Sony announced today that there would be a PS5 price increase to coincide with “high global inflation rates,” and that the recommended retail price would rise in “select global markets” — that is, every major market aside from the U.S. Inevitably, this announcement hasn’t gone down well online. Despite Sony stating that the PS5’s price increase was the
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Rumors of a PS5 price increase were unfortunately true. Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Jim Ryan took to the PS Blog at an unusual hour to confirm that the PS5 will now cost more in select countries due to the global economic environment and high inflation rates. Ryan termed it a “difficult decision” but one that was
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Square Enix Said to be Opening New Western Studio Despite Selling Others
by Ali Mahmudby Ali MahmudSquare Enix looks like it is opening another western studio called Studio Onoma despite being in the middle of selling off a large part of its currently-owned western studios. The new studio will be responsible for designing and publishing video games, as well as merchandise to go alongside those games. Square Enix still seems interested
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MultiVersus Free Rotation Bug To Be Fixed Later, LeBron James to Return
by Ali Mahmudby Ali MahmudWhen the Season 1.01 Patch was added to MultiVersus yesterday, it introduced the new character Morty but also brought along a bug with the free rotation characters. Player First Games has assured players the bug will be fixed later today and that the free rotation characters will be returned to the previous lineup that included
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Xbox’s Phil Spencer Believes There Will Be Fewer Exclusives Moving Forward
by Ali Mahmudby Ali MahmudPhil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming and head of the Xbox brand, believes that cross-platform play is the way of the future, in an interview with Bloomberg. While answering questions about the progress of the Microsoft Activision deal, Spencer says that games being exclusive to a single device “is something we’re just going to see
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Somewhat buried in the details, the Dead Island 2 Alexa Game Control feature will allow you to use your voice to control the game. In fact, Dead Island 2 will be the first title to have this built-in function. Looking through various entries for the game on Amazon yields few, if any, results for “Alexa
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Dead Island 2 Release Date, Deluxe Edition and Gold Edition Revealed
by Ali Mahmudby Ali MahmudThe rumors turned out to be true. The long-awaited action RPG Dead Island 2 was re-revealed at Gamescom Opening Night Live while confirming the rumored release date alongside a new trailer and gameplay. As well as the reveal, PS5 pre-orders have begun on the PlayStation Store and have unearthed three different editions of Dead Island
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Each week Sony brings PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PlayStation VR, and PlayStation Plus owners new content, add-ons, games, and more. Here is the complete global PlayStation Store update. PlayStation LifeStyle catalogs the PlayStation Store updates for the major regions across the globe. Check back every Tuesday to keep up to date with each week’s PlayStation
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Hideo Kojima Podcast ‘Brain Structure’ Announced For Spotify
by Ali Mahmudby Ali MahmudThere’s no secret that Hideo Kojima and Geoff Keighley are big pals, so it came as no surprise to find Kojima making an appearance at Keighley’s Gamescom Opening Night Live show. However, if you were expecting a new game announcement then you’d be disappointed. Hideo Kojima instead announced a new podcast called Brain Structure that
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In a surprise announcement at Gamescom Opening Night Live, Sony revealed the DualSense Edge wireless controller, likely to be the rumored Pro controller. With plenty of customizable parts, the white and black controller will be PlayStation’s equivalent of the Xbox Elite Controller that’s built with high performance and personalization in mind. What we know about