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Sony CEO Sir Howard Stringer has spoken on how online services have driven the expansion of the PlayStation business, and has implied that Sony is set to push the PSN service on other devices. We will be expanding the PlayStation Network to hardware other than the PS3,” he said in …
Read More »Codemasters: Ashes will be sporting event of the summer
Ashes Cricket 2009 for PS3, 360 and PC is set to be one of this summer’s key sporting titles, says Codemasters. The game will go up against a raft of big summer sports titles including EA Grand Slam Tennis, Tiger Woods, Wii Sports Resort and Virtua Tennis 2009. The Ashes …
Read More »THQ: PS3 price cut expected, Wii a little soft
On the back of THQ’s recent financial results, CEO Brian Farrell has stated that he believes Sony will cut the price of PS3 this year, whilst also admitting that the Wii market is slowing. We are not expecting a price cut at E3 but we do expect one later in …
Read More »Katamari Forever to be Blu-ray game in Europe
Publisher Namco Bandai has told MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz that the upcoming PS3-exclusive Katamari Forever will be a boxed title in Europe. Click here to take a look.
Read More »JAPAN: PS3 betters Wii for second successive month
PS3’s Japanese resurgence is showing no signs of abating with news that Sony’s console has successfully outsold Nintendo’s Wii for the second month on the trot in the territory. Reuters reports that Sony sold 108,530 PS3 console in April. That’s down on the 146,948 sold in March but still ahead …
Read More »Sony readying motion-sensing controller for E3?
E3 is nearly here, and with it comes the traditional pre-show rumour-mongering – this time it’s the turn of PS3 with talk of a possible reveal of a new Wii-like motion-sensing controller. Variety has published a seemingly quite definitive story claiming that a gesture-based PS3 controller does exist and that …
Read More »Katamari Forever confirmed for European PSN
Cult favourites The Price and King of All Cosmos will be returning to Europe later this year with the confirmation of an autumn release for Namco Bandai’s PSN-only Katamari Forever. The game, which has until now been known as Katamari Damacy Tribute, will support 1080p graphics and a range of …
Read More »Marvel vs Capcom resurrected
Street Fighter publisher Capcom is to bring one of its popular fighting series to Xbox 360 and PS3 this summer, with a download-only version of Marvel vs Capcom 2 now officially confirmed. The game will be released on both Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade and Sony’s PlayStation Network, and is based …
Read More »JAPAN: PS3 sales surge 274%
Never doubt the appetite for all things Final Fantasy in Japan – sales of PS3 rocketed last week after the arrival of a playable demo of Square Enix’s Final Fantasy XIII on the Blu-ray release of CGI movie Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete. Sales of Sony’s machine hit 62,527, up …
Read More »inFamous heading to UK on May 29th
inFamous, one of Sony’s major 2009 PS3-exclusive releases, will arrive at UK retail on May 29th, MCV can confirm. Developed by Sucker Punch, inFamous takes a similar approach to the free-roaming sandbox Grand Theft Auto mechanic as was seen in Realtime Worlds’ Crackdown – granting the player super-human abilities with …
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