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Atari - iPhone Leads as Innovative Handheld

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to acknowledge the capabilities of the iPhone after holding it in the palm of your hand for as little as two minutes. With the introduction of the iTunes App Store, Apple hit another home run by offering the world's most diverse and advanced mobile application venue. Atari...

25 September 2008
13:31 GMT

LocoRoco 2 Officially Announced

The gaming world has known for a while that LocoRoco would be getting a sequel, thanks to Phil Harrison, who told people at DICE in 2007 that he was playing the next version of the title. Now, Sony is officially confirming that a new game featuring the cute characters is coming to the PlayStation Portable, with the d...

11 July 2008
14:06 GMT

Sony Promotes New Executives, Readies for Fall Launches

After the surprise departure of Phil Harrison, now the head of Infogrames, Sony was suddenly left with a big gaping leadership hole right in the middle of its European organization. Bad news is this happened just as it was getting ready for a fall release season that most see as crucial for the PlayStation 3 gaming c...

17 June 2008
02:53 GMT

Sony Gets New Head of Worldwide Studios

Sony Computer Entertainment International has officially announced that Shuhei Yoshida is the person who is taking over as president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, known as SCE WWS, a position that was left vacated as Phil Harrison departed from Sony.Until now, Shuhei Yoshida has occupied the posit...

19 May 2008
03:11 GMT

Atari Gets Two for the Money

Recently departed from Sony, Phil Harrison certainly took a real short vacation. Today, the surprise announcement appeared that he is the new president of Infogrames, and that he will be working alongside new CEO David Gardner to revive the Atari's fortunes. Gardner himself is an interesting move, coming from an...

4 March 2008
05:13 GMT

Sony President Resigns

Phil Harrison, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, will quit his job by the end of the month, an official press release states. He will be replaced with immediate effect by Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO of SCEI. The resignation reasons are unclear right now and they seem to stay that wa...

25 February 2008
05:27 GMT

Phil Harrison Interview - Sony's Working Close with Rockstar

As you know, Rockstar has dedicated some exclusive downloadable GTA IV content to Microsoft's Xbox 360 userbase. In simpler terms, Sony's PS3 gamers will be getting "less" GTA IV content, which doesn't necessarily suck for them, as the episodic content, launching via Xbox Live, will cost some money to ...

13 July 2007
08:43 GMT

PS3 - Phil Harrison Explains Why They're Losing Exclusives

In a recent interview with GameInformer, Sony's Phil Harrison was asked about PlayStation Home and how everything was coming along. The man's answer was brief: "We have said that, if the beta trial is successful, that the service will go live in October." PS Home is pretty much all the PS3 has to offer (in ...

28 June 2007
17:31 GMT

Why Isn't Sony Worried about Losing GTA Exclusivity?

By now, everyone is familiar with the fact that Sony has lost exclusivity for the Grand Theft Auto series and that the fourth implementation of the game will hit both the PS3 and Microsoft's Xbox 360. It was only logical that the series would eventually be ported to Microsoft's machine as it has tremendous ...

10 March 2007
07:56 GMT

PlayStation Home Is True

OK, it's true, the thing PlayStation fans have been waiting for, PlayStation Home, exists. Sony's worldwide president has declared some time ago that last year was all about hardware and that starting with 2007, it's mainly about software. And so it seems-the PS Home service is said to launch in autumn...

7 March 2007
10:45 GMT

Today, Sony Will Be Showing Off - GDC 07

As you might already know, Harrison has a big speech coming up for today at the GDC 07, where developers are promised to see the stunning versatility of Unreal Engine 3, on which many shooters and adventure games for the PS3 console will be built, info regarding how developers will use Linux to create content for the...

7 March 2007
02:36 GMT

Sony Is Teasing before Tomorow's GDC

Company spokesmen just love teasing the press don't they? Well, it is the only way they can answer back for all the BS that is sometimes written about them. Sony's Game Developers Conference on Wednesday should bring up some pretty neat details about various aspects of the 23 March launch of the PS3 in Euro...

6 March 2007
03:20 GMT

PAL PS3 Plays 1000 PS2 Titles. Finally...

Sony's president worldwide, Phil Harrison has officially announced the exact range of playable PS2 games for the PS3 system. No more, not less than 1000 PS2 playable titles will be available on March 23 when the elusive PS3 launches in the PAL territories (Europe, Africa and Australia). You may recall some rumor...

2 March 2007
09:25 GMT

Sony Should Be More Forthcoming

Speaking about the company's problems worldwide and how they should be more forthcoming regarding cultural issues, Phil Harrison, SCE worldwide president, told Newsweek's N'Gai Croal that Sony really needs to work on moving on. "There is a cultural thing about our approach in Japan that has to change. ...

2 March 2007
05:00 GMT


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