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Major developers believe Sony can be the No.1 platform holder once again, thanks to its ambitious move into the free-to-play market. The firm has just released a free version of SingStar, with customers having to pay for the music. Meanwhile, developer CCP is creating a free PS3 FPS called Dust …
Read More »Report: PS4 dev kits shipping
Source says PS4 is based on an AMD processor and will have an optical disc drive
Read More »New PlayStation 4 dev kits sent to studios
The next PlayStation has received a hardware update – before the console has even been officially announced. VG247 reports that new versions of the PS4 dev kit, codenamed Orbis, are now being shipped to developers around the world. This will be the second of four dev kits due before the …
Read More »Going free – Sony’s SingStar gamble
It can be startling how quickly the music video game genre changes. One moment Just Dance is nothing but a Rayman Rabbids mini-game, and Rock Band and Guitar Hero are amongst the biggest selling titles in the world. The next, Rock Band has lots its publisher, Guitar Hero has been …
Read More »13 pages of the Games Media Awards in this week’s MCV
This week’s MCV isnow available to download – and it features 13 pages of Games Media Awards, with almost 100 pictures from the event. Also in this edition is interviews with Ubisoft’s Rob Cooper, Microsoft’s Pav Bhardwaj and Sony’s Chris Bruce We’ve listed the contents in full below. Download our …
Read More »3DS sales comfortably outpacing Vita in Europe and Japan
Information released as part of Nintendo’s recent investors conference suggest that the 3DS is enjoying a comfortable on-going sales advantage over PlayStation Vita. Weekly sales of the 3DS in Europe are hovering around the 40,000-50,000 mark and are generally tracking ahead of both the console’s 2011 sales trends and those …
Read More »GAME OF THE DAY: The Unfinished Swan
We’re going to be clear about this from the off – not everyone is going to like The Unfinished Swan. You can finish the game in one sitting, or around two hours. Although that’s at the expense of exploration, of course. And the plot is, how shall we say, slightly …
Read More »SingStar goes free-to-play
Users to pay for audio input device and songs
Read More »Sony makes SingStar free to rejuvenate sales
The next game in the SingStar series launches this week – and it’s free (sort of). The SingStar client will be available to download to the PS3 Cross Media Bar at no cost, consumers will just need to fork out for an ‘audio-input device’ and the songs. Short demo versions …
Read More »Californian judge rejects PSN hack lawsuit
Sony has been cleared of multiple charges levelled at the firm regarding last year’s headline-hitting PSN hack. Courthouse News reports that US District Judge Anthony Battaglia threw out charges including negligence, unjust enrichment, bailment and violations of California consumer protection statutes”. The reason given was that none of the named …
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