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Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Casual, Horror, PS3, PSN, Racing, Rhythm action, SingStore, Sony, UK | 2 Comments »
Just to add to this lot of screens and movies, here are the last shots we missed from the asset disc handed out at the SCEE PlayStation Day yesterday. MotorStorm Pacific ... Read more..Friday, May 2nd, 2008 Posted in Europe, PS3, PSN, Rhythm action, SingStore, Sony | No Comments »
Another 23 tracks added to the SingStore this week and, again, it's full of tat. No disrespect, or anything, but if the lists was any more middle of the road ... Read more..Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in Europe, Home, PS2, PS3, PSN, PSP, PlayStation Store, SingStore, Sony, Trade, UK | 3 Comments »
As previously rumoured, Kaz Hirai will be giving a talk at the SCEE PlayStation Day, as a rep has just confirmed. "Yes he is," a SCEE spokesperson told videogaming247 this morning ... Read more..Monday, April 28th, 2008 Posted in Action, PS3, Sony, UK | 1 Comment »
According to this Guardian piece, based on a visit to SCEE in London, Eight Days is only now hitting full production. Moving up from floor to floor, we see Eight Days ... Read more..Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Posted in Europe, PS3, Puzzler, Sony | 2 Comments »
According to this Eurogamer piece, there'll be no Echochrome demo in Europe today. The US was confirmed as getting a taster today last night. That piece doesn't claim to know when ... Read more..Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in PS3, Rhythm action, SingStore, Sony | No Comments »
SingStar dev head Paulina Bozek has confirmed that the harmony mode announced for SingStar Vol. 2 earlier this week will be made available for Vol. 1 owners. Phew. "The new Harmony ... Read more..Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Europe, Home, PS2, PS3, PSN, PSP, PlayStation Store, Sony | 3 Comments »
A SCEE rep has just confirmed to videogaming247 that a previously rumoured press-only event for May 6 is true. No further details have been offered as yet, but it's thought that ... Read more..Friday, April 18th, 2008 Posted in Europe, Home, PS3, Sony | 5 Comments »
According to this XtremePS3 post, SCEE's organising an invite-only press event on May 6. Apparently this is going to show details of Home to the European media. We're just checking ... Read more..Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Europe, PS3, PSN, PlayStation Store, Sony | 2 Comments »
A SCEE spokesperson released a statement on the European PlayStation forums yesterday about slow loading times for icons on the newly revamped PS Store: As you will have noticed, the PS ... Read more..Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in PS3, PSN, SingStore, Sony | No Comments »
SCEE's announced SingStar Vol. 2, and it sounds like a substantial update. The next disc-based instalment in the karaoke franchise will include Remote Play functionality, 30 new tracks on the disc ... Read more..Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Australia, Europe, PS3, Sony | 4 Comments »
SCEE has just told videogaming247 that the Australian date and price for DualShock 3 has no bearing on the European launch for the controller, which remains unannounced. "The date in the ... Read more..Tuesday, April 15th, 2008 Posted in Australia, New Zealand, PS3, Sony | 6 Comments »
This Gamespot report confirms that DualShock 3 will be released in Australia on April 24 for A$99.95 (£47 or $92) and in New Zealand on May 9 for NZ$109.95 (£44 ... Read more..Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Europe, Galleries, PS3, PSN, PlayStation Store, Sony | 5 Comments »
SCEE put out some new screens of the new PlayStation Store this morning, which is now confirmed as launching on April 15 in Europe. See them after the link. Read more..Tuesday, March 25th, 2008 Posted in PS3, Sony | No Comments »
True to its word, Sony's released the latest edition of PS3's firmware, taking the system to 2.20. The main addition with this update is BD-Live functionality, allowing PS3 users to ... Read more..Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Blu-ray, PS3, PSP, Rumour, Sony | 7 Comments »
PCWorld - that most reliable source of PlayStation 3 firmware-related news - is claiming that version 2.20 of the console's software "exposes 'Portable Copy,' which enables PS3 users to copy ... Read more..Sunday, March 23rd, 2008 Posted in Europe, PS3, Retail, Rumour, Sony | 15 Comments »
According to this, SCEE's planning to drop certain PS3 titles to €40 this autumn. There's no source given for this, but we'll check with Sony on Tuesday (tomorrow's a bank ... Read more..Thursday, March 20th, 2008 Posted in PS3, Platform holders, Sony | 11 Comments »
SCEE just confirmed that BD-LIVE functionality will be added to PS3 via firmware 2.20 next week. "With the ability to take full advantage of interactive features, such as downloadable video content, ... Read more..Wednesday, March 5th, 2008 Posted in PSP, Puzzler, Sony | 2 Comments »
flOw for PSP's releasing in the US tomorrow, SCEA's announced. Find all the details after the link. Interestingly, the weird bio-organism game is apparently in a genre all by itself, ... Read more..Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 Posted in Atari, Trade | No Comments »
Phil Harrison's given his first speech as president of Infogrames in New York, ahead of a press presentation of Alone in the Dark. Explaining why he quit his former role as ... Read more..Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 Posted in Atari, Trade | 2 Comments »
Not a future, but the future. Following news late last night that Phil Harrison is to join Infogrames as president, CEO David Gardner has got all excited about the new ... Read more..Tuesday, March 4th, 2008 Posted in Atari, Trade | 1 Comment »
Following last night's revelation that Phil Harrison has now been appointed president of Infogrames, CEO David Gardner has been quick to dispel any conception that the company and its game-specific ... Read more..Friday, February 29th, 2008 Posted in PS2, PS3, PSN, PSP, Sony, Stuff | 6 Comments »
We found him. Phil Harrison was at the 1 million PS3 party in London last night, and wasn't giving many clues about what happened to cause his resignation or where ... Read more..Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in America, Europe, PS3, Racing, Retail, Sony | No Comments »
SCEA and SCEE are obviously comfortable in their decisions. According to this, SCEA isn't going to be bringing the two European bundles we saw today to Europe. "On Tuesday we announced ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in PS3, Sony | No Comments »
According to this, TV shows recorded using PlayTV on PlayStation 3 can then be dragged off the machine as MPEG2 files onto any memory stick or PC. "We've talked to our ... Read more..Monday, February 25th, 2008 Posted in America, Europe, PSP, Rhythm action, Sony, Strategy | 3 Comments »
According to this, a French site's priced Patapon, the PSP rhythm-action strategy game, at €40. Apparently, this means the game will cost roughly three times the amount US gamers are ... Read more..Thursday, February 14th, 2008 Posted in PSN, PSP, PlayStation Store, Rhythm action, Strategy | No Comments »
Says so here. The European version of the rhythm action RTS thing's going to made available next week, on February 22. Read more..Friday, February 8th, 2008 Posted in America, PSP, Puzzler | No Comments »
SCEA's dated the PSP version of water-based little animal game, FLOw, as March 6. We're still waiting to hear when we can expect the new version - the original was ... Read more..Thursday, February 7th, 2008 Posted in Japan, PSP, PlayStation Store, Rhythm action, Strategy | No Comments »
According to this, the demo for weirdo, rhythm action RTS game Patapon is now available on the Japanese PlayStation Store. The PSP title is a quirky strategy game that you'll ... Read more..Thursday, February 7th, 2008 Posted in America, PS3, PSN, Sports | 4 Comments »
Being European's rubbish. It means we can't play Go! Sports Skydiving tomorrow, while American PS3 owners download the game from the US PlayStation Store. Which is a shame. In the game, ... Read more..Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in Puzzler | No Comments »
Sony's UK site is listing odd water puzzle game flOw as a PSP release, although with a release date for the download as "January 2008" a slip may be on ... Read more..Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Rhythm action, SingStore | No Comments »
According to this lot, these are the songs Singstar owners will be able to grab on February 6 along with |"paradise beach wallpaper". Hot stuff. In English: Bryan Ferry “Let’s Stick Together” ... Read more..Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Shooter | No Comments »
A Guerilla employee, using the tag EON on the company's forums, has claimed Killzone 2 will be comparable with the now fabled 2005 E3 trailer that may not have been ... Read more..Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in Legalities | No Comments »
California-based Buzztime Entertainment has filed a suit against SCEE, says this, alleging that the Buzz! series of games, developed by Relentless in Brighton, UK, infringes its trademarks. Buzztime makes trivia ... Read more..Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in PS3, Sony | No Comments »
SCEE has no plans to release a rumoured 120-160Gb PS3 SKU, GI's reporting, reponding to persistent rumours that the (maybe) ditched 80Gb US SKU is to be replaced by a ... Read more..Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in PS3, Rumour | No Comments »
SCEE has dismissed talk of a 120-160Gb PS3 as "rumour and speculation" following this morning's... rumour and speculation. CVG gets brownie points for working out how to operate buttons on ... Read more..Monday, January 28th, 2008 Posted in PS3, Rumour, Sony | 3 Comments »
Probably bollocks, but inevitable chatter nonetheless. With rumours of the demise of America’s 80Gb PS3 SKU circulating heavily last week as the result of a “leaked internal memo” from US ... Read more..
