February marked another sales victory for Sony’s PlayStation 4 in the US. VentureBeat reports that the result means that PS4 has outsold Xbox One for 12 of the last 14 months in the region, with Sony saying: We continued to see strong year-over-year sales growth for PS4 hardware and software …
Read More »Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture grabs 10 BAFTA nominations
The Chinese Room’s 2015 PS4 exclusive Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture is leading the charge in the 2016 British Academy Games Awards. The game has won itself an impressive ten nominations, with Sam Barlow’s Her Story and CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt both receiving seven. Five nominations …
Read More »Sony admits that Oculus will offer better virtual reality than PlayStation VR
Spending a huge among on the very best or a bit less on something that may be good enough – that appears to be the choice that will face VR buyers this year. Sony has in an extensive interview with Polygon said that the Oculus Rift (and presumably HTC Vive) …
Read More »Ruffian breaks ties with Paradox, departs Hollowpoint
Crackdown 2 studio’s next game was originally revealed as part of Sony’s 2014 Gamescom lineup
Read More »No Man’s Sky gets release date, $150 Limited Edition
June 21st – that’s the day No Man’s Sky will finally be released, it has been confirmed. A June release date was first announced back in October. And as reports yesterday suggested, final confirmation of the exact release has at last arrived. The date applies to both the PS4 and …
Read More »PlayStation boosts UK team as PS4 sales soar past 3m
PlayStation 4 has cemented its place as the UK’s most popular games console. According to UK retailers, quoting GfK Entertainment figures, PS4 passed the 3m sales milestone back in January. The news comes as the firm fills two key roles at its UK division. Richard Keen has been promoted to …
Read More »PS4 smashed its Australian sales records over Christmas period
PlayStation 4 had quite the year in Australia in 2015. According to NPD Australia’s 2015 data Sony’s hardware was the best-selling home console of the year and was behind 59 per cent of all home console hardware unit sales. Furthermore, 59 per cent of console market value was made up …
Read More »PlayStation Blog prices No Man’s Sky at $60, says pre-orders open this week
A slip-up on the US PlayStation Blog may have revealed a couple of details about the much anticipated No Man’s Sky. In a graphic that has now been pulled, the game was listed as having a $60 RPP (making it a full-price title). It also seemed to suggest that pre-orders …
Read More »Uncharted 4 delayed for a third time
Sony’s PS4 exclusive Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End has had its release date delayed for a third time. The game is now due out worldwide on May 10th. This is apparently not to allow for extra development time but is instead linked to manufacturing demands. As you know, Naughty Dog …
Read More »PlayStation TV discontinued in Europe and US
Sony has confirmed the official discontinuation of its PlayStation TV microconsole in two territories. The platform holder told GameSpot that shipments of the device were stopped for both Europe and the Americas at the end of 2015. However, despite reports to the contrary yesterday, shipments will continue in Asia for …
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