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Bungie reveals new ‘Marathon’ game; Firewalk Studios shows off first trailer for ‘Concord’

Sony’s new subsidiaries Bungie and Firewalk Studios revealed their next big video game projects as part of the semi-regular PlayStation… Read More

Sony to acquire Seattle-area game development firm Firewalk Studios from ProbablyMonsters

Sony announced Thursday that it will acquire Firewalk Studios from Bellevue, Wash.-based ProbablyMonsters. Financial terms were not disclosed. Firewalk is… Read More

Microsoft raising base price of first-party Xbox games from $60 to $70

Microsoft plans to increase the base price for some of its first-party, internally-produced video games in 2023. Xbox’s first three… Read More

Microsoft challenges Sony’s ‘Call of Duty’ stance in attempt to avoid FTC suit over Activision deal

Microsoft says it has offered Sony a 10-year contract to make new “Call of Duty” games available on PlayStation at… Read More

Microsoft tells Brazilian regulator that Sony pays devs to not push content to Xbox Game Pass

In a filing to Brazil’s national competition regulator, Microsoft has claimed that Sony pays unnamed video game developers to prevent… Read More

Bungie officially joins PlayStation as $3.6B deal closes

Bungie, the Bellevue, Wash.-based development studio behind the Destiny franchise of video games, has officially been acquired by PlayStation makers… Read More

PlayStation Plus vs. Xbox Game Pass: Competing subscription services showcase different strategies

Sony released its revamped PlayStation Plus subscription service on Monday, which places its service in indirect competition with Microsoft’s Game… Read More

Revamped ‘PlayStation Plus’ shows how Sony and Microsoft are no longer traditional competitors

Sony announced a rebranded PlayStation Plus subscription service on Tuesday morning, which merges its two existing monthly offerings into a… Read More

Analysis: Sony’s ‘Spartacus’ starts a battle of the gaming subscription services with Xbox, others

Next week, Sony reportedly intends to announce a service to compete with Microsoft’s Game Pass, which has the potential to… Read More

Podcast

Podcast: Sony’s $3.6B Bungie deal, explained

The latest jaw-dropping deal in video games is Sony Interactive Entertainment’s agreement to buy Bellevue, Wash.-based Bungie, maker of the… Read More

Analysis: Sony buying Bungie is the counter-move we were waiting for

Bungie, the Bellevue, Wash.-based software developer behind the popular online shooter Destiny 2, announced Monday that it will join the… Read More

Sony to buy Bungie, former Microsoft studio, for $3.6B in latest blockbuster video-game deal

Bungie, the Bellevue, Wash.-based game developer that originally developed the platform-defining Halo franchise for Microsoft’s Xbox, has agreed to be… Read More

Microsoft Gaming head confirms Activision’s ‘Call of Duty’ will keep coming to PlayStation

New Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer has confirmed that the best-selling video game series Call of Duty will continue to… Read More

Still trying to buy the new Xbox? You probably aren’t getting one until June

The ninth generation of console hardware has gotten off to a rocky start, and it’s not likely to let up… Read More

Xbox users who bought ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ can get a full refund after disastrous launch for popular game

Microsoft is expanding its Xbox refund policy specifically to accommodate consumers looking to return digital copies of the recently-released action… Read More

PNW gaming community highlighted at Game Awards; ‘Ghost of Tsushima,’ ‘Among Us’ nominated

Several games from the Pacific Northwest’s development community are among the major nominees at the 2020 Game Awards, an annual… Read More

Next-gen console analysis: Sony to challenge Microsoft with higher prices, more exclusive games

The next generation of game consoles came into sharper focus this week as Sony officially announced the launch date and… Read More

Analysis: In 9th console generation, Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo aren’t playing the same game

A late-night leak forced Microsoft to officially disclose some of its plans for the launch of the Xbox Series X… Read More

NPD data: U.S. video game sales spike 73% to a record $1.5B in April amid stay-at-home orders

The U.S. gaming industry broke a record in April as sales across hardware, software, accessories and game cards reached $1.5… Read More

Sony to use Microsoft’s Azure AI technology in new smart camera sensors

Sony Semiconductor Solutions says it will embed Microsoft’s Azure AI technology into its new intelligent vision sensor for smart cameras… Read More

PS5 vs. Xbox Series X: Sony shares technical details for PlayStation 5

The ninth-generation console war is on. Sony on Wednesday presented a deep dive into the development process and hardware of… Read More

Sucker Punch sets release date for ‘Ghost of Tsushima,’ one of the last big first-party PS4 games

Bellevue, Wash.-based studio Sucker Punch announced today that its open-world samurai action game Ghost of Tsushima will be released June… Read More

Analyst: Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 releases could be delayed due to coronavirus outbreak

Nintendo has already reported production delays from the outbreak of coronavirus in China, and a Wall Street firm thinks the… Read More

‘The Future is Coming,’ but not yet: Sony teases PlayStation 5 at CES, but only reveals its new logo

Despite a spate of rumors, Sony conspicuously had no new information about the PlayStation 5 on Monday evening at the… Read More

The Seattle sound? Napster and Amazon both partner with Sony on immersive ‘360 Reality Audio’

Sony’s effort to replicate the immersive soundscape of a live musical performance is coming to listeners this fall, and Seattle-based… Read More

Sony reveals PS5 details, slated for holiday 2020 debut — in time for battle with Microsoft’s new Xbox

Sony has been conspicuously quiet for much of 2019. It’s teased a handful of major first-party video game releases –… Read More

Microsoft, Nintendo, Sony commit to new rules on loot boxes and other in-game microtransactions

The Entertainment Software Association, a U.S. video game industry trade group, announced today that multiple game publishers and developers will… Read More

Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony team up to argue against Trump’s tariff on video game consoles

Nintendo, Sony, and Microsoft have co-signed a letter to the Office of the United States Trade Representative, arguing against the… Read More

Kenichiro Yoshida, President and CEO, Sony Corporation (left), and Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft

Microsoft and Sony vow to “explore” ways to collaborate on cloud gaming and AI in new partnership

Microsoft and Sony are going exploring. The two longtime gaming console rivals announced Thursday that they have struck a multiyear… Read More

Review: Sony’s new ‘Days Gone’ PS4 game brings a zombie apocalypse to the Pacific Northwest

The best moments in Days Gone are also its most intense. The game’s not-zombies, “Freakers,” aren’t much of a threat… Read More

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