Tag: Sony - Page 362
News Alright, Alright, Let's Take A Look At This PlayStation Phone Again
Grainy videos are a thing of the past apparently, as Engadget's released a video demonstration of the yet-to-be-announced PlayStation Phone
The PlayStation Phone, which probably won't carry the PS branding at all when it inevitably launches, is set to be less than a week away from a big unveiling. We'll have to wait and see, won't we? [object...
News How's The LittleBigPlanet 2 Launch Coming Together, Sony?
In a super-cute update on the American-arm of the PlayStation Blog, SCEA's released a check-list of tasks to complete as LittleBigPlanet 2's launch date nears
The box-art and ESRB rating? Totally done. The online servers? They're still being tested, and SCEA promises that more beta invites are going out this month. Check your PSN email address to...
News Top Darts Moves Onto The PlayStation Network This Month
Whatever you do, remember to attach your PlayStation Move's wrist-strap before you even consider downloading Sony's Top Darts from the PlayStation Network
The Devil's Details developed PlayStation Move dart-a-thon is set to hit the PlayStation Store before Christmas, and will feature a host of single-player tournaments and simultaneous multiplayer...
News Awesome, This Sony Bravia TV Includes A Built-In PlayStation 2
This is so rad we're surprised it hasn't happened already
Sony's launched a new 22" Bravia TV which includes a built-in PlayStation 2 — all for the paltry sum of £199. The HD-ready television includes support for YouTube, Lovefilm and the BBC iPlayer. Obviously with a PlayStation 2 built-in to the set, it also includes an on-board DVD...
News Voice Chat Functionality Coming To Dead Nation In Post Release Patch
Dead Nation is a really good top-down zombie blaster, and it's definitely most enjoyable in co-op
The problem is, the game's online co-operative component doesn't have voice chat. Bizarre, right? A little bit. Housemarque's said that they are working to implement the feature with a post-release patch, and hope to introduce it as quickly as possible...
News Oh, Gran Turismo 5's Also Getting A Save Back-Up Feature Next Month Too
We're still swimming through all the information Polyphony Digital's, Kazunori Yamauchi, dropped regarding Gran Turismo 5's mechanical damage patch next month, but the studio gaffer's decided to reveal some more upcoming updates
According to the OCD legend, GT5 will get a patch at the end of this month allowing users to back-up saved data. Handy...
News Resistance 3 Gameplay Trailer Locked For VGA Appearance
The more we read about Resistance 3, the more excited we get
The first game was incredible, and for all its faults, the second game was pretty good too. Unfortunately for Resistance 2 it had to follow-up the original, and instead of building on the atmosphere and tone that made the first game so successful, it went in a different, less unique...
News PlayStation Dominates The Japanese Hardware & Software Charts
It's been a while since we posted the weekly Japanese hardware and software sales numbers
We stopped posted them a while back because we were running out of things to say — the hardware charts in particularly nearly always occupy the same order of systems, with even the numbers staying fairly predictable. So why have we decided to post the numbers...
News White Knight Chronicles: Dogma Wars To Hit Japanese Retail In February
Sony Japan's slapped a February release on its PSP White Knight Chronicles spin-off, Dogma Wars
The game's set to launch in Japan on February 3rd on both UMD and PlayStation Network. The game will include an online voucher to unlock online play, but if the voucher is redeemed within the game's first two-weeks on sale, players will get access to a...
News Yamauchi Pledges Mechanical Damage Options Patch For Gran Turismo 5 This Month
Polyphony Digital's boss, Kazunori Yamauchi, has revealed that Gran Turismo 5 will get a patch bringing mechanical damage options to the game this month
The details of the patch are unknown, with some sources stating it will improve on the game's current cosmetic damage model, while others believe it will allow the feature to be selected at any...
Guerrilla's announced that it's bringing the bonkers Killzone 3 "Helghast edition" previously announced for North America to Europe too
The package is absolutely insane, including a Helghast's mask, action figure and art-book. Guerrilla have also announced a steel-book edition of the game which includes the game, a dynamic theme, soundtrack and...
News Move Sales Reach 4.1 Million Units Sold Around the World
Count 'em
So far Sony has been tight-lipped about sales figures for its PlayStation Move peripheral, only saying it had shipped 1 million Moves to America and not commenting on actual worldwide sales figures. Now the company has opened its mouth wide to shout "4.1 million units sold worldwide" in the form of this new press release...
News Sony: PlayStation Move Sales Top 4.1 Million Worldwide
Not to be outdone by Microsoft's Kinect sales report yesterday, Sony's countered by revealing that the PlayStation Move has sold 4
1 million units worldwide since its launch in September. The number does not include sales for the PlayStation Eye or Navigation Controller. Sony also reiterated that there are over 25 supported/dedicated titles already...
News Dead Nation's Launch Trailer Should Properly Get You In The Mood
Yes, Dead Nation is technically another zombie game
But it's a rad one. We know because we've been playing it and it's awesome. The game's from the makers of Super Stardust HD, basically the masters of the dual-stick shooter. And Dead Nation is a dual-stick shooter. So regardless of whether you're sick of zombies or not, you're going to want to buy...
Rumour Uncharted 3 Will Take Nathan Drake To The African Desert
The first Uncharted was all about creating believable characters in a next-generation world
With the cast already established, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves' selling point was its snow effects. The gorgeous opening mission saw protagonist Drake climbing around amidst a minor blizzard. With Uncharted 3 hotly tipped to make an appearance at next month's...
News Sony Patents Add Further Fuel To The PSP2 Fire
Patents registered by SCEA last month have added more evidence to the never-ending stream of PSP2 rumours
According to Akihabara News (via EDGE) the patent mentions a handheld device with two-finger touch triggered selection". Comprising: a case having first and second major surfaces; a visual display disposed on the first major surface; a...
News Kazunori Yamauchi Craftily Exposes Hurried Reviewers With Unlockable Damage In Gran Turismo 5
"The inclusion of damage is so slight as to be insignificant, and even the most violent of crashes will only result in a polygon shifting slightly ajar," writes IGN's Martin Robinson in the website's review of Gran Turismo 5
It's a statement that's not strictly true, and has been exposed by those who've actually had time to play through the game...
News Sony: Gran Turismo 5 Will Push PlayStation 3s This Christmas
Gran Turismo 5 is the very definition of a "system seller"
Like Super Mario for Nintendo and Halo for Microsoft, Gran Turismo is the holy grail of franchises for PlayStation. There's no doubt that God Of War and Uncharted are big-name games, but Gran Turismo sits in a league of its own. And SCEUK reckons that it's going to push systems this...
News UK Sales Charts: Gran Turismo 5 Slipstreams Call Of Duty: Black Ops, Takes The Top Spot
It was going to take a monstrous game to overcome Call Of Duty: Black Ops, and Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 5 is that game
Sony's exclusive has netted the top-spot on this week's all-format charts, pushing Treyarch's Call Of Duty title into the second-place spot. Polyphony Digital's racing sim enjoyed the sixth biggest launch ever on PlayStation...
News Anton Mikhailov Talks PlayStation Move, Harmonix, Dance Central, EyeToy & Kinect
Anton Mikhailov believes that Harmonix's success with Kinect launch-title Dance Central is largely down to the developer's experience with EyeToy
Mikhailov revealed that Dance Central probably uses a tracking technique similar to that of their PlayStation 2 EyeToy title, AntiGrav. The R&D man also explained to Eurogamer why Sony passed on the...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: Gran Turismo 5 Patch 1.02 Available Now
Kazunori Yamauchi promised an update for Gran Turismo 5, and Kazunori Yamauchi has delivered
The promised multiplayer update patch released on the PlayStation Network this morning bringing with it upgraded server infrastructure while enabling enabling maximum power and weight restrictions for online races. We checked the patch this morning and...
News Japan Queues For Gran Turismo 5...
Gran Turismo 5 came out earlier in the week in Japan
There were queues at retailers all around Japan. Apparently this car driving lark is popular around the world. </em>
News 3D Ushers A "New Creative Medium For Games" According To Sony's Mick Hocking
Speaking at the Develop conference in Liverpool, Sony's Mick Hocking argued that 3D can offer more than increased visual depth, instead providing a "new creative medium" for the industry
The director of Sony's Liverpool studio (the Wipeout guys) stated that 3D technology can make games more natural and inviting to newcomers. "Doing things like...
Ouch
Sony's R&D duo of Anton Mikhailov and Dr. Richard Marks have been nothing but professional in their discussion of Micrsoft's Kinect device over the past six months. But when it comes to Kinect Star Wars, Anton's got some strong opinions — mainly that it would be "damn better" on PlayStation Move. Speaking about the possibility...
News Polyphony Pledges Title Update For Gran Turismo 5 This Weekend
Gran Turismo 5 is barely cold off the manufacturing line, but already Polyphony Digital's Kazunori Yamauchi is pledging huge updates for the title
This weekend's set to deliver the first update, with Kazunori promising it will "refine the usability of the game to make it a better experience". Fast work Kaz. We received a lot of demands...
News Move's Lightsaber Game Will be "Damn Sight Better" than Kinect's
Says Move engineer
The demo of Kinect Star Wars caught the imagination of Jedi fans everywhere, and Move's augmented reality capabilities combined with its 1:1 controller tracking is surely a recipe for a great Star Wars game. But whose would be better? You'll never guess which one Sony engineer Anton Mikhailov would favour. In a brief chat with...
Rumour PlayStation Phone To Be Announced On December 9th
According to a report on French website Nowhereelse
fr</a>, Sony Ericsson is to announce the oft-touted "PlayStation Phone" on December 9th. The site touts an invitation to the "most anticipated event of the past 10 years". Other popular websites have corroborated the story. MobileCrunch in particular has some juicy...
News Kung-Fu Live Smashes Up Your Living Room Next Month On PlayStation 3
The Virtual Air Guitar Company has slapped a December 7th/8th release date on the bizarre "You Are The Controller" PlayStation Network title Kung-Fu Live in North America/Europe
The game, which will retail at a whopping £10.99 in the UK, uses the PlayStation Eye to place you in the game's bizarre pseudo-comic book world. It's going to depend how...
Report Kaz Hirai Poised For Top Job At Sony
Gunning for first
SCE's current boss, Kaz Hirai, looks like he could be "Ridge Racing" his way to the top of Sony Corp, with a Bloomberg report placing him in the hot-seat to take Howard Stringer's president role. He'll face competition from Executive Deputy President, Hiroshi Yoshioka. Stringer took Sony's presidential job in 2009, but at 69...
News Kazunori Yamauchi's Not Sure If Gran Turismo 6 Will Launch On PlayStation 3
Polyphony Digital's gaffer, Kazunori Yamauchi, has told Eurogamer that he "doesn't know" if Gran Turismo 6 will launch on the PlayStation 3
Ten years ago it was easier to predict what would happen three years in the future, Yamauchi said at Gran Turismo 5's launch party in Madrid last night. Nowadays no-one knows what happens in the future...
News Gran Turismo 5 Issues Due To "Extreme Online Traffic Congestion"
We thought we were the only ones having issues with Gran Turismo 5's loading screens last night, but apparently our issues were shared by a majority of players
To cut a long-story emphatically short: Gran Turismo 5's online servers are getting raped. That's probably a good indication of the game's initial sales, but it causes a few issues for those...
The PlayStation 2 is ten years old in Europe today, and Sony's former head of Worldwide Studios, Phil Harrison, believes the platform holder will have a tough time matching PS2's record-breaking sales with the PlayStation 3
Speaking with Eurogamer, the Sony legend revealed that the "dynamics" are "slightly different" as the...
News Gran Turismo 5 Launch Trailer Celebrates The Title's Worldwide Release
It's the day we never believed we'd live to see -- Gran Turismo 5 is on store shelves all around the world
Right now. We know because we've seen it. Reviews have been dropping across the Internet all day, and while the general consensus seems to agree that this is still a video game (not the declaration of world peace like it's often been hyped to...
News Upcoming PSP Firmware Update Prepares For Qriocity
Sony's revealed that the PlayStation Portable's being prepped for a firmware update that will bring the platform holder's cloud-based streaming service, Qriocity, to the system
SCEA revealed on the PlayStation Blog: "PlayStation Portable system software update (v6.35) is coming soon. This is a minor update that prepares your PSP system for...
News PlayStation 2, It's Your Birthday! Oh, It's Your Birthday!
Where were you ten years ago today? If you're a European, you were probably unwrapping your shiny new PlayStation 2 console
Vu-whup. The system originally launched in Europe on November 24th, 2000. Ten years later it still holds a major store presence in most retailers. Incredible. The PlayStation 2 era was probably most famous for ushering a new...
News Sony Bringing 3D To Over 20 First-Party Titles, More Than 50 On The Platform
That 3DTV sitting in your local Sony Galleria's window might look like an unnecessary expense, but it's slowly becoming an essential purchase
What with the PlayStation 3 now supporting 3D movies and games, the upgrade's looking more and more justified. Just to hammer home the point, SCE's revealed that they have 3D functionality in the works for...
News GAME & GameStation Detail Mega Midnight Launch Plans For Gran Turismo 5 In The UK
You might have started the week sitting on the fence with regards to Gran Turismo 5, but we know you're all happily playing in the field of "must buy" right now
So how about those midnight launches? For those of you in the UK, looks like GAME's getting the show on the road (pun intended) with 55 midnight launches nationwide. GameStation will also be...
News PushSquare Service Announcement: To Those That Received Gran Turismo 5 Early...
We're hearing some complaints around the 'Net this afternoon from those who received Gran Turismo 5 a day early
Apparently the game hangs on an early logo screen. This is not an issue with the game, it's because Gran Turismo 5's online servers have yet to be properly switched on. Remember: the game is not officially released until tomorrow. There...
News Kazunori Yamauchi: "I Really, Really Would Love To Try Making Some Other Type Of Game"
Kazunori Yamauchi, Polyphony Digital's gaffer, may have only just got finished with Gran Turismo 5, but the racing game veteran is already looking to the future
Recently Yamauchi revealed in an interview that work has already began on Gran Turismo 6, with the veteran furthering that it's "too early to talk about it". But in an interview...
News Gran Turismo 5 Patch Unlocks Online Multiplayer
In a move presumably implemented to prevent piracy, Sony's announced that a day-one patch for Gran Turismo 5 will be required to unlock the game's multiplayer component
The 133mb update is apparently available now for those who've snagged a copy of the game early. For the rest of you — 12 hours to go.
News What's In The Gran Turismo 5 Signature Edition's Box?
If you've got a good hunk of cash burning a hole in your pocket, chances are you've been considering picking up Gran Turismo 5's Signature Edition
The gigantic package includes a bunch of extras including exclusive DLC cars, a key fob, USB stick, model car and more. It's all packaged within a contoured metal case. It's super classy. The...
News SCEA Slashes PlayStation Network Prices For Black Friday
In the good ol' USA they have this thing called Black Friday
We're only aware of it on a foreigner's level, but apparently it involves people rushing into stores and buying ridiculously low-priced items. It sounds crazy to us, but whatever. Not one to refuse a party, SCEA's decided that the PlayStation Network should be in on the festivities,...
News Sony Ericsson's Gaffer Talks About Smoke & Fires, Hints At The Existence Of PSPhone
Boss talk
Sony Ericsson's CEO Bert Nordberg has virtually confirmed the existence of the long rumoured PlayStation Phone, though it's sounding more and more likely to us that the so called "PSPhone" will be more a "phone that plays good games," rather than an SCE branded product. Nordberg told the Wall Street Journal: Theres a lot of smoke, and...
Hold onto your hats folks, it's looking more and more certain that Uncharted 3 will finally be revealed to the world next month
Remember that post-VGA PlayStation exclusive announcement teased by Sony? Kotaku reckons it'll be a blow-out of Uncharted 3 which will be trailered during the VGAs. In fact, Kotaku's so certain they've cited their good ol'...
News Sony To Make Post-VGA Announcement, Lining Up New PlayStation 3 Exclusive
While all the other big publishers fight over their "big reveal" spot on Spike TV's VGA event, Sony's decided to save their big announcement until the day after
The platform holder's teasing something so big for its December 12th reveal that it requires an event all of its own. We'd put money on a certain Nathan Drake being in attendance. Get hype.
News Someone Made A Third-Party PlayStation Move Controller, For Reals
German peripherals manufacturer, Snakebyte, has announced a new line of third-party PlayStation Move devices
The range includes a Move wand, navigation controller and camera. The devices are expected to reach retailers in January, though there is no word on price yet. The devices look decent enough, but the PlayStation Move is already pretty cheap...
News Gran Turismo 5 Installs While You Race
Debunking reports this afternoon that Gran Turismo 5 has a 50-minute mandatory install, Sony's revealed that the game can actually unpack chunks of data while you play it
"GT5 gives users the option of an install," Sony noted. "This makes loading times throughout much faster but is not a requirement when first playing. "If...
News Kevin Butler Sells It Straight In New North American PlayStation Commercials
Sony's released a fresh batch of North American holiday ads, once again revolving around fake executive Kevin Butler
In the two new spots designed to push the PlayStation 3 this Christmas, Butler solves a myriad of family crisis'. "Dad With A Dilemma" can't find a way to please both his wife (who wants a blu-ray player) and his children...
News Seriously, If We Could Catch Up On Neighbours From The PlayStation 3...
There are a number of things that put us in a bad-mood, and missing Neighbours is one of them
It's a crushing feeling arriving home at 17:49, knowing there's still time to catch the end of the show but having already missed over half of it. Channel Five's on-demand Internet catch-up service has kind of fixed that crushing feeling for us, but it's...
