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Read More »UPDATED: WipEout to be resurrected
UPDATE 1:In the moments since publication MCV has been contacted by two sources who claim that Evolution is not the new WipEout developer. We will await an official confirmation. UPDATE 2:Sony has responded with "no comment". ORIGINAL STORY: Sony is to hand over the WipEout IP to UK developer Evolution …
Read More »Borderlands 2 getting simultaneous digital release on PSN
PS3 owners can choose between either a physical or digital purchase when Borderlands 2 hits UK retail next Friday (September 21st). Sony has confirmed that the game will be released on the PlayStation Store at the same time it arrives at retail. Furthermore, the game can also be pre-ordered on …
Read More »New gaming tablet Wikipad debuts in US
PlayStation certified device to support Google Play apps
Read More »First step toward Vita piracy as homebrew hack reports emerge
The PlayStation Vita’s security protocols have been breached. The hacker who cracked Amazon’s Kindle, Yifan Lu, claims to have constructed a working loader that is able to run some very basic unofficial code on the handheld. While the playing of PSP homebrew on Vita has been working for some time, …
Read More »Can FIFA, Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed save Vita?
In the wake of E3 in June serious questions were being asked about PlayStation Vita. For all its whizz bang technology, high-end games and control schemes, the portable has yet to find its audience. And not just in the UK, but in Sony’s homeland of Japan, too. So retailers looked …
Read More »PlayStation: ‘The walled garden model is breaking down’
The days of closed platforms like PS1, PS2 and PS3 are coming to an end, admits Sony. PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan told MCV the firm is entering a ‘big bad world where there are no rules’ and that it is re-thinking what it means to be a platform holder. …
Read More »PlayStation India is finally on Facebook
Sony Computer Entertainment India today announced the launch of the PlayStation India Facebook page. This is the first official presence for PlayStation India on social media. While there is an Indian version of PlayStation.com, it mostly carries updates from the European sites with little local information. Sony has been slow …
Read More »Sony calls on the High Street to boost PlayStation Plus
The High Street has been called in to help Sony ramp up subscribers to its PlayStation Plus service. The platform holder has today (August 17th) launched new one-year (39.99) and 90-day (11.99) subscription cards into specialists stores, and is set to embark on a ‘really big’ marketing and PR push …
Read More »PS Vita selling 11,000 units a day
PlayStation handheld trails behind iPhone, iPad, 3DS and Minecraft
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