NewsSony 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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NewsJeff 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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NewsShuhei 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 has instituted new in-game gambling classifications that will give games with “gambling-like” content automatic 18+ ratings.
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NewsDevelopers have expressed their concerns in a survey regarding the sustainability of the live service game model.
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NewsWarner 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 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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NewsPlayStation Studios teams were reportedly left feeling “uncomfortable” with Sony’s shift to live service games.
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NewsSony 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 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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NewsShuhei Yoshida has said that a top 10 dominated by live service games would be a bit boring for him.
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NewsUbisoft 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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NewsThe CEO of PlatinumGames has spoken out about the upcoming closure of Babylon’s Fall for the first time.
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NewsSony’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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NewsSony 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, 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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News10 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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