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...Eric Lempel, head of global business at Sony Interactive Entertainment, said that with supply issues “solved”, its latest console was now on track to outsell PlayStation 4, which was first released in 2013...
...Legoland owner Merlin Entertainments is rolling out augmented reality games based on TV shows Paw Patrol and Squid Game in some of its venues in an attempt to lure more visitors....
...US private equity group Apollo Global is in discussions with Sony Pictures Entertainment about making a joint takeover bid for Paramount Global that would rival ongoing talks between controlling shareholder...
...Jim Ryan, chief executive of Sony Interactive Entertainment, said Microsoft had only offered to keep releasing Activision’s hit Call of Duty games on PlayStation for a limited number of years, despite assurances...
...Another new draw to the Strip has been the opening of the Sphere, a $2.3bn entertainment venue encased completely with interactive LED displays for immersive advertising and visual displays....
...Wilkinson also read from an email written by Jim Ryan, head of Sony Interactive Entertainment, saying that Microsoft’s planned acquisition “is not an exclusivity play at all”, adding: “I’m pretty sure we...
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...In a blog post announcing the increases, Jim Ryan, head of Sony Interactive Entertainment, described the move as “a necessity, given the current global economic environment”....
...And one of the challenges around gaming that is different from the film industry is that gaming is interactive. It’s a live service....
...“So I have to believe that interactive entertainment will continue to grow disproportionately to the rest of the audiovisual entertainment businesses”, he added....
...On the gaming side, Jim Ryan, president of Sony Interactive Entertainment, said supply issues were his “top priority” and a significant ramping up of PlayStation 5 production was planned for this year....
...During the pandemic, Sony Music Entertainment used Unreal Engine to recreate the Sony Hall concert venue in New York for live online performances....
...PlayStation owner Sony Interactive Entertainment is buying video game developer Bungie for $3.6bn, marking the latest in a wave of dealmaking that has swept the gaming sector....
...“Both Bungie and [Sony Interactive Entertainment] believe that game worlds are only the beginning of what our IP will become,” said Pete Parsons, chief executive of Bungie....
...These include Sony’s $1.5bn investment in Epic, the US developer of blockbuster game Fortnite; Korean entertainment group CJ ENM’s acquisition of a stake in US-based digital human platform Hyperreal; and...
...The project got off the ground after Vinciquerra discussed it with Jim Ryan, president of Sony Interactive Entertainment....
...Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony’s gaming division, declined to comment. Square Enix, Capcom and Nintendo declined to comment....
...Stephanie Burns General counsel, Sony Interactive Entertainment (PlayStation) Stephanie Burns joined PlayStation, Sony’s gaming division, from Amazon having previously worked for ticket reseller StubHub...
...with sale of Rosbank to oligarch (FT + Lex) Ericsson announces ‘indefinite suspension’ of Russian business (FT) Goldman pays €1.7bn for Dutch-based asset manager (Reuters) Epic Games secures $2bn from Sony...
...Still buffering Sony’s strategy as an entertainment “arms dealer” has helped it scrape by as cost-conscious households turn on Netflix and other subscription services....
...Take-Two Interactive, the maker of the popular Grand Theft Auto game series, agreed last week to buy rival Zynga, the maker of FarmVille and Words with Friends, for $12.7bn....
...Over the course of a week, almost all the major players cut off sales to Russian gamers, including Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft, EA, Activision Blizzard, Epic Games, Take-Two Interactive, Ubisoft and CD Projekt...
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