Tag: Sony
News Palworld's Japan Release On PS5 Delayed As Nintendo's Lawsuit Looms
Hold yer horses, pal
If you managed to catch Sony's latest State of Play broadcast, then you'll know that Pocketpair's Palworld has scored a shadow drop release on PS5. At least, in some countries, that is. Y'see, the game's launch has been indefinitely delayed in Japan. As detailed in a social media post from the Japanese Palworld account, its...
News Freedom Wars Remastered Could Potentially Lead To A Sequel
"We have tons of ideas we'd want to implement"
Earlier this week, Bandai Namco surprised Freedom Wars fans with the announcement of a remaster for the Switch and multiple other platforms. This game will arrive on 10th January next year and apparently it could open the door for a sequel. Speaking to IGN, director Takashi Tsukamoto mentioned how he...
News Sony's PlayStation Vita Exclusive Freedom Wars Is Getting Remastered For Switch
Bandai Namco steps up
Bandai Namco has announced it will be releasing Freedom Wars Remastered for the Nintendo Switch and multiple other platforms on 10th January 2025. This HD remaster of Japan Studio's PlayStation Vita exclusive is in celebration of the action RPG's 10th anniversary, with "every beloved feature" of the original game returning...
$699 is the new $599
Recently, we asked you if $499 would be too much to pay for a 'Switch 2'. 20% of respondees said 'nope', nearly 30% thought it would be too much, and the majority (rather sensibly) said that it would depend on how big of an upgrade Nintendo's next generation of hardware represented. Yesterday Sony pulled back the curtain on the...
News Does Astro Bot's Super Mario 'Inspiration' Cross A Line? Fans Seem Divided
"Word for word, bar for bar"
Following the embarrassment of Concord's recent launch and almost immediate removal from sale, Sony has scored a win when it really needed one. Astro Bot launched last week to critical acclaim, sitting with a 94 Metascore and being described as a serious contender for — if not the new owner of — Mario's 3D...
News LEGO Horizon Adventures Release Date Might Have Been Revealed By PlayStation
Aloy and friends return this year
Ahead of Nintendo's Partner Showcase, it seems a release date for LEGO Horizon Adventures might have been revealed ahead of schedule. On Sony's official PlayStation website, a huge banner on the main page mentions how this new title will apparently be arriving on multiple platforms (including the Nintendo
News LEGO Horizon Adventures Will Be Distributed By Solutions 2 Go On Switch
Solutions for Switch
LEGO Horizon Adventures is to be distributed by Canadian publisher and video game distributor Solutions 2 Go on Switch, the company announced today (thanks, Gematsu!). Aloy's debut adventure on Switch, which is also coming to PlayStation 5 and PC, is still being published by Sony. But this means that on Switch, Solutions 2 Go...
News Switch On Track To Surpass PS2's Lifetime Sales In The US
It's almost there
The Switch has been a huge success for Nintendo and it looks like the hybrid system is currently on track to surpass the sales of Sony's PlayStation 2 in the US. According to an update from Circana's executive director and industry advisor Mat Piscatella, as of June 2024, Switch life-to-date US unit sales are now only 1.1 million...
News LEGO Horizon Adventures Is Coming To Switch, Confirmed For Holiday 2024
Wut?
Sony's Horizon series is coming to Switch in Lego form. As rumoured before today's Summer Game Fest's opening showcase, LEGO Horizon Adventures does indeed exist, but the big surprise is that it's coming on
News Sony On Zelda Live-Action Movie: Miyamoto Has A Really "Strong" Vision
"He's a true genius in that world"
The Legend of Zelda live-action movie has been in the headlines quite a bit over the past few weeks, and now Sony has chimed in, reiterating just how "massive" it's going to be thanks to Shigeru Miyamoto's "strong vision" of this particular world. Here's exactly what Sony Motion Pictures Group chairman Tom Rothman...
News As Switch Approaches The PS2's Lifetime Sales, Sony Moves The Goalposts
Dang it
Back in February, Nintendo confirmed that the Switch family had now sold over 139 million units since the OG console's launch in March 2017. Almost two months later, it's reasonably safe to assume that sales have now comfortably marched passed the 140 million mark, which means that the Switch only needs to sell a further 15 million to...
News EVO Would Happily Welcome Back Smash Bros. Tournaments
"Always happy to host Smash"
The fighting game championship series EVO this week revealed its roster for 2024 and it features the usual mix of Tekken, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter and various other prominent fighting series. Unfortunately, one popular all-star series that's been missing for a few years now is Smash Bros. by Nintendo. Ni
News Sony Is Co-Financing Nintendo's Live-Action Zelda Movie
It's also handling the worldwide theatrical distribution
Nintendo and Sony may not have the best history, but it seems they'll be teaming up for a live-action Legend of Zelda movie. Yes, in case you somehow missed it, Miyamoto recently took control of Nintendo's social channels and announced a Zelda movie project had been in the works for "many...
Poll Do You Think Switch Can Catch PS2's Total Sales Before 'Switch 2' Arrives?
Hardware headscratcher
In case you missed it, the Nintendo Switch has now sold over 129 million units as of June 30th, 2023. That's frankly astonishing and it puts the console ever closer to reaching the lifetime sales of not only the Nintendo DS but Sony's PlayStation 2. Can it really reach those lofty milestones, though? Let's remind ourselves of...
News Dodgy 'Last Of Us' Clone On Switch Is No Longer Available, Thank Goodness
Left Behind
You might remember a few weeks back, we highlighted a rather unfortunate new addition to the eShop in the form of The Last Hope - Dead Zone Survival, a blatant rip-off of Naughty Dog's The Last of Us. Not only is the title itself incredibly similar to the iconic PlayStation franchise, but The Last Hope also borrows heavily from The Last...
News Activision CEO Made 'A Bad Judgement' In Not Supporting The Nintendo Switch More
Console has sold more than 125 million units
During day four of what is already proving to be a surprisingly gripping trial relating to Microsoft's planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick took to the stand and stated his deep regret in not supporting the Nintendo Switch more over the course of its lifespan so far. As...
Random Sony's Upcoming 'Project Q' Is A Little More Wii U Than Switch
Lots of Qs, no As
Logging onto Twitter this morning after last night's PlayStation Showcase, you might expect to see trending topics from the likes of Sony, Spider-Man and Alan Wake. But what did we notice before any of these? 'Splatoon' and 'Wii U'. The former is in reference to
Random Nintendo's Brand Momentum Has Been Flat Since 2018, Says Sony
We're not sure we believe that...
When it comes to investor relations, big brands like to big themselves up. It's only natural, of course; for companies to attract more interest and therefore more money, it makes perfect sense for them to paint themselves in the best light possible. However, during Sony's most recent Business Segment Meeting, its...
Talking Point Are You Excited To See Call Of Duty Return To Nintendo Platforms?
Whisky tango foxtrot
In case you missed the recent bombshell from Xbox Game Studios' CEO Phil Spencer, the business executive confirmed in a tweet that Microsoft would enter into a ten-year commitment to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo platforms following the presumed merger of Microsoft and Activision-Blizzard. <related ids="142197"> The...
Random Sony Alleges That Microsoft Is Trying To Turn It Into Nintendo
Is that such a bad thing?
The ongoing drama surrounding Microsoft's planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard continues to surge. For anyone who might not be aware of what's going on, the Xbox giant moved to acquire the publisher of Call of Duty, Overwatch, Crash Bandicoot, and other major IP for an astonishing $68.7 billion. Sony, meanwhile, isn't...
Review MLB The Show 22 (Switch) - Sony's Switch Debut Isn't Just A Sinker Feeling, Thankfully
The bottom line drive
Now over five years old, the Switch continues to delight and — despite the ageing technology within the diminutive tablet — we still have third-parties eager to support the system. It's unclear how eager Sony was to support the Switch with baseball juggernaut MLB The Show 22, as the series' move to Xbox and now Nintendo's...
Soapbox Don't Cheer For Corporate Takeovers - It's Not A Game
Monopoly isn't just for fun when it's real money
Back in September 2020 when Microsoft announced its acquisition of Bethesda for around $7.5 billion, it was a big move — one that some fans would have been excited by, and others less so. It was a huge deal at the time, with that purchase giving Microsoft Gaming / Xbox a number of new studios and...
News PlayStation Boss Jim Ryan Says "More Acquisitions" Are Coming
It's just getting started...
As you've probably heard by now, Sony is acquiring the Destiny and former Halo studio Bungie for $3.6 billion. This surprise news comes just weeks after Microsoft announced it would acquire Activision Blizzard for close to $70 billion. What else can we expect in the near future then? Even on the Nintendo front, it might...
Back for another round, in an alternate reality
Remember the shock of Sony entering the handheld market with the PSP? Many experts predicted that the sleek console would spell the end of Nintendo's dominance in the portable sector, and while the PSP was undoubtably a commercial success, it wasn't enough to unseat Nintendo's DS, which sold a whopping...
News EarthBound YouTube Videos Keep Getting Flagged For Copyright By Sony
"I find it horribly disheartening"
If you're a YouTube content creator hoping to share let's plays or other videos on EarthBound, SNES' cult classic RPG, you might want to think twice. Over the past couple of weeks, reports have come flooding in from YouTube users who say that their EarthBound-based videos are being flagged for copyright by Sony...
But thought a deal with Nintendo would be a "moonshot"
Take this with a grain of salt, but at some stage, the Fortnite creator Epic Games was apparently eager to get Sony, Microsoft and even Nintendo's first-party titles on its digital storefront - and for all we know, it could still be interested in making this happen one day. According to yet...
News Epic Secures $1 Billion In Funding, With Sony Investing Another $200 Million
Will allow Epic Games to "support future growth opportunities"
Nintendo's industry pal Sony has just invested another $200 million in the Fortnite creator Epic Games. Epic's $1 billion in funding from Sony and various other companies will allow it to support future growth opportunities, including its "Metaverse". This now also puts the company's...
News PlayStation's Ken Kutaragi "Never" Considered Nintendo To Be A Competitor
"We were workmates"
Before the existence of the PlayStation, Sony worked with Nintendo on a CD-ROM drive for the Super Famicom. Nintendo decided to pull the plug on the device, and so Sony entered the console business by itself - becoming a direct rival and industry powerhouse. With this in mind, “The Father of PlayStation” Ken Kutaragi...
News Sony And RTS Jointly Acquire Fighting Game Tournament EVO, Nintendo Responds
"We will continue to assess Evo"
Sony Interactive Entertainment, in partnership with the esports business RTS, has acquired the annual fighting game tournament Evo. Tournament co-founders Tom and Tony Cannon will remain "closely involved" in advisory roles. While this now effectively makes it a Sony PlayStation event, Evo's director of global...
News Sony's MLB The Show Is No Longer A PlayStation Exclusive, But Where's The Switch Version?
Update: Xbox edition confirmed, but no sign of a Nintendo edition
Update: It's official, Sony is publishing a game on the Xbox, with MLB The Show 21 coming to the Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S and Xbox One in April. This isn't massively shocking as it was pr
Random Move Over, Nintendo Labo, And Get Ready For... PlayStation Labo?
No cardboard with this one
While Nintendo and Sony's streams have rarely crossed in the past (besides a famous exception or two), reports are coming in that a certain part of Sony's PS5 pack-in game might reference a recent Nintendo product, albeit indirectly. Well, we say 'indirectly', but it actually seems pretty direct — at least to western...
News Sony's Investment In Fortnite Creator Epic Won't Impact Its Titles On Other Systems
Sony's $250 million gets it 1.4% of Epic
In case you missed it, Sony just pumped a whopping $250 million into Epic Games, the company behind Fortnite and the popular Unreal Engine. Sony is acquiring a 1.4% stake in Epic, to be precise, which means the deal values Epic at $17.86 billion. The move makes Sony a minority shareholder in the firm, which...
Random Rather Than Pay A Fortune For The Legendary SNES PlayStation, One Man Built His Own
The dream of the '90s is finally here!
The discovery of the SNES PlayStation sent shockwaves through the gaming community back in 2015. A collaboration between Sony and Nintendo, the unit was intended to meet the challenge of CD-based systems like the Mega CD and TurboDuo, but it was never released; Nintendo infamously left So
News Sony Intends To Remove More Nintendo Projects From Its PS4 Exclusive Dreams
A case-by-case takedown
Last weekend, news surfaced on social media that Sony had begun to take action against certain uploads and projects in Media Mocule's latest title, Dreams. In particular, Nintendo-themed ones. A user named @Piece_of_Craft shed some light via Twitter, explaining how they h
Rumour Sony Could Be Raiding Konami For Castlevania, Metal Gear And Silent Hill IP
Smash and grab
Konami and Nintendo go back a long way. It's highly debatable whether the former would have enjoyed the success it has had over the years without the NES, as titles such as Castlevania, Gradius and Contra all found a receptive audience on the system. Likewise, you could argue that the NES (not to mention the SNES and Game Boy)...
News The Winner Of The Nintendo PlayStation Isn't Oculus VR Founder Palmer Luckey After All
"I'm looking to not have this machine just buried in a closet somewhere"
As you might have heard, earlier this week the elusive Nintendo PlayStation was sold for $360,000 USD. A tad underwhelming after the owner previously knocked back a $1.2 million offer. Who ended up buying it, though? While it was believed to be Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey,...
News The Nintendo PlayStation Is Now Up For Auction
Update: And it's sold!
Update: The listing has now ended, with the system selling for $360,000.00. Original Article: The famous Nintendo PlayStation prototype has now been put up for auction, as promised towards the end of last year. At the time of writing, the current bid stands at $31,000. You can view the listing for yourself
News Sony Is Asking PS4 Owners If They Want Remote Play On The Nintendo Switch
A 'DualShock with a screen' is also mentioned
Sony's Remote Play feature is a cool idea which perhaps doesn't get enough attention – it allows you to stream gameplay from your PlayStation 4 to your PS Vita or smart device. It would seem that the platform holder is keen to expand the remit of Remote Play in the future, as it has been quizzing PS4...
News Someone Has Already Offered $1.2 Million For The SNES PlayStation Prototype
Big money
The owner of what is believed to be the only remaining Super Nintendo PlayStation prototype (outside of Sony's archives) has decided to sell this extremely rare system early next year via Heritage Auctions, after knocking back a million-dollar offer previously. For the uninformed, this unreleased system is able to play both Super Famicom...
News PlayStation 4 Just Overtook Wii's Lifetime Sales
An impressive feat
Sony's PlayStation 4 has now sold more units than Nintendo's super-popular Wii, becoming the second best-selling home console of all time. As you'll no doubt be aware, the Wii was a hugely successful release for Nintendo, going on to shift 101.63 million units in its lifetime alongside 920.96 million software sales. Gaming...
News PS4 Finally Supports Full Cross-Play With Switch And Other Consoles, According To New Report
No longer limited to select games
While Nintendo and Microsoft have been more than happy to let their players enjoy cross-platform play in recent times, Sony has rather infamously remained against the idea. Indeed, the company once issued a statement which said that it didn't want to offer cross-play on PS4 because "PlayStation is the best place to...
News Cripes, That SNES PlayStation Prototype Is Up For Sale Now
Time to remortgage the house, then
A few years back, a pretty incredible event occurred: a SNES PlayStation prototype was discovered in the wild. Owned by Terry Diebold (and discovered by his son in a box of junk that was about to be thrown out) the unit is the only known example outside of Sony's archives and dates back to the time when
News Nintendo Has No Plans To Censor Video Games Like Sony
The official systems are already in place
Although Sony is clamping down on saucy content in PlayStation games, Nintendo appears to be quite happy to leave any censorship decisions to rating systems. The Japanese company recently reaffirmed this during its 79th Shareholders meeting, when president Shuntaro Furukawa was reminded about "other...
News Sony Doesn't See Nintendo As A Major Rival, More Worried About Microsoft Next Generation
And the potential threat of Google
The Wallstreet Journal has published a detailed report about Sony's next-generation PlayStation. According to the source, the company's aim is to target hardcore gamers and double down on big exclusives and publishers. In regards to market competition, a Sony representative explained how Microsoft was seen as its...
News Nintendo, Sony And Microsoft Band Together To Fight Tariffs On Video Game Consoles
United as one
If you keep up with global politics or happen to live in North America, you might have heard about recently proposed tariffs on Chinese goods by the Trump administration. In a rare display – Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft have joined forces (in a seven-page letter) to warn the American government about the impacts this could...
News We Believe In E3, Says Nintendo
"We’re bullish on the show. We’re here. We believe in it."
Sony was a conspicuous absence at this year's E3 event in Los Angeles, and with a trend of other companies reducing their presence at the show, the notion that the expo is losing relevance certainly isn't new. The dates for next year's event have already been announced, but it's hard to...
UK Charts Sony's Days Of Play Sale Wipes Nintendo Out Of The Top Ten
A harsh week for the house of Mario
UK chart data is now in for the week ending 15th June, revealing that PlayStation's Days of Play sales have completely dominated the UK retail space over the last seven days. Last week, when the sale was first introduced, PS4 titles started to rise up the charts and dampen Nintendo's chances at reaching the high...
Random Experience The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild With PlayStation VR
Switching it up
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild might have only received its Nintendo Labo VR compatibility update yesterday, but virtual reality enthusiasts have already discovered how to get it working with the PlayStation VR headset. This method means you don’t need to own Labo VR and you won’t need to use Nintendo’s cardboard...
Random The Karate Kid’s Son Upgrades To Switch In Cobra Kai Season 2
Switch on, PS Vita off
One of the most popular web television series on YouTube right now is Cobra Kai. It picks up exactly thirty-four years after the 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament at the end of the iconic film The Karate Kid, where Daniel LaRusso (played by Ralph Macchio) defeats his rival Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka). The new series is...
News A Gorgeous 3D Kirby Game Is Now Playable On PS4 Thanks To Dreams
And this is just the beginning
If you keep up with the latest and greatest PlayStation news, you're probably highly aware of Dreams. This Sony-published sandbox game has players creating their own content to share with the world, and with Dreams launching as an Early Access title on PS4 last week, players are already sharing some mightily impressive...
