Sony Introduces PlayStation Stars Loyalty Program For Gamers

And clearly worth paying for - Southampton also saw a £15m bid for striker Liam Delap rejected. Almost a third of a record-breaking transfer window, totalling revenues of around £170m, came from selling academy products. 

'We had an all-staff meeting on Monday where I highlighted three big organisations - in mobile phones, video rentals and photography - that soon got knocked off their perch by taking their eye off the ball and stopped focusing on what is important.

Stone also stars in the upcoming film Poor Things, which is in post-production, alongside the likes of Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Mark Ruffalo, Jerrod Carmichael, Margaret Qualley, Suzy Bemba and Christopher Abbott.

Ghana is one of the countries leading the way. The West African nation had the continent's second highest per-capita gaming population in 2021, with 27% of citizens actively playing, according to Esports analytics leader Newzoo.

Certainly the idea of having up to seven academy graduates on a pitch during a Premier League game seemed far-fetched at best. Yet on Saturday, Southampton arrive at the Etihad Stadium having spent more than £40million on four of City's kids in one summer.
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Campaigns will include PlayStation's "Monthly Check-In" campaign, where you can earn points just for playing any game on your console. Other activities will require you to win tournaments or unlock trophies to earn points -- or even be the first player in your local time zone to make it to platinum for a blockbuster title (which indicates that a player has achieved 100% completion in that game).

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Going strong: The couple e first started dating in October 2017, and eventually they would go on to get married nearly three years later in September 2020; they are pictured at a Los Angeles Clippers game in January 2019

McCary's resume in entertainment includes serving as a segment director on Saturday Night Live from 2013 to 2019, and as director for the first two seasons of the popular web series Epic Rap Battles of History. 

British-Ghanaian gamer Annabel Ashalley-Anthony smiled at her brother Adam, after the tournament match at a gaming hub organized by Melanin Gamers, a collective she hopes will change the video game landscape.

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After her brother Alan was harassed online for the color of his skin, Ashalley-Anthony made it her mission to build a community where people could play together away from the racism, misogyny and homophobia sometimes associated with online games.

Four years ago, Ashalley-Anthony and her two brothers established a crew of video game enthusiasts dedicated to providing a safe space for online gamers of diverse ethnicities, sexual orientations and gender identities.

The PlayStation Stars program will launch later this year, though an exact time frame hasn't been provided yet. CNET reached out to PlayStation, but the gaming giant didn't immediately respond for comment.

Sony on Thursday introduced its PlayStation Stars loyalty program for PS5 and PS4 gamers. It'll be free to join, and players will be able to earn loyalty points by completing a variety of campaigns and activities. Players can choose from a catalog of options to redeem points, including PlayStation Network wallet funds and select PlayStation Store products.

Digital collectibles are also on their way to the PS5 via the Stars program. Collectibles could be figurines of iconic characters -- think Solid Snake or Ratchet & Clank -- or they could be representations of famous Sony devices throughout history. 

'The ultimate goal was not to build the City Football Academy - it was to make that vision for youth development a reality. The cornerstone of the future is a vision for youth development and sustainability.'

The quartet - Gavin Bazunu, Sam Edozie, Romeo Lavia and Juan Larios - did not have a single top flight appearance between them but the quality emanating from Jason Wilcox's youth set-up at City is such that they are increasingly being recognised as the gold standard. 

Cole Palmer has followed Foden's lead and is now fully integrated into Guardiola's squad. At least one Premier League club asked to take the tricky forward on loan this term but were met with a firm no.