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Sony wants to bring the PlayStation to the classroom, but one challenge for the company to get right is how they inform teachers about their games-based education plans. Fortunately the platform holder has already launched a specialist educational channel, ConnectED, full of examples of how teachers and students are working …
Read More »Game budgets ‘have tripled’ on 3DS and PSP2
Cost of quality has jumped for powerful new handhelds, developers say
Read More »The portable revolution
Both Sony and Nintendo have hit back with new platforms to take on iOS, but what does 3DS and NGP mean for game developers?
Read More »GDC11: 3DS to use NetFront net browser
Nintendo ditches Opera in favour of Access software seen on PSP and PS3
Read More »Sony tempers NGP power claims
Platform holder Sony has seemingly back-tracked on claims that its NGP handheld is as powerful as the PS3. That was the line being fed to publishing and development partners earlier in the year before the machine’s official unveiling. However, Kotaku reports that speaking at GDC SCEA platform research manager has …
Read More »GDC11: SN System debuts NGP dev environment
SCE tech outfit's toolkit to optimise workflow and iteration for studios developing for Next Generation Portable
Read More »Final Fantasy IV due April
Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection will arrive in UK stores on April 22nd. The PSP release includes two games – Final Fantasy IV and The After Years – and arrives as a limited edition in PAL territories. It includes art cards, a PSP cleaning cloth and a special folding …
Read More »PSP gets fresh price cut
Sony has dropped the price of the PSP once again in North America. From Sunday February 27th the machine will carry an RRP of $129.99 – tantalisingly close to the magic $99.99 mark. The device currently retails for around $169.99. It was only back in October 2010 that Sony slashed …
Read More »Catherine tops Japanese charts
After a period of intense interest amongst certain parts of the online games community, Atlus’ PS3 and Xbox 360 outingCatherine has debuted at the top of the Japanese software charts. The game is conspicuous by its blatant use of overtly sexual imagery – a surprising rarity in the still often …
Read More »NaturalMotion joins PSP2 race
Morpheme 3 now compatible with new Sony handheld
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