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Read More »OutRun Online Arcade hits consoles tomorrow
The latest instalment to Sega’s popular racing franchise, OutRun Online Arcade, will arrive on Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow and Sony’s PlayStation Network the following day, it has been confirmed. The game will cost 800 Microsoft Points on the Xbox 360 and 7.99 on PSN. OutRun Online Arcade is the …
Read More »Three Speech makes way for new EU PlayStation blog
Sony UK’s long-running semi-official” European PlayStation blog Three Speech is to close its digital doors on April 17th and will be replaced by a brand new EU PlayStation portal. A statement on the site reads: It’s your feedback, comments and suggestions that have made this possible, so you should all …
Read More »Hardware bundle arriving alongside PSP Rock Band
Hot on the heels of EA’s confirmation that PSP title Rock Band Unplugged will be released in Europe and North American on June 9th, Sony has announced that a new hardware bundle will be released at the same time. The Limited Edition Rock Band PSP Entertainment Pack will include a …
Read More »Rock Band Unplugged gets global release date
MTV has confirmed that Rock Band Unplugged, its PSP extension to its popular music series, will be released on the handheld in both Europe and North America on June 9th. It includes 40 master recordings including nine exclusive songs that will debut in Unplugged before arriving as LDC on console …
Read More »Sony touts dev headcount equal to ‘Nintendo and Microsoft combined’
Format-holder PR war extends to willy-waving over studio head-count figures
Read More »Konami’s Silent Hill remake for Wii emerges from the fog
Climax has been confirmed as developing a new Silent Hill game for Konami. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories will hit PS2, PSP and Wii, and is pitched as a ‘reinvention’ of the first game in the series, originally developed in Japan. Series composer Akira Yamaoka has been confirmed as working on …
Read More »JAPAN: PS3 overtakes Wii in March
After 16 months of dominance by the Wii, and even at the times the Xbox 360, in the Japanese hardware charts Sony’s PS3 has finally bettered Nintendo’s Wii in the country’s monthly hardware charts. Reuters reports that March sales of Sony’s machine hit 146,948, way ahead of Wii’s 99,335 units …
Read More »Sony appoints new IP licensor for PlayStation IP
MotorStorm alloy wheels, Killzone Zippo lighters, SingStar nail varnish and LittleBigPlanet breeze blocks – all and more could be on the way with SCEE confirming the appointment of Target Entertainment as its consumer product licensing agent for PlayStation software IP. Target will look to take many of Sony Europe’s biggest …
Read More »Sony reveals SingStore expansion
SingStar publisher Sony has revealed a brand new expansion to SingStore, the digital downloads portal for its popular karaoke title SingStar, that will see a number of free and paid-for additions added to the title. Eurogamer reports that SingStar Extras will compliment the existing music track and game background selections …
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