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The gaming accessories market expects a surge in peripheral sales when Project Natal and PlayStation Move hit store shelves. MCV quizzed 15 manufacturers – all of which are preparing their own products to accompany the motion tech. Mad Catz Europe’s general manager Brian Anderson said: We’re enormously excited about the …
Read More »Sony faces more OtherOS lawsuits
PlayStation 3 platform holder Sony is facing up to a further two legal challenges to its decision to remove the ability to install alternative operating systems from the console. OtherOS functionality, which allowed PS3 owners to install the likes of Linux, was removed from the PS3 in last month’s firmware …
Read More »Ape Escape swings onto PS3
The new PS3 Move-compatible Ape Escape will hit retail before the end of the year, Sony has announced. An official Tweet by ApeClub, the franchise’s digital arm, said: Ape Escape’s PS3 release date is now Q2 – Q4 2010.” The IP originally kicked off on the PlayStation in 1999 with …
Read More »LBP2 to support Move at a later date
LittleBigPlanet 2 will offer limited support for the PlayStation Move controller at launch with fuller, expanded support planned for later down the line. We’re really excited by giving the Move controller to the community,” Media Molecule co-founder Mark Healy told VG247. We’re totally going to go to town on supporting …
Read More »PSN problems plague Stimulus launch
A technical problem on the European arm of Sony’s PlayStation Network has prevented thousands of gamers from getting their hands on the highly anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Stimulus Map Pack. Many users are having problems topping up their wallet funding on PSN meaning that if they currently …
Read More »THQ looks to digital market
The digital market is growing at an exponential rate, and THQ has become the latest publisher to announce an increased focus on the sector. It intends to bring a number of its key brands to services such as Xbox Live Arcade and PSN. It also has its sights set on …
Read More »US: Sony announces PS3 warranty deal
Consumers in the US are now being offered the chance to extend the standard one-year warranty of the PS3 or PSP thanks to a brand new Sony initiative called the PlayStation Protection Plan. The cover can be purchased for either the PS3, PSP-3000 or PSPgo. A one-year extension for a …
Read More »Move doesnt punish lack of skill
Supermassive Games’ creative director Steve Goss has denied claims that the extreme precision of Sony’s Move controller punishes players for lack of skill. Speaking in the latest Move developer diary, which can be watched below, Goss also attacks Nintendo’s Wii for what he perceives as a lack of precision. I …
Read More »Multiformat central to Bungie deal
Right at the heart of Activision’s shock announcement just moments ago that it has signed a ten-year deal with Bungie is that whatever the mystery new IP at the centre of the agreement is, it’s going to be on PS3. The agreement grants Activision the rights to just one new, …
Read More »Sony alters PS3 Slim innards
The latest iteration of Sony’s PS3 Slim, the CECH-2100A, houses a rebuilt RSX chip that cuts both the power consumption and the likelihood of failure for the console. As has been previously reported, the CECH-2100A is 200g lighter than the generation one PS3 Slim. PlayStation University adds that the new …
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