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February 2024

  • PlayStation is to see global cuts to its workforce.

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    Pushing Buttons: When even PlayStation is cutting jobs, something is seriously wrong with games

    In this week’s newsletter: Sony’s news that it is cutting jobs and cancelling projects for the mega-console underlines a depressing fact about game development – it’s go big, or go home
  • Silver sign with Sony logo in front of buildings

    Sony to lay off 900 workers in its PlayStation division

    Company will cut 8% of workforce, citing changes in industry and a need to ‘deliver on expectations from developers and gamers’
  • No running, no jumping, no guns, no power-ups or puzzles … Stroke the Animals.

    Stroke of genius? How one developer earned over £250k from games made in 30 minutes

    More than 120,000 PlayStation users have paid £3.29 to pet virtual hamsters, dogs and beavers. What’s behind this madness?

January 2024

  • LG’s transparent Signature OLED T wows people attending CES 2024.

    Transparent TVs, AI catflaps: what were the tech standouts at CES 2024?

    AI companions, hidden speakers, bird-spotting binoculars and sideways-driving cars shine at annual tech show in Las Vegas

September 2023

  • Sony WF-1000XM5 review showing the earbuds on a wooden table.

    Sony WF-1000XM5 review: smaller, better-fitting earbuds are no longer outright best

    Long battery life, great sound and solid noise-cancelling make for a good buy – but Sony can’t beat Bose

July 2023

  • An image from Activision's Call of Duty is shown on a smartphone near a photograph of the Microsoft logo in this photo taken in New York, Thursday, June 15, 2023. A judge handed Microsoft a big victory on Tuesday, declining to stop its $69 billion takeover of video game maker Activision Blizzard.

    Microsoft agrees to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation ahead of Activision buy

    Software giant acquiesced after US trade commission expressed concern that Activision Blizzard acquisition would hurt gamers
  • File - The logo for Microsoft, and a scene from Activision "Call of Duty - Modern Warfare," are shown in this photo, in New York, Wednesday, June 21, 2023. A judge handed Microsoft a big victory on Tuesday, declining to stop its $69 billion takeover of video game maker Activision Blizzard. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

    Microsoft may proceed with $69bn Activision Blizzard deal, judge rules

    Judge dismisses FTC request to halt deal over concerns it would give Microsoft exclusive access to Activision games
  • A Microsoft Xbox sign opposite a Sony PlayStation sign at E3 in LA in 2015.

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    Pushing Buttons: How much does Call of Duty really make? Inside the court case telling gaming’s secrets

    In this week’s newsletter: How a hearing on Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard has made for the gossipiest weeks in gaming for years

June 2023

  • Phil Spencer, right, Head of Xbox, interacts with fans during a meet and greet at the 2023 Xbox FanFest on Sunday, June 11, 2023 in Los Angeles

    Phil Spencer on the future of Xbox: ‘Most people just want to find a great game’

    The company’s 2023 Showcase drove home the changes facing the industry, and its need to adapt after a difficult year. Its CEO is positive the way forward is together

May 2023

  • Sony's Project Q streaming device for PlayStation 5

    PlayStation Showcase: Spider-Man 2 leads PS5’s 2023 games lineup

    Sony announces a portable streaming device for PS5 that lets players play games over wifi

April 2023

  • A worker inspects under the bonnet of a Volkswagen Golf 8 automobile on the assembly line at the Volkswagen factory in Wolfsburg, Germany, in 2021.

    Business live
    EU economy returns to growth despite surprise German stagnation – as it happened

  • Endearingly surprised at his own success … Shuhei Yoshida at the Bafta games awards, March 2023.

    The face of PlayStation: Shuhei Yoshida on the joy and future of video games

January 2023

  • Horizon: Forbidden West

    Can video games change people’s minds about the climate crisis?

    A new wave of game makers are attempting to influence a generation of environmentally conscious players. Will it work, and is it enough?
  • Keith Stuart

    Playtime’s over: how 2023 could reshape video games

    Keith Stuart
    A perfect storm of wider cultural and economic forces have been pulling the video games industry apart. Is this the year it remakes itself?
  • Composite showing the Withings Scan-U, BMW i Vision Dee and Lenovo Yoga Book 9i

    Chameleon cars, urine scanners and other standouts from CES 2023

    AI-ovens, dual-display or 3D screen laptops and satellite SOS texting shine at Las Vegas tech show

August 2022

  • Undated handout image of the DualSense controller for the Sony PlayStation 5<br>A close-up view of the DualSense controller for the Sony PlayStation 5 console is seen in this undated handout image courtesy of Sony Interactive Entertainment. SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC./Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MUST CREDIT ©SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC. DESIGN AND SPECIFICATION ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE.

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    Pushing Buttons: Sony’s PS5 price hike shows play does have limits

  • A PlayStation 5 console is sold at a shop in Kawasaki, Japan, where prices will rise 20%.

    Sony raises global prices of PlayStation 5 outside US market

  • A PlayStation banner.

    Sony could face £5bn in legal claims over PlayStation game charges

  • Michael Jackson

    Michael Jackson’s estate and Sony settle lawsuit over songs by ‘impersonator’

June 2022

  • Vanessa Picken

    Australian arts in focus
    Sony Music announces Vanessa Picken as new CEO to replace Denis Handlin in Australia

    Handlin left the company under a cloud of toxic workplace culture allegations revealed by Guardian Australia in June 2021
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