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News Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time Becomes The Fastest Selling Game In The Franchise
Congrats!
It may have failed to set the charts alight, but that's not stopped Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time from becoming the fastest selling game in the franchise. In their latest Full Moon podcast, the Insomniac team herald the game as the fastest selling title in the franchise, impressive seeing as Ratchet games in general have seen over...
News The Playstation 2 Finally Launches In, Erm, Brazil
Hey Brazilian readers
Fancy a slice of last-generation gaming? Know that the Playstation 2 has just launched in your region. So what if it's almost 10 years late, eh? It's not going to be cheap mind, the console will run at R$799 ($445) and games R$119 ($66) and R$99 ($55). The high prices are due to tax according to 1Up.
News Hirai "Confident" Sony Will Shift 13million PS3s This Year
Sony Computer Entertainment boss-man Kaz Hirai is "confident" Sony will shift 13 million Playstation 3's by the end of the fiscal year in March, 201o
Global reported sales for the first two quarters of this year stand at 4.3 million, but sales have been through the roof since then. Whilst 13 million seems like a far-away estimate, we must all...
News Blue Toad Murder Files Looks Like It Might Be Brilliant
You've got to love the style of Relentless' games
The team most synonymous with the Buzz! franchise have just released a teaser trailer for their upcoming PSN detective game Blue Toad Murder Files. The game's set to release near to Christmas. We absolutely can't wait to check it out.
News Advertising To Wipeout HD Returns, Still Causes Load Problems
Remember when Sony removed the advertising from PSN racer Wipeout HD due to fan's concerns over load times? Well, we're afraid to report that those ads are back - and are still causing load problems
A patch bringing the game up to version 2.10 claims to fix loading problems while delivering adverting content. So far, so fine? However, Joystiq...
A little earlier today, a slide on a Sony business presentation seemed to suggest that the company planned to start charging subscriptions for the Playstation Network
Kaz Hirai (via VG247) quashed these reports, ensuring that the PSN is to remain free to use, with subscriptions for "premium content" to be introduced.SCE will further...
News Sony Shoots For Catch-All Playstation Network Service
Sony said a while back that they planned to make all their products compatible with the Playstation Store
The company have further reinforced that aim today, with further details of a united Sony Online Service. According to a Sony presentation delivered this morning, Sony plan to use the same core infrastructure as the Playstation Store to deliver...
News European Playstation Movie Store To Get 50+ New Films Each Week
Having had chance to browse around the Playstation Video Store this morning, we have to say we are very impressed
The pricing is more than reasonable and the range of content on offer is already staggering. It's a flawless update from the folks at SCEE, and we have to congratulate them on that. But with 2000 movies already on offer from the service,...
News Playstation 3 Sales Up 70% In The USA, PSN Downloads Up 60%
When we look back on the Playstation 3 in years to come, we may just consider the announcement of the PS3 Slim a turning-point for the system
Sony have announced that the PS3's October performance in the US is up 70% on 2008. That's not all though, as PSN downloads have also increased by 60%, with October seeing more revenue from the service than...
News Sony To Bring 3D Gaming To Playstation 3 By 2011
A stealthy announcement discovered in the latest Sony press release (via the Examiner) hints that Sony are to introduce fully featured 3D gaming to the Playstation 3 by 2011
The press release, which details Sony's 3D plans, hints at "3D gaming on PlayStation 3 in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011." It seems like the industry, and...
News The ESRB Out A2M's Revenge Of The Wounded Dragons
The developers behind WET, A2M, trademarked the title Revenge Of The Wounded Dragons a while back
Now information from the ESRB hints that the title is almost ready for announcement. With publisher Sony Online Entertainment on board, the title will likely be a PSN-exclusive and sounds a lot like a Double Dragon inspired game."This is a 2D...
News Hello Playstation 3 Firmware 3.10!
So, firmware 3
10</a> is totally now available for download when you boot up your Playstation 3. The firmware update allows you to sync your trophy achievement status with Facebook, aswell as providing improved Photo navigation in the XMB and coloured trophy cards. We've tried out the Facebook thing and it totally works. It's pretty cool...
News Hello Playstation Portable Firmware 6.20!
It's a firmware day today
You might have guessed. You might not have. Either way, we can confirm that PSP firmware 6.20 is now available. The update adds the ability to import and export video and photo playlists from an updated version of Media Go, but the big deal is the new "Extras" icon on the XMB. This will pave the way for the...
News The European Playstation Store Now Includes Video Content...
.. And that means, like, right now! Trust us, we checked. There are an absolute ton of movies to buy or rent (in SD or HD). To be precise, more than 2000 movies are available. It's a pretty impressive roll out from SCEE, and a service we're looking forward to using. Renting a movie in HD costs around the £4-mark in the UK, with SD a bit cheaper...
News LittleBigPlanet Hits 1.3million User Created Levels
User generated levels in Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet have now hit 1
3million. That's a whopping amount of content to get through - and even if 99% of it is rubbish, still leaves 1,300 good levels to check out. Speaking at the Montreal Game Summit, lead architect Paul Holden said, The figures are obviously changing daily. The last figures I...
News PSP Comics Service Coming To Japan On December 10th
Sony have dated the Playstation Portable comics service to those people in Japan
A firmware update will be available on November 19th, upgrading the PSP to 6.20 a few weeks ahead of the service's launch on December 10th. For the Japanese store, individual comics will cost between ¥50-150 (USD$0.55-$1.70), while collections will run for the uniform...
News Media Molecule Want To Share Playstation 3 Memory Tool With Other Developers
During the development of LittleBigPlanet, Media Molecule developed a tool entitled HeapMon, which allowed software to manage numerous requests of the PS3's hardware memory
Media Molecule now want to make that tool available to other developers, so long as Sony agree. Speaking at the Montreal Game Summit, Media Molecule lead architect Paul Holden...
News Facebook Hits The Playstation 3... Today, Y'All!
If you're desperate to share your trophy earning escapades with those on your Facebook account, then fear not: Firmware 3
10 is launching "sometime" today, featuring all the functionality we detailed yesterday. Of course, that also means that today is the end of horribly ugly friends lists.
News European Vidzone Release Dates Announced
It's easy to forget while we're dancing around to Glockenpop that other regions across Europe are yet to receive the Playstation 3's Vidzone application yet
Worry not though Europeans. The service is on its way. In fact, here's a list of the where and whens. November 23: Austria, The Netherlands, and Portugal December 3: Denmark, Finland, Norway...
News Sucker Punch Are Hiring A Network Programmer, Adding Online Support To Next Game
With the recent recasting of Cole McGrath, it certainly seems likely that Sucker Punch are currently working on a follow-up to their hit open-world title inFamous
Even more interesting though, is the company's posting of a job position, which requires a network programmer who has "experience building on-line components of video games." If...
News Cross Game Chat Is Almost Definitely Coming To The Playstation 3
So, the Playstation Network's product manager James Thorpe (via TSA) probably just made himself the most popular person on the t'Internet
Overstatement, perhaps, but in a comment on the Playstation.Blog he's made hints that Cross Game Chat is coming to the Playstation 3. He writes on the blog, I wish I could just give you a date, I really...
News Japan To Get A Kingdom Hearts Themed Playstation Portable
How do you guarantee the sale of lots of PSPs? You put Kingdom Hearts stickers on it and sell it alongside the upcoming Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep
This special PSP-3000 will be available from January 9th for 22,000 Yen.
News Buzz! Developer Dude Reckons Home Is Hitting Its Stride Right About... Now
The executive director of Relentless Games, Andrew Eades, reckons Playstation Home is totally not for him
"Home doesn't appeal to me personally that much," he told VideoGamer.com. Bad news? Not quite, as Eades reckons Home is just starting to reach its potential. He reckons that Sony should focus on " the tools to allow people to...
News Sony Announce Firmware 3.10 With Facebook Integration Coming Soon
We told you it was coming
Now Sony has announced it on the Playstation.Blog. Firmware 3.10 is "coming soon" and will include full Facebook integration. Given this is a feature Microsoft has been touting as a "system-seller" for the XBOX 360 over the past few months, it must be a kick in the teeth that Sony announce the...
News Konami Confirms Metal Gear Solid For European Playstation Store Release This Thursday
Hurah-guzzah and all that
Kojima's mainstream master-piece, Metal Gear Solid, will see release (at long last) on the European Playstation Store this Thursday. Konami say the game will cost £7.99, and of course, it'll be playable on either Playstation 3 or PSP. Konami also say that Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops and its sequel - Portable Ops + -...
News Playstation 3 Continues To Lead The Japanese Sales Charts
When the PS3 Slim launched, many expected the Playstation 3 to lead the charts for a couple of weeks and then drop away
But Sony's HD system has held onto its place at the top of the Japanese charts, even managing to beat out Nintendo's DSi this week. Combined sales of the PSP and PSPgo also managed to beat out Nintendo's handheld system for the...
News Conflict Of Interests: More Dodgy Metal Headed To God Of War III, Dream Theater Say "Hello"
Dream Theater - a band we're absolutely going to judge by the photo embedded above - are to lend their heavy metal audio talents to Sony's upcoming God Of War III
They'll be writing and recording a brand new instrumental for the game. No doubt it will have big chugging guitars and whatnot. So, Dream Theater and Trivium are now on board. We hate...
News Worry Not SingStars - There's A Patch On The Way
There's a patch headed to Sony's karaoke title, SingStar, according to the European Playstation Blog
The patch is going through QA right now, and is due for release on December 1st. It'll fix a ton of problems caused by Patch 4.20, like stopping the game from deleting SingStore DLC off your HDD, etc.
News What About SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3's Multiplayer Options, Then?
The Playstation Blog has multiplayer details for the upcoming SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3
The game will feature 16-player competitive multiplayer across eight maps and seven modes. So, lots of stuff. The modes - which can be played locally or online - include "Leader Mode" where the team designate a captain and "Tug Of War", a...
News adHoc Party Finally Goes Western, Launching In The US & EU This Month
Thank goodness for that
Sony has finally announced that adHoc Party - the Playstation 3 application that allows you to play adHoc PSP games over the Internet - is finally coming to the USA and Europe. Essentially, the application allows you to "trick" your PSP into thinking there are other players in the room, making games like Gran...
News Sony: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Has Sold Over One Million
Sony of America's VP of Business Development Phil Rosenberg has announced that "as of last week, we've already sold over a million copies [of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves] in just a couple weeks on the market
" So they're not Modern Warfare 2 numbers (they should be?) but, let's be honest, that game is very much a freak case. With the October...
News Artist Lists Resistance 3 Work On His Resume
We assume we already know about Resistance 3 thanks to "that billboard," but if you wanted further confirmation, you should have looked at artist Ben Mauro's LinkedIn profile yesterday
Joystiq report that while the information has since been conveniently removed, Mauro listed work on "R3" at Insomniac Games through the months of March...
News October NPD: Uncharted 2: Among Theives Tops Charts, Playstation 3 Beats Out XBOX 360
Another NPD results post, another month, another fanboy war (we assume)
America's console and games sales charts are in. And they make for minor interesting reading. The Playstation 3's sales are down this month (after a mammoth month in September, that's to be expected) but Sony's high-definition system still managed to beat out Microsoft's XBOX...
News Eurogamer "Confirm" Facebook Is Heading To The Playstation 3
Being the biggest online video games publication in Europe means one thing to PushSquare: that we trust Eurogamer when they have unnamed sources
Those sources are confirming today that, as speculated yesterday, Facebook is indeed headed to the Playstation 3. According to Eurogamer, there will be more information on this "very shortly." Is...
News Motorbikes May Make An Appearance In Gran Turismo 5
So just to further confirm that everything except the kitchen sink is going into Gran Turismo 5, there are fresh reports this morning that Polyphony's racing simulator might include, erm, motorbikes
In all honesty, it's just an off-the-cuff remark from GT godfather Kazunori Yamauchi, in which he states that, If thats what users really want in...
News Playstation Motion Control Being Treated As A "Platform"
Playstation 3's studio boss Mike Denny reckons the Playstation Motion Controller is being treated as a platform by Sony
In an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Denny said of the Playstation Motion Controller: The motion control system were putting in place going forward is were treating as more of a platform." Youre right that here in...
News Sony Survey Yummy Potential PSPgo Colour Variants
Seems like Sony are planning some flashy new colours for the PSPgo range
A Destructoid reader was invited to take a survey regarding new colours in the UK. As you can see, there are a lot of yummy colours on the survey. Personally we'd go for the more "out-there" ones, such as Coral and Turqouise. But knowing how boring people are, we...
Rumour Facebook Coming With Next Playstation 3 Firmware Update
That's a nice selling point you had there for a few weeks Microsoft
Looks like it's not going to remain exclusive for long though, as rumours mount that Facebook will join the realm of Playstation 3 features with the next Firmware Update. Images were originally posted by ScrawlFX, clearly showing Facebook integration aswell as coloured trophy cards...
News Watch God Of War II's QA Tester Give You Some Expert Advice
Stephen Peterson knows his God Of War, and thus he'd like to give you some advice on how to get the "15 Minute Fight Scene" trophy in the upcoming God Of War Collection
The game launches next week and if you've had a little break from God Of War for a while, Stephen's advice might be paramount in helping you get those two platinums.
News Golden Playstation 3 Looks Lovely & Golden
Colorware are crazy
Crazy but so, so cool. They intend to drop five PS3 Slims into 24k gold. Why? Because it looks great. Colorware intend to only produce five. We want one.
News Yamauchi Comments On Gran Turismo 5 Track Editor
Man, do you really have to pick at Gran Turismo Godfather Kazunori Yamauchi's words to get any hint of a story
GTPlanet have picked up on the wording of an answer Kaz gave during an interview with IGN regarding GT5's rumoured track editor. In the interview, IGN staffer Ryan Geddes asks if a track editor would make Gran Turismo 5's dev
News The Killzone 2 Soundtrack Is Now Available On iTunes
Finally we can live out our fantasy in which we pretend to have orange eyes and march around a dark, stormy environment listening to the sounds of Killzone 2
How? By downloading the soundtrack from iTunes. The soundtrack was performed in the Abbey Road Studios, London (so you know it's good) and features 74 minutes of epic, jaw-grindingly intense...
News Playstation Network Scheduled Maintenance Planned For... Erm... Tomorrow
So, erm, Sony have announced some scheduled maintenance for, erm, tomorrow
Don't bite our heads off, we know what tomorrow is. We're just the messengers. The downtime will take place between 8AM and 11AM GMT and is promised to only affect PSN sign-in for roughly 15 minutes (so not to a big a deal). On the plus side, the European Playstation Blog are...
Rumour Killzone 3 Confirmed, On Track For 2011
According to Eurogamer
de</a>, Guerrilla Games' epic shooting franchise is all but confirmed to return in 2011. According to them, animation director Jan-Bart Van Beek was on a Dutch TV show in which he confirmed the existence of Killzone 3 and a targeted release date of 2011. He was probably all like, "Yo, I work for Guerrilla Games and...
News Sony Franchise Pinball Games On The Way, Apparently
A leak from the ESRB suggests that Sony are planning some Playstation Portable themed pinball games based on the artwork from High Velocity Bowling, Hot Shots Golf, PAIN and, most surprisingly, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
There are no real details on the games as yet aside from the ESRB's related descriptions. For the Uncharted themed game they...
News Playstation Hardware Accounts For Over Half Of The Japanese Sales Charts This Week
It may have only been on store shelves for one day, put the PSPgo still managed to shift 29,109 units on its Japanese launch
Couple that with solid figures for the existing PSP (34,911) and continued strength of the Playstation 3 platform (36,061) and you have some real solid numbers for Sony in Japan this week. Nintendo's DSi continued to head the...
News Valve Employee Commits Fanboy Suicide, Labels Playstation 3 Community Inferior
Look Valve, we get it
You're bad programmers who can't be bothered to learn a more complicated platform. You make the majority of your cash from Microsoft backhanders, so they can tout the "exclusivity" of your games which aren't even exclusive in the first place. Guys, we know about it, we've heard you tell us. What we really don't take...
News First Footage Of Netflix On Playstation 3
Youtube user Otimus is one of the first people to get their hands on Netflix on the Playstation 3
His Netflix disc arrived today, and naturally, he set about capturing footage of the new software in use right away. According to Otimus there are some issues with the service, like video only rendering at 480p, but we'll put any problems down to...
News Reggie Fils-Aime Not Phased By Playstation 3 Sales Performance
What a difference a few months can make
Way back in April we posted Nintendo exec Reggie Fils-Aime's statement that "there's nothing nice to say about Playstation 3". Now we're sitting here in November, and Fils-Aime is being asked questions on Nintendo's performance, as the Playstation 3 currently dominates worldwide. Asked in particular...
News LittleBigPlanet PSP Hits UK Systems November 20th
We know what you're thinking
You're thinking, "Do-do-do-doo-doo." That's ok though, we are too. SCEE have confirmed to CVG this morning that the PSP version of LittleBigPlanet will hit UK PSPs this November 20th. Yo, that's not far away folks.
