By CCN Markets: Sony’s PlayStation 5 is expected to be showcased early next year, but the price at which the next-generation console will be launched is turning out to be a hot topic of discussion. Gaming enthusiasts had a heart-in-the-mouth moment after a Swedish retailer started taking pre-orders of the PS5 for an insane price tag of over a thousand dollars, but the latest leaks suggest that...
By CCN Markets: Google revealed the Stadia, its mysterious gaming console/service earlier this year. Today, five months later, Google hosted a new Stadia 'connect' event at Gamescom to reveal further details. Despite not many details emerging, or mainly because of that, the Internet is already having a lot of fun with Google's new console. Not by playing it mind you, but by laughing at it...
By CCN Markets: In the last 12 months, major technology companies have rushed to dive into video game streaming. Microsoft's Project xCloud is in testing, Google Stadia launches in November, and Samsung just unveiled the PlayGalaxy Link. Sony has PlayStation Now, and Amazon is rumored to be entering the fray too. Two Reasons Game Streaming Services Will Fail Each company is making a sizeable...
By CCN Markets: Sony is expected to pack the PlayStation 5 with high-end specs, but the latest leak indicates that the Japanese giant is going to hit it out of the park. HotHardware reports that one of PS5’s engineering samples that’s being tested reportedly runs at a graphics card clock speed of 2 GHz, according to well-known hardware information provider Komachi. Oberon A0.Gen2 : GFXCLK = 2...
According to an alleged email leak, Sony plans to fully unveil its next-generation PlayStation 5 console at a special event scheduled for February 12, 2020, supposedly dubbed PlayStation Meeting. Details ostensibly received from a former senior marketing manager at Sony Interactive Entertainment, privy to a company email circulated to members of the marketing department, suggest preparations are...
A fresh trailer for No Man's Sky's upcoming BEYOND update has dropped in anticipation of next Wednesday's launch, and aside from teasing new features including virtual reality support, it showcases players channeling their inner cosmic cowboy and using alien creatures as straddled mounts. BEYOND is the latest large scale update to emanate from No Man's Sky developer Hello Games, marking a further...
The Sony PlayStation 5 launch remains at least a year away, but speculation over its price point has already become a hot topic among gamers. One Swedish retailer appears to be already taking PlayStation 5 pre-orders at a jaw-dropping price of more than $1,000, while some industry analysts believe that the console will be priced at a significant premium thanks to high-spec hardware. Now, Sony...
Today at the Chinese gaming expo ChinaJoy, a devoted fan destroyed a PlayStation 4 in protest at what a cluster of onlookers saw as Sony's promotion of shameless The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild ''clone'' Genshin Impact. When Mihoyo unveiled Genshin Impact for PS4, many noted the game was inspired by BOTW. Some fans of BOTW are upset that Sony is promoting this game because of the...