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PlayStation State of Play 2024: Everything announced and revealed during the September event

Sony is back in the spotlight with another State of Play showcase, dropping just days ahead of pre-orders for the notoriously pricey PS5 Pro.

Announced on short notice, the September 24 event promises a packed lineup, with Sony teasing “more than 20 upcoming PS5 and PS VR2 games from studios around the world.” Clocking in at just 30 minutes, this State of Play is set to move fast.

Don’t worry if you blink and miss something— we’ve rounded up all the key reveals to keep you in the...

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Nicholas Nehamas

Manchin Won’t Endorse Harris After Her Call to End Filibuster Over Abortion Rights

“Shame on her,” Joe Manchin, the independent senator from West Virginia, said after Kamala Harris reiterated her support for ending the Senate practice. “She knows the filibuster is the Holy Grail of democracy.”

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Ronen Bergman

Israel’s Attacks on Hezbollah Achieved Short-Term Aims, Officials Say

Some hawkish generals think that Hezbollah can be forced to back down, current and former Israeli officials said, while others in the government think Israel must reach a deal with Hamas before expanding the war.

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Who Needs "Say Yes To The Dress" When You Can Just Take This Quiz Instead?

I don't know how anyone narrows it down to just one dress, but hopefully this can help!

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Kris Rhim

Clippers to hold Kawhi (knee) out of camp drills

LA Clippers president Lawrence Frank told reporters Tuesday the swelling in star Kawhi Leonard's inflamed right knee had decreased "significantly," but that the team plans to hold him out of training camp drills, and "the goal is to get him 100 percent."

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Todd Archer

Cowboys' Lamb sorry: 'I failed myself' and team

Cowboys wide receiver Ceedee Lamb apologized for his on-field performance as well as how he handled himself on the sideline in Sunday's loss to the Ravens, saying he "failed" himself and the team.

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Richard Lawler

Palworld’s PS5 port is on hold indefinitely in Japan

Palworld | Screenshot: PlayStation (YouTube)

Sony included the PS5 launch of Palworld as one of its news items during Tuesday evening’s State of Play presentation, but it left out a detail. While the game has launched on PlayStation platforms in 68 countries and regions worldwide, Japan is not one of them.

The official Japanese account for the game said on X, according to machine translation, that the release date in Japan “has not yet been decided,” without going into detail...

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36 Essential Home Purchases You Need To Just Buy Already

Don't sleep on getting these must-haves!

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37 Pieces Of Dopamine Decor To Make Every Room Your Happy Place

Pack your home with stuff that sparks so much joy, Marie Kondo wouldn't throw a single thing away.

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Sick And Twisted Stories Some People Believe Actually Happened, And Dear God, We'd Better Hope They're Wrong

These stories have been giving people nightmares for years. Want to be next?

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Reviewers Love These 5 Plush Blankets, And They're Actually Machine-Washable

They won't look like roadkill after you wash them.

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Whoever Said Money Can’t Buy Happiness Clearly Never Saw The Joy Reviewers Got From These 45 Affordable Purchases

Smiling ear-to-ear is just a side effect of owning any of these products.

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Emma Roth

Sony’s pearlescent new PS5 colors will jazz up your gaming station

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Sony is launching shiny new “Chroma” console covers for the PlayStation 5 Slim that come in pearl, indigo, and teal. And if having an iridescent console isn’t eye-catching enough, you can also get new DualSense controllers to match.

The Chroma console covers will cost $64.99 USD, while the DualSense controllers will cost $79.99. Sony is launching the Chroma pearl and indigo accessories on November 7th, followed by teal on January 23, 2025. The new colors look neat,...

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Miller out as Sparks head coach after two seasons

Curt Miller, who had a 25-55 record and did not make the playoffs in his two seasons with Los Angeles, is out as head coach of the Sparks, the team said.

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Emma Roth

Microsoft claims its AI safety tool not only finds errors but also fixes them

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Microsoft is launching a new feature called “correction” that builds on the company’s efforts to combat AI inaccuracies. Customers using Microsoft Azure to power their AI systems can now use the capability to automatically detect and rewrite incorrect content in AI outputs.

The correction feature is available in preview as part of the Azure AI Studio — a suite of safety tools designed to detect vulnerabilities, find “hallucinations,” and...

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Wes Davis

Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver 1 and 2 are getting a remaster

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Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver is one of those series of games that has always felt unjustly left behind to me, and at Sony’s State of Play today, it’s finally getting its due, at least a little. The two classic Crystal Dynamics games, which I enjoyed in their penultimate form on the Dreamcast, are getting a remaster for PlayStation consoles, courtesy of Aspyr Media. The remasters come out on December 10th.

The two Soul Reaver games were supernatural action...

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Emma Roth

Horizon Zero Dawn is getting a remaster for PlayStation 5 and PC

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Sony is releasing a remastered version of Horizon Zero Dawn. The company announced the news during its State of Play event on Tuesday and says the game will be available on PlayStation 5 and PC starting October 31st with “stunning new visuals and enhanced features.”

Rumors about a potential Horizon Zero Dawn remaster first emerged in 2022, but several news outlets spotted an ESRB rating for the remaster on the PS5 and PC just last week.

Launched in 2017,...

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Ash Parrish

Ghost of Yotei is the next entry in Sucker Punch’s Ghosts series

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To close out Sony’s State of Play presentation, Sucker Punch debuted a first look at its next game in its award-winning Ghosts series. Dubbed Ghosts of Yotei, players will inhabit a new female protagonist who wields a shamisen in addition to a samurai’s traditional sword.

Sony didn’t share release date details, only pegging the game to a 2025 release window.

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