News: Heavy Rain makes a splash in Japan (Eurogamer)

Resi 5: Gold Edition top of the pile. Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition - the re-release with added DLC - has shambled to the top of the Japanese software chart this week. The PS3 version sold 143,339 units to take top honours, according to Media Create data extrapolated on NeoGAF. The Xbox 360 version, on the other hand, was nowhere to be seen. Other notable newcomers were Heavy Rain (sixth) and ...
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News// Japan Hardware: PS3 And Wii In Close Quarters (Spong)

(26 Feb 2010) Sony's console outsells Wii by a squeeze.
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Experts rubbish iPhone for health use (The Register)

It's not a cure-all - it's barely even a phone Two NHS mobile equipment specialists have said that the short battery life of Apple's iPhone makes it unsuitable for use in health work… Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing
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Game review: Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars - Sony PSP (Wandsworth Guardian)

Violent, crude and politically incorrect at every turn – yes, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars on PSP is immensely fun.
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Nintendo handheld game system DSi XL coming to US (Independent)

Nintendo will bring its latest dual-screen handheld video game system to the United States at the end of March, the company said yesterday.
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56% of Public Wi-Fi Users Connect with Mobile Device (Cellular-News.com)

The use of Wi-Fi enabled mobile devices in public hotspot locations continues to increase. Fifty-six percent of respondents to a JiWire survey, say that they connect via their smartphone or other mobile device, and for 14 percent a mobile device is the primary means to connect to public Wi-Fi.
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Nintendo handheld game system DSi XL coming to U.S. (Reuters)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd will bring its latest dual-screen handheld video game system to the United States at the end of March, the company said on Wednesday.
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Nintendo handheld game system DSi XL coming to U.S. (Reuters)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd will bring its latest dual-screen handheld video game system to the United States at the end of March, the company said on Wednesday.
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News// Sony Ericsson Hints At PSP Tie-Up (Spong)

(24 Feb 2010) Sony seems serious about this whole integration thing, huh?
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News: PSP’s biggest problem is piracy - Sony (Eurogamer)

"We have not been able to slow that down." Sony Computer Entertainment America PR exec Rob Dyer has admitted that piracy is a major problem for the PSP handheld, despite what he sees as a strong slate of games. "I think we had a great line-up last year. The biggest problem that plagued PSP was piracy; we have not been able to slow that down," Dyer told Industry Gamers (via VG247). "Publishers ...
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Bafta’s games of the year (The Inquirer)

David Neal THE INQUIRER Pick your own winners
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: Hacker claims new PS3 breakthrough (Eurogamer)

Geohot says he has GameOS access. iPhone hacker George Hotz claims to have expanded the scope of his PS3 exploit, and reckons he now has complete access to the system's GameOS, the area of the console than runs the XMB and operates beneath game code. "I believe that defeats the last technical argument against the PS3 being hacked," Hotz wrote on his blog. Geohot's original PS3 hack concentrated ...
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Sony blames piracy for PSP sales (Ferrago)

Blame game
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Free game offered with US PSP Go (Ferrago)

Too little, too late
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News: Sony buys MotorStorm 3 domain (Eurogamer)

But downplays connotations. Sony has registered motorstorm3.com and started pointing it at PlayStation.com. But not everything is black and white. "It's not uncommon for us to secure the URLs containing the names of our successful IP, and those actions should not be interpreted as an announcement of a new title in a franchise," a spokesperson told Eurogamer this afternoon. Irish blog The Gaming ...
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This week’s games reviews (Guardian Unlimited)

BioShock 2 , PC/PS3/Xbox 360 BioShock 2 returns you to the dripping art deco splendour of decaying underwater city, Rapture. In this outing, you play a Big Daddy, the lumbering, drill-wielding entities whose singular focus is to guard children called Little Sisters while they harvest fluids from corpses using outsize syringes. Although fearsomely proportioned, your life as a Big Daddy is not an ...
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Sony’s universal controller (The Inquirer)

Spencer Dalziel THE INQUIRER One controller to rule them all
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Magic Carpet returning on PSN (Ferrago.co.uk)

Molynuex's classic return looming
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IDAPT intros iPod, iPhone compatible Universal Desktop Charging System (Macworld UK)

IDAPT have introduced the IDAPT i2 and i3 Universal Desktop Charging System, which the company insists is an affordable way to charge just about anything.
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SOCOM PSP charges for activation (Ferrago)

Used and abused
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News: Sony’s “not-so-secret weapon” is PSN (Eurogamer)

Stringer's "foundation" is linked hardware. Sony overlord Howard Stringer has said PlayStation Network is the company's "not-so-secret weapon", and today reaches over 40 million registered accounts worldwide. He spoke at the Mobile World Congress event where he announced that Sony Ericsson phones are the latest device to support PSN. The Sony Ericsson Aino handset already works with PS3 and ...
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Street Fighter IV PSP on the cards? (Ferrago)

Capcom developer hopes so...
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Sony trumpets PS3, forgets PSP (Ferrago)

Playing favourites
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This could be the year of Skype (The Inquirer)

Spencer Dalziel THE INQUIRER VoIP over 3G comes of age
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Sony revenues dominated by PS3 (Ferrago)

PS3 ruling Sony's sales
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Disgaea 4 planned as PS3 release (Ferrago)

Tactical move
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US PSP sales crash and burn (Ferrago)

Mayday
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PSP leads in Japan (Ferrago.co.uk)

Sony take weekly hardware crown
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US videogame sales dip 13 pct in January: NPD (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

US videogame sales in January slipped to 1.17 billion dollars, a 13 percent drop from the same month last year, according to figures released by market-tracker NPD Group.
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Forza 3 passes Gran Turismo PSP (Ferrago)

Too early for a victory lap
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Mobile games developers shift to iPhone (The Register)

Not good news for PSP or DS More games developers are working on content for mobile phones - and a big majority are targeting the iPhone. There are twice as many developers working on iPhone games as there are creators of titles for the Sony PSP and Nintendo DS .… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
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News: Gran Turismo series hits 55m sales (Eurogamer)

PS2 titles lead the way. GameSpot has figures from Sony's latest financial reporting showing that the Gran Turismo series has cumulatively sold over 55 million copies. It was pushed over the milestone by the recent Gran Turismo for PSP, which has sold 1.8 million copies since its release in October last year. That's a healthy performance, but small fry by the racing series' standards. Even cut ...
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Gran Turismo sales run over Forza (Ferrago)

Just a bump in the road
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Nibble// Gran Turismo Series Sells Over 55 Million (Spong)

Follow us on... Share on... Sony must be chuffed by now. Despite the world waiting two ice ages for Gran Turismo 5 , we can all take solace in the fact that when it does arrive it'll sell like hot cakes with porn inside.
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ModNation Racers heading for PSP (Ferrago)

PS3 racer en route
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News: ModNation Racers heading to PSP (Eurogamer)

First screenshots and trailer. Sony has announced plans to release a PSP version of ModNation Racers. Like the PS3 version developed by United Front Games, the PSP ModNation Racers is a kart racing game where you can make your own avatar and racetracks. It promises "all of the features of the PS3 version", including the ability to create, upload and share courses. Read more...
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PSP is tops in Japan (Ferrago.co.uk)

Wii finishes second, this week
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News// PlayStation Range Slumps as PS3 Sells 6.5 Million in One Quarter (Spong)

(4 Feb 2010) PS2 and PSP sales down, but PS3 made up for the loss in revenue.
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Sony back in profit, reduces full-year loss (PC Advisor)

After five quarters, Sony goes back to black Consumer electronics giant Sony returned to profit in the final quarter of 2009. Sony achieved its first operating profit in five quarters and reduced its forecast loss for its full fiscal year, which ends March 31 2010.
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Sony returns to profit, cuts full-year loss forecast (Macworld UK)

Sony returned to the black in the last three months of 2009, achieving its first operating profit in five quarters and cutting its forecast loss for its full fiscal year, which ends March 31.
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News: Sony sold 6.5m PS3s last autumn (Eurogamer)

PSP and PS3 suffer, though. Sony's financial results this morning have yielded some good news for the consumer electronics giant: it shifted 6.5 million PlayStation 3s between October and December 2009, says VG247. That's a rise of 2 million consoles and over 44 per cent from the 4.5 million Sony sold in the same period in 2008. A price cut amd the new PS3 Slim model did their bit, and the ...
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Arsenal to stream matches on PSP (Press Assoc. via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Arsenal fans with a Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) can now watch goal replays on their console live at the Emirates Stadium.
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News: PSP Minis discounted throughout Feb (Eurogamer)

Sony taking the bull by the horns. Sony is lowering the price of PSP and PS3 Minis in February. The first sale starts this Thursday, 4th February and runs until Thursday, 18th February. Kahoots, Vempire, Breakquest, Majohngg Artifacts and Dracula all drop from £2.99/2.99 to £1.74/1.99. Fieldrunners and Pinball Fantasies go from £3.99/4.99 to £3.46/3.99, and Bloons falls from £3.49/3.99 to £1.99 ...
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Sony and Arsenal to stream match highlights to PSPs (The Register)

Footie on your handheld Sony has released an application that will to stream live football footage to PSP-clad Arsenal fans.… Offloading malware protection to the cloud
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Nibble// EA Working on PS3 Version of Tetris (Spong)

Follow us on... Share on... The classic puzzle game is already on the Minis back catalogue, but while the latest PS3 firmware update allowed playback of Minis on the home console, Tetris was the only game that wasn't compatible with the feature. It appears we now have the reason why.
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PSPgo price drop imminent (Ferrago)

Priced to go
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News// Nintendo’s Iwata Scoffs at iPad (Spong)

(1 Feb 2010) Sony's thinks it going to be a gateway machine though
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Sony claims Apple iPad will drive gamers to PSP (Macworld UK)

John Koller, Director, Hardware Marketing at Sony has claimed the launch of Apple's new iPad device will help drive customers, gamers particularly, to the PSP portable gaming device.
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