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The PlayStation Vita handheld from Sony launches in Japan during the weekend but it seems that some developers are not interested in the device and see its release as a symptom of a wider problem affecting the video game industry.Henrique Olifiers, who is the leader of the Bossa Studios development studio in the Unit... |
16 December 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Sources from video game retailers have stated that publisher Capcom has shipped 420,000 copies to stores in preparation for the launch of the Nintendo 3DS version of Monster Hunter 3G, which is set to arrive on December 10.100,000 of those are linked to bundles that also include the Slide Pad add-on while another 20,... |
6 December 2011
04:53 GMT |
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The Japanese division of Sony has launched the first full commercial for the PlayStation Vita handheld, after putting out a teaser earlier, and it’s rather tame by the standards that the brand has set in the home market.The main character is an actor named Eita Nagayama, who has some measure of popularity after... |
5 December 2011
13:11 GMT |
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Sony has announced that each PlayStation Vita sold will only allow the registration of one PlayStation Network ID, limiting the ability of gamers to take advantage of the fact that the upcoming handheld is not region locked.Presumably the measure is a way of making sure that gamers do not massively import both consol... |
5 December 2011
10:39 GMT |
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Video game hardware developer Nintendo has announced that in its first eight months the new Nintendo 3DS handheld has managed to sell more on the United States market than the original DS.Regie Fils-Aime, who is the leader of Nintendo of America, stated, “In sales through this past Saturday - 8 months - has out... |
2 December 2011
09:05 GMT |
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Sony has admitted that it wants to provide multiple price points for developers that are bringing their experiences to the PlayStation Vita, in order to better rival the existing mobile gaming market on smartphones and tablets.While dedicated handheld games consoles like the PSP or Nintendo 3DS have had fixed prices ... |
2 December 2011
04:28 GMT |
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The upcoming PlayStation Vita handheld platform will allow its owners to experience all existing PlayStation 3 games via the Remote Play feature.The PlayStation Vita is Sony’s big bet on dedicated handheld gaming consoles, with the Japanese company being quite confident that it will prove to existing gamers tha... |
28 November 2011
20:31 GMT |
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The Japanese division of Sony has launched the television advertising campaign for the upcoming PlayStation Vita handheld with a teaser that seems to pave the way for even weirder advertisements.The tag line of the spot can be translated as “The future of games is changing” but it is not clear what this h... |
25 November 2011
12:01 GMT |
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Sony really wants people to get excited about its upcoming PlayStation Vita handheld platform and has now presented the array of games that are currently in development at third party publishers from all over the world.Sony unleashed lots of details about the PlayStation Vita in recent days, highlighting just what ga... |
24 November 2011
19:31 GMT |
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Nintendo really wants to make its 3DS handheld a platform that can appeal to all sorts of gamers, just like the previous DS, so the company is preparing to reveal some more casual experiences throughout the next year, especially at E3 2012 in summer.Nintendo's 3DS hasn't exactly had the best of start, with ... |
22 November 2011
15:51 GMT |
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Video game hardware maker and game publisher Nintendo has announced that, according to data offered by the NPD Group for the United States video game market, the Nintendo 3DS handheld has managed to sell more than 1.65 million units since it was released and is now close to breaking the one year sales total of the or... |
15 November 2011
20:51 GMT |
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A rumor suggests that Nintendo might be getting ready to unlock a second Central Processing Unit inside the 3DS handheld, allowing video game developers to use it for their titles, which would result in a 25 percent overall increase in terms of processing power.Initially this second CPU was only used by the operating... |
11 November 2011
18:31 GMT |
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Video game publisher Codemasters has announced that it will launch its well known F1 2011 simulation game on the Nintendo 3DS handheld on November 25 of this year, taking full advantage of the glass free three dimensional gaming capabilities of the platform.The development of the game version will be handled by Sumo ... |
3 November 2011
11:41 GMT |
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Sony has talked about its upcoming PlayStation Vita handheld console and how the number of pre-orders received for the new device are "substantial."Sony's getting ready to push out the PlayStation Vita on the Japanese market on December 17, and will deploy it for the North American and European ones this Februar... |
1 November 2011
15:51 GMT |
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Some brand new reports say that the upcoming PlayStation Vita handheld console might see some features cut from its Japanese launch at the end of the year, including compatibility with PSone or TurboGrafx-16 games, as well as Flash support for its built-in web browser.Sony is hyping up its PlayStation Vita these days... |
27 October 2011
17:21 GMT |
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Video game hardware developer Sony has confirmed that the PlayStation Vita handheld will have a 20 MB file size download restriction when it launched in North America early during 2012.The company has made it clear that the limit was introduced by the infrastructure limitations of AT&T, the company which offers the 3... |
13 October 2011
18:21 GMT |
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The PlayStation Vita handheld is set to be launched on December 17 on the Japanese market and Sony is keen on drumming up player interest by talking about its more obscure features, including the fact that it will have a remote play mode for use with the PlayStation 3.Shuhei Yoshida, who is the president of Worldwide... |
6 October 2011
17:11 GMT |
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Sony has once again talked about its upcoming PlayStation Vita handheld and how it's going to "supersede" regular mobile platforms like phones or tablets, largely because it offers more serious handheld gaming experiences thanks to its dedicated nature.Mobile gaming is rapidly changing these days, as phones or t... |
4 October 2011
14:21 GMT |
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A recent survey from research firm Interpret LLC has shown that 22 percent of the gamers who have bought and are using a Nintendo 3DS handheld see the glass free three dimensional gaming capabilities of the device as an improvements when it comes to gameplay while a bigger number, 28%, see it as a distraction.Dan Cas... |
26 September 2011
16:31 GMT |
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At the Tokyo Games Show, an event that can be considered home ground for Nintendo, the company doubled down on its 3DS bet and made a number of announcements that show the support for the platform and show how committed Nintendo is to make the device is success in the long term.First off Nintendo sought to make clear... |
24 September 2011
08:11 GMT |
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Shuhei Yoshida, the president of Sony Computer Entertainment worldwide studios has weighed in on the two major announcements made by Nintendo in regards to its 3DS, the price cut made back in August and the more recent circle pad add-on.The last couple of weeks have been filled with announcements for the PlayStation ... |
21 September 2011
04:04 GMT |
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The PlayStation Vita handheld from Sony is not even out yet and the leaders of the company are talking about all the way it will make life easier for players, offering an experience that can be better than even that offered on the PlayStation 3 home console.Speaking to Game Informer as part of a larger interview Shuh... |
20 September 2011
04:43 GMT |
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Video game hardware maker Sony has confirmed at the Tokyo Games Show that the Japanese launch date for the PlayStation Vita handheld is set for December 17 an that the device will start selling with 24,980 Yen when it is out.And now the company has also begun talking about the memory cards that interested gamers will... |
20 September 2011
03:33 GMT |
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Porting full pledged console games to new platforms, like the PlayStation Vita, is meaningless, at least according to Street Fighter X Tekken producer Yoshinori Ono, who said his team at Capcom is more focused on adding new features to the Vita version of the game.We've been hearing quite a lot about the PlaySta... |
20 September 2011
03:09 GMT |
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Video game publisher Nintendo has announced that it has selected the independent website Nintendo Life to offer recommendations for the downloadable content that is offered on the 3DS handheld eShop.All the recommended games have been vetted by the contributors to the website and are offered in Europe, North America ... |
19 September 2011
10:22 GMT |
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Video game hardware developer Sony has announced that the upcoming PlayStation Vita handheld will not be region locked in any way, meaning that those who are interested in getting one when it launches in Japan can do so.The confirmation came from Shuhei Yoshida, who is the president of the Worldwide Studios division ... |
19 September 2011
04:29 GMT |
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Sony has unleashed more information about its PlayStation Vita handheld console, including the full technical specifications or how it's going to receive more than 100 games during its launch window, after already sharing with fans at this week's Tokyo Games Show details about future games.Sony's PlayS... |
15 September 2011
05:06 GMT |
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Video game hardware maker Sony has confirmed that it will be launching the PlayStation Vita handheld on December 17 on the Japanese home market.The announcement was made at the Tokyo Games Show and did not include too many new details about the device itself.Sony said that the version of the platform that has Wi-Fi w... |
14 September 2011
04:02 GMT |
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Video game hardware developer Sony has again stated that when it comes to the launch of the new PlayStation Vita handheld its philosophy is the same as that for the original PSP: the creation of a gaming platform which targets the core gamer and deliver the best experience while on the move.Jim Ryan, who is the leade... |
31 August 2011
16:31 GMT |
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Electronic Arts believes Sony's new portable console, the PlayStation Vita, may be able to succeed despite the recent failure of the Nintendo 3DS, largely because it's a more social device that will be supported by a variety of interesting games.
Sony is working quite hard on making sure that its upcomin... |
26 August 2011
04:05 GMT |
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The PlayStation Vita handheld is now set to be launched in Japan before the end of the year and on Western markets in the early months of 2012 and Sony is saying that it aims to support the new platform by having a lot of launch games ready and then delivering new, attractive titles to support sales.
Speaking to E... |
25 August 2011
18:31 GMT |
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One of the leading executives working at Sony has announced that, despite the price cut that Nintendo has enacted for the 3DS handheld, his company has no plans to modify the price point of the upcoming PlayStation Vita. The new Sony mobile gaming platform, which launches before the end of the year in Japan and in e... |
25 August 2011
05:49 GMT |
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Nintendo has confirmed rumors from yesterday, announcing that it will, in fact, hold a special press conference focused on the recently released 3DS handheld console, ahead of the Tokyo Games Show next month.
Nintendo's 3DS portable device was released earlier this year and the response was mixed, to say the ... |
24 August 2011
18:21 GMT |
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At its Gamescom 2011 press conference, video game hardware developer Sony has announced that it was cutting the price of the PlayStation 3 home gaming console to 249.99 dollars, making it more accessible to the public in the run up to the Christmas shopping season.
The problem for Sony could be that the price of t... |
24 August 2011
08:12 GMT |
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Sony has talked a bit about the upcoming PlayStation Vita handheld console and how it couldn't have an autostereoscopic 3D screen, like the Nintendo 3DS, because Sony made motion controls such a core part of the device.
Sony is working hard on its PlayStation Vita, getting it ready for release later this year... |
24 August 2011
04:45 GMT |
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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 |
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The Sony made PlayStation Vita handheld is set to be launched before the end of the year on the Japanese market and, so far, most developers have had nothing but good things to say about the device.But Matthew Seymour, who is the president of Heavy Iron Studios, has told GamesIndustry.biz that, “With all due re... |
16 August 2011
16:21 GMT |
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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 |
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Kaz Hirai, who is the chairman of Sony Computer Entertainment, has announced that the upcoming PlayStation Vita handheld will be only launched in Japan before the end of 2011, with North American and European gamers set to get access to it in the early months of 2012.
The Sony executive has not offered any hard da... |
5 August 2011
04:24 GMT |
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Video game publisher and hardware creator Nintendo surprised the entire gaming world by announcing that it was significantly cutting the price of the 3DS handheld in order to make it more attractive to possible customers while also offering a number of free games to early adopters.
The move is expected to lower th... |
2 August 2011
17:11 GMT |
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Nintendo made the surprising move of slashing the price of the 3DS handheld to 169 dollars just a few months after the original launch date and a number of analysts watching the video game industry are saying that the main motivation for the cut is the upcoming launch of the PlayStation Vita from Sony. David Cole, w... |
29 July 2011
17:21 GMT |
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In an extremely surprising move, Nintendo has announced that it's going to slash the price on its Nintendo 3DS handheld console to $169.99, a major cut from the current $249.99 the portable device is currently selling for.
Nintendo launched the 3DS earlier this year all around the world and, while the console... |
28 July 2011
04:50 GMT |
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The PlayStation Vita handheld from Sony is still set to arrive during the holiday season and the developer of the device has offered some more information on the online modes that the platform was set to deliver: Party, LiveArea, Activity and Near.
Party is a way of creating a group of friends, all owners of Vita,... |
26 July 2011
18:21 GMT |
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The Pokemon Company has announced that it is preparing to launch an official Pokemon-powered video game for smartphones with the approval of video game publisher Nintendo, which holds the copyright to the game universe.
The new game will be called Pokemon Iie Tap, which would roughly translate like Say Tap, and wi... |
6 July 2011
03:50 GMT |
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Mobile handheld devices may not have access to the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 standard yet, but Cypress definitely wouldn't have that, hence its latest invention, the West Bridge Benicia (CYWB0263) peripheral controller.The SuperSpeed USB 3.0 interface standard has reached the point where it is replacing the USB 2.0 te... |
5 July 2011
09:58 GMT |
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Activision boss Bobby Kotick has expressed his thoughts on the recently revealed PlayStation Vita portable console, confirming that he and his company are interested in the device, but wonders whether it's going to actually sell in a competitive market.
Sony presented its PlayStation Vita handheld platform, f... |
4 July 2011
15:51 GMT |
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Sony has been hyping up its upcoming handheld console, the PlayStation Vita, left and right these days, but Microsoft, at least according to the Xbox division's Chief Operating Officer, Dennis Durking, isn't so convinced about the portable device.
Sony presented the impressive PlayStation Vita at the beg... |
28 June 2011
04:55 GMT |
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It appears that Unitech intends to leverage all of its resources, particularly its experience with the Windows CE operating system, in order to encourage sales of its handheld rugged computers.
The rugged handheld PC market is not an especially large part of the IT industry, but this doesn't mean it can'... |
18 June 2011
05:12 GMT |
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Sony has just officially announced the PlayStation Vita handheld, which will launch later in the year, and plans to launch a number of high-profile titles on it, but the entire handheld ecosystem is being threatened by the rise of the smartphones that are also gaming enabled.Still one of the leading executives at Son... |
15 June 2011
17:41 GMT |
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Video game hardware manufacturer and game publisher Nintendo of America has announced that June 25 of this year will be named Nintendo 3DS StreetPass Day, designed to show off the connectivity features of the new handheld and to mark the launch of the Meetup Everywhere community.The company is urging all Nintendo 3DS... |
2 June 2011
09:41 GMT |
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