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Sony and EA recruited Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda to demonstrated Medal of Honor at Gamescom today. The rapper – who is also the lead in rap band Fort Minor – demonstrated new mode Gunfighter to the assembled trade, media and partners at Sony’s press conference. The mode allows gamers to …

Sega’s Virtua Tennis 4 will support both Move and 3D functionality on PS3, it has been confirmed at Cologne. The use of the motion controller will allow for precise control of the angle of the racquet as well as the speed and spin of the shot. It also becomes the …

Ratchet and Clank: All For One has been unveiled by Sony. The game is being developed by Insomniac’s North Carolina office, with studio director Chad Dezen demonstrating the game during Sony’s Gamescom press conference. The title allows gamers to control Ratchet, Clank, Quark and Nefarious seperately, and players must work …

Insomniac games has announced Resistance 3. It is the third in the popular FPS series, which sees human resistance fight against alien invaders. The game was announced by Insomniac CEO Ted Price via a teaser video shown during Sony’s Gamescom press conference in cologne. No details for the game, including …

Gran Turismo will be released in the UK and Europe on November 3rd. The game’s release date was confirmed during Sony’s Gamescom press conference. The new date puts the game’s UK launch one day behind its US debut on November 2nd, which was finally announced at this year’s E3. Back …

Sony has outlined some further spokes in tis IPTV wheel with the introduction of ITV content on demand on the PlayStation Network. A host of content agreements have been signed with providers across a number of nations including the Netherlands, Spain, Germany and Finland. There’s no sign, however, of the …

Sony has announced two new models of the PlayStation 3 during its Gamescom press conference. The platform will launch the first in a special Move bundle across Europe on September 15th, which Sony says will retail for 284.88 (349 Euros). The SKU will feature the Move Starter Pack, which features …

Sony has kicked off its (severely delayed) Gamescom 2010 conference by revealing that it has now sold a total of 38m PS3 consoles worldwide, with 16m of those sales coming from Europe. PS3 hardware sales have jumped 57 per cent year-on-year and software sales are up 38 per cent. The …