Sony – Gaming

May32026 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Sony To Pay $7.8 Million To PlayStation Network Users In Class Action Lawsuit

Gaming

Credit: Sony The Federal District Court for the Northern District of California has issued a preliminary ruling awarding $7.8 million in damages to PlayStation Network users in a 2023 class action lawsuit accusing Sony of monopolizing third-party developers' access to the platform. All U.S. PSN users who purchased certain games during a specific period will receive a portion of the compensation. US residents who purchased digital games between April 2019 and the end of 2023 are eligible for compensation. The main requirement is that the game in question previously had a retail code, and its average price on the PS Store increased by at least 0.50 cents after the restrictions were introduced. Despite the impressive total amount of the claim, the individual compensation will be mode...

Jul262025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Sony Decides to Release More Games on Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2

Gaming

Credit: Sony Sony Interactive Entertainment has posted a vacancy for a senior director of multiplatform and partner commerce in the PlayStation Studios division. Judging by the description, PlayStation is preparing to significantly expand the presence of its titles beyond its own consoles - including releasing games on PC, Xbox consoles, Nintendo and mobile devices. All of these are directly mentioned in the official announcement of the search for an employee. The gaming industry has changed. Sony's PlayStation division has been signaling to investors for some time that it intends to improve its financial performance, including margins, and expanding software sales is a surefire way to succeed. Gamers are not very inclined to switch their favorite platforms, and the Japanese company ...

Jul102025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Sony Adds Cyberpunk 2077 To PS Plus

Gaming

In the summer of 2025, the PlayStation Plus service turned 15 years old, and in honor of this, Sony decided to please users with a "fat" gift. The July selection of games for PS Plus Extra and Premium subscribers included the famous role-playing action game Cyberpunk 2077. The standard edition of Cyberpunk 2077 (without the Phantom Liberty expansion) is available for PS4 and PS5 as of today, July 9, for PS Plus Extra and PS Plus Premium/Deluxe subscribers. The PS5 version of Cyberpunk 2077 features 4K resolution, ray tracing, 3D audio, DualSense controller support (adaptive triggers, haptic feedback), and fast loading times. Cyberpunk 2077 PS5 users will receive all updates released for the game (including the upcoming 2.3), while the PS4 edition includes patches up to the Edgerun...

Jun162025 by Natalia GanevaNo Comments

Sony Unlocks Almost All of Its Steam Games for Countries Without PSN

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Following the success of Stellar Blade, Sony Interactive Entertainment has decided to unlock its games on Steam for regions where the PlayStation Network service was previously unavailable. The company introduced a regional block for users of the Valve service in May 2024, restricting access to the shooter Helldivers 2. After that, the publisher PlayStation Publishing LLC stopped releasing other new products in places where a PSN account cannot be officially registered. When making the decision to close access to its products for PC users from a huge number of countries, Sony explained the requirement to link PSN by the need to "maintain order and security." Representatives of PlayStation Publishing LLC are not in a hurry to name the official reason for the return of games to the "fo...