NewsSony’s Live Service Plans ‘Not Entirely Going Smoothly,’ Admits The Company’s CFO
The CFO for Sony Interactive Entertainment has admitted the company’s live service plans haven’t gone ‘entirely smoothly.’
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NewsSony Pledges Not To Repeat Concord’s Mistakes As It Restructures The Dev & Review Process Of Its Games
Sony hasn’t given up on live service games for PS5 and PC, but Hermen Hulst said the format holder will not ‘make the same mistake twice’ following Concord’s failure.
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News[UPDATE] Staff At Sony Bend & Bluepoint Heard Their Live Service Games Had Been Scrapped At The ‘Same Time As Everyone Else’
Jeff Grubb has claimed that the teams at Sony Bend and Bluepoint found out their live service titles were cancelled when everyone else did.
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NewsEx-Sony Indie Boss Shuhei Yoshida Says He Would ‘Try To Resist’ Live Service Push If He Still Headed Up First-Party Content
Shuhei Yoshida has revealed in a new interview that he would try to ‘resist’ the push to live service games if he were in Hermen Hulst’s position.
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NewsAustralia Institutes New In-Game Gambling Classifications, Automatic 18+ Ratings For Games With “Gambling-Like” Content
Australia has instituted new in-game gambling classifications that will give games with “gambling-like” content automatic 18+ ratings.
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NewsNew Survey Reveals 70% Of Developers Are Concerned About Live Service Model Sustainability
Developers have expressed their concerns in a survey regarding the sustainability of the live service game model.
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NewsWarner Bros. Re-Emphasizes Its Focus On Creating Live Service Offerings From Its Biggest IP’s
Warner Bros. CEO of global streaming and games JB Perrette recently re-emphasized the companies focus on making live service games from its biggest IP’s.
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NewsSony Has Announced A Delay For Half Of Its Planned 12 Live Service Games
Sony has delayed half of its 12 planned live service games, with six titles now scheduled for release by its fiscal year ending March 2026.
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NewsJim Ryan’s Pivot To Live Service Games Reportedly Left PlayStation Studios Teams Feeling ‘Uncomfortable’
PlayStation Studios teams were reportedly left feeling “uncomfortable” with Sony’s shift to live service games.
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NewsSony To Spend Another $2.13 Billion On R&D For Live Service Games And “Extended Reality” Tech
Sony will spend $2.13 billion on research and development for live service games and technology focused on “extended reality” experiences.
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NewsSony Reiterates Plans To Launch 12 Live Service Games By FY Ending March 2026
Sony has reconfirmed plans to release a number of live service games by the end of the FY ending March 2026, and Bungie is a big part of that.
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NewsSony’s Shuhei Yoshida Says A Future Dominated By Live Service Titles Would Be ‘A Bit Boring’
Shuhei Yoshida has said that a top 10 dominated by live service games would be a bit boring for him.
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NewsStar Wars Battlefront 2 Creative Director Hired By Ubisoft As VP Of Editorial
Ubisoft has hired Bernd Diemer, previously creative director of Star Wars Battlefront 2, to help shape its social interactions in its future titles.
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NewsBabylon’s Fall Dev Says ‘We’re Extremely Sorry’ In Wake Of News The Game Is Shutting Down
The CEO of PlatinumGames has spoken out about the upcoming closure of Babylon’s Fall for the first time.
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NewsSony Isn’t Moving Away From Single-Player Games Despite Its Live Service Push
Sony’s Hermen Hulst has revealed that the company isn’t abandoning single-player games despite a push into live service products.
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NewsPlayStation Has 2 Unannounced Live Service Games Due By March 2023
Sony boss Jim Ryan has revealed the company has two unannounced live service games dropping by the end of March 2023.
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NewsJack Tretton Talks Acquisitions, E3, Live Service Games, And More In A New Report
Jack Tretton, former head of PlayStation shares his opinion on the industry and the company today, talking on acquisitions, E3, live service games, and more
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NewsSony Plans To Ship 10 Live Service Games By 2026
10 live service games will be shipped by Sony no later than 2026, the company has revealed in wake of its acquisition of Bungie.
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