Tag: Gaming Industry
Sony is officially the largest shareholder of FromSoftware owner Kadokawa
Sony has acquired new shares in FromSoftware owner Kadokawa, making it the company’s largest shareholder Sony now owns 10% of shares, including the shares previously acquired in February 2021 The two companies also plan to discuss new initiatives, such as ways to adapt Kadokawa IP in movies, TV shows, co-produce…
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Naughty Dog welcomes God of War Ragnarok’s former art director Raf Grassetti
God of War Ragnarok’s former art director Raf Grassetti has joined Naughty Dog Grassetti was at Sony Santa Monica for 10 years before leaving to work at Netflix Games’ Team Blue, which shut down in October Grassetti will likely be working on Naughty Dog’s next, as yet unannounced, game Ex-Sony…
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Publishers are reportedly not announcing firm release dates to dodge GTA 6 launch
GTA 6 is set to release in late 2025 Publishers are reportedly avoiding announcing game releases for that time This is due to fears that the GTA 6 launch will negatively affect sales Rockstar Games has previously confirmed that the highly-anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 is set to release in…
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PlayStation’s Head of Indies Shuhei Yoshida announces he will retire from the company in January: ‘PlayStation is in really good hands’
Shuhei Yoshida announces he will leave PlayStation in January 2025 The current Head of Indie’s has worked at PlayStation for 31 years Yoshida said that after he hit 30 years, he thought it was “time for me to move on” The head of PlayStation’s indies, Shuhei Yoshida, has announced he…
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Sony CEO says the company started working on the PS5 Pro well before the PS5 launch, “it was another five-year project for us”
Sony Interactive Entertainment CEOs Hermen Hulst and Hideaki Nishino have revealed some interesting tidbits about the company’s overall strategy in a newly published interview with Variety. Responding to an early question about the release timing of the PlayStation 5 Pro, Nishino explained that the company “learned a lot” from the…
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Sony has shut down two PlayStation studios including Concord developer Firewalk Studios
Sony has closed two PlayStation developers, Neon Koi, and Concord developer Firewalk Studios. The news was confirmed in an internal email from Sony CEO Hermen Hulst that was subsequently shared to the official Sony blog. The email states that the company seeks to “consistently evaluate our games portfolio and status…
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