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Sony is targeting children with the new PlayStation Vita Mega Pack. The handheld bundle, which includes Vita, ten games and an 8GB memory card, will be promoted via a TV campaign that kicks off this month, plus a range of POS. The ten games have been chosen to show off …
Read More »PS4 can ‘fundamentally alter the landscape for games’
Although triple-A games will ‘thrive’ on PS4, the hardware’s designer saysa complementary range of indie games will herald a ‘Renaissance of Gameson PS4’. Talking in a keynote today opening the Develop Conference in Brighton,Cerny recounted the history of the new console and his own career. His verdict, after spending five …
Read More »The Last of Us ships 3.4m, is fastest selling PS3 game
And THAT’S why you keep releasing blockbuster games right up to the end of a console’s lifecycle. [That’s also why you shouldn’t be afraid of releasing games in the summer.] Sony has confirmed that it has shipped 3.4m copies of Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us across both Blu-ray and …
Read More »The Last of Us is UK No.1 for a fourth week
The Last of Us has done what BioShock Infinite and Dead Island: Riptide could not, and that’s score a fourth consecutive No.1 in the UK charts. The horror action game retains its position despite a 46 per cent drop in sales. It was a really slow week for new titles, …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet franchise hits 8m user-created levels
The LittleBigPlanet player community has created over 8m levels across all titles, series developer Media Molecule has announced. The studio revealed the milestone on the US Playstation Blog ahead of LBP’s five-year anniversary this October. LittleBigPlanet continues to burst with awesomeness and pure creativity as we now have more than …
Read More »Next-generation consoles to star at biggest Gamescom to date
This year’s Gamescom in Cologne will be the biggest event in the show’s five-year history, thanks in no small part to Xbox One and PS4. Microsoft and Sony will be in attendance to show off their next-generation consoles, with both hosting a major press conference. Nintendo will also be exhibitors, …
Read More »Andrew House: PS4 attracting mobile developers
'We have access to a whole new set of talent in gaming that we didn't have before'
Read More »Sony adds mobile billing to UK PlayStation Store
UK PlayStation owners can now top up their PSN wallet via their mobile phone. Sony has teamed up with mobile payments company Boku to make it easier for consumers to purchase PS3 download content. Users simply add their mobile details as a payment option to their PlayStation account via the …
Read More »CCP negotiates changes to Sony submission process
Dust 514 maker working with Sony to evolve procedures for free-to-play games
Read More »The Last of Us retains UK Charts top spot
Sony’s critically adored The Last of Us has claimed its third successive No.1 in the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40. Digital sensation Minecraft enters the listings in second place following tis long-awaited boxed release. In fact, it’s an unusually busy Top Ten this week with no less than …
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