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News Ghostbusters Collaboration Makes For The Most Awesome Sackboy Costume Ever
Bustin' certainly makes Sackboy feel good
Do you like Ghostbusters? Of course you do. Do you like LittleBigPlanet? Hell yeah! So you're going to want some kind of Ghostbusters LittleBigPlanet DLC then eh? Of course you are. And it looks like it's on its way. The details are yet to be announced but we seriously have our fingers crossed for some...
News Who Loves Playstation 2? This Guys Loves Playstation 2 More Than You!
Who wants to see a massive Playstation 2 collection? Ok then, move your browser up a spot
This is Syd from Collectorz Playstation 2, erm, collection. He has over 1,200 games. Blimey. For interest's sake, his first game was Jak & Daxter in 2002. We wonder if they're sorted into alphabetical order.
News So, Who Plays The PSP In The Bath Then?
Hooray for the return of insane Playstation advertising
This classic from SCEE shows a dude playing the PSP in the bath. Has it made anyone want to buy one?
The UK's first-half sales (accounting for all the software sales for the first six months of 2009) have been tallied up and show continued dominance from Nintendo's "evergreen" franchises which continue to outsell any new releases with relative ease
However, Sony's Killzone 2 has given them a good push, finishing in fifth place - the first game on...
News French Retailers Will Stock The PSP Go
Despite rumours last week that suggested French retailers would refuse to stock the PSP Go, SCEE have outright denied the claims this morning: No French retailers have refused to stock the Go, we were told by SCEE
The rep added that the story simply wasnt true.</blockquote> So hey, if you're French and you want a PSP Go, looks like you...
Rumour Uncharted 2 Among Thieves Heading To The PSP
We all know that Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is heading to the Playstation 3 right? But seeing as the PSP is making a comeback, it might make sense to port the game to Sony's handheld
A mysterious screenshot discovered by Screwattack.com from the upcoming issue of Official Playstation Magazine seems to suggest that's exactly what might happen. Of...
News Best Buy Sell Amazing PS3 Bundle, Hint At Stock Clearance
Bundles usually try to represent some degree of value for money
But they're usually not all that good. This PS3 bundle from Best Buy bucks the trend. For the price of a standard PS3 you'll not only get a system but you'll also get two of the absolutely best games for it: Killzone 2 and Metal Gear Solid 4. That's right kids, for $400 (£250) you'll...
News Ghostbusters Heading To LittleBigPlanet
Well it's not a confirmation but it's about as conclusive as you can possible be without making an announcement
A LittleBigPlanet poster is coloured black headed with the text "Who Ya Gonna Call?". If it's not Ghostbusters DLC we'll eat our computer.
News Now Tecmo Are Asking For A Price Cut
Anyone else bored of hearing the words "price-cut"? Because at the end of the day, we know exactly what's going to happen
Sony will cut the price and everyone will complain it's not enough. Thus we'll have to report a story everytime something to do with a price is mentioned. It's a vicious circle and an annoying one at that. Still, you have to feel...
News Sony Patent "Real Life Objects" Motion Control Technology
We know all about Sony's Playstation Motion Controller
But what about using real object in gameplay such as "coffee mugs, drinking glasses, books, bottles, etc." Sony have you covered as part of a new patent. The new patent suggests that Sony intend to use the Playstation Eye to allow users to capture real objects and use them as a part of...
News Marvelous Looking Into HD Ports Of Wii Games
Hands up if you played No More Heroes on the Wii
Good, hands up if you want to play No More Heroes on your PS3. Even better. Excellent news because it seems like HD ports of Wii games are something publisher Marvelous are looking into. We know there already a PS3 game, Rainy Woods, in the works but according to Siliconera that's not all. They claim...
News The PSP Go Processor Is More Than 40% Faster Than The Original
The original PSP series (1000-3000) have a processor capable of reaching 333MHz
The PSP Go can hit up to 480MHZ. It's unknown what the extra processing power will be used for; the PSP Go will have in-game XMB (much like the PS3) and thus the extra power may well be used to make this option possible. Speculation for PSP Go-only applications are rife...
News Absolutely Amazing Michael Jackson Tribute Created In Rag Doll Kung Fu
This is definitely the best thing we've seen all week
Michael Jackson may well be sadly gone but the amount effort that's been put into this amazing Rag Doll Kung Fu tribute suggests he'll never be forgotten. Kudos to b00bi0 for making this.
News The Playstation 3 Has Sold 2.2 Million Systems In The UK, PSP 3.3 Million
Times are hard ladies and gentleman
However, companies still need your money. And money they will get when awesome games are being released. A set of new data released courtesy of British retailer has given us some perspective on where money was spent on video games in the last year. Nintendo are in the lead with 2.7 million DS' sold in the last...
News Sony Apparently Always Planned A PSP Without UMD
Speaking with Gamesbusiness
jp</a>, Sony's planning division top-man Naoya Matsui has confirmed that Sony always planned to release a UMD-less portable. The announcement of the PSP Go puts that plan into fruition:"We'd planned to release a PSP model without a UMD drive since the very beginning," Matsui said. He further makes his case...
News Take A Tour Of The New inFamous Playstation Home Space
Here's a quick look at the new inFamous space for Playstation Home which includes a host of new activities including a Reaper zapping minigame
The space also allows you to design your own graffiti, which can be voted on by other Home users. The space will be available from tomorrow, July 2nd.
News Home Survey Makes Hints Towards The Future Of Sony's Virtual World
A Playstation Home survey has been sent out to Playstation owners in order to help gauge the future of the platform
The survey hints at music sharing, video sharing and trophy support among many others. Recipients are asked to rate the concepts based on how likely they are to get them to return to the Home service. One section asks users to indicate...
News Sony Commissions Playstation 3 MMO For The Taiwanese Market
Yeck Entertainment are working on an MMO for Sony Computer Entertainment Taiwan according to Siliconera
The team have worked on the likes of Legend Of Glory in the past. Given the size of the Taiwanese market, it's being speculated that the release will likely be brought to the mainstream rather than just target one small market. Sadly details are...
News New Hot Shots Game Revealed, "Refresh" Is A Minigame Compilation
Remember we speculated earlier in the week what the new Hot Shots game would be? We said bowling
We were so darned wrong. The game has been announced as Hot Shots Refresh, a minigame collection featuring karate, baseball, soccer, boxing, racing - in micro-portions. We're thinking something a bit like WarioWare but with sports involved. Still the...
News Uncharted 2 Will Feature Over 90 Minutes Of Cinematics
Probably the best thing about the Uncharted franchise are the characters and plot development
In many ways it's far better than most movies in that department which is a pretty strong credit when you consider the medium. So it's pleasing to hear Uncharted 2: Among Thieves will feature over 90 minutes of cinematics to drive the plot:The single...
News A Second Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Demo Is Incoming
Did you enjoy the Uncharted 2: Among Thieves beta demo thing? Yeah, it was pretty awesome wasn't it
We loved it. Well hey, guess what, Naughty Dog are going to hold another multiplayer demo closer to the game's release later this year. Apparently the second multiplayer demo will be "available to an even wider group this time" so hopefully...
News New MAG Developer Diary Discusses Almost Sport-Like Faction Allegiances
Everytime one of these new MAG developer diaries are released, we learn something new about Zipper Interactives ambitious shooter
This latest video regarding factions gives the impression that MAG is going to have a much more team-based "supporter" like spirit to it than other games. You choose a side depending on your personality and from...
News New Korean PSP Bundles Are A Bit Like The Current British Weather - Very Hot!
Morning/afternoon/evening Korean readers
How do you fancy a new PSP bundle? It includes Tekken 5: Dark Resurrection, a black or white PSP system (your choice) and a 4GB memory stick. Alternatively you might prefer the DMB pack which includes a South Korean TV tuner, 32mb memory stick and the unit. The choice is yours. Oh, and they're being promoted...
News God Of War Designer Makes A Badass Akuma Statue
Katon Callaway is working on God Of War III as a character artist
But he's also working for SOTA toys designing really expensive statues. Such as this $120 Akuma one set for release in September. Expensive but seriously, how awesome is that?!
News Taiwanese Companies Awarded Playstation 3 Slim Manufacturing Contracts
Whoops
John Koller won't like this. A strong rumour coming out of Joystiq towers seems to be hinting that two Taiwanese firms have been awarded contracts to manufacture - dum-dum-dum - the PS3 Slim. According to UDN.com the contracts have gone to Foxconn and Pegatron — guess what else they manuf
News The Playstation Network Is Undergoing Some Routine Maintenance
Please Understand
One worried PushSquare reader just sent us an email claiming Sony had "shut down" the Playstation Network, claiming that neither he nor his friends could log on. Sony want you to know, "hey don't worry - we're doing a spot of maintenance". Those of you in Europe, like us, should be back up and running by now (we are) with Sony...
News Pachter Pulls Out His Crystal Ball & Makes Some Predictions
Video games analyst Michael Pachter has been using his crystal ball again
Speaking with Industry Gamers, Pachter believes that Sony will capture "significant market share" through the victory of blu-ray. He also believes Microsoft's position in Japan will eventually cause the XBOX 360 to finish in third-place behind the Playstation 3 this...
News Sony Start "Official Licensing" Scheme To Encourage Third-Party Playstation Peripherals
Sony Computer Entertainment announced today plans to expand the "Official Licensing Program" for Playstation peripherals for the PS3, PS2 and PSP
"By entering into a license agreement with SCE through this program, peripheral and accessory manufacturers will gain access to technical documentations necessary for designing and creating variety of...
News Tecmo Heart The Playstation 3, Reckon It Has The "Highest Specs"
With two pretty big Playstation 3 exclusives in the works, Japanese developers Tecmo have become a pretty Sony oriented development house
A strange turn of events seeing as in the past the team we very much taken with Microsoft's XBOX. The reason for that? "The PS3 the hardware with the highest specs," reckons Quantum director Makoto...
News Sony Patent Software-Based Playstation 3 Emotion Engine Emulation
This is a pretty big deal Playstation 3 owners
In fact it's probably news many of us have been waiting to hear for a long while. According to Siliconera, Sony filed a patent last December for software-based emulation of the Playstation 2's emotion engine. Essentially the patent would allow Playstation 2 games to be playable on any Playstation 3...
News New "Hot Shots" Title Headed To The Playstation Portable
The "Hot Shots" series (or "Everybody's" elsewhere) has spawned some excellent golf and tennis games over the years
But now it's time for a new sport, as developers Clap Hanz have teased. The teaser hides the wording of the sport but it won't be long before we find out what it is; a demo is planned alongside the game's announcement this Friday. The...
News Trophy Portal Gets Expanded On The European Playstation Website
Trophies are getting to where they need to be, but we can't help but feel it's taking a bit too long
Sony must be aware that users are crying out for more detailed, instantly accessible stats and avatar/forum signature type images. While Sony Europe did provide the portable trophy cards, they're really a nightmare to keep updated. Alas, signs that...
News Statue Of Liberty Sackboy Says "Whaddup?"
Look how cute LittleBigPlanet's Sackboy looks when dressed as the Statue Of Liberty
Awww. Don't you just want to squeeze him and tickle his tummy? No. Oh ok. Still, at the grand total price of £0.00 you'll be able to download this Statue Of Liberty costume for your own little Sackman. The costume will be available from July 2nd. Get it while it's...
News Quantic Dream Haven't Quite Figured Out How To Incorporate Trophies Into Heavy Rain Yet
Speaking with Spong, Quantic Dream's co-CEO Guillaume de Fondaumiere has admitted that his company haven't quite figured out a way to implement trophies into their innovative release Heavy Rain
"We havent figured out, as of yet, how the trophy system is going to work. Its not necessarily a game that is conceptually in line with what...
News Microsoft's Greenberg: "Sony Did A Good Job At E3, I Have A PS3 & Play Games On It"
Reading a comment like this really warms our heart
We prefer it when companies say nothing about each other, but if they're going to talk, at the very least be respectful. And that's exactly what Aaron Greenberg has been in an interview with Major Nelson. Despite claiming the Microsoft show historic, he also mentions his thoughts on Sony's press...
News Dude Gets Life Imprisonment Over "Stolen" Playstation 2 Murder
Look, we don't want to make light of this because at the heart it is a really very serious situation
Someone has lost their life and no matter what we say there's nothing fun in that, ever. However, we have to question just how far you'd be willing to go to save your beloved Playstation 2. Hopefully nowhere near the lengths of Jonquel Brooks — who...
News Sony Comment On The Tragic Passing Of Michael Jackson, The Undisputed King Of Pop
We haven't commented on the sad passing of Michael Jackson on here yet
We feel like that's a more personal thing to not get bogged down into on a Playstation blog, but needless to say we're most upset about the loss of one of the biggest music icons that there will ever be. Given Michael Jackson's attachment to Epic Records - a Sony label - familiar...
News THQ Don't Have Sony Playstation Motion Controller Dev Kits Yet
Apparently Sony are having a hard time getting Playstation Motion Controller development kits into the hands of the developer
An interview with THQ's Brian Farrell reveals that while the company have Natal development kits, they don't yet have Playstation Motion Controller kits. Sony apparently did say to developers, via a recent dev community...
News Sony Readying A "Cellphone-Game Hybrid"
According to the Japanese business daily Nikkei, Sony are readying a cellphone-videogame combination platform to rival the iPhone
According to the paper, Sony will be setting up a "project team" next month that will combine a Sony Ericsson phone with, presumably, a PSP Go-style download service. In fact, it would kinda be odd if they...
News inFamous Heading To Playstation Home
SCEA's Katy Field has revealed that inFamous' demo became the first to ever reach 1,000,000 downloads
Hopefully everyone that downloaded the demo ended up buying the game. Still, a successful number for the Sucker Punch team that, at the very least, showcases a lot of interest in the game. In fact, evidently such was the interest that a Playstation...
News PS3 Price Cut Will Occur When "Factors Are Aligned"
People are still asking for that price cut
And we keep telling 'em, the PS3 is perfectly well priced considering what you get. We understand it's expensive, but truly we believe it's worth saving for. Especially when you pretty much get everything you need in the box, without any hidden costs. Sony just want to remind everyone that the PS3 will be...
News Sony Want To Create Synergy Between Products By Next Year
One of the biggest problems Sony has had in the past few years is that they're a victim of their own success
You may not relate to it instantly, but Sony are an absolutely gigantic company. They're a record label, a movie licensing and production house, an electronics producer, a video game publisher, a hardware manufacturer, a mobile phone company...
News Uncharted Probably Heading To The Big Screen At Some Point
You know what, we're not sure how we feel about this
The Uncharted games pride themselves on feeling like movies as it is, why bring it to big screen when a lot of it already feels like cinema? Especially when Uncharted is essentially Indiana Jones. It just doesn't make sense to us. Alas, Columbia Pictures are gearing up a movie adaptation of...
News Sackboy Highlights The Scale Of Awesome Beards
Oh Media Molecule
How we love thee. The Druid costume is out now.
News Two Retail Stores We've Never Heard Of Don't Want To Stock The PSP Go, Sony Shudder In Fear
For the record, we're from England and we've never heard of Chips nor Grainger Games
Alas, if you are aware of one of these stores please let us know via post-card or the comments section. Anyway, said imaginary stores are not very impressed with the PSP Go."From my point of view I've got to think, Do I want to stock this?' Right now I can't...
News Kaz Hirai Gets A New Deputy Type Right Hand Man
Playstation boss Kaz Hirai got himself a sub-boss today, as Kunimasa Suzuki presumably moved his stuff into the Playstation super-office
Suzuki has been with Sony since 1984 and will "assist in managing the day-to-day operations of the PlayStation business". He starts his new position on July 1st. Thanks to Kotaku for the picture.
News Playstation Home Used By Around One In Three
Playstation Home has gained 7 million users to date
To be honest we think that's a rather decent number. Joystiq disagree. They report that with over 21 million PS3s in the wilderness, adoption rate for home is probably less than 33%. It's certainly a valid point but not necessarily one that we think matters. Seeing as Home is making a rather decent...
News Who Wants To Play The Best Looking Pool Game Ever?
Let's be honest, pool games are exceptionally fun if they are bought at the right price
Sometimes developers try to build a full package out of a pool games and it doesn't quite seem worth it; but with the explosion of the PSN we've always been in hope of a really great pool game. We thought Inferno Pool had filled that hole, but given our...
News Downloadable PSP Titles Will Average At Around 700MB
We're still concerned about space restrictions of the PSP Go
16GB of on board memory just doesn't sound like a lot to us. Especially when Sony themselves are confirming that game sizes will average out at around 700MB. That means you'll be able to store roughly 17 games on the system at once. Sure, the memory slot will allow you to add another 16GB...
News New SCEE Boss Andrew House Says "We Can Charge Excessively For New Hardware"
Andrew House hasn't long been in charge over at SCEE and he's already dropped one or two clangers
But this is probably his best so far. Speaking MCV, House was asked to justify the price of the PSP Go. His response? A classic. "When you introduce a new piece of hardware you have the opportunity to say there is a certain premium that is...
