AAS Podcast #32: Dr Mark Ollila and the N-Gage Platform (All About Symbian)

More from Nokia's Go:Play event as Ewan talks to Dr Mark Ollila, Head of Nokia Games Publishing. The N-Gage platform is going to be a strong component both of the Ovi service, but of mobile games in the near future.
Posted: 8/31/2007 in:

GC to expand further after biggest ever show (MCV)

300,000 visitors could attend from 2009 onwards
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Gaming muscles in on television sector (MCV)

Sky-PS3 partnership touted, Microsoft looks to keep customers from other video-on-demand providers
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LocoRoco PS3: First shots (Games Radar)

LocoRoco, everyone's favourite PSP game, will treat PS3 owners to its unique brand of bright and cheerful puzzling with LocoRoco Cocoreccho. Cocoreccho will hit the PlayStation Network as an "interactive screensaver", according to Sony.
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PRESS RELEASE: TEE OFF WITH TIGER WOODS PGA TOUR 08 AS IT HITS RETAIL STORES TODAY (gamesindustry.biz)

CHERTSEY, UK – August 31, 2007 – Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:ERTS) announced today that Tiger Woods PGA TOUR® 08, featuring the breakthrough new EA SPORTS™ GamerNet and Photo Game Face features, is available in retail stores across Europe today under the EA SPORTS™ brand.
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PRESS RELEASE: All the Fun of the Fair! (gamesindustry.biz)

Dublin, 29th August 2007– Powered by Havok, the premier provider of interactive software and services for digital media creators in the games and movie industries, the latest Wii™ Multiplayer game, Carnival Games™, published by the Global Star division of 2K and developed by Cat Daddy Games, was released this week.
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LocoRoco PS3 dated ( News ) (EuroGamer)

Sony Japan has quietly let slip that LocoRoco for PS3 will be available over there on 21st September. The news spilled like messy singing blobs from Famitsu, in an article translated by IGN , but unfortunately no price was mentioned for the downloadable game.
Posted: 8/29/2007 in:

Playstation consoles to do more than games (Computer Active)

Sony has announced a range of add-ons that will turn its Playstation 3 (PS3) and Playstation Portable (PSP) games consoles into new multimedia devices.
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Wii overtakes Xbox 360, becomes No.1 (The Inquirer)

A WHILE AGO , we published a news story about a new site on the intraweb. This site tracks down retail sales, not numbering shipping units. Sadly for Sony, which claims millions and millions of shipped units.
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GT5 Prologue for PSN/Blu-ray ( News ) (EuroGamer)

Sony clarifies details. If you would like to comment on this article, then you must be logged in! Where the fuck is prologue for the PSP?
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PRESS RELEASE: Start your engines for Gran Turismo™5 Prologue (gamesindustry.biz)

The real driving simulator that’s sold 50 million units is back: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) and Polyphony Digital are pleased to announce Gran Turismo™5 Prologue, a prequel title showcasing the forthcoming Gran Turismo™5 for PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) – available both on Blu-ray disc and as a download from PLAYSTATION®Network (PSN) at the end of this year.
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PSP phone due “before Christmas” sez Sony Ericsson boss (Pocket-lint via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Just doesn't explain exactly which Christmas he means...
Posted: 8/28/2007 in:

PSP limited editions swing by (Stuff via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

We thought our Spidey senses were tingling. Along with final launch details for the PSP Slim & Lite, Sony's announced Simpsons and Spiderman versions
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PSP limited editions swing by (Stuff via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

We thought our Spidey senses were tingling. Along with final launch details for the PSP Slim & Lite, Sony's announced Simpsons and Spiderman versions
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GC: Sony considers hard disk for PSP (Digital Spy)

Chief David Reeves says that Sony has not ruled out releasing a hard drive for its handheld.
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Sony talks of PSP hard drive possibility (Pocket-lint via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

SCEE boss David Reeves discusses the idea
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Sony PS3 becomes a PVR (Macworld UK)

Sony extended the functionality of both the PS3 and PSP at Germany's Games Convention on Wednesday including a personal video recorder for PS3 and a satellite navigation accessory and messaging service for PSP.
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GC: Sony hasn’t ruled out PSP hard drive - Reeves ( News ) (EuroGamer)

Sony Europe boss David Reeves says the company hasn't ruled out introducing a hard disk drive to PlayStation Portable despite the upcoming launch of PSP Slim and Lite.
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PRESS RELEASE: Tele Atlas Selected by Sony to Power Unique Navigation Features for newGO!Explore on PSP (gamesindustry.biz)

Leipzig, Games Convention, 22 August 2007 - Tele Atlas (FSE: TA6, EUNV: TA), a leading global provider of digital maps and dynamic content for navigation and location-based solutions, today announced it will provide Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) digital maps and rich navigation content for the new PSP®(PlayStation®Portable) Go!Explore.
Posted: 8/23/2007 in:

Sony has a Go! with new PSP features (Infomatics)

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) has unveiled a range of services for its PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld console at the Games Convention in Leipzig, including voice and video chat, IM, video downloads, GPS and mapping features.
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GC: Sony reveals PSP Lite launch date (Digital Spy)

Games giant announces release date for PSP Lite and Slim, as well as new applications.
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Sony to launch PSP download service (Financial Times)

The Go! video download service will be launched early next year, enabling the more than 2.3m PSP users in the UK and Ireland to watch Sky content while on the move.
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15 new shots from God of War PSP (Games Radar)

Can Sony transpose the awesomeness of the God of War series on PS2 to PSP? Well, let's hope so. But why not form an early opinion based off these brand new screens ?
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Sony and Sky announce details of Go!Video for PSP (Pocket-lint via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Video on demand on pay per view basis for PSP owners
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Sony and BT announce Go!Messenger for the PSP (Pocket-lint via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

IMing, VoIP and video chat on the PSP
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Sony announces Go!Explore sat nav for the PSP (Pocket-lint via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

PSP gets GPS
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Sony to launch navigation accessory for PSP (Reuters.co.uk)

LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) - Sony Corp. plans to sell a satellite navigation accessory from February 2008 that turns its handheld PSP games console into a navigation device, the company announced at the Leipzig Games Convention on Wednesday.
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GC LEIPZIG: Sony’s PSP announcements (MCV)

Sony reveals the PSP Slim and Lite launch date and three Go! branded applications
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PRESS RELEASE: New Look PSP Brings Hollywood To Europe (gamesindustry.biz)

Leipzig, 22 August 2007. At its Press Conference at Games Convention today, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) unveiled the new PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) Slim and Lite, available across the SCEE territories from 5th September 2007 at €169.
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PRESS RELEASE: PSP™ (PlayStation® Portable) Video Download Service (gamesindustry.biz)

Leipzig, 22 August 2007. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today provided more information on its joint venture with British Sky Broadcasting (Sky) to offer PSP™ (PlayStation® Portable) owners in the UK and Ireland the opportunity to watch video on demand and on the move.
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SCEA: No PSP/PS3 announcements for US (gamesindustry.biz)

Following Sony's recent Leipzig GC announcements, SCEA has indicated that they are still evaluating the services for the North American market. In Leipzig, SCEE announced a voice chat, video chat, and instant messaging service named Go! Messenger . While it will continue to expand the capabilities of the PSP via firmware upgrades, SCEA has not made any announcements for this type of service in ...
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Sony to launch navigation accessory for PSP (Reuters)

LEIPZIG, Germany (Reuters) - Sony plans to sell a satellite navigation accessory from February 2008 that turns its handheld PSP games console into a navigation device, the company announced at the Leipzig Games Convention on Wednesday.
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Go! Explore with sat-nav on your PSP (Stuff via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Is there anything the PSP can't do? Sony encourages you to Go! Explore with it's new sat-nav add-on for your portable PlayStation
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BT, Sony unveil PlayStation with video calling (Reuters.co.uk)

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's BT Group Plc and Japan's Sony Corp have unveiled new software that will allow millions of gamers using portable PlayStations to make video and voice calls and send instant messaging.
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PRESS RELEASE: Travel Has Never Been Easier Or More Fun Than With PSP(TM) (PlayStation®Portable)’s New Go!Explore (gamesindustry.biz)

Leipzig, 22 August 2007. At its Press Conference at Games Convention today, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) unveiled Go!Explore, the new Satellite Navigation package for PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable), due for release in the New Year. Collaborating with market leaders TeleAtlas and NavNGo and utilising the very latest in map data and navigation software, Go!Explore is a state of the art, ...
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BT and Sony unveil PlayStation with video calling (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

BT Group and Japan's Sony have unveiled new software that will allow millions of gamers using portable PlayStations to make video and voice calls and send instant messaging.
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PS3 to takeover TV (Stuff via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Time to tick off another box on the PS3s list of achievements, now its getting square eyes with its very own hi-def TV tuner
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GC: Simpsons, Spider-Man branded PSP’s for Europe (gamesindustry.biz)

Sony has announced two limited edition PSP bundles specifically for Europe, featuring Spider-Man and The Simpsons branding.
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GC: Sony details wealth of new PSP features (gamesindustry.biz)

Sony has detailed a range of rich features for the PlayStation Portable, all due to launch in Europe early next year. Fleshing out previously announced deals with BT, Sky and sat-nav specialists TeleAtlas and NavNGo, the new functions all appear under the Go! branding.
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GC: Sony confirms DVR features for PlayStation 3 (gamesindustry.biz)

Sony has announced PlayTV for the PlayStation 3, allowing users to watch, pause and record live TV, with the software set to launch in Europe early next year.
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GC: PSP Go! brand revealed ( News ) (EuroGamer)

Sony sprinkled plenty of love on the PSP during its Games Convention 2007 conference, by introducing its new Go! Entertainment brand and announcing a 5th September release date for the Slim and Lite model.
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GC: PlayTV unveiled for PS3 ( News ) (EuroGamer)

Sony has taken the wraps off a new television tuner and personal video recorder for PS3 in its Games Convention 2007 press conference.
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GC: Sony conference ( Live Report ) (EuroGamer)

Live Text coverage from 17:00 BST. If you would like to comment on this article, then you must be logged in! £350 please.
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Leipzig: PS3 TV and PSP Video Announcement Today (Spong)

announcements later today
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PRESS RELEASE: EA UNVEILS PLANS FOR 10 PLAYERS TO CONNECT ONLINE PLAYING A SINGLE GAME OF FIFA 08 ON NEXT-GEN CONSOLES (gamesindustry.biz)

CHERTSEY, UK. – August 22, 2007 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today unveiled plans for a new feature called Be A Pro: Online Team Play that will enable10 people anywhere in the world to connect online to play a single match of FIFA 08. The new feature, available for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system and the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system, will be offered as a ...
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Sony set for centre stage at show (BBC News)

Sony is set to make key announcements ahead of the Leipzig game show, with reports of a TV tuner for PS3.
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Sony set for centre stage at show (BBC News)

Sonyis set to make key announcements ahead of the Leipzig game show, with reports of a TV tuner for PS3.
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Japanese Charts: Nintendo platforms still strong (gamesindustry.biz)

Media Create's latest figures show the Nintendo DS and Wii still atop the sales charts. For the week ending August 12, Nintendo sold 147,205 DS handhelds and 65,120 Wii consoles in Japan.
Posted: 8/21/2007 in:

PRESS RELEASE: Atari Brings Classics Back Into Your Hands (gamesindustry.biz)

NEW YORK, Aug. 21 -- Atari, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATAR), one of the world's most recognized brands and a third-party video game publisher, today announced that Atari Classics Evolved, an homage to Atari's landmark catalogue, is in development on the PSP ® (PlayStation ® Portable) system.
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PRESS RELEASE: Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. Announces 2007 Half Year Financial Results with Net Revenues Up (gamesindustry.biz)

AMSTERDAM, Netherlands, Aug. 20 -- Today, Playlogic Entertainment, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PLGC) announced its results for the fiscal half-year 2007, ended June 30.
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Analyst: PS3 outsold 360 in July (gamesindustry.biz)

Wedbush Morgan Securities analyst Michael Pachter has released his preview of July US hardware and software sales. Among his other findings, the analyst believes that Sony sold 160,000 PS3 consoles during the month, compared to sales of 115,000 Xbox 360 consoles.
Posted: 8/20/2007 in:

PRESS RELEASE: 2K Games and 2K Sports Showcase Strong Video Game Line-up at Games Convention 2007 (gamesindustry.biz)

New York, NY - August 20, 2007 - 2K Games and 2K Sports, publishing labels of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), today announced an exciting line-up for Games Convention 2007 in Leipzig, Germany.
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PRESS RELEASE: The New Way - Mastertronic and Rising Star join forces (gamesindustry.biz)

Mastertronic and Rising Star Games are pleased to announce that they have entered into a partnership to bring the innovative range of Rising Star Games products to a broader retail base and together take the three-year old firm to the next publishing level.
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PRESS RELEASE: Rockford™ Rocks The Internet (gamesindustry.biz)

Darmstadt, August 20th 2007 – Rockford™, the hero of Boulder Dash®-ROCKS!™, sets out today to conquer the Internet! Players can guide the diamond-loving Rockford™ and his spaceship between four worlds at www.boulder-dash-rocks.com.
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EU Xbox 360 price drop this Friday (The Inquirer)

THERE HAS BEEN heated debate on the World Wide Wibble concerning the differences between Madden '08 on the PS3 and Xbox 360.
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Going West (gamesindustry.biz)

Capcom Europe boss Mark Beaumont on growing globally. It's been less than a year since Mark Beaumont was appointed the boss of Capcom's European arm, as part of plans to increase the company's reach in the West.
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The new adventures of Dennis the Menace, direct to your mobile (Times Online)

The comic book, a staple of British childhood for 90 years, is to receive a 21st-century makeover as the adventures of characters such as Dennis the Menace and Desperate Dan are sent frame-by-frame to children’s mobile phones.
Posted: 8/19/2007 in:

The new adventures of Dennis the Menace, direct to your mobile (Times Online)

The comic book, a staple of British childhood for 90 years, is to receive a 21st-century makeover as the adventures of characters such as Dennis the Menace and Desperate Dan are sent frame-by-frame to children’s mobile phones.
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Nintendo Wii set to win the console war (The Inquirer)

VGCHARTZ.COM IS THE name of the new website that tracks sales of games and gaming hardware from the wonderful world of consoles. In short, our gaming gurus will probably play around with stats - but we will give you a short brief.
Posted: 8/17/2007 in:

PRESS RELEASE: 2K Games to Publish Gearbox Software’s Borderlands(TM)for Next Gen Consoles and Games for Windows® (gamesindustry.biz)

New York, NY – August 16, 2007 – 2K Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today that it will publish Borderlands™, the latest release from acclaimed developer Gearbox Software, for the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Games for Windows®.
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PRESS RELEASE: Battles Come To The Broken Kingdoms For Wii | PC | Mac | PS3 And PSP (gamesindustry.biz)

Darren Reid’s The Half Broken Crown: The Broken Kingdoms, the online point and click adventure game based upon the forthcoming book by fantasy bestseller Darren Reid, has just been given its largest upgrade to date.
Posted: 8/16/2007 in:

‘Madden 08′ is “sluggish” on PS3 (Digital Spy)

EA responds to an American newspaper review which tears into the PS3 version of the game.
Posted: 8/15/2007 in:

PRESS RELEASE: New Aliens/Predator Film To Invade The PSP System (gamesindustry.biz)

READING, UK (14th August, 2007) – Sierra Entertainment, a division of Vivendi Games, today announced the development of a PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system exclusive, based on the new Aliens/Predator film, which Twentieth Century Fox releases nationwide on December 25. Designed solely for the PSP System, players will become the ultimate Predator, hunting down and eliminating the Alien species in ...
Posted: 8/14/2007 in:

Wi-Fi limits PSP’s performance (Games Radar)

Our tech-ier readers will know of Sony recently unlocking the full potential of the PSP's 333MHz CPU (previously restricted to 266MHz) for developers to use. But it has emerged that the increased CPU speed is only available when the handheld's Wi-Fi functionality is disabled.
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1. Sony PS3 (Stuff via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Its here. At last. How can the PS3 possibly live up to our ridiculously high expectations? By being the best games console and media hub ever...
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5. Nintendo DS Lite (Stuff via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

The original DS was a bit lardy but this is a leaner, meaner addiction inducing portable console
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PRESS RELEASE: APE Update (gamesindustry.biz)

Middlesbrough, 10 August 2007 – Atomic Planet Entertainment (APE) Limited is continuing its steady growth into one of the UK’s most prolific games development studios.
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Gran Turismo 5 To Hit Japan July 2008 (Spong)

PSP version to follow after?
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Apple iPhone takes on Sony, Nintendo? (Macworld UK)

Does Apple plan to transform iPhone into a mobile gaming platform? Apple is secretly preparing to push its iPhone as a gaming platform, taking on the likes of Sony, Nintendo and Nokia in one move, a report suggests.
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PSP limited by wireless play? (gamesindustry.biz)

According to a report on Beyond3D , Sony's PlayStation Portable loses a third of its processing power when the WiFi adapter is enabled. The tests were run using the clock control function in the Firmware 3.5 update, which allowed the clock to run at its full 333MHz frequency.
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PSP Loses Full Speed With Wi-Fi Enabled (Spong)

Networked games stuck with limited processing speed
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Of PS3 server farms and DS games on the PSP (The Inquirer)

NOT CONTENT with their touch-screen telephony Ipod, Iphone owners now have the opportunity to play titles such as Mario and Doom . This should distract them long enough from the dead areas on the phone's screen...
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4. Sony PSP (Stuff via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

The Sony PlayStation Portable comes with its own UMD movie format, has a 4.3in colour screen and a pile of freebie online content
Posted: 8/9/2007 in:

MAX Expandable Memory Cut-Price Storage Solution! (CodeJunkies)

The trouble with proprietary formats is they’re usually expensive. For example, compared to standard, anyone-can-make-‘em memory devices such as CompactFlash or SD Cards, Sony’s own-brand Memory Stick is significantly more costly.
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Sony wants Home on PSP, too (Games Radar)

MMO addicts: it's time to cut up your Ethernet cables (and turn off you Wi-Fi), because Home is well and truly on the way - and it looks like Sony's trying to stick it on PSP as well.
Posted: 8/7/2007 in:

Bits of Home heading to PSP ( News ) (EuroGamer)

Sony US spills beans. If you would like to comment on this article, then you must be logged in! Why restrict it to the PSP? It would've been so much intuitive to make parts of Home accessible from an online hub from any PC in the world.
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Bits of Home heading to PSP ( News ) (EuroGamer)

Sony America marketing boss John Koller has said PlayStation Home will be heading to the PSP. The idea at the moment is to have a special area or room created and rendered specifically for the handheld, which you can view on the move.
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PlayStation Home Coming To PSP? (Spong)

And what about Remote (game)Play, while we're at it?
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PRESS RELEASE: Sony Computer Entertainment America Announces Availabilty of New 80GB PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) (gamesindustry.biz)

FOSTER CITY, Calif., August 6, 2007 – Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) today announced the availability of a new 80GB PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) at online and brick-and-mortar retailers in the United States and Canada.
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PRESS RELEASE: Capital Games to showcase French expertise at Leipzig Games Convention (gamesindustry.biz)

Capital Games, an independent cluster of videogames designers from the Paris Region, will be represented by four of its members at the Games Convention trade show to be held in Leipzig from 22 to 25 August 2007. The four companies are AD-Invaders (specialists in 3D advergaming and Virtools software), Neko Entertainment (development engines and projects on console), Tetraedge (developments on ...
Posted: 8/6/2007 in:

PS3 gets ready to rumble with DVR (The Inquirer)

TO START THE round-up this week we'll begin by offering you the link to the new Penny Arcade Adventures trailer courtesy of the new look Joystiq . Lets hope it lives up to the glorious art work, and the genius of PA.
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PRESS RELEASE: Midway Hits The Track With Cocoto Kart Racer(TM) (gamesindustry.biz)

London – XXX, 2007 - Midway Games Ltd., a subsidiary of Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), has signed the European publishing rights to the fast and fun-packed Cocoto Kart Racer™ from Paris-based developer and publisher, Neko Entertainment, on Nintendo™ DS™.
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PRESS RELEASE: Midway Goes For A Double With Myst(TM) On Nintendo DS(TM) (gamesindustry.biz)

London – 6 August, 2007 - Midway Games Ltd., a subsidiary of Midway Games Inc. (NYSE: MWY), today announced a European publishing agreement (excluding South Africa, Australia & New Zealand) for Myst™ on Nintendo DS.
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Spanish charts: Diamond and Pearl light up top ten (gamesindustry.biz)

Nintendo's latest Pokemon titles are the best-selling games in Spain for the week ended July 29, according to data from Media Control GfK International.
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Game News From Japan: Everybody’s Golf vs Mario (Spong)

Sony gets a shot in the arm... well, on the green.
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Spider-man gets Blu-ray launch date (Pocket-lint via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

All three films getting Blu-ray release in October
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Sales of PS3 double in Japan (gamesindustry.biz)

Sales of Sony's PlayStation 3 have doubled in Japan, with data from Media Create showing that the console has shifted 28,829 units for the week ended July 29, compared to just over 12,000 for the previous week.
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Life After Naughty Dog ( Interview ) (EuroGamer)

Eurogamer : Why did you decide to leave Naughty Dog? Dan Arey : Naughty Dog and Sony were a wonderful ride, and it was an experience I'll never forget. I was there for almost ten years, the last four as creative director. Really it was just a matter of being the right time for something new.
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PRESS RELEASE: NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja Heroes On PSP® System (gamesindustry.biz)

London, United Kingdom, 2 August 2007 – Ubisoft, one of the world’s largest video game publishers, today announced that it entered into an agreement with NAMCO BANDAI Games Europe SAS to distribute NARUTO: Ultimate Ninja Heroes on the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system across Europe and other PAL territories.
Posted: 8/2/2007 in: