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PlayStation Store Update Brings Darksiders, Plenty of Rock Band 3 DLC

After the lackluster update that appeared last week, Sony has posted some more content on the North American PlayStation Store, bringing new full games like Darksiders or NFL Blitz, as well as plenty of extra DLC for a variety of games.First up, PlayStation 3 owners can enjoy new downloadable titles, as well as a ful...

4 January 2012
04:43 GMT

Sony Unleashes Major Discounts on the European PlayStation Store

Sony knows quite a lot of people will be getting PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Portable devices this holiday season so, in order to give them access to some great deals right from the get go, it’s kicked off a special Festive Sale on its European PlayStation Store, which starts today, December 23, ends on Januar...

23 December 2011
04:34 GMT

New PSP Dual Packs Include MotorStorm, Twisted Metal, and More

Sony has just confirmed that owners of its PlayStation Portable will be able to score some great new deals soon, as three new PSP Dual Packs will be made available next week, both in retail stores across the U.S., but also as digital downloads from the PlayStation Network.While Sony is busy hyping up its upcoming Pla...

22 December 2011
18:21 GMT

Sony Admits PSP Confused Customers, Promises PS Vita Is Easy to Understand

Sony has looked back on its PlayStation Portable, admitting that the first wave of marketing efforts for the device didn’t really make it clear to customers what the device was capable of, and promised that, with the upcoming Vita, everything will be focused on its gaming capability.The original PSP, released b...

30 November 2011
17:31 GMT

PlayStation Store Update: Red Dead Redemption Discounts, New DLC

Sony has once again updated its North American PlayStation Store with quite a lot of new content, including the digital version of Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar's critically acclaimed Western open world shooter.First up, for PlayStation 3 owners, besides the aforementioned Red Dead Redemption, there's also ...

16 November 2011
03:21 GMT

Gamers Have to Pay to Move PSP Games to New Vita Platform

Video game publisher and hardware developer Sony has announced that those who are interested in moving their UMD and made for PlayStation Portable video games to the new Vita platform will have to pay, using a new service called the UMD Passport.The new initiative will be launched on December 6, which means that play...

14 November 2011
17:41 GMT

PlayStation Store Update: Dead Space 2, Fight Night Champion, Lots of Demos

Sony has updated its North American PlayStation Store with some older games that are finally available as digital downloads, quite a few new demos and plenty of downloadable content for all sorts of titles.First up, Sony has three new games available for download, including Dead Space 2, Monopoly Streets, or Fight Ni...

9 November 2011
04:20 GMT

PS3 and PSP Owners Can Now Play PSN Games on Just Two Systems

Sony has confirmed that owners of its PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Portable systems will be able to play the games they've downloaded from the PlayStation Network on just two systems.Sony's PlayStation Network online service has seen quite a big surge in activity ever since its outage earlier this year, wit...

7 November 2011
15:41 GMT

Sony Says Gamers Are Not Ready for a Digital Only Console

Digital distribution might be on the rise in the video game industry but a number of leading executives at Sony are saying that it's not yet time for a console that has no physical drive and gets all its content from the cloud.Shuhei Yoshida, who is the president of the Worldwide Studios at Sony, has told Edge d...

7 October 2011
15:01 GMT

Cross-Platform Gameplay Possible With PlayStation Vita and PSP

An interesting tidbit of information about the upcoming PlayStation Vita and its relationship to the current PlayStation Portable has surfaced, confirming that cross-platform multiplayer is possible between the two handheld consoles.Quite a lot of details about the PlayStation Vita have appeared in the last couple of...

23 September 2011
04:20 GMT

PlayStation 3 Sales Reach 51.8 Million Units, PSP Figures at 71.4 Million

Sony confirmed at the beginning of this year's Tokyo Games Show brand new sales figures for its PlayStation 3 and PSP platforms, ahead of the release of the all-new PlayStation Vita handheld console.TGS 2011 is a big show for Sony, as the Japanese company is bringing quite a lot of games for its current consoles...

15 September 2011
04:31 GMT

PlayStation Vita Supports 'Most' PSP Titles, a UMD Solution Might Appear, Sony Says

Sony has revealed some important information about its PlayStation Vita, as part of its traditional press conference before the start of the Tokyo Games Show, and, after detailing some of the new games that arrive for it, as well as a concrete release date for its native Japan, has now talked about backwards compatib...

15 September 2011
03:40 GMT

Part Two of PSP Power Sale Offer Now Available for European PSN Users

Sony has revealed the second batch of games that are part of its ongoing PSP Power Sale offer, with another 50 titles seeing their prices slashed between September 7 and 21.Sony is making sure PSP owners have plenty of reasons to buy new digital games for their platform, and started at the beginning of the month the ...

6 September 2011
14:21 GMT

Cheap 99 Euro PSP Draws In Younger Audience, Sony Believes

Sony is adamant that its recently confirmed PSP E-1000 handheld console, which costs just 99 Euros, will really attract lots of younger gamers who didn't have enough money to spend on the regular PSP-3000 or PSP Go models.Sony is getting ready to deploy the PlayStation Vita handheld platform later this year, in ...

6 September 2011
04:27 GMT

Sony Slashes Prices on Lots of PSP Games in Europe

Sony is keen on making sure that its PlayStation Portable console continues to make money, at least until the PlayStation Vita is released early next year, so it has now decided to slash the price on lots of great games, available from the European PlayStation Store.In the past couple of weeks Sony has made quite an ...

26 August 2011
14:21 GMT

Japan: 3DS Slows Down, Rhythm Heaven Leads Video Game Chart

The Japanese market has seen a slow down in overall sales for the week that ended on August 21, both when it comes to hardware and to software sales, according to the figures offered by the tracking firm Media Create. The Nintendo 3DS handheld has managed to sell 105,639 units during the seven-days period, which is ...

26 August 2011
04:18 GMT

Cheaper PSP E-1000 Doesn't Have Wi-Fi or Stereo Sound, Full Specs Revealed

The technical specifications of the newly announced PSP E-1000 model have been reveled by Sony, showcasing that two major features were cut from the regular PSP model, the wireless connectivity and the stereo sound output, to make it cheaper to produce. Sony impressed quite a lot of Gamescom 2011 attendants last w...

22 August 2011
04:30 GMT

PlayStation Vita Will Attract Mobile Gamers, Sony Says

Sony is quite convinced that its upcoming PlayStation Vita portable console will attract gamers who are currently enjoying experiences on their mobile phones or tablets, largely because it's set to offer home console-type gaming on the go. The PlayStation Vita is being prepared for a launch later this year, a...

22 August 2011
04:05 GMT

Brand new PSP E-1000 Model Announced, Priced at 99 Euros

Sony made quite a few big announcements at its pre-Gamescom 2011 conference yesterday evening, and, while the PlayStation 3 price cut was the biggest of the show, the company also made a pretty major announcement with the confirmation of a new and cheaper PlayStation Portable console.Sony is hard at work promoting th...

17 August 2011
01:50 GMT

Gamescom 2011: Sony Press Conference Roundup

Sony didn’t see fit to offer wireless Internet to the legions of press members present at its pre-Gamescom 2011 conference, so feel free to read about it, albeit in a late manner (just like the conference itself) below.Sony Computer Entertainment Europe CEO Andrew House kicked off the company’s pre-Gamesc...

16 August 2011
16:05 GMT

Japan: 3DS Sees Huge Drop, J-League Pro Soccer Club! 7 Is Top Video Game

The Nintendo 3DS handheld has seen a quick and precipitous drop during the week that ended on August 7, according to the sales figures compiled for the Japanese market by Media Create, while the best selling video game for the same period has been J-League Pro Soccer Club! 7: Euro+.The best selling piece of hardware ...

16 August 2011
03:11 GMT

New PSP Bundle Includes Madden NFL 12 and NFS: Shift for $159.99

Sony has just confirmed that a brand new bundle for its PSP-3000 console will be released at the end of the month in North America, including two games on UMD disc, Madden NFL 12 and Need for Speed Shift, as well as the actual handheld device.Sony is working hard on the upcoming PlayStation Vita portable console, whi...

11 August 2011
14:21 GMT

Sony Offers to Replace PlayStation Portable for Ashraf Haziq

The London riots have created quite a few poignant moments, including images of local residents defensing businesses and reports of kitchen staff defending their property and clients with frying pans, but the most important for gamers was probably the image of Ashraf Haziq, a young man who was injured and then mugged...

11 August 2011
13:41 GMT

Japan: Nintendo 3DS Sales Drop Sharply, Rhythm Heaven Is Best Sold Game

With the announcement from Nintendo that it will be cutting the price of the 3DS handheld in Japan by about 40 percent in order to attract more buyers, the device has seen a sharp drop in sales on the Japanese market and relinquished the top position in the hardware chart created by Media Create to the PlayStation Po...

5 August 2011
03:19 GMT

Weak PlayStation 3 Sales Affect Sony Financial Results

Video game publisher and hardware developer has published its financial results for the first fiscal quarter of this year and has noted that weaker than expected sales of the PlayStation 3 home console have led to its gaming business losing revenue. Video game hardware, online services and software sales reached 1...

29 July 2011
18:11 GMT

Japan: New Rhythm Heaven and 3DS Lead the Charts

The Nintendo 3DS might be going through a rough patch at the moment, as seen by the fact that the company is set to slash the price significantly to make customers more interested, but the device continues to do very well in Japan where it has managed to top the video game hardware sales chart yet again. The Nintend...

29 July 2011
13:31 GMT

Sony Offers Details on PSP Remaster Project

Sony Computer Entertainment has offered little detail on a new initiative called the PSP Remaster Project, saying that it will allow interested developers to emulate all of the features of the PlayStation Portable handheld on the Sony home platform, the PS3. Speaking to Famitsu Teiji Yutaka, who is one of the memb...

28 July 2011
03:14 GMT

PlayStation Store Update: Limbo, Final Fantasy and Lots of Sales

Sony has updated its PlayStation Store online service with lots of new content, including plenty of downloadable titles, like the eagerly anticipated Limbo, new downloadable content, like Old World Blues for Fallout: New Vegas, and a wide array of discounts.First up, PlayStation 3 owners can enjoy the excellent Limbo...

20 July 2011
12:31 GMT

PlayStation Store Update: Catherine Demo, L.A. Noire DLC and Summer Sales

This is a very special week for PlayStation Network users, as Sony has updated the online service with plenty of new things, from a demo for the upcoming Catherine adventure title, to a new downloadable case for L.A. Noire and, of course, the Summer Sale promotion, which was announced last week.First up, PlayStation ...

13 July 2011
13:21 GMT

Japan: Tales of the Abyss and 3DS Top the Chart

The Nintendo 3DS handheld has managed to again get the top position in the Japanese hardware sales chart for the week that ended on July 3, according to the data compiled by tracking firm Media Create, mainly because of the launch of the handheld version of Tales of the Abyss, a well-known role-playing game. The Nin...

8 July 2011
14:41 GMT

Free PS3 and PSP Games Still Available in PSN 'Welcome Back' Offer

Bargain hunters can still profit from Sony's 'Welcome Back' offer, which has been extended until tomorrow, July 5, so that users who had PlayStation Network accounts before the recent hacker attack will be able to download free games and access unique offers. Sony fell prey to a hacker attack back i...

4 July 2011
05:30 GMT

Japan: PSP Again Performs Better than the Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo has been publicly talking about how a new line up of releases for the Nintendo 3DS handheld will allow the platform to bounce back in terms of sales all over the world and the leading release in that effort was set to be the three-dimensional remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. But despite the...

30 June 2011
03:00 GMT

PlayStation Store Update: Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta, Lots of Demos

Quite a lot of new things have been added by Sony to the PlayStation Store this week, as the Japanese company brought forth lots of downloadable games, plenty of demos, and new content for a variety of already released titles, not to mention the Uncharted 3 Multiplayer Beta, currently available for PlayStation Plus s...

29 June 2011
12:31 GMT

PSP Dual Packs with Classic Games Coming as Retail and Digital Releases

Sony hasn't forgotten about PlayStation Portable owners, and has announced the release of three special Dual Packs, which include classic games from the library of the handheld device, being sold both in retail outlets and on the PlayStation Store at a special price.Sony is getting ready to debut a brand new por...

28 June 2011
15:51 GMT

EndWeekGame: June 24

Andrei Dumitrescu: This week I will be playing the going to the seaside real life game, complete with the transportation on full highways mini game and the how much sunscreen do I need to apply this year side quest.This means that I will not be able to fire up my PC and get some more time with recent releases and wit...

24 June 2011
16:41 GMT

Japan: Nintendo 3DS Takes Top Spot on Strength of Zelda Launch

The Nintendo 3DS handheld has managed to take over the top position in the Japanese hardware sales chart, a performance that had eluded the device for the last few months, powered by the launch of the well known remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D.The Nintendo 3DS has managed to sell 40,649 units during...

23 June 2011
13:41 GMT

PlayStation Portable Will Not be Repeated with Vita

Sony has given the official Vita name to the successor to its PlayStation Portable handheld and it seems that the change will extend to more than names when the new device launches, with the company promising that it will be much more active about designing gaming experiences specifically for the platform.Speaking to...

23 June 2011
03:39 GMT

Japan: PSP on Top Again as Yakuza Gets Top Spot

The PlayStation Portable handheld from Sony has again sold better than the Nintendo 3DS from Nintendo just as Yakuza: Off the End has managed to dominate the video game charts for the week that ended on June 12, according to data on the Japanese market provided by the tracking firm Media Create.The PSP has managed to...

17 June 2011
03:23 GMT

PlayStation Store Update Deployed, Lots of Discounts Included

In between making some big announcements during this week's E3 2011 conference, Sony has also taken the time to deploy another massive update on its recently relaunched PlayStation Store.This week, PS3 and PSP owners are treated to a lot of discounts and deals, in honor of the E3 expo, as well as plenty of new d...

9 June 2011
04:15 GMT

Free PS3 and PSP Games Now Available With PSN Welcome Back Program

After getting the PlayStation Store back online, Sony has now officially deployed its Welcome Back offer for PlayStation Network users that were affected by the outage experienced by the service for many weeks after a hacker attack.Sony worked diligently to restore PSN to a functional and more secure state, and only ...

4 June 2011
02:00 GMT

Japan: Nintendo DS on the Rise, Still Trails the PSP

The figures released by tracking firm Media Create for the week that ended on May 29 show an increase in sales of the Nintendo DS handheld on the Japanese market, although the new device is still lagging behind the PlayStation Portable from Sony.The PSP has managed to sell 33,685 units during the seven days period, w...

3 June 2011
03:42 GMT

Japan: All Hardware Down, PSP Better than Nintendo 3DS

The Japanese firm Media Create, which tracks sales on the country's hardware and software video game markets, has posted information about the sales for the week that ended on May 22, showing the PlayStation Portable handheld from Sony is increasing its domination over the newer Nintendo 3DS device. The PSP h...

27 May 2011
14:41 GMT

PSP Firmware Update 6.39 Now Available, Requires Change of Password

Sony has just deployed a brand new firmware update to all of its PlayStation Portable consoles, taking their software up to version 6.39 and requiring users to change their PlayStation Network password because of the security risk from last month's hacker attack. Sony has had a very difficult period in the last...

24 May 2011
17:21 GMT

Nintendo 3DS Will Top Hardware Sales in Japan for 2011

Enterbrain, a company which publishes the popular Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu and watches the market in the country, has announced that it estimates that the Nintendo 3DS handheld will be the best-selling hardware for the current year, despite the current slowdown. It seems that the new Nintendo device will s...

23 May 2011
16:41 GMT

Nintendo 3DS Will Face Slower than Expected Sales in 2011

Specialist video game retailer GameStop has said that it has managed to capture a lot of the handheld market share after the launch of the new Nintendo 3DS, but that the device has been selling less than expected because of a lot of compelling software launches and that it might face a tough battle with the PlayStati...

20 May 2011
14:31 GMT

Sony Offers Two Free PS3 and PSP Games to Make Up for PSN Outage

Sony has just revealed a new way in which it is going to apologize to owners of PlayStation 3 or PlayStation Portable consoles for the ongoing outage experienced by the PlayStation Network online service. At the beginning of last week, Sony revealed that it was set to get the PSN back online in around 7 days, but,...

9 May 2011
02:30 GMT

PSP Go Lives On in North America

Just as Sony Japan announced that the PSP Go's production has been ended, Sony Computer Entertainment America has revealed that the device will still be sold in the territory at least until the end of the year. The PSP Go was declared officially dead last week, when Sony revealed, after a session of intense r...

26 April 2011
02:40 GMT

PlayStation Network Still Offline, Sony Doesn't Know When It Will Be Fixed (UPDATED)

UPDATE: Sony has officially admitted that the PSN has been hacked and that personal user data, from PSN IDs or passwords to even credit card data has been compromised.Even more bad news for PlayStation Network users, as even after almost six days since the online service went down, Sony still doesn't know w...

26 April 2011
02:05 GMT

Sony Confirms PSP Go Death, Focuses on PSP-3000 Until NGP Release

Sony has just confirmed what was rumored yesterday, that the production of the PSP Go has been terminated, so that the company can focus on getting its Next Generation Portable ready for launch. Sony's PSP Go wasn't the most successful console in recent years, but the company continued to support it, and...

21 April 2011
17:21 GMT

PSP Goes Out of Production, Sony Avoids Talking About It

Sony may have stopped the production of the PSP Go altogether, according to a recent report, while the company is currently avoiding the subject in an official statement.Sony's PlayStation Portable, in all of its iterations, hasn't exactly been the success the Japanese company wanted, especially when compar...

20 April 2011
03:45 GMT


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