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Readers of the PlayStation Blog are used to posts highlighting new deals and quoting prices in pounds and euros. That, however, is now a thing of the past. From now on gamers will have to actually click through to Sony’s online store to discover the price of a game. That’s …

Sony’s strategic joining of its Sony Computer Entertainment and Sony Network Entertainment divisions represents a seismic shift in the gaming landscape. More important then the seemingly logical melding of games and internet was Sony’s decision to uproot PlayStation HQ from its long-term home in Tokyo and move it all the …

Sony claims new company marks a ‘renewed commitment’ to PlayStation

Sony has announced it is merging its Computer Entertainment and Network Entertainment operations together to form Sony Interactive Entertainment. According to an announcement made on Sony’s corporate portal, the change is effective as of April 1st 2016, with the new consolidated operation being headquartered in San Mateo, California. Sony Computer …

Sony has offered PlayStation Plus subscribers a one-day extension as an apology for a network outage earlier this month. PSN went down for around ten hours on January 4th with most services forced completely offline. The breakage was or particular irritation to Destiny players as that was the final day …

PS4 owners who had pre-ordered the digital version of Square Enix’s Hitman have had their orders cancelled. Videogamer reports that Sony has told those affected that the publisher has notified us that the configuration of the product… has changed significantly”, that it is cancelling all pre-orders and that a revised …

Ratchet & Clank will release slightly later in the UK than previously thought. Sony has said the PS4 platformer will arrive in the UK on April 22nd. Surprisingly, that’s just a week before the release of Sony’s Uncharted 4 on April 29th. Of course, the crossover between the game’s audiences …

PlayStation platform holder Sony has risked aggravating the sizable YouTube community by applying to trademark one of its most popular terms. ‘Let’s Play’ is a term widely used by many makers for gameplay videos. However, Sony in October filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark Office …

Could Sony’s PlayStation VR actually retail for MORE than Oculus Rift? Forbes reports that a now removed listing for the device on Amazon Canada carried a price of $1,125 Canadian dollars – that’s just shy of 550. And with the way exchange rates work, that could in reality translate to …

Sony CEO Kaz Hirai says 200 studios are working with the new virtual reality hardware