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PlayStation maker Sony doesn’t have enough original franchises which it has “fostered from the beginning”.
That’s according to Sony chief financial officer Hiroki Totoki, who in the same week PlayStation announced it was pulling Concord from sale told the Financial Times: “We’re lacking the early phase (of IP) and that’s an issue for us.”

Concord – Launch Trailer I PS5 & PC Games

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Ex-Blizzard president Mike Ybarra believes “consoles will never die” and that failing companies are pushing “the narrative that fits for them”.
Ybarra replied to comments on X comparing Sony’s focus on exclusivity and Microsoft’s multiplatform approach for Xbox games.
“If your strategy is to win the living room, you need exclusive hits because winning is both a platform and games perspective,” said Ybarra. “Sony knows how to make hits, and how to pick the hits from others to be exclusive. If I was them I would double down right now because the blood in the water is all over the place.”

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UPDATE 27/08/24: Following last week’s reports of a MySims remaster for Switch, EA and Nintendo have made it official. EA’s fondly remembered life sim series comes to Switch in a two-game bundle – officially titled the MySims Cozy Bundle – on 19th November.

The MySims Cozy Bundle is set to feature EA’s original 2007 MySims, as previously reported, but it turns out there’s a little bit more to the whole thing. Purchasers will also get to play their way through 2008’s MySims Kingdom – which transplanted the original’s village-sim-style gameplay to a medieval-style setting – when it shows up this November.

MySims – Cozy Bundle Trailer – Nintendo Switch

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Voice actress Jennifer Hale has discussed the impact of AI as part of the current SAG-AFTRA voice actors strike, describing it as a hammer that can “smash your skin and destroy who you are.”

Hale is well known for her video game work, including games like Mass Effect (Shepard), Metal Gear Solid (Naomi Hunter), and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart (Rivet).

“AI is coming for all of us,” Hale said in a new interview with Variety. “Because the truth is, AI is just a tool like a hammer. If I take my hammer, I could build you a house. I can also take that same hammer and I can smash your skin and destroy who you are.”

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater – UE5 Remake vs Original – How Does the Trailer Stack Up?

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Ubisoft has offered PS5 players who were advised to restart Star Wars Outlaws in order to avoid progression-breaking bugs a peace offering in the form of… a trinket and some Ubisoft Connect currency.
As we reported yesterday, Ubisoft recently emailed some PlayStation 5 players asking them to update their copy of Outlaws to the latest version, following a chunky bug-busting patch. Players should then start a completely new save, Ubisoft said, as they would likely be unable to progress fully in their current save.
This was, understandably, not particularly well received by players who had begun playing on an earlier version of the game – including those who paid more to get early access, and had already invested several hours into it.

Star Wars Outlaws Makes Yo…

Gearbox founder Randy Pitchford has admitted his long-term hopes for Epic were “misplaced or overly optimistic”, having previously predicted Steam could become a “dying store”.
For a bit of context, back in 2019, Pitchford wrote a lengthy post on social media discussing Gearbox’s decision to make Borderlands 3 on PC a timed Epic exclusive. At this time, the exec said he believed Epic’s “investment in technology will outpace Valve’s substantially”, and went on to suggest Steam could fizzle out and other store fronts would reign supreme.
Fast forward now to earlier this week, when Gearbox revealed Borderlands 4. The next series instalment is currently slated for a 2025 release across PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC via Epic and… Steam. Needless to say, this revelation…

Against the Storm – the critically acclaimed city building roguelike from Eremite Games – is set to get its first major expansion, titled Keepers of the Stone, on 26th September this year.

Against the Storm, if you’re unfamiliar, challenges players to survive the apocalyptic Blightstorm ravaging the kingdom by gradually upgrading the Smoldering City at its heart. That requires setting out across multiple biomes and establishing a series of settlements, success in each location only coming if players can meet the Scorched Queen’s endless demands.

Which brings us to the newly announced Keepers of the Stone expansion. This promises to build on the base game’s already superb action by introducing, firstly, the Coastal Groves biome, where settlements start along t…

Astro Bot is set to make its debut in less than two short weeks time (Eee!) and ahead of this, the team has shed more light on those adorable PlayStation cameos we can expect to meet on release
These are “in-game versions of popular PlayStation-related characters”, of which we previously heard there will be over 150.
Famous faces from PlayStation’s history we will see popping up in Astro Bot include the likes of God of War’s Kratos, Aloy from the Horizon games and treasure hunter Nathan Drake from Uncharted.

Astro Bot – Announcement Trailer | PS5 Games

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Amazon has dropped a free 18-minute behind-the-scenes peek at the making of the first season of Amazon Prime’s Fallout TV show.
“Good morning, Vault Dwellers!” the team announced on the show’s Twitter/X account. “Please enjoy this new 18-minute look at the making of Fallout Season 1. For Your Consideration.”
You can check it out via the video below:

Inside Season One | Fallout | Prime Video

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Sony has announced a significant price hike for PlayStation 5 in Japan, which will see the cost of the console’s standard and Digital Editions rise by ¥13,000 (around £70).

Announcing the news in a post on its Japanese PlayStation Blog, Sony blamed the price hike (as per Google Translate) on “the recent challenging external environment, including the current fluctuations in the global economic situation, and the impact it will have on our business”.

When its new prices come into effect on 2nd September, the disc version of PlayStation 5 will increase from ¥66,980 (around £350) to ¥79,980 (around £420). As for the disc-free Digital Edition, it’ll see its price rise from ¥59,980 (£314) to ¥72,980 (£380).

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