PlayStation wants you to name its new bear

UPDATE: Name chosen. Not Harambear.

News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief

Updated on Nov. 15, 2016

UPDATE 15/11/16: Sony has made its decision. Its new bear mascot has a name. And that name is...

Bearnard.

You'll be able to host Bearnard on your PlayStation 4 from the end of this month, when his dynamic theme will launch for free.

Everyone, meet Bearnard. He'll be appearing in Bearnard’s Season Tour, a free dynamic PS4 theme avail to PS Plus members at the end of Nov. pic.twitter.com/aCZpPjJ4qe
— PlayStation Europe (@PlayStationEU) November 15, 2016

It should have been Harambear.

UPDATE 15/11/16: Earlier today, PlayStation Europe took to Twitter to announce a new PS4 desktop theme starring a bear - and to ask fans to suggest its name.

The internet responded in predictable fashion.

So, we're making a new PS4 theme & we thought you could name the featured bear. Suggestions? We've already had Beary McBearface rejected 😭 pic.twitter.com/cfmp2LKIAU
— PlayStation Europe (@PlayStationEU) November 11, 2016

With Beary McBearface out of the running, the most frequent request should come as no surprise: Harambear.

And here are some of the other suggestions we liked, listed in our order of preference:

Keith
Bob
Bearnard
Grizzwald
Bear Necessity
Wheelie the Pooh
The Beary Biker
Beary Poppins
Mary Beary
Bearnie Sanders
Admiral Akbear

We're surprised there has been no love, so far, for PlayStation 4 architect Mark Bearny. Or how about the late, great Bearnard Cohen?

Sony has yet to select a winner - so feel free to share your suggestions below.

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