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Ubisoft has finally nailed down a concrete release date for the PS3 version of Child of Eden. The game, which hit Xbox 360 in June, will arrive complete with PlayStation Move compatibility in the UK on September 23rd. There’s also a concrete release date for the 3DS version of Michael …
Read More »Sony launches $20m fund for PSN devs
New money injected into Pub Fund; Sony internal studios also to benefit
Read More »Sony investing $20m in exclusive PSN titles
Exclusivity has been dismissed by many an exec and developer and a redundant model in the modern games market, but Sony clearly disagrees having announced a huge investment in exclusive digital games for PlayStation platforms. PlayStation Network’s director of marketing Brandon Stander has said that the company is to invest …
Read More »PS3 dropping component support for games and Blu-ray
Signs are pointing to a change to future versions of the PS3 console that will mean it is unable to display much of its key content over a component cable. Until now PS3s have shipped with a component cable instead of the more standard HDMI connection. However, Kotaku reports that …
Read More »Sony: Support garage devs or innovation suffers
PS Vita dev kit to be inexpensive; Touch-only games encouraged
Read More »Motion control is still too imprecise for Ricitiello
While the industry’s platform holders continue to sell the motion control revolution to gamers, one of the sector’s top execs has admitted that he doesn’t like it. Personally, while there’s some great experiences on Move, and there’s some great experiences on Kinect, I’m not a motion control guy,” EA CEO …
Read More »Tech problems affecting PlayStation Plus members
Sony has outlined details of a PSN problem that it temporarily stopping PlayStation Plus subscribers from accessing some of the free content on offer. The issue stems from the infamous Welcome Back program, some legacy code of which is preventing full PlayStation Plus access. I just wanted to let you …
Read More »Retailers praise Vita price
There may be be no word on a release date yet, but games retailers are already excited about PlayStation Vita. Speaking to MCV, online and High Street outlets have praised the platform holder for the device’s announced pricing. Sony’s Kaz Hirai revealed during E3 that the WiFi-only model of Vita …
Read More »Sony: PS Vita our most dev-friendly platform yet
The development world has changed, and so have we, says SCE chief
Read More »PSN Pass is official
Sony has officially confirmed its intentions to debut the PSN Pass with September’s shooter release Resistance 3 on PSN. The PSN Pass was first rumoured yesterday after it was spotted on the packaging of Insomniac’s upcoming title. And as expected, the Pass very much apes similar schemes such as EA’s …
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