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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 …

Sony says growth of freemium games on consoles will continue for years to come

Free-to-play games will account for a big chunk” of PS4’s revenues within three to five years, according to Sony’s senior account executive for F2P. "We’re really looking at this as a significant part of our digital business," Sarah Thompson told an audience at GDC, as reported by GameSpot. "I think …

Sony has said at GDC that total worldwide PS4 sales to consumers have now hit 20.2m units. That’s up on the 18.5m sold by January 4th, meaning 1.7m machines have been shifted in what would normally be expected to be a quiet two months since then. 4.1m PS4s were sold …

Sony is slowly closing in on a final release date for its virtual reality headset. The company revealed at GDC last night that its VR hardware will be released in the first half of 2016. The machine has also had a bit of a spec boost. The latest design packs …

PlayStation shares more about its hotly anticipated virtual reality device

With the release now just over three weeks away, Sony has shown off its TV trailer for upcoming PS4 exclusive Bloodborne. The game is a joint production from Dark Souls developer From Software and Sony Computer Entertainment Japan. The pair last collaborated on the precursor to both Souls games, PS3 …

Devolver Digital’s Titan Souls will be released in April, it has been confirmed. The game was first dated as part of Sony’s new Spring Fever 2015 promotion. It will arrive on PS4 and Vita on April 15th in Europe. Eurogamer also reports that it will hit Steam and North American …

A survey of US console owners has found that the main reason PS4 buyers opted for Sony’s console is better resolution”. A number of third party titles (including the likes of Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Dragon Age: Inquisition, Far Cry 4, Shadow of Mordor, Lords of the Fallen, PES …

The free PlayStation Plus Edition of Evolution’s PS4 racer DriveClub has not been scrapped, Sony has claimed. Although currently we do not have an update regarding the timing for the launch of the PS Plus Edition, we are continually working on improving the server capacity to enable us to launch …