Had a thought about the Sony/Konami rumors: no, I don't think Sony's acquired Konami.
But, I think they maybe have purchased the IP rights to Metal Gear Solid, Castlevania, and Silent Hill from Konami at least in the gaming space. I feel Konami's done with Sony, what Square-Enix did with Embracer Group. SE didn't have to sell Embracer the Tomb Raider or Hitman IP; they did so though because they would no longer have in-house studios to work on them.
Well, Konami doesn't really have any in-house devs for the MGS, Silent Hill, or Castlevania games anymore (or the talent, even if the studios still kind of exist). Why hold on to them? Sony would probably like the IP, and Konami have no plans for them with their internal teams, so I'm thinking Sony purchased the IP rights from Konami. While Konami still retains IP rights for them in terms of non-gaming ventures like film/anime/television and merchandise (though like Disney/Marvel's relationship with Spiderman films, I'm assuming Sony would get a cut of the proceeds from things Konami do in that regard with those IP as part of the deal), Sony have control of the IP in the gaming side with some portion of decision-making still having Konami's input.