PS4 exclusive Bloodborne is now a million-seller. Gematsu reports that as of April 5th the game had sold 1m units. That includes both physical and digital sales of the game. The game was released in the UK on March 27th but arrived in other territories earlier – the US got …
Read More »Nipples and penises cut from Japanese versions of The Order: 1886
It has emerged that some sexually suggestive content has been cut from the Japanese version of PS4 title The Order: 1886. Kotaku reports that a scene – which takes place in a brothel, incidentally – that in the standard release featured both an exposed breast and a penis has been …
Read More »Bloodborne tops PS4’s March PSN sales chart
From Software and Sony’s PS4 exclusive action RPG Bloodborne was the best-selling PS4 game on PSN in March. That was the case is both Europe and the US. Miyazaki’s game achieved the crown despite only being available for eight days of the month in the US, seven days in Europe …
Read More »Eligible members of PS Vita class action settlement can now collect
PlayStation Vita owners eligible in the class action lawsuit brought against Sony for deceptive advertising of its handheld have received instructions on how to collect cash, PlayStation Store credit, or free games. Polygon reports anyone that purchased a PS Vita in the US prior to June 2012 qualifies for a …
Read More »Onlive to shut down, Sony to buy patents
Struggling games streaming service to close on April 30th
Read More »OnLive closes down and sells assets to Sony
OnLive will shut its services this month, and has sold some of its assets to PlayStation. Sony has acquired OnLive’s patent portfolio which covers ‘substantial innovations in cloud gaming’. OnLive’s services will continue to operate until April 30th this year, and that includes OnLive’s Game Service, OnLive Desktop and Second …
Read More »PlayStation Home goes offline
PS3 service taken down after seven years
Read More »PlayStation Home goes offline for good
Sony has officially shut down PlayStation Home, with the service concluding its final stretch run yesterday. As previously announced by Sony, March 31st, 2015 would be PlayStation Home’s last day online. Indeed, the PS3 service has gone dark as of just a few moments prior to publishing. The firm stopped …
Read More »Metal Gear Solid film secures screenwriter
Sony Pictures has hired screenwriter Jay Basu to pen its upcoming movie adaptation of Metal Gear Solid. Deadline has the news, with the report describing Basu as in-demand,” despite only having a few projects under his belt. Basu co-wrote Monsters: Dark Continent for Vertigo Films (currently in post-production) and was …
Read More »Limited Edition Batman: Arkham Knight PS4 hardware pictured
A Batman-themed PS4 console will arrive alongside Warner Bros’ Batman: Arkham Knight in June. The limited edition console includes a 500GB Steel Grey PS4 console complete with a similarly coloured Batman faceplate and a Steel Grey DualShock 4 controller. There will also be a standard Arkham Knight bundle including a …
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