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Arsenal fans may be able to watch instant replays of goals and tackles on their PSP while attending matches at the team’s Emirates Stadium. The club’s commercial director Adrian Ford said a Sony-developed application will enable PSP owners to watch near-instant replays, view data and statistics and receive live streaming …
Read More »Sony blocks Ericsson PSP phone pitch
Sony has refused to grant its Sony Ericsson joint venture permission to use its PlayStation branding on phones, according to Mobile Today . The decision was apparently made in December following a series of pitches on the grounds that the troubled handset maker couldn’t guarantee a good enough user experience. …
Read More »NPD: Sony hails continued momentum for PlayStation brand
Sony is labelling 2008 as a year of ‘continued momentum’ in North America as NPD stats showed that total PS3 hardware sales for the territory were up 40 per cent on 2007, with software sales climbing 115 per cent year-on-year. However, PS3’s December sales of 726,000 units, up an impressive …
Read More »Star Ocean PSP arriving next month
Publisher Square Enix has confirmed that PSP exclusive RPG Star Ocean: Second Evolution will be released in Europe and PAL territories on February 13th. The Star Ocean series debuted in 1996 on the SNES, with this new PSP version being a remake of PlayStation sequel, Star Ocean: The Second Story. …
Read More »REVEALED: UK console installed base hits 22 million
The total console installed base for the UK has leapt to 22 million year-on-year, up from 13.5 million reported in January 2008. The results were revealed in GAME’s Christmas trading statement, citing Gfk-ChartTrack data, which shows that sales of Xbox 360, Wii and PS3 consoles have jumped from 4.7 million …
Read More »UNO heading to PSN and WiiWare
Mobile games publisher Gameloft has secured the global licensing rights to publish UNO across multiple platforms, including for the first time Sony’s PlayStation Network and Nintendo’s WiiWare and DSiWare. CasualGaming.biz has the full story – click here to take a look.
Read More »US: Sony brings MTV to PSN
Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced a new partnership with MTV Networks that will see a range of programmes made available through the PlayStation Network. The announcement was made during SCEA’s keynote speech at CES 2009, and revealed the first wave of entertainment, comedy and children’s programmes that gamers will …
Read More »JAPAN: Market shrinks by 15 per cent in 2008
Enterbrain, the publisher behind Japanese games bible Famitsu and the leading authority on the Japanese games market, has released its 2008 report – and it shows that despite the gains seen in the UK , the Japanese market shrank by 15.3 per cent in 2008. The 2008 market value hit …
Read More »Stringer: PS3 and PSP install base passes 60m
Howard Stringer, the CEO of Sony, told the audience at the firm’s Consumer Electronics Show presentation in Las Vegas that the combined global userbase for its PS3 and PSP consoles now stands at 61.3 million. Edge Online also reports that SCE CEO Kaz Hirai added that $1m worth of virtual …
Read More »Resistance Retribution dated
SCEE has revealed that Bend Studios’ PSP FPS Resistance Retribution will be released in Europe on March 13th, VG247 reports. Retribution is the first foray for the series on PSP – indeed, it is the first time Sony’s brand has appeared on any format other than PS3. Unlike its console …
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