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You can now scroll through your games in nostalgic style, thanks to a new update pushed out for the PlayStation 5. To celebrate the PlayStation's 30th anniversary, Sony released a handful of themes for the PS5, letting you customize your system to look and sound like the PS1, PS2, PS3, and PS4...

In celebration of PlayStation's 30th Anniversary, a new PS5 update lets you customise your console's home menu with themes that are based on past PlayStation consoles. Very cool. But you know what's even cooler? Once you've grabbed this update, you'll be met with the iconic PS1 startup screen...

Deduction game GNOSIA started life on PS Vita all the way back in 2019, but has been ported to various platforms since, including the PS5 and PS4. And now it's getting an anime adaptation, courtesy of Sony subsidiary Aniplex. You can watch a trailer below: The series, scheduled to air 2025...

PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida has announced he will be leaving Sony, effective from 15th January 2025. He has spent 31 years with the company, helping to bring multiple systems to market and put fan-favourite games on them, like Bloodborne. Once the president of SIE Worldwide Studios...

The Switch has smashed all sorts of records but one thing it hasn't done just yet is surpassed the lifetime sales of the PlayStation 2. While it was assumed at one point the hybrid system only needed to shift another 15 million units to surpass this milestone, PlayStation's ex-CEO Jim Ryan...

For over a decade, the PS2's official sales total sat at 155 million units, as Sony stopped reporting sales of the system in 2012. It was always assumed the final number was higher, as the console wasn't officially discontinued until a year later, and there would have been left over inventory...

In case you somehow didn't know, PlayStation is about to celebrate its 30th anniversary. It's already marked the occasion in a number of ways, but it seems the brand's UK team is pulling out all the stops for this important milestone. Over on X, PlayStation's UK team has revealed that, for a...

Update [Mon 25th Nov 2024, 8:45am]: Insider Gaming's Tom Henderson says Sony started work on a PS5 handheld shortly after the release of the PS Portal, which exceeded expectations. This information is pertinent, because Henderson himself leaked the existence of the Remote Play handheld long...

We know what you're thinking, and yes, it certainly feels like rumours of a new PlayStation handheld have been swirling since... well, probably since the launch of the Vita. But now, we have a slightly more credible report from Bloomberg (thanks, VGC), claiming that Sony may well be developing a...

With the Nintendo Switch being such a runaway success, and having a successor console on the way, it looks like an old rival might be throwing their hat back into the ring. An insider report from Bloomberg states that Sony is looking to contend in the portable gaming market, and thus, are in the...

An otherwise fairly dry rumor has brought up the possible existence of another Sony handheld gaming device. A Chinese hardware leaker who goes by zhangzhonghao has posted some supposed information about Sony's next-gen PlayStation consoles, which are already rumoured to be a handheld machine as...

Kadokawa Corp has responded to yesterday's reports of interest from Sony regarding a potential takeover by confirming it has received an "initial letter of intent" from the company. In a newly issued statement, Kadokawa added "no decision" has been made as to whether it'll go through with the...

Update [Wed 20th Nov 2024, 4:40am]: Kadokawa Corporation has acknowledged reports of a purchase offer from Sony via a company statement posted online (thanks, Gematsu). It says that Sony has issued a letter of intent to acquire the company's shares, but no decision has been made at the time of...

Update [Wed 20th Nov, 2024 11:30 GMT]: The Kickstarter campaign for Obsolete Sony's new 220-page hardback book "Sony: Year By Year: A Visual Journey" is now live, offering a range of tiers for potential backers. This includes everything from a digital version of the book priced at just £10 to...

Update [Tue 19th Nov, 2024 15:00 GMT]: Bleem is being relaunched as "the largest retro gaming project" via a crowdfunding campaign, according to rights holder Piko Interactive. "This project is the culmination of 11 years in the making for our company," says the Kickstarter page. "We have been...

Sony has reportedly entered talks with Elden Ring maker Kadokawa Corporation with a view to acquiring the company, Reuters claims via two sources. Discussions are said to be ongoing, and if they're successful, a finalised deal could be signed within the coming weeks. The firm's stocks are...

Sony is in talks to acquire media conglomerate Kadokawa, an enormous corporation made up of many subsidiaries across gaming, manga, and anime. The buyout – which, according to Reuters, could be completed in a matter of weeks – would significantly bolster the Japanese giant's entertainment...

The big story doing the rounds in the gaming world this morning relates to a potential acquisition that's in works at Sony, with the company apparently in discussions to acquire Kadokawa Corporation within the next couple of weeks. FromSoftware and Spike Chunsoft are both part of the Kadokawa...

The Game Awards is undoubtedly the talk of the town today, not least because of Elden Ring's Shadow of the Erdtree expansion's controversial inclusion as Game of the Year nominee. Sony, and by extension, PlayStation, are set to continue dominating Geoff Keighley's award show, with first-party...

From Concord to Until Dawn to Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered, there's been a string of PlayStation-published titles in recent months that have performed poorly on PC at launch, and unfortunately, another game has joined that list. LEGO Horizon Adventures launched today, and it doesn't seem to be...