The American PS Store presented the charts of the most downloaded games for April. As always, separate tops are compiled for PS4 titles, freeplay, DLC and PlayStation VR games.

New details about the PlayStation 5 release were revealed by Bloomberg. According to him, the Sony console will be released on time, but in a limited edition. COVID-19 should be blamed for the latter.

Japanese giant Sony will support indie developers during the pandemic. The corporation will create a special fund for $10 million. The funds from it will go to help independent studios that are suffering losses due to the coronavirus.

Sony overestimated Kojima. The project of the “Japanese genius”, according to rumors, did not stray. Now the company plans to entrust Kojima Productions with the development of a more budget game based on the popular IP.

Sony will offer players to beat difficult bosses using IAP. The company is trying to patent the corresponding AI assistant.

The purchase of Insomniac Games cost Sony $229 million. The deal was reported in the summer, but its value became known only now.

Sony has reported on the results of sales of the gaming segment for October-December 2019. It sold products for ¥158.5 billion ($1.4 billion) less than in the same period a year earlier.

In the USA, the PlayStation 4 has become the most popular console of the last decade. She topped the sales tops both in pieces and in money.

PlayStation will ignore E3 this year. The console manufacturer noted that the format of the event does not fit into its promotion strategy.

Sony Pictures Entertainment became the owner of GSN Games. She received this gaming asset by buying out the Game Show Network (GSN).

Sony veteran Shuhei Yoshida has moved to a new position in the company. He has led a new program to support indie developers on PlayStation platforms.

The next console from Sony has received an official name and release date. As expected, it was named PlayStation 5. The novelty will be on the market at the end of 2020.

Sony has informed Russian buyers of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare reboot that the game will not be published on the PlayStation Store. Users who have pre-ordered will be reimbursed for the cost of the game.

Insomniac Games is now under the wing of Sony. The publisher announced the purchase of the authors of several exclusive games for his console.

In new games for PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, the chance of items falling out of loot boxes will always be indicated. Console games that violate this rule will simply not be published.

Sony has found another way to avoid high US tariffs on Chinese electronics. The method is obvious: the Japanese giant is thinking about transferring production from China to another country.

Cloning in the mobile games market has long been treated as an unavoidable evil. But hints of tracing paper with popular AAA, such as The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is a sure cause for scandal. Sony learned this from its own experience, which presented the action-adventure game Genshin Impact this weekend.

If the US increases the tariff on Chinese electronics, Sony may raise the prices of consoles in the American market itself. This was stated by Sony’s Chief financial Officer Hiroki Totoki.

The number of PS4 sold exceeded 100 million. She managed to reach this figure in a record five years and seven months for the console market. Niko Partners analyst Daniel Ahmad compares how things are with other consoles.