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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 …

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, …

After all the months of leaks and speculation, the PSP2 is finally here with a concrete launch date of late 2011. Well, actually it’s not. The NGP (Next Generation Portable) as it’s currently being known, is here. And here’s a complete technical run down of the system’s specifications. • CPU: …

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:

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 …

Thor: God of Thunder will no longer be released on PSP when it hits shelves on other formats on April 29th. Sega confirmed the cancellation in its latest release schedule which stated that the game will instead be released on 3DS. The third person action adventure – also due for …

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