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Sony’s streaming games PlayStation Now service will be launched on PS3 in the US in the coming days. PlayStation Now has been available on PS4 in the US since last year and entered beta in the UK last month. Now the service is making its way to PS3 for the …
Read More »PS4 reaches 2m sales in the UK
2m PlayStation 4 consoles have been sold in the UK, MCV can reveal. Sony’s home console sailed past the milestone over the weekend, and reaches this level faster than it managed to with PlayStation 2. The machine is currently the best-selling UK games console for 2015 so far. All data …
Read More »Standalone release for The Last of Us ‘Left Behind’ DLC hits next week
The Last of Us DLC release Left Behind will get a standalone digital release on PS3 and PS4, Naughty Dog has announced. A post on the PlayStation Blog by the studio’s community strategist Arne Meyer reveals that the prequel of sorts will launch on its own for $9.99 on both …
Read More »Adventure Time stars in LittleBigPlanet 3 tie-up
Finn and Jake have got their thumbs into yet another video gaming pie with the release of the Adventure Time Level Kit for PS4 and PS3 title LittleBigPlanet 3. The 3.99 kit includes 16 materials, four objects, 25 decorations and 81 stickers along with two original music tracks and three …
Read More »PS4 has shipped 22.3m units globally
14.8 million consoles sold during the fiscal year ending March 31st
Read More »PS4 sells 14.8 million in a year, PlayStation annual profit up to £261.5m
Sony’s latest financials have revealed a bright 12 months for the company’s games business. For the fiscal year ended March 31st, the platform holder reported 14.8 million unit sales for PS4. This is almost double the 7.5 million seen in FY2013, although given that the console was only around for …
Read More »Retail listing mentions PS4 edition for west-bound Tales of Zestiria
The upcoming worldwide launch of Namco’s RPG Tales of Zestiria appears to be more than just a PS3 release, despite Sony’s last-gen hardware currently being the only confirmed platform for the game. VG247 reports on a listing from Dutch retailer Nedgame, which indicates the game will arrive at Europe shops …
Read More »Console editions of Minecraft adding default female character this week
Minecraft’s default female character Alex will be added to console versions of the game later this week, Mojang has revealed. Owners of PlayStation and/or Xbox editions of the game will receive the Alex skins as a free update this Wednesday, according to a post by Mojang’s Owen Hill on the …
Read More »Invisible Inc for PS4 in the works, full Steam release lands next month
Klei Entertainment has pinned an official release date on its Steam Early Access stealth title Invisible Inc., revealing the game is in development for PlayStation 4 as well. The PC, Mac and Linux versions of the game will leap from Early Access to 1.0 status on Steam May 12th, according …
Read More »Retailers cut PS4 to £290 as console price wars continue
UPDATE: Argos is offering the same 289.99 deal as GAME. Sony has seemingly reacted to the recent Xbox One price cut by reducing the PS4’s UK price yet further. As spotted by GameSpot, a number of retailers are currently offering the machine for under 290. Tesco, Amazon and Argos are …
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