Or not at all.

One of the biggest stories in games right now is Sony's potential acquisition of Kadokawa Corporation. In a new report from Bloomberg, it's claimed that the two companies have been in talks about a buyout for years.

According to the report, the pair has been back and forth on a deal for a long time, with the main issue relating to the extent of Sony's purchase. Kadokawa apparently wants Sony to purchase the entire company or not at all, while the tech giant has attempted to be more selective, only looking to secure its business in anime and video games.

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In addition to Helldivers 2 PS5 pad.

A black PS Portal is rumoured to be part of a PS5 accessories refresh that Sony has planned for the near future. A new report from Dealabs insider Billbil-Kun suggests the current PS Portal model will soon be available in a black colourway, and will retail at the same price as the design already on the market now. They claim this will be a limited launch, so you may face an upwards battle trying to pre-order one.

Elsewhere in the report, Billbil-Kun states "other hardware and accessories seem to be in the works at Sony", and they'll be released "very soon". They say they don't have enough "verified information" for a full report yet, however.

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Mortal wound.

Mortal Kombat 1 has had its ups and downs since it arrived in 2023, but NetherRealm Studios has been supporting it regardless with new DLC fighters and more. If a new rumour is to be believed, however, it looks like the team's post-launch work on the game may come to an abrupt stop.

Over on the Mortal Kombat Leaks subreddit, "verified insider" _FateUnknown_ claims Khaos Reigns and Kombat Pack 2 will be the last DLC for the game, with all work on further DLC cancelled.

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Good news, straight from Night City.

Fans of the excellent Cyberpunk: Edgerunners are sitting pretty, with CD Projekt Red today confirming a partnership with Netflix to produce another animated project set in the world of Cyberpunk 2077. We have to assume it will be something separate from Edgerunners, however, as CD Projekt has not confirmed another collaboration with Studio Trigger.

The news comes to us by way of the Polish firm's latest financials (thanks, VGC), with chief financial officer, Piotr Nielubowicz revealing the exciting news: "I’m also very happy to announce that we’re working on another animation project set in the Cyberpunk universe, which will be released on Netflix." VGC reminds us that CDPR and Netflix did release a mysterious teaser back in September, which you can check out below.

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Several Indy movies worth of cinematic cutscenes.

Wolfenstein developer Machine Games has revealed that the upcoming, once Xbox-exclusive Indiana Jones and the Great Circle will be the studio's biggest project by quite a margin. With almost four hours of cinematic cutscenes alone, that's like two Indiana Jones films on top of a very generous shooter. It's reputedly longer than Wolfenstein 2: The New Colossus, which clocks in somewhere between 11 and 17 hours, depending on the level of completion.

The news comes to us via an interview with MinnMax and Indie creative director Axel Torvenius (thanks, GamesRadar+). In the fast-moving interview, Torvenius didn't reveal an exact hour count for the Great Circle but did stress that: "By far, this is the biggest and longest game that Machine Games have ever done."

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2025 remains a mystery.

As everyone is still glued to Black Ops 6, it might seem too soon to start looking ahead to future releases, but the voracious Call of Duty beast never rests. According to a known series insider, Sledgehammer Games will reportedly lead development on 2027's inevitable Call of Duty release. This same leaker expects that 2026's release will be Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, developed by Infinity Ward.

That's what The Ghost of Hope says anyway (thanks, PSU), and the leakster made the bold prediction on X, and that it's possible 2027's game could end up being Advanced Warfare 2. We'll admit to not being up to date on the developmental machinations of Activision's studio structure, but it is quite fascinating to us that virtually nothing is known about the next Call of Duty, expected in 2025. In a reply, The Ghost of Hope says: "Nobody knows who owns , but every studio is working on it. Pretty odd".

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Devolver Digital reserves the right to delay the show until the very last moment.

Chaotic video game publisher Devolver Digital is allegedly holding its 15th Annual Devolver Delayed Awards 2024 today, 27th November. If the show does go ahead, viewers can look forward to "the only awards show recognizing those heroic developers with the courage and determination to delay their game into the next fiscal year." Devolver reminds us what a wild ride 2024 has been and teases: "This year’s esteemed nominees are some of the most prestigious and anticipated groups we’ve seen in years. Our panel of experts were surely put to the test to select just one winner."

We predict that, if nothing else, Devolver will bring out its unsettling, long-time mascot, Volvy, to make us all feel deeply uncomfortable.

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Night City royalty.

Cyberpunk 2077's deeply disappointing launch is just a blip in the rearview mirror at this point, and while we certainly won't forget, we're hopeful for the studio's future. According to CD Projekt Red's recently posted financials, that future is looking bright indeed; Polaris, colloquially known as The Witcher 4, has entered full production, and Cyberpunk and its excellent expansion, Phantom Liberty, together are approaching a very impressive 40 million copies sold.

CD Projekt revealed the happy news on X, and we really are a long way from that memorable day when Sony pulled Cyberpunk from the PlayStation Store. Then, lest we forget, it was completely missing in action for over six months, in a debacle the likes of which we may never see again (hopefully). Anyway, the breakdown is 30 million copies of Cyberpunk 2077, buttressed by another 8 million copies of Phantom Liberty, an impressively sticky attach rate of 26%.

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After 31 years of service at PlayStation.

PlayStation executive Shuhei Yoshida has announced he will be leaving Sony, effective from 15th January 2025. He has spent 31 years with the company, helping to bring multiple systems to market and put fan-favourite games on them, like Bloodborne. Once the president of SIE Worldwide Studios, Yoshida has more recently been focusing on indie teams and getting their games onto PS5, PS4.

Yoshida's departure was revealed in a post to the PlayStation Blog, where he said: "I’ve been with PlayStation from the beginning, and this is my 31st year with PlayStation. And when I hit 30 years, I was thinking, hmm, it may be about time for me to move on. You know, the company’s been doing great. I love PS5, I love the games that are coming out on this platform. And we have new generations of management who I respect and admire. And I’m so excited for the future of PlayStation. So you know, PlayStation is in really good hands. I thought, okay, this is my time."

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Up from the 155 million previously assumed.

For over a decade, the PS2’s official sales total sat at 155 million units, as Sony stopped reporting sales of the system in 2012. It was always assumed the final number was higher, as the console wasn’t officially discontinued until a year later, and there would have been leftover inventory that filtered its way into the retail chain. But we never knew the final figure until recently.

In an off-the-cuff comment during the Official PlayStation Podcast, ex-CEO Jim Ryan said the system had sold 160 million units, and that number’s now been confirmed as part of a 30th Anniversary retrospective on the brand’s website.

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Baptism of Fire.

Polaris, the project name for the next The Witcher title, has just hit an all-important milestone in its development process.

Director Sebastian Kalemba has taken to social media in order to reveal that the game — commonly referred to as The Witcher 4 — is now in "full-scale production".

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£5 / $5 offer available again.

Whether it was an intentional removal or not remains unknown, but PS Stars users are beginning to notice the return of cash rewards on their PlayStation phone app. Reports of a £5 / $5 redemption option going live have spread across the internet, and we ourselves now have the reward listed in our personal app. It was noticed just over a month ago that the option had been removed, meaning PS Stars users could only redeem their points for full games or digital collectibles.

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From the PS1 to PS5 and everything in between.

Sony has continued its 30th anniversary celebrations of PlayStation with new pages on its website that documents the five home consoles, two handheld systems, and VR headsets its released. Viewable through this link, you can browse 30 years of PlayStation history, reading up on everything from the PS1 to the current PS5, and everything in between.

Starting with the PS1, you'll get a rundown of the console's sales, standout games, internal specs, and variations of both the system itself and the controller. You can then move on to the PS2, where a similar set of details are covered. In actual fact, the PS2 page confirms the system has now sold over 160 million units.

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Voxel-based Alterra in the works.

A publisher as big as Ubisoft always has a lot on the go at once, much of which is known, so it's always interesting to hear about something we weren't expecting. In a new report from Insider Gaming, it seems the company is hard at work on a game called Alterra.

Citing anonymous sources, the site claims the game shares much in common with Nintendo's Animal Crossing — each player has a home island inhabited by critters called Matterlings. You'll be able to visit other islands; each will be in a different biome and feature different Matterlings, resources, enemies, and so on.

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Pro-fessional opinions.

The PS5 Pro is almost three weeks old at the time of writing this article, having released on the 7th November — and we think it's time to weigh up our early thoughts on Sony's supercharged system.

At $700 / £700, the Pro's pricing still makes our eyes water, even though we've been playing games on the thing for the best part of a month. But has the console been able to justify its undeniably expensive price tag yet? That's a question we hope to answer with this Talking Point.

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Remaster, anyone?

At the time of writing this article, it just turned 12am in Japan — and that means Dragon Quest 8 is officially 20 years old. The PS2 RPG first launched on the 27th November, 2004 — but the West didn't get to experience this franchise-defining adventure until later.

Dragon Quest 8 dropped the following year in the US, but us poor Europeans had to wait until April 2006 to finally get our hands on the game.

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Rescue mission.

If you've ever played Lemmings and wanted to take a more hands-on approach, Moons of Darsalon may be worth a try. Coming to PS5 and PS4 on 6th February next year, the game has you playing as a little astronaut who must rescue all the others in each level.

When you find characters, they'll follow along behind you, and it's your job to get them all back to base safely. However, you're actively involved in this action platformer, needing to dispatch aliens, solve puzzles, and overcome obstacles. You'll also make use of large vehicles and blow holes in the destructible environments.

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As normal PS5 update goes live.

A new Alan Wake 2 update has been deployed today on PS5, though you won't find any PS5 Pro-specific enhancements in its patch notes. Remedy has said it needs more time to research "a few things on the Pro when it comes to improved performance" as the update available at the PS5 Pro's launch made the Performance Mode worse than it is on the base console.

Addressing the PS5 Pro performance issues, Remedy said on Twitter: "The PlayStation 5 update (1.200.005) does not contain anything PlayStation 5 Pro specific, but we wanted to acknowledge that we are seeing your feedback. We are still researching a few things on the Pro when it comes to improved performance. We'll keep you posted. As PS5 Pro support was a work of many months, it will take the team longer than a few weeks for changes and improvements."

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Under the sea.

Aquanaut’s Holiday, an oft-overlooked PlayStation deep-sea diving series, is one of this author’s all-time favourite franchises – so it’s exciting to see Subside poised for release on PSVR2.

This game promises unparalleled aquatic realism, as you plunge beneath the waves of a variety of biomes and interact with the wildlife. All of the sea creatures look meticulously rendered, and the game has a hyper-realistic look to it, which will surely pop on the PS5 headset’s display.

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