Sony Interactive Entertainment News Articles
Monday18th Jan 2021
News Director Kantemir Balagov to Helm The Last of Us TV Series Pilot Episode
You're hired
In case you missed it, HBO is working alongside Sony and Naughty Dog to turn The Last of Us into a TV show. Charting the story told in the first game, the project is in the works right now, with Neil Druckmann writing the series with Chernobyl scribe Craig Mazin. While there's been no confirmation of who will play the lead roles of...
Friday5th Jun 2020
News Australia Fines PlayStation $3.5 Million for Refusing Refunds on Digital Purchases
Breaking Australian Consumer Law rights
Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe has been fined $3.5 million AUD after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) charged the company with misleading PlayStation Store customers. The Federal Court of Australia ordered the penalty "for making false and misleading representations on its...
Tuesday11th Feb 2020
Random Shuhei Yoshida and Adam Boyes Recreate The Genius PS4 Game Sharing Smackdown
"Thanks"
Anyone else remember this? Back when the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were the new kids on the block, Microsoft was under fire for its controversial online and used game policies. It quickly changed all that, of course, but at the time it went down extremely poorly. Sony, meanwhile, made it clear when its new console was revealed that there...
Tuesday4th Feb 2020
News PS4 Sales on the Decline as PS5 Draws Near
Next-gen approaches
Sony has just posted its latest financial report, covering the third quarter of fiscal year 2019. This covers the holiday season, and it's pretty clear that PlayStation 4 sales are beginning to fall. As you can see in Sony's presentation, sales were down 20 per cent year-on-year for its gaming sector. The company attributes this...
Monday3rd Feb 2020
News Sony to Raise Money for Australia with a Month of Livestream Fundraisers
And you can join in too
It has been truly heartbreaking to see and hear about the Australian bushfire crisis over the last few months. It's an enormous tragedy with millions of animals and dozens of people lost to the country-wide inferno. We don't want to harp on the point too much, as we're sure you all know about this by now, but it's a natural...
Thursday12th Dec 2019
News Double Fine Alumnus Greg Rice Will Be Looking After Indies with Shuhei Yoshida at PlayStation
PS <3 Indies
Greg Rice, former vice president of business development at Double Fine, has announced his new role at Sony Interactive Entertainment. The industry veteran left Tim Schafer's studio in the months following Microsoft's acquisition, but he's now formally said what he'll be up to next. In a tweet, Rice states that he'll be joining...
Tuesday10th Dec 2019
News PlayStation Granddaddy Ken Kutaragi Delivers a Heartfelt Thanks in 25th Anniversary Message
Cheers, Ken
Sony closed out its latest State of Play broadcast with a hype-inducing Ghost of Tsushima teaser, but before that, things got serious with a message from the father of PlayStation. Yes, Ken Kutaragi himself appeared on the stream with a pre-recorded statement in celebration of the platform's 25th anniversary. You can watch it back in the...
Wednesday4th Dec 2019
News Celebrate PlayStation's 25th Anniversary with These Desktop and Mobile Wallpapers
Time for presents
Sony seems to be turning PlayStation's 25th anniversary celebrations into a week-long event, which is of course fine by us. Next on the agenda is this neat set of special wallpapers you can use for your mobile or your desktop computer. Okay, so it's not the best gift ever, but it's the thought that counts, right? The wallpapers...
Cel shady
At the end of last week, Sony uploaded one of its regular PlayStation lineup music videos on its Japanese YouTube channel. As usual, the advert featured some gorgeous animation in between all the gameplay footage. These videos are always a treat, but the latest one has run into a spot of bother. Sony has now removed said video from its...
Tuesday3rd Dec 2019
Certified
It's been made official: PlayStation is the best-selling home video game console brand ever. Across all its major platforms (not counting portables), Sony has sold over 450 million units, comfortably dominating the home console space over its 25-year existence. The fact has now been acknowledged by Guinness World Records, with the...
Friday8th Nov 2019
News Worldwide Studios Expanding Again with New Development Team in Malaysia
New studio to focus on art and animation
Sony is establishing a new development studio in Malaysia. As reported by GamesIndustry, this latest addition to Worldwide Studios will act as a support team to other PlayStation developers, helping to produce art and animation for upcoming exclusive titles. It will also be of benefit to the country's growth...
Thursday7th Nov 2019
News Jim Ryan: PlayStation's Brand, Content, and Community Mean It Has the Edge Over Stadia
CEO confident about new competition
Not only are we on the precipice of a new console generation, with PlayStation 5 now about a year away, we're seeing a newcomer arriving in a matter of days. Google is about to launch its cloud-based gaming platform Stadia, and it's going to be fascinating to see what impact it has on the industry moving forward...
News Globalising PlayStation Doesn't Mean Americanisation, Says Sony
PlayStation to remain a multinational brand
PlayStation is going through some pretty hefty changes as it prepares for the dawn of PS5 next year. It's been shuffling around its executives -- just today, it was announced Hermen Hulst is the new head of Worldwide Studios, while Shuhei Yoshida will be looking after indies. But the changes go beyond
News 'We've Always Been There with Indies' Says PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan
Refutes claims Sony's indie focus has slipped
At the beginning of PlayStation 4's life, Sony earned itself a reputation as a huge supporter of indie games and developers. This focus seems to have shifted somewhat over the course of the generation, as the platform holder pours more and more resources into its own blockbuster exclusives. We've seen...
News Hermen Hulst of Guerrilla Games Becomes Head of PlayStation's Worldwide Studios
Shuhei Yoshida to take on smaller role
News of more change to PlayStation's top brass comes today, as we learn that Hermen Hulst has been promoted to head of Worldwide Studios. This follows on from the departure of Shawn Layden, who unceremoniously left the company just over a month ago. Hulst was previously managing director of Guerrilla Games, but...
Tuesday1st Oct 2019
News Head of PlayStation Japan Asia Atsushi Morita Retires at 60
All change
Hot off the heels of Shawn Layden's abruptly announced departure from PlayStation, another major player is leaving the company. Atsushi Morita may not be as familiar, but he's been corporate director of Sony Interactive Entertainment and president of SIE Japan Asia for a long time. It's been announced that he'll be retiring from both...
News Sony Worldwide Studios Chairman Shawn Layden Leaving PlayStation
He'll be greatly missed
In an unexpected post on Twitter this evening, PlayStation has announced the departure of Sony Interactive Entertainment Worldwide Studios Chairman, Shawn Layden. Those of you who have been following the platform holder over the past five or so years will recognise the executive from various E3 press conferences – including...
Thursday8th Aug 2019
Probability will no longer be hidden
The ESA - Entertainment Software Association - is the organisation that represents the games industry in the United States. It's a pretty big deal; its members include top brass from PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, and many others. Not only is it responsible for E3 every year, it also tackles broader issues...
Friday5th Jul 2019
News Konami Can't Explain Unexpected PS Plus PES 2019 Swap
Sony subbed in Detroit: Become Human at the last minute
July's PlayStation Plus lineup was originally planned to consist of Horizon Chase Turbo and PES 2019: Pro Evolution Soccer. However, while the former stuck around, Konami's football sim was changed at the very last minute, in favour of Quantic Dream's Detroit: Become Human. There's been no real...
Thursday13th Jun 2019
E3 2019 Phil Spencer: I Wish Sony Was at E3
Xbox boss says the trade show isn't the same without its rival
Sony has famously skipped E3 2019, and while some would argue that it made the right decision, it's clear that some would've liked to have seen something from the platform holder. It may have had nothing to show, and it's obviously pursuing a direct-to-consumer approach with its State of...
Friday26th Oct 2018
News Put a PlayStation Spin on Your Halloween Pumpkin with These Official Stencils
Sir Dan-o-lantern
We feel like we've been writing Halloween stories for far too long, but the holiday is almost here. With seemingly every game on the planet updating with something spooky, it was only a matter of time before Sony joined in on the fun, although this example is a little more physical. If you fancy bringing gaming to your Halloween...
Monday15th Oct 2018
News Sony to Resolve Harmful PS4 Message Issue with Firmware Update
"We are aware of the situation"
Over the weekend, many PS4 owners reported receiving a PlayStation Network message that rendered their console useless. Opening one of these messages bricks your PS4, forcing a factory reset in order to get it going again. It seems that the problem is widespread enough that Sony has caught wind of it, as it's...
Tuesday9th Oct 2018
News Sony Offers Brief Comment on PS5
Next gen is coming
As the PS4's life has trundled on, rumours of a PlayStation 5 have been flickering in and out of the news cycle for several years now. It doesn't take an industry analyst to tell you that PS5 is coming - in fact, Shawn Layden pretty much confirmed this in an interview last year - but that hasn't stopped people from speculating...
Wednesday19th Sep 2018
News Sony Announces PlayStation Classic Mini Console, Launches 3rd December
Features 20 PSone games
Well, we weren't expecting to wake up to this. Sony has just announced the PlayStation Classic, a miniature console in the same vein as Nintendo's NES and SNES Classics that have proven to be wildly popular. The pint-sized PSone takes the form of the original model, and comes in at just 45% the size of the regular box. It...
Friday2nd Feb 2018
News PlayStation Profits Soar as PS4 Reaches 76.5 Million Units
It prints money
Sony has released its financial results from the quarter ending 31st December, and it's showing some impressive numbers once again. PlayStation 4 hardware sales were actually down year-on-year, from 9.7 million to 9 million, but the total number of units is now at 76.5 million. The console enjoyed its best ever calendar year, moving...
News Sony Management Shifts See CEO Kaz Hirai Stepping Down
Will become Chairman
In a recent press release, Sony has announced a few changes to its management structure. CEO Kazuo Hirai, who has been in the top seat for six years, will be replaced by current CFO Kenichiro Yoshida. Kaz will instead adopt the roles of Director and Chairman. These changes are effective from 1st April 2018. Hirai-san led the...
Wednesday17th Jan 2018
News Jim Ryan Promoted to Deputy President of Sony Interactive Entertainment
Congratulations
Jim Ryan is one of a few Sony suits you'll recognise from previous press conferences. He's been with the company since 1994, and was made president of SIE Europe in 2011. He was also made head of global sales and marketing in 2016, and helped launch the PS4 Pro and PlayStation VR. His hard work seems to have paid off, as he's...
Wednesday10th Jan 2018
News SIE CEO John Kodera Says not to Worry About First Party Games Going the Service Route
Phew
Back when Andy House left his role as President of Sony Interactive Entertainment, there were concerns that his replacement, John Kodera, was a little too keen on microtransactions. In a conference call a few months ago, it was discussed that PlayStation would look into the possibility of adding more in-game purchases to future titles, a...
Saturday4th Nov 2017
News Trophies Can Finally Earn You Cold Hard Cash
As long as you live in America
Remember Sony Rewards, the US-only loyalty programme introduced in 2010? Probably not, but a new update now adds Trophy functionaility, allowing members of the service to earn PSN credits by earning Trophies. The bad news? Rewards aren't retroactive, so no matter how many games you've tirelessly Platinumed, you'll only...
Tuesday13th Jun 2017
E3 2017 Horizon Zero Dawn Gets Its First Expansion Later This Year
Entitled The Frozen Wilds
Hungry for more Horizon: Zero Dawn? Well, you're in luck: Sony announced a new downloadable expansion named The Frozen Wilds, and it's out this year. The trailer doesn't exactly reveal much about the content, but it looks like it could feature new mysteries and unveil new answers. That mountain looks particularly ominous...
