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Sony will take to the stage in the early hours of tomorrow morning to showcase how it hopes to maintain PS4’s lead for the year ahead. The company dominated proceedings last year, but can it repeat the feat by capturing hearts and minds? That all depends on what surprises it …
Read More »E3 Mission Statements: What Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo need to prove
A year on from E3 2013 and perhaps the most surprising thing is that everything has panned out just as you might have expected. Admittedly, the extent of PS4’s sales lead is perhaps greater than you’d have thought, as is the extent of Microsoft’s policy U-turns. And arguably the extent …
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Sony execs issue firm denial that game has been cancelled
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Read More »Sony dismisses The Last Guardian cancellation claims
IGN has apologised for a story published over the weekend claiming that Sony had cancelled The Last Guardian. It originally quoted an internal source speaking to IGN Russia” who said that confirmation of the game’s cancellation was shared at an internal Sony meeting last week. However, Sony’s head of software …
Read More »Sony tops global console sales for first time in 8 years
Sony has re-taken the crown as the world’s most successful games console manufacturer. Nikkei reports, via AFP, that in the year ending March 2014 cumulative sales of PlayStation hardware – which presumably included PS4, PS3, PS2, Vita and PSP – reached 18.7m units. In the same period Nintendo sold 16.31m …
Read More »Report claims The Last Guardian cancelled, Sony denies rumour
'Internal source' says game was officially canned last week
Read More »PayPal option now available on PS4 digital purchases
PS4 owners now have the ability to buy games and other products using their PayPal accounts, with Sony adding the payment option for all digital goods offered on the console. Users can add money from their PayPal accounts to their PSN wallets directly from the console dashboard by highlighting the …
Read More »From the Archive: A Tale of Two E3s
Two of the biggest names in entertainment went head-to-head at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Both unveiled new video games consoles that would launch against each other in a matter of months. One company was the current market leader. But it had stumbled en-route to E3, and was on the …
Read More »Long lost PS4-Vita bundle finally materialises
Sony’s promised PS4-Vita hardware bundle looks like it could finally be set for release. The SKU was first confirmed to MCV by Sony UK’s senior product manager Ben Law back when the PS4 launched in November. It was said to be scheduled for a pre-Christmas release but never actually arrived. …
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