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Following an intense period of speculation, Sony has confirmed that it is to cut the price of its leading last-gen console PS2. The machine will see €30 cut from its European retail price, meaning it will be available on the continent for just €99.99. North American gamers see a similar …
Read More »Sony trademarks PS Cloud
It has emerged that PlayStation platform holder Sony has trademarked the name ‘PS Cloud’ – and it did so just one day after OnLive lifted the lid on its streaming games technology at GDC last week. OnLive is a new games system based around the concept of cloud computing – …
Read More »‘Your platforms are not working,’ Young tells Sony and Nokia
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Read More »Sony offers developer exclusivity perks
GDC 09: Publisher says it will match developerâ??s budgets if they make they titles PSN-only
Read More »Sony reveals PSN exclusivity perks
SCEA’s Chris Eden has lifted the lid on something called the Sony Pub Fund – a new scheme that sees the platform holder contribute to a game’s development costs in exchange for guaranteed PSN exclusivity. For the full story, click here to head over to CasualGaming.biz.
Read More »New Ratchet and Clank announced
Sony has announced Ratchet and Clank: A Crack in Time for PlayStation 3. The game is set for release in the UK before the end of the year, and will conclude the story that began with 2007’s Tools of Destruction and continued last year with Quest for Booty, which was …
Read More »Sony aiming for simultaneous digital PSP releases
The head of PlayStation marketing at Sony America, John Koller, has stated that Sony would ideally like to see simultaneous digital versions of its PSP titles released alongside their retail UMD counterparts. In the back half of this year, we should see a good rise in the amount of content …
Read More »Sony dates PS3 MMO duo for 2010
The long-awaited maturing of the MMO genre in the console space will seemingly have to wait a little longer to reach fruition with the news that upcoming SOE pair DC Universe Online and The Agency will not arrive on PS3 until 2010. It had been hoped that at least one …
Read More »Sony Online boss reaches out to retail
SOE boss John Smedley has outlined his company’s plan to target children and families – and retailers – with its new MMO Free Realms at the GamesBeat conference today. Smedley told attendees at the the event, organised by VentureBeat, that Sony Online Entertainment – which is now a division of …
Read More »Sony cuts cost of developing for PS3
Sony has lowered the price of PlayStation 3 development kits and introduced new tools at GDC this week New dev kit models are available for developers of PS3 titles around the world – Reference Tool models DECR-1400A for North America costs $2,000 and the Europe/PAL territories version is €1,700. DECR-1400J …
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