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Back in 2011, days before Andrew House moved to Japan to become CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, MCV sat down with him to conduct his final interview as Sony Europe President. The piece looked at the career history of the man who would go on the become the most powerful …
Read More »It sounds like BioShock on Vita is not happening
All hope of a Vita version of BioShock appears to be over. 2K and Sony couldn’t put a deal together when I last checked,” BioShock creator Ken Levine said on Twitter. They seemed way more optimistic about this back in 2011. Wish I could do it myself, but lawyers and …
Read More »US Vita supplies are running low
It’s apparently quite hard to get hold of a PlayStation Vita in the US at the moment. Polygon reports that the launch of the Vita Slim in the territory in May as part of a Borderland 2 bundle has led to a shortage, with Sony struggling to match demand. "We’re …
Read More »Sony is making a ‘significant investment’ in VR
Virtual reality is a serious part of PlayStation’s future, according to Sony’s UK boss Andrew House. "It’s definitely more than an experiment,” he told The Guardian. We’ve made some commitments; we’re putting significant investment into the product. "With Oculus we saw this groundswell of game development that didn’t necessarily have …
Read More »Shock! Gran Turismo 7 looking unlikely for 2014
At one stage Polyphony Digital said Gran Turismo 7 could be released in 2014. What are the chances of that happening, do you think? If your answer was incredibly slim” or virtually none” then congratulations! You’re not daft and you’re quite right. "We are working on the title," Gran Turismo …
Read More »Testology triumphs at MCV Games 5s
The games industry shed blood, sweat and tears yesterday at the PlayStation MCV Games 5s tournament. And it was Testology that took away the top prize, besting Sports Interactive in the day’s tense finale 8-2. The QA firm’s team left with glory, replica Jules Rimet trophies and goodie bags from …
Read More »PlayStation-only Destiny DLC exclusive until at least Christmas 2015
The US-arm of Amazon has apparently revealed that the exclusive Destiny content for PS4 and PS3 will remain tied to those platforms until ‘at least Fall 2015’. Spotted by CVG, the website says: "Exclusive content for PlayStation 4 owners includes the Exodus Blue Competitive Multiplayer Map, Dust Palace Strike, Weapons, …
Read More »Sony’s Shahid Ahmad: Indie games do sell consoles
The big three platform holders have been eagerly courting independent developers, each with their own experts doing the wooing. But Sony’s Shahid Ahmad, heading up the Strategic Content team, is arguably the most public of these individuals. He has had a long career in the industry, going from bedroom coder …
Read More »Games 5s is next week – last chance to register
Time is running out if you want to challenge the likes of Sports Interactive, Twitch, Ubisoft, Rockstar Games, GreenManGaming, and 2K Games at next week’s MCV Games 5s. Most of the team spaces for next month’s games industry five-a-side competition are spoken for but there are a few slots left. …
Read More »Destiny’s PlayStation exclusives detailed
The exclusive content offered to PS4 and PS3 owners who play Bungie’s Destiny has been listed. At launch, PS4 and PS3 owners will get exclusive access to a unique co-op Strike located on Mars, an exclusive competitive map, and a slew of exclusive guns, gear, and ships,” PlayStation Blog reports. …
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