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Having been the first to crack some of PS3’s key security features earlier this year, famous iPhone hacker George Hotz has vowed to discover a method to circumvent Sony’s upcoming PS3 update that will remove the ability to install an alternative operating system. Hotz claims that the move is not …

In a not-so-thinly veiled attack on Microsoft’s Natal camera, Sony’s R&D boss Richard Marks has claimed that the PlayStation Platform holder rejected similar technology for its PS3 motion update. We tried a lot of different 3D cameras,” Marks told The Engadget Show, as spotted by VG247. We worked closely with …

The PlayStation 3 has officially arrived in the Philippines in a move that highlights Sony’s growing aspirations in the fractured Asian market. VentureBeat reports that the 120GB version of the console will cost 18,999 PESOS (280) with the 360GB SKU costing 20,999 PESOS (310). The PSP, meanwhile, will retail for …

The next firmware update for PS3, which will be released on April 1st, will remove the ability to install a third party operating system onto the console. The move is designed to dampen the ongoing efforts of pirates to hack into the currently secure machine. It’s thought that the decision …

After several weeks undisturbed at the top of the Japanese hardware charts, Sony’s PSP has finally been toppled – by none other than the PS3. Sony’s control at the top of the listings is perhaps as good a signifier as any of the changing times in the traditional video games …

A brand new Michael Jackson game seems very much on the cards after news that Sony has swooped to secure a seven-year deal for the rights to release video games based on the late King of Pop. The Independent reports that the $200m deal gives Sony the rights to release …

The PlayStation Portable is celebrating its fifth birthday (in the US at least). Throughout its lifetime it has sold 17m units in the country. The machine currently boasts a UMD games library in excess of 520 games, with an additional 300+ titles available to download on PSN. In its time …

Apple’s digital distribution model makes it tough to track sales numbers for iPhone games, but a new report from Flurry says that the device’s share of the US market grew considerably last year – at the expense of the PSP and DS.Mobile Entertainment reports that in 2009 the iPhone claimed …

Comments from SCE Benelux’s Folkert Langeveld have seemingly confirmed the existence of LittleBigPlanet 2. Furthermore, it’s claimed that the game is set to front Sony’s new PlayStation Move. Little Big Planet 2 will support the Move,” according to a translation from Tweakers.net. Sony has not hurried a sequel to the …

Sony has at last nailed down a UK release date for the much-wanted God of War Collection. The game, which includes high-definition reworkings of PS2 titles God of War and God of War II, will arrive on April 30th. Best of all, it will carry a budget RRP of just …