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PS3 Media Server 1.10.5 Review

PS3 Media Server is, as its name suggests, a multimedia server that is designed to interface with the PlayStation 3 gaming console. You install it on a computer that is on the same network with the PS3 and, thanks to the Digital Living Network Alliance-compliant Universal Plug and Play support in both the console and...

30 October 2009
11:05 GMT

The PlayStation 2 Is Nine Years Old

Sony has released some new sales numbers for the PlayStation 2 home gaming console launched nine years ago this week. The Japanese manufacturer is saying that there are more than 140 million PS2 consoles sold to gamers all over the world, with one in three American households having one of them.The device is still be...

29 October 2009
03:50 GMT

Borderlands Sells Out on the East Coast

Borderlands is definitely a game that ranks high in the “eagerly anticipated release” chart. The developers know this, the gamers know this and even the publishers must have known, but apparently they couldn't anticipate just how high on that list it was going to be. 2K Games have found themselves in...

22 October 2009
02:57 GMT

The PlayStation 3 Manufacturing Costs Have Dropped by 70%, Says Sony

The PlayStation 3 is the most powerful console of this current generation, costing Sony a lot of money to develop and to market. But while the platform has a lot of aces up its sleeve, from online functionality to a lot of exclusive games, most of the customers are still put off by its high price tag, ranging around ...

3 August 2009
13:01 GMT

Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 Is Now Available for Download

Officially announced on June 29th by Fixars Solutions, Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 has just been made available for download on mirrors worldwide! Among the new features brought by Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 we can mention the ability to install and boot from a USB flash drive and an improved PS3VRAM, in order to offer an increas...

29 July 2009
04:55 GMT

Here's How You Can Install Prototype on the PS3

The PlayStation 3 has always been hyped up by Sony for having some big hard drives come with the different versions of the console. This made a lot of developers create a mandatory install in order to speed up the loading times from the Blu-ray disc that was inserted into the console. Prototype is one of the latest ...

11 June 2009
03:02 GMT

The PS3 Slim and PSP Go! Are Real, Might Be Revealed at E3

The gaming industry is filled with secrets, unannounced plans and ambitious but unrevealed projects. That's why there will always be rumors and speculations flying around the Internet and landing on related websites depending on how true they are or on what they focus on. As the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E...

29 May 2009
03:20 GMT

The PlayStation 3 Will Be the Best, It Just Needs 3 to 5 Years

The console war between the top three companies, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, has supplied us with a lot of interesting quotes over the years, mostly regarding the dominance of one or another console over its competition. With words focusing on the near future and the following months, the forecasts of various execu...

5 May 2009
13:01 GMT

Sony: We Have a Profit Goal, Not a Market Share One

Sony has been a very troubled company lately, as, with the problems it has been encountering with the decreasing sales of electronics, like HDTVs or cameras, it was forced to make some big staff reductions. But the gaming business still seems to be going pretty well, despite the fact that the flagship PlayStation 3 c...

23 March 2009
12:21 GMT

NVIDIA and Sony Sign Agreement over PhysX-Support on PS3

Santa Clara, California-based NVIDIA has just announced that it has signed an agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment in regard to the famous PlayStation 3 gaming console and NVIDIA's own PhysX technology. According to the agreement between the two companies, the binary version of the PhysX software developme...

17 March 2009
10:30 GMT

The PlayStation 3 Needs to Keep Fighting, Says Sony

The console war has always been a very tough fight, as the three major competitors, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, have battled using any means necessary to attract customers to their own products. While we have witnessed a lot of statements coming from one producer or another, the sales charts have showed the true ra...

9 February 2009
02:27 GMT

Resident Evil 5 Demo Gets Dated for PS3, Collector's Edition Revealed

The gaming industry has quite a lot of iconic franchises, which have pushed gaming to a whole new level in terms of gameplay or story. One such series is Capcom's Resident Evil, which took survival horror shooters to new heights as it brought innovations to gameplay and introduced an intricate story that is stil...

21 January 2009
16:51 GMT

The PlayStation 3 Will Have a Lot of Great Games This Year, Says Sony

The PlayStation 3 hasn't really gotten off to a great start in the console war, as it failed to live up to the huge expectations that fans of the PS2 had all across the world. It didn't really stand a chance against the popular Wii and the Xbox 360 gained the edge over Sony's console by implementing a ...

21 January 2009
02:55 GMT

Microsoft Won't Launch the Next Xbox for Quite Some Time

Console generations come and go, and most of the average consumers have gotten used to this for quite some time, especially after they found that their recently bought PlayStation 2 or Xbox was already being replaced by a new and better product. But things won't be the same this time around, as the Xbox 360, th...

14 January 2009
16:51 GMT

The PlayStation 3 Might Support 3D Gaming Next Year

There's a pretty tough war going on on the console market, with the top three manufacturers, Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony, fighting over every customer. Each of the major companies are trying to make their products more attractive in the eyes of the everyday user and, as such, are investing heavily in developing...

29 December 2008
09:01 GMT

Sony Says There Are No Plans for a PlayStation 4

Sony isn't going to have a particularly happy holiday this winter season, largely due to the fact that its flagship product, the PlayStation 3, is losing the console war against its main opponents, the Xbox 360 and the massively popular Nintendo Wii. Although some analysts, like Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pa...

19 December 2008
02:24 GMT

Sony Says Home Will Sell Consoles

Sony is a company that hasn't been doing so well lately in terms of sales of the PlayStation 3 console. The Japanese product has been outsold in quite a lot of territories and even in its native country by its main rival, the Xbox 360, which has managed to register record sales and is set to have a very happy ho...

16 December 2008
11:01 GMT

Benchmark Proves PS3 Is the Best Blu-ray Player

The fact that the PS3 is the main force driving the adoption rate of the Blu-ray discs is pretty much common knowledge nowadays. However, one question that has really given a few nights of restless sleep to quite a lot of people faced with the decision of purchasing their first Blu-ray player was whether Sony's ...

5 December 2008
06:14 GMT

New Yellow Dog Linux for Playstation 3 Available Today

A couple of days ago, Fixstars, the company that acquired Terra Soft last week, on November 11th, 2008, announced a new release of the Yellow Dog Linux operating system for SONY's Playstation 3, Apple PowerPC G4/G5, IBM Power Systems and YDL PowerStation. Yellow Dog Linux 6.1 is the first version released by Fix...

21 November 2008
10:46 GMT

Leadtek's PS3 Graphics Chip for PCs to Launch Next Week

With the next-generation Radeon and GeForce graphics cards slated to be released sometime next year, and with Intel's Larabee unlikely to launch until early 2010, a new video card is expected to hit the market in the upcoming days. Built on a graphics processor that hasn't been developed by AMD, NVIDIA or V...

12 November 2008
06:26 GMT

Here Are the Details on the BioShock PS3 Challenge Rooms

BioShock was a great game, gaining critical acclaim with its innovative control system, the deep and intricate story and the moral issues that it raised in the unique society of Rapture, the underwater city in which the action is placed.The game sold incredibly well last year, when it was launched for the PC and Xbox...

5 November 2008
02:58 GMT

Bioshock for the PlayStation 3 Has Gone Gold

Bioshock is a truly terrific game. With innovations and a wide opportunity of choices which affected every aspect of the game, it was a breath of fresh air for the gaming industry. The philosophical and moral issues asked by this game really tore gamers into camps, each of them militating for the choices which ...

30 September 2008
14:21 GMT

Bioshock for the PlayStation 3 Will Have the Same Ending

Bioshock was a great game. It was very innovative, it introduced gamers to the idea of free will and it really took the industry by storm with its many philosophical and moral issues. These aspects were presented to the players in many forms, and detailing upon them would only ruin the experience for those who haven&...

26 September 2008
02:52 GMT

EA Considering PlayStation 3 Version of Left 4 Dead

Left 4 Dead will be a pretty good game, promising a zombie shooter with some very interesting twists, and although the single player aspects will be the classical "You're surrounded by zombies, try to escape," the multiplayer will allow the gamer to control the zombies and try to stop the survivors. Valve, its d...

24 September 2008
04:17 GMT

Sony Says the 45 nm Cell Processor Will Be Implemented in 2009

Technology development is constant nowadays, but Sony and Toshiba's latest venture in research, the attempt to improve the Cell processor, which currently powers the PlayStation 3, has resulted in a finished product. Say  goodbye to the old 65 nm chip, and welcome to the new 45 nm one. Sure, it may not soun...

23 September 2008
19:01 GMT

Champions of Norrath: Return to Arms Hints VIII (PS2)

Champions of Norrath: Return to Arms is a video game created by Snowblind Studios and published by Sony Online Entertainment in 2005. Developed only for the PlayStation 2 gaming console from Sony, it was classed as an action title with a dark medieval theme that sought to introduce some light role playing game eleme...

2 September 2008
02:37 GMT

NHL 09 Demo Hits PS3 Consoles

Electronic Arts is back, bigger and better than ever and it plans to prove that by releasing a demo for its upcoming NHL 09 game. PlayStation 3 owners will be happier, since the demo is already released for Sony's console, with an Xbox 360 one being scheduled for early September. But these are just a few details...

22 August 2008
12:06 GMT

More Facts about The Agency

The Agency is an online action shooter game developed for PlayStation 3 consoles and PC systems - a very promising title that seems to borrow a few things from Team Fortress, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Actually, it seems that it's quite good, according to the latest fact sheet released by Sony Online....

22 August 2008
02:34 GMT

Konami Announces New IP at GC

If E3 was criticized for the lack of big game announcements, this year's Game Convention in Leipzig will certainly bring us a few surprises. For example, Konami has just announced that it's working on a brand new IP - an action adventure game named Lords of Shadow, developed by Madrid-based Mercury Steam fo...

21 August 2008
02:32 GMT

Burnout Paradise Comes to PS3 with Trophies and Motorcycles

One of the most realistic racing games for the PlayStation 3, Criterion's Burnout Paradise, will be available for download from the US PlayStation Store for $29.99 this fall. Even better is the fact that the downloadable version will also include all the recent updates delivered until now: and seeing as how this...

15 August 2008
04:25 GMT

More Facts about DC Universe Online

One of the most exciting game projects to be announced by Sony was DC Universe Online, an MMO game for the PC that can also be played on PlayStation 3 consoles. Although there are no details (not even rumors) on a release date, the development of the title is clearly going on well since the people working on it have ...

11 August 2008
04:27 GMT

Battle Fantasia Heads to PS3 Consoles

You probably remember last month's announcement of Battle Fantasia, the fighting game developed by the team who worked on Guilty Gear. When it was first presented, the game was an Xbox 360 exclusive, but right now things are looking better for the PS3 fanboys, since 505 Games has announced Battle Fantasia for So...

4 August 2008
02:32 GMT

Sony's PS3 Is the Moneymaker for EA

Electronic Arts has just released fresh financial reports and analyzing them was a real pleasure, since we always love surprises. Battlefield Bad Company and UEFA EURO 2008 were EA's best selling games, as we have already reported, but the biggest surprise came after we did the math to see which console brought ...

31 July 2008
12:06 GMT

Sony Presents PS3 Offerings at E3

Sony is planning to keep us really busy in the future and it has big plans for its PlayStation 3 console which will become a best seller - that's what the company's representatives hope. "2008 is the Year of the PS3," said Jack Tretton, SCEA's president. However, we're not planning to debate on th...

16 July 2008
13:06 GMT

PS3 Secret Project Gets Teaser Website

You've got to love all these secret projects which get leaked whenever a huge game conference is ready to kick off. Except for tons of rumors regarding a lot of projects that probably never existed, there are still a few that prove to be real - The Last Guy is one of them. And we must admit that we're compl...

9 July 2008
15:06 GMT

Sony Is Busy: Firmware to Brick PS3, Hacker Attack and Growing Sales

After spreading the news that the latest firmware Sony has developed for its PlayStation 3 - firmware version 2.40, that is - brings a whole lot of new features, the console maker announced that it is pulling the software back since numerous reports from users showed that it is actually bricking the consoles it has b...

4 July 2008
03:16 GMT

You Won't Get PS3 Trophies Retroactively

You already know the good news about the introduction of the really anticipated (and rumored) PlayStation 3 trophies, Sony's answer to Microsoft's achievements. Yes, they will still be implemented tomorrow and we can consider this great news, right? Well, we have some bad news, too: if you were expecting to...

1 July 2008
04:12 GMT

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Unlockables Part II (PS3)

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the stealth action game released exclusively for the PlayStation 3 console, has been recently launched (on the 12th of June 2008) and it is already considered one of the biggest hits of the year. Having in mind that it is the last Hideo Kojima game in the Metal Gear franchise...

18 June 2008
19:06 GMT

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots Unlockables (PS3)

Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots, the stealth action game launched exclusively for the PlayStation 3 console was released on the 12th of June 2008 and it is already considered one of the biggest hits of the year. Having in mind that it is the last Hideo Kojima game in the Metal Gear franchise (or so he says),...

17 June 2008
08:20 GMT

Weekend Bashing: PC Fanboys, a Rising Trend

When it comes to the gaming market and all its subsidiaries (accessories and some part of the hardware market) there are strict rules that govern it. That's why we see some accurate predictions when it comes to sales, whether it's for games or for different platforms. Humans tend to follow a pattern and jus...

13 June 2008
20:06 GMT

Novastrike Blasts onto the PS3

Dubbed as the first indie game that hits the PlayStation Network, Novastrike is a top down arcade shooter developed by California-based Tiki Games. The title will be released today on the PSN and it promises to bring a lot of features other similar games don't. And maybe prove that indie developers can do a bett...

6 June 2008
03:04 GMT

Sony Shelves Eight Days and The Getaway

As soon as a company has a new president, changes follow. This time, we're talking about Sony and two recently canned projects, Eight Days and The Getaway - and the decision might very well be the result of the appointment of Shuhei Yoshida as Sony Worldwide Studios head last month. As expected, details on the d...

5 June 2008
03:13 GMT

PS3 Consumes Five Times More Power than a Fridge

It's time to get the beers out of the fridge (or milk, or soda bottles) and place them on our PlayStation 3, because following some recent studies, Sony's console consumes five times more energy than a medium sized refrigerator (with a height of 60 inches and 12 cu. ft. volume). Which doesn't necessari...

4 June 2008
13:06 GMT

PlayStation 3, the Number 1 System

This statement will have two results: the Xbox 360 fanboys will be outraged and they'll start sending me e-mails full of hatred, while the PS3 fanboys will say "Yeah, we already knew that. Something new?". The truth is, though, that none of the two factions would be right in such a situation. Because, as good as...

28 May 2008
12:06 GMT

SingStar Released on PlayStation 3

North Americans have every reason to be happy now and hope for some really hot parties this summer since the hit super-party game SingStar has been released by Sony on their PlayStation 3 consoles. The game, initially announced as SingStar: Vol 2, has been released under the name of SingStar PS3. The PS3 debut of the...

21 May 2008
13:06 GMT

DirectX 10 Graphics on Consoles are Possible

No matter what fanboys and console manufacturers keep saying, the graphics on the consoles are, were and will always be worse than the graphics on PCs and the reasons are various (progress would be just one of them). However, it seems that every now and then, a developer plans to create a game like never before and i...

20 May 2008
06:45 GMT

Haze Has 4 Gigs Mandatory Install

Haze is probably the most anticipated game to be released exclusively on PS3s this year and the demo that has just been released proves that it really deserves all the waiting. However, in what will probably be no surprise for most of the PlayStation 3 console owners, it has been officially confirmed that Haze would ...

19 May 2008
12:11 GMT

Upload YouTube Videos Directly from the PS3!

This could definitely be one of the best moves for Sony has recently made regarding its PlayStation 3 console, since now it is possible to upload recorded in-game footage straight to YouTube directly from the PS3. Of course, as it always happens, this is only available in Japan at the moment - the free-downloadable g...

16 May 2008
04:31 GMT

Teens Kidnapped over PS3 Game

In what seems to be a kind of Grand Theft Auto brought to life, two teens were kidnapped in Baltimore by four people who were searching for information regarding a stolen PlayStation 3 console and a missing PS3 game. The entire story and especially the details are not fully known at the moment, since the two teens ar...

12 May 2008
13:06 GMT

PS3 Exclusive Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm Coming to Europe

The Leaf Village is, once again (and definitely not for the last time) in danger and you will have to save the day while enjoying a great game. Atari has just announced the release of Namco Bandai's latest Naruto title, which is coming as a PS3 exclusive in Europe this November. The ninja experience in Naruto ha...

7 May 2008
02:46 GMT


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