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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 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 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.
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 Rock Band Unplugged Detailed, Priced, Bundled, Trailered & Dated
Rock Band Unplugged is coming to the PSP
As you can see from the above trailer, it certainly looks like Rock Band. It plays a bit more like Amplitude, mind. The game will be released in Europe and America on June 9th. No word on a European price yet, but it will cost $39.99 in the USA. Alongside the games launch will be a limited edition PSP...
News Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This? Coming To PSN "Soon"
The Playstation Blog have just revealed that Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman
What Did I Do To Deserve This?</a> is on its way to the Playstation Store. The game is a mix of Dig Dug and Dungeon Keeper. You must protect the villain, Badman, from coming into contact with the good-guys who naturally want him dead. In order to do this you dig, and...
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...
News Sony Whining About The Nintendo DSi
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 reaching a broader,...
News Sony Assume A 10-15% Sales Rise For Both PSP and PS3 This Year
Sony just dropped the price of the Playstation 2 and expect it to eat into some of the Wii's market share
Not content with those figures, they also expect the Playstation 3 and PSP to see a boost."We had our largest sales year ever last year, and we'd look to go about 10-15 percent north of that this year," said John Koller, head of SCEA...
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...
Feature Why Doesn't The PSP Have Trophies Yet?
Here in PushSquare towers, we're currently playing the PSP version of Buzz
: Brain Of The UK</a> [expect a review in the next couple of days - Ed]. One thing we noticed was the way the game has it's own inbuilt trophy system. It's a theme that's shared by other PSP games; Resistance Retribution and No Gravity: The Plague Of The Mind spring to...
News Project V To Be Revealed At This Years E3
SCEE have partnered with development studio "Just Add Water" to create a brand new, downloadable, Playstation Network game for both PS3 and PSP
"Project V" will mark the first time a simultaneous PSP/PS3 PSN release. Keep your eyes peeled at this years E3 for more.
News Sony Prepare To Make Big Global Announcement This Tuesday
Do you know what day it is on Tuesday? March 31st
Not mean anything to you? It's the end of Sony's fiscal year. It's where they look at all the profits, look at all the losses and start again. Both Kotaku and Smarthouse have received word from the international powerhouse that an announcement regarding the Playstation brand is imminent. The rumour...
News GDC '09: LittleBigPlanet Scoops Four Awards
LittleBigPlanet continued its award winning success by scooping four awards at last nights Game Developers Choice Awards
The game scored brownie points for its innovation, technology, game design and debut. The latter of which caused Media Molecule's recipient to claim, "Best new debut? We've been doing this for 20 years!" Sackboy's...
News Dylan Jobe Leaves Incognito And Starts Up A New Playstation Studio
The director of Warhawk, Dylan Jobe, has announced he has left Incognito Entertainment and taken some staff with him
The new studio, Lightbox Interactive, will be based in Austin, Texas. The new studio is in a multi-year contract with Sony to develop games for "the Playstation family of platforms" — so you need not worry about...
Feature GDC '09: Sony Playstation Wishlist
We're not entirely sure how much will get announced at this years GDC
Usually the really big announcements are saved for E3, with smaller announcements at GDC. In 2007 Sony announced Playstation Home and LittleBigPlanet at GDC, as part of Sony's focus on "Game 3.0" — or community-focused, interactive gaming. This year we're not sure what...
News February NPD's Tell Same Old Story For Sony In The USA
The February NPD's are in and show great growth for the video game industry as a whole, which was up 10% on the predictions for the month
Killzone 2, which launched two days before the end of February, secured a mildly respectable 323,000 sales, losing out to Street Fighter IV which sold 403,000 on PS3 and 446,000 on the XBOX 360. The big seller, as...
News Sony Dominates The Japanese Software Sales Charts Yet Again
Playstation 3 has been kicking some ass in Japan lately
Literally. With the Wii floundering of late and the 360's lack of presence, the charts have been open to Sony domination for a few weeks now. This week is no different, with six Sony titles in the Japanese top ten. Resident Evil 5 slipped to second place after an amazing launch. It fell to the...
News UK Retailer Reckons The PS3, PSP Price Cut Is Coming Soon
We reported on a rumour yesterday that the PS3 is on the cusp of a price drop
An unnamed UK retailer agrees. The major highstreet retailer (cough: GAME) said on the subject:"It's been on the cards for a while," they said, "but manufacturers are not in the habit of giving exact dates so as not to effect...
News Downloadable Comic Service Coming To The PSP
.. And the PSP onslaught keeps on coming. Retribution and Patapon 2 not enough? Of course not, Sony really wants you to fall in love with the PSP all over again. Downloadable comics might just be another new feature that sweetens the deal. The above video was sent out as part of a SCEE survey, gauging whether people would like to pay for the...
Feature Five Reasons Resistance Retribution's Campaign Is The Best In The Series So Far
It seems odd crowning Resistance Retribution, a game not developed by series creator Insomniac Games, as the best in the series
However we are fastly being converted to the idea that the PSP iteration of the popular shooter really is the best in the series. Yesterday we gave the game 4 Squares in our review. Naturally, the multiplayer doesn't...
News Edible PSP's Sound Deliciously Edible
Who wouldn't want to eat a super-sour PSP right? "PSP Sours" are an official SCEA licensed product, containing in a PSP steel shaped tin small sweeties in the form of round Triangles, Circles, X's and Squares
Probably deemed to be US-only we'd love to get our hands on one of these. We could put them next to our Wii Remote Pez dispenser.
News SCE UK's Senior VP Ray Maguire Basically Says "No UMD In PSP2"
Whether it's called PSP2 or PSP-4000, we basically know it's coming
There has been so much rumour about the PSP these past few weeks, we can't believe they're all false. Particularly the one where David Perry said there was going to be no UMD drive. Seems SCE UK's VP Ray Maguire agrees. In a round-about way at least. Speaking with...
News Sony Dominate 49.9% Of The Japanese Hardware Market Last Week
The release of Yakuza 3 should put an end to Sony doom-slaying
The PS3 continues to sell very well despite the economy and its high price tag. SEGA's Yakuza 3 is the latest game to prove that Sony's console can shift units, with 372,000 copies sold in its first week. Naturally this had an effect on the Playstation 3's overall sales, where it...
News Playstation 3 Breaks 2 Million Sales In UK, PSP 3 Million
Just shy of its second year on the market the PS3 has broken the 2 million sales barrier
"It's a premium product, so therefore it costs a premium price, and that does give us issues in terms of the expected sell-through that analysts and the media want," explains Sony Computer Entertainment UK's Ray Maguire, "but actually when you...
News Japan's February Charts Are Dominated By PSP
PSP really is making a comeback
There are the PSP-4000 rumours alongside tons of new game announcements and now comes the news that Sony are kicking some metaphorical butt in the land of the rising sun. According to Famitsu, PSP dominated the February software charts with four games taking place in the top ten. Hit the jump to see what they are. 1...
News Even More PSP2 Rumours Surface
We've been hearing a lot about PSP2 lately
Actually what we're hearing about sounds more like a PSP-4000, a radical redesign of the existing PSP platform. After the rumours that the new PSP was going to be without a UMD, we've heard numerous speculation all around the Internet. Eurogamer are the latest to comment, suggesting Sony have dropped the...
News Sony Want More PSP Grand Theft Auto Games Please Rockstar
John Koller, head of Sony's PSP hardware marketing in the US wants more Grand Theft Auto on Sony's portable venture
Speaking with MTV Multiplayer, he said:No one should sleep on that franchise. Thats a tremendous franchise for PlayStation in general. Weve had two that are the top two sellers on PSP right now. So, theres definitely continued...
News Sony Launch Irritating PSP Advertising "Campaign"
You may have heard the PSP is back
With Rock Band, Motorstorm and LittleBigPlanet on their way and fresh PSP2 rumours, there's no reason to not be excited. In fact Sony think it's time everyone should be excited. So they've launched a new ad campaign via YouTube. The premise is, you make a vide
News Sony Doesn't Say No To UMD-less PSP
Earlier this week we reported on a rumour that the PSP2 was to have no UMD drive
When MTV approached SCEA's PSP marketing head John Koller with the rumours his response was:"I can't comment either way... I will reiterate that the digital component is very important to us. That's all we can say at this point."</blockquote> E3 2009 +...
News Sony Politely Say "Playstation Palmar Hidradenitis" Is Bollocks
Talking to trade magazine MCV, Sony said of the Daily Telegraph's "research": "We would not wish to belittle this research and we will study the findings with interest, but this is the first time we have ever heard of a complaint of this nature
"</blockquote> The Sony spokesman concluded "with any leisure pursuit there are possible...
Acclaim developer David Perry reckons the PSP2 won't have a UMD drive
Writing on his Twitter and Facebook accounts he claimed:"I hear Sony FINALLY has the PSP 2. And thank goodness, they've removed the stupid battery-sucking UMD disc drive. I'm excited!"</blockquote> If true, then it's likely all future PSP games will be downloaded...
News There Are 20 Million PSN Users In The World
Sony's stat people have been quick to pimp today that 20 million people are signed up and active with their free online gaming service, Playstation Network
Sony also said that over $180 million has been spent by PSN users on more than 380 million different pieces of digital content. Theoretically, the more systems Sony sell, the more registrations...
News Assassin's Creed & Rock Band Unplugged PSP-Bound
Ubisoft have confirmed they will bring their hit franchise Assassin's Creed to the PSP this year
The game will also receive a "piano black" themed PSP bundle when it releases. Among the other big franchises to get a PSP announcement is Rock Band. According to developers Primotech the game will play much like Harmonix's classic, Frequency.
News LittleBigPlanet Getting a PSP Release
This won't be a surprise to many but, Sony have finally announced that Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet is coming to the PSP
Being developed "in conjunction" with Media Molecule the game promises plenty of new content to play, share and create on the go. We're kinda hoping that levels created on the PS3 version will still work on the PSP,...
News Motorstorm Arctic Edge Coming To The PSP & PS2
Motorstorm Arctic Edge has been confirmed for the Playstation Portable and Playstation 2
The series is taking a turn to the "breathtaking yet lethal and unpredictable setting of Alaska". Arctic Edge is set for release this fall.
News Playstation Gets Its Own Dermatological Disease - "PlayStation Palmar Hidradenitis"
British rag The Daily Telegraph have coined a new medical disease for those who play Playstation too much - "PlayStation palmar hidradenitis"
Based on one singular case, the constantly wonderful "press" outlet have decided it will increase circulation numbers is time to publish yet more anti-video game propaganda. This time relating to...
News Are Sony Hiring Testers For A "New Gaming Machine"?
Are Sony Hiring Testers For A "New Gaming Machine"? According to Gamespot they are, who have discovered a job listing on Sony Of Japans website
According to translation the job listing advertises an "evaluator of a new game machine in the PSP series". It goes on to say applicants will "be part of an advisory staff that will play...
News High Impact Games Working On New PSP Title?
The team behind the excellent Ratchet & Clank PSP titles are supposedly working on a new PSP game
As scratted up by our friends over at Playstation Lifestyle the resume of sound designer Haroon Piracha lists "UNANNOUNCED PSP TITLE". Not so unannounced now, eh? Well, as always with things like this we recommend a hefty pinch of salt. A...
First Impressions Resistance Retribution on Playstation Portable
We're big fans of the Resistance series
We thoroughly enjoyed the slow-paced gameplay of Fall Of Man and loved the scale of Resistance 2. Hearing that the series was making it's way to the PSP we were mildly excited but somewhat sceptical. How the hell can they port a game like Resistance to the PSP? It's been done with mixed response. Resistance...
News Sony Begin To Power In Japan -- Occupy The Top Four Of The Charts (No Nintendo)
Many believe Sony's Playstation 3 will temporarily overtake Nintendo Wii sales for at least a week in the coming month or so
With Street Fighter IV, Yakuza 3 and Resident Evil 5 all poised to release and White Knight Chronicles and Demon Souls already out it's certainly a strong Q1 lineup. So it's rewarding to see Sony dominate the Top 4 of the...
Feature The 9 Best Playstation Games To Play On A Snow Day
It's snowing here in England
Quite badly actually. Well enough for London's public transport to effectively shut down entirely. This means that some Briton's are getting a three-day weekend thanks to the disruption. What better way than to spend it gaming? Here are the games we recommend you spend your day playing: Ratchet & Clank: Tools Of...
News PS3 Sales 9% Down When Compared With 2007 Sales Of The Same Period
Sony have announced that 4
3 million PS3's were sold from October-December of 2008. In comparison to the same period in 2007 sales are down 9% (with Sony shifting 4.9 million consoles). The PSP was also down selling 5.08 million consoles compared to 2007's 5.76 million. Perhaps it is time for that price drop after all?
News Resistance Retribution on Playstation Portable Story Trailer
Meet Grayson and a host of new characters in this story trailer for upcoming PSP shooter Resistance Retribution
Colour us pretty darned excited for this one. Check out the video in higher quality here.
News Wipeout Pulse To Be Ported To The Playstation 2?
There's life in the ol' PS2 yet
Life enough for those weird PSP to Playstation 2 ports. Eurogamer claim Wipeout Pulse is the next PSP title to get, erm, upgraded to the big screen. Great news for some we presume. We'll be in the corner playing Wipeout HD, ta.
Feature Five Features The PSP2 Absolutely Must Have In Comparison To It's Predecessor
Fuelled by this mornings rumour that the PSP2 will have a touch screen, we have been compelled to compile a list of the five features that the PSP2 absolutely must have
We're not talking specifications or functionality here, we're talking back to basics design choices. A stronger library of games. While the PSP definitely has it's gems they are few...
News Super-Duper PSP2 To Have "Widescreen Multi-Touch Interface" Hint IGN
Blimey, that's a big rumour to wake up with your cornflakes to
According to IGN a "widescreen multi-touch interface" will be equipped in the upcoming PSP2. They conclude "it's on the horizon". And that's your scoop. No photos, no patents, no "a friend of a friend of a friend" sources. Given Sony's economic predicament,...
News Carnival Colours Coming To The Ol' PSP...
.. Only in Japan, mind. Which is a shame because we thought they looked a wee bit tasty. We think we'd prefer some actual western game releases rather than new hardware colours though. Still, they might be a nice import treat for someone.
News What's The Difference Between Resistance Retribution's Standard Mode & Infected Mode?
You may have heard that if you own a copy of Resistance 2 and upcoming PSP title Resistance Retribution you'll be able to "infect" your copy of the PSP game
But what difference does the infected mode have on the game? GameTrailers have a knocked up a video to show you. Remember, those who "infect" their copy of the PSP game will also...
News Resistance Retribution Boxart Pops Up
What do you think valued reader? We're actually rather fond of it
News Sony Playstation 3 E3 2008 Conference Thoughts & Opinions
Definitely the best show of the lot regardless of what anyone else thinks
If you think that the Final Fantasy announcement trumps that God Of War III trailer your eyes are deceiving you. If you think Gears Of War 2's online mode looked good then surely MAG's 256 player online mode trumps that. Not that I'm rendering Microsoft's show as...
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