When it comes to virtual reality, I wouldn’t describe myself as overly enthusiastic. I think it’s neat, and I want it to succeed, but I think it has a very long way to go. With that said, there’s a lot of cool, compelling experiences on offer. While wandering around the press area before Sony’s E3 press conference, I had the chance to check out GT Sport in virtual reality. Since I...
Microsoft took the stage at E3 this week and announced its long-awaited response to the PS4 Pro—the Xbox One X. It’s a black and white box that packs a ton of gaming power and is essentially future proof with things like 4K gaming and 4K Ultra Blu-ray support. Sony announced the PS4 Pro at last year’s E3 and has been in the market for some time already. It too is a powerful gaming...
At last! Redemption! I finally have the chance to prove that I'm not a shrill Sony fanboy and a sock puppet for all that is amazing about PlayStation. After three years of kicking butt at E3, 2017 has proven to be insurmountably the dryest press conference Sony has put on in years. And I think I'm a little too excited to write that. Sony showed up with a handful of okay trailers,...
Sony put itself in hot water this week with a misstatement that would make just about anyone facepalm in astonishment. Executive Jim Ryan went on record with Time to question why anybody would play old video games like Gran Turismo 1 or 2 when the modern games were so much better than the “ancient” options. Yeah, it’s not the best idea to talk smack about your own legacy like that...
Oh Sony. It wasn't enough that you let Microsoft gain the upper hand on being friendly to retro gamers. Now you're doubling down on the decision to scrap backward compatibility by outright dissing older video games as "ancient." Speaking with Time, Sony's Jim Ryan recently opened up his feelings towards older video games, stating that scrapping the feature was a good decision since its...
When I think about who might be responsible for nearly two million attacks on websites and services costing companies millions of dollars, I'm not sure who I picture. But it's not Adam Mudd, the teen responsible for 1.7 million attacks on services like Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. According to The Guardian, Mudd has been sentenced to two years in prison for his hacking-related...
The big fad in Hollywood right now is to make connected universes out of any successful entity. According to a report by Collider, Sony has set its sights on building an expanded universe, beginning with the already announced Venom project. Building off more Hollywood fads, Venom will apparently kick off its connected universe with an R-rating. This will put it in the same category as...
We already knew Sony had plans for a Venom movie, and now the studio has unveiled a release date. Seemingly out of the blue, Sony on Thursday announced the film will be released on October 5, 2018, with director Alex Kurtzman at the helm. Sony has had a Venom movie in its plan for as long we can remember, but the studio hasn't been able to move forward with those plans. We saw the...
Sony rolled out Android 7.0 Nougat for its Xperia Z5 series back in January, adding a whole host of improvements and new features. Unfortunately, the update also brought a pesky low volume bug that makes calls difficult to hear. Sony has finally promised it will rollout a fix, but you’ll have to wait for it. Users started complaining about this bug on Sony’s...
Once upon a time, in a magical era called the 1990s, whenever Sony revealed a video game line-up for a convention, the list was essentially the exact same as Square’s list. That’s how influential Square was in shaping the PlayStation brand name. Nowadays, Sony has spread itself a bit further, so the two lists are no longer identical. Here’s what the two companies are bringing to PAX...