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Read More »NGP: Physical storage confirmed
As revealed by MCV earlier this month, Sony has stuck with physical media for its PSP successor, though it’s opted for a flash card as opposed to disc based system. The advantages fog static memory are numerous. Firstly, the moving mechanisms needed to read data off a disc are eradicated, …
Read More »NGP: The first official pictures
Front and rear touch control, twin analogue sticks and a shed load of power – the NGP (aka the PSP2) has finally been unveiled. And here are the first official pictures:
Read More »NGP: Sony outlines handheld games vision in Tokyo
It’s taken some time, but Sony this morning finally stepped up its game in the handheld space. At a special event in Tokyo, SCE president Kaz Hirai unveiled a new strategy that sees the format-holder embrace the evolving world of mobile content. For the time being, the PSP2 is being …
Read More »Dance hit heads to Move and Kinect
Ubisoft is bringing one of its popular Wii dancing games to PlayStation Move and Kinect. Dance on Broadway will be released on PS3 on March 18th, with a Kinect version also in the works. The title was originally released on Wii last summer following the huge success of Just Dance, …
Read More »Killzone 3 takes over PS Home
Sony is promoting Killzone 3 by transforming PlayStation Home into a special hub based on the PS3 shooter. The online world will become the ‘ISA Stronghold’ on January 27th. Players can access the area by visiting the ISA dropship in Home Square, and will be able to take part in …
Read More »Gaikai expands online team
Gaikai has hired two new members to its executive team, bringing decades of experience with online games to the cloud gaming service. Robert Stevenson has joined as senior vice president of interactive entertainment, while Tim Wilson becomes executive vice president of strategic relationships. Stevenson previously worked at Namco Bandai Games …
Read More »BioWare ‘aware’ of ME2 save woes on PS3
Developer BioWare has said it is investigating claims of alleged data loss suffered by some users of Mass Effect 2 on PS3. Some users of the studio’s forums have stated that following the game crashing, upon rebooting the machine their save data has become corrupted. In such a time-intense game …
Read More »Dead Space 2 DLC announced
Publisher EA has announced Dead Space 2: Severed – a DLC download for the soon-to-be-released Dead Space 2. Severed will see two stars from Wii title Extraction, Gabe Weller and Lexine Murdock, return to the fore. The narrative will run in parallel with that of Dead Space 2. EA has …
Read More »War of words erupts between Gamer’s Voice and Pachter
A bitter war of words has erupted between Tom Watson’s gaming pressure group Gamer’s Voice and Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter. Yesterday MCV reported that Gamer’s Voice is to send a petition to the Office of Fair Trading regarding complaints about alleged bugs in the PS3 and PC versions of …
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