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It looks like Sony is bracing for high demand for its upcoming PlayStation 5. The video game juggernaut will be limiting sales of its new console to one per person, according to an eagle-eyed gamer who was digging through the PlayStation website’s backend code. “You can only purchase one version of the PS5 Console: Disc …

Simon Cowell is to take full control of “Got Talent” and “The X Factor” producer Syco Entertainment after agreeing to buy out Sony Music Entertainment’s stake in the joint venture. Cowell is personally buying out the stake and the move will give him sole ownership of the entertainment company. It is the result of a …

The next Xbox is still slated to hit store shelves this holiday season — coronavirus be damned. In an interview with Time, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said that despite the pandemic forcing employees to work from home, the next-generation gaming system will keep its original launch window. “Yes, we are on track,” Nadella said. “The …

Sony said Wednesday that operating profit could fall 30 percent or more in the current fiscal year as the coronavirus hits the box office, as well as consumer demand for smartphones, video-game consoles and other electronics. The Japanese conglomerate, which owns film and TV studio Sony Pictures, sounded alarm bells as it reported results for …

Sony has shut down its PlayStation Store in China to upgrade its security there — cutting off income from the world’s largest video game market. PlayStation China announced the temporary suspension of the store on its Weibo account Sunday, saying only that it was for a “system security upgrade.” The Japanese tech company did not …

Nostalgic horror fans rejoice! A live-action TV series inspired by R.L. Stine’s best-selling “Goosebumps” childrens books is in the works, Scholastic Entertainment and Sony Pictures Television announced Tuesday. “Yes, it’s true. A brand-new Goosebumps TV show was announced today,” the horror author wrote in a Tuesday tweet. Plot details on the “Goosebumps” TV spinoff remain …

Sony Pictures on Monday cleared out its summer calendar due to the coronavirus, postponing the releases of Jason Reitman’s “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and the Marvel movie “Morbius” to 2021. Hollywood’s summer season — the film industry’s most lucrative time of year — is increasingly shutting down because of the pandemic. Theaters nationwide have closed and major …