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PS3 modders unbanning themselves

And so it continues. Last week Sony said it would permanently ban any consumer who has modified their console. Great idea. The problem is, hackers have already found a way to bypass the measures. Destructoid reports that a new hack for the machine allows users to manually unban themselves from …

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Sony plays down platform exclusivity

A senior brand manager for SCEA has said that platform exclusivity is damaging for brands and that the company in future would rather sign deals for exclusive post-release content. "We work very closely with our third parties publishers, not necessarily to lock down games exclusively, but to lock up exclusive …

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O2 nabs white Xperia Play exclusivity

UK mobile firm operator O2 has revealed that it has obtained the exclusive rights to sell the white version of Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play – the first ever PlayStation Certified mobile device. The confirmation came via O2’s Twitter feed. Until now the existence of a white SKU was unknown to …

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Valve denies Portal 2 claims

The PS3 version of Portal 2 will not include PlayStation Move support, developer Valve has confirmed. Yesterday a translation of a story on Eurogamer Germany claimed that the studio was planning to implement Move support as "compensation" both for the lack of a PS3 version of Left 4 Dead and …

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Full Move control for Portal 2

"Complete" PlayStation Move support has been guaranteed for the PS3 version of Portal 2. Chet Faliszek of developer Valve told the German PlayStation blog (as translated by Eurogamer) that the decision was taken as a form of "compensation" for the fact there was never a PS3 version of zombie multiplayer …

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