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Sony has had a patent approved for a feature that allows players to pay to kick others from games.As spotted by VGC, the patent is called ‘Spectators Vote to Bench Players in a Video Game’. It was filed in January 2020 and was granted two days ago (October 19 2021).The feature means that spectators can vote to remove (or ‘bench’) players.

Sony may be working with Apple to bring the popular music service, Apple Music, to the PS5.According to a Reddit user on the Apple Music subreddit, they were recently given an option to download the Apple Music app to their PS5.“Since when was this a thing????” they asked. “I made a new account on my PS5 and was gonna connect my Spotify but then I see this.”The user posted a screenshot that appears to confirm that the new app was offered to download directly to their PS5.

Housemarque‘s PlayStation 5 exclusive Returnal might be getting a new post-launch content update.As spotted by VGC, according to the reliable PlayStation insider Twitter account, PlayStation Game Size, a 6GB update has been uploaded to Sony’s servers.It’s unclear at this time what type of content the Returnal update will include as it’s unavailable to preview by game owners, although due to its 6GB size, it’s likely to include several new features.

PlayStation users as part of the Play At Home programme has led to the download of 60million games.Head of global marketing at Sony, Eric Lempel, talked about the initiative in a blog post. They said that “the Play At Home campaign has been an extraordinary success, and we are honoured to have played a role in supporting gamers around the world.

The Touryst is now available for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, and it bags the honour of being the first ever 8K 60 FPS console game. However, you can’t actually play it at 8K resolution yet.Previously launched on the Nintendo Switch in 2019, The Touryst was then released on PC and Xbox in 2020.

Sony, has shared that he still has a long list of features planned for the PS5.Speaking to the PlayStation blog on Friday (September 24), Nishino shared that there is a “gigantic list” of features that his team wanted to add to the PS5 before launch. While not all of them made it at launch – he explains that they “dreamed of doing everything” – there are still some “interesting, exciting, fantastic ideas on the list” that he aims to eventually add.

Ember Lab has announced that the newly released Kena: Bridge Of Spirits will be getting a physical edition later this year.Ember Lab revealed that it’s teaming up with indie game publisher Maximum Games to launch the Deluxe Edition of Kena: Bridge of Spirits for PS4 and PS5.“Our community was extremely vocal about their desire for a physical edition from the moment we first announced the game,” said Ember Lab COO Josh Grier.

Twisted Metal TV show, according to reports.The actor, who recently became the new Captain America in The Falcon & The Winter Soldier, will reportedly don the iconic mask of John Doe – the Twisted Metal series lead.“Mackie is set to star in and executive produce Sony Pictures Television and PlayStation Productions’ Twisted Metal, a live-action adaptation of the popular video game,” says an exclusive report at Deadline.

LittleBigPlanet‘s online features, Sony has announced that the servers of four older LittleBigPlanet games will be taken offline to protect the community.In a statement posted through the official LittleBigPlanet Twitter account, Sony has shared that the company will be permanently closing down online services for a variety of older titles in the franchise.The affected games are LittleBigPlanet, LittleBigPlanet 2, LittleBigPlanet3 and LittleBigPlanet PS Vita.

Gran Turismo 7 single-player campaign will require an internet connection, if a crucial asterisk on the PlayStation blog is anything to go by.With the recent news that Gran Turismo 7 will launch for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on March 4, 2022, a blog post has detailed what to expect from the game.

PlayStation fans noticed a trailer for a game titled Tuesday Morning was uploaded to YouTube over the weekend, but the initial response has been far from positive.Tuesday Morning appears to be a third-person melee fighting game with a distinctly Japanese influence, and the brief trailer was posted on September 12 to the official PlayStation YouTube channel.“From self-beating and restlessness, comes misery,” reads the description for Tuesday Morning, “From neglect and abandonment, comes

Twisted Metal franchise is apparently in the works, according to journalist Jeff Grubb and other corroborating sources. Grubb talked about it on his exclusive Giant Bomb show (thanks, VGC), and the VGC report states that its own sources have matched this as well.

PS5 model that went on sale in Australia last week has shown that the model may have cooling issues compared to its previous iteration.That’s the allegation from tech YouTuber, Austin Evans, who procured and dissected one of the PS5s which have been spotted in Australia and Japan.In the video, titled “The New PS5 is Worse”, Evans pointed out an array of changes to the new PS5 model, including changes to Wi-Fi hardware which may tie in with a Sony document that hinted at a “new wireless

Yakuza 6 players have recently made a terrifying discovery, as ghostly apparitions began showing up in the background of camera photos.A Reddit user posted a photo with the caption “why’s this figure appearing everytime I take a selfie with mama?” The photo showed protagonist Kiryu taking a selfie in the New Serena bar, with the ghost of a dead friend photobombing at an angle.

Director’s Cut, the original Ghost Of Tsushima has been delisted from the PlayStation Store.As first spotted by Wiredup Report, it looks like Sucker Punch‘s 2020 action-adventure game has been quietly removed from the PlayStation Network Store.

Twisted Metal director David Jaffe has addressed recent rumours of a series reboot by saying he hasn’t “heard a thing”.READ MORE: ‘Glitchpunk’ offers a cyberpunk take on both ‘Grand Theft Auto’ and early access instabilityAfter Tom Henderson, a fairly reliable and prominent leaker of Battlefield and Call Of Duty games, took to Twitter with a cryptic suggestion, rumours of a Twisted Metal remake began to circulate.2023.

Sony‘s acquisition of anime streaming site Crunchyroll wraps up, there are reports that it will be included in a “more expensive” tier of PlayStation Plus in the future.Earlier in the week (August 9), Sony confirmed that it had completed an acquisition of Crunchyroll for a final price of $1.175billion (£847million).

PlayStation has pulled the plug on a planned limited-edition McDonald’s themed DualSense PS5 controller.McDonald’s designed the controller as part of a wider celebration of the company’s first restaurant opening in Australia 50 years ago.

PS5 will finally allow users to make use of console functions that should have been available at launch.Of all the updates, the most significant one is being able to make use of the PS5’s M.2 SSD expansion slot, which means more storage can be added on top of the console’s base 825GB storage.It should be noted that upgrading storage is not as straightforward as the expansion cards for Xbox Series X|S, which plug in similarly to classic memory cards.On the official PlayStation website, users are

Sony is likely to delay the launch of Horizon Forbidden West to 2022.The news comes from Jeff Grubb, who claimed on his show Giant Bomb that a source told him Sony were likely to delay Horizon Forbidden West to an unspecified 2022 release date.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart has sold over 1.1 million units worldwide already.The news comes only a month after the game was released, with the figure equating to roughly 10% of PlayStation 5 owners now possessing a copy of the game.While it’s a far cry from the sales figures of Spider-Man: Miles Morales, which has surpassed 6.5 million copies since its launch, it is notable that this is only a month into release.

Sony has announced that the PlayStation 5 is its fastest-selling games console ever, hitting the 10 million sales milestone already.The console reached the figure on July 18th, which meant it achieved the goal just under a month faster than the PlayStation 4 managed.That comes while sales have been potentially hampered by Sony struggling to keep up with demand.

Sony Entertainment Interactive President and CEO Jim Ryan has confirmed that there is still “a lot of work” to do before high demand for PS5 consoles can be met.Today (July 28), Sony CEO Jim Ryan has admitted that the company will continue to struggle to meet PS5 demand due to global chip shortages, which Ryan mentions is “a challenge that we are all navigating”. Speaking to Reuters, Ryan explained:“We’ve built more PlayStations faster than we ever have before which makes me happy.

Sony Interactive Entertainment, has confirmed that their recent acquisition of Nixxes Software was to help port more of their titles to PC.Speaking to Famitsu, Ryan has confirmed that Sony plans to utilize Nixxes Software – which Sony acquired earlier this month – to port more PlayStation titles to PC.

Sony has filed its third trademark update for PlayStation Home so far in 2021, sparking rumours the social space could make a comeback.Sony updated the trademark earlier this week (July 21), adding a new document labelled “Information to proprietors of earlier trade mark registrations or applications”.

Gran Turismo 7 appeared on the Experience PlayStation website, despite not yet being announced.As reported by Eurogamer, fans that were on the Experience PlayStation website this morning (July 12) were able to attempt to redeem a beta-test code for Gran Turismo 7.By clicking through “Related Campaigns” and then “Italia Quest”, and watching 10 seconds of the embedded trailer, the option to redeem a beta code was made available.It is likely the page was not yet intended to be made public, as the

Moss: Book II, a direct sequel to its 2018 VR adventure game, the announcement kicked off Sony‘s latest State of Play presentation last night (July 8).Moss: Book II continues the story of a brave mouse hero Quill and her uncle Argus from Moss.

Sony has released a brand new PlayStation 5 software update which improves system performance, but that’s about it.Version 21.01-03.21.00, which is currently available to install, only makes improvements to the PS5’s system however the patch notes don’t detail anything else.According to the console’s download details, there’s nothing more to add there, either.The previous PlayStation 5 update, which released in June, also made changes to the DualSense wireless controller and improved performance

Sony has quietly removed Japan Studios from its official list of first-party developers, unofficially confirming the studio’s shift in focus.PushSquare initially reported on Japan Studios’ quiet removal, which happened some time last month.Japan Studios was one of Sony’s longest-standing first-party developers.

Housemarque CEO Ilari Kuittinen has revealed that multiple parties were interested in acquiring the developer prior to Sony.Speaking with Yle.Fi, Kuittinen discussed the acquisition that saw Sony attain exclusive publishing rights for the developer.Kuittinen detailed how several big businesses from “China, Sweden and the United states” were interested in the developer.It’s likely that the businesses Kuittinen is referring to are Tencent, Embracer Group and Microsoft, as all three represent the

PS3 or PS Vita.Users will no longer be able to purchase games on their PSP directly or purchase DLC for those games.

Days Gone developer Sony Bend is potentially working on a multiplayer game as its next project, according to a new job listing. The advertisement that has fueled speculation asks for a new senior network programmer to join the Oregon-based studio.

Neon Doctrine, took to Twitter to vent anger at Sony, who appears to charge at least £18,000 ($25,000) for visibility on the PlayStation Store.Garner never explicitly states that Sony is the target of his tweets, instead referring to “Platform X”, which is the “operator of a very successful console and does not have Game Pass”.

Sucker Punch and Sony Interactive Entertainment game Ghost Of Tsushima.A page for a Director’s Cut of the game has appeared on the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB), rated as Mature 17+ for both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4.There is no information about the Director’s Cut at the time of writing, though a rumoured “expandalone type game” called Ghost Of Ikishima has been rumoured by the co-founder of XboxEra.Ghosts of Ikishima. An Expandalone type game.

Sony announced its acquisition of Housemarque earlier today, but it accidentally used an image featuring Bluepoint Games in the initial post.The post was swiftly fixed to an image with Housemarque instead, but it would appear that Sony has another announcement ready to go.

PlayStation 5 consoles in order to achieve high sales.As reported by GamingBible, Sony CEO Kenichiro Yoshida confirmed in a recent Sony Group shareholder meeting that the company will be accelerating the supply of PS5 units in the next fiscal year.According to the original Jiji report (translated on ResetEra), Yoshida explains that speeding up production will allow Sony to achieve sales of “more than 22.6 million units per year” the largest in the history of PlayStation.The post also shared an