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The PlayStation Network recently suffered from its biggest down period in well over a decade – second only to the infamous 2011 PSN outage. While not nearly as severe (lasting less than 24 hours), Sony has offered an apology to players, giving all PS Plus subscribers 5 extra days of service for free.

A new State of Play event is reportedly just around the corner, potentially bringing a few exciting announcements and updates later this month. Gaming insider NatetheHate (via VGC) has hinted that Sony is planning a State of Play event sometime during February without specifying a date. However, when asked for …

Due to the highly-positive reception towards their introduction, Sony has promised to bring back its anniversary PS5 themes as a more permanent addition.

Starting in 2026, Sony will no longer offer PS4-only titles as part of the console maker’s monthly PlayStation Plus Essential line-up:

In a surprising move, Sony has announced it will no longer require players to link their PlayStation Network (PSN) accounts to play certain PC titles. This decision comes after widespread criticism from PC gamers who objected to the PSN account requirement for games like God of War Ragnarök and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered

Sony has now announced the full PlayStation Plus Essential line-up for February, headlined by the co-op heist FPS Payday 3 as well as High on Life.

2024's Final Fantasy VII Rebirth was the best-selling PS5 game on the Japanese PlayStation Store last year, according to Sony.

While the PlayStation 5 is currently outpacing sales of the PS4, the same cannot be said for Microsoft’s Series X|S compared to its own last-gen system.

After more than 30 years, Insomniac Games founder and CEO 'Ted Price' has announced that he'll be retiring from the studio.

Sony has announced the full list of games set to be dropped from PlayStation Plus some time next month, including a bunch of 'Tales of' titles.

The failure of Concord seems to have lit a fire under PlayStation, with Sony reportedly cancelling multiple live-service projects as a result of its reception.

During a live PlayStation tournament, Team Asobi surprise-unveiled a brand new Astro Bot level – hopefully coming to all players soon.

PlayStation’s 2025 plans will reportedly be revealed some time next month via a February State of Play, according to one insider:

After waiting years for new games from Bluepoint and Sony Bend, both studios’ projects (including a live-service God of War) have unfortunately been cancelled.

Sony is kicking off 2025 with a solid selection of PlayStation Plus Extra additions – headlined by Sony Santa Monica's God of War Ragnarök.

The Last of Us Part 2 Remastered is finally heading to PC in April, giving PC gamers a chance to experience the second half of Joel and Ellie's adventure. Unfortunately for some, the game will require a PSN account to play.

Sony is finally completing its Midnight Black collection of accessories, with new DualSense Edge; Portal and Pulse headset colours launching next month.

During CES 2025, Sony announced a bunch of adaptations for many of its popular game IPs, including an upcoming film adaptation based on Helldivers II.

With a live-action film adaptation already on the way, Sony has now announced that they are also working on a Ghost of Tsushima anime.

Sony has given fans another look at HBO’s The Last of Us Season 2, confirming an April premiere date for the upcoming adaptation.

Following the cancellation of the Horizon Zero Dawn TV show last year, Sony is pivoting – announcing that a film adaptation is now in the works internally.

While Sony has slowed down on some of its active live service game projects, cancelling a good number of them after acquiring Bungie, the company isn't bowing out of this market entirely yet. Concord's failure was not the final nail in the coffin, as confirmed by PlayStation's co-CEO, Herman Hulst. …

In a video presentation featuring Mark Cerny, the lead system architect for the PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 5 Pro, Sony revealed Project Amethyst. This initiative is a collaboration with AMD, leveraging their expertise in RDNA graphics architecture and machine learning to integrate AI into both visuals and gameplay. Although the …

After weeks of reports regarding Sony acquiring Kadokawa, the story has concluded. Instead of a full acquisition, Sony is “only” becoming the largest shareholder of Kadokawa, the same company that owns the acclaimed FromSoftware. For that, Sony had to buy 10% of the company's shares. While this falls short of …

The 2024 Game Awards has concluded, with Team Asobi’s Astro Bot taking home the most trophies – including the coveted GOTY award.

At The Game Awards 2024, Naughty Dog revealed its next game, Intergalactic: The Heretic Prophet, a brand new Sci-Fi IP.

Sony confirms recent reports around the company's plans to acquire Japanese conglomerate, Kadokawa Corp, a well known name in the anime industry.

In a surprise announcement, Astro Bot is getting a major, free Holiday-themed update known as ‘Winter Wonder’ later today:

For the final month of 2024, Sony is adding a solid selection of titles to its PlayStation Plus Extra service, including Sonic Frontiers and Forspoken.

Celebrating their 30th anniversary, PlayStation’s 2024 Wrap-Up features some cool new additional stats and breakdowns from across your entire PSN history.