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US retailer Best Buy is currently throwing in a free PlayStation Camera with the purchase of The Last of Us PS4 bundle. Polygon reports on the deal, which automatically adds a PS Camera to a buyer’s cart at checkout if purchasing The Last of Us PS4 bundle. The report also …
Read More »Broken Age arrives next month for PS4, Vita
The second act of Kickstarter-backed adventure game Broken Age is nearing release, and developer Double Fine is marking the occasion by bringing the game to PS4 and PS Vita. The US PlayStation Blog reveals the full release of Broken Age will arrive in North America on the PlayStation Store on …
Read More »Suspend/Resume coming to PS4 via software update tomorrow
Sony will roll out its 2.50 PS4 firmware update tomorrow (March 26th) ahead of Friday’s release of exclusive From Software title Bloodborne. Chief among the new features is the ability to suspend and resume games immediately on power-up, without the need to reload the title between game sessions. SharePlay and …
Read More »Sony fails to renew Bloodborne trademark ahead of release
Sony appears to have accidentally abandoned its second major trademark in as many months. Last month, Sony failed to renew its US-registered trademark on The Last Guardian. An error that forced the company to confirm the long-awaited game was still in fact in development. Now, it looks as if Sony …
Read More »MLB 14 servers to be taken offline in June – a year after launch
Sony has said that the UK servers for baseball title MLB 14 will go offline in June. The PlayStation Blog revealed that the servers for the PS4, PS3 and Vita versions of the game will all be taken offline on June 18th. That’s a little over a year on from …
Read More »55 jobs lost at Driveclub dev Evolution, report says
Driveclub developer Evolution could be about to lose half of its staff. As many as 55 jobs could be lost at the Runcorn studio, according to two separate sources speaking to Eurogamer. The redundancies are affecting many of the permanent staff, although some are hopeful that they may be retained …
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 »Job losses at Driveclub developer Evolution
The studio behind troubled PS4 racer Driveclub has suffered what is understood to be a significant number of layoffs. MCV was told yesterday that staff at the Runcorn developer had been put on notice. Sony has subsequently confirmed to Eurogamer that it has cut a number of jobs, and that …
Read More »PlayStation Now Private Beta coming to the UK very soon
Sony will roll out a private beta for its PlayStation Now PS4 games streaming service in the UK this spring. PlayStation Now allows users to play games that are actually being run on remote computers, with the image being streamed to the player and the player’s controller inputs to the …
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