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2K Games has hired PlayStation’s UK marketing director. Murray Pannell, who has held senior marketing roles at Ubisoft, Xbox and Electronic Arts, will be the firm’s new VP of publishing. He takes the role ahead of the departure of 2K International’s general manager Neil Ralley. Ralley has led the 2K …
Read More »VIDEO: Hideo Kojima officially independent, working on PS4 exclusive
New independent studio named Kojima Productions following the termination of MGS dev's contract at Konami
Read More »Ex-Relentless Software and PlayStation Home devs set up Snap Finger Click
Martijn van der Meulen and Edward Gladwin promise footage of debut game soon
Read More »Ace Combat 7 to take flight in PlayStation VR
Latest in 23-year-old franchise is exclusive to PS4
Read More »Watch the PlayStation Experience conference right here
In just fifteen minutes time, Sony will be taking to the stage at its San Francisco expo PlayStation Experience. The conference starts at 6pm GMT, with PlayStation set to make some pretty huge announcements. This is the firm’s second PlayStation Experience – the expo debuted last year to celebrate 20 …
Read More »Shahid Ahmad’s battle for independents
For the past four years, PlayStation’s Shahid Ahmad has had one of the coolest jobs in the games industry. As head of the firm’s Strategic Content division, it’s been his responsibility to bring the best indie games to the platform. He signed the likes of Mike Bithell’s Thomas Was Alone, …
Read More »Black Friday traffic sinks PSN servers
Sony’s PlayStation Network is struggling across all platforms – likely as a result of the Black Friday rush. As with much of games retail today, Sony is holding a generous sale event to mark the occasion, with up to 50 per cent knocked off of games such as The Witcher …
Read More »Demon’s Souls PS4 remaster teased
The game that started it all for From Software’s Souls series could be set for a resurrection. Demon’s Souls was released exclusively for the PS3 in Japan back in 2009, before heading to UK shores the following year. Of course, it then saw a set of spiritual successors in the …
Read More »Digital PSP sales to end in 2016
The end for the PSP is nigh. The PlayStation Store is being removed from Sony’s first handheld in Japan on March 31st 2016, the platform holder has announced. The UMD Passport service, which allowed players to pay a small fee to convert their physical games into a digital version, is …
Read More »PlayStation UK PR boss takes on European comms role
Long-serving PlayStation veteran David Wilson has been named the new director of communications for Europe. Wilson has spent over 15 years at PlayStation, joining in 2000 as head of UK PR. He has managed the launches of PS2, PSP, PS3, PS Vita and PS4. Prior to Sony, he worked as …
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