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Rising Star Games is a publisher with a very clear mission. It is, as its slogan proudly declares, the home of Japanese games: a haven for properties that might have otherwise struggled to secure a publisher. The latest immigrant to take up lodgings with Rising Star is Pucca, a Korean …

London studio head Washbrook and Lincoln leader Lloyd leave

Likes of Epic Games, Capcom and Sega line up to support Sony's new handheld

It’s a premium device, and that fact immediately asks two questions of the NGP – how much will it cost and how long will the battery last? Analysts are already throwing around figures of between $299 and $349. As a direct translation this would mean between 188 and 220 in …

Epic Gamesâ?? engine shown operating on new Sony handheld device

PlayStation game push across Android devices and new PSP2 handheld

Sonyâ??s new handheld unveiled at Tokyo press event

Though Sony didn’t this morning repeat the "as powerful as PS3" line that it had been giving to developers over the last few months, the Next Generation Portable is certainly a stompingly powerful device. In fact, Epic founder Tim Sweeney told attendees at Sony’s Tokyo press gathering that the new …

Sony’s NGP will be here by the end of the year, and if the games announced today are anything to go by it’s going to be a blockbuster Q4. Activision’s senior VP of Asia Philip Earl took to the stage in Tokyo this morning to announce what is probably the …

The Next Generation Portable hardware itself may be technically very impressive, but arguably the biggest news to emerge from Tokyo this morning is that of Sony’s new PlayStation Suite. The new software platform will not only power the content delivery for the NGP, but will also bring PlayStation gaming to …