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Read More »Sony strikes Taiwan dev deal
PS3/PSP production agreed with six Asian groups, dev costs subsidised by 40%
Read More »Capcom classics heading to PSN
Japanese publisher Capcom is to pillage its supremely rich back-catalogue of retro titles for a slew of releases on Sony’s PlayStation Network, all of which will be playable on both PS3 and PSP. To see the complete list, click here to head over to CasualGaming.biz.
Read More »Xbox challenged by â??enormousâ?? Sony brand
â??A lot of people look upon Microsoft as the company behind Windows and Office,â? says Relentless co-founder
Read More »Sony hails birth of new Euro powerhouse
SCEE has backed Tecmo Koei Europe to become a significant player in the European video games market. The newly-formed publisher was officially revealed last week, and has pledged to grow its presence in the West by developing new IP and making its established franchises, including Dynasty Warriors, more accessible to …
Read More »Sony planned UMD-free PSP ‘from the beginning’
Sony had planned to release a ‘network centric’ model of the PSP ever since the beginning, according to an interview on website GameBusiness.jp. In an interview with the head of SCE’s product planning division, Naoya Matsui, it has been revealed that the company was simply waiting for the digital pipeline …
Read More »PS3 Slim already in production?
It was the big pre-E3 rumour that never happened, but talk has once again emerged of a slimmed down re-imagining of Sony’s PS3 console, with claims that contracts with manufacturers have now been finalised. Joystiq reports that two Taiwanese manufacturing companies, Foxconn and Pegatron, who already enjoy contracts to make …
Read More »Pachter: PS3 will trump 360 by 2015
As part of his report that outlined the true scale of the North American pre-owned software market, Wedbush Morgan’s analyst Michael Pachter has thrown the cat amongst the pigeons by predicting that PS3 will ultimately overtake Xbox 360’s install base in this generation of machines. Crediting the Blu-ray alliance’s victory …
Read More »PlayStation peripherals boom on the way
Whilst it still has some way to go to top the multitude of Wii and DS accessories that have for some time dominated much of retails’ gaming shelf space, Sony is looking to up the presence of PlayStation based peripherals on the market. SCE has confirmed that it is expanding …
Read More »US: Sony’s PS3 titles struggle to hit 1m
A new report from GameSetWatch shows that to date only one Sony published PS3 exclusive title, Insomniac’s Resistance: Fall of Man, has sold over 1m units in North America in the two and a half years that PS3 has been on the market. The only other title to even near …
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