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News Sony Developing Sci-Fi Bollywood Game For PS3 & PS2
A Sony development team in London has started work on a video game adaptation of bonkers Bollywood sci-fi flick, RA
One</a>. The game will release on both PlayStation 2 and PS3, the latter as a PSN download. Presumably the game will be exclusive to the expanding Indian markets. "We have always wanted to bring...
News Sony Signs Up New Director For The Uncharted Movie
Sony Pictures has reportedly signed up Neil Burger to direct the Uncharted movie
David O. Russell left the job earlier in the year, citing creative differences. Burger is known for his work on The Illusionist. No word as to whether Mark Wahlberg is still involved with the project.
News Sony to Start PSN Pass Scheme with Resistance 3
One game, one code
Sony has been dabbling with online content codes for its recent shooters, with a single-use code in SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs giving North American players access to the SOCOM "Pro" club. Without the code, entry to the club costs $14.99, but at least there's still online play. Now Sony is ready to change things up again...
News PSP Digital Comics Store Receives Its Last Update
Sony's confirmed that the Digital Comics store for PSP will no longer be updated
In a final update post on the PlayStation Blog, community moderator Yaster revealed that the "Digital Comics team are now working on bringing the comic service to other Sony devices". We hear Sony's got a new handheld console and a couple of tablet computers...
News Sony Confirms Online Pass System For Resistance 3, Future Titles
Sony's confirmed that Resistance 3 will be the first PS3 title to make use of a new "network pass program" designed to combat used sales
The PSN Pass — which emerged as part of a boxart leak yesterday — is very similar to the type of system employed by EA, Warner Bros and other third-party publishers. Sony's employed the use of online passes in...
News PlayStation Plus Is A Year Old, Celebrates With Cake
Sony has updated the PlayStation Plus content for July, announcing the service's one year anniversary with images of cake
Sadly your PlayStation Plus subscription does not include a slice of the iced delicacy. Sony reckons that since it launched the service last July it's delivered over £700 worth of content. There are a few cheeky stipulations in...
News Hallelujah: PlayStation Store Officially Returns In Japan
After a long and torturous rate, the Japanese arm of the PlayStation Store has finally released
The service was taken down after the infamous PSN outage earlier in the year, and has been held at ransom by the Japanese government ever since. But it's back now, meaning those of us in the West can hop online and finally find out what that bonkers El...
Rumour Sony To Introduce PlayStation Network Pass For Resistance 3
Sony's voiced its support of EA's Online Pass system in the past, and now it looks like it's about to introduce the used game sale combating feature into Resistance 3
A hardware bundle packshot — featuring a 320GB PS3 and copy of Resistance 3 — advertises something called the "PSN Pass", which sounds a lot like a one-time use code...
News Sony's Still A Hot Brand In Asia
Sony's still a force in Asia according to a survey published by the Wall Street Journal
The Japanese electronics giant was rated ahead of rival consumer electronics brands as the most valued brand in Asia. Over 3,000 people aged between 15 and 64 were surveyed. Interestingly the survey was conducted after the widely publicised PlayStation Network...
News Sony Japan Reveals Move Bundle for Hot Shots Golf PS3
Will it come West?
Sony's preparing to patch Move controls into its classic PS3 golf game Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds — otherwise known as Everybody's Golf: World Tour — but in Japan it's going a step further, physically re-releasing the game with a Move Starter Pack to entice PlayStation gamers onto the fairway. The bundle of game, controller...
Rumour Sony 'Quietly Testing' PlayStation Store Overhaul
According to reports popping up all over the Internet this afternoon, Sony is "quietly testing" a major overhaul for the PlayStation Store behind closed doors
The redesign will supposedly declutter the store-front with what's described as "an aesthetic layout with logically marked sections and rolodex lists" according to Reg Hardware. The...
Out Today PlayStation Move Ape Escape (North America)
Those apes infest PSN
After a disc release in Europe, PlayStation Move Ape Escape hits North America as a digital download today. The on-rails net-swinging catch-em-up may not be the best demonstration of PlayStation Move's abilities, but it's charming enough and might be worth a go if you're desperate to reunite with those escaped apes again. Be...
News Gawp At ICO & Shadow Of The Colossus, Cry A Little Bit
Sony's updated the Japanese websites for the upcoming ICO and Shadow Of The Colossus HD remakes
With the updated pages comes two new trailers which have been handily posted to YouTube for our embedding pleasure. Check out trailers for both games after the jump.
News Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta Updated With Two New Gameplay Modes
No sooner than we finish up our hands-on impressions, Naughty Dog has updated the Uncharted 3 multiplayer beta with two new game modes
The public test — which goes public in the US today — has been bolstered by the inclusion of Team Objective and Co-Op Hunters. The former shares some similarities to Killzone 3's Warzone mode, while the latter...
News Sony Reveals 'World Game Project' For Japan
Typically the Japanese games market can be quite introverted
While Japanese games have a history of success in the West, few Western games succeed in the Japanese market. This is something Sony's looking to correct with a new initiative in Japan called the "World Game Project". While details are still scarce about the Akihabara event —...
News Final Fantasy VII Costume Pack To Launch In LittleBigPlanet Next Week
The much anticipated Final Fantasy VII costume pack for LittleBigPlanet will launch on the PlayStation Store next week according to the PlayStation Blog
Costumes for Tifa, Sephiroth, Cloud and Aeris will be available for £1.59 / $1.99 each, or bundled together with an exclusive Vincent outfit for £4.79 / $5.99. Sony's also announced an inFamous 2...
First Impressions Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta on PS3
If the Uncharted 3 multiplayer beta has taught us anything, it's that we're terrible at Uncharted multiplayer
After a spot of beginner's luck — winning our first game of Free For All with a deftly timed melee swipe to the face — we've lingered in the loser's half of every game we've played. We're even rubbish at co-op, consecutively getting less...
News Capcom Excited About Cole MacGrath's Inclusion In Street Fighter X Tekken
inFamous protagonist Cole MacGrath's inclusion in Street Fighter X Tekken was announced at this year's E3 for both the PlayStation 3 and Vita versions of the cross-over brawler
Following up the announcement, Capcom's Seth Killian has told Siliconera that the "timing was right" for the inclusion and that the publisher is "excited"...
News Sony Extends Welcome Back Offer, Don't Wait Until The Last Second This Time
Sony has extended its Welcome Back package after a barrage of complaints from people seemingly incapable of utitlising 30 full days to download their "compensation" for the recent PSN outage
The offer — which was pulled at Midnight on July 3rd — will now run until 09:00AM PST (17:00PM BST) on Tuesday July 5th. If you were one of those people...
It's Monday morning: we're supposed to be writing about how Zumba Fitness has topped the UK sales charts for a billionth week running and not much else
Instead we've got a zinger of a rumour from DigiTimes, speculating that the PlayStation 4 will launch as soon as next year. The report mentions that Sony will begin production of its new system at...
News Japanese PlayStation Store Set To Return On Wednesday
Huzzah
Sony's revealed that the PlayStation Store will finally return in Japan on July 6th. That's this Wednesday if you haven't got a calendar nearby. There's very little else to say other than, yes, the PlayStation Store really has been down this long in Japan. The government demanded Sony provide evidence that the service was sufficiently...
News PlayStation Move Compatible Cricket Title In Development For PS3
SCE India has confirmed that the developers of the PS2's Street Cricket Champions, Trine Studios, are currently hard at work on a PlayStation Move enabled cricket title for PS3
The currently unnamed title is being developed with an Indian audience in mind, and is currently unlikely to release outside of the country. The game's due out in October.
News Sony Demonstrates PlayStation Vita's 'Face Control' Technology
PlayStation Vita's 'Face Control' technology was demonstrated in Tokyo this week
It uses the Vita's front-facing cameras to super-impose animated character model overlays on top of the users. The technology is reasonably impressive, apart from when it's trying to detect blinking. That ends up looking a bit scary.
News Media Molecule Taking A Break From LittleBigPlanet To Generate 'New Ideas'
This is a sweet story with a bitter after taste
British based developer Media Molecule has announced that it is considering taking a break from the LittleBigPlanet series in order to "focus on some new ideas". While this sounds like immediately wonderful news, it would be sad to see Sackboy sit quietly in the sidelines for a few years...
News Invizimals, Reality Fighters Developer Sticking With Sony For The Foreseeable Future
If you're a fan of augmented reality products, then you'll be delighted to learn that the developer of the Invizimals series on PSP, and Reality Fighters for PSVita, is sticking with Sony platforms for the foreseeable future
The Spanish based Novarama announced a new deal this week that will see more of the company's portfolio released exclusively...
News Kaz Hirai Promoted To Chairman Of SCEI, Andrew House Becomes CEO
What a difference a week makes -- or something
We've only been away six days or so, but the entire hierarchy of SCE has changed. Sort of, anyway. Kaz Hirai has been promoted to Chairman of SCEI, active as of September 1st. Presumably that means he will sit at the head of a big table wearing an expensive suit like in the Yakuza games. More surprising...
News Sony Continues To Apologise About The PSN Outage, Offers Tons Of PlayStation Home Stuff
What PlayStation Network outage?
Seriously, perhaps it's just our blase reaction to the whole scenario, but do people still feel wronged by Sony's alleged inability to protect its data centre? Either way, SCEE is continuing its welcome back process by bunging you an approximated £65 worth of PlayStation Home gubbins. All the stuff is available...
News Team ICO Moves Into Sony's Main Offices In Japan
The Last Offices
Everyone's favourite arthouse development suite, Team ICO, has made a bold move into the head offices of SCE this week — presumably so top figures like Kaz Hirai can ensure creative lead Fumito Ueda actually finishes the studio's latest title, The Last Guardian. Fumito described the move as a "major reformation of our development...
What other game could top our most anticipated list?
Naughty Dog's adventure opus, Uncharted, has gradually become one of the biggest franchises in video games The original launched to muted praise, but got a second wind of enthusiasm when it was one of the first retail titles to boast trophy support. For many, that patch introduced them to the...
Feature Push Square's Most Anticipated PlayStation Games Of Holiday 2011: #5 - Team ICO Collection
Look: we get it
You've spent the past few years learning about how pivotal the Team ICO titles are, but you've never actually experienced them for yourself. You've looked on eBay, but the original PS2 titles fetch a packet. You've all but given up. Thankfully HD remasters do serve a purpose after all. With Sony readying a bundle of both ICO and...
News What's This Nonsense About Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time Looking Like A PS2 Game?
"Meh," sneered one forum post we read on Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time, "Still looks like a PlayStation 2 game
" What planet are these people living on? The latest Sly Cooper title from Sanzaru Games retains the glorious visual style of Sucker Punch's Sly titles for sure, but it looks like a huge advancement from where we're standing. Seriously:...
Rumour Sony Gearing Up For PlayStation 4 Unveiling Next Year
IndustryGamers is speculating that Sony will unveil the PlayStation 4 next year
The website cites an anonymous source from a top developer, though naturally no names were mentioned. Rumours have already pledged an XBOX 360 unveiling for 2012, though they were resolutely denied. Analysts were less confident about IndustryGamers' rumour: "I think...
News XBOX Boss In 'Vita Won't Be Successful' Shocker
Is anyone else bored to tears of being told what they want to play?
Apparently it's not ok for us to be excited about a new entry in the Everybody's Golf series, because we should be playing GameLoft's Let's Golf rip-off or Flick Golf or something We shouldn't be excited for the likes of Wipeout 2048, Sound Shapes and Street Fighter X Tekken because...
News Sony Loves DLC, Announces Massive PSN Sale
Sony's launched a massive DLC sale to get you ready for the weekend
The deals — which are available from the PSN right now — feature a long list of savings for titles such as Modern Warfare 2, Assassin's Creed II, Super Street Fighter IV and Grand Theft Auto IV amongst others. Apparently, Sony will be publishing more deals on June 29th, but this...
News Killzone 3 Triples XP All Weekend
Guerrilla Games has switched on triple XP for Killzone 3 this weekend
The promotion applies to all XP earned in multiplayer up until 9:00AM on Monday morning. Presumably the offer's designed to celebrate the recently released From The Ashes map pack.
Report PlayStation Vita To Launch Next Year In Europe
It's the report we've all been dreading, but it's finally here
Both VG247 and CVG are reporting that the PlayStation Vita will not launch in Europe until 2012. Apparently Sony is weighing up a January or February launch, while a US and Japan release still looks likely for Christmas 2011. Shafted once again. Fantastic. "Sony know it's...
News PlayStation Store Still Offline In Japan
While we've been happily been getting back to normal after the PSN hack here in the West, the Japanese PlayStation Store has remained offline
In a short update [translated by AndriaSang], the company apologised for the on-going downtime, stating that it was still making adjustments with multiple organisations. The PlayStation Store is back online in...
Rumour PlayStation 3 To Get Price-Drop At GamesCom In August
It's not really a rumour is it
Everyone's expecting the PlayStation 3 to get a price-drop this year, and there's no better positioned event than August's GamesCom. Sony's known for bringing the heat to the European event, while its competitors flounder. Sounds like a no-brainer to us. MCV's got the report, citing a new price-point of between...
Those monkeys are back
The original Ape Escape wowed with its DualShock controls way back in 1999, and now those simians are hopping over to another new control scheme in the form of Ape Escape (known as PlayStation Move Ape Escape in North America.) The game is perhaps best described as a "first-person catcher" — imagine an on-rail...
News We Would Probably Play Wuthering Heights: The Game
A lot of people don't like Wuthering Heights, presumably because it was shoved down their throats at high-school
We read it off the back of our own steam and loved it. Once you get over the fact that both protagonists are the most reprehensible characters in any novel, then it all becomes really good. According to The Metro, Emily Bronte's classic...
News Get A Glimpse Of The Team ICO Collection, Fall In Love
Sony did amazing jobs on the God Of War and Sly Cooper Collections, but holy heck this Team ICO Collection really is a thing of beauty
Combine the game's stunning art direction with the technical upgrades made on this release and, well, you have a supremely confident remaster. The frame-rate in particular looks silky smooth. Check the video after...
News Amazon Slaps A December 31st Release Date On PlayStation Vita
Sony probably should have cleared up PlayStation Vita's launch windows during E3
We thought the platform holder said "end of the year", but Jack Tretton later clarified with an "end of fiscal year" statement. Now we're looking to retailers and rumours to get any kind of idea of the new handheld's firm launch window. ShopTo...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: New PlayStation 3 Firmware Update Online Now
If you're hopping onto the PS3 this morning to download the Sonic Generations demo, you're going to have to install a new firmware update first
Sony has revealed that firmware 3.66 will improve network services and increase stability when gaming. We're downloading the update now, so presumably it's online for everyone. Only takes a couple of minutes...
News MotorStorm: Apocalypse After Party Update Released
Evolution Studios has revealed the first major update for MotorStorm: Apocalypse
Entitled the After Party update, the downloadable patch includes a brand new track called The Rock and a bunch of new single-player special events. Each event "sees you play as a distinguished character from the Festival, offering the grand sum of 120,000 chips if...
News New Twisted Metal Footage Is Insane
NeoGAF's stumbled upon some new B-roll footage for Twisted Metal
The game has come on leaps and bounds since its unveiling at last year's E3. The game is a real visual spectacle now, with tons of detail on the weapons. It's super chaotic, just like Twisted Metal should be. This game is still floating under the radar too much for our liking. It looks...
News Sucker Punch Already Recruiting For Next PlayStation 3 Project
The studio behind inFamous and Sly Cooper is hiring for a new PS3 project
The Sucker Punch website notes that the American developer is looking for an art director, senior producer and lead sound designer to work on its next game. It's thought that the project will be a PlayStation 3 exclusive. There has been some rumours about Sucker Punch working...
News Vita Rear Touch Pad Almost Didn't Happen
Added cost and fun factor a concern
One of the most talked-about features of Sony's upcoming Playstation Vita handheld system has been its rather unique rear touch pad. But in an effort to keep production costs down, this feature was very nearly cut out completely. In a recent Famitsu interview, Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studio's Shuhei...
News Sony Worldwide Studios Gaffer Shuhei Yoshida Chats PlayStation Vita
Sony's head of Worldwide Studios, the ultra-cool Shuhei Yoshida, has told Famitsu magazine that the design of the PlayStation Vita is not yet final
While Yoshida explained that the hardware shown at E3 "was basically fine," he added that small changes could still be made. Erm, get on with it Sony — you need to be manufacturing this...
News ShopTo Puts November 4th Placeholder Date On PlayStation Vita
UK retailer ShopTo
net</a> has put a November 4th placeholder date on PlayStation Vita. Please be true. Several titles are listed alongside the system, including Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Wipeout 2048, Ruin and ModNation Racers. All have a place-holder price-point of £40. Sony's responded to MCV saying that it has "not made any...
News Ignore The Music, PlayStation Vita's Social Features Are Cool
It's been interesting watching the PlayStation Network evolve since the PS3's release
It's something Sony doesn't necessarily get credit for. We've essentially witnessed Sony draw parity with Microsoft in terms of its networking gaming service, and even exceed it in some areas. Given Microsoft had a headstart, and admittedly pioneered this motion,...
