Destiny 2 maker Bungie is among the latest video game studios to be hit with layoffs. First reported by Bloomberg, the downsizing is part of a wide restructuring across Sony Interactive Entertainment, with no official numbers available yet. Based on social media posts from affected workers, the communications, social media, and publishing departments at the … Read more
The Day Before, once Steam’s most wish-listed open-world survival MMO, has been delisted from Valve’s platform. The game launched in early access to an almost immediate flood of negative reviews last week, with most players claiming that it wasn’t really an MMO but an extraction shooter reminiscent of Escape from Tarkov, combined with the post-apocalyptic … Read more
Japan’s Sony is cutting about 900 jobs at its PlayStation unit and shutting a studio in London, it said on Tuesday as the videogame industry struggles to recover from a post-pandemic slump. The layoffs will affect about 8 percent of the division’s staff in regions from the Americas to Asia and come days after Sony … Read more
Sony has launched the Bravia 8 II QD-OLED TV series in India. The lineup includes TVs in two sizes — 55-inch and 65-inch. The smart television is equipped with XR processor with AI features, XR contrast booster, and XR Triluminos Max colour technology. The latter is said to upscale content to near-4K quality. The TV is claimed … Read more
Microsoft introduced two new artificial intelligence (AI) agents to its 365 Copilot suite of features on Tuesday. These new AI agents are aimed at its enterprise users and can perform complex research and data analysis-related tasks. Dubbed Researcher and Analyst, these are built on OpenAI’s models with fine-tuning done by the Redmond-based tech giant. Alongside, … Read more
Sony MDR-M1 closed-back headphones have been launched in India. They sport an over-ear design with soft, thick earpads and come with support for 6.3mm and 3.5mm detachable cables. The headphones offer users a 360-degree spatial sound experience, according to the company. They are said to offer a high-fidelity audio output and are aimed at professionals like … Read more
Snapchat on Thursday expanded its availability by launching a dedicated app for the Apple Watch. This new app allows users to preview an incoming message and reply to it using multiple options such as Dictation and Scribble. Alongside, the social media platform has also introduced its Lens Studio app on iOS and as a web … Read more
Insomniac Games, the studio behind Marvel’s Spider-Man games on PlayStation, pitched Resistance 4 to Sony at some point, but was rejected, the studio’s founder revealed over the weekend. Insomniac, known for its iconic franchises like Ratchet & Clank and Spyro, made three Resistance games on PlayStation 3. The first-person shooter franchise, however, has not seen … Read more
Sony has set up a new first-party studio, Dark Outlaw Games, within its PlayStation Studios umbrella. The studio is headed by Call of Duty veteran Jason Blundell, who confirmed the new PlayStation unit in an interview Monday. Dark Outlaw is currently in the process of hiring more staff, Blundell said. He did not share any … Read more