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The trade will be treated to a good old fashioned format war next week when Sony steps into the motion controller ring – toe-to-toe with Nintendo, and two months before Microsoft’s Kinect debuts. It’s been a long time coming. For ages the Wii’s controller has been its unchallenged point of …
Read More ȣ750,000 gets PlayStation Moving
Sony is spending 750,000 to ensure PlayStation Move is embraced by mainstream audiences when it launches next week. But the ad spend dodges specialist media and games retail to favour a supermarket tour, lifestyle press promotions and ads around major TV shows such as Big Brother, X-Factor and Premier League …
Read More »The Last Guardian confirmed for TGS
Sony has announced that Team Ico will be at hand at next week’s Tokyo Game Show to at last reveal some new details about its upcoming PS3 title The Last Guardian. The game was first aired way back at E3 2009, before which it had been previously referred to as …
Read More »Hirai: If its right for Japan its probably not right for the rest of the world
Though a big part in the resurgence of PS3 has been the launch of the Slim and the drop in price, SCE president and CEO Kaz Hirai has told MCV that it’s also down to the company’s new international, and less Japan-centric, view on the global games market. Japanese-born Hirai …
Read More »Sony questions button-less gaming
A new site hosted by iconic Sony marketer Kevin Butler has dished out a number of comical digs to rival motion systems Wii and, in particular Kinect. Called Move vs Stuff, the site’s front page carries a chart (pictured in full below) pointing out that PlayStation move includes a number …
Read More »Move demos coming to PSN
Consumers looking to get involved in the PlayStation Move experience but not intending to pick up the Move Starter Pack will be able to download demos of a number of Move-compatible titles over PSN. The news comes from the US PlayStation forum where the platform holder states: Most of the …
Read More »Sony blocks PSJailbreak
Sony has issued a downloadable patch on PSN that stops controversial homebrew enabler PSJailbreak from working. After applying firmware update 3.42 any PSJailbreak device connected to a PS3 will no longer function correctly. PS3 brand manager Mark Bowles said on the PlayStation Blog: A patch has been added to address …
Read More »PSJailbreak ban scope limited
Reports are suggesting that the ban placed on a new PS3 hacking device in Australia last week may not afford PS3 the protection Sony might have hoped. Kotaku claims to have been informed by an anonymous retailer that the injunction made permanent by the Australian courts last week does not …
Read More »Killzone 3 gets concrete date
The American PlayStation blog has issued the first solid release date for Killzone 3 – February 22nd 2010. Previously Sony had only confirmed a February arrival for the game, which is the third in the series first debuted by Amsterdam-based developer Guerrilla Games on the PS2 back in November 2004. …
Read More »Driving genre needs Gran Turismo 5
An elongated development cycle can sometimes be the death knell of a highly anticipated title, but Sony has insisted that the five-year wait for Gran Turismo 5 will not lead to critical disappointment. Far from looking dated, it will look state of the art,” SCE Worldwide Studios Europe VP Michael …
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