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Sony is locked in negotiations with Adobe to add Flash support to PS Vita, a new report suggests. PlayStation software development executive Muneki Shimada was paraphrased as saying he had not given up” on incorporating Flash within PlayStation Vita. The matters which need to be negotiated on are not public …
Read More »Sony ‘still wants Flash on PS Vita’
PlayStation firm 'not giving up' despite Adobe backing away from mobiles
Read More »Four game bundle kicks off PS3 Xmas ad campaign
Sony will tonight debut a new ad on British TV that represents the beginning of its multi-million pound PlayStation Christmas campaign. Tonight’s spot highlights a four game PS3 bundle that includes a 320GB console and copies of Battlefield 3, FIFA 12, Uncharted 3 and Gran Turismo 5 for 259.95. Ads …
Read More »Vita support comes to Japanese Orochi engine
Middleware allows for multi-platform development between Sony's next-gen handheld and PS3
Read More »Evolution Studios exec feared closure
Sony 'has defended us and protected us and allowed us to experiment'
Read More »Gran Turismo 5 Spec II retail release confirmed
A bonus version of Gran Turismo 5 will zoom to Japan next year but Sony says it has no plans for a UK release at the moment. Spec II is a boxed release that includes the full Gran Turismo 5 PS3 racing game along with all of its downloadable content, …
Read More »Steinberg and Dyer quit SCEA
Sony Computer Entertainment America has been rocked by the departure of two more key executives. IndustryGamers reports that both VP of marketing Scott Steinberg and senior VP of publisher relations Rob Dyer have quit the publisher. Steinberg was rumoured to have been escorted out of the building by security, though …
Read More »Sony prepared to be flexible with Vita software pricing
The concerns of MCV and others have seemingly been taken on board. Right at the beginning of 2011 MCV warned that Vita and the 3DS could both struggle in the market unless they adapted their software offer to account to the bite-sized low-cost gaming model pioneered by the likes of …
Read More »Last Guardian boss "quits Sony"
The creative figurehead behind Ico and Shadow of the Colossus has quit Sony Japan with his third project unfinished, a new report suggests. Eurogamersources claim that Fumito Ueda has departed as Team Ico creative director at Sony’s Tokyo development hub. It is speculated that the 41-year-old will finish his third …
Read More »Fumito Ueda ‘quits Sony’
Ico designer to finish work on The Last Guardian 'in freelance capacity'
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