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Sony’s video distribution service is coming to European PS3 users early, set to launch in late November. The launch window was confirmed by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe and is considerably earlier than the previously given date of ‘2010′. The movies-on-demand service was announced during this year’s Gamescom. The first movies …

With EA pledging to increase it focus on only its most successful IPs, the long-forgotten Medal of Honor series is set to get plenty of love in 2010, according to the publisher. EA Games label president Frank Gibeau confirmed the news following EA’s recent financial posting, stating: In the months …

As predicted yesterday, UK national supermarket Morrisons is this morning the cheapest place to pick up a new copy of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, with both the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game costing just 25.99. This undercuts closest rival Sainsbury’s by 1p. However, despite reports …

Gearbox president Randy Pitchford has dubbed Valve as foolish” for neglecting the PS3. He also questioned the development studio’s insistence on handling its own products through Steam, despite the fact it requires third-part publishers to reach retail. Speaking to Official PlayStation Magazine, he said: I noticed something on the net …

A new report from analyst firm OTX has claimed that a number of keen gamers who bought the likes of Assassin’s Creed and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare on Xbox 360 are intending to purchase the PS3 versions of the upcoming sequels. The belief comes from numbers showing that 15 …

Though the exact launch date and pricing remains a tightly guarded secret at SCEE, Sony has at least revealed a little bit of information about its PSN movie and TV rental service, which is due to go live in the UK next month. Dubbed the PlayStation Network Video Delivery Service”, …

You can decide for yourself whether it’s proof of a dramatic PS3 resurgence or a troubling Wii decline, but a recent confession from Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is certainly evidence of an increasingly heated and competitive battleground in the Japanese video games market. Speaking about the Japanese market at an …

Microsoft is planning to make lots of noise about its recently released (though temporarily troubled) Xbox 360 Sky Player service – but the signs are that PS3 owners may soon be getting some of the action, too. Speaking to VideoGamer, Sky’s director of On Demand Griff Parry said of PS3 …

As part of today’s financial report, Sony has confirmed that since the launch of the PS3 its PlayStation operations have lost a total of $4.965bn For its 2007 financial year – the period that followed the launch of PS3 – losses for Sony’s PlayStation operations hit $1.97bn. Despite falls over …

PlayStation platform holder Sony has reported losses of YEN 26.3bn (175) for its 2009 Q2 with its Networked Products & Services Division – which houses its PlayStation and PC operations – seeing losses increase year-on-year. The PlayStation division suffered a 24 per cent drop in sales compared to the same …