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Sony’s recently released range of downloadable bite-sized games Minis are now available to play on both PSP and PS3 thanks to the release of a new firmware update for the home console. Any Minis title purchased from this point on will be playable on both machines. Those who have already …

Numbers from Enterbrain, the publisher of weekly games magazine Famitsu, show that Sony’s PS3 has now sold over 4m units in Japan. The same stats show that Nintendo’s Wii has now also passed the 9m total sales mark since its release in 2006. The PS3’s performance is all the more …

Avid fans of SingStar on PS3 will know the pain that is trying to access the SingStore – particularly on a Friday or Saturday night – so news of a new dedicated standalone app will be welcomed. As reported on the SingStar blog, the SingStar Viewer allows users to view …

Hailed as one of the best titles ever made by hardcore gamers but shunned at retail by the masses, Team Ico’s genuinely wonderful Shadow of the Colossus could be returning to retail thanks to a brand new print run. CVG reckons that reports from Japan suggest the game will be …

Publisher Tecmo has lifted the lid on a brand new instalment in the Dead or Alive series on PSP – though those hoping for a fighter had best look elsewhere. Joystiq reports that Dead or Alive: Paradise has more in common with the quirky Xbox series DOA: Beach Volleyball, though …

The Japanese arm of PlayStation platform holder Sony has spoken openly about the possibility of introducing a monthly charge to use some aspects of the currently free PlayStation Network service. Servers and the like have running costs, and we would face difficulties if our business depended solely on the sell-and-forget …

Reviews aggregation site Metacritic has revealed its 2009 Game Platform Power Rankings charts, and it’s the PS3 that has emerged as this year’s champion. The chart combines a number of factors but is designed to name the platform that has consistently delivered the best quality software over the last 12 …

Sony has announced the first batch of PSP Minis compatible for PS3 owners. The 3.15 firmware update allows gamers to download and play the five newest PSP Minis on their console, as well as a handful of other previous releases, according to the European PlayStation Blog. The line-up includes Dynogems, …

Sony’s highly anticipated MAG could appear on shelves as early as Janaury 2010. Several retailers – including Game, Amazon and HMV – are listing the release date for the massively multiplayer online first-person shooter as January 29th, both online and in stores. However, a Sony spokesperson told MCV: We still …

US hardware sales for every format are up on all formats, according to the latest NPD data. Each platform topped its sales when compared to last month, with the DS leading the way at 1.70 million units. The only other platform to shift more than 1 million was the Wii, …