Sony Interactive Entertainment celebrated its outgoing president and CEO Jim Ryan at a recent party. In images posted to social media by aPlayStationemployee and event attendee, Ryan is shown enjoying drinks with fellow SIE staff. Ryan was presented with a one-of-a-kindPS5styled after the original PlayStation. The console included a PS1-style box and a PS1-themed DualSense controller. Attendees were also served cookies with Ryan’s face on them. Sad I won’t be around for#TheGameAwardsbut I couldn’t pass up the chance to go to Jim Ryan’s thank you party and be around some legends and this one of a kind “Jim Ryan” PS5 with PS1 style....

Patapon spiritual successor Ratatan has received a new trailer confirming which platforms the game will be released on. The trailer, which can be viewed below, announces that the forthcoming rhythm game will be released onPS5,PS4,XboxSeries,Switch, andPC. The game was crowdfunded earlier this year, hit its ¥20 million ($137,000 / £108,000) funding goalwithin an hour of its launchand went on to raise over 10 times that initial goal. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR9r-LXLGnI&ab_channel=Ratatan “We are actually quite far along in the production cycle and feel very confident in getting everything into the game by April 2025!...

Panic has announced that its Playdate handheld has sold over 50,000 units, more than double what was forecast by the developer. 53,142 Playdates have been sold since the company opened pre-orders on July 11, 2025. According toPanic, the company planned to manufacture 20,000 units. It would go on to sell 20,000 units in one day. “It’s been a great year for Playdate,” project lead Greg Maletic said in a statement....

Sony Interactive Entertainment has launched its PlayStation Indies initiative, which is headed by its former Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida. Designed to champion the most exciting independent games and “makePlayStationthe best place to develop, find, and play” them, the initiative launches by highlighting nine titles “coming to bothPS4andPS5“, Yoshida wrote on thePlayStation Blog. “The indie community is increasingly important for the future of the video game industry, as AAA game development has grown so financially demanding that big companies are finding it harder to take risks to invest in new concepts that may or may not work....

For a select audience, the PlayStation Portal is a game-changing device. Do you have to wrestle over the main television with your partner? Perhaps you want to run your daily missions inFortniteor build Squad Building Challenges inEAFC from the comfort of your bed (or toilet.)? On the other hand, if you’re the master and commander of your entertainment center and you’re never separated from the thing your actual PS5 is plugged into, then thePlayStationPortal probably isn’t for you....

The Pokémon Company has released a teaser image ahead of Pokémon Presents next week. PokémonPresents will return on Tuesday, July 22. The event will be broadcast on the Pokémon YouTube channel. Ahead of the show,The Pokémon Companyhas released an image of Pikachu standing in front of what appears to be a set of DJ decks and some speakers. “The Pokémon Company International invites fans to watch the latest Pokémon Presents presentation on Tuesday, July 22,” said The Pokémon Company in a statement earlier this year....

Warzone 2’s 70GB update, which will allow players to jump into the new battle royale game later today, is finally live on consoles if you own Modern Warfare 2. While a smaller version of the update (2.5 GB onPlayStationand 6GB onXbox) has been live for a few days, console players are now reporting that a new update, which is just under 70GB on both platforms, has started to roll out....

Red Dead Redemption will be coming to Switch and PS4 next week, it’s been revealed. A new trailer posted on theRockstarwebsite says the port will be released on August 17. It will cost $49.99, and will also include the Undead Nightmare DLC. A physical edition will be released on October 13. “Experience the epic Western adventure Red Dead Redemption and its groundbreaking zombie-horror companion, Undead Nightmare, as both games come to theNintendo SwitchandPlayStation 4for the very first time in a single package,” a statement from Rockstar reads....

Whether it’s teeing off in Wii Sports Golf or discovering an impossible vista in the original Halo, launch titles make up many of our favourite gaming memories. As the trailblazers on their respective hardware, these day-one titles aren’t often anyway near as accomplished as the software which follows, but by acting as conduits for their console’s innovative new features they’re able to deliver genuine moments of magic that stick with players forever....

Ron Gilbert has said he will no longer post about Return to Monkey Island online, due to what he called “personal attack comments”. The developer has received criticism from some fans over the art style change between the classic Monkey Island titles and the upcoming sequel,criticism which he has previously called “sad”. On Thursday, Gilbert claimed on hispersonal blogthat the negativity was becoming too much for him, and that he would be shutting down comments and no longer sharing about the game....

Sandy Shocks is one of the most tricky to locate Pokemon in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Sandy Shocks, which is aParadoxvariant of Magneton, is aPokemonexclusive to Pokemon Scarlet. It’s also exclusive to the Great Crater, so you’ll have to be in the final area of the game to find it. Sandy Shocks locationis a bit difficult to find if you don’t know where to look, it also doesn’t spawn anywhere near as frequently as the other Pokemon in the Great Crater....

The core talent from closed Journey to the Savage Planet developer Typhoon Studios has reformed, as well regaining the IP for the action-adventure game. Racoon Logicis a new studio based in Montreal, which has been established followingGoogle’sdecision to close all its internal development studiosearlier this year. Google acquired Typhoonlast year. According to VGC sources, Typhoonhad been working on a sequel to Journey to the Savage Planetbefore it was closed....

Sega has sold Humankind and Endless Dungeon developer Amplitude Studios, it’s announced. During the company’s latest financial results published on Friday, the publisher said the Paris, France-based developer had been sold as part of a management buyout. Its last game, Endless Dungeon, was released last year. In March,Segaannounced a similar sale ofVancouver, Canada-based Relic, which also specialises in real-time strategy games including the Company of Heroes, Age of Empires and Homeworld series....