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Read More »Vita Indie Game Mega Pack detailed
Sony has specified exactly what punters will be getting with the Vita Indie Game Mega Pack. Announced yesterday alongside the Vita Slim, the bundle includes hits such as Thomas Was Alone, Hotline Miami, Limbo and Velocity Ultra. Also included is a 4GB memory card. The games will come in the …
Read More »Tropico 5 confirmed for PS4 release
El Presidente and the Tropico series are making their PlayStation debut. Tropico 5 was announced last year for PC, Mac and Xbox 360. But now publisher Kalypso Media has confirmed the title for PS4, whilst oddly making no mention of a potential Xbox One release. The publisher also confirmed the …
Read More »Microsoft offering $100 off an Xbox One when users ditch their PS3
An apparent US Microsoft Store ad is offering to reward consumers for abandoning their PlayStation 3. As spotted by NeoGaf, a digital flyer doing the rounds is offering gamers $100 off the price of an Xbox One when participants hand over their old PS3 console. The PS3 must be in …
Read More »Original Vita to be phased out in UK
Sony expects the current ‘fat’ Vita model to have disappeared from the UK High Street in the very near future. The company this morning confirmed the launch of the PlayStation Vita Slim next month and has now confirmed that the device is a direct replacement for the current model. "[The …
Read More »PS4 games outselling Xbox One by 3-to-1 on Play.com
Sales of PS4 software are beating sales of games for rival Xbox One by a ratio of 3-to-1 ok Rakuten’s Play.com. Call of Duty: Ghosts is the best selling game on both machines ahead of second placed FIFA 14. The best selling game overall, however, wasn’t even a console game …
Read More »Sony Santa Monica relocating to new office
New and larger base of operations includes motion capture studio and improved sound bay
Read More »PlayStation’s Johnson becomes new SVP and GM for IGN
Damon Johnson has been named as the new senior vice president and general manager of IGN.com. He joins from Sony Computer Entertainment America where he was PlayStation’s senior director of strategic business development. He had previously worked at Fox News as VP of digital media for Latin America. "With the …
Read More »VIDEO: Sly Cooper film pencilled in for 2016
Sucker Punch’s iconic PlayStation IP Sly Cooper is getting the big-screen treatment. Sony has teamed up with Rainmaker Entertainment and Blockade Entertainment for the project, which is due for release in 2016. The film’s Facebook page describes it as a kinetic and comedic heist film”. Don’t forget that before Sly’s …
Read More »Sony to acquire Nintendo’s DRAM manufacturer – report
A Japanese news channel is claiming that Sony is lining up a 7bn acquisition of a Renesas Electronics semiconductor plant. This is of note because the site currently produces the DRAM chips found in Nintendo’s Wii U. DualShockers reports that Sony is prepared to invest a further 20bn into the …
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