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Sony has cut 5,000 (30) off the price of the PS4 in Japan. The console currently retails for just shy of 40,000 (217) in the region. As of October 1st, however, this will be cut to 35,000 (190). It’s the first official price cut for the machine in the region. …

Sony music director Chuck Doud urges devs to consider soundtrack earlier in production

Apps to be pulled from sale with no more updates in the future

But no news on launch date for hardware

Sony has unveiled a rebrand for its in-development virtual reality system. Having until now been known as Project Morpheus, the tech will from now on simply go by the name PlayStation VR. The name ‘PlayStation VR’ not only directly expresses an entirely new experience from PlayStation that allows players to …

Mobile games publisher continues expansion in genre

Sony has confirmed the first piece of DLC for From Software’s successful action-RPG Bloodborne. The Old Hunters will explore the nightmare of the hunters who once guarded Byrgenwerth. It’s set in what is described as a nightmare world where hunters from the past are trapped forever”. As well as the …

Publisher Capcom has said it is to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Resident Evil series with… a team-based first person shooter. Resident Evil Umbrella Corps has an air of Resident Evil Raccoon City about it, although infused with a big dose of modern FPS trappings. We know the game …

Need for Speed developer Ghost Games has announced the PC version won’t make it out alongside its console counterparts this November. Need for Speed was previously confirmed for a November 3rd, 2015 launch on PS4, Xbox One and Windows PC. This week however, the studioannouncedit will need to delay the …

Naughty Dog creative director Neil Druckmann has expressed his interest in developing a new game based on the Half-Life franchise. Druckmann – who wrote The Last of Us and is currently working on Uncharted 4 – recently took toTwitterto publicly declare Naughty Dog’s interest in Valve’s IP. Look, Valve, all …