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Borderlands 2 is heading to PS Vita – alongside a hardware bundle packaging the game with the new, slimmer Vita. Sony’s John Koller announced the news at California PlayStation event this week, adding that a Vita Borderlands 2 hardware bundle will launch alongside the game this spring. The package includes …
Read More »Animated Rabbids movie on the way
The Rabbids are making their way to the big screen. Ubisoft, Sony and Columbia Pictures have announced a partnership to produce a full-length feature film starring the Rabbids. Shot to fame by the Rayman franchise, the creatures have proven popular with younger viewers and have since branched into their own …
Read More »More than half of PS4 owners have subscribed to PlayStation Plus
PlayStation Plus is proving hugely popular with PS4 owners. CVG reports that Sony CEO Kaz Hirai told investors that "of all the 4.2m PS4s that have moved into the hands of consumers, more than half of those people have signed up for the PS Plus service". There are now also …
Read More »Killzone: Shadow Fall patch offers forced 30fps option
PS4 now have more control of their gameplay experience in Killzone: Shadow Fall. Today’s v1.90 patch introduces amongst other things the option to lock the game’s campaign mode to 30 frames per second. Said Guerrilla: To guarantee a steadier framerate in the campaign mode, players can now lock their game …
Read More »Sony games division generates $172m on back of PS4 launch
Profits jump at firm as smartphone sales also increase significantly
Read More »PlayStation revenues up 65% following PS4 launch; Sony confirms Vaio sell-off
The launch of PS4 has led to a sharp increase in operating revenue for Sony’s PlayStation unit. Operating revenue grew 64.6 per cent to 441.8bn (2.67bn) for the quarter ending December 31st. Operating income grew over 290 per cent to 18bn (109m). The discrepancy is due to the various costs …
Read More »Analyst labels PlayStation Now ‘a joke’
Sony’s upcoming streaming games service PlayStation Now is a joke” according to outspoken US analyst Michael Pachter. The problem, he argues, is that publishers will be unwilling to licence their content for fear of adversely affecting their software’s ongoing sales. "PlayStation Now is a joke," he told Game Informer, as …
Read More »Knack, Gran Turismo 6 and Tearaway discounted in new PSN sale; Outlast joins PS+
Sony has slashed the prices of a number of its top titles in a surprisingly aggressive February sale on PSN. Headline deals include PS4 title Knack (35.59) and PS3 titles Gran Turismo 6 (29.99), Catherine (16.49), Spelunky (4.79), The Last of Us (19.99) and Call of Juarez Gunslinger (3.95). On …
Read More »Nintendo’s decline ‘could be detrimental to the market’, Sony says
Any declines suffered by Nintendo will come at a cost for the wider market unless platform holders act. That’s according to UK PlayStation boss Fergal Gara, who told TrustedReviews(as spotted by NintendoLife): "[The decline of Nintendo] could be detrimental to the market, unless people like us raise our game and …
Read More »PS4 1.6 system update arrives tomorrow, brings new headset support
Sony will tomorrow (February 4th) release the 1.6 firmware update for PS4, bringing with it support for Sony’s 7.1 Pulse Wireless headset. The platform holder has also announced its 79.99 7.1 Wireless Stereo Headset 2.0 for PS4, which will be released on February 10th. It’s compatible either with PS4 using …
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