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A PlayStation 2.5 Wouldn't Have Satisfied Customers

Sony is one of the biggest companies currently active in the gaming industry, owning one of the largest brands in video games, PlayStation. But while the label is known all around the world, the latest home console in the series, the PlayStation 3, isn't the most popular device on the market. This is largely du...

16 July 2009
02:49 GMT

Sony Denies PS3 Price Drop, Rumors Indicate 99-Dollar PS2

Sony has been a very successful company in terms of gaming over the time, but sadly, during the past two years, the market hasn't been under the Japanese company's domination, as the PlayStation 3 and PSP have achieved mediocre sales, being beaten by its local neighbor, Nintendo.Seeing how the PS3 is gettin...

31 March 2009
03:21 GMT

Sony Announces Game Lineup for 2008

We are always excited when a company decides to share the titles it's going to release: usually, there are lots of pleasant surprises and a few secret game projects become officially confirmed. However, the list of games to be released by SCEA over the remainder of this year and early 2009 didn't bring anyt...

19 May 2008
17:06 GMT

Gran Turismo 5 About One Year Away

The Gran Turismo series has been widely praised for the in-game physics engine, for the varied tracks and the great variety of cars available, over 700 in Gran Turismo 4. And after achieving gaming icon status the series is gaining more and more attention for its business model. After all, GT 5 Prologue went over the...

26 March 2008
07:35 GMT

Gran Turismo 5 Prologue to Sport MORE than 30 Cars!

Sony Computer Entertainment America and Poliphony Digital just couldn't wait till spring to break this to its fans: Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will not feature just "30 high-performance and exhaustively detailed cars," as the last fact sheet said, but, according to the latest features list of Prologue, 50 such cars...

25 December 2007
11:23 GMT

PSP Gets Rhythm-Based 2D Platformer in February

Sony Computer Entertainment America has this great PSP title hitting the North American market in February, next year. It's called Patapon and it's a PSP exclusive (naturally, since SCEA is handling the announcements) and it features 2D platform/action-adventure elements. Players must march the Patapons aga...

12 December 2007
05:03 GMT

Games to be Released by Sony in 2008

After some great holiday releases (and sales) including Uncharted, Warhawk, or Ratchet and Clank, Sony wasted no time and announced the names we should all expect to see from them in 2008. The PlayStation 3 system has the most games ready for release (seven titles), but they all sound nice. Among the names everybody...

12 December 2007
04:22 GMT

Twisted Metal: Head-On: Extra Twisted Edition Coming to PS2

Twisted Metal: Head-On: Extra Twisted Edition will hit hard the Playstation 2 systems in Spring 2008. It will have the same crazy gameplay as it has on the PSP console, allowing 2 player split screen carnages. The game is developed by Eat Sleep Play and published by SCEA (Sony Computer Entertainment America).Except f...

6 December 2007
06:46 GMT

Tretton - Not Getting yourself a PS3? Good, Get a PS2 Then!

Jack Tretton is all over the news recently, news surrounding the PlayStation 3 of course, since he's the head of Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA). A recent interview with the man reveals that SCEA is confident in the PS3's success, since this is not the first time they've opted for the long ...

6 December 2007
05:07 GMT

Jack Tretton Still Believes in the PS3's 10 Year Life Cycle

This is definitely one of the best Jack Tretton interviews we've heard in a while, as the President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) dishes out some interesting and optimistic prospects, as far as the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2 are concerned. Worth noting right from the start is that Tr...

4 December 2007
05:02 GMT

SCEA's Holiday Lineup Lists 53 New PS3 Titles

This is the day that most PlayStation 3 owners have been waiting for. Sony has issued a report announcing its lineup of titles for the holiday season, but everyone's of course interested in what the PlayStation 3 lineup holds. To kill the suspense, owners of Sony's next-gen system should know that by the en...

10 November 2007
06:15 GMT

SCEA Rolls Out Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Fact Sheet

Sony Computer Entertainment America and Poliphony Digital have finally rolled out the final details on Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, available both on Blu-ray (at a pricey $60 a copy) and as a PlayStation Network downloadable, for the PS3. The final list of key features is listed below, along with a few more details we�...

4 October 2007
08:10 GMT

SCEA and Future US Team Up to Bring 'PlayStation: The Official Magazine'

Sony Computer Entertainment America and Future US (publisher of special interest mags and websites) have teamed up to publish PlayStation: The Official Magazine. The report of course confirms that Future US will be doing the full-publishing for the first issue, also revealing that this issue will be the Holiday 2007 ...

2 October 2007
06:20 GMT

Tretton on PSN - Users to Get What They Deserve 'Within This Platform Lifecycle'

You'd think that by getting yourself an expensive PlayStation 3 console, you'll enjoy almost everything Xbox 360 users benefit from and then some. The reality is, Sony have quite some rough times ahead of them, although they're putting on a happy face stating loud and clear that people are going to see...

14 September 2007
05:17 GMT

Chat and Instant Messaging on the PSP, Not US Features

The world of gaming news is dominated these days by one single event: the 2007 Leipzing Games Convention, which features some of the most important developers and producers in the world. Sony couldn't miss the chance to announce a few PSP goodies, this time, only for European gamers. It turns out that we'l...

23 August 2007
04:00 GMT

80GB PS3 Launched in the US and Canada

They're finally shipping the 80GB PS3 in the US and Canada. Naturally, the 80GB SKU will set hardcore gamers back some USD 600, while CND 659 is what Canadians will pay for the bundle containing the almost intangible 80GB PS3 and a copy of Sony's online racer, MotorStorm. Here's what the official repor...

7 August 2007
07:04 GMT

SCEA Update - Lair (Already at Gold Status) Delayed

Just last week, Sony's PlayStation Blog revealed through an entry made by Associate Producer for Lair, Ryan Hamlyn, that the PS3 exclusive was currently being manufactured for a North American release on August 14, as it had reached a golden status. More recently though, the same Ryan Hamlyn posted an update on ...

3 August 2007
03:43 GMT

Sony's PS3 Gets Exclusive Rockstar Deal!

An entry posted by Michael Shorrock up on Sony's PlayStation.Blog, the Director of 3rd Party Relations at SCEA talks about this exclusive PS3 franchise coming from Rockstar, the developing team behind the Grand Theft Auto and Manhunt franchises. Shorrok says this is a brand new game, not a detective thriller L.A...

30 July 2007
03:19 GMT

Jack Tretton: Wii = Lollipop; Xbox 360 = Food Poisoning

In a somewhat strange interview, Jack Tretton, President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment of America, compares the rivals' consoles (Nintendo's Wii and Microsoft's Xbox 360) with bad food. One doesn't know what to think anymore. Was it meant to be funny...? Probably yes, but Tretton might ha...

19 July 2007
08:01 GMT

PSP - Fact Sheet Out for SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Tactical Strike!

Generally, the PSP gets tons of fantastic titles, whether the player is thrown in the boots of a furry animal (wait, animals don't wear boots... well, you know what I mean) or whether they're behind the wheel of a futuristic vehicle. However, it's not uncommon for handhelds such as the PSP to get a ver...

12 July 2007
07:31 GMT

No Emotion Engine for the 80GB PS3

Just a little while ago, Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) announced a new price point for their machine, which dropped the PS3's price by $100, including the 80GB SKU. Along with the announcement, as Gamingbits reports, came the 80GB and 60GB PS3's system specs, but in addition to those came a foo...

11 July 2007
04:15 GMT

SCEA's Tretton - Over 115 PS3 Titles by the End of the Year

Whenever news editors need something on which to put the blame for the PS3's bad rep, the lack of titles always comes in handy. And it's a true topic nonetheless. You see, not only is the PS3 quite expensive, but there's no good reason to buy it anyway, as it doesn't sport that many titles to begi...

14 June 2007
05:25 GMT

PS3 Is Not the Reason for Sony's Laying Off 100 Staff Members

It seems that although Sony is laying off some of its people, this restructuring is not directly linked to the PS3's bad start. What start...? It's been released for quite some time now and it's still lagging behind its competitors. Read on below to find out what Sony meant by "streamlining operations....

7 June 2007
09:52 GMT

Sony Fires 100 of its Fine Men to 'Streamline Operations'

Remember Sony Computer Entertainment America bosses saying that they have plans for laying off some staff, in an effort to "streamline operations?" Well, that day has come and Sony's dismissing 100 of its fine men (or not so fine since they're being laid off), in order to achieve optimum efficiency.A statem...

6 June 2007
17:26 GMT

Stranglehold Exclusive PS3 Collector's Edition - 50 gigs of Blu-ray Disc

Midway and Sony Computer Entertainment America have made available an exclusive PS3 collector's edition for Midway's highly anticipated third-person-shooter, Stranglehold, currently in development for next-gen consoles. Featuring the full game and a full-length version of John Woo's critically acclaime...

21 May 2007
08:14 GMT

PS3 Warhawk - Game Director Tells the Whole Story

The real story behind Warhawk and its not doing so good as a single-player game, but more as a downloadable multiplayer title for the PlayStation 3, is told by development team director Dylan Jobe in an interview with 1UP. He tries to defend as much as he can both Warhawk's image and SCEA's, admitting that ...

16 March 2007
05:09 GMT


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