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Sales monitor GfK-ChartTrack has revealed to MCV that it hopes to set up a chart of UK digital downloads by the end of this year. The company said it was in ‘active discussions’ with a number of leading providers of downloadable digital content with a view to inking a deal …
Read More »Reeves to retire from SCEE
David Reeves has announced his plans to retire from Sony as president of SCEE at the end of the month. He will be replaced by marketing boss and former SCEA man Andrew House. Reeves’ last day will be April 30th, after almost 15 years overseeing and helping build the PlayStation …
Read More »Hardware bundle arriving alongside PSP Rock Band
Hot on the heels of EA’s confirmation that PSP title Rock Band Unplugged will be released in Europe and North American on June 9th, Sony has announced that a new hardware bundle will be released at the same time. The Limited Edition Rock Band PSP Entertainment Pack will include a …
Read More »Rock Band Unplugged gets global release date
MTV has confirmed that Rock Band Unplugged, its PSP extension to its popular music series, will be released on the handheld in both Europe and North America on June 9th. It includes 40 master recordings including nine exclusive songs that will debut in Unplugged before arriving as LDC on console …
Read More »Sony appoints new IP licensor for PlayStation IP
MotorStorm alloy wheels, Killzone Zippo lighters, SingStar nail varnish and LittleBigPlanet breeze blocks – all and more could be on the way with SCEE confirming the appointment of Target Entertainment as its consumer product licensing agent for PlayStation software IP. Target will look to take many of Sony Europe’s biggest …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet community grows to nearly 2m
Sony’s impressive PS3 exclusive platformer LittleBigPlanet has hit a big milestone with the news that the game’s online community now stands at nearly 2m users. In addition, the number of user-created levels now available for players to download has hit 725,000. Since Media Molecule’s game launched last November, it has …
Read More »Lewis: Sonys PS2 move is not unexpected
Xbox 360 platform holder Microsoft has told MCV that it’s not surprised by Sony’s PS2 price drop announced today, saying that the console is now at the end of its lifecycle. This move from Sony at the end of the PS2’s life cycle is not unexpected,” Microsoft’s regional VP of …
Read More »Sony trademarks PS Cloud
It has emerged that PlayStation platform holder Sony has trademarked the name ‘PS Cloud’ – and it did so just one day after OnLive lifted the lid on its streaming games technology at GDC last week. OnLive is a new games system based around the concept of cloud computing – …
Read More »Slitherine sees PSP as a huge opportunity
UK publisher Slitherine has told MCV that the PSP still offers a significant opportunity for game makers. March 20th saw Slitherine release strategy game Military History Commander: Europe at War Gold on the PSP, which the UK-based company hopes will ape the success of its previous title for the handheld, …
Read More »Sony offers developer exclusivity perks
GDC 09: Publisher says it will match developerâ??s budgets if they make they titles PSN-only
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