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PlayStation CEO aims to revitalize live-service games; Virtua Fighter Crossroads adds new character

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PlayStation CEO Hideaki Nishino expressed a desire to revitalize the company's live-service game offerings, aiming to achieve this through a mix of exclusive and third-party titles. Separately, the fighting game Virtua Fighter Crossroads announced Bakunawa Killer as a new playable character at EVO 2025, who will be part of the game's cinematic story campaign. AI

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PlayStation CEO aims to revitalize live-service games; Virtua Fighter Crossroads adds new character

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 PlayStation CEO says company wants to "revitalise" live-service games The CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Hideaki Nishino, has said that he wants to "r

    🎮 PlayStation CEO says company wants to "revitalise" live-service games The CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, Hideaki Nishino, has said that he wants to "revitalise" live-service projects through a combination of first- and third-party content. Read more 📰 Source: GamesIndus…

    LINKS gamesindustry.biz/playstation-ceo-says-co…
  2. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    🎮 Virtua Fighter Crossroads reveals new playable character ‘Bakunawa Killer’ at EVO 2025 Bakunawa Killer joins Virtual Fighter Crossroads' cinematic story campa

    🎮 Virtua Fighter Crossroads reveals new playable character ‘Bakunawa Killer’ at EVO 2025 Bakunawa Killer joins Virtual Fighter Crossroads' cinematic story campaign 📰 Source: VGC 🔗 Link: https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/virtua-fighter-crossroads-reveals-new-playable-charac…

    LINKS videogameschronicle.com/…/virtua-fighter-…

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