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Sony’s VidZone, a new streaming music video service that CasualGaming.biz once dubbed as PS3’s answer to Spotify, has nabbed a major exclusive in the form of an early peek of U2’s brand new video. Click here to take a short and painless trip over to CasualGaming.biz for the full story.
Read More »US: 2009 releases fail to perform on Wii
Almost all 2009 releases on Wii have been outsold in the States by games launched in previous years, with only EA Sports Active standing tall. The latest NPD data, analysed by Gamasutra, shows that EA’s new fitness game is the only title in the top five best-selling Wii games of …
Read More »Pay-to-Play debuts on PSN
With new games business models very much at the forefront of people’s attentions right now, an experiment by Sony of Japan could lead to a brand new payment model rolling onto the PlayStation Network. A new version of Yen Gomibako, which was recently released under the title Trash Panic on …
Read More »Microsoft: Blu-ray threw Sony off strategy
Xbox 360 group product manager Aaron Greenberg has stated that Sony’s insistence on selling PS3 on its credentials as a Blu-ray player as much as a games console has knocked the firm off track, allowing Xbox 360 to maintain its momentum. We started in the inner circle, and we’ll continue …
Read More »Operation Flashpoint 2 dated
Codemasters’ Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising will be released worldwide in early October. The game will be released on October 9th in the UK, October 8th across Europe and October 6th in North America for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC. The title is the sequel to the hugely popular 2001 FPS …
Read More »Sony developing PSEye facial recognition software
Develop '09: PlayStation camera boasts new features
Read More »Sony motion controller is ‘true interaction’
Develop '09: Format-holder discusses new device at Develop Conference
Read More »PS3 Home return rate under 30%
Speaking at the Develop Conference, Sony’ Peter Edwards revealed that the return rate for PlayStation Home stands somewhere between 25-30 per cent, meaning that over 70 per cent of those who download and try the service do not return for a second time. Click here to read the full story …
Read More »PlayStation Home return rate under 30%
Develop '09: And 80% of those who try Sonyâ??s social hub are â??young malesâ??
Read More »Fallout 3 DLC delayed on PS3
Having already missed its initial June release window, publisher Bethesda has confirmed that its DLC for popular post-nuclear RPG Fallout 3 has been delayed until later in the year. Last month PS3 owners were supposed to get the Operation: Anchorage add-on pack, but now Bethesda says that it – as …
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