Sony shared its Q2 financial results for fiscal year 2021. Over 3.3 million PS5 units were shipped, meaning PS5 is crossing 13 million units sold so far.
Over the past few generations, PlayStation has brought iconic games and blockbuster titles for players to enjoy. Here's everything we know Sony Worldwide Studios is working on now.
Sony announced today that it intends to acquire Bluepoint Games, developers of several PlayStation titles included the Demon's Souls remake. Bluepoint Games has worked with PlayStation on multiple projects before deciding to take this relationship to the next level.
The 70-developer team at Bluepoint Games is now part of PlayStation and the team isn't just working on remakes. The next title from Bluepoint Games is an original game for PS5.
Sony is acquiring Firesprite, a team in Liverpool that has worked on games like Playroom VR. This gives the team PlayStation's full support as a first-party studio.
Sony may not be making massive purchases but it's still growing Sony Worldwide Studios and these moves show it has a plan for success.
Sony Worldwide Studios head Hermen Hulst announced that Sony has acquired Nixxes Software. Nixxes is a team known for its work porting PC titles, such as Square Enix games like Marvel's Avengers.
Housemarque, developer of games such as Resogun and Returnal, is now a first-party PS5 developer. As announced on PlayStation Blog, the studio has been acquired by Sony.
Per a new report, Sony is beginning to close down internal game development across Japan Studio, the oldest first-party team within Sony Worldwide Studios. Astrobot developer Asobi Team will reportedly be unaffected.
Neil Druckmann worked as director on The Last of Us, Uncharted 4: A Thief's End and The Last of Us Part 2. Now, he's been promoted to co-president of Naughty Dog.
PlayStation is ending one generation strong and starting another in 2020. From major new games to service changes and mysterious hardware, here's what we expect to see.
Prior reports and rumors have been confirmed, as Sony Worldwide Studios head Hermen Hulst has shared the news that Horizon Zero Dawn is coming to PC.
Sony acquired Insomniac Games in 2019 and the purchase price is now known. Sony paid $229 million USD, which was mostly on-hand cash.
In 2015, Sony opened Manchester Studio to focus on games for PlayStation VR. Today, Sony confirmed that Manchester Studio is being closed.
A job listing indicates Sony is hiring for someone to help manage the growth of Sony Worldwide Studios and other aspects of its PlayStation business.
Hermen Hulst, the new Head of Sony Worldwide Studios, says that Sony is going to continue to focus on "big, spectacular experiences," which are the types of games that fans love.
Sony Interactive Entertainment CEO Jim Ryan has talked with GamesIndustry.biz about taking the PlayStation brand global, reorganizing and how the company plans to transition its audience between consoles.
The changes at Sony continue as Shuhei Yoshida, President of Worldwide Studios, is stepping down and taking a new role managing relationships with independent developers. Hermen Hulst, co-founder of Guerrilla Games, has been promoted to Head of Sony Worldwide Studios.
In a message posted on Twitter today, PlayStation revealed the news that Shawn Layden was stepping down and leaving Sony Interactive Entertainment. Layden was the Chairman of Sony Worldwide Studios.
Insomniac Games has joined Sony Worldwide Studios, as Sony announced an intent to acquire the studio today. Insomniac has worked with Sony a fair bit in the past on games like Ratchet and Clank, Resistance and recently, Marvel's Spider-Man.