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Sony acquired another new company today, although not one you may have heard of. In a tweet, the head of PlayStation Studios, Hermen Hulst, announced that Dutch studio Nixxes Software will be joining PlayStation Studios. The company lives in relative obscurity because it hasn’t made any games itself. Instead, Nixxes specializes in, according to its About Us page, “video game design, development, and porting,” with a big focus on that

Are you a fan of “Ghost of Tsushima?” If so, you’re definitely not alone. Critics had loads of positive things to say about “Ghost of Tsushima,” and it shattered a sales record for new Sony properties in its first weekend on the market. In a mere four months, it hit an even more impressive milestone, bringing in $5 million in sales. It didn’t take long for sequel rumblings to begin,

Electronic Arts have responded to Wednesday’s Supreme Court ruling that the NCAA can’t limit the benefits of college athletes Axios reports. This decision has spurred the NCAA to state that athletes can now profit off of their name, image, and likeness; and the ruling will potentially impact the development of the upcoming “EA Sports College Football” game. “We are watching the recent developments regarding student-athlete name, image and likeness very closely,” a

PlayStation dropped a big announcement with the acquisition of Housemarque, the developer of “Returnal,” but the PlayStation Japan Twitter account may have accidentally revealed another big announcement. As reported by TheGamer, in a now-deleted tweet, the PlayStation Japan Twitter account made a post about the acquisition but used the wrong image. Instead of a PlayStation Studios graphic with Housemarque and “Returnal” in the art, PlayStation Japan’s tweet had Bluepoint Studios

Bloober Team, the developer of Medium, Blair Witch, and Layers of Fear have partnered up with Konami, to work on a brand new Silent Hill game, according to reports.Well, it seems the rumors were true. Bloober Team and Konami have officially announced a strategic partnership to “jointly develop selected contents and exchange know-how”. This means that Konami will outsource their IP to Bloober Team, which will develop a new game

There are tough video game secrets, and then there are challenges that were simply never meant to be overcome by humans—or perhaps meant to be at all. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s “impossible” chest fits that bill and then some. Now, four years after the game’s release, somebody has finally opened it. The chest in question is located at the game’s Aris Beach location—or rather, under it. According

It looks like Blizzard Entertainment will be revealing the next expansion for its popular virtual card game, Hearthstone, this week. As reported by PCGamer, the next Hearthstone expansion will be announced at 5:30 pm BST/9:30 am PT/12:30 pm ET on July 1 on the official Hearthstone Twitch and YouTube channels. The lead designer, Alex Dawson, is expected to start the reveal event with an overview of the second phase of the Year of the

After a year of watching Microsoft throw around billions buying up game studios, Sony has returned fire with a small acquisition of its own. The purchase of Returnal developer Housemarque is only the second studio Sony has acquired over the last decade, however, marking a clear difference in the two companies’ strategies around media consolidation. “We’re very selective about the developers that we bring in,” PlayStation Studios boss Hermen Hulst

We know the Time Variance Authority has its hands full right now. Unfortunately for the TVA, though, there’s yet another Loki variant on the loose. The good news is we know exactly where this one is going and when. This version of the character is finding glorious purpose in the Fortnite arena. The MCU’s latest Disney+ star is joining the game as a playable character. And based on his introductory video, he’ll