LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sony Corp. on Monday issued an apology for using a freshly slaughtered goat as a prop at its "God of War II" video game launch party in Athens, a publicity stunt that has outraged animal rights activists.
We're back with another go-around of ways to waste time that would be better spent balancing your checkbook or exercising. But none of those things are gonna make you happy at this very moment, are they? What you really want to do is check out these fun-filled videos for the common gamer. Trust us.
GOOD FINANCIAL REPORTS continue to flood in from around the games industry, including a report from research firm NPD Group which states that sales of PC games have risen by 48 percent on the previous year.
No longer regarded as the paraplegic brother of NASCAR in the states, the Tour De France has finally solidified itself as a viable spectator sport here in America, even endearing itself to the populace to the extent that we'll finally allow their athletes to date our pop stars. You're welcome.
Sony Computer Entertainment said that the "Father of the PlayStation," Ken Kutaragi, is stepping down as chief executive of the video game giant which is battling fierce competition from its rivals.
The man behind all three generations of Sony PlayStation consoles announces his retirement.
Sony has already cut the price of the PSP in the US and this week introduced lower prices across the European territories of €169.99. The cut is effective from the end of April and will be rolled out to all territories by the end of May.
Sony has already cut the price of the PSP in the US and this week introduced lower prices across the European territories of €169.99. The cut is effective from the end of April and will be rolled out to all territories by the end of May.
Sony has already cut the price of the PSP in the US and this week introduced lower prices across the European territories of €169.99. The cut is effective from the end of April and will be rolled out to all territories by the end of May.
Clement James, vnunet.com , Wednesday 25 April 2007 at 00:00:00 Fierce competition from Nintendo forces Sony's hand Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has slashed the price point of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) in a bid to kickstart sales in the face of stiff competition from Nintendo's DS.... > Read the full article
Analysts believe Sony's PSP offers little competition to the Nintendo DS, despite price cut.
It said it wouldn't but it finally has. Sony's overpriced portable is getting a price drop now down to a pocket-pleasing £130
Following the news that Sony is to cut the price of PSP in Europe, analysts have told GamesIndustry.biz that they don't see the handheld as being in direct competition with the Nintendo DS.
Sony is to significantly slash the European price of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) in the face of sluggish sales by its gaming arm. The PSP, a handheld games console, will be available across Europe for £114 by the end of May, a £55 drop on the current ...
Sony is to significantly slash the European price of its PlayStation Portable (PSP) in the face of sluggish sales by its gaming arm. The PSP, a handheld games console, will be available across Europe for £114 by the end of May, a £55 drop on the current ...
Sony Computer Entertainment appears to have dropped the name of Kratos' ultra-violent PSP outing, God of War: Chains of Olympus . The news comes from super-secret marketing site Island of Rhodes , which seems to have spelled out the entire title of the mysterious God of War game.
The UK price of the Portable PlayStation is to be cut from May 4, Sony has announced.
Sony has announced they are dropping the price of the PSP to £129.99, alongside a new range of PSP games priced at £14.99.
PSP Price Cut plus new Platinum range detailed
Sony has announced plans to cut the price of PlayStation Portable, which will retail for GBP 129.99 in the UK and EUR 169.99 in the rest of Europe from Friday May 4.
To retail for GBP 130 / EUR 170. If you would like to comment on this article, then you must be logged in! What a lousy price cut. the psp was already available for that price way before .... lame!
In addition, the company is dropping the RRP of Platinum titles to GBP 14.99, with five games down for release at the new price point - Ridge Racer 2, Tekken, Killzone, LocoRoco and Moto GP.
Official drop to £129.99 confirmed, alongside new £14.99 Platinum range.
Put that credit card down. Sony's hinted that a price cut for its next gen console could be just around the corner
THQ has announced that the Worms series will be returning later this year with a new game for Sony PSP and Nintendo DS.
WELCOME BACK TO the Monday morning gaming round-up. Xbox Investment advisor Roger Ehrenberg of Forbes , has written an interesting rebuttal concerning the success of Microsoft's Xbox 360.
Sony Studio boss Phil Harrison says indie development is a ‘crucial aspect’ of industry.
Net Yaroze for PS3 anyone?
Sony Worldwide Studios boss Phil Harrison has said the company would like to further open PlayStation 3 up to independent game developers in the future.
Sony would like to open PlayStation 3 up to independent game developers in some ways, but is continually mindful of the damage that pirates and hackers with illegal intent can cause, according to Sony Worldwide Studios boss Phil Harrison.
Sony America has released info on its Q2 line-up of games for the four three PlayStation platforms. And when the PS2 line-up looks better than your PS3 portfolio, you know there's something not quite right.
READING, UK (April 19, 2007) – Sierra Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, announced today that SWAT®: Target Liberty, a third-person tactical shooter game, will make its handheld debut exclusively on the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system.
, pointing out that last week the PlayStation 3 was outsold 7 to 1 by the Wii in Japan (11k PS3s, 75k Wiis). The country where it’s sold at a reasonable price. In the US the Wii outsold the PS3 2 to 1 in March (though the PS2 remains the highest selling home console).
Sony has released a PlayStation 3 (PS3) update allowing PS3 owners to download and play PS1 software on the new console. Downloadable PS1 software compatible with the PS3 will be available soon from the PlayStation Store.
Following the publication of NPD figures which show a small rise in PlayStation 3 sales, SCEA has said the European launch of the console has constrained supplies in North America.
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Downloadable PS1 titles compatible with the American PlayStation 3 will start to appear sometime next month, according to Sony Computer Entertainment's US office.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. sales of video games, devices and accessories rose 33 percent to $1.1 billion in March, propelled by sales of new video game consoles like the popular Wii from Nintendo Co. Ltd., market research firm NPD said on Thursday.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii was again the No. 1 current-generation video game console, selling 259,000 units in the United States in March, according to market research firm NPD.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii was again the No. 1 current-generation video game console, selling 259,000 units in the United States in March, according to market research firm NPD.
Sony has released a new PS3 firmware update that allows US and Japanese owners to play their downloaded PSone games on the PS3. Previously, downloaded PSone games were only compatible with PSP. But the new firmware, which is now at version 1.7, lets certain games also work on PS3.
THQ has announced that the Worms series will be returning later this year with a new game for Sony PSP and Nintendo DS.
PSOne download play on the way, plus new Network games announced.
Who is playing what on the train...
PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to buy and play downloadable PS1 games on their new home console. A new System Update released today introduces the technology and paves the way for PS3-compatible PS1 games to be made available - reportedly on April 26.
Geneva, Switzerland – April 6, 2007 Take Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) today announced a distribution agreement between Take-Two and Monte Cristo Games, granting Take-Two the European sales and distribution rights to Silverfall on the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system.
AGOURA HILLS, Calif. – Apr. 18, 2007 – THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced that Worms™: Open Warfare 2 is scheduled to blast its way onto the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system, Nintendo DS™, and wireless handsets this summer.
(Amsterdam, The Netherlands) April 18, 2007 - Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. (OTCBB: PLGC) today announced financial results for the year ended December 31, 2006.
Sony announces new PlayStation 3 system update will allow PS1 games to be downloaded.
New firmware paves the way. If you would like to comment on this article, then you must be logged in! Can't Sony think of ANY way to make this broken on Europe?
PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to buy and play downloadable PS1 games on their new console. That's thanks to a new System Update released today that introduces the technology and paves the way for PS3-compatible PS1 games to be made available - reportedly on 26th April.
Is the PS3 to lose it’s ultimate exclusive?
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nintendo Co. Ltd. on Tuesday said it expects upcoming video games "Pokemon Diamond" and "Pokemon Pearl" for its hand-held DS player to be among the top-selling U.S. games of 2007, based on presales of more than 533,000.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Nintendo Co. Ltd. on Tuesday said it expects upcoming video games "Pokemon Diamond" and "Pokemon Pearl" for its hand-held DS player to be among the top-selling U.S. games of 2007, based on presales of more than 533,000.
Yeah, right. The main reason today's Internet works so well is that governments had virtually nothing to do with its design and deployment. (The US federal government provided funding, but that was about all).
Sony and Microsoft's numbers suffer in Japan
THQ boss Brian Farrell on the next-gen console battle. In part one of our interview with Brian Farrell, the THQ CEO discussed the importance of bringing new IP to market and the challenges of competing with other third-party publishers.
NextGenBooks.com and best selling fantasy author Darren Reid are bringing more exciting fantasy and science fiction titles from a variety of authors to Nintendo Wii and DS, Sony PS3 and PSP, iPod and PC. Set to begin on April 27th with the release of Kim Silva’s The Dreamers is a series of new ebook content optimized for next generation console browsers and handhelds.
During the week ending 8th April sales of Nintendo DS rose by 28 per cent to reach 110,935 units, despite continuing stock shortages. Wii sales were also up slight from 51,365 units to hit 52,583. Enterbrain figures put total sales of Wii in Japan at 2 million as of 13th April.
Nintendo machines continue to occupy the top two slots in the Japanese hardware sales charts, according to new figures from data trackers Media Create.
Each week GamesIndustry.biz brings you a round-up of all the games announced over the last five days, plus a guide to what's arriving on shop shelves this Friday.
Give your PS3 a Wi-Fi workout by hooking it up to a PSP
Following the successful release on PSP® (PlayStation®Portable), SNK Playmore and Ignition Entertainment are pleased to announce the European release of Metal Slug Anthology for PlayStation®2.
Darmstadt, April 12th 2007 - 10TACLE STUDIOS and 10TACLE STUDIOS MOBILE along with First Star Software, Inc. are proud to present the first graphics of cult gaming figure Rockford™ of Boulder Dash® fame.
Educational charity D&AD has announced that several games from Sony and Nintendo have been nominated to receive prestigious Yellow Pencil design awards.
SANTA CLARA, CA - April 11, 2007 - Leading video games publisher and developer NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., announced today that the popular animated TV series SHONEN JUMP TM NARUTO TM , from VIZ Media, will invade the PSP ® (PlayStation ® Portable) system for the first time in NARUTO TM : Ultimate Ninja Heroes TM . Available late summer 2007, the latest edition of the series will offer a ...
Footage of the Green Goblin is shown in new Spider-Man 3 trailer.
11/04/07 - Future, the UK's leading games media publisher, is delighted to announce that, in partnership with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE), Official PlayStation® Magazine will carry the world's first monthly playable Blu-ray covermount from June onwards.
Official PlayStation Magazine to boast Blu-ray disc from June onwards.
The Ghost Rider film, which stars Nicolas Cage and Eva Mendes, was released in February.
Gary Friedrich, creator of the Ghost Rider comic book, has filed suit against Take-Two and other companies involved with developing the recent movie tie-in and related products.
More evidence has reared its blobby baldy singing face this afternoon supporting rumours that LocoRoco is on its way to PS3. The signs all seem to point in the right direction, despite Sony adopting the usual "can't comment on rumour and speculation" standpoint.
Northamptonshire, UK. 12th April 2007. Oxygen Games today unveils details of the talent featuring in its star studded poker simulation.
SONY HAS officially dropped the price of its PSP by $30 as it tries to compete with Nintendo.
PSP targeted at younger audiences
Sony has announced that WipEout Pulse for the PSP will be released this September.
Following yesterday's news that Sony has docked a fistful of dollars off the price of PSP, comes an analyst saying that a PSP price cut is just the "shot in the arm" it needed.
Sony has cut the official US list price of its PlayStation Portable by 15 per cent from $199.99 to $169.99.
Sony has announced the price of its Portable PlayStation system in the USA is to be reduced by $$30.
Sony has cut the official US list price of its PlayStation Portable by 15 per cent from $199.99 to $169.99.
Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced a $30 price drop for its PSP Core Pack, bringing it to a more affordable $179.99, and even more of a temptation for those deciding between a PSP and a $129.99 DS. The drop was only officially announced for the Core pack, but retailers seem to be following suit on the larger Value and Entertainment packs with price cuts of their own.
It's the first time Sony has officially lowered suggested retail prices on the PSP since its debut in March 2005. Video game publishers and financial analysts have been urging Sony to slash hardware prices in recent quarters.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sony Computer Entertainment America said on Tuesday it will cut the price of its handheld PlayStation Portable game device 15 percent, or $30, to about $170 as it battles Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s rival DS handheld.
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sony Computer Entertainment America said on Tuesday it will cut the price of its handheld PlayStation Portable game device 15 percent, or $30, to about $170 as it battles Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s rival DS handheld.
But there’s no word yet on a possible European RRP drop.
FOSTER CITY, Calif. (AP) - Sony Corp. said Tuesday it will lower the price of its PlayStation Portable gaming device by $30 to $169.99 in a move to boost sales among young handheld users.
"We have recently seen a steady rise in the number of teens adopting PSP as their primary handheld entertainment system, and we expect the new price will accelerate that trend," said Jack Tretton, president and chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment America.
Holyhead Secondary School in Handsworth, Birmingham has launched a programme to drop text books in favour of Sony 's PlayStation Portable. The school will be using the consoles to help motivate students in subjects such as history, French and geography.
But Sony coy on Euro plans. If you would like to comment on this article, then you must be logged in! £150 for the core pack? Crazy
Until this week, the Core PSP pack retailed for USD 199.99 (EUR 150 / GBP 100). However, it will now carry a price tag of USD 169.99 (EUR 130 / GBP 85).
A spokesperson for Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that the price of the PSP has been cut in the US. Until this week, the Core PSP pack retailed for USD 199.99 (EUR 150 / GBP 100). However, it will now carry a price tag of USD 169.99 (EUR 130 / GBP 85).
Ian Williams, vnunet.com , Tuesday 3 April 2007 at 00:00:00 History of the future Holyhead Secondary School in Handsworth, Birmingham has launched a programme to drop text books in favour of Sony's PlayStation Portable. The school will be using the consoles to help motivate students... > Read the full article
Holyhead Secondary School in Handsworth, Birmingham has launched a programme to drop text books in favour of Sony 's PlayStation Portable. The school will be using the consoles to help motivate students in subjects such as history, French and geography.
Sony has announced a new firmware upgrade for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) that allows users to surf the internet and play compatible games online at over 7,000 T-Mobile US HotSpots. Locations include most Starbucks, Borders bookstores and over 70 major airports.
Sony has announced a new firmware upgrade for the PlayStation Portable (PSP) that allows users to surf the internet and play compatible games online at over 7,000 T-Mobile US HotSpots. Locations include most Starbucks, Borders bookstores and over 70 major airports.
Sony's Ray Maguire on the new PSP in Education initiative. It's designed to promote the use of Sony's handheld as a learning tool. In trials, students have been listening to audio files, viewing images and watching videos relevant to their school curriculum via PSP.
Sony’s latest update has their handheld toting the web.
According to recent reports, there more than 80,000 people in Britain's prison system, but despite games obviously causing all their problems in the first place (evil things), they won't be allowed to mess around with Sony's new PlayStation 3 to help wile away the time.
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Peers inflicted a shock defeat on the government by narrowly rejecting controversial plans for a supercasino in Manchester and 16 other large and small casinos across the country.