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News The Last Guardian's Ueda: "This Generation Is About Expressing Ideas"
Sony really are very lucky to have one of the biggest innovators in video games working exclusively for their platform
The man behind Shadow Of The Colossus and Ico, Fumito Ueda, is currently working on The Last Guardian. And speaking to Famitsu, Ueda has confirmed his ideal that "this generation is about expressing ideas".As a creator,...
News Playstation 3 & Wii Locked In Home Console Sales Supremacy Bout In Japan
Since the PS3 Slim released the PS3 has seen a steady sales boost that's now starting to level out
The Wii also recently saw its price cut in recent weeks. The result is a heated contest for supremacy in which the Playstation 3 managed to win this week by just 155 units. We're sure things are only going to get closer next week. The sales figures for...
News LocoRoco Heads Home In A Flush Of Bright Colours
Sony are readying a new Playstation Home space to coincide with the launch of LocoRoco Midnight Carnival in Japan this November
The Home space will feature a number of "gimmicks" that will make it feel more unique then any other Home spaces to date report AndriaSang.
News Prepare Your 2054 Diaries For White Knight Chronicles 2
We're still waiting for White Knight Chronicles
But that's not stopping Sony and Level 5 from pimping the upcoming sequel, White Knight Chronicles: Awakening Of Light & Darkness. The sequel is set directly after events of the first game, depicting Leonard and his allies in a world of chaos. So far so cliche right? There'll be tons of new areas,...
News PS3 Slim Interest Declines Somewhat In Japan, Still Dominates The Home Console Market
Ever since the PS3 Slim's launch day, sales for Sony's home console hardware have declined slightly
This week sees the Slim settle just below the 40,000 mark, still a reasonable number for Sony given a slow software week and previous performances. Sony will want to see the Slim even out at some point, perhaps around the 25,000 to 30,000 weekly sales...
News Team Ico Man Having A Meeting To Discuss Colossus PS3 Ports, Will Be Involved In The Movie
Kotaku published a rather interesting and candid chat with Team Ico's lead man, Fumito Ueda last week
In that piece there were two mega-tons, of kind, for fans. Firstly, Ueda dropped hints that he would have involvement in the recently announced Shadow Of The Colossus movie. The game, which was a technical masterpiece for the Playstation 2, followed...
News Playstation 3 Sales Remain Strong In Japan
Another week at the top for the effectively relaunched Playstation 3 system this week, as Japanese sales dropped just 8% and still cruise at the 50,000+ sweet spot
Sony must be delighted with the bump they've seen from effectively remarketing the PS3 at the start of this month. They'll need to see it continue though; the inclusion of a Gran Turismo...
News TGS 09: Q-Games Somewhat Peeved With Sony
Q-Games, the developers behind the PixelJunk games, are a little disgruntled with Sony of Japan
On his Twitter page, company big-wig Dylan Cuthbert has expressed his displeasure with Sony's treatment of their upcoming PSP port of PSN title PixelJunk Monsters. He wrote:I'm pretty annoyed that Sony Japan put Crystal Defenders PSP on their booth at TGS...
News TGS 09: White Knight Chronicles: Awakening Of Light and Darkness Is Revealed
We might not have White Knight Chronicles yet, but that hasn't stopped Level 5 from teasing sequel White Knight Chronicles: Awakening Of Light and Darkness
There's no real details on the game as of yet, although there is a trailer in the wilderness at the moment that we're desperately trying to track down. Until then, know that a sequel to WKC is on...
News Potential TGS Show Stealer: The Last Guardian Spotted On Show Floor
So you're going to need razor sharp eyes to see it
You're going to need to have a whole lot of hope on your side. And you're going to need to keep your fingers crossed for the next 11 or so hours, but we swear we just saw The Last Guardian in this TGS sneak peak video from GameVideos. Dude. It has to be there right? Right? We'll find out...
News Details On Sony's Kaz Hirai Fronted Tokyo Game Show Keynote
Tokyo Game Show 2009 kicks off soon
And it ain't started until Sony have had their press conference. What is building to be the third big Sony press conference in less than five months kicks off tomorrow morning at 10:30AM local time. Thats 2.30am BST, 3.30am CET, 6.30pm PST and 9.30pm EST. Expect to wake up to all the news tomorrow morning as we...
News The Last Guardian Named To Appeal To The West, Studio Japan Boss Urges Japan To Think Western
The VP of Sony's Japan Studio, Yasuhide Kobayashi, has urged Japanese developers to think Western
The man leading the ambitious The Last Guardian project told game makers at the DICE Asia summit to go Western or die.There are so many issues we have to solve, and the biggest challenge is that the market in Japan is shrinking they key is gaining...
News GamesCom 09: White Knight Chronicles Trailers Are Always Epic
We think it's a theme that White Knight Chronicles trailers have to be uber-epic
This latest one from GamesCom introduces you to a number of the game's cast, set to lovely strumming acoustic guitars and fiddles. Note: the game looks amazing.
News GamesCom 09: Sony Announce New Playstation 3, The PS3 Slim, Coming September 1st At Lower Price
After months and months of hype, the PS3 Slim has finally been announced
The new Playstation system from Sony is 33 percent smaller, 36 percent lighter and 34 percent more energy efficient. The system packs all the functionality of the current Playstation 3 models including the Blu-Ray player and a 120GB HDD. Sony have reduced the price of the...
News "Traditional" Playstation 3 Stock Continues To Dry Up Around Japan
We're pretty sure someone, somewhere is enjoying the joke: "that's the first time you'll see the words 'Sold Out' attached to a Playstation 3"
Alas, that's exactly what's happening around the world as Playstation 3 stock continues to dry out. Numerous retailers around Japan are reporting that they are completely sold out of Playstation 3 stock. One...
News Afrika Goes Budget In Japan, We Still Really Want It
Japan are to get a bunch of budget titles this September
Included in those titles is one of our most anticipated (don't ask) Afrika. We so want that game. Anyway, those who are curious about the lineup of titles, hit the jump. AfrikaSept. 3¥2,980 UnchartedSept. 3¥2,980 LittleBigPlanetSept. 3¥2,980 Gundam: Target In SightSept. 3¥2,980 Eternal...
News Off The Cuff Famitsu Report Hints At A White Knight Chronicles Sequel
White Knight Chronicles isn't out here yet, but it was a big success in Japan when it launched earlier in the year over there
No surprises then to see Kotaku pick up on a flippant remark from Famitsu magazine suggesting "a sequel is being made". And that's honestly all we know. But you don't really get a better source than Famitsu.
News Japanese Playstation Store Embrace PC Engine Releases
Not being content with having an enormous selection of old Playstation games on the Japanese store, SCEJ have committed Playstation Network support for PC Engine games too
Four PC Engine games have been confirmed for the Japanese PSN: Bomberman '94, New Adventure Island, Sengoku Mahjong and Devil's Crush. They retail at around 600 yen which is a...
News Downloadable Comics Coming To The Playstation Portable
Remember a few months back when Sony made hints at bringing comics to the PSP? Well today that service was announced in Japan
There's no word of a release date or the type of content to expect, just that comics will be coming to the PSP and will be downloaded from the Playstation Store. We expect the service will eventually launch in the West...
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 Kaz Hirai: No Regrets Over Blu-Ray
We're at the point of this generation where the platform holders can look back on their systems and question any mistakes that may have been made along the way
Faulty hardware for Microsoft, Wii Music for Nintendo, but what about Sony? The blu-ray player perhaps? Kaz Hirai - Sony's head honcho - thinks not:"Purely from a gaming standpoint there...
E3 2009 New White Knight Chronicles Trailer Is Like A Fairy Tale
The last White Knight Chronicles trailer reminded us of a fairy tale
The new White Knight Chronicles trailer reminds us a bit of a fairy tale. The game may have been on the shelf since 2006, but it's finally getting an English release fairly soon. In fact, it seems like Sony want to give this quite a big push. As with anything we're posting about at...
News This Is How You Promote The Retail Version Of The Last Guy
Out in Akihabara, Japan today, Sony held an outdoor food stall with demo versions of their Playstation 3 game The Last Guy
The reason? To promote the retail launch of the game. We can't think of a better way, can you?
News The Last Guy Trophies Coming To The USA Tomorrow
The Last Guy, a quirky top-down "avoid-the-monster" romp that appeared on the PSN last year will be getting trophies as of tomorrow
There'll be 15 trophies in all to collect along with the promise of 8 further trophies included in an upcoming DLC pack. The DLC pack will feature three new stages but no price has yet been set.
News Remember Evangelion On Playstation 3? Well, It's A News Reading Service!
We posted a few days ago about a teaser included in the Blu-Ray edition of an Evangelion anime pointing towards a PS3 game
Well, we're afraid to say, it's not a game. Take a breath for a second. For ¥800 a month, starting June 6, Japanese PS3 owners can get a 3D news reader for their system which features Misato from Evangelion. Yes, news! But...
News Evangelion Title Heading To The Playstation 3
An ad on the back of a Japanese Blu-Ray release for anime Evangelion has confirmed the series is heading to the Playstation 3 via Cellius - the joint company between SCE and Namco Bandai
There's not really much more to say at the moment, but we'll keep you informed as news breaks.
News echochrome Gets A Major Patch
echochrome is getting a pretty sizable upgrade in Japan this week
The update will include Playstation Eye support and a brand-new, public space for user-created levels. The public space sounds really cool. Alas we haven't a clue why this game needs Playstation Eye support.
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...
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.
