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PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst has discussed Sony’s push into live service games, and insisted that the multiple games it has in development will be diverse in terms of genres and target audience. Sony Interactive Entertainmentrevealed last year thatit’s planning to have 12 live service titles in the marketby its fiscal year ending in March 2026 – up from three during its previous business year. This marks a significant pivot for the platform holder, which is best known for its blockbuster single-player games likeGod of Warand The Last of Us (which it says it will continue to create alongside online projects)....

PlayStation-backed studio Deviation Games has been hit with layoffs, with sources telling VGC as many as 90 members of staff may have been affected. Several now ex-employees of Deviation have announced their departure on social media, with software engineer Kyle Perras writing that “my studio recently ran into a difficult situation and was forced to make a number of layoffs which I was a part of.” VGC has reached out to both Sony and Deviation for comment and will update this story should we receive a response....

The latest episode of VGC: A Video Games Podcast is now available for listening. VGC’s Jordan Middler and Chris Scullion chat over the week’s news. Stories this week include2Kfacing a backlash over banning a prominent WWE 2K creator,Embracersplitting up into three companies, and the end of Little Big Planet 3. VGC: A Video Games Podcast episodes are available weekly, hosted by VGC’s Jordan Middler, Chris Scullion and Andy Robinson, and broadcaster Pete Donaldson, featuring regular special guests from across the games industry....

Pokémon Journey Together is out today, marking the official return of a beloved mechanic. Latest update28th Mar 2025 / 9:30 am PokémonJourney Together is out now. Check out the rest of this guide for information on finding Pokémon Journey Together products. Fans are excited about Pokémon Journey Together for many reasons: the new artwork, the special illustration rare cards, and most importantly, the return of trainers’ Pokémon. Trainer’s Pokémon are special Pokémon that have a specific trainer attached to them....

According to publisher Kepler Interactive, the release of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 alongside The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered didn’t hurt sales. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33was released on April 24, and has enjoyed widespread critical acclaim with aMetacritic scorecurrently standing at 93 onXbox Series X/S, 92 onPS5and 90 onPC. However, some fans were concerned that the game wouldn’t get much attention because it was set to be released only days afterBethesdashadow dropped The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered....

Star Wars Episode I: Jedi Power Battles is getting a re-release on consoles and PC next year, courtesy of Aspyr. The 2000 game, which was originally released on the PS1 before coming to Dreamcast later that year, is coming toPS5,Xbox Series X/S,Switch, PS5 andSteamon June 10, 2025 at a price of $19.99 / £15.99. The original game featured five playable characters with up to four unlockable ones (depending on format), but the new re-release promises “13 newly unlocked playable characters” which Aspyr says are “beyond the original line-up”, including the Rifle Droid, Staff Tusken Raider, Ishi Tib and Weequay....

The time for speculation is almost over. Later today Sony will hold a digitalPS5 games revealevent and offer the most significant showcase yet of its next-gen plans. The event is due to last for more than one hour, according toSony Interactive EntertainmentbossJim Ryan, and offer the first look at “the games you’ll be playing afterPlayStation 5launches this holiday.” Sony revealed thePlayStation 5 hardware specsin a previous digital broadcast featuring lead system architectMark Cerny....

A Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) patent may include details of how the company intends to develop existing systems for sharing user generated content with PlayStation 5. Basic operations of the Share button onPS4’s DualShock 4 controller enable users to capture screenshots and videos and share these with other users online. A recently published SIEpatent(viaRespawnFirst) for “scene tagging” describes how gameplay captured by users could generate metadata used to describe aspects of it such as details about where the recording or screenshot was taken, as well as who and what objects were included....

Seattle-based Camouflaj’s virtual reality take on one of Marvel’s most popular heroes is a couple of years old now. Iron Man VR was released onPlayStationVR back in July 2020, and was met with middling reviews due more to the limitations of the hardware – lengthy loading times and a 360-degree experience that didn’t really suit the headset’s PS Camera tracking (not to mention its spaghetti-like cables). In true Tony Stark fashion, the game has now flown under the radar and landed on the Quest 2, and while some gameplay issues remain, those technical ones have been mostly Thanos-snapped out of existence....

In a previous job, this writer had to attend a business conference that was being held at a function room at a zoo. In between sessions, attendees were allowed to head out and walk around the zoo, but weren’t allowed to explore for too long because they kept having to go back to the conference. We bring up this fairly specific anecdote becauseScornis the video game equivalent of it – a wondrous, exciting world whose exploration is constantly interrupted by something far less enjoyable....

Rockstar Games co-founder and creative lead Dan Houser will leave the Grand Theft Auto creator this year, it’s been announced. In a statement published on Tuesday, parent companyTake-Twosaid that following an “extended break” beginning in the spring of 2019, the VP of creative will leave the company. Dan Houser’s last day will be Jun 15, 2025. “We are extremely grateful for his contributions,” Take-Two said. “Rockstar Gameshas built some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful game worlds, a global community of passionate fans and an incredibly talented team, which remains focused on current and future projects....

Rockstar parent company Take-Two has said that “the strongest development pipeline in its history” includes 93 full games currently planned for release over the next five years. During an earnings call on Wednesday, president Karl Slatoff said the titles are scheduled for release byTake-Two’s fiscal year 2025 which ends in March 2025. “Of the 93 titles, 63 are core gaming experiences, including 15 platform extensions of existing titles,” he said....

Sega has announced that it will reveal a “new project” in Japan next week, which may be retro themed. A tweet on the official JapaneseSegaTwitter account states: “Urgent notice! Live broadcast to announce Sega’s new project will be delivered from 20:00 on June 3.” The news will be streamed in alive presentationon Sega’s Japanese YouTube channel, which begins on June 3 at 8pm Japan time (12pm BST, 7am ET)....