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Sony’s Kaz Hirai Denies All PlayStation 4 Rumors

Rumors about the PlayStation 4 gaming console that Sony is said to be working on seem to appear almost weekly but one of the leaders of the company has sought to dispel them all and warn fans of Sony that no announcement was planned for the near future.Speaking at a press conference in Las Vegas at the CES 2012 event...

11 January 2012
09:05 GMT

McEnroe, Djokovic and Sharapova Are Cover Athletes for Grand Slam Tennis 2

Video game publisher Electronic Arts has announced that the main cover athletes for its upcoming sports simulation Grand Slam Tennis 2 include international super stars like John McEnroe, Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova.The three superstars will be linked to the covers for the global edition of the game while thos...

22 December 2011
17:11 GMT

Sony Aims for 15 Million PlayStation 3 Sales before March 31, 2012

Andrew House, who is the leader of Sony Computer Entertainment, has reiterated that the company believes that it will sell more than 15 million PlayStation 3 home gaming consoles before the end of the 2012 fiscal year, which happens on March 31.The executive has said that at the moment overall sales of the platform a...

19 December 2011
15:01 GMT

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD launches on December 21 in Europe

Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD will be launched in Europe on December 21 and gamers will be able to get it on the PlayStation Network for 9.99 Euro or 9.99 British Pounds (13.36 dollars). Stewart Gilray, who is the leader of the Jaw development team, said on the European PlayStation Blog that, “I wanted to...

9 December 2011
02:26 GMT

Sony Denies New Move Peripheral for BioShock Infinite

Video game publisher and hardware developer Sony has said that there are no plans to create a new peripheral linked to the PlayStation Move motion tracking system that will be used with the upcoming BioShock Infinite action adventure game from Irrational Games.The rumor first appeared in the PlayStation magazine in t...

10 November 2011
07:29 GMT

SEGA Launches Bass Fishing and Space Channel 5 Part 2 on PSN and Xbox Live

Video game publisher SEGA has announced that it has launched a new digital strategy with the release of both Space Channel 5 Part 2 and SEGA Bass Fishing on the Xbox Live service from Microsoft and on the PlayStation Network from Sony.Both titles will cost 800 Microsoft Points or 9.99 dollars, 7.99 Euro and 6.29 Brit...

6 October 2011
07:11 GMT

David Cage Will Not Make Heavy Rain 2

Heavy Rain was one of the most innovative titles seen recently in the video game world, with its focus on character movements and emotions, but the creator behind the experience says that he is not interested in ever creating a sequel for it.Speaking with Developer as part of a bigger interview, David Cage, the leade...

30 September 2011
00:41 GMT

Analyst: Wii U Arrives Two Years Too Late

The biggest announcement from this year's E3 trade event has been that Nintendo is working on its next home console, called the Wii U, and plans to launch it, complete with touchscreen-powered controller, during 2012.But at least one prominent analyst of the video game industry believes that the new platform is ...

14 June 2011
16:31 GMT

PlayStation 3 Will Grow, Sony Expects a Great Year

The PlayStation 3 might be lagging behind its main rival, the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, when it comes to the monthly figures put out by the NPD Group, but at least one executive from Sony is convinced that the hardware platform still has a lot of room to grow. Jack Tretton, who is the leader of Sony Computer Entert...

6 April 2011
13:41 GMT

No Move Support in Portal 2, Hydra Is Special

Valve has confirmed that Portal 2 will not be getting any control scheme that will allow the game to accept inputs from the PlayStation Move motion tracking controller because the company put a lot of time in making sure that the game can easily be controlled using the console gamepads.This came as a surprise because...

28 February 2011
13:41 GMT

Sony Aims for More Integration of Move and 3D Gaming

Sony has lately been at the forefront of innovation when it comes to home-console-based gaming, introducing 3D to the PlayStation 3 and launching the PlayStation Move motion tracking system, but a majority of the titles that are launched for the company's hardware do not actually take advantage of these innovati...

24 February 2011
15:01 GMT

Sony Plans for Move to Come to the PC

Despite not making an official announcement it seems that hardware developer and video game publisher Sony is aiming to launch its PlayStation Move motion tracking device on the PC, with full support for those developers that will integrate it into their games and for those modders who want to find new uses for it. ...

3 February 2011
04:18 GMT

SOCOM 4 Launch Confirmed for April 19

Sony, as the publisher, and Zipper Interactive, as the developer, have announced that their SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs title will be launched on April 19 in North America, exclusively for the PlayStation 3 home gaming console, with the European date probably coming the customary three days later. SOCOM 4 will put play...

31 January 2011
04:59 GMT

Little Big Planet 2 Has Better Moderation System than Original

Little Big Planet 2 is now out and soon players will get through the levels that have been created by Media Molecule, the developer of the series, and will start looking around for good content produced by the community and maybe try their hand at level building. And that could mean another flurry of intellectual ...

28 January 2011
15:01 GMT

Top Spin 4 Has Andy Murray Endorsement, Arrives in the Middle of March

2K Sports has announced that the upcoming Top Spin 4, the tennis based simulation, will be featuring Andre Agassi, making his first appearance in a virtual experience for more than ten years, and will feature Rafael Nadal, Andy Murray and Anna Ivanovic as cover athletes. The tennis video game is set to be launched...

20 January 2011
05:43 GMT

Nintendo Claims 3DS Momentum Moving into 2011

Monthly data from the NPD Group, which tracks hardware and video games sales for North America, has shown that Nintendo, especially with the Wii home console, has lost sales during the entirety of 2010, but the company says that, despite the slowdowns in units moved, it is still leading its competitors when all of 20...

18 January 2011
13:31 GMT

MLB 2K11 Comes with Million Dollar Contest

2K Sports has announced that it is launching a new MLB 2K11 contest which will award a prize of 1 million United States dollars to that player who throws a perfect game in the upcoming baseball simulation. MLB 2K11 is set to arrive on the PC, the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3, the PSP handheld and the Wii, so there ar...

10 January 2011
09:23 GMT

Sony Believes Move Is the Better Long Term Bet

One of the most important executives working at Sony has said that the company's PlayStation Move motion tracking system, which launched in the middle of September, has a greater chance of success in the long term than the rival Kinect from Microsoft. Andrew House, the boss of Sony Computer Entertainment Euro...

20 December 2010
17:01 GMT

MLB 11 The Show Arrives on March 8, Joe Mauer Is on the Cover

Sony, the company which manufactures the PlayStation line of gaming devices and publishes video games for them, has announced that Major League Baseball 11 The Show has a release date of March 8, 2011 and that catcher Joe Mauer from the Minnesota Twins will be the cover athlete. MLB 11 The Show is set to be delivere...

17 December 2010
04:59 GMT

UFC Parent Company Sues Ubisoft Over Fighters Uncaged

Zuffa LLC, the company which holds the rights to the Ultimate Fighting Championship events and the brand associated with them, has filled a law suit against video game publisher Ubisoft, taking aim at the way it has marketed the Fighters Uncaged title, which is built to make use of the Kinect motion tracking system f...

16 December 2010
04:32 GMT

Sony Executive Defends Move Marketing Effort

A leading Sony executive has said that the marketing campaign for the Microsoft-made Kinect motion tracking system has not overshadowed the promotional efforts his own company devoted to the PlayStation Move device and that the substance of the devices and not the hype from marketing will determine the future of the ...

15 December 2010
13:41 GMT

Analyst: Combined Move and Kinect Sales Might Reach 25 Million Units

The analyst Michael Pachter has stated that he expects the PlayStation Move from Sony and the Kinect from Microsoft, both motion tracking add ons, to get combined sales of between 20 and 25 million units before the end of next year, generating significant additional sales for the gaming industry. In an investor no...

3 December 2010
04:45 GMT

PlayStation Move Sells 4.1 Million Units

Sony Computer Entertainment, the company which guides the evolution of the PlayStation 3 home gaming console, has announced that the PlayStation Move motion tracking controller managed to sell more than 4.1 million worldwide since it was released in the middle of September.The numbers refer only to the main package w...

1 December 2010
17:41 GMT

Kinect Sells 2.5 Million in 25 Days

Hardware maker and video game publisher Microsoft has announced that Kinect, its motion tracking system which was launched on November 4, has managed to sell 2.5 million units all over the world in the first 25 days it was available for sales.This comes just after Media Create said that the new device has had a quiet...

30 November 2010
16:41 GMT

Lightsaber Games Will Work Better on Move than on Kinect

One of the people who have worked on the development of the PlayStation Move motion tracking system from Sony has said that the newly announced lightsaber simulation title which Microsoft is working for the Kinect add on will not manage to deliver a good experience to players.Anton Mikhailov, who is a software engine...

29 November 2010
04:30 GMT

Survey: Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 Should Get Price Cuts

A new survey from Cowan & Company indicates that despite the launch of the new motion tracking systems, Kinect and PlayStation Move, the best move to increase sales for the Xbox 360 and for the PlayStation 3 would be for the game manufacturers to cut the retail price of the devices.The report says, “We view con...

26 November 2010
13:51 GMT

GameStop: Kinect and Move Will Be Sold Out by Christmas

Specialist retailer GameStop has said that both recently launched motion tracking systems, the Kinect from Microsoft and the PlayStation Move from Sony, are bringing in a lot of new customers, who might not have been interested in gaming until now, and will continue to sell well despite the fact that stores might tem...

22 November 2010
13:31 GMT

Spin Cycle: Sony Highlights Growth in Game Sales

Hardware maker and video game publisher Sony has responded to the information that the NPD Group has released related to hardware and software sales on the United States market for the month of October, saying that the PlayStation 3 is the only gaming platform which has seen an increase in software sales over the pre...

18 November 2010
05:00 GMT

Move and Kinect Attract New Consumers, Says GameStop

A representative of the specialist retail chain GameStop has said that the launch of the PlayStation Move from Sony and the Kinect from Microsoft is bringing in new customers into the game stores and is creating a new segment of players that are more interested in social and family games than in blockbuster shooters ...

11 November 2010
03:09 GMT

Analyst: PlayStation 3 to Close Xbox 360 Gap by 2012

An analysts watching the video game industry has said that by 2012 he expects the PlayStation 3 home gaming console from Sony to have a bigger install base than the rival Xbox 360 from Microsoft, when the entire world is taken into account, with the United States remaining a stronghold for the Microsoft device.Talkin...

10 November 2010
18:01 GMT

Nintendo Sees Loss on DS Sales Slowdown

Nintendo has released financial results which show that it has lost 2 billion Yen, which is the equivalent of 24.7 million dollars, for the six months that have ended on September 2010, with annual profit for the hardware and video game maker projected to be down 60 percent to 1.1 billion dollars for the fiscal year ...

8 November 2010
16:31 GMT

Microsoft Will Profit from Every Kinect Sold

A Microsoft executive has claimed that when the Kinect motion tracking system is released on November 4 the company will profit from every unit which is sold to gamers, despite the big initial investment in development and the 500 million dollars price tag for the advertising campaign that will inform the public abou...

29 October 2010
15:31 GMT

No Need for New Consoles, Says THQ President

The president and Chief Executive Officer of THQ has said that he does not believe that a new home console generation is needed by the video game industry, with Kinect and Move adding enough innovation to sustain the current consoles while also expanding the number of people who are interested in gaming.Talking to IG...

29 October 2010
03:09 GMT

Motion Tracking Is a Must for New Console Generation, Says Ubisoft

The Chief Executive Officer of French publisher Ubisoft has talked about the impact that new motion tracking controllers will be having on the next generation of consoles, saying that those who invest in one of them now will be able to make better use of them when the PlayStation 4 and the Xbox 720 will come to the m...

27 October 2010
13:31 GMT

PlayStation Move Shipped 1 Million in North and Latin America

Sony Computer Entertainment of America, the hardware manufacturer and video games publisher, has announced that it's PlayStation Move motion tracking controller has shipped 1 million units to retailers set in North America and Latin America in the first 30 days the new product was on sale.Sony Computer Entertain...

25 October 2010
03:16 GMT

Little Big Planet 2 Delay Caused by Unconnected PlayStation 3's

The leader of developer Media Molecule has said that the main reason for the delay of Little Big Planet 2 into 2011 was a direct result of the fact that many PlayStation 3 gaming consoles are not connected to the Internet and cannot easily receive patches for an already released game.Speaking with VG247 at the Euroga...

8 October 2010
03:36 GMT

Wii Remote Plus Confirmed by Nintendo

At the press conference which also confirmed that launch date and price for the 3DS handheld in Japan Nintendo has also officially confirmed the existence of a new model of the Wiimote, called the Wii Remote Plus, which combines both the original device and the Motion Plus add on in a good looking new package.Nintend...

30 September 2010
03:05 GMT

PlayStation 3 with Move Is Wii HD, Says Take Two Boss

The president of publicher Take Two has said that the PlayStation 3 with the Move motion tracking system, and by extension the Xbox 360 with the Kinect addition, are akin to a Nintendo Wii HD and could significantly expand the number of customers interested in home gaming consoles.Ben Feder, who is the president of T...

21 September 2010
03:30 GMT

EA Sports Leaders Sees No New Consoles for Next Three Years

Peter Moore, who is the president of the EA Sports division at Electronic Arts, has said that the current generation of console, made up of the Xbox 360, the PlayStation 3 and the Nintendo Wii, will go on for another at least three years, as developers try to recoup their development costs.Talking to Eurogamer as par...

15 September 2010
14:51 GMT

Spin Cycle: Sony Prepares for Move and 3D Gaming

Sony Computer Entertainment of America has commented on the NPD Group figures released last week, saying that for more than one year the PlayStation 3 has seen growth in sales when year over years comparisons are used, with the launch of the Move motion tracking system and the introduction of full three dimensional c...

14 September 2010
13:51 GMT

Sony Pushes Back 3D Firmware Update for the PlayStation 3

Sony Computer Entertainment has announced that the much awaited firmware update that is set to add three dimensional gaming and video capabilities to the PlayStation 3 home console will be arriving at some point during the month of October.Originally Sony talked about adding 3D to its gaming platform during September...

2 September 2010
18:31 GMT

Ubisoft: Kinect and Move Will Not Extend Current Consoles' Lifespan

In a recent interview, Alain Corre, the managing director of the European branch of Ubisoft, declared that PlayStation Move and Kinect will not extend the life of current generation consoles. They will however attract parts of the casual gaming audience that can be then turned into potential customers for the next ge...

26 August 2010
03:52 GMT

Gamescom Day One: Too Many Video Games

Nothing can prepare a gamer or a journalist for what a trade fair really means and I discovered that the hard way this Wednesday when attending the first day of Gamescom in Cologne.Gamescom means a lot of square meters dedicated to nothing but video games and some relaxation areas and despite the huge fun element inv...

18 August 2010
17:03 GMT

Sony Talks New PlayStation 3 Hardware at Gamescom

Hardware maker Sony has announced at its Gamescom press conference that it will be introducing new versions of the PlayStation 3 home console during the fall in an effort to attract more players to its device and to promote the upcoming Move motion tracking solution.Sony is keen to offer more storage space for player...

18 August 2010
02:31 GMT

Dance Dance Revolution Arrives on the PlayStation 3

Konami has announced that its well known series Dance Dance Revolution would be launched on the PlayStation 3 home console with a host of new features and with support for the upcoming PlayStation Move motion tracking controller, set to appear in September.Dance Dance Revolution was a very successful series on the Pl...

16 August 2010
13:41 GMT

First Images Appear for Heavy Rain Move Edition

Sony has shown off the first images of the Move powered edition of Quantic Dream's Heavy Rain which is now set to be released before this year's Christmas rolls around. The game is getting a new control scheme that allows players who purchase the Move motion tracking system to control the characters more in...

11 August 2010
03:41 GMT

Sony Updates and Relaunches Firmware 3.41 for the PlayStation 3

Sony has officially confirmed that it has launched a new update for the PlayStation 3 home console. The firmware update is still called 3.41, which might confuse some users as the firmware was officially launched last week by the hardware manufacturer. Since then one significant issue surfaced linked to it and Sony h...

4 August 2010
08:18 GMT

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

David Cage Says Quantic Dream Is Working on Two Projects

Heavy Rain was one of the big video game releases of 2010. The game arrived exclusively on the PlayStation 3 from Sony and was set to show off how action and movie like atmosphere can be seamlessly blended through the use of real life actors and a new control system for player. The game was well received by critics a...

14 July 2010
15:11 GMT

PlayStation Store and Move Coming to India

Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo might talk about their sales numbers in North America, Europe and Japan the three big markets for video games but the future of the industry will be undoubtedly linked to China and India, the most populous countries in the world, where a big number of gamers now has the means to enjoy gam...

12 July 2010
04:11 GMT


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