PlayStation will be dropping the "PlayStation Network" and "PSN" branding by September 2026. In an email sent to developers and seen by Insider Gaming, PlayStation will be dropping the "PlayStation Network" and "PSN" branding. It's said that the change will be purely visual and is a means to "properly capture the breadth of our evolving digital services." Here at PlayStation, we're excited to celebrate the holiday season and another year of gaming experiences with PlayStation's Black Friday offers which kick off this week.

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Starting from November 21 for a limited time* gamers and gift givers alike can explore a range of incredible deals on PS5 consoles, games, accessories, and more across PlayStation Store, direct.playstation.com, PlayStation ... teamLFG is a new PlayStation studio that originated at Bungie and will also be based in Bellevue, Washington. Their first game will be a team-based action game that draws inspiration from fighting games, platformers, MOBAs, life sims, and frog-type games set in a brand new, mythic, science-fantasy universe. I've had this issue going on for about a month or so, when I suddenly couldn't play FF14 in the evenings while the family takes over the TV.

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I thought I was having connection issues again (the app just dropping), despite having transferred my devices to direct ethernet connections a while ago... October's PlayStation Plus Monthly Games lineup of Alan Wake 2, Goat Simulator 3 and Cocoon is available October 7, and coming to the PlayStation Plus Premium Classics range later this year is the pair of fighting classics – Tekken 3 from the original PlayStation and PS2's Soulcalibur III, as well as PS2 adventure Tomb Raider Anniversary. Sony Group Corp. no longer plans to release its big PlayStation 5 games on PC, a major shift in strategy that sees the video-game maker returning to console exclusivity after six years of flirting with multi-platform releases, according to people familiar with the company's plans.