Sony appears to have inadvertently confirmed the name of PlayStation 5’s mid-gen refresh ahead of its official reveal. The company announced today that willdeliver a PS5 “technical presentation” on Tuesday, hosted by lead system architectMark Cerny. Various players, including Wario64 on X, subsequently spotted anunlisted videoon the platform holder’s YouTube channel titled ‘PS5 Pro’. Viewable above, it has since been retitled ‘PlayStation 5Technical Presentation – September 10’. an unlisted YouTube video confirms it’s PS5 Pro (duh)https://t....

Relic Entertainment has detailed its new business strategy following last year’s split from former owner Sega. Last March, the Japanese firm announced that it wasselling Vancouver, Canada-based Relicto a holding company to be newly established by the UK investment firm Emona Capital LLP, enabling it to become an independently-run development studio. Relic, which specializes in real-time strategy franchises like Company of Heroes, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War and Homeworld, said on Monday that it plans to focus on three key areas going forward....

A new Wall Street Journal report alleges that Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick was aware of multiple sexual misconduct allegations at the company, some of which it’s claimed he withheld from its board, and also accuses him of personally mistreating several female employees. The company is currently facing multiple regulatory investigations over alleged sexual assaults and harassment of female employees, much of which has centred aroundWorld of WarcraftdeveloperBlizzard. However, theWall Street Journalclaims that instances of sexual assault and mistreatment have been widespread at the company, including at Call of Duty development studiosTreyarchandSledgehammer Games....

There’s no shortage of peripherals for Nintendo Switch, but it’s fair to say we haven’t seen anything quite like the Nitro Deck. Created by CRKD – a new gaming gear company founded byEmbracer’s Freemode label – the striking add-on is billed as “a professional handheld dock” forNintendo’s console. Users place their original or OLED modelSwitchconsole inside of the Nitro Deck, and it wraps around the screen like a beefy, feature-filled controller....

There’s a character in Spider-Man: Miles Morales who I’d really love to get to know. They can be found via the in-game social media channel – effectivelySpider-Man’s answer to Twitter – and goes by the name of ILuvXMas1225. Whenever Spider-Man does something heroic, ILuvXMas1225 jumps on social media to proclaim it ‘a Christmas Miracle’. You’d think the joke would get old, but it doesn’t. Whenever I see them post, I cannot help but crack a smile....

Sega has delayed Sonic Colours Ultimate’s physical release date in Europe. Two weeks ahead of the remaster’s planned release forPS4,Xbox One,SwitchandPC, the publisher said “unforeseen logistical issues” were to blame for the delay. While a revised physical launch window hasn’t been confirmed, the game will still be released digitally as planned on September 7. https://twitter.com/SEGA_Europe/status/1429835890336141313 “Due to unforeseen logistical issues, all physical editions of Sonic Colours: Ultimate, which include both the standard and keyring edition; will be delayed across all EMEA markets, excluding Australia and New Zealand,” Sega said....

Latest update24th Nov 2024 / 4:00 pm We’ve had a good look around for new Sonic Speed Simulator codes for the Golden Egg 6 event. Sonic Speed Simulator codescan be used to get Chao characters and other helpful freebies. Sonic Speed Simulatoris an officialRobloxgame based on the Sonic the Hedgehog series. Increase your run speed, collect new characters, and sprint through reimagined classic zones.New Sonic Speed Simulator codesdrop not just on the game’s socials, but on official ads as well....

Sony Interactive Entertainment has claimed that the decision to put its internally-developed baseball title, MLB The Show 21 on Xbox Game Pass was the license holder’s decision. The move was surprising since the game, which is developed bySony’s San Diego studio, will release on Sony’sPS4andPS5consoles as a standard $60/$70 title. Now, in a fresh statement issued toInverse, Sony has claimed that the decision to release The Show 21 on Xbox Game Pass was MLB’s decision....

Sony Interactive Entertainment has announced plans to hold a free PlayStation Plus online multiplayer weekend this month. Online multiplayer modes forPS4andPS5titles will be accessible without aPlayStationPlus subscription from June 24-25. Players who want to take part in the promotion will need a PlayStation Network account. It will include PS5 games from the PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue and Game Trials, plus supported digital PS5 titles that players own. Sony also confirmedJune’s PlayStation Plus Game Catalogue and Classics titleson Wednesday....

Sony Interactive Entertainment has quietly pulled Gran Turismo 7’s Russian release. ThePS4andPS5game was scheduled for a worldwide release today, but it’s currently unavailable to buy digitally via the RussianPlayStationStore, whichlistsits release date as “pending confirmation”. EurogamerclaimsSonymade the decision not to sell the game in Russia on Thursday night, although the company has yet to officially comment on the move. VGC has contacted PlayStation for comment on the game’s removal from sale....

Sony has revealed its next-generation VR controllers, which it says will offer a deeper sense of presence and immersion in future PS5 VR experiences The controllers have an “orb” shaped design and feature adaptive triggers and haptic feedback like thePS5’s DualSense controller. The controllers can also detect players’ fingers without any pressing in the areas where you place your thumb, index, or middle fingers, similar to modern VR controllers fromValve, HTC andOculus....

PlayStation has announced several new features as part of its latest beta firmware update, including the ability to reduce a game’s performance in order to conserve power. The move, whichPlayStationsuggests is part of the company’s long-running Road to Zero environmental initiative, will be available in the future; however, when this will happen hasn’t been announced. “While this feature won’t be available during the beta phase, once it officially launches, supportedPS5games will scale back performance and will allow your PS5 to reduce its power consumption when the feature is enabled, optionally by gamers,” reads a post on thePlayStation Blog....

Square Enix has confirmed it will release a day one patch for Final Fantasy 16, despitepreviously statingit would not need to do so. Confirmed during apre-release live steamon Saturday, the game’s development team said the update would fix progression and crash issues, as well as making performance improvements in different parts of the game. ProducerNaoki Yoshidaadded during the stream that the framerate improvements are mostly related to scenes in which a lot of characters are on screen simultaneously, such as city segments....