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PlayStation Music, a co-venture between Sony and Spotify, will arrive on PS4 and PS3 today. The collaboration was announced earlier this year. Users won’t need a PlayStation Plus subscription or even a Spotify account to access the service. While it will be free to use, however, paying for premium membership …
Read More »Evolution to reportedly lose 55 staff, scale down development
Restructured studio will “focus on Driveclub as a service”, according to Sony
Read More »God of War 3 is being remastered for PS4
A PlayStation 4 God of War 3 remaster is in the works. This is according to publisher Sony, who announced the title on its blog. This new version of Sony Santa Monica’s PlayStation 3-exclusive 2010 release will be running at a 1080p resolution. It will be hitting stores in the …
Read More »PlayStation makes nearly £3bn in Q3
Sony has reported an increase in sales and income for the quarter ending December 31st. Revenues were up 6.5 per cent to 14.4bn, with operating income up by over 100 per cent at just over 1bn. Favourable exchange rates were credited as the main reason for the boom, although PS4 …
Read More »PlayStation Mobile is coming to a close
Sony is to terminate the PlayStation Mobile service on Vita in the summer. Distribution of content will end on July 15th and the service proper will be shut down on September 10th. From that date users won’t be able to re-download any content they may have previously purchased. Nor will …
Read More »PS4 and Vita get second Chinese launch date
The nod has again been given for PS4 and PlayStation Vita to go on sale in China. The Verge reports that both consoles will be released on March 20th at the price they were originally announced at – CY 2,899 (307) for the PS4 and CY 1,299 (138) for Vita. …
Read More »‘GAME will turbocharge eSports in the UK’
GAME’s 20m swoop for Multiplay can transform eSports in the UK, say leading industry execs. The retail giant acquired the events organiser – famous for the Insomnia festivals – this week, and Multiplay’s founder Craig Fletcher told MCV that the deal will drive eSports success across Britain. The backing of …
Read More »PlayStation expects free-to-play to generate a ‘big chunk’ of its revenues
Sony says growth of freemium games on consoles will continue for years to come
Read More »Project Morpheus launching in 2016, new design revealed
PlayStation shares more about its hotly anticipated virtual reality device
Read More »PlayStation placed front and centre in new Sony business plan
Sony is to spin-off many of its businesses as PlayStation, Sony Pictures and image sensors are being repositioned as the core of its new structure. The company intends to split its audio and video (TV) divisions from its main operations in the same way it did its Vaio PC business. …
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