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SCEA’s Chris Eden has lifted the lid on something called the Sony Pub Fund – a new scheme that sees the platform holder contribute to a game’s development costs in exchange for guaranteed PSN exclusivity. For the full story, click here to head over to CasualGaming.biz.

GDC 09: New studio LightBox Interactive on multi-year, multi-title PlayStation contract

A remake of Tecmo and Team Ninja’s previously Xbox 360 only Ninja Gaiden II is to be released as a download on Sony’s PSN. Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 will once again by developed by Team Ninja, Kotaku reports, though of course it will not be developed by now departed former …

Alex Evans, the co-founder of LittleBigPlanet developer Media Molecule, believes that any gamers interested in buying a PS3 have already done so – and that if Sony wishes to grow the console’s user base it has to transfer the casual success it saw on PS2. To read the full story, …

MCV understands that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is considering legal action over the use of a PlayStation-like controller in the Government’s controversial Change4Life print ad. The ad – which depicts a young boy sitting on a sofa under the words, ‘Risk an early death. Just do nothing’ – has already …

The arrival (and, indeed, solid success ) of Sega’s next-gen RPG brawler Yakuza 3 in Japan has seen Sony’s PS3 recapture the top spot in the Japanese hardware sales charts. Media Create numbers show that PS3 sold 36,513 units in the week ending March 1st, ever so slightly ahead of …

In an exclusive interview with MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz, Square Enix president and CEO John Yamamoto has said that online distribution channels such as Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and WiiWare form a significant part of his company’s ongoing plans. There is a large audience for casual titles that is growing …

PS3 platform holder Sony has once again upped the online integration of user’s PS3 gamer IDs with its online portal by adding support to view Trophies on the website. Once logged in with their PS3 ID, users are now able to browse all of the Trophies won in PS3 games …

After over three years of hype and unimagined pressure to perform, Sony’s PS3 exclusive first person shooter Killzone 2 has kept its nerve and debuted at the top of the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40. The victory is all the sweeter having had to fend off the advances of …

Japanese publisher Konami is to release two double packs for PSP, both of which contain Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops and both of which will retail for 19.99. The first contains both Solid Snake’s handheld offering and survival horror title Silent Hill Origins whilst the second bundles the stealth hit …