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Rumour PlayStation 3 Firmware Update To Enable PS Vita Remote Play For All Games
Back at the Tokyo Game Show, Sony Worldwide Studios gaffer Shuhei Yoshida showed off an impressive demonstration with Killzone 3 running on the PlayStation Vita via Remote Play
The feature — which previously allowed compatible PS3 games to be played on the PSP — was largely under-utilised because it required additional development time in order...
News Three Glorious Minutes of Hot Shots Golf on Vita
Interactive lobbies confirmed
Having played a round or two of Hot Shots Golf Next (Everybody's Golf outside North America) a few months ago, we're confident in saying it looks set to continue the series' fine pedigree with the addition of several all-new features. Clap Hanz and Sony have just released a new Japanese trailer showing the game in...
Rumour Microsoft Looking To Integrate Kinect Into Sony TVs
Take this one with a serious pinch of salt
According to a report on The Daily, Microsoft is looking to integrate its Kinect technology into next-generation televisions from the likes of Vizio and, erm, Sony. The report claims that Microsoft is looking to aggressively push the Kinect into as many living rooms as possible", including those...
News Sony Launches The Official PlayStation Blogcast
Blogcast
After promising it for months, the editorial team of the North American PlayStation Blog has finally launched its official podcast. Entitled the Official PlayStation Blogcast, the weekly podcast promises to discuss upcoming PlayStation Network content as well as new game announcements and more. You can download the MP3 from the...
News Sony: It Would Be 'Undesirable' For PlayStation 4 To Launch Later Than The Competition
With next-generation speculation hot on every publication's lips, PlayStation Europe's Jim Ryan has said that it would be "undesirable" for the PlayStation 4 to launch later than its competitors
Chatting with Eurogamer at a press event in London, Ryan said of the PlayStation 4: "I think we would consider it undesirable to be significantly later...
News Mortal Kombat Vitality Confirmed For PlayStation Vita
Following an evening of announcements, Sony's top-secret PlayStation Vita press event in London last night housed one more hot reveal: Mortal Kombat Vitality
The game wasn't playable at the showcase, but its logo popped up as part of a presentation slide featuring third-party titles in development for the PS Vita. Details are scarce as the title's...
News Japanese Poll: PlayStation Vita Is The Most Wanted Hardware This Holiday
According to Japanese magazine Famitsu, the PlayStation Vita is the most-wanted gaming hardware in Japan this holiday
The publication asked readers to select their most desired hardware and software, and published the results online. The PlayStation Vita topped the hardware poll with 374 votes, nearly a hundred more than the 3DS in second-place...
News Unit 13 Gets Debut Gameplay Trailer
Following last night's unveiling, Sony has released the first gameplay trailer for Zipper Interactive's upcoming Unit 13
The PlayStation Vita title is due around launch, and promises to deploy players into a series of engaging "fast action" missions designed specifically with Sony's new handheld system in mind.
News Sony Launches Debut Japanese PS Vita Commercial
With the PlayStation Vita less than a month away from release in Japan, Sony's started ramping up its promotional campaign for the portable system
Sadly, the device's first commercial isn't the traditional bonkers Japanese fare — showing a man cycling down a hill and not much else. Hit the jump to watch it in action.
News Sony Delays PlayStation 3D Display In Europe
Sony's pushed back the release of its PlayStation branded 3D display in Europe
The screen was originally set to release alongside its North American counter-part, but is currently without a date on Amazon.co.uk. As well as offering affordable 3D, the set includes a nifty local multiplayer feature that allows two gamers to view a full image on the...
News New Vita Shooter from Zipper Interactive, MotorStorm RC Announced
More first-party goodness
Sony has two more titles to add to the PS Vita's ever-growing roster of first party games. Set two launch beside PS Vita come February 22nd, the two titles come from veteran studios Zipper Interactive (MAG, Socom 4) and Evolution Studios (MotorStorm Apocalypse). Unit 13 Brought t
News Flickr Confirmed For PlayStation Vita
At a press event in London this evening, Sony confirmed that Flickr will join Twitter, Facebook and FourSquare as part of the PlayStation Vita's "Social Essentials" offering
The custom applications — designed specifically for PlayStation Vita — promise to provide a "gateway into the most popular social media channels".
News Sony Reveals Monstrous European First-Party PlayStation Vita Launch Line-Up
According to Sony Worldwide Studios Europe gaffer, Michael Denny, PlayStation Vita has "one of the best launch line-ups of any games console ever launched"
And based on the strength of the publisher's enormous first-party European launch line-up, we're struggling to disagree. Sony announced the line-up — which features the likes of Uncharted:...
News Zipper Interactive Reveals Unit 13 For PlayStation Vita
Zipper Interactive's lifted the lid on a brand new shooter for PlayStation Vita this evening
Entitled Unit 13, the third-person shooter has been designed from the ground-up for Sony's swanky new portable system. "Fast action, on-the-go gameplay was a key goal for the Unit 13 team," explained Zipper Interactive's Brian Soderberg on the...
News Sony Announces MotorStorm RC For PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita
As speculated, Evolution Studios has lifted the lid on MotorStorm RC for PlayStation Network and PlayStation Vita
The game was announced moments ago at a special press event in London. The downloadable title's set to be a slight departure for the MotorStorm series, promising "a perfect combination of classic racing with really modern...
Rumour MotorStorm Racing Onto PlayStation Vita?
According our buddies over at TheSixthAxis, Sony is preparing to make a MotorStorm Vita related announcement at a swanky soirée in London tonight
The site points to inside whispers and the Twitter account of Evolution developer Paul Rustchynsky, who's been cheekily dropping hints about making a "special guest appearance" at the event all...
News UK Vita News Due Later Today
That's all we know
Sony likes to tease, and that's just what it's doing today, promising some Vita news at 7pm UK time. We've no idea what the announcement will be, but as Sony recently announced Vita's European 3G partnership with Vodafone we're obviously getting to the good stuff: could we hear about the launch game line-up or pre-order bonuses...
News PlayStation Network's Fall Sale Offers Up To 50% Off Top Titles
With the Winter months fast approaching, Sony wants you to stock up ready for the cold
The North American PlayStation Blog has announced a Fall sale, offering up to 50% off a bunch of top PlayStation 3 titles. Those with a PlayStation Plus subscription will get the best discounts, while everyone else will still receive a reasonable 30% off...
News DC Universe Online Revenue Up 700% Post Free-To-Play Conversion
Seems like this free-to-play lark really does work
After switching DC Universe Online to a free-to-play model, developer Sony Online Entertainment has revealed that revenue is up a whopping 700 percent. John Smedley confirmed the numbers on Twitter, adding that 53 percent of revenue is coming from the PlayStation 3 game. That's 6 percent more than...
News Gravity Daze Confirmed For February 9th In Japan
Sony and Team Siren's achingly gorgeous PlayStation Vita exclusive, Gravity Daze (or Gravity Rush elsewhere), has been given a firm release date of February 9th in Japan
The retail version of the game will ship with a comic, illustrations and other extras for ¥5,980. It'll be available as a download for ¥4,900. Whether the game makes it out in...
News Naughty Dog Formally Announces The Jak & Daxter Collection For PlayStation 3
We've known about it for a while, but now it's official
Naughty Dog's gaffer Evan Wells has hopped onto the PlayStation Blog to formally announce the Jak & Daxter Collection for PlayStation 3. Developed by Mass Media — in collaboration with Naughty Dog — the Jak & Daxter Collection will feature all three PlayStation 2 titles in the...
News Naughty Dog To Patch Uncharted 3's 'Iffy' Aiming Controls
Naughty Dog's listened to user feedback regarding the aiming issues in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception and will offer a solution via a new patch
According to a report by GiantBomb, players will be given the option to toggle between the current controls and an updated version more in-line with Uncharted 2. Uncharted 3 hit some flak post-release when...
News Vodafone Announced As 'Preferred' PlayStation Vita 3G Partner In Europe
Sony's announced that it has partnered with Vodafone to provide PlayStation Vita's 3G connectivity in regions across Europe
The mobile giant will provide service in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Australia, New Zealand and The Netherlands. Those in France will receive service from Vodafone's partner in the region. Sony confirmed...
News Watch Full Movies In PlayStation Home For Free
Fancy watching some free movies and TV shows with your buddies in PlayStation Home? Sony's got you covered
A new partnership with Crackle will allow you to stream movies such as Resident Evil and Starship Troopers directly into the virtual world. Sadly, the feature's only available for North American residents. Don't purchase any popcorn just yet,...
News Sony Teases Hot Shots Golf Museum Website
Hot Shots Golf might not change much over the years
But that's ok, because the core of the Clap Hanz developed series is about as rock solid as gameplay concepts come. In order to celebrate the series — and presumably prepare fans for the upcoming PlayStation Vita exclusive Hot Shots Golf 6 — Sony has launched a museum website dedicated to the...
News Watch The Opening Seven Minutes Of Tekken: Blood Vengeance
Tekken fans unite
Namco Bandai has released the first seven minutes of the Tekken: Blood Vengeance movie, and it's yours to watch for free if your nimble. For the next seven days, the opening scenes will be available on Namco's official YouTube channel. That means you've got until November 24th to watch the sneaky short. Theres a lot that Tekken...
News Starhawk Private Beta Kicks Off Next Tuesday
Loyal Warhawk fans will get their first taste of Starhawk next Tuesday (November 22nd) when Lightbox Interactive puts the intergalactic shooter's first private beta online
Players will be invited via e-mail to participate in the beta, but Lightbox has reassured fans not to be too disappointed if they are not included in the initial wave of entrants...
News Heads Up: Sony's New Game Sharing Restrictions Are In Effect Now
If you'd made a plans with your friends to go in on that copy of Cho Aniki, you may as well cancel them now
Concluding yesterday's scheduled maintenance, Sony has rolled out its new game sharing restrictions. From now on, any digital items you purchase from the PlayStation Store will be eligible on just two PS3 and two PSP systems. Previous...
Report Guerrilla Games Working On New Killzone
Guerrilla Games has started work on a "Killzone follow-up", reports EDGE magazine
According to the publication, "the bulk of Guerrilla's staff is soldiering on with the next Killzone instalment," with senior producer Steven Ter Heide at the helm. In the same issue Guerrilla Games' Adrian Smith was quoted as saying "we've got to...
News Sony Online Entertainment Confirms The Flash For Future DC Universe Online DLC
Sony Online Entertainment's announced that the second batch of DC Universe Online DLC will focus on the speedy superhero The Flash
Entitled Lightning Strikes, the DLC will add electricity powers and a new adventure featuring the crimson crime-fighter when it launches later in the year. The DLC will be available for free for Legendary Players. Those...
News Japanese Sales Charts: Hatsune Miku On PlayStation Portable Takes The Top-Spot
The latest entry in SEGA's Hatsune Miku Project Diva series took the top-spot for the PSP in this week's Japanese sales charts
The title sold 184k units, easily beating out its nearest competitor Sengoku Basara 3 Utage on PS3 which managed 124k units. Sony's remake of classic PlayStation RPG Oreshika occupied the third spot, selling 94k units...
News Japanese Outlets Take Delivery Of PlayStation Vita Review Units
With the PlayStation Vita's December 17th Japanese release date nearing, Sony has sent out the first review units to a smattering of press outlets
GetNews decided to send us green with envy by taking a snap of their shiny new system running the next Hot Shots Golf title. Sony also sent the outlet a copy of Gravity Daze (known as Gravity Rush in...
News Buy Saints Row: The Third On PlayStation 3, Get Saints Row 2 For Free
While this definitely feels like damage control for a forgotten promise -- and an opportunity to scoop back some positive press -- we suppose we have to credit THQ and Sony for coming good
Regular readers will recall our heated article regarding the removal of exclusive content from the PS3 version of Saints Row: The Third — despite an additional,...
News Sony Kicks Off New Japanese PlayStation Promotions
The PlayStation Vita is not the only platform set to get a promotional push in Japan this holiday
Sony's announced a duo of new campaigns designed to advertise both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable too. The former — which focuses on Sony's new Scarlet Red and Splash Blue PS3 systems — carries the tagline "Yaruzo! Toruzo!...
News The PlayStation 3 Celebrates Its Fifth Birthday In North America
There's never been a better time to own a PlayStation 3
Five years ago we would have been laughed off the 'net for claiming such a statement. But if you look back over the course of this generation, Sony really has done a staggering job of keeping its system relevant despite such a shaky start. With the famous "two jobs" quote and...
News The Sly Cooper Collection Gets Sliced Up For PSN On November 29th
As rumoured earlier this morning, the Sly Cooper Collection is coming to the PlayStation Network
The high-definition re-release of the classic PS2 platformers will be available from Sony's digital store-front on November 29th. You'll be able to purchase the package as a trilogy for $29.99 or separately for $9.99 each. (Yes, it really is cheaper to...
Nolan North voices many high-profile video game characters -- the most notable of which being Uncharted's Nathan Drake and Assassin's Creed's Desmond
Being involved in multiple high-profile projects gives North the rare opportunity to compare development styles, and in an interview with CVG the voice actor has suggested that Ubisoft should adopt the...
News PlayStation Network Down For Maintenance Again Tomorrow
Sony's dropped word that its bringing some of the PlayStation Network's features offline tomorrow (November 17th) for a spot of maintenance
Yup, again. This time it's the PlayStation Store and account management features that will be rendered inaccessible. The maintenance will run for 16:00PM GMT tomorrow right through until 02:00AM GMT on Friday...
News Full List Of VGA 2011 Nominees Revealed, Naughty Dog Tops The Bill
There'll be some partying going on at developer Naughty Dog this evening
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception has scooped up nine nominations for this year's VGAs. Amongst its accolades include nominations for Best Graphics, Best Action Adventure Game, Best Performance (both male and female) and Game Of The Year. Naughty Dog has also been nominated in the...
Report Major Sony Studio Shifts Focus To New PlayStation
On top of a bunch of XBOX successor rumours this week, EDGE has revealed via an unnamed source that at least one major Sony developer has switched attention to the next PlayStation system
According to the report, the Sony subsidiary has had an input on the graphics technology adopted by the new system. But which studio could it be? Our money is...
News The Helghast Arrive In Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception, Debut Map Pack Teased
Don't tell the ISA, but the Helghast have taken a break from their intergalactic war
They've decided to drop into the luscious realm of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception for a bit of respite. One Helghast trooper was overheard exclaiming, "Geez, it is nice to finally appear in a game with a bit of colour." Uncharted 3's Killzone content...
News Harry Potter Heads Up New 3D Themed PlayStation 3 Bundle
We always suspected Sony would sell more PlayStation 3s if it put more images of Emma Watson on the system's box
(Pre-horrific haircut, of course.) It's taken a while, but it turns out SCEA's finally gotten the message. The platform holder's announced a new bundle for North America, sporting a 160GB PS3, a Blu-ray edition of Harry Potter and the...
News Sony's New PlayStation Move Commercial Is Actually Pretty Cool
The cardboard cut-outs are gone
It's not just SCEA that's gone through a re-imagining of its marketing strategy lately — SCEE's jumped on board too. And there's definitely a hint of the "old" PlayStation marketing message in this new European PlayStation Move commercial. The 60-second spot shows an unreasonably attractive couple rushing...
News Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time Puts You In Control Of The Cooper Clan Ancestors
Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time is undoubtedly one of our most anticipated PS3 releases of 2012
We're enormous fans of the Sly Cooper trilogy, and have been longing for a great mascot-driven platformer on PS3 since 2009's Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time. While Thieves In Time doesn't have series creator Sucker Punch at the helm, developer Sanzaru...
News Sony Announces PlayStation Vita Pre-Order Goodies
The PlayStation Vita is due out in just over three months
And in order to celebrate — and presumably persuade you to pre-order — Sony's announced a European initiative that will reward you for getting your name down early with a bunch of additional goodies. Anyone that pre-orders at selected retailers from November 30th will be eligible for a PS...
News Sony to Remove Sorcery's Invisibility Cloak Next Month
Wands at the ready
It's been close to five months since we last heard anything about Sorcery, when Sony told us the game was still in development. Now the company has said we'll all see more of the much-anticipated Move title next month. Sony told IGN that the game is still in the works and will be shown off to press at December's holiday showcase...
News New Gravity Rush Screenshots Show Off Huge Industrial Environments
For many, Team Siren's Gravity Rush is looking like the must-have PlayStation Vita game
The super-stylised gravity-driven platform game not only promises to take advantage of the Vita's multitude of input devices, but its bold cel-shaded art-style also looks custom built to showcase the system's OLED screen. In a batch of new screenshots, Sony's...
News PlayStation Vita Pre-Orders To Re-Open In Japan Today
Thousands of Japanese gamers queued outside electronics stores on October 15th to register their demand for Sony's PlayStation Vita
The device promptly sold out, driving up prices on auction websites like eBay. But according to Famitsu, a number of Japanese retailers are set to re-open pre-orders for the PlayStation Vita today. The publication...
News Missing In Action PlayStation Move Killer App Sorcery Is Still In Development
Over a year ago Sony announced a game called Sorcery
The PlayStation Move controlled action title quickly caught the attention of the gaming stratosphere, promptly elevating itself to the status of "killer app". But shortly after its announcement, the game went missing in action. We thought it had been cancelled. But thankfully, that's not...
News Sony To Update Torne With PlayStation Vita Support Next Month
Using the PlayStation Vita as a remote play device for Sony's uber-popular Torne PlayStation 3 DVR kit is one of the handheld's biggest selling points in Japan
That functionality is due to arrive next month via a new firmware update that will bring the Torne's software up to version 3.50. With the update you'll be able to write video to your...
