Sony and Rockstar in talks Sony have already told us that 2009 will be the year of the PSP, and having announced big games like MotorStorm and LittleBigPlanet for the handheld they seem set to continue this push - a new GTA title for the device said to be under discussion. Speaking with MTV stateside, marketing boss John Koller reveals that discussions with Rockstar are underway with ...
But ambiguity hangs in the air With rumour last week, prompted by Acclaim's Dave Perry, suggesting that PSP2 - or the long-fabled PSP-4000 - will be an online-only handheld, devoid of the UMD media format, Sony have moved to play down such a move. Casting Perry's assertion in doubt, word in from Sony tells us that UMD is important to the firm "this year and beyond", without specifically ...
SCEE confirms that brand new franchises will form a big part of upcoming PSP extravaganza
SCEA's John Koller says half of PSP's 2009 software lineup has yet to be revealed
(27 Feb 2009) But won't deny UMD-free PSP2.
LBP not the only biggie on the way this year LittleBigPlanet for PSP is, according to Sony, not the biggest new game en route to the handheld - merely one of the most important titles announced by the platform holder so far . Speaking to Kotaku , Sony Computer Entertainment America exec John Koller said that a number of unannounced titles are just as important to ...
PSP-4000 steps nearer? Acclaim chief Dave Perry has made a fairly tantalizing Twitter update this afternoon, apparently revealing that 'PSP2' will omit UMD support. Perry's update offers: "I hear Sony FINALLY has the PSP 2. And thank goodness, they've removed the stupid battery-sucking UMD disc drive. I'm excited!" Whether Perry's device is the long-rumoured PSP-4000 is unclear, but it ...
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Assassin's Creed, Buzz, Rock Band, et al Big news in from Sony this evening, who have officially confirmed a number of big name releases heading to the PSP handheld this very year. LittleBigPlanet is probably the biggest name on the way, and sackboy will be joined by Assassin's Creed, MotorStorm Arctic Edge, a new Buzz! as well as Rock Band Unplugged. The big-name titles were confirmed ...
EA's rhythm action title joins Dissidia Final Fantasy, Assassin's Creed, LBP and MotorStorm in surprise PSP line-up for 2009
London, 24th February 2009: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced a huge and colourful year for its PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system with the arrival of some big-name titles in 2009 for PAL territories.
Sony has revealed that hit PlayStation 3 brands LittleBigPlanet and MotorStorm will be released on the PSP. Media Molecule has hinted before that “there's definitely scope for a PSP version” of the cute platformer, and the title is now scheduled for release this year.
IP holder alleges PSP, DS, N85 infringement Friday the 13th is always a dodgy day - for the paranoid at least. And for Sony, Nintendo and Nokia, it seems - it was the day that a US firm chose to file a patent violation lawsuit claiming all three of them have trampled over wireless data transfer technology it owns.…
(24 Feb 2009) WipEout Pulse also named
BT and Sony withdraw Go!Messenger support Word in from Sony today admits that the platform holder is about to axe their Go!Messenger service for the PSP, the communications add-on apparently just not garnering the interest that had been hoped for. The Messenger utility, which included a camera, will official halt on March 31st and was launched as part of a partnership with British Telecom. ...
Claims wireless gaming was its idea.
Collaboration with BT fails to “develop the base of users” Sony had hoped for
Not enough users, apparently.
(23 Feb 2009) Sliding doors for December
(23 Feb 2009) Go! Messenger... gone
Rumours abound, oh yes Yet more tittle-tattle this morning concerning the possibility of a brand new PSP handheld, UK blog VG247 learning that the redesigned handheld, expected this year, could feature a sliding screen design. According to rumours, the so-called PSP-4000 model completely alters the look of the gizmo, with the final product said to be fairly close to a certain much ...
Sony setting sights on Latin America next.
Rumours from Japan tease over hardware A bizarre message from Sony Computer Entertainment Japan yesterday hints at the existence of a brand new piece of gaming hardware from the firm, the manufacturer putting out a request for "new game machine" testers. GameSpot cleverly spied this tantalising move, reporting that successful applicants will "be part of an ...
Sony reveals sales figures and makes plans for Latin America Sony has claimed that the PS3 has sold over 21 million units to date, globally. The firm also said that 17 million accounts have been registered on PSN, Edge reports. The announcement came as Sony revealed plans to launch the PSP, PS2 and PS3 across Latin America. The specific territories that have been targeted have ...
Friday 20th February/... Codemasters® showcased some of the star players from its 2009 portfolio at its San Francisco Gamers Day event, held last night, Thursday 19th February.
Imagine Publishing, today announced the launch of its long-awaited major videogames website, NowGamer.com – the first of its planned series of ‘supersites’ to launch in 2009 and 2010.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Feb. 19, 2009 - GameTrailers.com (GT) , the premier provider of video for gamers and a division of Viacom Inc.’s (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) MTV Networks Entertainment Group, announced today that Sony Computer Entertainment of America’s , first-person shooter Killzone 2 , has won the GameTrailers Diamond Award for surpassing 10,000,000 video views on GT.com.
World of Pool, State Shift and others.
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Four years ago, many observers thought that Nintendo was dead and buried. Then the company staged a remarkable comeback with its DS and Wii consoles
In the last three years or so, Nintendo has gone from being an also-ran in the video-game industry to the leader of the pack. How did it happen? We need to go a little bit further back, to when we launched the first DS. It was a bit of a step change.
A month is a long time in consumer electronics. Last month I got wind of a new high-definition personal video recorder (HD-PVR) to be launched by Hauppauge.
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Sony PSP (not Lite) in Ceramic White. Good condition but please note there is one dead pixel but this does not really effect game play or viewing.
Monster Hunter at No. 1, but Nintendo won.
San Francisco-based iconic PlayStation retail outlet to be shut down as Sony decides against renewing lease
(16 Feb 2009) But we all respect each other.
Lease will not be renewed for San Francisco's PlayStation store Sony has revealed it will not be renewing the lease for its flagship PlayStation store in San Francisco. Opened in 1999, the Metreon PlayStation store is the only one of its kind and has been the location for product launches such as the PS3 and PSP. Speaking to GameSpot , a representative said: "Our lease with the ...
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PS3 platform holder keeps quiet after 25 per cent annual PS3 sales decrease in January
SCE says 200 million games sold Sony have announced that worldwide sales of the PSP have reached 50 million. As for games, SCE reports 200 million software units have been sold for the PSP up until December 2008, with over 2000 titles available worldwide. The PSP is the first handheld gaming device from Sony and was first released at the end of 2004 in ...
Tokyo, February 13, 2009 – Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) today announced that the cumulative worldwide sell-in units of PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) handheld entertainment system (PSP-1000, 2000 and 3000 series) reached a total of 50 million units(*1) as of January 2009.
(13 Feb 2009) Plus sales figures.
Sony celebrates sales landmark after shifting more than 200 million copies of PSP software
Sony's handheld now four years old.
Ewan heads out onto the course with the golfing legend.... It's another golf game! Yaay! And it's from the big sports franchise of EA, and has Tiger Woods' name attached to it. And then you realise it's actually a java implementation and ignore it. Well that there was your first mistake.
MotorStorm! Resistance! Hasselhoff!
Sony's handheld to get "significant" releases this year Exciting news for PSP fans as Sony has pledged to reinvigorate the handheld device this year. Product manager Claire Backhouse told MCV that plans were in place to bring more successful titles to markets other than Japan. "This year we are also launching a host of significant PlayStation IPs on the PSP platform, the first being Resistance ...
12 Feb 2009: The $200 mark is feared.
12 Feb 2009: The $200 mark is feared.
SAN FRANCISCO — Feb. 11, 2009 — The 2009 Independent Games Festival Mobile (IGF Mobile), an event that celebrates innovation in games for handheld devices, including mobile phones, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable (PSP), iPhone and iPod touch, has named the finalists for the competition's "Next Great Mobile Game" category, presented by the IGF Mobile's Platinum and Founding Sponsor NVIDIA . ...
New software can turnaround system's fortunes in the UK, says platform holder
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Guildford, UK 11th February 2009 – Electronic Arts Inc.
11 Feb 2009: Capcom goes Home friendly
LOS ANGELES (February 10, 2009) --- Discovery Communications and global videogame publisher, 505 Games announced today a new line of Discovery Kids-branded pet simulation games for the Nintendo DS™ including, Dolphin Discovery, Puppy Playtime, Pony Paradise and Kitten Corner.
10 Feb 2009: A glimmer of hope twinkles...
Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, today released the packshot for the turn-based strategy game "Mytran Wars", developed exclusively for PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable) by the award winning strategy developer Stormregion.
Not all bad guys start off bad. Most of them start good somewhere along the line. D-Troit was Professor B.M. Werken’s friend and business partner up until a certain fateful day. But now he’s 99% pure evil, and hell-bent on global domination, or getting his revenge on the Professor, one of the two.
GUILDFORD, UK. – Feb. 10, 2009 – Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS) today announced the development of a unique, downloadable game mode called FIFA 09 Ultimate Team that will deliver a strategic new online experience to the award-winning EA SPORTS™ FIFA 09 on the PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system and Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system.
9 Feb 2009: The price of piracy is high.
For a man whose employer has just recorded its worst Christmas in years, David Reeves seems surprisingly calm. Indeed, speaking last Thursday, the day Sony announced third-quarter losses of Y18bn (£141m), he sounded more like a corner-man psyching up his fighter than the president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE). "We simply have to suffer a little," he explained, "go down in market ...
Red, White and Silver Sony this week confirm that they are set to expand the range of PSP colours on offer in the UK and Europe, with new hues Mystic Silver and Pearl White arriving in February, Radiant Red following in March. All these colours are available in the new PSP-3000 model only, and Sony are of course keen to talk up the capabilities of their handheld. The platform holder are planning ...
Mystic Silver, Pearl White and Radiant Red models hitting UK retail over the next few weeks
Mystic Silver! Pearl White! Radiant Red!
London, 05th FEBRUARY 2009: Sony Computer Entertainment Europe (SCEE) today announced three brand-new colours for PSP™ (PlayStation®Portable): Mystic Silver and Pearl White (available in the UK from February 2009) and Radiant Red (available in the UK from March 2009). Place a whole new world of colour in your hands with PSP-3000, the world’s most stylish handheld entertainment system, bringing ...
New York, NY – February 4, 2009 – Rockstar Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), is proud to announce that Red Dead Redemption is scheduled for a fall 2009 release on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment system.
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Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, and history specialist Slitherine, a UK-based independent developer and publisher, today announced the release of the new title MILITARY HISTORY™ Commander Europe at War for Nintendo DS™, PSP™ and a PC version with new and enhanced features.
Orange County, Calif., February 3, 2009 – Clever Communications, a public relations agency specializing in interactive entertainment products, announced today that it has reached its two-year anniversary.
CID has just taken up the Professor’s challenge to fight the evil D-Troit and save Mia, the Professor’s beautiful daughter but if you think it’s going to be smooth sailing then boy are you wrong!
2 Feb 2009: From Helghast to High Water Mark
Release date February 2, 2009 at 12.00 a.m. Tampere, Finland, February 2, 2009. Cowboy Rodeo has published the Pinball Dreaming: Pinball Dreams game for the Apple iPhone/iPod Touch.
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