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PlayStation 4 And Xbox One Bundles Available At $299 For Black Friday
The console war is back for a new holiday season. Microsoft and Sony both announced sales for their gaming consoles. Both the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One are going to be available for $299 this weekend only for Black Friday. Sony Music Tries To Force Creator To Pull Video It Licensed From Him
In the ongoing saga of big companies failing to understand what they are doing on the Internet we point you to Sony Music vs. Mitch Martinez. Mitch is a videographer who makes cool visuals and runs a 4K stock video site. A few months ago Epic Records licensed his inky video for a song called Bloodstream. Everything seemed fine, right? Good song, good video. Good fun! Then a few days ago Sony… Read More
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Sony Buys Gesture-Tracker And 3D-Sensor Maker, SoftKinetic
Sony has announced it has acquired Belgium-based SoftKinetic, a maker of 3D sensing computer vision technologies including Kinect-style depth cameras, CMOS depth chips and gesture-tracking middleware. Is Virtual Reality Gaming Bound To Crash?
Techies of all varieties constantly look forward to the next great revolution. For video gamers, that revolution promises to be virtual reality. Countless new companies have emerged to research and develop virtual reality hardware, while existing video game authorities like Sony and Microsoft are doing everything they can to push for faster development in their own organizations. But with so… Read More
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PlayStation Network Is Down — Time To Read A Bloody BOOK?
Yes, it’s that part of the day where we get to check in on fun things that are broken while you’re doing actual work. Today’s fun thing that’s broken is PlayStation Network (PSN). Sony Launching 1TB PlayStation 4, 500GB Version Gets Some Tweaks
The 1TB Microsoft Xbox One announcement at E3 meant this was probably inevitable, but Sony has officially revealed a 1TB version of its own console, arriving in Europe and the PAL territories starting July 15. It’ll also eventually make its way stateside, as an FCC filing spotted by Engadget proves. Bumping storage up to 1TB is a natural move for both console makers, as well as a… Read More
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Shenmue 3 Raises More Than $1M On Kickstarter In Less Than Three Hours
Fans let out a collective squeal of joy when Shenmue 3 was announced at Sony’s E3 conference and then rushed to pledge their support on Kickstarter. In just three hours, the campaign has raised more than $1.36 million, more than half of its $2 million goal, from about 16,000 backers. Read More
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PlayStation Will Have Four-Player Local Morpheus VR Multiplayer At E3 2015
Sony is showing off a live four-player local multiplayer mode for its Morpheus virtual reality headset for PlayStation 4 at E3 2015 this year. This marks the first time the company has had this kind of multiplayer experience ready for people to actually try out with a real game, including a new game called Rigs for 3v3 multiplayer arena battles. Virtual reality is coming much closer to… Read More
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Watch Sony’s PlayStation E3 2015 Press Event Live Right Here
Sony’s E3 press event happens at 6 PM PT/9 PM ET tonight, and we can expect a lot in the way of game announcements, along with likely pricing and release timeframe info for Project Morpheus, the virtual reality headset for PlayStation Sony is planning to launch this year. PlayStation recently returned to the top of the console sales rankings, but both this event and Microsoft’s… Read More
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Confirmed: Sony Mobile Cuts 1,000 Workers In Sweden As Handset Maker Restructures
The shakeout among less successful mobile handset makers continues apace. Sony Mobile is cutting 1,000 jobs in Sweden, one of the company’s key manufacturing and R&D centers, as part of a larger restructuring to push the struggling handset maker into profitability. The news, first reported by Swedish local publication 8till5, was confirmed to us directly in a statement (see below). Read More
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