Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge It's time for another PlayStation State of Play livestream where Sony showcases its next big game and hardware announcements. Sony has promised we'll see more than 20 upcoming PS5 and PS VR2 games from studios around the world" during the 30-minute-plus presentation.Sony announced Astro Bot during its May State of Play stream, and the game racked up Game of the Year" nominations once it launched earlier this month. Now, September's showcase will try to present strong follow-ups that keep the momentum going.The new State of Play comes just two weeks after the company announced a new beefed-up PS5 Pro" model, which will be open for preorder on September 26th. The new system's larger GPU and support for PlayStation Spectral Super... Continue reading...

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 console users are now able to play online games again following a massive outage on Sony's gaming network that started on Monday night. The official PSN Service Status page confirms that all services are up and running" now, after previously warning users that they might have difficulty launching games, apps, or network features."This problem has now been resolved," said a message posted by the Japanese Ask PlayStation customer support account. We apologize to our customers for any inconvenience caused."The outage lasted for around eight hours, and impacted effectively every PlayStation system across Other, PS Vita, PS3, PS4, PS5, Web." While the problem seems largely resolved, some gamers on X are... Continue reading...