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Sony has won the right to acquire the online IP addresses of anyone who has visited George Hotz’ website over the past two years. Federal magistrate Joseph Spero granted Sony its request to obtain the information, which it said was necessary to prove Hotz’ distribution of a PS3 hack. It …
Read More »Black Ops ‘is biggest PS3 title’
Activision has declared that Call of Duty: Black Ops is the best-selling PS3 game of all time. The publisher claimed this achievement had been proved by figures from GfK Chart-Track and NPD, although no sales figures was given. If true, this means Black Ops has topped records set by Gran …
Read More »GDC11: 70% PSN Store revenue growth
Sony reveals year-on-year PSN traffic and revenue spike at GDC
Read More »GDC: PSN Store revenues jump 70%
Revenues from the online PlayStation Store have risen 70 per cent year-on-year. Sony made the announcement at the 2011 Games Development Conference in San Francisco as part of its PlayStation Network Analysis panel. SCEA digital distribution manager Pierre Gravereau also revealed that traffic to the PlayStation Store increased by 60 …
Read More »Epic would ‘love’ Gears of War on PS3
The president of acclaimed developer Epic has revealed his desire to bring the Gears of War franchise to Sony’s PS3. "Do we wish we could take all those Killzone and Resistance fans on PS3, and get them to say ‘Gears is awesome’?," Mike Capps told IndustryGamers. "Yeah, sure I’d love …
Read More »GDC11: 3DS to use NetFront net browser
Nintendo ditches Opera in favour of Access software seen on PSP and PS3
Read More »Sony tempers NGP power claims
Platform holder Sony has seemingly back-tracked on claims that its NGP handheld is as powerful as the PS3. That was the line being fed to publishing and development partners earlier in the year before the machine’s official unveiling. However, Kotaku reports that speaking at GDC SCEA platform research manager has …
Read More »GDC11: Sony opens Move to hacking community
The â??Move Meâ?? app will transfer PS3 data to PC, allowing for free manipulation
Read More »Why Crysis 2 doesn’t support Move
Crysis 2 will push the console visual envelope when its released next month, but one thing it won’t do is add weight to the growing motion control movement. And developer Crytek says that’s because it simply doesn’t see motion control as the right suitor for FPS games at this moment …
Read More »GDC11: Ngmoco brands NGP ‘dead on arrival’
CEO of casual gaming giant launches attack on Sony's new handheld
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