Leading casual games vendor PopCap has struck a deal with Sony Online Entertainment that will see five of its leading titles released on the firm’s PlayStation Network for use on PS3. MCV’s sister site CasualGaming.biz has all the details – click here and you’ll be there.
Read More »PlayStation sales drop 32%
Sony has posted some grim numbers for its gaming division for the three months ending December 31st 2008 that show falling sales for all three of its current PlayStation consoles. Sales at its games division hit YEN 393.8bn, down 32.2 per cent on the same period in 2007. Unit sales …
Read More »FFXIII confirmed for 2009
As had been previously suggested, a long-awaited new trailer for Final Fantasy XIII has confirmed that the next-gen Square Enix RPG will be released on PS3 in Japan this year. However, as MCV revealed earlier this month, there’s still no word on when the game will be released in either …
Read More »PSP 2 rumours are nonsense"
Clearly the rumour won’t go away until the day a new machine is finally announced, but again overnight talk has emerged of alleged details of Sony’s PSP 2 – and again, sources at Sony have completely denied them. IGN states that several credible sources” have told it that PSP 2 …
Read More »Share prices tumble in wake of financial results
The world’s leading game companies are reeling on the stock exchange in the wake of the recent spat of financial reports, with French publisher Ubisoft suffering particularly badly. Following yesterday’s Q3 report, Ubisoft’s stock price has since dropped by 23.5 per cent on the Paris exchange, most likely as a …
Read More »SCEE has no plans to reduce headcount
SCE has confirmed to MCV that it has no plans to reduce the headcount of its European operations as part of Sony’s worldwide cost-saving restructuring efforts. The assurance follows the news that Sony has revised its earnings forecast and increased its predicted losses for the year ending March 31st. It …
Read More »Sony expects $1.68bn loss
Sony has revised its earnings forecast for the fiscal year ending March 31st. The firm is now expecting a net income loss of 150 billion YEN ($1.68 billion), with an operating income loss of 260 billion YEN ($3 billion), which is more than the $1.1 billion loss predicted earlier in …
Read More »Arsenal to introduce in-match replays via PSP
Arsenal fans may be able to watch instant replays of goals and tackles on their PSP while attending matches at the team’s Emirates Stadium. The club’s commercial director Adrian Ford said a Sony-developed application will enable PSP owners to watch near-instant replays, view data and statistics and receive live streaming …
Read More »Killzone 2 dated in UK
After announcing yesterday that a PS3 hardware bundle featuring the game is heading to the UK , SCEE has now confirmed that long-awaited FPS Killzone 2 will be released on February 27th. That’s the same date the game will arrive at retail in North America, and has been presumed to …
Read More »Sony to give £10k grants to five new UK studios
Get in the Game victors granted cash to develop new projects for PlayStation formats
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