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Aside from its 3D overhaul, Dutch developer Guerrilla has said that there will be another key difference between Killzone 3 and its predecessor – variety. I think what Killzone 2 suffered from was the amount of variety that was in the environments and the in the minute-to-minute stuff that you …
Read More »AUS: PSPgo sells 25,000
The PS3 may be on a seemingly unstoppable upwards sales trend right now, but turn your attention to PSPgo and it’s a completely different story. Concrete sales numbers are hard to come by, but solid numbers for Australia have been published showing that since its launch in October the digital-only …
Read More »Sony reveals Natal-like Kung Fu Live
The lid has been lifted on a brand new game coming to PS3 that appears to offer much of the functionality touted by Microsoft’s upcoming motion camera Natal. Called Kung Fu Live, the download-only PSN title uses the PlayStation Eye camera to place a full body image of a player …
Read More »PS3 market share hits 31%
It’s a big ask, but it’s possible that Sony’s PS3 could just catch Xbox 360 in terms of total global sales by the end of the 2010 – that’s according to a new report from Strategy Analytics, as reported by Industry Gamers. It claims that as of Q1 2010, the …
Read More »PS3 surging year-on-year
Though the UK High Street continues to struggle against what to date is proving an even more challenging sales year than 2009, Sony has pointed out that the PS3 is proving the star performer by posting strong year-on-year increases. To date in calendar 2010 sales of PS3 hardware are up …
Read More »New free games offer for PSPgo
Sony will shortly announce a brand new incentive scheme to encourage sales of the digital-only PSPgo, MCV can exclusively reveal. The offer will entitle anyone who registered their PSPgo after April 1st 2010 to ten full game downloads. Titles in the deal include Gran Turismo, LittleBigPlanet, 2010 FIFA World Cup …
Read More »Insomniac not done with Sony exclusives
Though Insomniac sees its new publishing deal with EA as a vehicle for reaching a wider audience, the Ratchet & Clank developer has no intention of dropping its Sony heritage. Insomniac has been a close ally of Sony’s for 12 years and will continue to make exclusive games for the …
Read More »Sony: MS will always win when it comes to money
There are few companies in the world able to match the financial muscle of Microsoft. That’s a lesson Sony has learnt and the reason, according to SCEA’s senior VP of publisher relations Rob Dyer, why his company’s approach to third party publishers has undergone a radical transformation in the last …
Read More »May 2011 release for Killzone 3?
Though we can expect a big presence for recently revealed FPS Killzone 3 at E3 next month, one site is claiming that it won’t see the light of day at retail until May 2011. The report comes from CVG, which also states that the game will definitely be compatible with …
Read More »Sony: More needed from Minis
Sony Computer Entertainment America’s senior vice president of publisher relations has revealed in a candid interview that more can be done to make a success of the downloadable PSP Minis games. The Minis titles were established as an alternative to the likes of iPhone Apps and DSiWare releases. "I think …
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