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An impressive year-on-year boost in PS3 sales has delivered a strong financial quarter for Sony for the three months ending June 30th 2010. Losses at the Networked Products and Devices Division, which includes PlayStation, dropped to YEN 3.8bn – in the same period last year that number stood at YEN …
Read More »PlayStation logo going global
In a fresh move to cash in on what has become a globally popular brand, Sony has announced that it is to expand its licensing program to allow the use of the PlayStation brand on a range of non-gaming products. In June last year Sony confirmed that it was to …
Read More »Sony expected to report profit
Sony’s financial Q1 is set to bring with it a significant boost in operating profit, according to a report in Japanese paper Nikkei, as spotted by Andriasang. It claims that the period will see an operating profit anywhere between YEN 10m and YEN 30bn for the quarter ending June 30th. …
Read More »Nov 16th release for LittleBigPlanet 2
Sony has confirmed that LittleBigPlanet 2 will land in November. The game will hit the US on November 16th, in both standard and collector’s editions – with a raft of pre-order incentives available via key retailers. Pre-order deals offer free costumes – Amazon.com has Ratchet & Clank Sackboy outfits, BestBuy …
Read More »Flight Control sets course for PS3
Siliconera is reporting that Firemint’s hugely popular line-drawing puzzle game Flight Control is heading for a PSN release as a PlayStation Move compatible title. The claims come as part of the confirmed launch date of September 15th for Move in Korea. Two other PSN Move games have also been announced …
Read More »Kerri West joins Sony
Former EA product manager Kerri West has joined SCE UK. She takes up the role of product manager and will look after the firm’s line-up of social games, such as SingStar, Buzz and forthcoming titles for PlayStation Move. West had previously worked at EA for three years, most recently as …
Read More »PS3 could get 3D slider
The upcoming Sly Cooper Collection could be the first 3D game on PS3 to include a software ‘slider’ that would allow the user to control the amount of 3D effect applied to the graphics. A Sony producer told Kotaku that such a feature would prevent a user having to position …
Read More »Sony files 3D screen sharing patent
SCE has patented new stereoscopic screen sharing technology, making it possible for gamers to look at their own individual imagery on the same 3DTV. In theory this technology would prevent players from looking at their opponent’s moves when taking part in split-screen multiplayer games. It works by splitting the TV …
Read More »Home becomes indie games platform
PlayStation Home looks set to get a huge boost – thanks to a deal that will see a number of indie games hits republished in the virtual world. Working with Codename, an independent publisher formed by the team that curates the IndieCade events run at E3 and GameCity in Nottingham, …
Read More »Sony: 3D games should not seek 1080p
Official guidelines tell developers that they should stick to 720p for 3D titles
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