The Next PlayStation May Have an AI Assistant Installed

The next PlayStation (presumably called PlayStation 5) might have an AI assistant on the system akin to Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana. News of this comes from a Sony patent for “PlayStation Assist,” described as a “Voice Help System Using Artificial Intelligence” (thanks Techtastic). The proposed program would respond to…

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I Hope Triple H Starts Pointing at People Again

WWE announced today that Paul “Triple H” Levesque has been installed as the Executive Vice President of Talent Relations. Given that John Laurinaitis is ensnared in an ongoing investigation into his (and Vince McMahon’s) alleged use of company funds to buy the silence of employees with whom he’s alleged to…

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The PlayStation Plus Relaunch Gets a Lineup and Date

A few weeks ago, Sony announced that they would be revamping and relaunching the PlayStation Plus service, putting a bigger focus on more downloadable games and leveraging the platform’s 26-year history with a classic game slate. It was, in some ways, a shot across the bow at both Game Pass…

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20 Possible Things Atlus is Hinting at with its Persona 5 Royal Teasers

Atlus is counting down to a big Persona 5 Royal announcement on its social media accounts. The countdown started on Thursday, November 21, and will conclude 12 days later on December 3. Days until #P5R Announcement: 12https://t.co/PIifoSigg1 pic.twitter.com/cFaDSpzGMs — Official ATLUS West (@Atlus_West) November 21, 2019 More about Atlus games:…

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The Last of Us Part II’s Release Date and Special Editions Possibly Leaked

Sony and Naughty Dog have already announced The Last of Us: Part II will make an appearance on next week’s State of Play presentation on Tuesday, but a retailer listing for the sequel may have revealed a release date and special edition’s ahead of their official announcement. Swiss retailer Softridge…

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Sony Ends Summer of Silence with PlayStation Showcase Next Week

PlayStation has been very quiet compared to Nintendo and Microsoft this summer. After skipping E3 and Gamescom, Sony hasn’t really done much to give us much sense of what it’s doing with the PlayStation 5 as we approach its one-year anniversary in November. Well, the company is finally having a…

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Every Goddamn Government Hearing Reminds Me Why We All Just Play Video Games

Here in the good ol’ United States of America, impeachment is on the table. For real this time. Again. I could talk about the situation — it’s all accusations of foreign interference and collusion… honestly, I dunno how much you pay attention to this. The details aren’t important. Except I…

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Tango Gameworks Delays Ghostwire: Tokyo into 2022

Tango Gameworks has announced that Ghostwire: Tokyo has been delayed into next year. The studio made the announcement through its social channels, citing the pandemic and preserving the team’s health as the reason for the delay. Like several others over the past year, the team has been working from home, which…

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Jade Raymond Forms New Studio Haven, Partners with Sony for First Game

Following her departure from Google after the closure of its Stadia-focused studios, Jade Raymond had founded a new studio called Haven, which will be working with Sony on its first project. At least, I think the studio is called Haven, because that’s what it’s referred to on the PlayStation Blog, where…

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Sony is Retiring Killzone Official Website, Now Directs to PlayStation

It seems like Sony is really done with the Killzone series for the time being, as the company is retiring the series’ official website. The text on the site’s homepage says that this won’t affect the actual playing of Killzone: Shadow Fall and Killzone: Mercenary’s multiplayer modes, but some features, such as…

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Five Things That Will Come Out Before the FFVII Remake

I don’t know about you, but the games industry has broken my heart before. No, not with the heinously unethical treatment of its workforce or conflation of journalism with studio-sponsored advertisement or the disproportionately vicious response every time a marginalized person asks to perhaps be treated a bit less like…

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Jordo’s UNAUTHORIZED 2019 Game of the Year MEGAPOST

Over the past couple weeks, some people at this website have spent hours upon hours debating the very best games of not only this year, but the last 10 years as well. You’ve probably been enjoying the bountiful fruits of their labor, and in doing so, have also noticed that…

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