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Sony and Microsoft team up on cloud-based gaming and entertainment

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If you can’t beat’em, join’em.

In an unlikely turn of events, Microsoft and Sony announced today that they are to tackle the future of entertainment. The companies are planning to work together to build future cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure that will support gaming and content streaming. Sony will also use Microsoft data centers for its existing game and streaming platforms. The agreement could open up the possibility of cross-play in the future, despite previous reluctance between the competing firms.

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Sony reveals first PlayStation 5 details

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The console will have an SSD and a graphics card that supports ray-tracing.

It’s no secret that Sony is working on a new PlayStation console. Last October, for instance, company president Kenichiro Yoshida said it was “necessary” to have “next-generation hardware” after the PlayStation 4 Pro. Sony has been understandably hush-hush since then, shifting the spotlight toward its next batch of exclusive games, such as Days Gone, Dreams, and The Last of Us Part II. Today, however, we have some cold-hard facts about the PlayStation 5 — or whatever Sony decides to call its new gaming box.

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The world’s largest video game collection consists of more than 20,000 titles

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Finding something to play shouldn’t be all that hard for Antonio Romero Monteiro considering he owns more than 20,000 games spanning consoles from the second to eighth generation. If you’ve played it or even heard of it, odds are, he has it.

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SEGA Genesis Mini Releasing on Sept. 19th

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SEGA has announced the SEGA Genesis Mini and SEGA Mega Drive Mini, their versions of the miniaturized consoles that feature a catalog of games, a familiar design, and an accurate controller. The retro consoles will be available either in a bundle with one controller for about $60 or a two controller bundle for $80 on September 19th, 2019.

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Google introduces Stadia, a cloud-based game streaming platform for all

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Google at the Game Developers Conference on Tuesday announced what CEO Sundar Pichai described as the “worst-kept secret in the industry,” a cloud-based game streaming service it’s calling Stadia.

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