Stealing Apple's thunder is both a challenge and a delight for its rivals, and that's exactly what Sony is reportedly trying to do today ahead of the anticipated new iPod and Apple TV announcement tonight. Sony is planning to launch a subscription-based music and video service at the IFA tech show in Berlin today - the biggest consumer technology show in Europe. Photo by pusgums on Flickr. Some ...
(3 Sep 2010) Monster Hunter help push the Sony portable along.
(3 Sep 2010) New PSP releases perform well in software chart.
Seeing it again, I can't help thinking that the black and red PSP-3000 is the wrong colour. Yes, it’s a classic colour combo and I think it looks pretty sweet. But in order to achieve optimum palette coordination with Kratos, surely it should be white and red?
No living room Avatar action this month Posted by Adam Bunker
Apple Inc unveiled a smaller cheaper version of its Web-to-TV device on Wednesday stepping up a battle with Google Inc and Microsoft Corp for control of the digital living room.
Apple Inc unveiled a smaller cheaper version of its Web-to-TV device on Wednesday stepping up a battle with Google Inc and Microsoft Corp for control of the digital living room.
At a media event in Berlin, Sony has announced a new music service which will allow users to download and play songs directly from their PS3 and PSPs. This comes a couple years after Sony completely crashed and burned with its previous service, Connect, which also encouraged PSP connectivity.
(1 Sep 2010) To launch on PlayStation 3 and PSP in 2011.
Hour-long conference at IFA 2010. Sony Europe is hosting a press conference at the IFA 2010 technology show in Berlin this evening where it may unveil a new music and video subscription service. That's according to the Financial Times (thanks Kotaku), which yesterday claimed that the new service would replace Sony's Connect music store and start life on PlayStation platforms before graduating to ...
Trapped in stifling heat and cramped conditions 2,300ft below ground, the 33 Chilean miners face a daily nightmare.
Sony boss says digital download console a way off yet
Sony's CEO says networks just aren't there yet to compensate Posted by Thomas Tamblyn
(27 Aug 2010) Sony platforms dominate.
Plus MAG "Persistent Beta" and more. Sony has updated the PlayStation Store with a range of treats including Shank, MotorStorm 3D Rift and a new "Persistent Beta client" for MAG. Klei Entertainment's Shank, published by EA, came out on Xbox Live Arcade yesterday as well and costs £9.99 / 12.99 on PSN. You run around a vibrant 2D world killing people, which is alright with us. MotorStorm 3D Rift ...
Augmented reality on smartphones offer immersive worlds that sit on top of our own.
PSP now aimed at younger audience. Sony is considering charging to unlock online portions of its games. The Online Pass system, as it's known, charges those who buy second hand copies of games to access content free to those who buy new. Publishers EA and THQ have been most active with Online Pass, which many believe is an effort to combat the used games market. Read more...
Fat fingers get in the way of touchscreen interaction, so why not banish touch to the back of mobile gadgets?
Plus: Blackberry OS6 review and Sanyo Xacti Posted by Thomas Tamblyn
Exec responds to latest chatter about PSP 2 Posted by Joe Minihane
Sony apparently shopping new handheld around publisers
Nick Cowen talks to Chris Lewis, Vice President for Xbox 360 Interactive Business in Europe, about Microsoft's announcements at Gamescom.
(19 Aug 2010) Report confused as to where these controls actually go.
(19 Aug 2010) But Sony is still complacent on PSP2
Sony showing games to publishers. Sony's current vision for the next-generation PlayStation Portable is roughly the same size as the PSP-3000 and has touch controls on the reverse of the unit. According to three separate development sources who have seen and used the new PSP, the screen is rich and detailed but the headline feature is the way games are controlled - by a touch-sensitive area ...
All the Gamescom Sony conference details.... 320GB PS3? Move confirmed for Sept 15th? A new Ratchet & Clank game? Yes, Sony have just finished their Gamescom press conference. Read on for full details. 12 months ago Sony used Gamescom to unveil PS3 Slim. SCEE CEO Andrew House said global PS3 sales are up by 57% year on year since Slim launched. This year though the hardware announcements were ...
IDAPT i4 - Universal Charger for iPad/Phone/Pod and other 4000 devices
Sony don't pick up the phone
Plus: Kinect UK release date and Motorola 'Stingray' tablet. Posted by Thomas Tamblyn
Strong future, weak present
New ad calls out "lame" gaming on Apple's blower Posted by Joe Minihane
(16 Aug 2010) iPhone not for big boy's games
E3 is done for another year, but that doesn't mean that the big shows and big game reveals are. Now it's Europe's turn. Gamescom 2010 starts in Cologne, Germany tomorrow and runs all week.
Microsoft's slim new console outsells Wii and PS3 Posted by T3 Online
Plus: The new Premier League ball and Apple iMac review Posted by Luke Johnson
Sony Ericsson is said to be releasing an Android 3.0 powered smartphone capable of playing PlayStation-quality games.
For the first time since Halo 3 launch. Microsoft's Xbox 360 outsold Nintendo and Sony hardware in the US in July, according to sales data from NPD. It was the first time the Xbox 360 was the best-selling console in the US since the launch of Bungie's Halo 3 in September 2007. Sales of the Xbox 360, which more than doubled to 443,500 units, were driven by the release of the new Xbox 360 slim ...
Apparently the Force is not with the PSP, as LucasArts has reportedly pulled the plug on the Sony handheld version of Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II.
Plus: A PSP Android phone and iPod Touch delayed Posted by T3 Online
THE INQUIRER Rumour mill turned up to 11
Insiders reckon new-look slider could be out by end of this year Posted by Joe Minihane
Would you buy a PlayStation phone? Because it looks like one might be coming
(12 Aug 2010) Will be running Google's Android operating system... as the rumour goes
Engadget has written a story quoting a "trusted source" who claims Sony Ericsson is planning a PlayStation-branded device featuring the current PSP's directional pad and buttons in the same "slide-out" method of the PSP Go. However, the handset will replace the analogue thumbstick with a "long touch pad".
Android-powered with joypad-style controls, apparently. Engadget is reporting that Sony Ericsson is on the cusp of releasing a brand new Android-powered smartphone with PlayStation branding. According to the report, the device is based on Android 3.0 (codenamed Gingerbread) and features a large 3.7" to 4.1" screen with at least WVGA resolution, meaning 800-854 pixels wide by 480 high. It's a ...
Xperia hybrid Android 3.0 could be coming very soon
Report claims device will include touch pad Sony's PSP Go hardware iteration may not have won many fans over, but Sony's Ericsson division is reportedly creating a mobile phone that will utilise many of the platform's strengths to create a new mobile gaming device based on the upcoming iteration of the Google Android.
Insiders reckon new-look slider could be out by end of this year Posted by Joe Minihane
Bold PSP-Go to go a step further...
DS and PlayStation Portable. Two new games in the long-running farm sim series Harvest Moon will be released in Europe later this year, publisher Rising Star Games has confirmed. Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming for the DS and Harvest Moon: Hero of Leaf Valley for the PlayStation Portable will be released in the autumn and winter respectively. "Harvest Moon: Frantic Farming for the DS brings a new ...
(10 Aug 2010) LucasArts Favours iPhone over PSP
Nintendo launched the DSi XL with the purpose of attracting elderly consumers with bad vision, gamers who sought a portable reading device, and people who wanted to play with the handheld in social settings. But there's a new market segment that also seems interested - gorillas.
(9 Aug 2010) Sengoku Basara and Project Diva does good.
Mixing life and games via augmented reality
(5 Aug 2010) Publisher sells 4.62 million units between April - June.
Plus: 3D Sharp phone and Wii 2 teased by Nintendo Posted by Luke Johnson
Hugely popular app set for a console makeover Posted by Chris Smith
Sony Vegas Pro 9 lets you get the best from your home movies with its collection of powerful editing and production tools. It normally costs £570 but Computeractive has teamed up with Sony Creative Software to give away a copy to one lucky winner.
(30 Jul 2010) Wii and PS3 down, PSP 3000 and DSi up.
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty has been getting fans of the series all emotional – one chap in Singapore who waited in line for 24 hours allegedly burst into tears upon being handed his copy.
We've said before that Gran Turismo 5 must be the best racing game ever. With so many years of development and such a brilliant base of four trailblazing games to build from, it can only be amazing.
Ads for deals on anything from Harrods furniture to Asda school uniforms run in today's national papers alongside ideas to keep the kids happy during the summer holidays.
But PSP sales slip year on year. Sony's latest financial results reveal that worldwide sales of PlayStation 3 now stand at 38.1 million units, following 2.4 million sales of the console in the company's first quarter, which ended 30th June 2010. Microsoft announced a few days ago that Xbox 360 has shipped 41.7 million units worldwide, although it has had a year longer on the market than its main ...
(28 Jul 2010) Namco Bandai throw RPG support behind Sony platforms.
(27 Jul 2010) That's not a recommendation, it's an addition.
What is it you look for from your mobile phone? Great coverage in your area? A mobile that makes surfing the Internet a breeze, or one that has a high-end camera so that you don’t miss out on those unforgettable shots wherever you are?
In firmware slated for "end of July". Sony has let the world know that game and video recommendations are coming to the PlayStation Store with the next PS3 firmware update. Version 3.41 "is slated to go live by the end of July", wrote Sony's Eric Lempel on the US PlayStation blog. Video and game recommendations are offered in a "You May Like" menu on the right hand side of the PlayStation Store ...
Also talks about the PSP and Activision. EA's second in command John Schappert loves Nintendo's 3DS. He described Sony's PSP business as "challenged", and said stories about rival publisher Activision "haven't been very positive". Zing. "The 3DS is just incredibly cool. The 3DS is magical. You put that in your hand, you look down, and all of a sudden it's in 3D without glasses. That's an amazing ...
(23 Jul 2010) Exec gushes over Nintendo's new handheld, as well as the PS3.
(23 Jul 2010) PSP leaps over DSi LL.
Sometimes, Wednesday is a weirdo. In an effort to promote this weekend’s San Diego Comic Convention, Sony has put the film Godzilla 2000 on the Playstation Store to rent free of charge.
Those who cannot remember the past, the saying goes, are condemned to repeat it. Or become the games industry. Important clause there that no-one ever quotes, but it's there, we swear.
The social gaming bandwagon hasn’t left town, and it appears Sony is the latest company to hop on. The company today announced a number of social casual games will be added to Home, the PlayStation 3's flagship virtual-world-with-very-little-to-do.
The budget-price Platinum range obviously wasn't budgety enough for Sony, who have released a second, even cheaper line of PSP games. You can buy them from the PSP Store at the prices below or you can now pick up UMD versions from game retailers for about £9.99 each. Sounds good, right?
(19 Jul 2010) Distances itself from the PS3.
PlayStation 3/Nintendo DS/Xbox/Nintendo Wii/PC/Sony PSP; £39.99-£49.99; cert 7+; Disney Interactive Load up Toy Story 3 and within moments you're barrelling on horseback through a hazardous canyon, dodging bright red projectiles fired by a pig in a pink spaceship. It's big and colourful fun that's hard to dislike. Sadly, it's not long before the cartoony action is undermined by frustrating level ...
THE INQUIRER Crazy canuck cracks crap cellphone
Plus five new minis, special offers. DeathSpank is the highlight of this week's PlayStation Store update, which also sees the Sony shops updated with a free demo of Activision racer Blur. Hothead Games' DeathSpank, reviewed on Eurogamer last night, costs £9.99 / 12.99. Fans of PSP/PS3 minis, which we just learned have now been downloaded one million times in total, get a choice of five additions ...
Plus five new minis, special offers. DeathSpank is the highlight of this week's PlayStation Store update, which also sees the Sony shops updated with a free demo of Activision racer Blur. Hothead Games' DeathSpank, reviewed on Eurogamer last night, costs £9.99 / 12.99. Fans of PSP/PS3 minis, which we just learned have now been downloaded one million times in total, get a choice of five additions ...
Over 85 titles across the range. Sony has announced that over one million units of games in its "minis" range for PSP and PS3 have been downloaded since it launched in October last year. There are now more than 85 minis from over 50 developers, and the current top seller is Age of Zombies by Halfbrick Studis. AOZ is followed by Monopoly, Fieldrunners, Zombie Tycoon, Bloons, Spot the Differences ...
A RENEWED appeal has been issued by detectives after a woman and her son were robbed outside their home in Whalley. (14/07/2010 12:15:00)
Sega recently released a new trailer for Black Panther: New Yakuza Chapter for the PSP today. Prepare your eyeballs for a barrage of footage that may excite and confuse you.
Thinking of buying a 3DS? Or maybe a PSP 2 if it’s ever announced? How about a third option you may not have considered - the iPad? Don’t laugh. A recent study by Resolve Market Research suggests the iPad is becoming a viable option to portable gaming systems.
(9 Jul 2010) DSi LL sales drop despite software domination.
Japanese wireless carrier NTT DoCoMo wants to put 3G network access on future handheld gaming systems, potentially including the 3DS and whatever succeeds the PSP.
Disney Interactive announced today that Split/Second, the reality show-based racing game that popped up on consoles and PC in May, will speed on to the PSP this holiday season with all of its over-the-top cinematic power plays in tow.
New offers, DLC, comics, demos, more. Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge joins the PlayStation Store today. This, like the first game, has been beautifully restored for a new set of eyes that aren't old and world-weary. And for those old-timers there is developer commentary and nostalgia to loosen a tear. Monkey Island 2 costs eight quid. The PlayStation Store has a new batch of ...
(8 Jul 2010) Apparent discussions with 3G carriers for implementing technology in portable devices.
Gaming, e-book, netbook features, 3G... One of Sony's future portable systems will play games and a whole lot more, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. "Sony is developing a portable device that shares characteristics of handheld game machines, e-book readers and netbook computers, according to people familiar with the matter," the newspaper claimed, although it did not describe ...
Confession time: we probably could have had this review of Persona 3 Portable up last week. Could , of course, is quite a bit different from should , but nonetheless there isn’t a ton here that's different from either of Atlus' PS2 releases of Persona 3.
Will this SKU sales upwards? How does Disney plan to reinvigorate Split/Second: Velocity sales? By porting the game to PSP and PSPgo of course. Due autumn, the conversions promise "unique" controls to fit "Sony's premier handheld game platform". Plus, there's to be one new track, some extra challenges and local multiplayer for up to four (humans). The press release doesn't mention a developer ...
Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO of Sony Entertainment, talks to Nick Cowen about 3D gaming, PS Move and how the PS3 was made to be future-proof for 10 years.
Windows phones still waiting Microsoft's Flash challenger Silverlight has landed on Symbian handsets from Nokia ahead of full Silverlight on Windows phones.…
THE INQUIRER And white is the new black
New statistics released by ELSPA suggest that 32 per cent of UK residents now play video games regularly.
Predators in cinemas July 8.
Follow us on... Share on... Patapon is great, addictive fun. So it's no surprise that the PSP rhythm game is about to see its third iteration on the handheld.
A DISABLED pensioner has spoken of her terror after being attacked by a robber outside her home.
Online multiplayer taster. Sony plans to release a Patapon 3 demo this week. The multiplayer demo is due out on 6th July in the US and 7th July in Europe. Patapon 3 is a PSP-exclusive 2D adventure about a tribe who like to "dance, sing and pillage their way through the countryside". Read more...
A businesswoman and her son are robbed in a "pre-planned and organised" attack in Lancashire.
A MOTHER and son were ambushed by robbers as they sat in a car outside their home.
US videogame sales slid anew in May with lower console prices proving a boon to buyers but eating into industry revenue.
Want $80 in coupons redeemable at your local Best Buy? Get that in the first issue of @GAMER magazine PLUS 100 pages of news, reviews, and previews about the latest games.
PSP title "coming soon". Square Enix has announced a new PSP game called LORD OF ARCANA. It looks like Capcom's phenomenally successful Monster Hunter, and it's "coming soon" to Europe. It's got four-player co-operative multi-player, which - as you'd imagine - allows you to team up with your mates to "face tough monsters and battles together". Read more...
Series makes the switch to handheld
Dutch retailer, Bart Smit is currently listing Nintendo’s 3DS at 170 Euros, which roughly translates to $200 and £140. Seriously?! If you’re keeping score, that’s merely $10 more than the DSi XL, and even more hilariously, less than a PSPgo.
Weasley stands out from the bunch. Today you'll find a demo of the magical LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 on the PlayStation Store. Eurogamer awarded a whopping 9/10 to this marvellous recreation of Rowling's story. But then, not all of us are overgrown children. Are we? You'll also find demos for Aqua Panic HD and Death Track: Resurrection. Read more...
Our very own GamesRadar E3 awards have already delivered the definitive final word on this year's show. But stay alert gamers - there's more E3 awards to come! And these are kind of a big deal.
Japanese feature surging West. Tuesday's PSP firmware update appears to have paved the way for downloadable NeoGeo and PCEngine/TurboGrafx-16 games. Folders for both formats were added to the XMB menu, according to Tom's Guide. There they'll sit with folders for established content such as Minis and PSN games. NeoGeo and PCEngine/TurboGrafx-16 games are already offered to PSP owners in Japan ...
(29 Jun 2010) But still not cross-game chat.
Sony's Live rival going for Gold. Sony's new premium subscription service PlayStation Plus has been released for PlayStation 3. This feature arrives with firmware version 3.4. In addition, this adds network photo sharing, video editing and uploading, star ratings for Store content, more power saving options and better Facebook connectivity. Sony has also taken this opportunity to roll out ...
More new PSP rumours emerge
Nintendo's machines dominate. The latest Japanese sales charts show DS dominating the field, selling twice as many units as the nearest competitor, PSP. Specifically, the three versions of Nintendo's handheld - DS Lite, DSi and DSi XL - combined to sell 53,523 units, according to Media Create. Sony's handheld managed 21,766 sales. Nintendo's flagship console Wii is also back on top, selling 19 ...
Ready at Dawn have out-done themselves this time
Gaming on the iPhone just got an upgrade. With Thursday's release of the iPhone 4 following on the heels of Monday's iOS 4 update, the iPhone just became more graphically impressive, more socially connected, and a more powerful device in the challenging game market.
No announcement on a new handheld either
Plus: DC Comics! New offers! SEGA sale! There's plenty on the PlayStation Store this week, notably the arrival of Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition. This revamp wowed on XBLA last summer and should do no less on PS3. There's also the entrance of the full, six game bundle of Blue Toad Murder Files. This costs just £18. Eurogamer's review of Blue Toad Murder Files: Season One tells all ...
As with Marvel's own iPad app --itself built by Comixology--DC's free app lets you browse series, purchase individual issues (which run between $1 and $3), and even opt for push notifications to alert you when new issues of a series are out.
Listen now... So, E3's properly over now. Let's talk about it some more in the podcast. In the wake of the world's biggest game show TalkRadar UK's three brave podcasters are washed up in a studio to try and remember just went on last week in Los Angeles.
Stop spoiling the awesome with meaningless numbers!
Update tidies, speeds, fixes. Sony has updated the Digital Comics Reader for PlayStation Portable. You can read instructions about how to download the update on the PlayStation website. Version 2.01 allows you to delete comics, which will be better grouped in collections, although all deleted content can be downloaded again free of charge. Database tweaks mean flicking through your collection ...
E3's over for another year, leaving us to examine trailers and screenshots, save our pennies up for 3DS and catch up on some much-needed sleep.
November 2nd 2010. This is the launch date for Gran Turismo 5, one of the most anticipated racing games of all time. Well, in North America at least - rest of the world TBA, at time of writing).
It’s Monday, which can only mean one thing – a round up of the top 40 UK charts . Red Dead Redemption is #1 for the 5th week running, Super Mario Galaxy 2 holds onto #2 with 2010 FIFA World Cup still at #3.
You can't go wrong with the old black and red combo
PSP is a very healthy platform
(18 Jun 2010) He also happens to be the former head of Sony in the UK
PSP; £29.99; cert 15+; Konami The Sony PSP is almost the forgotten handheld console. Compared to the ever changing and ever popular Nintendo DS and iPhone/iPod Touch (and now the iPad), the PSP feels like yesterday's toy. Last year's neat but commercially underperforming download-only PSPGo didn't help matters either and a skimpy release schedule shows publishers are not sold either. Which is a ...
In order to keep pace with 3DS. David Reeves, 14-year veteran of Sony and now chief operating officer of Capcom Europe, has told our sister site GamesIndustry.biz that Sony needs to release a true sequel to the PSP quickly if it expects to compete in the handheld market. Rival Nintendo has this week revealed the 3DS in detail, wowing the masses at the annual E3 conference with hands-on ...
Cricket! Peace Walker! Mario Tennis! This week may be all about E3, but don't go thinking it's all about E3 - even though it is - because it's also about some games being sold in shops and that. The ones below most specifically. This week's biggest release is undoubtedly the excellent Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker on PSP, recipient of a healthy 8/10 review last week and one of the richest ...
PSP Minis, casual download titles created for Sony’s handheld device, are something of a poor relation to both the slew of iPhone gaming apps and theDSi Ware range.
In recent years, most Formula 1 games have been Sony-published affairs, and while many were worthwhile racers, it was difficult to find exciting off-the-track features, or significant year-over-year improvements.
Sony placed 3-D gaming, motion-sensor interface and the expansion of the PSN's functionality at the centre of its E3 keynote presentation. It even found time to show off some games, too.
Ready At Dawn has another stab. Curious to learn more about the new PSP God of War game revealed last night? Well, Sony's fact sheet bundle can sort you out. God of War: Ghost of Sparta is developed by Ready At Dawn and due out this autumn. It's a single-player affair, as with its PSP predecessor Chains of Olympus, and picks up after the end of the first PS2 God of War game, with Kratos ...
200 Euro, out this autumn. Sony has announced plans to release a subwoofer built-in, all-in-one surround sound system for the PlayStation 3 this autumn worldwide. The Surround Sound System uses "cutting-edge technologies, including Sony's S-Force PRO Front Surround Sound" to create a surround sound effect from one speaker parked in front of your TV. The system will go on sale for 199 when it ...
So the rumours were true. Sony is introducing a paid-for PSN membership in the style of Xbox Live Gold. But is it worth upgrading? What exactly does it offer than you can't get on PSN already? And are those offerings worth the an extra fifty dollars/euros?
Sony has been talking up the benefits of 3D gaming at a press briefing at the E3 gaming show in Los Angeles.
As the last of the Big Three to hold its E3 press conference, Sony had the unenviable task of showing up what Microsoft and Nintendo had already gotten onstage and done. Were a comedy bit by Kevin Butler and a shock appearance by Gabe Newell enough to put Sony's rivals to shame?
Though most of the gaming world expected mega-publisher Sony to reveal a whole new PSP console at its E3 press conference, someone forgot to tell Sony. Instead, the talk centered around the arrival of 3D gaming, the importance of motion controls in Sony's current strategy, and a strange combination of beards, Coca-Cola, and sassy urban kids ripping on Kevin Butler's clip-on necktie.
Sony is backing 3D gaming big time. In fact, the message made at their E3 conference was that they want PlayStation 3 to do for 3D what it did for Blu-ray.
Nintendo’s E3 conference started off with a video of Zelda, now titled fully Zelda: Skyward Sword . Here, the Motion Plus is used to give Link free movement of his sword – at one point during the video Link waved it in circles to make a door with eyes go dizzy.
They only talked about everything
While Microsoft and Sony argue over who has the best new motion controls, Nintendo today revealed it’s already moved on to something new.
(15 Jun 2010) Announced with PSP spinoff title.
(15 Jun 2010) 3D-enabled, portable shooting in your pocket.
Thomas Cook Airlines has become the latest carrier to charge passengers for in-flight entertainment.
Looks very much like it. Sony has whacked up a countdown clock for what very much looks like a new Patapon game. The clock is visible on the Japanese PlayStation site amid stormy noises. Every few seconds a lightning strike plays and a background image that looks uncannily like Patapon is partially illuminated. Read more...
In less than 48 hours, Microsoft's E3 2010 press conference will kick off four days of non-stop videogame insanity.
Mario Galaxy 2 wins software top ten. The latest Media Create data has revealed that PSP was the best-selling bit of games hardware in Japan last week, with more than 23,000 units shifted. PS3 came in second with 18,951, to be precise, just outdoing the Wii on 18,818. Over 10,000 DSi LL units were sold, while the figure for DSi came in at 8,000. Microsoft managed to shift another 3000 Xbox 360 ...
Rob Coppinger THE INQUIRER £2,000 to play 3D asteroids
E3 kicks off next week. Because we have a fear of air hostesses (and in-flight meals) we won’t be attending. We will though be covering the conferences from Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo and writing a round-up of all the other good stuff announced.
Remember a couple days ago when we reported on a voice actor saying he was working on an unannounced Kingdom Hearts game, which we thought was called Recoded? Now Square Enix confirmed its existence in a list of the games they’re showing at E3. But how correct were the rumors?
Plus four minis and a couple of demos. Sony has updated the PlayStation Store early ahead of today's planned PSN downtime, which starts at 4pm BST and could go on for over eight hours. As we've pointed out an increasingly silly number of times, today's big one is the lovely Joe Danger, a 2D stunts and platforming bike game that costs £9.99 / 12.99. There are also new minis - Gold Fever, Mahjongg ...
Sony Vegas Movie Studio is a powerful video and editing program that can handle any kind of video project. Unlike some editing programs the interface is very plain. This isn't a problem, in fact it's quite the reverse as it never distracts from the important job of editing videos.
Some applications do one thing really well. Some apps do lots of things quite nicely. The recently added Dilbert app in the Ovi Store is thankfully the former.
"Stolen" screens show collapsing city. Some rough off-screen snaps of a game purporting to be MotorStorm 3 have appeared on the net, showing an apparent move in setting to an apocalyptic, collapsing city for the off-road racing series. French site PS3 Gen (via Kotaku) has the pics, which it calls "stolen". A title screen shows the MotorStorm 3 logo over a cracked and burning skyline, identified ...
Badmouthing PS3-exclusive Killzone 2 was among the many arguments Bodycount developer Stuart Black employed in pitching his own console shooter. , bashing Killzone 2 and other games as a means of selling his own creation.
Badmouthing PS3-exclusive Killzone 2 was among the many arguments Bodycount developer Stuart Black employed in pitching his own console shooter. , bashing Killzone 2 and other games as a means of selling his own creation.
(4 Jun 2010) Nintendo DS sees a software resurgence.
(4 Jun 2010) Wii and PS3 in galactic battle for top position.
What a funny old week this one is. The biggest new game out, a term which I’m using loosely, is motorbike sim SBK X on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC. Blackbean have been knocking these out on a yearly basis so they should be pretty good at it by now.
Kaz Hirai confirms that Sony's PlayStation Network will keep free elements but rumours abound of a premium service to follow.
Kaz Hirai has announced that Sony's PlayStation network will gain a premium subscription-based service later this year
So, it looks even more likely that our dreams of an HD Ico and Shadow of the Colossus may be indulged. Why? Sony has been putting around a new questionnaire, the subject of which is enhanced PS2 remakes.
Cohort Studios' Lol Scragg talks Move title The Shoot
New digital TV tuner could be on the way. A producer at Sony's Cambridge studio has suggested that the team is working on a new version of the PlayTV digital TV tuner for PS3. "We're still working on Play TV, Play TV 2," Mark Green said when asked what the studio was currently working on by Spong. His comment is buried in an interview about LittleBigPlanet PSP. Sony recently confirmed that the ...
Helps PS3 be best-selling console. Lost Planet 2 has topped the Japan chart on PS3, shifting 85,000 units in a week. That performance helped Sony's flagship console outsell Wii by 19,075 units to 18,456, according to Media Create. Even the Xbox 360 version of Lost Planet 2 performed well, taking fifth place with 35,000 units sold. The game's similarities to Monster Hunter - co-op teamwork ...
(28 May 2010) Except Xbox 360. That goes up a little.
(28 May 2010) Super Mario Galaxy 2 Day One sales impressive.
IT'S HERE.. BUT WILL APPLE'S 'MAGICAL' NEW GADGET ROCK YOUR WORLD?
Sony give away free games
iFad? iGlad? or simply iSad?
When the PSPgo launched Sony gave away free copies of Gran Turismo. A few months later, Sony then upped the ante and gave away three games. According to MCV, Sony will soon be giving away a staggering 10 free game downloads with any shiny new system purchased.
Apple’s much-hyped touchscreen tablet device finally lands in the UK on Friday.
(26 May 2010) Signs several airline deals
Blazing is perhaps too strong a word
Spencer Dalziel THE INQUIRER If you believe anything on the Internet
No vendetta harboured against Sony
(21 May 2010) Tanks for the DLC
(21 May 2010) We speak to the men who know.
Sony's PS3 is best-selling console. EA's 2010 FIFA World Cup has made a fleeting appearance in the Japanese software chart this week. Media Create put the PS3 version in 10th with a total of 10,000 sales. The PSP version entered 20th; the Xbox 360 SKU didn't show at all. This week's (ending 16th May) top four was unchanged. Dragon Quest Monsters: Joker 2 (DS) was first with 126,000 sales; Metal ...
LONDON - Target Media has promoted Mary Bond to head of digital, as part of plans to grow its digital billings by 15% in the next year.
Combining creative tools and break-neck racing, ModNation could be the offspring of LittleBig- Planet and Mario Kart. The kart’s handling and destructive weaponry prove fun if not revolutionary; however, innovation is on offer via the boost system.
The eject button is an integral part of most game consoles. Without the eject button we wouldn't be able to get games back out of the machine again. So it's pretty important.
Follow us on... Share on... Who remembers the PlayStation One 'classic' Blasto ? Well, if developer Dylan Cuthbert had his way, we may see it again on the PlayStation Network.
Konami, Best Buy, and Sony Online Entertainment, have teamed up to bring PSP gamers and Metal Gear Solid fans a new contest where the grand prize is $10,000.
Dragon Age, Split/Second DLC for grabs. Today on the PlayStation Store you'll find a ModNation Racers demo for both PS3 and PSP. This is Sony's new "Play, Create, Share" game in which everything is customisable and cute. We liked it. There's another demo for PS3 in the shape of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11. Read more...
(18 May 2010) Premium PSN Service, redesigned XMB, PSP2...
Hardware specs also appear...
Sony’s new kart racing game ModNation Racers is attacking Nintendo’s illustrious Mario Kart series on two fronts.
If you’re a PlayStation 3 owner who wanted to get Lost Planet 2, you were probably a little jealous that 360 players get to play as Marcus and Dom from Gears of War in their version.
Back in the day, it would have been E3 time about now. Having taken in a bit of July in recent history, it’s in June this year. Getting to the point: it looks like there could be quite a lot of new hardware.
Classic PSP games for a tenner
Not too long ago we saw some upcoming PSP titles, including the next entry in the Hot Shots series, Hot Shots Tennis: Get a Grip. Not only did it have the great, casual sports feel that might fill the Mario Tennis-shaped void in the market, but it takes advantage of the PSP’s four player online functions.
Company "looking into future platforms". Sony CFO Bill Glaser has called PSP sales "a little bit of a disappointment" for the huge electronics company. He was speaking in a Sony earnings call this afternoon. His comments come after full-year FY2010 earnings (for the year ended 31st March) showed flagging PS2 and PSP sales. "PS2 is entering its 11th year this year, and it's amazing it is still ...
Follow us on... Share on... While all this hubbub is going on regarding LittleBigPlanet 2 , don't forget Sony's Cambridge studio that's working hard on making the PSP version as great as its PS3 counterpart.
Sony has finally begun making money on its PlayStation 3 console and expects its game business to turn a profit this year, the company said Thursday.
(13 May 2010) Flagship console sells 13 million units in fiscal year.
Sony to "aggressively launch" 3D this year. PlayStation 3 sales rose to 13 million units in the company's latest financial year, ended 31st March 2010, an increase of 3m units year-on-year. PSP sales, however, sagged from 14.1m to 9.9m. PS2 sales dropped from 7.9m to 7.3m. Sales of PS3 games rose to 115.3m units during up from 103.7m the previous year. In comparison, PSP titles were down to 44 ...
Sony no not comment on rumours and speculation
Sony recorded its second straight year of losses last year as sales fell 6.7 percent, but the company expects to return to profitability this year, it said Thursday.
First, we found out that Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker would carry ridiculous amounts of product placement - strange, for a title set during the '70s, but not out of the ordinary for the series.
Eurogamer speaks to the big players. Inspired partly by the Green Party's triumph in Eurogamer's home constituency of Brighton Pavilion, and more truthfully by Ubisoft's decision to ditch game manuals, we've been ringing round the games industry to learn what publishers and platform holders are doing to make their businesses more environmentally friendly. Ubisoft threw down the leafy gauntlet in ...
Alan Wake! LBP2! Independent developers! In scenes which can only be described as amazing, this week the Eurogamer.net Podcast is infiltrated by three special guests, who join host Tom Champion and irremovable mood-hoover Tom Bramwell to discuss the issues of the week and all sorts of other jazz. But who are these trailed-on-Twitter interlopers? They are indie developer Honeyslug, the studio ...
Now with 25 percent more Kratos
British consumers will have to pay far more than their US counterparts for Apple's new iPad, it has emerged.
(7 May 2010) Even the PlayStation 2.
Plus: free DLC promised shortly. Sony has announced plans to release a demo for the PSP version of ModNation Racers. "In this demo we included a couple of our favourite tracks, some familiar Mods and their karts, and of course, a sneak peek of our amazing Track Studio," wrote producer Vernon Mollette on the PlayStation blog. "To start you off we dropped in eight Elite and Pre-made Mods and their ...
Nintendo is looking at the business model of Amazon’s Kindle as it considers the future for its portable consoles, the company’s president said on Friday.
A couple months ago, speculation ran wild about Spartans Stand Tall , a "secret" website that was revealed when God of War III players earned a Platinum Trophy, and which featured nothing but animated rain and a strange, circular meter in the shape of a Spartan shield.
Sony to compete directly with retailers
Ready At Dawn's latest PSP game. Sony has announced a second PSP God of War game called Ghost of Sparta. Chains of Olympus developer Ready At Dawn returns to do the honours and plans a release "later this year". The story will be a prequel "of sorts" and pick up where God of War left off. In Ghost of Sparta, Kratos will have to brave his past to rid his mind of nightmares that torment him. The ...
(4 May 2010) Football fever strikes the high street.
PS3 and PSP pack-ins spotted. Information posted on Amazon's German site points to new PS3 and PSP bundles packed with build-your-own-kart-racer ModNation Racers. The listings, which went up over the weekend, show a 250GB PS3 Slim bundle retailing for 314.99 (about £273) and a PSP Slim and Lite bundle coming in at 152.99 (about £132). Surprisingly, both systems are listed as available for ...
Whether you’re looking for horsepower-perfect simulations or futuristic car-combat, 2010 is already set to be the year of great racers.
PSP edges out DS for top spot. Japan's love affair with portable gaming systems continues as the PSP and Nintendo DS topped the regional sales charts for the week ending April 25. Media Create reports Sony's PSP barely edged out the Nintendo DS is total weekly sales, selling 30,302 units to Nintendo's 30,105. The slight majority of total DS sales took the form of the larger DSi LL, which sold 16 ...
(30 Apr 2010) Nintendo DS comes second.
(30 Apr 2010) RPGs help bolster PS3 and PSP sales.
What, precisely, is the iPad? Compared with its iconic ancestors, the iPod and the iPhone, that's a surprisingly tough question to answer. It runs the same operating system as the iPhone--but you can't make phone calls on it. It has been hailed as the gadget that may save the publishing industry--though its e-reader software, which isn't preinstalled, does not display magazines and newspapers ...
It's a mini game of two halves
Also: feedback for "natural vibrato". Sony has announced new features for the June update to SingStar, including the ability to instantly edit playlists remotely from a PSP. The "SingStar Remote" feature, as it's being called, will allow players to queue up to 20 songs even as others continue to sing on the PS3. That's according to a post from the game's producer on Sony's European blog. The ...
Capcom is hoping Monster Hunter Tri will be the first game of a whole new wave of Japanese hits in the West, writes Chris Schilling.
Fat Princess: Fistful of Cake is one of those rare PSP multiplayer games that won't leave you cursing Sony for leaving out a second analog stick. There are no awkward controls or weird button compromises to bother you here; it's just straight-up multiplayer mayhem.
(23 Apr 2010) PSP holds the top for handhelds
(23 Apr 2010) Sales don't exactly light up this week, though.
PS3/360 remake struggles in slow week. Japan hasn't gone wild for Grasshopper's PS3 and Xbox 360 adaptations of No More Heroes: Heroes' Paradise. The game debuted seventh and eighth in Media Create's regional chart, the PS3 version selling 16,000 compared to 15,000 on Xbox 360. At the top of the software chart ths week was old favourite New Super Mario Bros. Wii with a winning score of 32,000 ...
Spencer Dalziel THE INQUIRER No room at the inn
(16 Apr 2010) PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIII fares better.
(16 Apr 2010) PSP's Home equivalent put to pasture.
PSP social networking platform binned from beta
(16 Apr 2010) Week on week sales drop outs Sony level with Nintendo.
Project won't proceed beyond beta. Sony Japan has cancelled plans for online PSP service PlayStation Room, a social network similar in concept to PlayStation Home on the PS3. A short Japanese language statement indicates that following the end of beta testing for the service, development of Room has ended. No specific reason is given for the move, although it is indicated that user feedback from ...
Would you pay $10000 for a hand-delivered iPad? That's what some hopeful iPad entrepreneurs are banking on. Online retailers are jacking-up iPad prices after Apple announced a delay of the international launch of the iPad due to unexpected demand.
Plus: Final Fight! Sam & Max! Skate 3 demo! Sony has updated the PlayStation shops with all manner of treats - and the promises of the GTA IV downloadable episodes, which are both due to go live tomorrow. The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay Tony will be sold for £13.99 apiece. They're also sold in the boxed Episodes from Liberty City package in shops. As you may remember, the first episode ...
Demo on Store around launch. Sony has announced that Everybody's Tennis will be released for PSP this summer. Like the Everybody's Golf titles, Clap Hanz' effort allows you to customise your character with unlockable items. On the gameplay side it sounds quite simple but promises an advanced shot system. Sony has said to expect a demo version on the PlayStation Store around launch. Read more...
To enable Blu-ray .m2ts streams to be available for playback on a PC or some popular portable multimedia players like iPod, iPhone, PSP, etc., the way of Windows users is to make use of AnyDVD HD to remove Blu-ray copyright protections as well as the region codes in the first step, and then have access to an M2TS converter to do format conversion in the second step.
FirstPlay, Europe’s first on-console interactive show, available exclusively for Sony’s PlayStation 3, is celebrating its second weekly episode by teaming up with Gameshastra to give gamers a free PSP Mini game.
Lawrence Latif THE INQUIRER Review Not quite a laptop killer
The games industry today is all about big announcements. Gone are the days when a few months of previews and some cool screenshots were enough.
(9 Apr 2010) Every other platform sees drop in hardware sales.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Hideo Kojima, one of the world's most famous video game creators, sees a future for digital entertainment outside the box -- outside any box.
Welcome to Macworld's live coverage of Apple's iPhone 4.0 event. Jason Snell is handling the play-by-by-duties with Dan Frakes providing commentary. We have a live feed from Apple's iPhone 4.0 Software Update announcement direct from Apple's Cupertino headquarters.
Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear Solid franchise, says video games of the future will not be confined to consoles
To enable Blu-ray .m2ts streams to be available for playback on a PC or some popular portable multimedia players like iPod, iPhone, PSP, etc., the way of Windows users is to make use of AnyDVD HD to remove Blu-ray copyright protections as well as the region codes in the first step, and then have access to an M2TS converter to do format conversion in the second step.
Welcome to Macworld's live coverage of Apple's iPhone 4.0 event. Jason Snell is handling the play-by-by-duties with Dan Frakes providing commentary. We have a live feed from Apple's iPhone 4.0 Software Update announcement direct from Apple's Cupertino headquarters.
This morning, we were floored when a new trailer circulating the internets revealed that creatures from Monster Hunter are going to appear in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker.
Hideo Kojima, one of the world's most famous video game creators, sees a future for digital entertainment outside the box -- outside any box.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Hideo Kojima, one of the world's most famous video game creators, sees a future for digital entertainment outside the box -- outside any box.
(7 Apr 2010) And other assorted, magical tie-ups.
Watch out Nintendo and Sony, an Apple patent for a game-related accessory could make the iPhone or iPad considerably more appealing to enthusiasts.
The hype ended and Apple's latest gadget went on sale in America today as stores opened their doors to long queues of tech-savvy customers desperate to be among the first to own the new iPad.
The first iPads, Apple's touch-screen tablet style computer, are due to go on sale to US customers on Saturday.
Apple's iPad, the subject of frenzied industry speculation since its unveiling in January, has so far not drawn the hordes that ushered in the iPhone three years ago.
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Apple's iPad, the subject of frenzied industry speculation since its unveiling in January, has so far not drawn the hordes that ushered in the iPhone three years ago.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Apple's iPad has generated a flood of hype since its unveiling in January, but a day ahead of its official launch the crowds have yet to arrive, a contrast to the iPhone launch three years ago.
You may have noticed that Silent Hill: Shattered Memories is out on store shelves on PSP. But did you notice where it isn't on sale? You guessed it - the European PlayStation Store.
Time for an Easter boost for the PSPgo
(1 Apr 2010) God of War III debuts well.
GTA, Cogs and zombie-eating plants
GTA, Cogs and zombie-eating plants
Mobile ad network AdMob has released its February 2010 AdMob Mobile Metrics Report, revealing the iPhone is increasing its share of the shatphone market.
Mobile ad network AdMob has released its February 2010 AdMob Mobile Metrics Report, revealing the iPhone is increasing its share of the smartphone market.
Nowadays I found many people ask questions about dvd ripping and video converting software. As the Christmas Day is coming, here I want to share some professional and popular tools about dvd ripper and video converter and wish this article is useful and helpful.
Nowadays I found many people ask questions about dvd ripping and video converting software. As the Christmas Day is coming, here I want to share some professional and popular tools about dvd ripper and video converter and wish this article is useful and helpful.
(26 Mar 2010) Yakuza 4 HEATs up the Top 10.
Have you ever gone to shake someone's hand and thought 'wow, those are pretty hands'? Chances are they're a secret hand model - someone who has photos taken of their hands for a living.
Lawrence Latif THE INQUIRER Analysis Taking the fight to Nintendo
Go ahead, cry if you want to
Go ahead, cry if you want to
No special glasses needed, firm pledges Nintendo is working on a version of its DS handheld console with the ability to display 3D content, the videogames pioneer has said.…
(24 Mar 2010) 'The First Playable' is being played.
According to mobile analytics firm Flurry, iPhone OS devices have rapidly risen to prominence as a gaming platform, acquiring significant market share at the expense of the industry’s existing firms.
(24 Mar 2010) Would rather work on 3D for home consoles.
Koller questions Nintendo's strategy. Sony's John Koller has said there are no plans to follow in Nintendo's footsteps and release a 3D handheld. "Our focus on 3D right now is on the console," he told IGN. "There's a tremendous amount of opportunity on PlayStation 3 with 3D. The amount of interest in 3D from the retail side and game publishers is off the charts. We know we have a hit with 3D on ...