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A Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief fund made available by Sony over the PlayStation Network has raised around $1.3m. Established last month, the campaign allowed anyone logging into PSN to donate a sum to charity from the PlayStation Store wallet. All the money raised has been given to the American …
Read More »NGP could be delayed
Sony has stated that the manufacturing disruption caused by the fallout of last month’s earthquake and tsunami last month could force it to alter its NGP launch plans. This could include the delaying of the launch in some regions. Bloomberg quotes SCEA president Jack Treet as saying that the disaster …
Read More »THQ "has plans" for NGP
It might not have any games pencilled in for the launch of Sony’s PSP successor the NGP, but THQ has told MCV that it does plan to support the machine a little further down the line. "We do have plans, but we just haven’t announced anything yet," president and CEO …
Read More »Hacker group ‘Anonymous’ targets Sony
Notorious hacker group Anonymous has publicly threatened Sony, after the firm launched legal action against two file sharers in the US. The two hackers, called GeoHot and Graf_Chokolo, are being sued for sharing jail broken PS3 codes It is the latest move in Operation Payback, the organisation’s mission to retaliate …
Read More »Global PS3 sales overtake Xbox 360
New stats from from two separate sources have stated that Sony’s PS3 console has now passed Microsoft’s Xbox 360 in terms of total unit sales across the globe. Europe has always been a strong territory for Sony’s machines. Gamasutra reports that retailer GameStop – citing data from an IDG report …
Read More »PSone classics surface on Android Market
Sony has released a collection of classic PSone titles on the Android Market. The five games are all compatible with the Xperia Play, the official PlayStation Phone that launched today. The range includes Cool Boarders 2, Destruction Derby, Jumping Flash, MediEvil 2 and Syphon Filter, according to Joystiq. These games …
Read More »Orange goes alone on Xperia Play
Sony Ericsson’s long-awaited Xperia Play finally launches in the UK tomorrow – but only one of the four major mobile operators will be stocking it. This morning Vodafone confirmed that stock problems meant that it would not be able to offer the handset as planned tomorrow morning. O2 had confirmed …
Read More »Rumours of big job cuts at SOE
Sony Online Entertainment has closed down three of its studios and made sweeping redundancies across the company, according to unsubstantiated rumours. News site Kotaku claims the firm has closed studios in Seattle, Arizona and Denver. The website claimed that nearly one-third” of Sony Online Entertainment had been axed across the …
Read More »Android PlayStation emulator pulled
A PlayStation emulator has been removed from the Andorid Market today – because of the upcoming Xperia Play launch. That’s according to ZodTTD, the developer behind PSX4Droid. The emulator was available to Android phones before it was removed due to content violation”, reports Pocket Gamer. ZodTTD claimed on Twitter he …
Read More »Xperia Play still arriving tomorrow
The world’s first ever official PlayStation phone, the Xperia Play, is still on track to launch in the UK tomorrow, Sony Ericsson has told MCV. This is despite both Vodafone and O2 telling customers that they won’t be able to offer the handset as planned – the first for supply …
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