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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...
News Get A Closer Look At The PSPGo, Non-Gaming Applications Possible
In this early look at the PSP Go, CNET talk to Playstation's Al De Leon where when pressed he concludes that downloadable content for the handheld "will mostly be games, but there's an opportunity to look at non-gaming applications
" He cites the lower development costs as a reason for this possibility. Personally we're more interested in the...
News Sony To Announce More On Their Motion Controller In Brighton Next Month
Brighton UK is a lovely place in July
There's Iced Tea and deck chairs and sunshine. And in 2009 only, there will be Sony's Playstation Motion Controller. As part of the Develop Conference, running from July 14-16th, SCEE's Kish Hirani will be giving more details on Sony's new motion controller. Exactly what will be announced is unknown, but either...
News Gran Turismo PSP Looks Kind Of Exceptional
Trust Polyphony Digital to absolutely blow away any expectations you may have for how a PSP game will look
Gran Turismo PSP looks like the most gorgeous thing ever to grace the handheld. October 1st can't come soon enough. Check out some more screens here.
News Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman! What Did I Do To Deserve This? Becomes A PSN Only Release
Holy Invasion Of Privacy, Badman
What Did I Do To Deserve This?</a> is probably one of the best titles for a video game that has ever been. It also looks immensely fun. Alas, those of you PSP owners without PSN accounts (are there any of you?) will be disappointed to hear that the game will be a download-exclusive when it releases in the near...
News Playstation To Sponsor Indie Bands You Probably Won't Like At Glastonbury
Another year, another Glastonbury, another stage, another Playstation sponsorship
Sony will be working with Q Magazine to provide entertainment on the Queen's Head stage which will feature music from the likes of Maximo Park and a load of other bands we've never really listened to. There'll be Singstar and stuff for those of you going to the...
News SOCOM: Confrontation 1.60 Adds A Load Of New Bits & Bobs
With SOCOM: Confrontation barely being workable until patch 1
50, it's nice to see the development team Slant Six expanding the experience for free for patient players. Patch 1.60 will add new Special Forces to the game: the Dutch KCT and the Italian COMSUBIN. So that means a ton of new heads, voices, outfits, weapons and more. Beyond that Slant Six...
News As Of Now There Are 25 Million Playstation Network Accounts
So here's a big figure for you to mull over whilst drinking your afternoon tea
There are 25 million Playstation Network accounts at the time of writing. That's rather a lot. Despite some people making more than one account for different regions, we're sure this all averages out at approximately one PSN account per Playstation 3 sold which is quite a...
News Playstation Motion Controller The Best For Core Experiences
We think Sony have been really smart with their Playstation Motion Controller
Obviously learning from some of the problems with the EyeToy and carefully observing the backlash served upon the Wii, Sony are constantly touting how the "core" gamer will enjoy the Playstation Motion Controls, as opposed to the more casual approach from both...
News Firmware 2.80 Stabilises Some Bits & Bobs, Does Nothing Much Else
We warned you yesterday that we doubted Firmware 2
80 would do anything particularly new</a> or amazing. We hope you didn't get your hopes up because we'd hate to have to say "told you so". The firmware update, which should be out sometime today, will improve the quality of playback to some Playstation 3 software. Stop weeping at the...
News Playstation Firmware Update 2.80 Available June 24th
Apparently confirming a series of rumours from throughout the day, ThatGamingSite are reporting that Firmware 2
80 for the Playstation 3 will be available at some point over the next 24 hours. While the update is reported to just be a minor fix, some are touting a "major feature" will be added. We say, don't get your hopes up and wait for...
News Polyphony Digital Promote Gran Turismo 5 Citro?n Supercar Around London
Perhaps lending some credence to that late 2009 Gran Turismo 5 release date, Polyphony Digital took their new GTbyCITROËN concept car to the streets of London, and recreated the track featured in Gran Turismo 5: Prologue
The GTbyCITROËN is the result of a partnership between Citroën and Polyphony, measuring 4.96 meters and just over a metre high,...
News Japan Get New Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G Bundles
If there's anyone in Japan without a copy of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, they may be pleased to know Sony are making the game that tiny bit harder to resist with the launch of two new bundles this July
The new Red and Blue PSPs are said "to match the image of the notorious monsters 'Teostra' and 'Lunastra' from the game". Check the red...
News Zipper Interactive Discuss The Reasons For A 256 Player Shooter
MAG is going to be a shooter on a massive scale
256 players is a big, big tally. In this video diary, the developers from Zipper Interactive talk a little more about how the player count will be managed and why they decided to choose such a large number of players. For some reason hype seems relatively low for this game. We hope Sony can manage to...
News Uncharted 2 Scoops Three "Best Of E3" Awards Including The Coveted Best Of Show
After E3 lots of really popular journalists all put their heads together and submit votes for a range of games in numerous categories
These votes are then compiled and represent the cream of the crop. According to the journalists, Sony's Uncharted 2: Among Thieves is at the very top of the pile, scooping three separate awards including the...
News Ghostbusters On Playstation 3 Debuts At Number 4 On The British Sales Charts
Despite complaints over its graphical capabilities, the European Sony timed-exclusive Ghostbusters: The Video Game has managed to chart at number 4 on the British sales charts
It's interesting because more often than not multiplatform games sell better on the XBOX 360, leaving PS3 versions further down the charts. Alas, all this proves is that...
News Capcom Aren't Dropping The Playstation Platform In A Hurry
Concerned gamers may be getting their panties in a twist over Activision's threats last week, but when asked by worried Capcom fans over the companies future with the Playstation brand, there was a resounding level of confidence from the major third-party publisher's community manager Shawn Baxter: "I dont see that happening [dropping the Playstation platform]
Monster Hunter has sold over 8.5 million on the PSP worldwide."</blockquote> Pretty much enough said then we think. Rather ironically the PS3 version of Prototype - an Activision published title - stayed in the top 5 of t...
News Media Molecule Seek A New Gameplay Programmer For A "Groundbreaking PS3 Title"
Media Molecule broke a lot of ground with their fantastically innovative LittleBigPlanet
The delightfully British platformer won the hearts of many, with the ludicrously lovable Sackboy character scoring a place in our bed (no innuendo intended, we're talking about where we keep the office teddy - Ed). Still, seems like they're not content with...
News Howard Stringer Gets President Title, Aims To Save $3.1Billion Over The Coming Fiscal Year
Sony have been losing a fair amount of money over the past few years
The company involved with consumer electronics, music and movies - aswell as our beloved Playstation - made their first fiscal loss in 14 years last year. As such Sony have embarked upon a restructuring plan that has seen the American Howard Stringer taking the title of president...
News Quantic Dream To Release Mo-Cap Middleware
The developers of Heavy Rain - Quantic Dream - spent a lot of money on motion capture for their new game
In fact, they spent a year capturing animation for the highly ambitious release. A lot of other developers spend large sums of money on motion capture too. The one way to save such costs is to buy an off the shelf animation package, something...
News Watch The Frightening Hamsters vs. Humans Dance Off
Beware your eyes valued reader
Beware your eyes indeed. For the frightening Playstation Home event involving humans and hamsters dancing for ghetto supremacy has been immortalized in the chastised YouTube video we've embedded above. Reader press play at your own peril.
News Andy Murray: I've Won Wimbledon (On The Playstation 3)
Andy Murray has confirmed on the weekend before Wimbledon kicks off that he's won the tounament numerous times - on his Playstation 3
Speaking with The Sun, British hopeful Murray concluded, "I have played a lot of tennis on PlayStation 3 games. I'm not bad . . . pretty good. I've won all the tour events and Wimbledon a few times."...
It seems Sony haven't just been working on EyeToy and their new Playstation Motion Controller for the past 10 years, but they also toyed with the 3DV technology which Microsoft have implemented for their new Natal device
In a lecture held at Stanford University in 2004, Sony's Richard Marks can be seen demoing early versions of Sony's Playstation...
News UK Retailer Play.com Mark The Gran Turismo 5 Release Date As, Ahem, 27th November 2009
Read into this what you will, but British online retailer Play
com</a> have set Gran Turismo 5's release date as 27th November 2009. Which is a Friday, we checked. There are a number of things that make this news interesting. Firstly, if Sony wanted Gran Turismo 5 to make an impact (which of course they do), then launching just short of...
We truly believe Sony have found their niche with the Playstation Motion Controller
While Nintendo have been consistently criticized for not appealing to their key fanbase, Microsoft appear to be heading in a similar direction. Sony on the other hand appear to be reiterating the fact that their motion controller can be used in core experiences -...
News Fat Princess Actually Won't Be Released This Month
Despite us reporting that Fat Princess would be out this month, we're afraid that won't be happening anymore
The game has been pushed back (again). The game is now pencilled in for "at some point this summer" — which could mean anywhere between July or August. So we'll probably be playing it in December. Seriously though, it's right that...
News Gamestop Predict "Meaningful" Playstation 3 Price Drop Around The Time Of Madden
Oh price drop speculation, will thee ever go away? Personally, we wish people would do one of three things: a) buy the Playstation 3 console now; b) wait quietly and patiently to buy the Playstation 3 console when the price inevitably drops, or; c) don't buy the Playstation 3 console
Either way, we're sick of reporting these price drop rumours...
