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Some interesting comments came out of Castlevania producer David Cox's pie-hole this week
The dev spoke candidly to PSM3 magazine about Naughty Dog's Uncharted 2 and its baring on the industry. In that interview Cox dropped a bomb of a quote, declaring that Uncharted 2 couldn't set a genre benchmark because it was a single-platform release. It left...
News Sold: More Uncharted 2: Among Thieves DLC On The Way
There's more Uncharted 2: Among Thieves DLC on the way
Yup, big hurrah. The Siege Expansion pack due at the end of the month includes new multiplayer maps, trophies, skins and an entirely new co-op mode. The new co-op mode, entitled Siege, has players working together to try and hold a territory against waves of invaders. In all there'll be two new...
News Heavy Rain Shifts Over One Million Copies, On Track For 1.5 Million By Year's End
Armchair analysts predicted Sony and Quantic Dream's unusual experiment Heavy Rain would barely break-even
They were wrong. Extremely wrong in fact, as David Cage has confirmed that the thriller has shifted over one million copies since its release in late February. The visionary told Play3.de: We have sold more than 1 million copies of Heavy Rain...
News Sony's John Koller Explains The Advantages Of Playstation Move Over Natal
Sony's John Koller has dropped a few sound-bytes as to why he believes the company's Playstation Move controller is better than Microsoft's Natal solution in an interview with Destructoid
The Sony man states: is better than Natal for a few reasons, but the biggest reason is what we call draw distance. What Natal has is very XY, youre playing...
News Japanese Hardware Sales Do The Ol' Sony One-Two
Sony's took the top two spots once more in Japan, with the Playstation 3 and Playstation Portable topping the Japanese hardware charts
Sony's home console managed 38k sales, where their portable hit the 37k mark. The consoles were followed up by a bunch of Nintendo SKUs, with the PSPgo still floundering at the bottom of the charts. Hit the jump for...
News SingStar Gets Free Online Battle Mode Update This Summer
Still playing SingStar? The likelihood is yes, it's definitely the best karaoke game on consoles
Thus you'll be delighted to hear that Sony and Studio London have a new free update in the pipeline for you: Online Battle Mode. Here you'll be able to send invites to your friends and challenge them to a song performance. Both players will need to own...
News Sony Plan To "Lead The Way" When It Comes To 3D Gaming
Sony's Simon Benson reckons that 3D is going to be gaming's "biggest revolution" of the modern age, and that Sony are plan to "lead the way" when they update all PS3's to support 3D content later this year
The fact that we have a team dedicated to stereoscopic 3D gaming shows that we are taking this very seriously, he said. We believe that...
News FirstPlay Launches This Week, Makes Official Playstation Magazine All Digital
FirstPlay's essentially the British version of Qore - a digital resource that runs directly on your Playstation 3 for all things Playstation
It's being put together by the fine folks at Official Playstation Magazine UK and episode one launches this week. Each episode'll set you back a measley £0.99 (or £8.99 for a 90-day subscription) and will...
News Castlevania Man: Uncharted 2 Didn't "Redefine Action Games" (Erm, Nobody Said It Did?)
Well this is an odd one
We liked Uncharted 2: Among Thieves because it was the best game of 2009. The gameplay mechanics, stunning visuals and fabulous scripting, pacing and voice acting were all key components for its success. Many hail Uncharted 2 as one of the best games this generation - but for some reason, in an interview with PSM3 magazine,...
News GeoHot Develops Custom Playstation 3 Firmware 3.21OO, Brings OtherOS Support Back
So if you've not been following the dramas of console hacking, here's the story: GeoHot claimed to hack the Playstation 3 a few months back, essentially allowing him to manipulate the system in anyway he pleased
That led to security concerns within Sony who decided to remove the OtherOS functionality found it older PS3 models. The removal of this...
News Kojima Reckons Games Consoles As We Know It Are On The Way Out
Speaking during this morning's Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker conference (which resulted in the announcement of a Monster Hunter collaboration), Kojima made a prediction that console gaming as we know it will be "phased out in the near future"
The Kojima Productions man predicted that console gamers should have their fix "on the go" in the...
News Mark Your Diary: Sony Confirm Their E3 Conference For June 15th
It's getting closer
Scarily. It feels like it was only just Christmas. Whatever. June's coming. That means E3 is coming. And that means Sony are preparing for what might be one of the most important E3 conferences in the last four or five years. We've just got word of the date too - June 15th. The event's set to kick off at the Shrine Auditorium...
News Hori Create A Portable Playstation 3 (Kind Of)
Are you ever out and about thinking to yourself: "Damn, I wish I could play the Playstation 3 right now
" Probably not many of you. But for the few of you in that situation, Hori's got your back with this ridiculous Sony-licensed LCD docking station. The devices attaches a neat little 1,366 x 768 LCD screen and Stereo speakers to your PS3...
News Blu-Ray Discs Are A-Getting Bigger
Blu-Ray discs are pretty huge
Traditionally they hold from 25-50GB on a single-layer, and 50-100GB on a dual-layer. Their size makes content such as God Of War III possible. But what if they were to get bigger? Well, they are. New 128GB BDXL discs are ready to go, but only for commercial usage. They won't work in your current PS3 because, well, the...
News Sony: The Age Of "Arrogance" Is Long Gone, Kevin Butler Has Changed Perception
At the launch of the Playstation 3 and for many years later people perceived Sony as completely arrogant
Launching a system for $600 and promoting it with crying babies didn't exactly help. But SCEA veteran Peter Dille reckons we're long past that, stating that "whole positioning was a bit intimidating to people". Dille told IGN that...
News David Cage Frustrated By Microsoft's "Sci-Fi" Natal Showcase
Remember when everyone went insane about five minutes after E3? "Oh man," they screamed, "Microsoft's created virtual life and science fiction technology via the XBOX 360
" Yeah - a PR masterpiece. The initial Project Natal showcase - Microsoft's controller-less gaming solution - was a bunch of smoke and mirrors, but it took most people a while...
News No, Actually Killzone 2 Won't Be Getting A 3D Update
News coming out of SCEA's PSN magazine Qore last week hinted that Killzone 2 was to get an update into the third dimension, courtesy of Sony's new Bravia range and updated PS3 firmware
That news was incorrect. Sony's said so: That last feature included interviews, footage from CES 2010, and a brief montage of SCEA titles intended as examples of...
News It's Easter Monday: Have A Pile Of Stunning Gran Turismo 5 Footage
It's a new week
It's a bank holiday. And that means there's more footage leaking out of Gran Turismo 5. Honestly - there's more unofficial footage of this stuff right now than there is official. These videos were picked up by Mimaximax , and feature footage of the McLaren F1, TVR Tuscan Speed 6, Mercedes SLR, and Nissan GTR V-Spec. Oh, it looks...
News Free Realms Hits 10 Million Users Mark, Plans Festivities
Sony Online Entertainment's free-to-play MMO Free Realms is barely a year old, but has already hit the 10 million user milestone
Reaching 10 million registered players on the eve of Free Realms first birthday is an incredibly exciting event for SOE and our passionate online community, says SOE president John Smedley. The service launched in...
News Ninja Theory Gaffer Not Stoked By "Limited" 3D Console Tech
Ninja Theory's boss man Tameem Antoniades has told CVG that 3D effects in current gen consoles are limiting
The leader of the team responsible for Heavenly Sword reckons framerates are the culprit. The problem is that to do 3D properly you need to render 60 frames per second, per eye. And at least a 720p resolution [per eye]. So in essence...
News David Jaffe Drops Hints That Eat, Sleep, Play's PS3 Title Is "Falling Into Place"
David Jaffe - legendary Playstation developer - has dropped some pretty big hints that his company's latest title (hotly tipped to be a Twisted Metal reboot) is on the cusp of an announcement
The God Of War creator wrote on his blog that the project is "starting to fall into place", and that Playstation fans will get a glimpse of the title...
News XBOX Man: Web Browsing On PS3 Is "A Nightmare"
We don't know about you lot, but we actually use the PS3 web browser all the time
It's often a broken, slow and clunky experience - no doubt about it. But we'd be lost without. When the computers are all switched off, we're in the middle of a game, and we need to quickly get an update on a story or something happening around the web — the first...
News Sony: Hardcore Gamers "Look Down Their Nose" At Motion Control
Peter Dille, SCEA's top marketing honcho, made a few comments regarding the Playstation Move this weekend that have been a little misconstrued
Speaking of motion control, Dille noted that the Wii has been supremely successful "but at the end of the day it's not a very precise experience". So far so, true? So what has got the Internet's...
High Velocity Bowling has been on my Playstation 3's hard-drive for a long time
I think I bought it while it was in one of SCEE's ludicrously cheap sales. I played it for maybe five-minutes after purchase and then never touched it again. But yesterday was a Bank Holiday here in the UK - a.k.a. "Sit On Your Ass And Do Nothing For 12 Hours"...
News Killzone 2 Enters The Third Dimension This Summer
As part of an upcoming firmware update for the PS3, Sony's box of tricks will be able to handle full 3D when used in collaboration with a 3D-compatible TV
But what games will support the new tech? Well, a hot rumour shooting its way out of Sony PSN-download show Qore suggests Killzone 2 will be one game in the line-up, alongside LittleBigPlanet,...
News Peter Dille: God Of War III Sales Passed A Million In "Just A Couple Of Days"
Good news for Sony and their Santa Monica studio, SCEA's VP of marketing Peter Dille has confirmed that God Of War III has sold over one million units in "just a couple of days"
No word on whether that figures worldwide, or just the US. The NPD sales data for America are due next week, so we'll know for sure just how well God Of War III (and indeed...
News Gran Turismo 5's AI To Get A Complete Revamp, Seasoned Franchise Fans Rejoice
One of the most common complaints pertaining to the Gran Turismo series has consistently been the AI
Yes, the cars look and feel right, but the opponent drivers are far too robotic to complete the full illusion. It's something the series' creator, Kazunori Yamauchi, wants to put right with Gran Turismo 5, confirming that, yes, the cars will be more...
News Sony Online Entertainment Actually Mention The Words "The Agency" Again, Universe Flips Out
About 18 months ago, we posted numerous stories about Sony Online Entertainment's upcoming James Bond-esque MMO The Agency
In fact, at the time, people were talking about a PS3 MMO revolution. But as time's passed, the spearhead of that revolution - The Agency, Free Realms and DC Universe Online - have all but disappeared. Well, until today that is...
News Oh Right, White Knight Chronicles 2 Is A Real Product
The original White Knight Chronicles has only just come out in the West, but the sequel is very much a real thing in Japan
So much so, SCEJ has just released a bunch of new shots for the Level-5 collaboration, courtesy of GameWatch. The visuals look pretty similar to the game's predecessor, so we hope these are pretty early days. White Knight...
News Sony Account For 17% Of GameStop's New Product Puchased In Fiscal '09
Americans bought a lot of new games in 2009, but specifically, you guys over the pond bought a lot of new Sony products
According to an SEC filing for the past year, Sony products accounted for 17% of "new product purchases" from American games retail juggernaut GameStop in fiscal '09. Nintendo won the stakes with 23%, while Microsoft, EA...
News Yep, Looks Like Uncharted 3 Production Is Underway
It'd be fair to assume that production on Uncharted 3 is already underway
Animator David Lam's industry profile lists work on an "Unannounced Project" from Naughty Dog, starting in January 2010. Lam worked with Naughty Dog for eight months during the development of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Y'know, we're absolutely ready for more...
News US Playstation 3 Greatest Hits Collection Expands With: Killzone 2, inFamous & Resistance 2
Yo Americans, you up for some new quality first-party Playstation 3 content at half the price? You betcha, yo
Looks like Sony's got your backs then, with Killzone 2, inFamous and Resistance 2 all set to join the PS3 Greatest Hits Collection. That's according to a Best Buy flyer that also sees UFC Undisputed 2009 and LittleBigPlanet: Game Of The Year...
Rumour French Magazine Hints At God Of War III Multiplayer DLC
A mysterious scan of the French Official Playstation Magazine has set message boards alight over night
The magazine's piece seems to purport to some multiplayer DLC for God Of War III. The scans appear to show some kind of Soul Calibur-esque one-on-one fighting mini-game. It'd be neat if it happened but don't hold your breath. Remember - we're...
News TikGames & Creat Studios Launch A Specialised PSN Publisher Storefront
Both TikGames and Creat Studios have been one of the strongest supporters of the Playstation Network
Be it the excellent Magic Ball Orbz, or the more recent Wakeboarding HD - they've won over many Playstation owners with their simple, but endearing content. Today the companies have announced that they're set to launch a publisher store-front under...
News FirstPlay Launches Next Week On The Playstation Network
Future Publishing's just confirmed that the first episode of FirstPlay will launch on the PSN next week for £0
99. That's Thursday, April 8th if you're unsure. Those checking out the first episode will get access to an exclusive in-game item for Just Cause 2.Theres a fantastic buzz about FirstPlay amongst the industry and the gaming community...
Ruh-roh
Way to damn your product to endless comparisons by the fanboys Mark Carson of CaptiveMotion. Mark worked on Microsoft exclusive Alan Wake, but has a thing or two to say about Heavy Rain's own visuals, despite not playing the game. "It's beautiful and brilliant but visually uneven at points, which unfortunately is the nature of the...
News PSN Title Planet Minigolf Will Support Playstation Move
One of the coolest things Sony are doing with the Playstation Move, is providing a back catalogue line-up for the controller
You may only be able to afford one launch title with your Playstation Move peripheral, but it looks like Sony are providing enough retro-active support to ensure you'll have something else to use with your Move controller. Be...
News The Incredibles In LittleBigPlanet Are Incredibly Cute
The Incredibles are coming to LittleBigPlanet on April 8th and, guess what, they're looking incredibly cute
This super-hero themed pack not only includes nine costumes, but also a Gallery Level featuring tons of new level building goodies.
News Ninja Theory: Heavenly Sword Sales Were Not Enough To Break Even
So you might want to put a boot in our Heavenly Sword 2 speculation from last night
Ninja Theory has come out all guns firing, claiming they didn't even break-even with their 2007 PS3 exclusive Ninja Theory — even though the game sold just shy of one and a half million copies. Ninja Theory's co-founder Tameem Antoniades told CVG, Heavenly Sword...
News Sony Tried Natal Tech But Opted To Create New Experiences With Move
Microsoft's "Project Natal" is probably the most overhyped nothing in the history of video games
We're not saying the 3D camera peripheral is doomed to failure, not at all. We're merely stating that for a product that's barely been shown, the hype behind a simple premise is staggering. The camera technology has been in development by Israeli 3DV...
News Biggest News Of The Year: David Jaffe's New Game Will Feature DLC
Feign shock and excitement dear readers: David Jaffe - Sony stalwart, industry legend and creator of Kratos - has announced that his new super-secret (ahem
TWISTED METAL.ahem) Playstation 3 title will indeed feature DLC. Stone the crows! We absolutely will be doing DLC with our new game, Jaffe "revealed" shockingly in an episode of the...
News Linux Support Removed From The Playstation 3 With Firmware 3.21
We're sure there are going to be about five people in the world who are going to be literally seething at this news
Us? We couldn't care less. Alas - Sony's announced via the Playstation Blog that Firmware 3.21 is incoming, and that it removes the functionality to install an additional operating system to your PS3. This feature is already...
Feature The Greatest Of Injustices: Sony's Playstation Portable
Listen up
If you were to listen to (and believe) much of the Western video games media, you'd probably be fooled into thinking Sony's Playstation Portable has been an abysmal failure. Released in 2005, the PSP has mustered sales of over 60million units worldwide in those five years since launch - figures not particularly shy of Nintendo's Game Boy...
News This Dude Eats, Sleeps, Breathes, WEARS Naughty Dog
This is Jacob Minkoff, a game designer at Sony owned studio Naughty Dog
This is his jacket. Where can we get one?
News Is Heavenly Sword 2 On The Cards? Ninja Theory Start Work On A New "Secret Project"
Speaking in the latest episode of 4 Guys 1Up, Ninja Theory co-founder Tameem Antoniades has hinted that the company are getting started on a new "secret project"
Weve just started pre-production on a new secret project, he told the show's cast. Its a full scale, its a pretty big project. Its still top secret, but its gonna be...
News Resistance 3 Pops Up Again In A Bizarre Sony Survey
Resistance 3's starting to sound like the worst kept secret in video games
In fact, perhaps it's not even a secret anymore. Erm, yeah - it's not is it? Take this bizarre survey sent to PS3 fans. It asks: "Do you think that there is a future version of Resistance, Resistance 3 being developed?" Erm... The very fact you're asking us Mr. Sony...
Rumour Sony To Change Playstation Store Updates To Wednesday
For years now the Playstation Store has been updated on a Thursday
That's lead to some frustration for gamers, who are irritated Microsoft's XBOX 360 console gets DLC and downloadable games a day "early", simply because Microsoft's store is updated on Wednesdays. Well, it looks like that trend is finally about to change. An email sent to...
Rumour Playstation Move Support Allegedly Confirmed For Heavy Rain
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nl</a> are reporting via Belgian gaming magazine, Chief, that Sony's confirmed Playstation Move support for Heavy Rain. In a segment devoted to the Move's games line-up, Heavy Rain is there clear as day next-door to LittleBigPlanet. It really does seem like a matter of when not if, especially seeing as Cage's original vision for the game...
News Playstation 3 Tops The Japanese Hardware Charts, PSP Second
Perhaps a little something to do with the release of Yakuza 4 in Japan, the PS3 has finally ended the PSP's long run atop the Japanese hardware charts to settle with the crown of glory
Or something. Sony's home console rattled off just over 50k units, with the PSP not too far behind, managing 38k. Nintendo occupied much of the rest of the list, with...
News Candy Mountain Is Probably The Last Place A Fat Princess Should Go, Just Sayin'!
Alongside patch 1
05 today, Fat Princess will get two new maps: Candy Mountain and Frost Bite. Given their names you can probably assume what they're all about, right? The maps are totally free, which is always lovely. The patch also includes some updates to Fat Princess' core gameplay. The mage's ice attacks no longer stop an opponent dead, they...
