Tag: Sony
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What Microsoft’s Acquisition Of Activision Blizzard Means For The Future
As everyone not living under a rock knows by now, Microsoft announced that it would buy Activision Blizzard last week. The $70 billion acquisition is making waves across several industries, but mostly in tech and gaming. Evidently, no one will truly understand the full impact of this momentous deal for a while. Nevertheless, industry experts…
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It’s Official: Sony Has Bought Crunchyroll
Sony has officially announced that they have completed the acquisition of the anime streaming service Crunchyroll after almost a year of speculation. Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc announced today in a press release that it has finally acquired the anime streaming giant Crunchyroll. It was rumoured back in August 2020 that Sony would purchase Crunchyroll from…
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PlayStation Announces New Partnership with Discord
PlayStation has announced a new partnership with the popular communication service, Discord, looking to elevate the Network early next year. With the release of the PS5, Sony introduced a new voice chat to improve on the old one. Although it is better than the original on PS4, Discord integration is a huge step for console…
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PS3 and Vita Stores “Will Continue Operations”
Sony is not closing its legacy digital stores and has promised that the Vita and PS3 Stores are not going offline any time soon. After tremendous fan and industry pressure over game preservation, President and CEO of Sony interactive, Jim Ryan, stated in a blog post: “we made the wrong decision,” in response to the…
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Magic Castle: A PlayStation Game Finally Out of Development Limbo
The Last Guardian came out in 2016 after being announced in 2007. As a result, it spent 9 years living in development limbo. It was being worked on for the better part of two console generations. So, what does that have to do with Magic Castle? Well, Magic Castle is a PlayStation 1 game released…