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The conspiracy theorists are out in force this morning after what began as a global issue with Sony’s PSN network has now escalated to what many people are calling an internal problem with some older PS3 consoles. Over the weekend many PS3 owners began complaining that they were unable to …
Read More »UK CHARTS: Heavy Rain claims no.1
So new, risky IP can’t be a commercial success, right? Wrong. Sony’s hugely ambitious and totally off-the-wall interactive crime thriller Heavy Rain has lived up to the hype and debuted in top spot in the ELSPA GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week. It’s Sony’s first UK number one …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Gearbox
You’ve just celebrated your tenth year with a big hit for 2K Games. Is this a good time to take stock at what you’ve achieved and where you’re going next? Randy Pitchford: I feel like we’re just getting started. Generally, I’ve no interest in saying ‘let’s stop and look back’. …
Read More »iPad prices leaked?
The iPad will cost as little as 389 when it eventually arrives in the UK – that’s the claim being made by Geeky Gadgets which says it has received leaked launch price information from a mystery source. The site says that the base 16GB model will cost 389, with the …
Read More »Blockbusters losses near half a billion
US retailer Blockbuster has posted some disturbing numbers for its most recent financial quarter, with Q4 net losses at the company hitting $434.9m – up on the already savage $359.8m loss suffered in the same period a year before. Revenues fell by 18 per cent to $1.08bn. Company debts are …
Read More »Dont hold your breath for PS4
The five-year console lifecycle is over – so anyone already turning their attentions to the possible features of PS4 can forget it, according to SCEA CEO Jack Tretton. In the old days it was ‘this thing is dead as a door nail in five years’, Tretton told Fast Company. Year …
Read More »Sony: Q1 as robust as Q4
The days of cramming all your key releases into the lucrative Q4 release window are over, according to SCEA boss Jack Tretton. The statement comes amidst a huge sales quarter for Sony, in which the platform holder will release three key PS3 releases worldwide – MAG, Heavy Rain and God …
Read More »Aliens: Colonial Marines resurfaces
Having missed its 2009 release date, Sega’s Aliens: Colonial Marines has been TBC on the publisher’s release schedule for some time now – but Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has once again began hyping the upcoming licensed title. We have an Aliens game with Sega and 20th Century Fox which we’re …
Read More »Microsoft turns to celebs for Natal
Microsoft will directly challenge Nintendo’s mass-market media efforts when it launches Natal later this year. MCV understands that format-holder Microsoft is already planning early promotional efforts for the camera device to include celebrity endorsements and coverage in non-games media. Microsoft this week invited an ‘elite selection of media’ and non-games …
Read More »Tretton questions Natal approach
When Natal arrives later this year it will have a key USP over rivals Wii and Sony’s motion device – a truly controller-less interface. But SCEA boss Jack Tretton has stated that his company’s experience with the EyeToy has taught it that the approach brings with it its own disadvantages. …
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