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News Next3D Developing 3D Movies For The PS3
As time goes by, we're hearing a lot more about 3D movies; be it in cinema or the possibility of it coming to video games
In fact, Sony themselves showcased 3D versions of Wipeout HD and Gran Turismo 5 Prologue at this years CES. The technology is being touted to jump into the home cinema sooner than expected, with Next3D developing a downloadable...
News David Jaffe Talks Creative Freedom, Sony Exclusivity & Love
David Jaffe is a legend in our opinion
Certainly he's one of the most opinionated and respected developers out there, and you'll find us toddling off to davidjaffe.biz from time to time in the hope of gleaning some information about his new Playstation project. In his latest video blog (above), Jaffe explains to his hordes of Neogaf critics why he...
News Killzone 2 Patch Goes Live On April 22nd, Adds Ranks
Have you already reached the top rank in Killzone 2? We actually have, and are hotly anticipating the "hardcore" ranks coming in patch 1
24 which launches on April 22nd. The patch also fixes a number of minor things aswell as making connecting to friends that little bit easier. Of course it also paves the way for the upcoming "Steel &...
News Ex-SCEE Employee Reckons The PSP SDK Is A Bit Rubbish, iPhone SDK Is Better
Just to clarify before you read the rest of this article: SDK means Software Development Kit
It's ok if you didn't know, we Googled it too! Moving on, Sebastien Rubens, a former SCEE employee, has spoken out about the PSP's SDK. Speaking with Edge-Online, he asked Sony to give more support to developers. He claimed that Apple's own iPhone SDK is...
News PSP Firmware 5.50 Makes It Just That Little Bit More Like The PS3, Information Board Added
Y'know the Information Board on the PS3? That ticker in the top-right that no-one reads keeps you up to date with all the happenings of World Playstation (they should totally just stream the contents of PushSquare instead - Ed)
Well now you can get it on the PSP as part of Firmware 5.50. There's also some kids safety stuff. Hurrah. "Read all...
News Koller's Back: "We've Got The Hardcore, Now We Want The Casual"
We love John Koller, we really do
But there's one fatal flaw in the quote that VG247 an unearthed. When he says (and we paraphrase) - "We've got the hardcore, but now we want the casual", he mentions nothing of price. Now, to us, if you want to appeal to a mass-audience, you've got to have a low entry price, right? The PS3 doesn't have...
We're Not Invited
SCEA's Jeff Rubenstein has confirmed that Sony of America will be holding a pre-E3 media-summit to showcase a select few media outlets. Boo! - Ed) a few of the titles set to appear at this years E3. Did we mention in the headline that Heavy Rain is going to be there. A game we're probably too excited about. Also to be showcased...
News PSP KOs Nintendo's DSi By Just 213 Units In Japan
Sony are doing brilliantly in Japan just now
So brilliantly in fact that the PSP managed to squeeze out Nintendo's handheld the DSi. Even if it was by just 213 units. It's an impressive feat for Sony, who have been having a slightly rougher time in the USA for a while now. To top the cake off though, the Playstation 3 managed another week above...
News Killzone 2 Sells Over A Million Worldwide
We've already read a ridiculous article this morning about how if Killzone 2 was an XBOX game it would have sold 4 million or something ludicrous
Keep looking in your crystal balls guys. Regardless, there's no doubt Sony's Playstation 3 exclusive Killzone 2 has sold a truck-load. And now that truck-load total has reached way over a million...
News March NPD's Are In, Fanboys Fight, Playstation 3 Fares Ok
The American sales data, also known as the NPD's, constantly bring the worst out of everyone
Particularly the XBOX 360 and Playstation 3 fanboys. Boy does it bring the worst out of them! The figures are in a predictable order, with Sony occupying the bottom half of the chart and Nintendo the top: Nintendo Wii - 601k. Nitendo DS - 563k. XBOX 360 -...
News Hindu Bigwig Rajan Zed Wants Sony To Pull The Recently Released Playstation 2 Exclusive Hanuman
We posted with some excitement a few weeks back that India had produced their first video game, Hanuman: Boy Warrior
Sadly, the game hasn't gone down too well with the Hindu community. Rajan Zed, an acclaimed Hindu statesman, said that the game put players in control of the Lord Hanuman, while in reality believers put the destiny of themselves in...
News SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 Heading To The PSP Before The Year's Out
Chalk this up as another PSP announcement; SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 has just been announced
Being developed by Slant Six, the team behind Tactical Strike on the PSP, Fireteam Bravo 3 will provide an online campaign, co-op and leaderboards. The single player campaign takes players on a mission to locate ex-KGB agent Alexander Gozorov, who is believed...
Sony is ready for the best PSP year ever
Beats us why it's took this long to arrive but who cares, Sony are readying a ton of Playstation franchise for their little portable beast; we already know about Motorstorm and LittleBigPlanet. Speaking with GamesIndustry.biz, our current favourite Sony exec John Koller said:"There's a lot of software...
News Gamestop: PS2 Pricedrop Wasn't Worth Doing, $50 PS3 Pricedrop Won't Change Anything
The CEO of American video games retailer Gamestop reckons the recent Playstation 2 pricedrop "really wasn't worth doing"
He also questions whether a $50 Playstation 3 pricedrop would have any effect at all. With the Playstation 3 currently the most expensive console on the market, both the recession and American misconception have left Sony in the...
News Motorstorm: Arctic Edge To Have 8-Person Multiplayer Component
Did you think the upcoming PSP installment of the Motorstorm franchise - Arctic Edge - was going to be without multiplayer? Admit it, you did, didn't you? Because we did anyway
Alas, in an interview with PocketGamer, Richard Ogden - the game's director - confirmed both ad-hoc and infrastructure multiplayer components. He also discusses the new...
News What's The One God Of War III Preorder Item You'd "Defy Zeus" To Get Hold Of?
Tell us
Remember we told you Sony were polling members of GAP (GamerAdvPanel) for their God Of War III Collector's Edition wishlist? Well, we just got word that Sony are done with that, and now want to know about a single preorder item so awesome "you'd defy Zeus" to get hold of it. Giving away a reward for preorders aswell as a collector's edition...
News Why Is inFamous So Late To Hit The Hype-Train?
inFamous is the next Playstation 3 exclusive to land slap bang in the middle of what's shaping up to be one of Sony's most impressive years in a long time
With Killzone 2 already sitting pretty amidst Playstation 3 owners shelves, and Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and Heavy Rain on the horizon, we can't help but...
News Final Fantasy XIII Dated For "Winter 2009" In Japan
When Dragon Quest IX got delayed, most people expected that would have a knock-on effect with Final Fantasy XIII
Not so, one lucky gamer who got his hands on the Final Fantasy: Advent Children Complete blu-ray has already completed the bundled Final Fantasy XIII demo, which concludes in the above "Winter 2009" teaser. Japanese gamers...
News Japanese Superstar Otaku Reckons It's Time To Get Playstation 3, Fans Flock To The Stores
Shoko Nakagawa is Japan's biggest female geek
She's also a model, a singer, a TV presenter, etc, etc. She's bigtime. Which is important because her website has drawn billions of visits. She's an influence on Japanese gaming culture. So it's interesting to hear her blog about the Playstation 3, and how she's planning on picking one up very shortly...
News David Reeves Retires From Sony Computer Entertainment Europe
SCEE boss David Reeves is to retire from his position after being in the job since 1995
"It has been a wonderful ride with PlayStation," said David Reeves in a SCEE statement. "I have just two things to say on leaving: I want to thank all of those people who have supported SCEE and me personally in the past 14 years; you have been magnificent!...
News Playstation 3 Pushes A Higher Attach Rate For Blockbuster Titles
According to Sony, the Playstation 3 has a higher attach rate to blockbuster titles than the XBOX 360
While the XBOX 360 sold more copies of Street Fighter IV, Prince Of Persia and Grand Theft Auto IV, Sony claim that the attach rate was higher on PS3. In fact, when it came to Street Fighter IV, Sony posted an impressive 5.5% game-to-console ratio,...
News Killzone 2's "Steel & Titanium" DLC Pack Coming April 30th
We're still none the wiser as to whether Killzone 2's "Steel & Titanium" pack will be free
However, we can tell you that it's coming soon. April 30th is the date that has been confirmed by the Playstation Blog and we simply can't wait to get fragging on "that train level from single player that everyone thought was awesome".
News Sony Trademarks "Starhawk", Warhawk In Space Game Confirmed
Yes!
Remember when it was just a rumour that Lightbox Interactive (a team made up of former Incognito employees) were making a Warhawk type game in space? Well it's probably not rumour anymore because, well, fine-eyed employees over at Joystiq spotted that Sony had registered a trademark for the name "Starhawk". Now, it doesn't exactly take the...
News inFamous Special Edition Revealed For Australia
EBGames of Australia have revealed a special edition pack for upcoming Playstation 3 exclusive inFamous
The bundle includes special digipack packaging, an exclusive artbook and a promo-voucher for a PSN super-power (which we assume will be DLC in the future). We'll keep you informed of an American/European bundle release.
News inFamous Coming Much Earlier Than Expected
In a move that we're sure has absolutely nothing to do with Prototype's June release date; Sony have moved inFamous' US release date to May 26th
Expect news of a European release to be announced soon. Sony have also confirmed that a demo for Sucker Punch's moody electrical-roamer will be available on the PSN from May 21st, with American preorders at...
News Sony USA: Patapon 2 To Be A Digital "Test-Case"
We really liked Patapon 2
Apparently it's not out in the USA yet - in fact it's not out for a whole month - but when it does land it's going to be a download only product. Sony plan on making the game download only as a "one time test case"."We're considering a digital only format for the Patapon 2 release as a one time test case as...
Hey Japanese readers
Sony want you to know that there are tons and tons of awesome stuff on the Playstation Store. So much so, that if you were to put it all in a shopping bag, the bag would literally break and vomit out dozens upon dozens of games until you drowned in them. Fantastic marketing Sony — take note Western Sony sales people.
Sony's head hardware marketing guy John Koller has recently earned his own tag-page here at PushSquare
And guess what, after an Easter break, the beast is back! Speaking with VG247 Koller said of Microsoft:Microsoft has had a much more lenient policy to writing cheques than we do, he said. We dont feel the need to write cheques necessarily...
News Fat Princess Available June 18th?
We're all excited for Fat Princess right? Good
.. because it might be on its way soon. The multiplayer title from Titan Games has appeared on a New Zealand Playstation release schedule, followed by the date June 18th. Hopefully, this is a hint that the game will be landing in worldwide pretty soon. We certainly hope so because we're not sure we can...
News New Killzone 2 Map Pack Will Be Free?
Call this rumour for now but a Dutch news source is claiming that the upcoming map-pack for Guerilla's smash PS3 exclusive Killzone 2 will be free
The rough translation reveals:"The packet is from April 30 in the PlayStation Store and is offered free to download, as Sony Computer Entertainment announced Friday."</blockquote> Treat...
News Nintendo's Reggie Fils-Aime: "It's Hard To Say Something Nice About The PS3"
Reggie Fils-Aime suggested "it's hard to say something nice about the PS3" when prompted by Geoff Keighley on GameTrailers TV
The president of Nintendo was asked what Nintendo are worried about in the competition. Reggie quickly cited XBOX Live as a platform that worried him, but failed to come up with a reason as to why Nintendo are worried about...
News Killzone 2 DLC Map Pack To Be Available By "The End Of April", Retro Map Pack Teased
Upcoming Killzone 2 DLC has been unveiled exclusively on GameTrailers TV
A new map pack titled "Steel & Titanium" will be available by the end of April and includes two new maps: the ISA tech cruiser provides for a very vertical map whereas the train-level makes a reappearance in the form of, what looks to be, one of the best...
News Rag Doll Kung Fu, Patapon & Norse Mythology Coming To LittleBigPlanet
The Playstation Blog just gave some insight on what we can expect from LittleBigPlanet this month
Among the costume updates is a new free "Creator Pack" which allows some new functionality for level designers including an infinite lives checkpoint and tetherless jet pack. To be included over the next couple of months: Ragdoll Kung Fu:...
News Playstation 3-Facebook Integration "Coming Soon"
Speaking at the MI6 Marketing Summit, SCEA's head of hardware marketing John Koller commented on the feasibility of future Facebook-Playstation 3 integration
When asked by a panel moderator if there would ever be a point where someone could be playing and have content "spat out" to Facebook, Koller confirmed plans are already going...
News There Are More Merry Things Coming To Playstation Home
We have to admit, Playstation Home is beginning to motor now
After an initial "there's nothing to do", it's looking more and more likely that there's something for everyone to do, even if you only spend 5 minutes or so doing it. On its way to the service today (April 9th) is another new space. This time a The Godfather II themed area. And...
News MAG To Be Called MAG: Shadow War?
Just a follow up to the earlier article about MAG's website launch
It seems people are able to access the same website from an alternative URL, www.magshadowwar.com. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to assume there might be a slight extension to the game's title.
News Official MAG Website Launches, It's On Its Way
Remember MAG? Oh heck yes, of course you do
After not posting about it for a year, suddenly, we have two articles in a week. And now there's an official website. There's not much on there, apart from some hotspots which reveal some "battlefield" like sound effects when you hover them. And then things flash on the screen and stuff. MAG is...
News Ranks & Friend Invites Coming To Wipeout HD
A new ranking system will be implemented into popular PSN racer Wipeout HD tomorrow
The ranking system will allow players to earn badges in online multiplayer games and subsequently bolster their rank. The update will come in the form of a free patch downloadable from the PSN. The patch also includes friend invite support and a spectator mode if you...
News John Koller: Sony's First Party Dev Pool Is As Big As Nintendo & Microsoft's Combined
Our favourite Sony marketing motor mouth (who now warrants his own tag) John Koller wants you to know: "hey, our first party development team is as big as Nintendo and Microsoft's combined"
While we haven't done the math to confirm his claim, we're assuming he's not far off. Sony do seem to have teams all over the place, and that investment is...
Rumour New PSP Out By Christmas, Two Thumb-Sticks, Sliding Touch-Screen & More
Our fellow compatriots over at PocketGamer have a major scoop this morning
They claim there's a new PSP on the way. After speaking to an unnamed developer, PocketGamer conclude that the new PSP will go into competition with the iPhone, boasting a large touch screen at face value. They hint however, at the new PSPs advantages for gaming, namely that...
Korean pop group The Wonder Girls love their Playstation 3
So much they put it in their music video. But with the music industry being what it is, the big salary-execs decided the girls couldn't simply sit around eating pizza and playing Gran Turismo in their single-seller promo video. So instead, they have to grind about and point their bottom...
News Some New Bits Of Heavy Rain Artwork, As Gritty As Ever
Good grief, can someone please get Quantic Dream on the blower - we want to know more about this game
Heavy Rain truly is shaping up to be one of the grittiest, nastiest stories in video games — and we've only seen a short trailer and a few bits of concept art. But when that particular artwork depicts a man "bonding" with a woman...
News Sony Whining About The Nintendo DSi
Getting a hand on it
If you walked into your local gamestore this weekend, you may have spotted huge presence for Nintendo's new tweaked DS, the DSi. Ever the antagonist, Sony's John Koller felt he had to make some dousing comments regarding the release, in which he brands the new platform a "kids" product: If Nintendo is really committed to...
News First MAG Screenshots Reveal Scale And Surprising Beauty
Online games usually take a hit in the graphics stakes
Why? Because they have to be lag-free, there's a lot of data to transfer, etc. etc. It's obvious that an online game has to be a little economical with its graphics. MAG is not aiming to be any online game though. MAG is pitched as a 256 player online shooter. And these first screenshots confirm...
News Killzone 2 Directors Commentary, "Behind The Bullet"
One the more interesting things in yesterdays American Playstation Store update was the inclusion of the interactive Killzone 2 advert
Finally putting a rest to all the criticism Sony took as a result of the infamous Killzone 2 trailer in 2005, Sony have silenced critics by releasing a fully interactive version of their in-engine...
News MAG Actually Gets Mentioned, "Only Posssible On Playstation 3"
In a shock move, Sony have actually decided to make a comment on their upcoming 256-player online shooter, MAG
The game, which was unveiled at E3 and has since dropped off the radar, is claimed to be "only possible on Playstation 3" by SCEA's John Koller. In an interview with vg247.com, Koller said:MAG is a 256 online-player game...
News SCEE Announce A New Iteration In The Jak & Daxter Saga
SCEE have announced the latest iteration.
Jak & Daxter: The Lost Frontier picks up from where the last trilogy left off - as the dynamic duo pal up with friend Keira in her quest to become a Sage and save the world from an evil darkness. The game is being developed by High Impact Games, the team behind that Ratchet & Clank PSP games, so it...
News Playstation 3 Firmware 2.70 Is Launched, Includes 16-Player Text Chat
Playstation 3 firmware 2
70 has finally arrived (as it was rumoured to this week) and includes a host of new features. You now have the ability to create text chat parties from the XMB and invite your friends. These text chat parties can be used while in game and can include up to 16 people. The firmware update also allows you to backup movies...
News Life Sentence For The Man Who Murdered "Playstation Obsessed" Partner
62-year old Malcolm Palmer has been sentenced to life after stabbing his partner, Carol Cannom to death in front of their son
Palmer admitted to murder and received a sentence of at least 14 years. The man from Lincolnshire, UK, was said to have cited his partner's obsession with Playstation as the reason for his relationship's deterioration, and...
News SCEA Reckon The PS2 Will Steal Market Share From The Wii, Analysts Predict 30% More Sales
The Playstation 2 is now $99
99 in the USA</a>. Sony have confirmed they are targeting the product directly against the Wii, noting both systems have "similar customers". In an economic crisis, and considering the variety of games on offer, it's a shrewd business move for Sony to make. However, we can't help but think they're a bit...
