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Read More »OPINION: Fergal Gara & SCE UK; Dead Island’s success; GameCity prize
Over THE past few weeks we’ve reported on managerial role changes at Microsoft, Activision, HMV, Disney and Comet. But the biggest move we broke on MCVuk.com last week: the appointment of top Asda man Fergal Gara as new chief of SCE UK.He’s signed up for a closely-watched gig. Only weeks …
Read More »Brand Map: LittleBigPlanet
With the Move patch for LittleBigPlanet going live recently, GameVision looks at the ongoing success of this relatively recent IP. With our GameVision survey we asked 6,646 people about the game, of whom 657 had played it; we went on to ask 291 of these about their experience of playing …
Read More »El Shaddai heading to Android
Ignition title to also be released on Xperia Play
Read More »Remote Play demoed for PS Vita
Sony’s Shuhei Yoshida has demonstrated PlayStation Vita’s ability to play games streamed directly from a PS3. The president of Sony Worldwide Studios was showing off PS Vita’s Remote Play technology at Tokyo Games Show, reports VG247. He played Killzone 3 on the PS Vita which was streamed onto the handheld …
Read More »Move bundled with GoldenEye 007 special edition
Activision has teamed up with Sony to create an exclusive Move bundle for the release of GoldenEye 007: Reloaded. Entitled the Double ‘O’ Edition, the SKU includes a copy of the game, a PlayStation Move controller, a navigation controller, PlayStation Eye Camera and Sharp Shooter peripheral, which transforms the controller …
Read More »Sony considering ‘UMD conversion program’ for PS Vita
We know that PS Vita is compatible with most digital PSP games, but Sony says it may also have a solution for those who own UMD versions of some titles. Destructoid reports that Sony says that they’re considering some kind of program to offer special download versions as replacements”. There …
Read More »Two new PS3 colours – Red and Blue
Sony has announced two brand new colour variants of the PS3 that will be released in Japan later this year. The Splash Blue and Scarlet Red models will be released in Japan on November 17th priced at 29,980 (around 240). There’s no hint yet of a release outside of Japan, …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid, Zone of Enders HD also coming to Vita
The Metal Gear Solid HD and Zone of the Enders HD Collections will both be released on PlayStation Vita as well as on PS3 and Xbox 360. The MGS Collection contains HD versions of Metal Gear Solid’s 2 and 3 as well as PSP title Peace Walker. The ZOE bundle …
Read More »Sony: PS Vita battery won’t last beyond 5 hours
Handheld's spec sheet released
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