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Sony has informed Russian buyers of the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare reboot that the game will not be published on the PlayStation Store.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 Console games that violate this rule will simply not be published.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.

In May, Sony and Microsoft announced plans to jointly develop cloud technologies. Their joint move looked like a response to the loud announcement of Google’s competitive Stadia service. This guess was confirmed by PlayStation CEO Jim Ryan (Jim Ryan).

God of War, an exclusive from Sony, has surpassed the mark of 10 million copies sold. The game was released in April last year.

Here’s the twist: Sony and Microsoft have entered into a strategic partnership. Companies that are direct competitors will take care of the future of cloud gaming together.

The PlayStation Now streaming service has overcome another milestone. The number of his subscribers exceeded 700 thousand.

The next console in the Sony PlayStation line will not be released in 2019, but a number of game studios are already working with it. It promises not just to become more powerful than the PS4, but to offer users a completely new gaming experience.

In June, three board members will leave Sony at once. Among them is Chairman Kaz Hirai. He announced his imminent departure from the Japanese company where he worked for 35 years.

Sony has shared the results of the third fiscal quarter of 2018. According to them, for the full fiscal year Sony can get a record profit from its gaming segment.

Apparently, the price increase is associated with an increase in VAT to 20%.

During the holiday season, PS4 sales totaled 5.6 million devices. At the same time, 50.7 million games were sold for this console, Sony announced.