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Sony has removed the new software update for PlayStation Vita temporarily due to a technical hitch. PS Vita owners who already downloaded the patch before it was removed will be able to continue using the handheld as normal. Sony says it will notify customers once the latest system software update …
Read More »Vita’s £1.5m Easter campaign
Sony is pouring 1.5million into an Easter campaign for PlayStation Vita. It is the second big-budget ad push for the handheld following the console’s February launch. Sony says its new school holiday campaign will appear in areas with high footfall. The Easter campaign will consist of high impact outdoor media, …
Read More »More PlayStation Orbis evidence revealed
Further evidence has come to light suggesting that PlayStation Orbis is indeed the current codename for Sony’s PS3 successor. Kotaku spotted images on the website of design agency Coque Design. These were labelled "Illustrations & Sketches for new PlayStation Orbis features". The showed an EyeToy like device mounted on top …
Read More »PlayStation 4 ‘design sketch’ shows motion control camera mixed with mobile
Rumours of the so-called Sony Orbis project gather pace
Read More »Journey breaks PSN sales records
Developer thatgamecompany has announced that its recent PS3 release Journey has become the most successful game ever to be released on PSN. Journey has officially broken PlayStation Network and PlayStation Store sales records, surpassing all games ever released on the PlayStation Network to become the fastest-selling game ever released in …
Read More »RUMOUR: PS4 codenamed Orbis; Includes anti pre-owned tech; Due 2013
Yet another rumour has pointed to the next PlayStation launching alongside the Xbox 360 successor in 2013. But Kotaku claims to have word from what it calls a reliable source” of some quite detailed specs for the new machine, way beyond anything published to date. Firstly, it claims the new …
Read More »PS Vita game ‘removed after piracy scare’
Hackers say certain games can be manipulated to provide access to handheld's core
Read More »PlayStation Vita piracy scare
Sony has removed PlayStation Vita compatible PSP game Everybody’s Tennis from the PSN Store after reports that it had allowed pirates to crack the new handheld. The Sixth Axis reckons that Sony previously removed MotorStorm Arctic Edge from its download portal for exactly the same reason. Members of the PlayStation …
Read More »Remedy hiring for next-gen projects
Alan Wake outfit turns attention to future, unannounced platforms
Read More »Sony counter-intelligence plan against Anonymous
Security team adapting to new war on hackers; Sony division could use FBI-style profiling
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