing website The blockchain security company searched for the word ‘someium’ Soneium, a L2 blockchain, went live in August with the aim of boosting Web3 adoption A sponsored Google advert allegedly connected to Sony’s new blockchain project, Soneium, is a crypto wallet drainer.
Soneium's integration with Chainlink could significantly enhance blockchain interoperability and scalability, driving broader adoption and innovation. The post Chainlink Data Feeds go live on Soneium’s Minato testnet appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Sony Block Solutions Labs, a subsidiary of Sony Group, has unveiled plans to develop Soneium, an Ethereum Layer-2 network designed to accelerate blockchain technology adoption, according to an Aug.
Quick Take Bitcoin Bitcoin ETFs continued their positive momentum, recording their sixth consecutive trading day of inflows on Aug. 22, with a total inflow of $64. 8 million. BlackRock’s IBIT led the surge, attracting $75.
Sony Group has taken its first step into the crypto exchange industry by acquiring Amber Japan, a Japanese crypto exchange previously known as DeCurret. Tokyo-based Amber Japan, previously known as DeCurret, has announced a rebranding to S.BLOX following its acquisition…