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Microsoft might be preparing to launch a new type of Xbox 360 home gaming console, one with a smaller overall size and possibly with a cheaper production cost that might translate into a cheaper price point.The rumor comes after a Chinese board posted a couple of photos of the fresh device, which, of course, Microsof... |
19 March 2010
18:01 GMT |
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Gamers interested in picking up the Episodes from Liberty City content for Gran Theft Auto IV for the PlayStation 3 or for the PC are out of luck, as developer Rockstar has announced having delayed the launch for April 13. The initial date was March 30 and it seems that the pushback has something to do with a request... |
19 March 2010
05:20 GMT |
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Sony Computer Entertainment of America has announced deals with some of the biggest film studios in Hollywood, aimed at delivering their movies in High Definition format on the PlayStation Network.The offer is available only in the United States at the moment but Sony is saying that movies through the PSN will soon b... |
15 March 2010
06:02 GMT |
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February 2010 is a mixed month when it comes to the sales numbers put out by the NPD Group for the United States market. There is an increase across the board in terms of actual sales of gaming consoles, with the exception of the Nintendo Wii, but the price cuts made in 2009 mean that actual revenue has actually drop... |
12 March 2010
04:09 GMT |
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Sony held a presentation at the GDC meet up and the biggest news coming out of the event has been that the Sony motion tracking controller has been finally given an official name, the PlayStation Move. It seems that previous rumors, which pointed to names like Arc and Gem, were not accurate and that the company has b... |
11 March 2010
05:47 GMT |
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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 |
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The NPD Group is known for putting out the monthly sales figures for the United States but the company is interested in all aspects of videogaming, not just which gaming console sells the most in 30 days. And with the Online Gaming 2010, the NPD Group is showing that players are moving their experiences online more a... |
8 March 2010
05:13 GMT |
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Sony is saying that all issues related to the access of the PlayStation Network and the loss of user data, which began to affect old PlayStation 3 models yesterday have now been solved. All users can turn on their devices and should not have any problem using them to play the videogames they own and get on PSN and ac... |
2 March 2010
05:37 GMT |
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2010 is shaping up to be a great year for gaming. The economies worldwide are slowly rebounding, meaning that consumers probably have more disposable income to spend on consoles and on videogames, and gaming hardware is cheaper than ever for this current generation of devices, considering that the PlayStation 3, the ... |
1 March 2010
16:41 GMT |
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The only console to see an actual sales growth in Japan has been the PlayStation 3, with the Sony device managing to sell almost 30% more units than during the previous seven-day period just as other gaming gadgets registered another drop. The fortunes of the Sony platform were improved by the launch of Resident Evil... |
1 March 2010
13:31 GMT |
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A host of PlayStation 3 users are reporting problems in establishing a connection to the PlayStation Network and some are even saying that hard earned in-game Trophies are going missing. The problem is widely discussed on forums, which cater to the hardcore PS3 crowd and initial reports are suggesting that the only c... |
1 March 2010
04:31 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 from Sony, which received a price cut in August 2009 and also got a new version, the lighter and less power hungry Slim, is the gaming system that shows the biggest year over year increase in sales in the last few months and, with exclusive titles like Uncharted 2 and the upcoming God of War III att... |
24 February 2010
13:11 GMT |
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God of War III should arrive on March 16 and the PlayStation 3 exclusive is one of the most expected titles of this year. After all, Kratos has never had an adventure on current generation consoles until now and, with the upcoming title set to end his revenge saga, players are eager to know everything about the video... |
24 February 2010
05:16 GMT |
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It seems that Sony is interested in developing a new controller for gaming consoles, according to a new patent filled by the hardware maker. The twist is that the new filling with the United States Patent & Trademark Office talks about a gadget, which would be engineered to work with the Xbox 360, the Nintendo Wii an... |
23 February 2010
13:01 GMT |
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The evidence is mounting that Square Enix, the Japanese publisher in charge of the Final Fantasy franchise, is not at all interested in offering gamers a remake of the seventh main game in the series, which many consider to still offer the most developed Japanese role playing experience. The latest piece of evidence ... |
22 February 2010
08:52 GMT |
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Final Fantasy XIII was announced as making the transition from being a PlayStation 3 exclusive title to also appearing on the Xbox 360 at the E3 trade show last year and a lot of fans were shocked to hear the news. And after making that change and actually delaying the Western release of the game to put the finishing... |
19 February 2010
13:31 GMT |
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The first big PlayStation 3 exclusive of 2010 is Heavy Rain, a game set to be launched on February 23, promising an experience that goes beyond what videogames can offer at the moment. And one of the concepts the team tried out early in the development process was motion control as a way to guide the characters aroun... |
16 February 2010
16:21 GMT |
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For much of 2008, one of the main story lines related to the Nintendo Wii, which, back then, was the undisputed king of the current generation of videogame consoles, was that the company could not produce them at a high enough rate to satisfy customer demand. Especially in time for Christmas, Nintendo was forced to m... |
16 February 2010
04:16 GMT |
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The NPD Group sales figures, which track both videogames and hardware sold in the United States for each month, showed the PlayStation 3 was in fourth place in the chart, with 276,900 console moved to gamers, less than the Nintendo DS, the Wii and the Xbox 360 from Microsoft. Still, the console saw quite a good incre... |
16 February 2010
02:54 GMT |
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January 2009 was the first month when, after the euphoria of the Christmas sales season of 2008, the videogames industry began to shed its “recession-proof” mantle and show signs that sales would be on a downward trend for quite some time. And January 2010 is no better, with the overall revenue brought in... |
12 February 2010
06:12 GMT |
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Polyphony Digital, the long time developer in charge of the series, has announced that the Gran Turismo series has sold more than 55 million units, according to sales data centralized in December 2009, which makes the series one of the most important in the history of gaming.Interestingly, the European market has bee... |
11 February 2010
03:40 GMT |
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Since Final Fantasy XIII started out as a PlayStation 2 game, it's no surprise that it ended up staying in development for over five years, for it was eventually carried over to the PS3. And it seems like, while everybody at Square Enix is overjoyed with how well the title was received in Japan, as far as critic... |
9 February 2010
09:12 GMT |
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Final Fantasy has come a long way since the 1997 release of Final Fantasy VII, yet a lot of gamers still hold up that title as the epitome of what the JRPG can be. But hopes of seeing the experience recreated using modern graphics and new technology is periodically dashed by statements from the developers.Motomu Tori... |
5 February 2010
14:51 GMT |
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Quantic Dream, as the developer, and Sony, as the publisher, have confirmed that a demo version of the PlayStation 3 exclusive Heavy Rain will be coming to the PSN on February 11, in order to allow gamers who are still on the fence to form an opinion on the videogame set to be released worldwide on February 23.The tw... |
2 February 2010
05:32 GMT |
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Sony seems to be ready to make some profit after last year revealing the biggest loss in the history of the company. A report in the Nikkei financial newspaper in Japan, which has been translated by Reuters, suggests that for the third quarter of 2009, the period between October and December, the company might report... |
1 February 2010
03:44 GMT |
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Rockstar, one of the best known developers in videogaming, has announced that the two downloadable episodes for Grand Theft Auto IV are set to also be released on the PlayStation 3 from Sony and on the PC on March 30 of this year. Until now, the two pieces of content were exclusive to the Xbox 360 from Microsoft and ... |
29 January 2010
04:10 GMT |
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Aksys Games went all out when advertising the North American release of Record of Agarest War, and while there were barely any gameplay footage or game details beyond the point that it was a JRPG for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, it still managed to attract a lot of attention. With publicity gimmicks like the game&... |
29 January 2010
03:50 GMT |
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George Hotz might have brought Sony and its PlayStation 3 down to its knees, but the console isn't quite ready to draw its last breath just yet. Last week, Hotz managed to hack the PS3, as he revealed that, "I have read/write access to the entire system memory, and HV level access to the processor. In other word... |
27 January 2010
11:01 GMT |
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One of the biggest titles the PlayStation 3 is set to receive early in 2010 is Massive Action Game, abbreviated as MAG. It is not only big because of its exclusive status but also because of the fact that it will allow military shooter fans to actually engage in battles involving up to 256 people at the same time.And... |
25 January 2010
17:31 GMT |
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Until the arrival of Modern Warfare 1 and 2, the Gears of War series had been the most important franchise of the Xbox 360, demonstrating both the capabilities of the Microsoft made home console and fulfilling the power fantasies of its core audience.But despite the huge profits that developers Epic made from their p... |
22 January 2010
04:27 GMT |
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God of War III is one of the big PlayStation 3 exclusives set to arrive this year and boost the Sony gaming platform. The game, the first in the series that comes to the PS3, will offer players enhanced graphics, more fluid action and some of the biggest battles they have ever seen.And those who were worried that God... |
20 January 2010
17:41 GMT |
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The NPD Group data for December was released at the end of last week and it showed the PlayStation 3 selling better than Xbox 360 for the month, although by a slim margin. Still, the 1.36 million units sold in one month is a good result for Sony and points to a 2010 when Microsoft and Sony will struggle to get the se... |
20 January 2010
02:52 GMT |
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It seems that Sony has pulled a magic trick out of its software hat and has transformed the 3.15 firmware update for the PlayStation 3 from an optional to a mandatory one. All the console owners who have not yet downloaded it will be prompted to do so the next time they power up their device.In a post on the official... |
18 January 2010
08:54 GMT |
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This year, Microsoft is planning to bring motion tracking to the Xbox 360 through the use of Project Natal, a system that negates the need for a controller. Sony is talking about motion control using the wand peripheral that has already received a lot of attention, and about introducing the ability for the PlayStatio... |
18 January 2010
03:24 GMT |
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This week, we got the NPD numbers for the United States market for the month of December and found out that 2009 ended on a high note as the videogame industry had the best December ever. We have the regular Weekend Reading and EndGameWeek content alongside out regular cast of news. And if you like reading, we also h... |
17 January 2010
11:01 GMT |
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The figures coming from the NPD Group, which tracks hardware and videogame sales in the United States, show that the industry has had the best month of December ever, growing by about 4% year over year, going from 5.32 billion dollars to 5.53.Hardware performed better when compared to 2008, with an increase in sales ... |
15 January 2010
05:25 GMT |
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We already know that Japan is responsible for some of the weirdest things in pretty much any industry, so it's pretty safe to assume that Japanese people themselves are some of the weirdest out there. But weird works really well when combined with creativity, and, at least in the gaming industry, as well as in a... |
15 January 2010
04:44 GMT |
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Following speculation that reached fever pitch last week at the Consumer Electronics Show, Netflix and Nintendo have announced a partnership aimed at bringing a huge library of video content to those who use the Wii to satisfy their gaming needs.The Netflix service will arrive on the Wii in spring at no additional co... |
15 January 2010
04:24 GMT |
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The NPD Group figures for December 2009 are set to arrive in a few days and analysts are scrambling to build some reputation with potential customers and the public by anticipating the way the hardware and the software charts will look.The overall consensus seems to be that December 2009 will see a decrease in revenu... |
13 January 2010
12:11 GMT |
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While some think that the current consoles are nearing the end of their life cycle, the official stand from the Xbox 360 is that the hardware is more than competitive enough and that it will take a long time before a replacement for what's currently on the market will be needed. Robbie Bach, the head of Microsof... |
12 January 2010
13:31 GMT |
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Sony, as the publisher, and Quantic Dream, as the developer, have announced that they will be releasing Heavy Rain in North America and in Europe on February 23. The game will be exclusive to the PlayStation 3 console and will bear a price of 59.99 dollars. The United Kingdom region will be getting the title two days... |
11 January 2010
04:29 GMT |
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VEEME, a company that specializes in the creation of branded and original content for virtual worlds, and Sony, the maker of the PlayStation 3 home gaming console and of its associate services, have announced that they have launched The London Pub on the PlayStation 3.Users of the social space who are interested in i... |
8 January 2010
15:11 GMT |
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When it comes to games expanding past their own back yard, few have done it quite like Halo. The title has generated everything from toys (pardon me, collectors prefer the term action figures) to drinks, comic books, animated series and plenty of other money-hungry spinoffs. And one of the latest pie-fingers Halo got... |
8 January 2010
03:30 GMT |
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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 |
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There's a lot of talk in the videogaming world about the next generation of gaming consoles and how the devices might evolve to allow for better graphics, more complex gameplay or more interesting controls.Both Microsoft and Sony have vehemently denied working on anything like the PlayStation 4 or the Xbox 720 a... |
6 January 2010
16:11 GMT |
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Already in development for about five years, Gran Turismo 5 is one of the most promising racing games in a long time. Most of the anticipation was caused by the fact that very little was known about the game, and the little that is know is just too good to believe. There will be around 20 main tracks available in it ... |
6 January 2010
14:01 GMT |
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Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has announced that it will be releasing a new bundle including the PlayStation 3 home gaming console and the Blu-ray version of This Is It, the new movie that documents the rehearsals of Michael Jackson and his team as he was preparing for the comeback concerts that never happened. T... |
6 January 2010
05:19 GMT |
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After being teased as a massively multiplayer online first-person shooter, MAG spent a lot of time in beta testing. As one could only expect, the 256-player maps that the game supports are bound to cause a lot problems, so it's no wonder the game spent months on end under a magnifying glass, as developers watche... |
5 January 2010
05:48 GMT |
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The Nintendo Wii home gaming console moved to the top of the hardware charts in Japan. For the week that ended on December 27, 2009, the Wii managed to sell no less than 215,129 units, ending the year with one of its biggest totals. It seems that the console, which was characterized as ailing in Japan by Nintendo bos... |
5 January 2010
04:29 GMT |
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While some games rely on downloadable content to extend their lifespan, others are a little more intimate with the game's community and make fans take part in its post-release creation process. This is usually achieved through the outing of mod tools, or editors, that allow users everywhere to add a little somet... |
4 January 2010
05:12 GMT |
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