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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,...
News Sony Confirms Greener PlayStation 3 Model
There were reports over the weekend of a new PlayStation 3 model identified by the code CECH-3000B
Sony has confirmed those rumours this morning, revealing a new 320GB PS3 less power-consumption than its predecessor. Don't get your panties in a twist yet, this is still the standard PS3 Slim design. It's not like a new PS3 or anything. The new model...
News Naughty Dog Open To Killing Off Nathan Drake, Other Uncharted Characters
Look Naughty Dog, we'll make things nice and simple for you: don't touch Elena
We can live with a world without Sully, Chloe and even Nathan Drake, but no Elena would be too much strain for our hearts to take. We're responding to comments made by Naughty Dog gaffer Evan Wells. In an interview with CVG, the company co-president told the publication...
News LittleBigPlanet 2 PlayStation Move DLC Pack Out At The End Of Summer
Media Molecule's finally blown the doors off LittleBigPlanet 2's PlayStation Move add-on, which was quietly getting a lot of buzz around publications attending this year's E3
The pack — which will include new trophies — is said to be Media Molecule's biggest DLC expansion yet, and as such doesn't have a firm release date as of yet. The studio's...
News PlayStation Vita To Have Skype Functionality
Microsoft may own Skype now, but it looks like the PlayStation Vita will follow in the PSP's foot-steps, including Skype as an on-board application
The logo was included in a presentation on PSVita held by Sony in Brazil. Microsoft did say previously it would honour all existing Skype services on non-Microsoft products. It's a slow news day,...
News Killzone 3 'From The Ashes' DLC Announced, Detailed, Trailered
Guerrilla's announced the latest batch of Killzone 3 DLC this afternoon, entitled "From The Ashes"
The pack includes two new Guerrilla Warfare and two new Warzone maps. Sadly, no more Operations maps, which is a shame as it's still our favourite Killzone 3 game mode. With the pack set to release next week, Guerrilla's released videos for two of the...
News Starhawk To Feature At Comic-Con Next Month, Check Out Some Footage
Comic-Con is not about comic books anymore
It's about movies and video games. So it's not surprise to see Sony announce that its bringing Starhawk — Lightbox Interactive's spiritual successor to Warhawk — to the show next month. Sony's promised it will reveal more of Starhawk's single-player at the convention. In the mean-time, the PlayStation...
News Carmack: PlayStation 4 Will Be Ten Times As Powerful As Current Consoles
John Carmack believes the next PlayStation will be ten-times more powerful than Sony's current system
The programming legend told Eurogamer that he believes Sony's new console will arrive "in a couple of years". "The next-generation will be here soon, a couple of years," Carmack told the website. "It'll be another ten times...
News Naughty Dog Demonstrate Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Live On Jimmy Fallon
Naughty Dog co-presidents Evan Wells and Cristophe Balestra featured on Jimmy Fallon last night to demonstrate Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception live
The duo showed the latter part of the E3 demo shown during Sony's press conference last week. Catch the footage after the jump. [object removed]
News Sony's PlayStation Home E3 Booth Pulled In A Whopping 500,000 Visitors
The virtual E3 booth in PlayStation Home was a stroke of marketing genius
It directed you to watch eight of Sony's E3 trailers in order to receive virtual items and access the space's VIP area. Given the casual nature of PlayStation Home, we imagine there were people learning about Twisted Metal and Resistance 3 for the first time in the virtual...
News Sodium 2: Project Velocity Launches In PlayStation Home
We've been saying for a while that Lockwood's Sodium 2: Project Velocity will change gamers' perception of PlayStation Home -- we suppose it's time to put our theory to the test
The sequel to the massively popular Sodium: Salt Shooter brings a full-blown free-to-play Wipeout-esque experience to PlayStation Home, and promises to unlock the virtual...
News Music Unlimited Expands To Android Devices, Free For 180 Days
Sony's announced that it has expanded its Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity audio streaming service to Android phones
But that's got nothing to do with PlayStation really, so we'll point you in the direction of the PlayStation Blog and swiftly move on. What is of interest to PlayStation owners is that Sony is offering a 180 day trial run of the...
News Dancing Eye For The PlayStation Move Is A Bit... Awkward?
Oh right
Japan. Namco has today reannounced Dancing Eye for the PS3, a PlayStation Move enabled game in which you use a monkey to cut off sections of a girl's clothing. Yep. The game was listed as cancelled in April, but according to Kotaku the subsequent online uproar caused developer Namco to reconsider the game's status. Now it's back in all its...
News Cliffy Bleszinski Dashes Gears Of War PS3 Hopes
There's zero chance of Gears Of War coming to PlayStation 3, according to creative lead Cliff Bleszinski
There had been some speculation that Epic would make the franchise multiplatform once its exclusive publishing deal expired with Microsoft. Curiously, Epic retains full rights to the Gears Of War franchise so can feasibly do whatever it wants...
News Jaffe: If Twisted Metal's A Hit We'll Probably Do A PlayStation Vita Version
Eat Sleep Play's David Jaffe is one of the most honest figures in the gaming industry
It's hard not to be entranced by the developer's no-nonsense style of discussion. If you haven't had a chance to listen to chat on GiantBomb's E3 special podcast, you really should. He's a fascinating character. Having said that, we think Jaffe puts himself down a...
News Granzella Working On PlayStation Home Title, Planning Vita Game
Kazuma Kojo's new studio, Granzella, is hard at work on multiple projects according to Siliconera
The creative designer behind Steambot Chronicles and Disaster Report left Irem earlier in the year, citing a disconnect between fan expectations and management demands. To emphasise PlayStation Home's transformation into a social gaming platform, Kojo's...
News PlayStation Network Maintenance Scheduled For Tomorrow, Don't Worry
Sony's announced some super-brief scheduled maintenance for the PlayStation Network tomorrow
The service will be offline between 05:00AM BST and 08:00AM BST. Is anyone eager to get online during those hours? If you need more details, you'll find them through here.
News Insomniac Games Kick-Off Resistance 3 Developer Diary Series
Insomniac's released the first of a series of developer diaries for its upcoming first-person shooter, Resistance 3
The interviews have been shot in Insomniac's "war room", the location where the studio laid out the entirety of Resistance 3's campaign. This first diary details the Story and Environments of Resistance 3. The production is...
News May NPD: L.A. Noire Tops The Class, Video Game Sales Drop
L
A. Noire</a> managed to top the sales charts in North America last month, despite video game spending being down 13% year-over-year. New entries Brink and LEGO Pirates Of The Caribbean rounded out the top-three. Unfortunately revenue for the industry as a whole dropped from $829.4 million to $718.8 million, though hardware was only down by...
News E3 2011 MIA: What Happened to Sorcery?
Disappeared into thin air
One of the titles we were looking forward to learning more about E3 2011 was Sorcery, the Move-enabled magic title that Sony was so proud to show off last year, but we left Los Angeles disappointed and downhearted. The magical-looking adventure was completely absent from Sony's show, with not even a mention of the game...
News Could Tekken Come To The PlayStation Vita?
There was a time when the Tekken franchise was very closely associated with the PlayStation brand
That feels like decades ago now. Namco Bandai announced new Tekken games for both the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U platforms during this year's E3, but what about the PlayStation Vita? "It is something I'm interested in," said series producer...
Capcom has hinted that it is working with Sony on a new top-secret feature for Street Fighter X Tekken that sounds a lot like cross-platform play to us
At an offsite SCE event [as reported on by ImpressWatch], Capcom producer Yoshinori Ono revealed that Sony is working with the publisher on a new feature for Street Fighter X Tekken that's likely to...
First Impressions ModNation Racers on PlayStation Vita
One of our favourite games on PlayStation 3 last year was ModNation Racers
In our line of work, we're constantly moving on to the next thing. But ModNation Racers was one of those titles that never fell too low down our stack of PS3 games. We'd pull it out every rainy Sunday or slow afternoon, just to browse the game's latest creations, or race a...
Feature Why PlayStation Vita Changed Perceptions At E3 2011 -- 'Twiggy' The Push Square Opinionator
Nintendo might have announced a new platform at E3, but if you listen to the buzz bubbling beneath the Wii U, you'll notice the perception of Sony's PlayStation Vita has changed dramatically
The spiritual successor to the PlayStation Portable already convinced some when it was announced earlier in the year. With dual analogue sticks, a gorgeous...
Rumour PlayStation Vita's Voice Chat Feature Coming To PS3?
Apparently it's the one feature that stops PlayStation Network from matching the services of XBOX Live: cross-game chat
Sony announced during E3 that its upcoming handheld, the PlayStation Vita, will support the feature, allowing you to chat with folks on your PSN friends list regardless of the content you (or they) are currently experiencing. The...
News Cuddle Up to this EyePet and Friends Trailer
Cute critter now comes with a friend
As if one monkey-cat creator wasn't enough, Sony's giving its oddball offspring a companion in the upcoming EyePet & Friends, and we've got the first footage of the game in action right here. Sony also let loose a bundle of screenshots, showing how your two digital pets will interact with each other using the...
News So There Is A New PlayStation 3 Dancing Game After All
Days before E3 there was a lot of speculation about Sony publishing a new dancing game for the PlayStation 3
Just for the record: Studio London is concocting a new title called DanceStar Party — Sony just forgot to mention it until today. Naturally the game will have PlayStation Move support, as evidenced in the title's first trailer after the...
News Stop Press: Stephen Fry Is Doing Some LittleBigPlanet Voice Work Today
Stephen Fry's currently not on his annual hiatus from Twitter, and has announced on the social networking platform that he is off to do "some voicing for LittleBigPlanet" before lunch
This is important news that we felt compelled to share with you. So let the speculation begin — exactly which version of LittleBigPlanet is ol' Stephen Fry-Up...
News Sony Showcases A Social Revolution With PlayStation Vita
One of the biggest features of the PlayStation Vita that Sony's yet to properly trumpet is its integration into the PlayStation Network and social networking features
This trailer does a pretty good job of breaking down everything the Vita is capable of, from Twitter-inspired game alerts right through to cross-game chat and LiveArea — a kind of...
News Sony: There's A Lot More Headroom Left In The Ol' PlayStation 3 Just Yet
Kaz Hirai has told the Guardian that the PlayStation 3 will continue to grow even though it's already several years into its life-span
He said: One of the things that we always talked about is the 10-year life cycle. When we launched the PS3 back in 2006, one of the questions I kept getting asked was why we were putting so much technology into...
News Oh Right Yeah, Gravity Daze Is Really Bloody Pretty
Sony and Team Siren's whacked up a new trailer for the cel-shaded action-adventure title, Gravity Daze
While the soundtrack used in the trailer doesn't necessarily fit the game's aesthetic, we're going to assume that's placeholder. It's the visual style that's most intriguing. Check the trailer out on the game's official Japanese website through...
News MotorStorm Apocalypse Cancelled In Japan
Talk about bad luck: MotorStorm Apocalypse is a fantastic game that's been kicked while its down time after time again
First the release was delayed worldwide after the Japanese earthquake. Then it released with no marketing right in the middle of the PlayStation Network outage in North America. Now it's been outright cancelled in Japan. The team...
E3 2011 PlayStation Home Experiencing Record Traffic Levels
As PlayStation Home continues to grow, Sony's announced that the virtual world has been experiencing record traffic over the past week
Of course, this is surprising because it comes on the back of the PlayStation Network outage. Were having record traffic in Home. The week we restored the service, we hit a new record in terms of weekly unique...
News E2 2011: Sony Worldwide Studios Europe Boss Says PlayStation Vita Is Region-Free
According to IGN, Sony Wordwide Studios Europe boss Michael Denny has revealed that the PlayStation Vita is region free to the "best of his knowledge"
This is obviously a huge point of interest, as it means you'll be able to import and play games on your device without needing a specific system. The 3DS is region-locked. Let's hope Denny's knowledge...
E3 2011 David Jaffe Won't 'Cut The Balls Off' Twisted Metal In Order To Pander To European Tastes
David Jaffe has said that he won't pander to European tastes in order to make the Twisted Metal franchise more popular in the region
As Brits, we're thinking "thank goodness for that". Twisted Metal is all about balls-to-the-wall mayhem with the deeper, technical layer hidden beneath all the carnage. We'd never want Jaffe to take that...
Report Uncharted 3 To Include LAN Support For Multiplayer
According to a report on Kotaku, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception will include LAN support for its multiplayer component -- and it's all down to the PlayStation Network data breach
Hilariously, Naughty Dog said that in order to keep working on Uncharted 3's multiplayer while the PlayStation Network was down it built a whole LAN component which will...
E3 2011 You'll Probably Want To Watch This Hitman: Absolution Trailer
Square Enix has released the first trailer for Hitman: Absolution
It's packed with shower scenes and murdering. Lots of murdering. The game's out next year on PlayStation 3.
News Fancy Buying A Digital Version Of inFamous 2? It'll Cost You!
Sony's confirmed that it will be releasing inFamous 2 via the PlayStation Network in Europe this Friday
Expect to pay £49.99 for the convenience. Before you jump into the comments moaning about rip-offs and what-not, Sony obviously can't undercut their retail partners for obvious reasons. Until one of the platform holders commits to going solely...
E3 2011 Tarsier Studios & Double Eleven Working On LittleBigPlanet Vita
LittleBigPlanet Vita is certainly getting the most buzz amongst PlayStation Vita titles
Sony's "Play Create Share" platformer just seems perfect for the new handheld, with the multitude of touch interfaces providing new intuitive ways to play, as well as potentially lowering the barrier for level creation too. Tarsier Studios has announced...
Feature Opinion: Quit Dallying And Put The PlayStation Vita On Store Shelves Already
Like many others, we came away from Sony's press conference grinning from ear-to-ear
Not only had Sony demonstrated a substantially more capable handheld platform than its peers, it also seemed to show a reasonable understanding of the current market-place. Handheld platforms need to both accompany the home-console experience, and differentiate from...
E3 2011 Sanzaru Games Hint At Sly Cooper On PlayStation Vita
Sanzaru Games -- the developer of the upcoming PlayStation 3 title, Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time -- has hinted at the possibility of the Sly franchise making the jump to PlayStation Vita
In an interview with Geoff Keighley on GameTrailers, Sanzaru Games president, Glen Egan, slyly avoided the issue when asked about the possibility of the...
E3 2011 Sanzaru Games Release Debut Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time Footage, Looks Great
Sanzaru Games has released the first footage of Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time, and it's left us itching for more
Regular readers will know we're big proponents of the Sly Cooper franchise, so it's personally very exciting for us to see the franchise make a return on PS3. Despite Sucker Punch not being at the helm, we have every faith in Sanzaru Games...
News Insomniac Games 'Dedicated' To PlayStation 3 Fanbase, 'Loves' Us Apparently
There's a lot of unwarranted vitriol being thrown at Insomniac Games over its new multiplatform project
From where we're sitting, it's unfair. Insomniac has been one of the strongest supporters of the PlayStation platform for years, and none of that goodwill should evaporate just because it's going to release a game on the XBOX 360. After all, let's...
News Sony: Wii U Will Inspire PlayStation Vita Developers To Experiment
Nintendo announced a new home-platform yesterday
Despite the ambiguity of the announcement, we definitely think there's something intriguing about the Wii U, but we're going to wait for more details before we offer any opinion on the system. What's interesting to us is how Nintendo and Sony's direction is converging. Both companies are going about...
News Woah, Sony Confirms It's Selling PlayStation Vita At A Loss
Look, let's get things straight: PlayStation Vita is an amazing platform at an outrageous price
There was always going to be a catch. It seems that catch lies with Sony's bottom-line, as the company has confirmed it will be selling the Vita at a loss. We suppose that would be stomachable if it was just six months or so, but no, Sony doesn't expect...
E3 2011 Gravity In Development At Team Siren, Looks Gorgeous
Despite being announced alongside the PlayStation Vita at its original unveiling in January, the cel-shaded action title Gravity Daze has been shrouded in mystery
However, an update on Sony's official PlayStation website has revealed a little more about the intriguing title. The game is in development at Sony's Team Siren studio, the group...
E3 2011 Jack Tretton Plays Down Global 2011 Launch For PlayStation Vita
During yesterday's press conference, Sony seemed pretty clear that its upcoming PlayStation Vita would be launching worldwide this calendar year
At least, it seemed pretty clear to us — and virtually every other publication online. But in a live interview on GameTrailers this afternoon, SCEA president Jack Tretton dismissed a global launch this...
E3 2011 We're Down With Playing A Ton More Super Stardust On PlayStation Vita
If you are not excited by the prospect of a new Super Stardust, then we're convinced your not human
We're picturing lumps of meat at the other end of the Internets, staring blankly at the amazing trailer we've embedded after jump. Seriously, it's more of the game with touch commands tacked on — but it looks beautiful. And honestly, that's all that...
E3 2011 No PlayStation System Is Complete Without Everybody's Golf
We've always had a soft-spot for the Everybody's Golf franchise
While we're not overly keen on golf games in general, there's something refreshing about Clap Hanz's ability to accelerate the pace of a traditional slow sport. The gameplay is also perfectly suited to a handheld, allowing you to pick-up and play in short bursts. Everybody's Golf on...
News UK Retailers List PlayStation Vita From ?230
GAME and Play
com</a> are amongst the first UK retailers to open pre-orders for Sony's new PlayStation Vita. Both are currently listing the Wi-Fi version of the handheld for £229.99 and the 3G version for £279.99. Sony announced during its E3 press conference last night that the PlayStation Vita would cost $249.99 (Wi-Fi) and $299.99 (3G)...
