Sony Interactive Entertainment has filed a lawsuit against Tencent over its upcoming game Light of Motiram, with Sony saying it is a “slavish clone” of the Horizon series. The suit, which was filed on July 25 in California and was seen by GameSpot, sees Sony going after Tencent for copyright and trademark infringement, with Sony demanding a trial by jury. …
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Sony has shared more details about its arcade-style controller for the PlayStation that was first teased during the State of Play event in early June. Originally codenamed Project Defiant, the fight stick is now called the FlexStrike and features a rechargeable battery, mechanical switch buttons, restrictor gates that limit the joystick’s movements, and the ability to connect two of them …
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Project Defiant, the wireless fight stick for PlayStation 5 and PC developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment, is officially named FlexStrike, the company announced. It will launch in 2026, and will be on display only for the first time at the Fight Stick Museum and Arc System Works booth during EVO 2025, which will run from August 1 to 3 in …
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Although purely a model-making exercise from the annals of Ridhima Saini’s portfolio, this Sony Alpha 7R looks so gorgeous I wish it were real. Somewhere down the road, man ditched wooden ‘camera obscuras’ for metal and then molded plastic. In doing so, we lost the charm of hand-made cameras, their craftsmanship, and just the fact that each camera felt more …
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While Helldivers 2 is already confirmed for release on the Xbox Series X|S, it appears that Sony has more first-party games planned for release not just on Xbox, but also on Nintendo’s platform. We’re not expecting Sony to rival Microsoft in terms of former exclusives going multi-platform, but this is a good sign that Sony is letting its hair down …
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Bandai Namco has been doing pretty well for themselves over the past few years, and they’re apparently looking to reach new heights. Sony announced today that they are acquiring a stake in Bandai Namco worth almost half of …
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Is the age of console exclusivity truly coming to an end? Perhaps not for Nintendo, but Sony is searching for an executive to lead its rapidly evolving multiformat strategy. A new job opening at its head office in San Mateo is looking for a director to lead PlayStation’s exploration of systems beyond PS5. The post explicitly states that successful candidates …
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Image: Bandai Namco In some more Sony news, the PlayStation maker has this week acquired a 2.5% stake in Bandai Namco. It’s described as a “strategic business alliance agreement” with a focus on “expanding the fan community for IP such as anime and manga around the world and strengthening engagement”. It reportedly sets Sony back “around $464 million” (via The …
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Over the past year, Microsoft leapt first into some controversial decisions regarding its first party Xbox games output, putting previously exclusive titles like Forza Horizon and many others onto rival consoles. At the time, Xbox’s efforts to give up on console exclusives looked like a swan song for the embattled platform. Microsoft’s Xbox hardware sales continue to look bleak on …
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Sony Group Corporation has inked a strategic business alliance with anime and gaming powerhouse Bandai Namco Holdings Inc., with the electronics and entertainment conglomerate also acquiring a 2.5% stake in the company for approximately JPY68 billion ($464 million). The deal sees Sony purchasing 16 million Bandai Namco shares from existing shareholders, positioning the partnership to capitalize on the booming global …
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