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Metamorphosing beast center-stage in Sony game

Knack was created to be the perfect beast to show off the spectacularly vamped up visual powers of the PlayStation 4 game console. The hero of the game, which is also called "Knack," is made up of...

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Sony sells more than a million PS4 consoles in debut

More than a million PlayStation 4 consoles were sold in the first 24 hours of its release in North America, according to manufacturer Sony.

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Sony unveils game service as PS4 sales top 4.2 million

Sony on Tuesday announced a hotly-anticipated streaming game service along with the news that it sold more than 4.2 million PlayStation 4 consoles by the start of this year.

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Hit video game 'The Last of Us' gets new chapter

Sony Computer Entertainment America added a new chapter Friday to popular video game "The Last of Us," filled with combat against zombie-like infected people and tailored for PlayStation 3 consoles.

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Sony PS4 console sales top 5 mn worldwide

Sony on Monday appeared to be winning the latest battle in a long-running videogame console war.

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Japan gamers finally get PS4 at midnight launch (Update 2)

Diehard gamers in Japan who began queuing earlier this week finally got their hands on a new PlayStation 4 as Sony unleashed its console on home turf in a midnight launch.

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PlayStation 4 sales top six million

Sony on Tuesday announced it has sold more than six million PlayStation 4 consoles since the videogame system debuted in November.

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US Sony chief out amid restructuring

Jack Tretton will step down this month as chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment America, the company announced Thursday.

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Sony's PlayStation 4 sales top seven million

Sony says it has sold seven million PlayStation 4 worldwide since its launch last year and admitted it can't make them fast enough, in a welcome change of fortune for the Japanese consumer electronics...

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Sony back at top of console sales after eight years

Sony have topped worldwide sales of video game consoles for the first time in eight years, a newspaper reported on Saturday, pipping struggling rival Nintendo and signalling the Playstation...

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Sony winning console wars

Sony are winning the console wars for the first time in nearly a decade, a company official confirmed Monday, offering a rare bright spot on the firm's otherwise troubled balance sheet.

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PlayStation TV to soon hit US-Europe

Sony Computer Entertainment said a PlayStation TV home entertainment system will debut in North America and Europe by the end of this year.

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PlayStation lets Sony grab for home entertainment crown

Sony's new-generation PlayStation 4 console ramped up its winning momentum at the international E3 video game show that wraps Thursday.

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Sony PS4 sales surge past record 10 million mark

Sony said Wednesday that global sales of its newest PlayStation have surged past the 10 million mark in less than a year, a record for the Japanese electronics giant.

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Sony network hacked, exec's flight diverted (Update 2)

Hackers attacked Sony's PlayStation Network and apparently disrupted the travel plans of a top company executive by going on Twitter to suggest that there was a bomb on his American Airlines plane.

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Sony founder nephew starts as head of PlayStation unit

The nephew of a Sony founder on Monday started as head of a regional gaming unit, after the Japanese electronics giant sailed past the 10 million mark in sales of its PlayStation 4.

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Sony wooing Japanese to PS4 with Dragon Quest

Sony is trying to woo Japanese game fans to the PlayStation 4 home console that went on sale in November in the U.S. and Europe, but didn't arrive at stores here until February.

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PlayStation TV to hit US in October

PlayStation TV home entertainment system is set to hit North America on October 14 as Sony seeks to improve its financial footing with games, films and music.

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Sony launching cable-style television service

Japanese entertainment colossus Sony on Thursday said it will debut a cable-style television service delivered through its popular PlayStation video game consoles.

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In twenty years, PlayStation's grey box changes gaming forever

Twenty years ago, a small grey box of electronic tricks made its debut in Japan, heralding the birth of the global gaming phenomenon that changed the entertainment landscape, launching titles that now...

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Sony's PlayStation store suffers suspected hack

Sony's online PlayStation store was inaccessible to users for part of Monday in the latest possible cyberattack on the electronics and entertainment company.

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Sony to launch PlayStation consoles in China from January

Japanese gaming giant Sony is to offer its PlayStation consoles in China from January, the company said, following rival Microsoft into the potentially lucrative market after China ended a 14-year ban.

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Timeline of the Sony Pictures Entertainment hack

It's been four weeks since hackers calling themselves Guardians of Peace began their cyberterrorism campaign against Sony Pictures Entertainment. In that time thousands of executive emails and other...

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PlayStation touts virtual reality and big name games

Sony has proclaimed a "new era" of PlayStation gaming complete with big-name games and the dawn of virtual reality on its powerful PlayStation 4 consoles.

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Sony's 'Uncharted 4,' 'Last Guardian' capture E3 attention

Nathan Drake is back in action. Sony capped off its game-filled Electronic Entertainment Expo briefing Monday night with a bullet-riddled demonstration of "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End," the forthcoming...

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Console kings battle with grand games and virtual worlds

Console kings Microsoft and Sony battled for players' hearts with blockbuster games and the lure of virtual worlds as the Electronic Entertainment Expo was poised begin in Los Angeles on Tuesday.

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Virtual reality set to boom with Oculus and Morpheus, but challenges remain

The promise of virtual reality is that it will transport you to new worlds: Putting on a headset is like stepping into a portal to the unknown.

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Sony cuts PlayStation 4 price to match Xbox One

Sony sliced $50 off the price of PlayStation 4 video game consoles Thursday, matching that of rival Xbox One ahead of the frantic holiday shopping season.

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PlayStation 4 console sales top 30 million

Sony on Wednesday announced that PlayStation 4 video game consoles have sold at a furious pace, topping 30 million units worldwide.

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Sony moves PlayStation business to Silicon Valley

Sony on Monday announced it is moving its PlayStation business to Silicon Valley and consolidating its game console offerings under one roof.

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