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Sony Cuts Losses, Sees Higher PlayStation 3 Sales

Sony is not yet managing to turn a profit but it's results for the first fiscal quarter of this year are significantly better than those posted for the same period of last year. The company managed to move from losses of 36.7 billion Yen, which is the equivalent of 422.1 million dollars, to only being in the red...

2 August 2010
13:31 GMT

Nintendo 3DS Arrives in Japan Before the End of October

Nintendo has confirmed that it plans to launch the 3DS handheld during the coming quarter in Japan, meaning that eager gamers might get their hands on the new platform before the end of October. The company is also saying that the pricing options for the Nintendo 3DS are set to be announced during a September 29 pres...

30 July 2010
04:47 GMT

Analyst: Nintendo 3DS Launch Might Lead to Higher Video Game Prices

Nintendo seems to have been forced to talk about the new 3DS handheld prematurely in February of this year for fear of a leak in the Japanese press. And the reveal of a new console, with the new features it brings, might have had a depressing effect on sales of the current DS line up, which has been showing signs of ...

29 July 2010
13:31 GMT

Weekend Reading: No Way to Show 3D Video Games to the Gamers

Those who read this article to so on a computer monitor or, maybe, on a television set. Chances are low that it is one that is capable of displaying 3D images. The same is true for probably all sites that are dealing in news, previews and reviews linked to the video game industry. And in the near future the 2D nature...

27 July 2010
22:51 GMT

Nintendo 3DS Has Other Attractions Beside Three Dimensional Gaming

Nintendo has been talking a lot about how its new handheld device, the Nintendo 3DS, will deliver full three dimensional gaming experience without the use of any specialized glasses, and the new hardware platform got a lot of favorable press at the E3 for that reason. And now the company is saying that 3D is now the ...

13 July 2010
19:51 GMT

Study: iPad Owners Do Not Need Gaming Consoles

It seems that up to 38% of those who have picked up an iPad tablet from Apple are no longer interested in picking up another handheld gaming device, like the PlayStation Portable from Sony or the DS line up from Nintendo. This is rather bad news for the two console manufacturers, who are not yet ready to respond to t...

13 July 2010
08:11 GMT

Sony Says Nintendo Should Not Bash 3D Glasses

Two very different ways of introducing three dimensions to the world of gaming have emerged in the wake of the E3 trade show. Nintendo is pushing its 3DS handheld, which relies on cleverly designed screens to deliver the extra dimension without the use of glasses.Meanwhile, Sony is pushing hard its combo of PlayStati...

5 July 2010
16:31 GMT

Starcraft II Will Be Supporting 3D Gaming

Is there any big franchise in the video game world not affected by the trend of moving everything to three dimensions? Not even the mighty Starcraft II, a game still linked to the top down perspective seen in the first iteration in the series, seems to be able to escape the new fad, with Blizzard announcing that whil...

5 July 2010
06:20 GMT

Late Night Show Confirms 3DS for North America in 2011

When the Nintendo 3DS was announced back in February Nintendo did not offer any information about when the new handheld will be launched in the different world markets. The E3 trade show, which concluded this month, brought a lot more information about the device, including the name of the chip that is offering t...

28 June 2010
18:51 GMT

Sony Does Not Have Plans for 3D for the PlayStation Portable 2

The three stars of the E3 trade show were the PlayStation Move from Sony, Kinect from Microsoft and the Nintendo 3DS handheld. Possibly because we had already seen both motion tracking system working before the Nintendo device, which promises full three-dimensional gaming without the use of special glasses, it was th...

25 June 2010
03:48 GMT

All Sony Studios Are Working on 3D Titles

Despite the very good reception for the Nintendo 3DS, the handheld that is set to deliver three dimensional gaming without the need for any glasses, Sony is the company arguably making the bigger push towards full 3D gaming.A firmware update in this sense has already been launched for the PlayStation 3 home console, ...

24 June 2010
13:31 GMT

Gran Turismo 5 Arrives on November 2, Is 3D-Ready

Sony has announced a new release date for the PlayStation 3 exclusive racing title Gran Turismo 5, which is now expected to be out on November 2. The publisher showed off a new trailer for the videogame confirming that the extra time the development team at Polyphony Digital needed was used to introduce three dimensi...

16 June 2010
13:31 GMT

Rumor Mill: Nintendo 3DS Will Have 3D Camera, Analog Stick

We already know quite a bit about Kinect, the motion tracking system from Microsoft that will have a big presence at E3. We also know the videogames big publishers, like Electronic Arts, Activision and Sony, are set to show off.Everyone is thinking about surprises and one of the most expected moments will be the firs...

14 June 2010
18:51 GMT

Xbox 360 3D Gaming Only Coming to South Korea

Microsoft has confirmed that it has entered into a partnership with consumer electronics manufacturer LG in order to offer customers 3D gaming solutions. Initially, the products, which include Xbox 360 home gaming consoles and LG television sets, will only be offered on the South Korean market, starting with June 201...

13 May 2010
14:31 GMT

Firmware 3.30 Launches, Prepares the PlayStation 3 for 3D Gaming

Sony has launched a new firmware version for the PlayStation 3. The 3.30 update for the system software is mandatory and players will need to connect their home gaming consoles to the Internet and get it as soon as they power the devices up. At first sight, it seems the update is minor and only has to do with Trophie...

22 April 2010
08:12 GMT

The PlayStation 3 Will Outsell the Xbox 360

The Strategy Analytics Connected Home Devices has delivered a report, called “Taming the Waves: Games Console Life Cycles and Platform Competition,” which says that lifetime sales of the PlayStation 3 will reach 127 million units, beating out both the Nintendo Wii, set to dwindle at a little over 100 mill...

11 March 2010
03:51 GMT

Nintendo Not Impressed with 3D Tech

We have already learned that Satoru Iwata, the Chief Executive Officer and the president of Nintendo, is not in the least impressed by the potential of the new iPad tablet computing solution, which Apple recently unveiled. The device was characterized as being just a bigger iPod. And it seems that the Japanese busine...

3 February 2010
16:31 GMT

FIFA and Madden Not Interested in 3D

Sony is making waves about 3D gaming, saying that the PlayStation 3 will be getting the ability to play games in three dimensions with a firmware patch set for this year. And apart from Sony made games, the company must be surely hoping that third-party publishers, like Electronic Arts and Activision Blizzard, are re...

2 February 2010
13:21 GMT

WebOS Gets 3D Games in App Catalog

Sunnyvale-based mobile phone maker Palm announced on Thursday that its webOS mobile platform has just received a series of graphics-intensive game titles via the App Catalog. The new titles come from EA Mobile (a division of Electronic Arts Inc.), Gameloft, Glu Mobile, and Laminar Research, and are being showcased a...

8 January 2010
02:17 GMT

Sony Talks About 3D Gaming Again

Sony has previously said that it plans to introduce 3D gaming capabilities to the PlayStation 3 but failed to produce clear details on the issue and many were expecting to hear more at the press conference the electronics giant held at the Consumer Electronics Show now taking place in Las Vegas.When Sir Howard String...

7 January 2010
16:31 GMT

Full 3D Gaming One Step Closer

With Sony claiming that it can deliver full 3D rendering capabilities to the PlayStation 3 through a simple firmware update, the move to full gaming in three dimensions has taken another step forward as the Blu-ray Disk Association has announced having finished working on a new specification for the hardware, called ...

21 December 2009
03:09 GMT

Nokia N900 Plays 3D Games, Video Available

Finnish mobile-phone maker Nokia announced a little more than a month ago the launch of its first handset powered by the Maemo 5 operating system, the Nokia N900, and it seems that the device will soon prove to be a great performer in about all available categories. Its Internet-browsing capabilities are great, the M...

10 October 2009
04:02 GMT

Disney Eager to Make 3D Videogames

Disney is ready to get 3D out of the movie realm and into the gaming world, by packing 3D glasses with two of the titles that it plans to release this year. The first game will be G-Force, developed by Eurocom, a videogame adaptation of a movie starring special forces rodents; it will be followed up by Toy Story Mani...

1 July 2009
02:44 GMT

Nvidia's New Driver Takes Gaming on the 3D Stage

Nvidia is reportedly working on a new driver for its already existing and upcoming graphics card offerings that will unleash 3D features even for 2D games. The new feature is expected to arrive in June or July this year but will only be available for Nvidia graphics card owners.In short, once the 3D driver is install...

30 April 2008
10:33 GMT


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