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First details on MLB The Show 25, plus looking towards the future of MLB The Show

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Major League Baseball’s exciting 2024 season has wrapped and with MLB The Show 24’s Season 4 content arriving tomorrow*, we at San Diego Studio wanted to take a moment to share a sneak peek at the future of this franchise. 

MLB The Show 24 Season 4

Beginning tomorrow, all fans can enjoy every card in MLB The Show 24 as we move into Season 4 with the release of 2024 Finest with more content coming. Yes, this also means cards in your inventory from previous seasons in MLB The Show 24 can be enjoyed again!

MLB The Show 25 Diamond Dynasty

We appreciate the feedback from our community and have also decided that Sets and Seasons will not be returning in MLB The Show 25, allowing every card to be used freely throughout the year. While we look forward to sharing more about our live content plans for MLB The Show 25 at a later date, our Season 4 approach gives you a sense of the direction of MLB The Show 25.

We are also excited to share that you, our fans, will be able to earn rewards in MLB The Show 24 to jump-start your MLB The Show 25 experience! Beginning tomorrow, you can start earning Now & Later MLB The Show Packs in playable content all throughout Diamond Dynasty! Each Now & Later MLB The Show Pack earned in MLB The Show 24 will grant an MLB The Show Pack in MLB The Show 25**.

As we work to develop the most authentic and realistic Major League Baseball experience possible, we wanted to share a sneak peek of what is to come next year in MLB The Show 25.

  • Road To The Show: Deepen the player’s journey before being drafted, and return control to how a player develops and grows in new and interesting ways. 
  • Diamond Dynasty*: With Sets and Seasons retiring, our fans can look forward to all-new elements of the Diamond Dynasty experience blended with what they love most about it. 
  • Franchise: Improved trade evaluation metrics are coming along with a new fun and engaging offseason experience.
  • Gameplay: With the expansion of quick time events, defensive AI, and pathing updates, enjoy more engaging moment-to-moment gameplay. 

For all the latest MLB The Show information, head to TheShow.com, sign up for The Scouting Report, and follow our X, Facebook, and Instagram accounts.

*Internet connection required for online features and software updates.
**An internet connection, MLB The Show account, and purchase of MLB The Show 25, once available, is required to receive your Now & Later MLB The Show Pack in MLB The Show 25.

(For Southeast Asia) PlayStation’s Black Friday Offers 2024

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As we head into the holiday season, we’re excited to celebrate another year of amazing PlayStation experiences with our community with PlayStation’s Black Friday offers that begin this week. From November 22, players and gift givers can explore a range of amazing offers on games and more on PlayStation Store*. 

Visit the official PlayStation Black Friday site starting on November 22 for updates. 

PlayStation Plus

Players who join PlayStation Plus from November 22 through December 5 can save up to 30% on a 12-month membership. Current PlayStation Plus Essential members can save 25% on the remainder of their membership when upgrading a current plan to PlayStation Plus Extra, or save 30% when upgrading from PlayStation Plus Extra to PlayStation Plus Deluxe.

With PlayStation Plus Extra and Deluxe, get access to monthly games, exclusive discounts, online multiplayer, and hundreds of PS4 and PS5 titles through the Game Catalog and Classics Catalog, including hit titles like The Last of Us Part I, Grand Theft Auto V, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and many more*. 

PlayStation Store

From November 22 through December 2, offers on hundreds of PS5 and PS4 digital games are also coming to PlayStation Store, including popular titles like EA Sports FC 25, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, Hogwarts Legacy, and much more. Visit PlayStation Store when the promotion begins on November 22 to view the full selection and find out your local savings.


*Products may have different sales periods. See specific offer details on product detail pages.

**Availability of Classics and Game Catalog varies over time, region/country, and plan. See https://www.playstation.com/Plus for details and updates on PlayStation Plus offerings. PlayStation Plus is an ongoing subscription subject to a recurring subscription fee taken automatically (at the then-current PS Store price) at the frequency you choose at purchase until cancellation. Terms apply: play.st/psplus-usageterms

Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.54 brings five new cars, a Café Menu, World Circuit Events, and a GT Sophy AI update

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Gran Turismo players! Update 1.54 brings an rush of exciting cars, events, and challenges, including an update to the Gran Turismo Sophy AI agent for the classic Trial Mountain Circuit and Tokyo Expressway – East Clockwise.  Be sure to not miss the Gran Turismo World Series Celebration Race where you can experience the same races featured in this year’s grand final!

Update 1.54* for Gran Turismo 7 will be available as of Wednesday, November 20 at 10:00pm PT / +1 Day, 6:00am GMT / +1 Day, 3:00pm JST.

Gran Turismo 7 Update 1.54 brings five new cars, a Café Menu, World Circuit Events, and a GT Sophy AI update

Five new cars added this month

PlayStation’s Black Friday Deals 2024

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As we head into the holiday season, we’re excited to celebrate another year of amazing PlayStation experiences with our community with PlayStation’s Black Friday offers that begin this week. From November 22 through December 2, players and gift givers can explore a range of amazing offers on games, hardware, accessories, and more across PlayStation Store, direct.playstation.com, PlayStation Gear, and at participating retailers*. 

Visit the official PlayStation Black Friday site starting on November 22 for updates on local offers, as offers will vary by region and retailer. 

Offers directly from PlayStation

Head over to direct.playstation.com to browse the latest offers and products directly from PlayStation starting November 22. This year’s promotions on direct.playstation.com include PlayStation 5 console offerings such as the PS5 console – Fortnite Cobalt Star Bundle, PlayStation VR2, DualSense wireless controllers, Pulse Elite wireless headsets, Pulse Explore wireless earbuds, PS5 console covers, and select PS5, PS4, and PC titles, while supplies last.

Black Friday at participating retailers 

Offers on PS5 consoles, PlayStation VR2, games, and PS5 accessories including DualSense wireless controllers, Pulse Elite wireless headset, Pulse Explore wireless earbuds, are also available at participating retailers globally. Check your local retailer for details on seasonal PlayStation promotions, such as the launch offer on the new PS5 console – Fortnite Cobalt Star Bundle (while supplies last), available starting this week at participating retailers.

PlayStation Plus

Players who join PlayStation Plus during PlayStation’s Black Friday promotion can save up to 30% on a 12-month membership. Current PlayStation Plus Essential members can save 25% on the remainder of their membership when upgrading a current plan to PlayStation Plus Extra, or save 30% when upgrading from PlayStation Plus Extra to PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe.

With PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium/Deluxe, get access to monthly games, exclusive discounts, online multiplayer, and hundreds of PS4 and PS5 titles through the Game Catalog and Classics Catalog, including hit titles like The Last of Us Part I, Grand Theft Auto V, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and many more**. 

Within the Sony Pictures Core app, PlayStation Plus Premium/Deluxe members also have access to the Sony Pictures Catalog with up to 100 movies to stream on demand***. During the Black Friday promotional period, PlayStation Plus members can unlock special discounts on recent releases, while all PS5 and PS4 players can enjoy movie discounts made for gamer

The PlayStation Portal remote player experience to evolve with new system update

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Just over a year ago, we launched our first dedicated remote play device, PlayStation Portal remote player, with an aspiration to deliver a console-quality gaming experience on a handheld device. PS Portal was an ambitious product for us, and we have been delighted by the positive response from our fans and to see that our vision has resonated with the community.

Today we’re pleased to announce a new system software update for PS Portal that will begin releasing starting later today (Europe release begins Wednesday), which will introduce refinements in the audio experience, including:

  • Speaker audio output adjustment to make the volume lower when the audio level is set to minimum
  • You will now be able to adjust settings of your PlayStation Link device from the PS Portal Settings menu, allowing you to optimize the volume and sidetone volume.

This update will also include a beta version of a new feature that many fans have been asking for – support for cloud streaming on PS Portal. When the update is live, PlayStation Plus Premium members will be able to participate in a beta for cloud streaming on PS Portal, allowing select PS5 games in the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog* to be streamed directly from our servers, even without a PS5 console.

Since Cloud Streaming (Beta) on PS Portal is still an experimental offering, the features available during the beta period may change over time and may not reflect the final experience. 

Let’s take a deeper look at what you can expect in this beta:

Features available during the Beta

  • Stream select PS5 games in the PlayStation Plus Game Catalog
    • Over 120 PS5 games from the PS Plus Game Catalog, including Dave the Diver, Ghost of Tsushima, Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, Monster Hunter Rise, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart, will be accessible on PS Portal via cloud streaming*
  • Streaming up to 1080p/60fps**
  • DualSense wireless controller features, including haptic feedback, adaptive triggers, speakers, touchpad (emulated on the touch screen for PS Portal), and motion sensor***
  • PlayStation Plus Cloud storage
    • Save data and game progress can be stored up to 100GB and will be automatically synced with your PS5 console, making it easy to switch seamlessly between local and streaming gameplay, and between multiple devices.

Cloud Streaming (Beta) for PS Portal will be available through the PlayStation Plus Premium plan, which is offered in the following locations: 

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Cyprus, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States.

PS Portal UI screenshot showing the opt-in menu for cloud streaming beta

How to access Cloud Streaming (Beta)

To access the beta, you will need the following:

  • PlayStation Portal remote player
  • An account for PlayStation Network****
  • An active PlayStation Plus Premium membership
  • Access to broadband internet Wi-Fi
  • To establish a cloud streaming session: requires minimum 5Mbps of upload and download speeds

The Legacy of Kain series: retrospective with original developers

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Becoming the stuff of legend is no easy feat. But it’s entirely appropriate that a compelling and complex tale about vengeful vampires has not only lasted as long as it has, but triumphantly arisen from its resting place.

From its popular 1996 debut, The Legacy of Kain series has a long-standing history across PlayStation, from introducing memorable characters to pioneering in 3D game design. So, with Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered on its way to PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, and Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain and Blood Omen 2 coming to PlayStation Plus Classics, it’s the perfect time to dig up the details on why The Legacy of Kain series has endured. As a bonus, the original developers join us to recall some relevant anecdotes on the way…

The Legacy of Kain series: retrospective with original developers

A new gameplay video showcases Raziel’s otherwordly abilities in The Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 & 2 Remastered.


“I’m super proud of the way we wove our time travel plot throughout the games – writing time travel stories is hard!”

– Amy Hennig, Design Manager (Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain), Director and Lead Writer (Soul Reaver, Soul Reaver 2, Legacy of Kain: Defiance)

1996 – Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain – PlayStation – Silicon Knights/Crystal Dynamics

Action-adventures took a turn for the macabre as The Legacy of Kain series introduced us to the shadowy world of Nosgoth. Blood Omen set the tone with Kain seeking a cure for his vampiric curse, only to slip deeper into a moral abyss.

Engaging hack-and-slash gameplay mixed with magic, shapeshifting, and puzzle-layered exploration cast an intoxicating spell encased by a smart and gripping story that laid the groundwork for all that followed. So it was no surprise tha

How NetherRealm makes Ghostface work in the world of Mortal Kombat 1

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Ghostface is coming to Mortal Kombat 1 starting November 19, and for as long as guest characters from other worlds have been a feature in our games, Woodsboro’s own serial killer has been in the mix as a dream inclusion. Horror villains have always been great fits for the severe, macabre, over-the-top universe of Mortal Kombat, and it was just a matter of time for Scream’s anonymous assailant, Ghostface.

That time is here, and in the process of designing Ghostface for Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns, we had to answer a bunch of questions. How does this horror-movie villain translate into a fighting game? And how will Ghostface look, sound, and play like?

The overall look is familiar of course: classic mask, robe, and knife. Although, this presented surprising challenges in a fast-paced videogame. Most costumes have physics-based cloth portions, but no other costume is entirely cloth. And aside from the robe being soft material from head to toe, there are long strings of ghostly cloth fringe trailing off it. These are just the kinds of things that can easily perform unexpectedly and get twisted up upon themselves in the heat of kombat, unless proper care is taken. Our technical artists and animators worked back and forth to iron everything out, so to speak, ensuring Ghostface’s iconic duds look their best.

Although Mortal Kombat is famous for masked ninjas, our kombatants have elaborate facial animations that accentuate the action. Even among our masked characters, there are usually skin or gear options to reveal the full-face during gameplay, if you desire. But not so here, since the rigid, unfeeling mask is the outfit’s signature detail. In the absence of facial expressions, we took care to capture extra character movements during the motion capture performance and in-game animating so that, just like in the films, a lot can come across with the slightest head tilt or gesture—malice or humor, frustration or elation, rage or reservation.

And the sound is just as important as the movement. Roger L. Jackson returns to reprise his recurring role as Ghostface’s voice from the films, arguably the most memorable recurring thread through the franchise. Thanks to the easily accessible voice mod devices in the fictional town of Woodsboro, California, many different psychos over the years have disguised their own voices using Roger’s modulated one, and our killers are no different.

And we do know who’s under there. Scream franchise fans know that Ghostface is an identity assumed by different unhinged people in every movie, so there are many surprising and iconic portrayals to choose from. While the character’s face is covered up by the mask during fights, the killer underneath is revealed occasionally during climactic moments. For the films, this usually occurs with a dramatic flourish as the identities of the killers are finally exposed. For Mortal Kombat 1: Khaos Reigns, it’s during high-resolution cinematic Fatal Blows and finishing moves. And our ‘canon’ Ghostface for these moments is none other than Billy Loomis, one of the Ghostface killers from the original Scream film.

And he’s not the only blast from the past lurking under that mask, behind that voice, in the shadows. In the films, there usually isn’t just one Ghostface, and that’s true here too. There are a few surprises for long-time fans of Mortal Kombat with a keen eye to discover, including who’s joined in to assist an

Dynasty Warriors: Origins demo launches Nov 22

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The Dynasty Warriors franchise recently celebrated its 27 year anniversary, and I have to say, Dynasty Warriors: Origins showcases the series like never before, delivering the most intense combat of any game in DW history. Don’t believe me? Time to put my words to the test as I’m here to announce that the Dynasty Warriors: Origins Demo will be released on November 22!

Dynasty Warriors: Origins demo launches Nov 22

In the demo, you will be able to play the Battle of Sishui Gate, the same battle as the Tokyo Game Show demo. However, we have enhanced the experience with additional elements that were not included at the Tokyo Game Show, providing a more substantial and challenging battle. Additionally, there is no time limit this time, so feel free to enjoy it to your heart’s content!

Throughout the demo, players will be able to choose from four types of weapons: Sword, Guandao, Pudao, and Wheels; as well as having options to customize arts, gems, and accessories. But don’t take the fight lightly as the franchise’s strongest officer, Lu Bu, definitely makes his presence known on the battlefield Unlike the demo at the Tokyo Game Show, however, you will be able to choose the difficulty level, so whether you’re skilled at action games or not, we encourage you to give it a try.

We are so excited to finally be able to provide everyone with the opportunity to experience the unique tactical action of Dynasty Warriors and we hope you enjoy the exhilarating battles against the massive armies we created!

 

 

Furthermore, we are happy to announce that Dynasty Warriors: Origins and the demo will be PS5 Pro enhanced. Along with the demo release, pre-orders will also begin on November 22. Pre-order the game to receive the bonus collaboration co

PS VR2 updates – new Alien: Rogue Incursion details, Mare out today, release dates for Hitman World of Assassination and more

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The holidays are looking virtual, with more titles heading to PS VR2 before the end of 2024. We introduced four titles you can enjoy soon, with one you can play today. Whether you’re an early adopter or curious about what PS VR2 offers, here are some titles that will shift your perspective.

Mare | Out now

PS VR2 updates – new Alien: Rogue Incursion details, Mare out today, release dates for Hitman World of Assassination and more

Lonekite Games had a treat for players as puzzle adventure Mare releases today. Use lighting-like powers to help guide your AI companion through a mysterious archipelago. The PS VR2 version includes two modes. Use eye tracking to solve puzzles with a glance in Classic, or tackle expanded challenges with your Sense controllers in Enhanced mode. Whether searching for the next solution or taking a moment to take it all in, it’s a worthwhile adventure for puzzle fans.

Trombone Champ: Unflattened | Coming November 26

PS VR2 updates – new Alien: Rogue Incursion details, Mare out today, release dates for Hitman World of Assassination and more

The rhythm game that took the genre by storm comes to PS VR2 later this month as Trombone Champ: Unflattened. When the team at Flat2VR decided to bring the game to the next dimension, they added new features that take advantage of adaptive triggers to provide a more realistic trombone feel. With over 20 trombones to unlock, 50 cards to collect, and a s

Mare is out now on PS VR2

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We are thrilled to finally announce that Mare, our captivating VR puzzle adventure, launches on PS VR2 today. Our team is excited to share our labor of love and all the unique features of this enhanced PS VR2 version. First, please enjoy our launch trailer: 

Mare is out now on PS VR2

As you can see from the video as well as the gameplay clips below, Mare features a beautiful, easy-on-the-eye art style, which combined with a minimalist storytelling approach, creates a unique world that players will lose themselves in as they journey through it. In Mare, you’ll play a benevolent force, embodied in-world as a mechanical bird. Early on, you’ll encounter a young girl, and you’ll navigate through this adventure together, helping each other on the way and ultimately uncovering their fate. 

You will use lightning-like powers to aid your NPC companion’s path by interacting and activating objects that will shape new pathways for her to traverse. You’ll need to keep a close eye on her at all times to keep her safe, as malevolent foes will unexpectedly surface and attack her when unwatched. Risking her safety to unlock a new path could put your friendship on the line. When this moment comes, what will you do?

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