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News Take A Tour Of The New PlayStation Home
We've always seen the potential in PlayStation Home as a gaming platform, and its great to see Sony finally deliver on that
In a new video posted on the PlayStation Blog, excitable director Jack Buser has offered a tour of the new features we can expect in the rebooted virtual world. Buser's really keen to emphasise Home's new focus on games,...
News Ruh-Roh: Another Wave Of PlayStation Network Maintenance Coming Your Way This Thursday
Sony's now infamous weekly maintenance is slotted in once again for this Thursday
This time you'll be unable to access key online features betweeen 16:00 and 18:00PM UK time. No reason was given for the maintenance. Feel free to vent your frustration in the comments.
News More PlayStation 2 Titles Bound For US PlayStation Store
Sure the current release schedule is stacked with promising fresh content, but the PlayStation community has been keen to announce its desperation for classic games over the past few months
And SCEA's more than happy to oblige. The publisher's announced on the US PlayStation Blog that it is to release three more classic PS2 titles on the PlayStation...
News Heads Up: Uncharted 3 Climbs Into North American Retailers Today
As if you needed reminding? Admit it: you didn't need reminding at all, did you? Arguably the biggest PlayStation 3 release of the year drops onto North American store shelves today, and you're absolutely going to want to pick it up
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception is an absolutely tour-de-force, spanning one of the most engrossing campaigns we've...
News Uncharted 3 DLC To Send Fans 'Ballistic'
Naughty Dog has teased that fans will go "ballistic" over one particular piece of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception's DLC
Chatting with GameTrailers, Naughty Dog's Justin Richmond revealed that DLC for Drake's latest adventure will be both plentiful, and "even cooler" than previous entries in the series. "We have some really cool stuff...
News Sony Teases 'Surprise Announcement' For Jump Festa
It's always exciting when Sony teases the words "surprise announcement"
But it nearly always leads to a bunch of wild and unattainable expectations. So let's keep our hype gauge in check, then. Jump Festa, a Japanese games festival, is set to take place in Tokyo later this year. Awkwardly the event will coincide with the launch of PlayStation Vita,...
News Purchase PlayStation Plus, Get Jurassic Park: The Game For Free
There are two types of people in this world
Those that Plus and those that don't. Regardless of which camp you fall into, SCEA might have an offer that will twist your arm. It's offering a free version of Telltale's Jurassic Park: The Game (that's all four of the game's episodes) to anyone that purchases a year of PlayStation Plus between November...
News Sony Puts Muscle Behind The Biggest Bollywood Release In History
Believe it or not, PlayStation is something of a burgeoning brand in India
While Sony could be forgiven for resting on its strongholds — Europe, Japan and North America — the company is constantly looking to find ways to develop brand loyalty in new regions. And that's why you see PlayStation get a strong push in areas such as Latin America and...
News Sony Santa Monica Staffing Up For God Of War Related Project
Tenuous, this, so slot it under the folder with "Rumour" emblazoned in pink marker pen ink on the front
Sony Santa Monica is apparently staffing up for a new project in the God Of War series. "Mega developer making sequel to ginormous franchise," is definitely not hard to believe — but the job listing TheSilentChief cites is a bit bland...
News Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception To Scoop Up Retro DLC Skin Pack
According to the latest issue of Famitsu magazine, the first round of DLC for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception will include a spattering of classic character skins for you to parade around as in the game's multiplayer component
The majority of the skins appear to be ripped directly out of Uncharted 2's multiplayer component, but there are a few new...
News Naughty Dog Happy To Pump Out More Uncharted If Fans Want It
Traditionally Naughty Dog has introduced a new franchise for each console generation and produced three main-line titles in that series
Theoretically, that should mean Nathan Drake's adventuring is done with the release of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception. Potentially, but Naughty Dog's Justin Richmond has told the Official PlayStation Magazine that...
News Sony's John Koller Dismisses Issues With PlayStation Vita's Non-Christmas Launch
Sony was originally coveting a pre-Christmas worldwide launch for the PlayStation Vita, SCEA's director of hardware marketing John Koller has revealed in an interview with AllThingsDigital
But the company decided that it would be best to delay the launch until next year in order to ensure that there was enough hardware available at launch. Weve...
News Kevin Butler Launches 'Hall Of Play'
What's so special about Michael? We're all PlayStation fans here, we should all be honoured in a commercial of our own
It seems Sony agrees, and has decided to dedicate a commercial to each and every one of us. All you need do is head over to PlayStation's official Facebook page, where platform mascot Kevin Butler will induct you into the Hall Of...
News PayDay: The Heist Finally Unlocks The European PSN On November 2nd
Finally
After some unfortunate delays, Sony Online Entertainment has at last attached a date to the European release of PayDay: The Heist. The first-person co-operative rob 'em up is due out next week on the PlayStation Store. That's November 2nd if you want an exact date to mark on your calendar. SOE apologised for the delay and concluded that it...
News DC Universe Online Goes 'Free-To-Play' On November 1st
Sony Online Entertainment's slapped a big November 1st date on DC Universe Online's transition to free-to-play
Those curious about the game will be able to experience it for free from said date. Anyone that spends more than $5 on content (or has done previously) will see their account upgraded to include an extra set of perks. Those hooked on the...
News Grab PlayStation Vita A Week Early With The First Edition Bundle
While a lot of people choose to get furious at business moves, sometimes you just have to tip your hat and pay respect to a good marketing move when you see one
The PlayStation Vita 'First Edition Bundle' that Sony's announced for North America this afternoon is one of those moments. It's a stroke of genius, and here's why. In North America, those...
News Nolan North & Emily Rose Chat Motion Capture In Uncharted 3
It's very much the calm before the storm
We're sure many of you are just twiddling your thumbs waiting for Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception to drop through your letterbox. And desperately trying to avoid spoilers too, right? Urgh. Yeah. In order to ease the wait, Sony's just posted up a behind-the-scenes interview featuring the voices (and bodies) of...
News LittleBigPlanet 2 Relaunches at Retail with Special Editions
Sackboy still wants your love
LittleBigPlanet 2 was released months ago, but Sony is keen to keep its clothy character in the forefront of gifters' minds this Christmas with a relaunch of the game in two new packs. First up is the LittleBigPlanet 2 Special Edition, which includes the game and $35 worth of additional content. Top of the list is the...
News PlayStation Home Gets Caught Up In Hallowe'en Fever
We'd just like to spend a few moments to thank James Gallagher of the PlayStation Blog
Sarcastically, of course. His latest PlayStation Home update, entitled "What Goes Bump In The Night", has totally got us listening to the AllStars on loop. So thanks for that. Thanks a lot. Anyway. Lots of bits-and-bobs in PlayStation Home this week. New...
News European Dungeon Defenders Delay Explained
Dungeon Defenders was just one of the numerous PlayStation Network titles expected to launch in Europe yesterday but mysteriously delayed at the last minute
We posted up something of a rant about that yesterday. With the evaporation of anticipated games a hot topic over here, Eurogamer grilled Reverb Publishing CEO, Doug Kennedy, about what exactly...
News Sony Buys Out Ericsson For A Tremendous Wad Of Cash
As previously rumoured, Sony has purchased Ericsson's 50 percent stake in Sony Ericsson, giving the PlayStation platform holder full control over the mobile unit
Sony swooped in with a deal worth 1.05 billion (or $1.45 billion). So a real hunk of change, then. "We can more rapidly and more widely offer consumers smartphones, laptops, tablets...
News Someone Completed Uncharted 3 In Less Than Three Hours
An in-house tester entrusted with the task of ensuring Nathan Drake's shirt is tucked precisely throughout the entirety of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (probably
), has managed to complete the entire campaign in an incredibly slender span of three hours and eight minutes. That's just a smidgen longer than it took a similar QA expert to complete...
News PlayStation Vita Takes Notes From Apple, Won't Support Flash At Launch
By all accounts PlayStation Vita's browser will be much better than us PlayStation users are accustomed to
But one thing it won't support at launch is Flash. Support for Adobe's sometimes irritating animation tool will come post release. Thankfully, the Vita's browser will support Javascript (v1.7 if you're interested) and HTML 5 out of the box...
News Sony Provides European Payday: The Heist Update
Remember Payday: The Heist? What once seemed like something of a banner PlayStation Network exclusive has been shoddily missing in action for the past two weeks in Europe
The game launched in North America without a hitch — well, a small one actually — but like so many other PSN titles, it's missing in Europe. It's actually been common for the...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: PlayStation Network Maintenance Scheduled Overnight
It's been a while
Almost, what, two weeks since the last wave of PlayStation Network maintenance. But we were never going to get away with it for too long. And sure enough, Sony has announced that the PlayStation Network will go offline overnight while the platform holder tweaks a few knobs and does, erm, general maintenance stuff. The maintenance...
News Sony Reveals LittleBigPlanet 2: Special Edition
If you haven't played LittleBigPlanet 2 yet, what are you thinking? The Media Molecule developed do-it-yourself imagination engine is still sitting at the top of our game of the year shortlist, and it's going to take a mighty competitor to topple it
Seeing as we're forgiving folks, we'll let you off on not having played LittleBigPlanet 2, so long as...
News Uncharted 3 Sackboy Clambers Into LittleBigPlanet
Inevitably Sony has announced an uber-cutesy Nathan Drake sackboy costume to celebrate the impending release of Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
The costume will launch on the PlayStation Store next week, though Sony's yet to announce any prices. Awwww.
News David Jaffe Weighs In On Cinematic Gameplay Debate
Earlier in the week, Eurogamer scored Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception an 8/10
A great score no doubt, but somewhat out of line with the general consensus. While Uncharted 3 garnered 9's and 10's from most publications, Eurogamer's review generated a reasonable amount of vitriol mostly because it seemed to argue against what the franchise tries to...
News LittleBigPlanet 2's Scoreboards Back Tomorrow
The fireworks still pop
You can still give your co-operative partner a big slap. But something's been missing from LittleBigPlanet 2's end-of-level experience for some time. The scoreboards have been offline. But according to a post on the LittleBigPlanet forums, the feature will return tomorrow. "As you know, for quite some time now the...
News Sucker Punch Serves Up More inFamous With Festival Of Blood
If you didn't get enough super-charged Cole McGrath earlier in the year with inFamous 2, then Sucker Punch has got a treat for you
Designed to tie-in with the Hallowe'en season, inFamous: Festival Of Blood sees the electric-powered protagonist bitten by a Vampire when New Marais is invaded by the toothy foes. The game's out in North America today...
News PlayStation Vita Save Discrepancy Down To DLC
Remember the furore surrounding certain PlayStation Vita software's inability to save on cartridge? It's down to DLC, according to various online reports
Gamers were dismayed last week when Sony announced anticipated PlayStation Vita titles such as Uncharted: Golden Abyss and Hot Shots Golf 6 would require a memory card, while others such as...
News Grindhouse Arrives On PlayStation 3 With House Of The Dead: Overkill - Extended Cut
We're so excited
As we've probably written approximately eighteen times now, House Of The Dead: Overkill was one of our favourite Nintendo Wii titles. So we're ridiculously stoked to see the silly on-rails shooter make the jump to PS3 with full PlayStation Move support. The game's vulgar, potty-mouthed and downright ugly, but that's absolutely part...
News Nathan Drake Punches People Where It Hurts In Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Meet the Iron Fist
A tactic in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception's multiplayer that allows you to attack an opponent before sliding in and doing some real damage. Preferrably where it hurts. In a new Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception developer diary, Richard Cogburn talks multiplayer tactics and more. You can catch it after the jump.
News Sony Gives One Last Push To PlayStation Portable
The PlayStation Vita's just around the corner, but Sony's decided to give one final holiday push to the aging PlayStation Portable
The North American bundle includes a PSP-3000, a 2GB Memory Stick Pro Duo, a UMD version of FIFA 12 and a downloadable copy of Cars 2. The bundle will be available on November 15th for $160. There's more information on...
News Let's Take A Moment To Stare Longingly At Wipeout 2048
Wipeout is one of our favourite PlayStation franchises of all time
We love Sony Liverpool's series so much that we get angry if anyone says anything bad about our preferred racing faction. (Assegai for those curious). Needless to say we're hopelessly stoked for the PlayStation Vita's latest Wipeout title — Wipeout 2048. Sony's dropped some new...
News LittleBigPlanet 2 Recognised By Children's BAFTAs
LittleBigPlanet 2's been named among the nominations for the Children's BAFTAs
The Media Molecule developed PlayStation 3 exclusive is joined by stiff competition from Kirby's Epic Yarn, LEGO Pirates Of The Caribbean and Pokemon Black & White. A number of PS3 titles have also been included in the Kids' Choice awards, with Need For Speed: Hot...
News Assassin's Creed Movie Domains Spotted
Hot on the heels of last week's movie negotiations post, it has emerged that Sony Pictures has registered a whopping sixteen website domains pertaining to the Assassin's Creed series
Rumours and whispers put Sony as a dead-cert for the project late last week, when industry insiders said Ubisoft was close to signing on the dotted line with the...
News Drake's On A Plane: Uncharted 3 Scores Huge As First Reviews Drop
There's a heavy sense of expectation hanging on Nathan Drake's shoulders
An expectation that we're certain is probably shared by developer Naughty Dog. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves was such a brilliant, run-away success that it increased the expectations of the series indefinitely. As such, we were expecting Uncharted 3 to see some decline in terms of...
News Exactly How Does Twitter Work On The PlayStation Vita?
The PlayStation Vita will launch with a variety of on-board applications, including the likes of Twitter and Facebook
But how exactly will the applications work on Sony's new handheld? Well, a lot like a smart-phone actually — as this Engadget video proves. Catch the demonstration after the jump.
News Netflix Heading To The UK Next Year
Popular US movie streaming service, Netflix, is heading to the UK next year according to a report
The company intends to start its European roll-out across the UK and Ireland "via a range of consumer electronics devices capable of streaming from Netflix, as well as on PCs, Macs and mobile tablets and phones". While Netflix is remaining...
News Some People Are Flipping Out About The PlayStation Vita Requiring A Memory Card
We remember purchasing our first PlayStation 2 many years ago
For some reason we did so without a memory card. We picked up a Sony branded stick the very next day. In this new age of hard-drives and on-board memory, those memory card worries have become something of a side concern. You get plenty of storage space on a new PS3 to save your games,...
News PixelJunk Sidescroller Drops Onto The PlayStation Store Next Week
Q-Games has attached an October 25th / October 26th release date to PixelJunk Sidescroller in North America and Europe respectively
The old-school space blaster is based on the secret Road To Dawn bonus stage in PixelJunk Shooter 2. "I really can't emphasise enough how really, really good old school fun SideScroller has turned out to be,"...
News Uncharted 3 Asks What It Means To Be A Hero
Sony has released the short Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception documentary it commissioned from Shakespeare In Love director Ed Zwick
Entitled 'The Hero's Journey', the short observes what it means to be a hero, and features the comments of a variety of faces from Michelle Rodriguez, through to Sam Rockwell and Diane Kruger. The thoughts of Naughty...
News Private Starhawk Beta Kicking Off In November
There's a lot of great games coming out this Holiday, but do you wish Warhawk's space-bound successor, Starhawk, was one of them? It's totally understandable we suppose
But there's a solution. Lightbox Interactive has announced a private beta will start for the game as soon as next month. Players will receive a "special email" denoting...
News Sony Discusses The Origins Of PlayStation Vita
In a new video documentary posted on the PlayStation Blog, Sony has discussed the origins of its new platform, the PlayStation Vita
In the video, SCEA marketing suit John Koller claims that Sony had much bigger ambitions for PS Vita than simply creating a "PSP2", and so it banned discussion of alternative mobile devices and portable gaming...
News Free Realms Scores 20 Million Registered Users Milestone
Crack-like Sony Online Entertainment social MMO Free Realms has hit 20 million registered users, the publisher has announced
The game launched on PC back in 2009, and recently hit the PlayStation 3 in both the US and Europe. To celebrate, anybody that logs in between October 21st and October 31st will receive a free in-game jacket to commemorate the...
News Analyst: Sony To Get PlayStation 4 Out Ahead Of Next XBOX
We told you it was starting
Only yesterday did we post a report claiming that a number of internal Sony studios had started work on the next generation of hardware, and now we've got PS4 stories popping out of our ears. The latest report comes courtesy of US analyst Colin Sebastian, who believes that neither Microsoft nor Sony will have new hardware...
News Sony's Tablet S Unlocks PlayStation Store Access
While we'd never consider purchasing an expensive tablet computer for access to PSone games, we're sure it's nice to have the functionality
Those that did splash out on Sony's swish new Tablet S will get the opportunity to pick up a variety of old favourites, with PlayStation Store access opened up on device from today. Games include Destruction...
News Sony's Futuristic Headset Out In Time For Christmas In The UK
Sony's super swanky 3D headset will arrive in time for Christmas in the UK, with industry publication MCV slapping a December 8th release date on the device
The stocking filler will retail for a whopping £800, roughly a pound per inch of screen it simulates — with the headset capable of emulating a 750" 3D screen when placed firmly on top of...
News Naughty Dog Discusses Play, Create, Share In Uncharted 3
Those of you that participated in Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception's multiplayer beta will be well aware of the range of customisable options in the game
From clothing, to emblems, Uncharted 3 can be tuned to your individual preferences. But the game goes deeper than that. Any matches you participate in can be cut and edited, allowing you to create...
