PlayStation Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida steps down – Polygon

PlayStation Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida steps down – Polygon

There’s a new shakeup at PlayStation as Shuhei Yoshida is stepping down as president of Sony Interactive Entertainment’s Worldwide Studios. Replacing him is Hermen Hulst, managing director and co-founder of Guerrilla Games, the developer behind the Killzone series and Horizon Zero Dawn. Yoshida will remain with Sony, however, as the head of “a newly formed…

AMD’s 16-core Ryzen 3950X is its fastest desktop processor ever – Engadget

AMD’s 16-core Ryzen 3950X is its fastest desktop processor ever – Engadget

According to the company, it’ll do some Adobe Premiere tasks up to 26 percent quicker than an i9-9920X, and 42 percent faster than an 8-core i9-9900K. Better still, the Ryzen 9 3950X delivers 2.34 times more performance per watt than its Intel counterpart, and consumes 173W of absolute wall power compared to 304W for the…

Death Stranding: an explainer for Hideo Kojima’s inscrutable new PS4 game – The Verge

Death Stranding: an explainer for Hideo Kojima’s inscrutable new PS4 game – The Verge

Everything you need to know about the year’s most anticipated game Hideo Kojima’s long-anticipated game, Death Stranding, is out the PlayStation 4 on November 8th. The star-studded action game utilizes actors such as Norman Reedus, Guillermo del Toro, Mads Mikkelsen, and Léa Seydoux to tell a long and winding story about the state of mankind…

The best of Amazon’s early Black Friday deals: Here’s what’s hot – CNET

The best of Amazon’s early Black Friday deals: Here’s what’s hot – CNET

By now you’ve probably seen Amazon’s Happy HoliDeals page, which has lots of miscellany but also a smattering of Amazon gear. Before you buy a single item from the latter category — Echo smart speakers, Fire tablets, Kindle e-readers and so on — take note: The company just revealed the full slate of Black Friday device…