Shawn Layden used to run Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Worldwide Studios, a position that gave him unique insight into the whole industry and triple-A games. Layden is now an adviser for companies like Tencent Games, Streamline Media Group and Readygg. These consulting roles help him steer modern game companies as they navigate what has become a […]
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Ex-Sony boss Shawn Layden advises Readygg as it raises $4M for Web3 gaming
Readygg has appointed gaming leader Shawn Layden as an adviser and raised $4 million in funding for its Web3 gaming business. It’s a big move for Layden, as he has been a Web3 skeptic in many ways and has come around to seeing the value of ownership that Readygg is creating with its business, Layden […]
Read MoreSony planning to lay off 900 employees, CEO calls the decision ‘inevitable’ and says ‘several PlayStation Studios are affected’
In what continues to be a very gruesome, tiring, and upsetting trend, Sony has announced that it will be laying off approximately 900 employees, which is around 8% of its workforce, in an attempt to “reduce [its] overall headcount globally”. It marks the second-largest layoff in the industry this year. CEO Jim Ryan announced the […]
Read MoreAnother wall crumbles in the console exclusivity war: Sony is bringing official PSVR2 support to PC
PSVR 2 support would give PC VR enthusiasts another strong choice alongside the Meta Quest 3 and Valve Index. Sony’s original PlayStation VR was the most comfortable headset anyone had made when it launched back in 2016, but using it was anything but comfortable. It required a mess of cables and a breakout box just […]
Read MoreSony isn’t happy with Bungie: PlayStation boss wants more ‘accountability’ from the studio on money and deadlines
In a Q&A session with analysts following Sony’s most recent financial report, PlayStation chairman Hiroki Totoki praised the creativity of Destiny 2 studio Bungie, but also said he wants to see more “accountability” for development budgets and schedules from the studio’s leadership. Sony announced the acquisition of Bungie in January 2022, a blockbuster deal seen […]
Read MoreHelldivers 2 studio boss says it will ‘never’ add PVP, and for anyone looking for it ‘I recommend Tarkov’
Bad news if you were looking forward to executing your friends in the name of managed democracy: Helldivers 2 creative director and Arrowhead studio CEO Johan Pilestedt says the game will “‘never’ add a PVP mode,” and that you’d be better off looking elsewhere to get your fix of player-vs-player mayhem. For instance, maybe you’ve […]
Read MoreSony InZone Buds review
It’s rare that I ever feel confused by gear but the Sony Inzone buds have somehow managed to make me feel fully perplexed every day since I’ve gotten them. There’s an overly ambitious 1990’s quality to just how many ideas are at play here and how many fail to fully land. The box itself comes […]
Read MorePlayStation bosses say they want to work more ‘proactively’ on PC releases, and it sure sounds like Sony is gearing up for more simultaneous debuts like Helldivers 2
Boy, it’s great to play on PC, isn’t it? It’s like the medieval Baghdad of videogames: everything from everywhere eventually passes through here, with all sorts of so-called console exclusives from both sides of the Sony/Microsoft divide making the leap to our neutral platform of choice. Nintendo remains in its well-fortified compound, I suppose, but […]
Read MoreSony InZone H5 review
When Sony, the creator of the PlayStation, made a gaming headset based on a pretty gamer-centric name like the Inzone, I expected it to be console first, PC second. I am glad to report that my assumption was wrong. Though console players can, of course, use it for whatever nefarious purposes they might have, the […]
Read MoreSony Honda’s Afeela To Debut SUV, Budget EVs To Fight Tesla Before 2030
Sony Honda’s Afeela To Debut SUV, Budget EVs To Fight Tesla Before 2030 | Carscoops <!—-><!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> Afeela hopes to take the fight to American EV giant, Tesla, with a three-vehicle lineup before the end of the decade 2 hours ago <!––> <!– –> Afeela, the new electric vehicle joint venture between Japan’s Sony […]
Read MoreSony Honda’s Afeela To Debut SUV, Budget EVs To Fight Tesla Before 2030
Sony Honda’s Afeela To Debut SUV, Budget EVs To Fight Tesla Before 2030 | Carscoops <!—-><!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> Afeela hopes to take the fight to American EV giant, Tesla, with a three-vehicle lineup before the end of the decade 2 hours ago <!––> <!– –> Afeela, the new electric vehicle joint venture between Japan’s Sony […]
Read MoreModders resurrect forgotten firstparty PlayStation RPG with a PC port that’s already better than the original and promise 4K and 60FPS ‘in the next few months’
A team of modders have breathed new life into cult PlayStation RPG The Legend of Dragoon, a first-party game for the original console developed by Sony Japan. The game was released in Japan in 1999 but wouldn’t reach North America until 2000 and Europe by 2001, and the combination of a mixed critical reception and […]
Read MoreModders resurrect first party PlayStation RPG with a PC port that’s already better than the original and promise 4K and 60 fps ‘in the next few months’
A team of modders have breathed new life into cult PlayStation RPG The Legend of Dragoon, a first-party game for the original console developed by Sony Japan. The game was released in Japan in 1999 but wouldn’t reach North America until 2000 and Europe by 2001, and the combination of a mixed critical reception and […]
Read MoreDeath Stranding 2: On the Breach isn’t coming until 2025
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Package delivery enthusiasts will have to wait a bit longer to get their hands on Death Stranding 2. Sony debuted a new in-depth trailer at the end of its first State of […]
Read MoreRise of Ronin has fast combat and movement in Edo, Japan
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Sony gave some State of Play airtime to Rise of the Ronin, a samurai action-role-playing game coming to the PlayStation in 2024. The game will debut on March 22, 2024. It’s the […]
Read MoreKen Levine’s Judas gets a trailer at Sony’s State of Play
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. Ken Levine’s Ghost Story Games teased more in-game scenes from its upcoming game, Judas. The title is in development for the PlayStation 5, which is why Sony showed it off at the […]
Read MoreWalls between PC and console continue to crumble as Horizon Forbidden West announces March release date
Time was, the walls between console and PC games were hard and fast. PC had its strategy games and CRPGs, PlayStation had its Japanese bangers, Nintendo had Mario and Zelda, and Xbox had Blinx: The Time Sweeper (all the other companies were very jealous). But these days, not counting Nintendo, everything is everywhere. And everything […]
Read MoreMichael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler Might Be Doing a Vampire Movie, And We Have Major Thoughts
Hollywood has been absolutely buzzing about Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler highly-anticipated, upcoming film collaboration after the success of “Black Panther. Initially it was said that the movie will be a “genre thriller,” and no other details were revealed. ‘True Detective: Night Country’ Star On Being Biracial On & Off Screen: “You Never Feel Like […]
Read MoreStar-studded cinematic horror Until Dawn is getting a big screen adaptation, an ‘R-rated love letter to the horror genre’
Shazam director David F. Sandberg has decided to take some time off from superhero movies in order to film horrible things happening to some people on a mountain. He’s been enlisted to direct an adaptation of Until Dawn, Supermassive’s first cinematic horror choose-your-own adventure that was the precursor to things like The Quarry and The […]
Read MoreMy 10 best moments at CES 2024 | The DeanBeat
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. CES is always full of interesting moments that kick off the year in technology, and CES 2024 was no different. I’ve already talked about my favorite products of the big tech trade […]
Read MoreThe president of Sony Honda is allowed to drive an electric car on-stage with a DualSense yet I’m not allowed to play games while I drive. Typical
Sony’s CES 2024 presentation might not have delivered in the way some might have hoped, with no news of the much-rumoured PS5 Pro, but that didn’t mean it didn’t have its moments of excitement. Enter, Sony Honda Mobility president and COO Izumi Kawanishi, who livened up proceedings by driving a car onstage with a Sony […]
Read MoreSony might be ready to launch an updated Dualsense controller with a much larger battery capacity
Sony’s masterpiece of design, the Dualsense controller, is packed to the hilt with features: An awesome haptic feedback system, a touch-sensitive panel, and a sweet mini-speaker for added immersion in games. Naturally, one needs a PlayStation 5 to make the most of these but one thing that’s a bit of a pain on both PC […]
Read MoreWatch Sony Exec Drive Afeela EV With A PlayStation Controller
Watch Sony Exec Drive Afeela EV With A PlayStation Controller | Carscoops <!—-><!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> You will be able to drive the Afeela EV with a PS5 controller, too, albeit only in Gran Turismo 7 3 hours ago <!––> <!– –> As we’ve covered, Sony had a lot of automotive tech to show off at […]
Read MoreHelldivers 2 confirms crossplay and pleasingly modest system requirements
A month ahead of launch, the developers of co-op shooter Helldivers 2 have dropped two pleasing bits of news on Steam. One, the PlayStation-published game will support crossplay at launch, meaning anyone on PC will be able to party up with pals on the PS5 to shoot bugs in cross platform harmony. Two, the PC […]
Read MoreHelldivers 2 confirms crossplay and pleasingly modest system requirements
A month ahead of launch, the developers of co-op shooter Helldivers 2 have dropped two pleasing bits of news on Steam. One, the PlayStation-published game will support crossplay at launch, meaning anyone on PC will be able to party up with pals on the PS5 to shoot bugs in cross platform harmony. Two, the PC […]
Read MoreAfeela Sedan Inches Closer To Production As Updated Prototype Debuts At CES
Afeela Sedan Inches Closer To Production As Updated Prototype Debuts At CES | Carscoops <!—-><!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> The near-production Afeela prototype features revised styling and an updated cabin 4 hours ago <!––> <!– –> Sony Honda Mobility has used CES to unveil an “evolved” version of the Afeela sedan. The latest prototype sports an updated […]
Read MoreNew Mercedes Assistant Will Speak To You Like A Friend And Match Your Mood
New Mercedes Assistant Will Speak To You Like A Friend And Match Your Mood | Carscoops <!—-><!– –><!– –><!—-><!—-> The new system includes an advanced MBUX Virtual Assistant and will also support a host of arcade games https://www.carscoops.com/author/bradcarscoops-com/ <!––> by Brad Anderson 4 hours ago <!––> <!– –> Mercedes-Benz has provided the world with a […]
Read MoreSony doubled down on game TV and film adaptations at CES 2024
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. At CES 2024, Sony championed the success of its game adaptations. Last year, the company released its television adaptations of The Last of Us on HBO and Twisted Metal on Peacock, in […]
Read MoreSony applies to patent dynamic difficulty settings that respond to your performance, one year after EA did the same thing with controller settings
Sony has applied to patent systems that automatically fiddle with “parameters that change the difficulty of the game” based on your performance, a patent on the World Intellectual Property Organization‘s website reveals. (Actually, the patent reads “difficultly” at the time of writing, so Sony may in fact be referring to the implementation of dynamic cults. […]
Read More2023 showed us the cost of pushing singleplayer developers to make multiplayer games
On the second day of reviewing Redfall, Arkane’s co-op vampire FPS, I logged in and lost all my progress. I made the critical mistake of playing with someone else in a multiplayer game that only remembers what one player does. I wasn’t devastated about losing a few hours of my time, but disappointed that the […]
Read MoreNaughty Dog officially cancels The Last of Us Online multiplayer
Do you want to get the latest gaming industry news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our daily and weekly newsletters here. For years, fans of The Last of Us have waited for Naughty Dog to release a promised online multiplayer title, an extension of the original games Factions mode. However, the developer officially […]
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