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Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception confirmed

The next iteration in the hugely popular Uncharted series has been revealed, confirming recent rumours. Entertainment Weekly got a first look at Sony’s Naughty Dog-developed adventure Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, which is reportedly due on shelves late next year. The game is set in the Arabian Peninsula with Drake searching …

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Monster Hunter storms Japan

The commercial popularity of Capcom’s Monster Hunter series shows no sign of abating with news that the latest release in the series has got off to a tremendous start in Japan. 1UP reports that PSP title Monster Hunter Portable 3rd has shifted 2,146,467 copies in its first five days on …

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UK CHARTS: Black Ops back on top

Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops is back at the top of the UKIE GfK Chart-Track All Formats Top 40 this week, with last week’s number one Gran Turismo 5 having to settle for fourth place in its second week of release. Sony’s racer, though, remains the biggest selling single …

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VIDEO: PSP Phone

Any scepticism about the validity of pictures published in October has been swept away with the publishing of two videos of Sony Ericsson’s PlayStation Phone. Discovered by Engadget, the first video gives a detailed look at the construction of the device. A second, meanwhile, for the first time looks at …

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Sony launches PS2-enabled TV

Electronics giant and platform holder Sony has launched a brand new HD TV that includes a PS2 built-in. Called the Bravia KDL-22PX300, it includes a 22” 720p HD screen as well as four HDMI slots, three USB ports, Scart and VGA connections, built-in Freeview and an ethernet port for watching …

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JAPAN: GT5 sees PS3 sales double

Sony’s Gran Turismo 5 has enjoyed a powerful debut in Japan, racing to the top of the weekly software charts and significantly propelling PS3 console sales. When bundled versions of the game are included, GT5 sold a total of 431k units according to Media Create. In turn PS3 hardware sales …

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Move sales on par with Kinect

Following the confirmation that Sony’s 4.1m ‘sales’ figure for Move released yesterday actually represents the number of units shipped to retail, analyst Michael Pachter has pegged actual sales numbers at 2.5m units. That, of course, is exactly the same as the Kinect sales number released by Microsoft earlier in the …

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Now Shift 2 dev slams Forza

With EA’s Shift 2 Unleashed pencilled in for a spring release, the lead designer of EA’s game has resumed the offensive launched against rival offerings Gran Turismo and Forza Motorsport. Last week EA’s senior VP Patrick Soderlund stated: I think [in Gran Turismo Sony] has a very sterile, almost car …

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Now Sony claims global Move 4.1m milestone

The two-month headstart has paid off for Sony as worldwide PlayStation Move sales top 4.1 million units. With Microsoft’s cry of 2.5m Kinect sales still ringing in the industry’s ears, Sony has announced its own motion controller has reached this sales milestone in just two months. This number not only …

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Uncharted 3 announcement incoming?

Uncharted 3 is the latest title rumoured to be officially announced around the Spike Video Game Awards next month. The follow-up to Sony’s popular third person action games Uncharted and Uncharted 2 will also be set in the desert, reports suggest. Kotaku claims to have spoken to an informed source …

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