Story Highlights The new Spider-Man sequel has sold over 2.5 million copies in a single day. The massive achievement has caused it to shatter PlayStation’s past sales record. It has shifted copies like hotcakes and became the fastest-selling PS game in history. The devs have celebrated the occasion on Twitter along with fans and thanked them. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 witnessed the jubilant launch on October 20 for the PS5. Many reviews for the game are glazed with nearly the top scores, including our own at 4 out of 5. Insomniac Games’ Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 has seemingly shattered the olden r ..read more

Story Highlights PlayStation has become the target of another set of layoffs, involving major roles within its studios and an unannounced project. Multiple devs have been laid off as a result. The reason behind the new wave of discharges at Sony Studios is currently unknown. Sony has seen a series of layoffs this year. Naughty Dog fired its contract workers a few weeks ago. The action has harmed The Last of Us multiplayer spin-off title; a new rumor suggests it has been canceled.  Sony has been hit with a new string of layoffs out of nowhere, affecting some of the most notable devs in ..read more

Story Highlights Various PS Studios have taken to Twitter to celebrate Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 launch with custom artwork. The drawings are a crossover between the studios’ IPs and the new sequel. Studios including Guerrilla Games, Naughty Dog, Firesprite, Sucker Punch Productions, Bend Studio, Santa Monica Studio, and more have created unique art pieces. The new Marvel’s Spider-Man sequel launched on October 20 for the PS5. Many physical edition disks have been reported to cause installation issues for the game. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 launch has seemingly been celebrated all across the PlayS ..read more

Story Highlights The new Spider-Man sequel features swift load times during fast travels, but there is a second of delay. Users accused the studio of hiding background loading behind the delay. The Core Technology at Insomniac Games, Fitzgerald, has addressed the concerns. He clarified that the wait was added as a hold-to-confirm prompt, and it hides no loading behind it. The prompt was added in case users change their minds while fast traveling. Many fans across the web have highly praised the fast-traveling in the game for its quick speed. Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 features truly rapid load ..read more

Story Highlights In recent times, Sony has launched a newer version of the PlayStation 5, calling it the PlayStation 5 Slim and “the new look for PS5 console this holiday season.” Apart from its smarter design that makes the unit appear sleeker, the console comes with a 1 TB SSD upgrade, along with a detachable disk drive option for the digital edition of the PS5. Fans criticized the fact that the new PS5 Slim reveal video featured no comparison with the previous model, but one Redditor took that into his own hands to showcase the significant size difference between the two console versions ..read more

Story Highlights PS Portal is the latest portable device from Sony which functions as an accessory for the PS5. The portable device cannot work without PS5, lacks any sort of native usage or cloud streaming, access to the PS Plus Premium library, and Bluetooth support. Some shortcomings aside, cloud streaming was an integral feature and Sony could have made the PS Plus Premium tier more attractive with this opportunity. Handheld devices are booming these days, and it was an optimal chance for Sony to come up with a strong contender instead of a barebones device. Admit it, handheld devices ..read more

Story Highlights The PlayStation brand CEO said in a Q&A that its $3.6 billion deal with Bungie “can give us way more” than the Activision buyout. Jim Ryan said that an acquisition for it is only valuable if it can help PlayStation deliver on its strategies in a way it is currently unable to achieve on its own.  He clarified that publishers do not like the Game Pass service because it is value-destructive, not only on an individual level but also at an industry level. Jim finds the PlayStation Plus service to be more meaningful than Game Pass. He deemed 25 million Game Pass sub ..read more

Story Highlights The recent Microsoft vs. FTC court documents have unveiled that the company executives were considering bringing Xbox Cloud Gaming to the PlayStation 5 via the browser.   The executives wondered whether it would even work on the PS5, considering that the browser is quite limited. It was also discussed whether Sony would allow it in the first place. The idea was never pursued by Microsoft, and nothing has come out of it so far. The recent Microsoft vs. FTC court document leaks have unveiled a slew of details and internal talks recently. A new finding reveals that ..read more

Story Highlights Many guest artists and PlayStation Studios’ devs have worked on creating Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 suits alongside the Insomniac Games team. Artists across PlayStation Studios, comics, and films have produced ten new exclusive suits for Peter Parker and Miles Morales for the title’s Digital Deluxe Edition. The concept artists Joel Mandish and Darren Quach from Bend Studio developed the new Tactical Suit. The artist Victoria Ying also sewed the Spider Monkey suit, and a few artists also worked on other ones. The game is set to launch on October 20 for PlayStation 5. Besides the ..read more

                                                                            Story Highlights After a relatively hum-drum PlayStation Showcase this year that had some fans fairly disappointed, the company is back with y ..read more