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More than 10m units of Sony’s motion controller have made their way to retail since it launched. The platform holder’s field developer support engineer Gabe Ahn revealed this milestone to GameInformer during this week’s Game Developers Conference in 2012. While Ahn did not give a specific sales number, he did …
Read More »GDC: Sony eager to publish free-to-play projects
Percentage of virtual item purchases on PSN described as 'extremely healthy'
Read More »GDC: Sony wants to pub-fund PS Vita projects
PlayStation exclusivity window for Pub Fund 'only a year against Xbox'
Read More »PlayStation Suite SDK open beta begins next month
Tools compatible with Vita as well as Sony mobile and tablet devices
Read More »UPDATED: Unit 13 gets release date
In a pleasant deviation from accepted games industry norms, Sony has announced that PlayStation Vita title Unit 13 will be released… today! The game should be available at certain retailers today and will appear for purchase on PSN at some point, hopefully this morning. The game is made by SOCOM …
Read More »Moshi Monsters to storm music charts
Moshi Monsters developer Mind Candy has signed a deal with Sony Music to release records for its popular children’s franchise, it has announced. The partnership will see Sony handle UK distribution of all music releases from the UK company’s own record label, Moshi Monsters Music. The first album to be …
Read More »Moshi Monsters dev signs record deal with Sony
First album Music Rox to feature songs from characters such as The MonStars and Dr Strangeglove
Read More »Infographic: How Vita sales compare with rivals
Latest Sony portable eclipses Nintendo systems in Europe, struggles in US and Japan
Read More »INTERVIEW: The UK Vita launch at GAME
It’s a cold February evening but a modest crowd has braved the elements to queue up outside GAME’s flagship Oxford Street branch. Journalists mutter in huddled groups that the turnout doesn’t match that of midnight openings for Call of Duty or Skyrim, and they’re not wrong. As the first major …
Read More »New Sly Cooper due this autumn
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time will hit store shelves this autumn, Sony has revealed. It’s the first original PS3 entry in the established PS2 action adventure franchise, and the fourth main instalment. The release window was confirmed on the US PlayStation Blog. The first Sly game debuted on PS2 in …
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