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Read More »Cross-platform Vita/PS3 RPG renamed Warrior’s Lair
Sony has dropped Ruin as the title for its innovative cross-platform RPG. A PlayStation.com listing reveals the game will now be titled Warrior’s Lair, according to IGN. No release date has been set, but it is due before the end of the year. Warrior’s Lair was announced at E3 and …
Read More »INTERVIEW: Fergal Gara, SCE UK
PS3 grew its UK market share in 2011, but Sony’s flagship console still sits in the shadow of Xbox 360. In his first ever interview as Sony’s UK and Ireland VP, Fergal Gara tells MCV how he’s going to revitalise PlayStation in 2012. SCEE President Jim Ryan told MCV in …
Read More »Gara: Sony UK suffering from PS2 hangover
New SCE UK boss Fergal Gara has admitted that the business will have to sharpen up under his stewardship. What I find at SCE is that we’ve lots of passionate and committed people. But there’s definitely an opportunity to up the pace of our competitiveness,” Gara told MCV. We still …
Read More »3DS performance has "confounded naysayers", says Sony
Though the PlayStation Vita is still suffering from low sales in Japan, Sony has been encouraged by the improved fortunes of the 3DS. That’s according to SCEE president and CEO Jim Ryan, who told MCV that Nintendo’s success bodes well for the portable market. One of the encouraging things about …
Read More »Japanese Vita sales flat as 3DS soar
Sony’s new handheld has maintained a steady level of sales in its fourth week on the market, but Nintendo has widened the gap. Vita sold 42,915 units in the week ending January 8th, a slight improvements on the 42,468 units from the previous week. Sony claims 500,000 units have been …
Read More »Sony dismisses Vita launch fears
PlayStation says it is impossible and dangerous to judge PS Vita’s UK launch on its ‘slow’ start in Japan. Despite selling some 325,000 units in its first weekend, Vita fell behind PSP and 3DS in Japan during its second and third week, which sparked a string of negative reports in …
Read More »Gaikai: MS or Sony to bow out of console market at E3
Either Microsoft or Sony will shock the E3 crowds this summer by announcing that they will not release a next-generation console. That’s the claim of cloud computing firm Gaikai. The company’s chief product officer Nanea Reeves told Industry Gamers that: "Not all of the current console makers will have one …
Read More »Sony unveils PlayStation certified, Ericsson-free phone
The latest smartphone to be officially PlayStation Certified has been unveiled by Sony. The Xperia S is the first Sony handset to carry only the Sony logo following the company’s buyout of former partner Ericsson. The handset boasts an impressive 4.3-inch 720p Reality Display, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor and a …
Read More »Sony hints at super-HD, haptic and sensor tech for PS4
The PlayStation 4 could feature super-hi-res 8k output, haptic touch feedback and Kinect-like sensor functionality, according to SCE’s executive VP of technology and CTO Masaaki Tsuruta. Speaking at the International Electron Devices Meeting in Washington DC in December, he said Sony’s focus for its next gaming projects are focused very …
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