Is this what it’s going to be like all the way until Q4? The latest action in the war of words between platform holders Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo comes courtesy of Sony’s American CEO Jack Tretton, who has urged gamers wanting to get their hands on Natal to instead drop …
Read More »Killzone 3 confirmed
Its arrival was always inevitable, but nonetheless Sony has for the first time gone on record to confirm that Killzone 3 is definitely on the way for PS3. However, an arrival in time for Christmas this year perhaps looks a little less likely now than it once did. Speaking to …
Read More »Hayes: Move/Wii comparisons are unfair
Both use a main wand and an auxiliary joystick-equipped controller and both claim to track precise body movements, but Sega’s North American and European president and COO Mike Hayes has asked questions of the comparisons being drawn between PlayStation Move and Wii. Yes, I think that is unfair,” he told …
Read More »Sony explains Move name
We’ll likely never know whether Arc was never its name, was a temporary codename or was indeed dropped due a rumoured trademark dispute – but Sony has at least looked to explain its reasoning behind the name PlayStation ‘Move’. It’s great – everyone’s so interested in how our company names …
Read More »Sony: Yes, we are aiming for Wii audience
Can the PlayStation Move succeed in convincing Wii gamers to give up on Nintendo’s console and invest in a PS3? The answer to that all depends on who you ask. Sony thinks so. In fact, on the very same night it unveiled Move it laboured on this very point. Yesterday, …
Read More »Reggie questions Move motivation
Such are the similarities between PlayStation Move and the Nintendo Wii that some have speculated that Sony’s device might draw some consumer’s away from Nintendo’s product. Not so, according to Nintendo’s American boss Reggie Fils-Aime. Why would they say that?” the exec asked when the claim was put to him …
Read More »Gamebryo adds PS3/Wii motion control tool
Emergentâ??s LightSpeed engine integrates Move and Wii Remote development solution
Read More »MS: No Blu-ray key to 360 success
The long-rumoured Blu-ray version of the Xbox 360 has never seemed less likely after Xbox product director Aaron Greenberg cited the decision to stick with DVD as one of the key reasons why Xbox 360 has performed so well at retail. Being $100 cheaper than PS3 is part of the …
Read More »GAME unveils PS Home Moonbase
UK High Street chain will this Thursday (March 18th) become the first retailer to launch an online presence in Sony’s PlayStation Home, MCV can reveal. The GAME Moonbase is designed to allow users to hang out, socialise and learn about forthcoming releases and activities across all PlayStation platforms”. The ground …
Read More »PSP is a useless waste of space
In what surely amounts to something of a PR nightmare for all involved, Codemasters Studios’ VP Gavin Cheshire has labelled Sony’s PSP as a bollocking useless waste of space”. The blast comes despite the high-profile release of Codemasters’ licensed racing title F1 2009 on the PSP late last year. Well, …
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