PlayStation confirms exactly when it's removing the 30th Anniversary themes from PS5 consoles, and has more bad news for players.

Sony is once again shaking up its leadership ranks. Effective April 1, Hideaki Nishino will be president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE). Nishino was appointed CEO of the division's Platform Business Group last year.

Sony plans to bring back classic PlayStation themes due to popular demand after their limited-time release. The return of these themes is expected in the months ahead, pending further work behind the scenes.

A PlayStation account will "become optional" for Marvel's Spider-Man 2, God of War Ragnarok, The Last of Us Part II Remastered, and Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered. Sony hasn't lost hope that players will still go ahead and use a PlayStation account, though, as it's tying several benefits to signing in.

Those retro-tinged PS5 themes have been a resounding hit. They have been such a hit that Sony just announced it’s bringing them back in the future.

There's been a shake-up in leadership at Sony Interactive Entertainment, but what could it mean for the future of PlayStation?

Sony’s biggest single-player games on PC will no longer require you to link to a PlayStation Network account to play them. In a press release Wednesday, the company said that linking a PlayStation Account will now be optional for select PlayStation titles on PC. The news hits just one day before Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is set for release on PC.

PlayStation is giving away free rewards to those who make a PlayStation Network account for its PC games lineup.

Sony recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of the PlayStation with some fun bonus features on the PS5. For starters, fans of the original PlayStation were thrilled to be greeted by the classic PSOne start up screen when turning on the PS5. Likewise, Sony made a selection of classic PlayStation themes available for the PS5 home screen.

Sony has announced it's very nearly time to bid a fond farewell to those PS5 themes it released in celebration of

The PlayStation 4 is old enough now that Sony has announced that its games will soon be excluded from the monthly PlayStation Plus line-ups.