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Sony has cut off shovelware publisher Afil Games and tightened PlayStation Store publishing rules, extending a year of store purges from individual titles to entire catalogs.

Sony increased PlayStation Plus Essential, Extra, and Premium 1-month and 3-month prices in the US, UK, and Europe effective May 20, 2026, citing ongoing market conditions.

Bungie announced on May 21 that Monument of Triumph, launching June 9, will be Destiny 2's last live-service update, closing a nine-year live-service run as Sony absorbs a $765 million write-down on the studio.

Sony's 1000X THE COLLEXION launches at $649.99 on the series' 10th anniversary, featuring 12-mic ANC, Edge-AI audio upscaling, and luxury materials.

Sony announced the Xperia 1 VIII on May 13, 2026, with a new square camera island, a 48MP triple-camera system with a telephoto sensor four times larger than its predecessor, Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5, and Wi-Fi 7 — while keeping the 3.5mm headphone jack and microSD slot rivals have abandoned.

Sony AI's Project Ace, published in Nature on April 22, 2026, is the first autonomous robot to win competitive matches against elite and professional table tennis players under official rules.

Sony's second PlayStation 5 price increase in under a year took effect on April 2, pushing the PS5 Pro to $900 and the standard console to $650 as AI-driven memory demand and trade tariffs compress margins across the gaming hardware industry.