It feels like it was just yesterday that Sony hardware architect Mark Cerny was first teasing Sony’s “PS4 successor” and its “enhanced ray-tracing capabilities” powered by new AMD chips. Now that we’re nearly five full years into the PS5 era, it’s time for Sony and AMD to start teasing the new chips that will power what Cerny calls “a future …
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Sony’s Acquisition of Bungie Continues to Be Questioned as Destiny 2 Falls Off a Cliff
Destiny 2, the ongoing live service shooter from Bungie, is seriously struggling to retain players right now. To be fair, the game does have a fairly sizeable DLC coming up in December — you know, the Star Wars one — but at the time of writing this article, there’s some real doom and gloom surrounding Destiny 2 as a whole. …
Read More »Sony’s flagship headphones now work better with Samsung phones
Sony, known for making some of the world’s most popular wireless noise-cancelling headphones, is set to enhance features on select headphones when they are paired with Samsung’s Galaxy phones. If you have a Samsung phone with Bluetooth LE Audio, two flagship high-end Sony headphones will now support audio sharing and have better support for the AI assistant. Sony’s flagship wireless …
Read More »Sony’s updated PS5 Slim launches with less storage in Europe
Though the refreshed PS5 says it comes with 825GB on the box, Evan found that the console only has 667.2GB of usable storage due to the operating system and other apps included with the console. Meanwhile, the older, digital-only version of the console with a 1TB SSD has 848GB of usable storage. Aside from the storage change, the updated PS5 …
Read More »PS5 Is Sony’s Most ‘Successful’ Generation Ever And It’s Not Close
Will Resident Evil 9 struggle on Switch 2? Is the new Borderlands 4 patch really broken or do players just need to be better at compiling their shaders? And where the hell is the next Metal Gear Solid Master Collection? Welcome to another edition of Morning Checkpoint, Kotaku‘s daily roundup of gaming news and culture. While all the big gaming …
Read More »Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is coming to Sony’s PS5 later this year, plus VR2 support on the way
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 is coming to PS5 and PS5 Pro on 8th December this year, as announced at today’s PlayStation State of Play. This is the first time the series has been available on a Sony console. Not only will this make use of the DualSense’s features – adapative triggers and the controller speakers – …
Read More »Bungie’s ‘Marathon’ Not At Sony’s New State Of Play, Next Look Months Away
Sony has just announced a new PlayStation State of Play that will arrive tomorrow with 35+ minutes of reveals and news about PlayStation Studios games. One game that will not be there is Bungie’s Marathon, despite the fact that the game’s original release date was literally today. Sources with knowledge of the situation tell me that: Marathon is not at …
Read More »Alien: Earth’s beefy tablets were inspired by Sony’s classic Watchman
Though technology has always played an important role in the Alien franchise, FX’s Alien: Earth series is the first chapter to really dig into the inner workings of the tech companies responsible for unleashing xenomorphs onto humanity. To corporations like Weyland-Yutani and its competitors, the show’s aliens present an opportunity to develop products that could boost their stock valuations to …
Read More »Sony’s PS5 update adds controller swapping and Power Saving mode
PS5 users can now run select games in “Power Saving” mode and pair DualSense controllers with multiple devices. Sony started beta testing these features in July, but they’re now rolling out to everyone today in the version 25.06-12.00.00 console software update. The new Power Saver mode will reduce the power consumption of PS5 consoles in exchange for scaling back game …
Read More »Sony’s new Xperia phone jumps on the camera bar bandwagon
Sony has announced the Xperia 10 VII, a midrange Android phone that’s launching in the UK, Europe, and Asia, though not the US. It’s more notable than most Sony phones because it marks the first major change to the rear design in over five years: a camera bar, just like recent Pixels, and now even iPhones. The Xperia Android line …
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