Ken Kutaragi sees gaming leading the way to AI, real-time computing Posted byby Dean Takahashi September 26, 2024 3 min Ken Kutaragi, father of the PlayStation, gave an opening keynote at the Tokyo Game Show where he said the game industry could grow by... Continue Reading 3 min
The RetroBeat: Sony recommits to 3D platformers with PlayStation 5 Posted byby Mike Minotti June 12, 2020 2 min The Playstation 5 isn’t retro. Heck, it’s the opposite. The system isn’t even out yet. Still, this week’s PS5 reveal was giving me some... Continue Reading 2 min
Cory Barlog: The struggle of making God of War Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 30, 2019 34 min Cory Barlog has been on a year-long victory tour since the release of God of War, the acclaimed title that has had tremendous success... Continue Reading 34 min
Dreams interview — How Media Molecule is letting the users take charge in early access Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 23, 2019 24 min Media Molecule has been working on the PlayStation 4 game Dreams for an insanely long time. Viewed as a kind of sequel to LittleBigPlanet,... Continue Reading 24 min
Jack Tretton interview — Why investing in indie game startups is hot again Posted byby Dean Takahashi May 18, 2019 12 min Jack Tretton ran Sony’s game division in the U.S. for many years, and he helped the PlayStation 4 become ascendant in this generation. Then... Continue Reading 12 min
Hidden Agenda: Sony’s new PlayLink game lets your team decide how to play Posted byby Dean Takahashi October 27, 2017 11 min When Supermassive Games launched the horror title Until Dawn in 2015, it became a party game where your friends could help you make the... Continue Reading 11 min
Shadow of the Colossus director Fumito Ueda reveals his game design philosophy Posted byby Dean Takahashi July 7, 2017 4 min Fumito Ueda is considered to be one of the great artists of the Japanese video game business, as the creator of Ico, Shadow of... Continue Reading 4 min
Playful’s Paul Bettner is betting on both ‘flat screen games’ and VR Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 25, 2017 12 min Paul Bettner had a good time at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), the big game trade show in Los Angeles last week. His McKinney,... Continue Reading 12 min
Days Gone will be an open world full of fast zombies, wolves, and bears Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 22, 2017 15 min Days Gone is one of Sony’s big games coming for the PlayStation 4. It had a riveting demo last year, and it showed up again... Continue Reading 15 min
Cory Barlog paints a picture of a kinder, gentler God of War Posted byby Dean Takahashi June 21, 2017 11 min With two riveting trailers, Sony has held us spellbound with the story for God of War. It introduced the first trailer last year at... Continue Reading 11 min