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News Uncharted Started Life As A Fantasy Series
Uncharted has become the tent-pole release in PlayStation's roster
Brushing aside the likes of Killzone, Resistance and (arguably) Gran Turismo — Naughty Dog's tales of Nathan Drake and company have found a market bigger than many of Sony's other endeavours. But it could have been so different. The series was originally intended as a fantasy...
News Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One Trailer Shows Off Luminopolis
We're getting quietly excited for Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One
But one question's been niggling our noggin since the game's announcement: why is Dr. Nefarious working with the heroes? "Ratchet, Clank and Qwark have arrived on the planet of Luminopolis so that now Galactic President Qwark can pick up an Intergalactic Tool of Justice Award...
News Sony Aiming To Transform PlayStation Home Into A Social Gaming Network
Sony intends to transform PlayStation Home into "the biggest and best social gaming service on any console", the platform holder has said in a new post on the European arm of the PlayStation Blog
We already know that Sony's got a full reboot for the series in the works, but SCEE's Darren Cairns has given a little more indication as to what we can...
News Sony Snaps Up Timed Exclusive DLC For Battlefield 3
Could this war get any hotter?
With video game forums awash with discussion over the relative advantages and disadvantages of Battlefield 3 versus Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3; Sony's stepped in and snapped up timed exclusivity for each of Battlefield 3's DLC packs. The move's interesting because Microsoft has traditionally heavily associated...
News The Closest You're Going To Get To WaveRace On PlayStation 3
What's happened to all the great jet-ski games? Nintendo hasn't put out a WaveRace title since the GameCube
Sony doesn't look like it's ever going to resurrect Jet Moto. And Microsoft owns Hydro Thunder — yes, technically not a jet-ski game we know. Looks like the closest we're going to get to some jet-ski action is in PlayStation Home, as Sony's...
News Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception To Get PlayStation 3 Bundle (Of Course)
Sony's announced that it intends to release an Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception hardware bundle alongside Nathan Drake's latest adventure in North America
The package includes a 320GB PlayStation 3, a copy of Uncharted 3 the game, and a month's free access to PlayStation Plus. The bundle will run you just $299.99, which is actually a really good deal...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: So, Errr, The PlayStation Network Is Down
Let's not panic
At the time of writing the PlayStation Network is offline. Sony's revealed that it doesn't have any maintenance planned, and is working hard to resolve the issue. Apparently the outage is not affecting everyone, with some users able to log-in and even access the PlayStation Store. We're hoping that by the time you read this,...
News Ready At Dawn Working On New PlayStation 3 Title
The developer of the PSP's fine God Of War titles is heavy at work on a new title for PlayStation 3
The game is pitched as a third-person action adventure title in a Gamasutra job listing. Ready At Dawn's on the lookout for an animator and technical artist to work on the "exciting new IP". The American studio has a fabulous track record...
News Sony Answers LittleBigPlanet 2 Move Questions
We have the answers
Now that LittleBigPlanet 2 is fully Moved-up, there's been plenty of questions flying around about exactly what the Move Pack: Rise of the Cakeling adds to the standalone game and how necessary it is. XDev Studio Europe producer Neil McPhillips has taken to the PlayStation Blog to give some answers. The biggest and best news is...
News Future Publishing's Access Launches On PlayStation Network Today
With FirstPlay barely cold in its grave, Future Publishing has announced that the first episode in its monthly Access video series will launch on the UK PlayStation Network from today
Free to all British account holders, Access will be available every Wednesday and, like FirstPlay, will be hosted by comedian Lucy Porter. The show's set-up will be...
News Sony Santa Monica Staffing Up For New IP
God Of War developer -- and support team across many PlayStation projects -- Sony Santa Monica is staffing up in preperation for a new "unannounced IP"
The news comes courtesy of a job posting on Gamasutra, requesting the services of a level designer with "experience in designing or contributing to the development of an open world game"...
News Uncharted Novel Out October 4th, Comic Out November 30th
If you've been living under a rock, you may not have noticed Naughty Dog's Uncharted franchise transform into one of the biggest names in video games
So it's obviously no surprise to see the game getting books, comics and even a potential movie thrown at it. While the movie's still some way off, Sony's got the franchise's first novel, Uncharted: The...
News Sony Announces PUMA After Hours Athletes For PlayStation 3
Sony's announced PUMA After Hours Athletes for PlayStation 3, a collection of the platform holder's best PlayStation Move-powered PSN titles collected together on one disc
The set includes Top Darts, Hustle Kings and High Velocity Bowling — each of which also include stereoscopic 3D support. The game's out later this year.
News GAME Now Stocks PlayStation Network Content Across The UK
After a successful trial period, GAME has announced that its to stock PlayStation Network content in stores across the UK
GameStation stores will also join the initiative. The retailer has more than 40 products available, spanning PlayStation Plus subscriptions to DLC and full-game downloads. Redeemable codes are printed on receipts upon purchase...
News Heads-Up: PlayStation 3 Firmware Update v3.72 Out Now
Sorry guys, it's time to update your PS3's firmware again
Don't give us all that nonsense about, "Boo, it takes 45 minutes to update". We just timed the process from start-to-finish on our system. Between the moment we clicked X to start the update and completion the update took a grand total of — wait for it — 6 minutes and 49...
News PlayStation Vita And PSP Are Able To Communicate In Ad-Hoc Mode
The PlayStation Vita will be able to communicate with the PSP in Ad-Hoc mode, a compatibility report released by Sony has confirmed
That means those with Monster Hunter Portable 3rd installed on their PlayStation Vita will have no issues setting up a game with vanilla PSP owners and vice versa. The feature's also a positive for the newly announced...
News Sony Extends PlayStation Platinum Range In Europe
Sony's announced that four more blockbuster PS3 titles are joining the platform holder's "Platinum" range in Europe
New titles include LittleBigPlanet 2, MotorStorm: Apocalypse, Gran Turismo 5 and Killzone 3. Each of the titles will be available at around £20. If you've yet to pick up any of the listed titles, there's never been a better...
News Heads Up: Various PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable Titles Undergoing Maintenance On Sunday
Sony's scheduled a period of maintenance for a number of its first-party PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable tiltes this weekend
The maintenance will see a dozen titles go offline for a few hours from 5AM through to mid-day UK time on Sunday 25th. PlayStation Home will also be affected. Hit the jump for the full run-down of titles undergoing...
News Shuhei Yoshida Clarifies PlayStation Vita Remote Play Potential
When Shuhei Yoshida demonstrated Killzone 3 running on a PlayStation Vita via Remote Play at last week's Tokyo Game Show, we got a bit ahead of ourselves
We just assumed that the updated Remote Play feature-set would provide the potential to play all PS3 games via the Vita. Unfortunately, that's not the case, as only games designed with the feature...
News Sony Aiming For Less Obtrusive Updates On PlayStation Vita
Whenever Sony releases a new firmware update, the Internet groans
We're not sure what all the fuss is about to be honest, firmware updates take no longer than a few minutes to download and install where we are — but apparently it takes other people upwards of half-an-hour. (We're sure they're exaggerating, but anyway.) Thankfully, all those...
News Shuhei Yoshida Surprised By 3DS Circle-Pad Extension
Sony Worldwide Studios gaffer Shuhei Yoshida has said he was surprised by Nintendo's decision to include an additional circle-pad on the Nintendo 3DS
In an interview with GameInformer, the boss speculated that the peripheral was probably produced at the request of Capcom in order to support the controls of the system's upcoming Monster Hunter title...
News DC Universe Online Goes Free-To-Play From Next Month
Tired of being tied to frustrating subscription fees
No more, superhero, as Sony Online Entertainment's "powing" DC Universe Online's monthly fee in favour of a free-to-play business model. Beginning late October, players will be able to download a free copy of DC Universe Online for the PlayStation 3. The current subscription model will...
News Sony Drops More Details On Gravity Rush For PlayStation Vita
You're going to have bear with us while we decide on a universal name for Gravity Rush (also known as Gravity Daze in other regions)
Perhaps we're making more of a to-do out of this issue than it deserves, but regional naming conventions really are the very bane of our existence. Shakes fist. We'll forgive Gravity Rush that minor irritation, as the...
News Backwards Compatible PlayStation Portable Games To Get Improved Controls On PlayStation Vita
Sony Worldwide Studios president, Shuhei Yoshida, has confirmed that the platform holder is aiming to make a "high" number of PlayStation Portable games compatible with the PlayStation Vita
The executive stressed that the company can't yet "confirm 100 percent compatibility" as the system is still undergoing testing. That said, those...
News Shuhei Yoshida On Learning The Lessons Of PlayStation Portable
The PlayStation Portable was a success
The system's sold more than 70 million units to date, so regardless of your stance it's unarguably achieved much more than any other portable gaming device not manufactured by Nintendo. But mistakes were made during Sony's first foray into portable gaming, and Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida is keen...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita The Top Attraction At Tokyo Game Show
Unfortunately we weren't at this year's Tokyo Game Show, but chatting to the people that were indicates an exciting amount of anticipation for Sony's new handheld system
Lines for titles such as Uncharted: Golden Abyss were multiple hours long according to reports from various parts of the media, and that's just one game in Sony's huge showing...
News Eufloria Grows Onto PlayStation Network From October 4th
Sony's announced that the latest title in its Pub Fund initiative is preparing for its latest PlayStation Network release, Eufloria, on October 4th
The ethereal strategy game promises to satisfy "both ends of the art game/strategy game spectrum". We'll let developer Omni Systems do the explaining: "Eufloria PSN isnt really like...
News TGS 11: Wide Area Augmented Reality On PlayStation Vita Looks Nuts
During this week's Tokyo Game Show, Sony Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida held a keynote to demonstrate some of the PlayStation Vita's features
One of those features was augmented reality. Vita will provide augmented reality in three different ways: without a marker, with a marker and with multiple markers. It's the latter of these...
News TGS 11: Shuhei Yoshida Confirms PlayStation Vita Is Region Free
While we've known that the PlayStation is probably region-free for some time, we've yet to get an official confirmation of kind
Until today anyway, when SCE Worldwide Studios gaffer Shuhei Yoshida has taken to Twitter to confirm the platform's region free status. Quizzed on Twitter about the feature, Yoshida simply responded, "Yes it is"...
News TGS 11: Uncharted: Golden Abyss Blows Minds In Just Over Ten Minutes
Sony's released footage of its entire Uncharted: Golden Abyss TGS demonstration
Needless to say the game looks absolutely cream-crackers. Miserable critics will probably be able to find ways to put the portable title down — the lighting is certainly a bit softer than in the PS3 versions of Uncharted — but otherwise we'd argue that Golden Abyss...
News TGS 11: SCEJ Gaffer Not Concerned About 3DS Nor Smartphones
SCEJ president Hiroshi Kawano has told Reuters that he doesn't believe the Nintendo 3DS nor burgeoning gaming compatible smartphones are a threat to the PlayStation Vita
Kawano considers that the devices are different. Kawano believes that the Nintendo 3DS has a different look, target audience and price-point. All true. Moreover Kawano believes that...
News TGS 11: Wipeout 2048 Trailer Outlines Features, Gets Us Hot Under The Collar
Oh Wipeout, how we love thee so
Take Wipeout 2048 on PlayStation Vita — not content with being a crazy collection of high octane racing, it also boasts AR rewards, Near support, cross-platform play and a new online campaign. If only all franchise's were as good as thee.
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita To Get External Battery Add-On
Disappointed with the PlayStation Vita's 3-5 hour battery cap? Sony has revealed an optional external battery add-on, that could extend the Vita's life to anywhere from 9 to 15 hours
The battery has a capacity of 5000mAh, which when added to the 2200mAh already included on board with the Vita should provide enough juice to keep the system powered...
News inFamous 2: Festival Of Blood Out From October 25th
Prepare for Hallowe'en in style this year, by watching inFamous protagonist Cole McGrath do his very best Twilight impression in inFamous 2: Festival Of Blood
The standalone downloadable title is due out October 25th in North America and October 26th in Europe. It'll cost you $14.99. Festival Of Blood sees Cole McGrath bitten by a vampire, and left...
News TGS 11: Sony Releases Brand New Gravity Daze Footage
Nothing annoys us more than regional name discrepancies
But Gravity Daze or Gravity Rush — it's all the same to us. Team Siren's debut PlayStation Vita platformer thing looks incredible. Don't believe us? Catch the latest trailer after the jump.
News Updated PlayStation Network Terms And Conditions Protect Against Class Action Lawsuits
Sony's updated the PlayStation Network's Terms & Conditions to protect itself from class action lawsuits similar to those that emerged earlier in the year after the PlayStation Network outage
A new section in the terms — discovered by Eurogamer — includes a "Class Action Waiver", which in non-lawyer language means that no class...
News Sony: Ask Capcom About Monster Hunter 4 On PS Vita
The shock announcement of Monster Hunter 4 as a 3DS title took the wind out of many sails this week
Capcom's curiously popular franchise transformed the PlayStation Portable into the system to beat in Japan — and while Capcom has frequently maintained the series multiplatform status, many expected the next Monster Hunter to be announced for...
News TGS 11: Torne Application For PlayStation Vita Allows For Remote TV Recording, Viewing
Sony's Japanese-only Torne TV hardware product is coming to PlayStation Vita in application form
Shuhei Yoshida demonstrated the tool during a keynote overnight, showing how the Vita can be used to navigate TV listings, remotely set-up recordings, and stream television. Yoshida didn't set a date, but implied the application would launch alongside...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita Box Art Looks Like This
Kotaku's sneakily got its eyes on one of PlayStation Vita's boxes -- which is always one of the most exciting things about a new platform launch
Wrapped in a shocking blue colour — that Vita appears to have adopted as its branding style — and similar in layout to the current PS3 boxes, these should fit comfortably next to your current collection...
News TGS 11: Sony Steps Up Remote Play With PlayStation Vita
Remote Play has, for a long time, been untapped potential
The ability to play PlayStation 3 games via your PSP was a brilliant one, but so little software took advantage of the feature that it quickly became worthless. With PlayStation Vita, Sony's planning on stepping up its Remote Play functionality. Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita Demoed As PlayStation 3 Controller
When Sony said that PlayStation Vita could work as a PlayStation 3 controller, we figured it was a reactionary comment to the announcement of the Wii U
We certainly didn't think the platform holder would get the technology up and running so promptly. But it seems the technicians in the Sony labs have been hard at work, concocting a demo with...
News TGS 11: Sony Promises To Revolutionise Augmented Reality With PlayStation Vita
No Nintendo fans, augmented reality is not a new concept invented by your favourite company
Sony has been experimenting with augmented reality in games for years — so it's really no surprise to see Sony double down on the technology for PlayStation Vita. During its Tokyo Game Show keynote, Sony confirmed that PlayStation Vita will not need a...
News TGS 11: Final Fantasy XIII-2 Gets Dated, Special PlayStation 3 Hardware Bundle
Square Enix has confirmed that it will release Final Fantasy XIII-2 days before the PlayStation Vita in Japan -- on December 15th
And adding to what should be an enormous week for PlayStation hardware, the company also confirmed that it is partnering with Sony to release a new 320GB PS3 hardware bundle in black and pink. The package will run you...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Suite SDK To Launch In November
SD'OK
Sony's been curiously quiet about PlayStation Suite since the PlayStation Vita's announcement, but at a keynote overnight the company announced plans to release a new PlayStation SDK (software development kit) — allowing developers to create PlayStation Vita compatible Android games. Sony Japan's Kissei Matsumoto briefly demonstrated the...
News TGS 11: Q-Games' Awesome PlayStation Move Music Tool Now Known As PixelJunk 4am
Q-Games and Baiyon's impressive looking/sounding motion controlled music sequencer will be known as PixelJunk 4am when it launches
The game was originally announced as PixelJunk Lifelike. The game — which is hard to explain — allows you to use the PlayStation Move controller to manipulate music in 3D space. In essence: it's a niche but...
News Worldwide PlayStation 3 Sales Hit 51.8 Million Units, PSP At 71.4 Million
Sony's updated its sell-through numbers for both the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable
The platform holder has confirmed that the PlayStation 3 now has an install base of 51.8 million units worldwide, while the PSP has an impressive 71.4 million. Sony revealed the numbers during its Tokyo Game Show press event this morning, which saw...
News TGS 11: Sony Announces Scarlet Red And Splash Blue PS3 Systems For November
Sony's announced a couple of new PlayStation 3 colour variations for the Japanese audience
Both the Scarlet Red and Splash Blue systems are due to release on November 17th for ¥29,800, with 320GB hard-drives included.
News TGS 11: Here's Your First Look At Ridge Racer On PlayStation Vita
Namco Bandai's released the first screenshot of Ridge Racer on PlayStation Vita
The game will be released in time for the system's launch, maintaining an age-old PlayStation tradition. The game promises a new visual style in addition to online multiplayer. The screenshot looks a bit rough, but we're looking forward to seeing the game in motion...
News TGS 11: Sony Reveals Full Suite Of PlayStation Vita Accessories
The PlayStation Vita will not launch with a memory stick
If you want to download (or even save) games, you'll need to buy some extra storage. It's the most disappointing PlayStation Vita announcement thus far — even an included 1GB card would have been welcome. Memory sticks will range from 4GB to 32GB iterations, costing from ¥2,200 ($28)...
News TGS 11: PlayStation Vita's Battery Life To Last 3-5 Hours
Battery life was always going to be a concern for a device as powerful as the PlayStation Vita, and it looks like Sony's just about managed to deliver on its promise of a similar running time to the PSP
In an updated technical fact-sheet, the company has confirmed that Vita will give you 3-5 hours of gameplay at full pelt. That will extend to five...
