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For years we've been trying to slip Frankmusik into a post, but finally Sony Europe usher up the goods by including the tune "In Step" in their debut trailer for Everybody's (Hot Shots to you American folk) Tennis on the Playstation Portable
The game seems to retain the "Everybody's" franchise tradition of easy, accessible gameplay, plenty...
News Free 3D Playstation 3 "Taster" Titles To Be Included With New Sony TV
As summer nears, so to does Sony's push for 3D technology
There'll be a new range of televisions from the electronics manufacturer, alongside a Playstation 3 firmware update that will bring the system and its blu-rays into the third-dimension. But, we're also expecting content. Gran Turismo 5 is a given for the launch of the new technology (hey -...
News Bleach: Heat The Soul 7 Details Emerge, Still Unlikely To Come To The West
Bleach is a pretty popular Western anime
It's pretty popular in Japan too, as Sony's managed to create and release six PSP games in the Heat The Soul franchise. Indeed, news coming out of Siliconera today suggests there's a seventh game on the horizon, with a wireless four player mode expanding the multiplayer beyond previous iterations. The games...
News Check Out Some New White Knight Chronicles 2 Screenshots
RPGLand's got a host of new screenshots from the upcoming SCEJ and Level-5 Playstation 3 exclusive White Knight Chronicles 2
Check 'em out if that's your thing.
News Lavish SCEA Presentation Puts Ted Price In The Modnation Racers Driving Seat
This super lavish SCEA production has Insomniac Games' CEO Ted Price waxing lyrical about Sony and United Front Games' upcoming "Play Create Share" kart-racer Modnation Racers
We love you Ted, and yes, we're excited about the game too.
News Retail Partners For God Of War Trilogy "Still Being Worked Out"
If you're worrying about your order for the God Of War Trilogy being cancelled, then you can stop now
There's no real need to worry, but there is the need to be annoyed. Apparently, Sony's yet to work out the retail partners that will be distributing the God Of War Trilogy special edition. I.e. not all shops will be stocking the product, hence your...
News Confirmed: Heavy Rain Knocks Up Figures Of One Million Plus
Sony's just confirmed via the Playstation Blog that Quantic Dream's ambitious Playstation exclusive, Heavy Rain, has totalled a million sales plus worldwide since its release just five weeks ago
We fell head over heels in love with Heavy Rain when we reviewed the game in February, describing the experience as "captivatingly original". If...
News Sony Submit An Entourage Of Playstation Portable Games To The ESRB, 15 New Titles Incoming
America's chief video games rating board, the ESRB, has outed no more than 15 upcoming Sony titles for the Playstation Portable
The list of games, discovered by Joystiq, appear to be download-only titles due to UMD not being listed as a potential release format. Detective work's also revealed that the games are unlikely to be Minis either, as the...
News Level-5 Working On Five Unannounced Games, To Reveal Them This Week In Famitsu
Level-5 over-ruler Akihiro Hino has Tweeted that the company are to announce five games in this week's issue of Japanese gaming bible Famitsu
While Level-5 are best known for their Nintendo DS Professor Layton releases, the team are also known for working on Sony's own White Knight Chronicles - of which there's a sequel in the works. Exactly how...
Report PS3 Has Highest Proportion Of Internet-Connected Users
You'd think given the constant touting of the XBOX Live service that Microsoft's XBOX 360 would have the most Internet-Connected users, but according to a survey by the Diffusion Group, that's just not true at all
In fact, their findings note that in a study of 2,000 broadband users in the US, 78 percent of users hit the Internet high-road with...
News Playstation Move Nunchuck Unit Gets Tagged "Navigation Controller"
Look, let's not beat around the bush - the Playstation Move's analogue stick attachment is a wireless Wii nunchuck
That's not as offensive as some people would like it to be - the nunchuck was a fantastic idea and Playstation Move would be limited without it. It's the name that's gotten some people's back up. We're not sure why it can't just be...
News God Of War 3's "Zipped Up Too Tightly" For Certain Types Of DLC, Says Stig Asmussen
According to Sony Santa Monica's Stig Asmussen, there's only so much the team can do with regards to God Of War III DLC as the game's "zipped up so tight"
He told Destructoid: Maybe we could do the epilogue that Im talking about. The full epilogue, just something fun to do. Theres skins and theres challenges, we could do those things. The...
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.
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