Initially scheduled for June 4th (last Thursday), the long-awaited Sony PlayStation 5’s games reveal will take place this Thursday, June 11th at 1pm Pacific Time/ 9pm BST. The initial date was cancelled due to worldwide protests for the killing of George Floyd, an unarmed man killed by Minneapolis Police officers. Sony joined other industry giants…
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PS5 Dev Kit Patent Shows/Confirms “V” Shaped Design
For the greater part of a year, photos of V Shaped PS5 units have floated around the internet. The design gained popular as “leaked” photos of Development kits made it to the web last year. It seems that now we can for the most part safely assume that unit will look something like the concept…
Sony Cancels June 4th’s Event Joins Other Gaming Giants in Solidarity With the Protests
Sony’s much anticipated Thursday event has been cancelled. No date has been offered for the postponement. Sony’s cancellation comes in the wake of Nationwide protests for the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis Police officers. Sony released the following statement on the company’s Twitter feed: “While we understand gamers worldwide are excited…
PlayStation CEO Hopes For The Last of Us Part II To Be A Defining Game
In a CNET.com Interview, Sony PlayStation’s President and CEO Jim Ryan discussed a variety of topics including the Last of Us Part II, and PlayStation’s pricing. As the company prepares for its PS5 games reveal this week Ryan seems confident on Sony’s ability to carry out a perfect launch for its next generation system. “We…
According to Sources: PS5 Event Scheduled for June 3
Rumors about a big Playstation 5 event taking place on the summer months have been circling around the web for a while. It would only make sense for Sony to make some noise about their upcoming PS5 console, as Micr0soft seems to be all alone in their steady promotion of the Xbox Series X which…
Devs More Excited About Next Gen Load Times Than Graphics
The first thing that the majority of people think – and ask – when a new generation of consoles is announced is: “How good will game graphics look on the new systems?” It is a normal question to ask, after all, the difference between console generations has always been marked by improvements in visual fidelity….
Sony Executive Replies: “Wait For PS5 Sales” To Criticism Aimed At Marketing Strategy
We have seen what the Xbox Series X will physically look like, and we have seen footage of some of its games running on the hardware. By contrast, the appearance of Sony’s Upcoming Playstation 5 unit remains a mystery, as are its games, and Sony’s executives are not worried about it. According to Business Insider,…
Minecraft Sells Over 200 Million Units With 126 Million Monthly Users
Mojang Studios is celebrating the extraordinary milestone of achieving 200 million units sold of their once in a generation hit Minecraft. The Microsoft owned studio ( Microsoft bought it for 2 billion in 2014) was very proactive during the ongoing quarantine period by offering their Minecraft: Education Edition free until June. Over 50 million downloads of…
Unreal Engine 5 Makes its Debut With An Impressive Tech Demo Running on PS5
Epic unveiled its new engine, the Unreal Engine 5 with a jaw dropping tech demo that looks quite more impressive than any thing we have yet to see for the upcoming console generation. The demo is running on PS5 hardware which is something that Sony needed badly (marketing wise), as much has been said about…
Microsoft Waiting on Sony PS5 Price Announcement to Better It
Sony and Microsoft have kept the price points of their next generation consoles in the dark. It seems like they are waiting on each other to announce their pricing. Long time industry analyst Michael Patcher believes that Microsoft will not only wait for Sony to show their hand, but that they will go beyond matching…