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Sony is trying to show off all of the features baked into its PlayStation Vita handheld platform, and has deployed a fresh video that focuses on the cross-play functionality between the Vita mobile device and the PlayStation 3 home console. The PlayStation Vita is set to appear at the end of the month in Europe and ... |
11 February 2012
09:31 GMT |
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Sony has made an official statement concerning the often rumored PlayStation 4, as well as the next generation of home consoles as a whole, saying that it will probably be the last of the three big hardware manufacturers to announce its new device.
Seeing as how console sales are decreasing in the last year, many pe... |
31 January 2012
19:31 GMT |
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A new build for PS3 Media Server is out, tackling a set of issues available in the previous release. Apart from eliminating problems, this build also updates a part of its components such as MediaInfo, JRE auto-download or FFmpeg suite.
First on the list of changes in PS3 Media Server 1.50.1 is improved audio/video ... |
30 January 2012
05:55 GMT |
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Sony Computer Entertainment boss Andrew House has once again discussed the issue of a PlayStation 4, saying that the company isn’t even contemplating the idea of a successor to the current PlayStation 3.
The PS3 has been around for over 5 years now and, while it can still support plenty of quality titles, rumo... |
10 January 2012
18:51 GMT |
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Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida doesn’t know anything about the PlayStation 4, at least according to his own statements, as he claims that the PS3 and the Vita are the main products in the PlayStation family.
While Sony is getting ready to deploy the PlayStation Vita handheld console, many industry ... |
9 January 2012
17:41 GMT |
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Sony has just kicked off a special Play Days promotion in the U.S. that sees prices cuts made on select accessories and peripherals for the PlayStation 3, including the PlayStation Move motion control system, from now until the end of January.Sony boasted that it will have a great winter holiday season, seeing as how... |
27 December 2011
09:31 GMT |
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Great news for all the PS3 fans: the console's firmware version 4.00 announced some days ago went official and is available for free download.The main update in this firmware release is the support for Sony's newest PS product, the PS Vita. Installing firmware 4.00 on your PlayStation 3 will allow you to c... |
5 December 2011
05:16 GMT |
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The official PlayStation blog reveals that a new system software for Sony's PS3 gaming console will be released in a matter of days, most likely this very week. The new firmware release date is supposed to be part of a bigger event, namely the release of the PS Vita in Japan.One of the major features in the 4.00... |
1 December 2011
09:28 GMT |
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We're offering you the latest Sony firmware for both the portable PSP console and the PlayStation 3; versions available on Softpedia are 6.60 for PSP and 3.73 for the latter. Since software-modding and cracking are everyday practice among PlayStation enthusiasts, we just know there is a heap of crashes and thing... |
18 November 2011
10:21 GMT |
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Amidst the big news that came out of Sony’s pre-Gamescom 2011 conference, by far the biggest was the confirmation of a new price made made to the company’s flagship model, the PlayStation 3 home console, now $249, in North America, 249 euros in Europe, and 199 pounds in the UK.Sony opted to make quite a l... |
17 August 2011
00:51 GMT |
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In between making some huge announcements at its E3 2011 conference, Sony has also taken the time to deploy a brand new firmware update for the PlayStation 3 home console, taking it to version 3.65.Unlike the previous 3.61 update, which was mandatory in order to force users to change their PSN passwords after the rec... |
7 June 2011
06:45 GMT |
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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 |
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Sony has kicked off a brand new initiative for its PlayStation 3 console, which will bring some of the most popular PlayStation Portable games to it, including Capcom's massively successful Monster Hunter Portable 3rd.
Despite the slow sales experienced by the PSP, the Sony portable console received some grea... |
23 May 2011
04:00 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 might get a new price cut later this year, at least according to Sony Computer Entertainment Europe UK boss Ray Maguire.
Current home consoles are still selling quite a lot of units, with the Xbox 360 growing constantly despite the economic downturn.
As you can imagine, Sony wants to make its ... |
14 March 2011
03:00 GMT |
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Playing multiplayer games on the same display (but divided by that nasty half-line) is not exactly anyone's cup of tea, but luckily, it seems that Sony's developed a new technology that will make such gaming woes a thing of the past.So, according to a report by Slashgear, it seems that the Japanese company&... |
22 February 2011
13:21 GMT |
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Hackers claim that Sony has included a rootkit-like component in the latest 3.56 PlayStation 3 firmware update, which allows it to execute any code on people's gaming consoles.The claim was made last week by French PS3 hacker Mathieulh. "3.56 pretty much has a built in psn [PlayStation Network] rootkit," he wrot... |
2 February 2011
05:15 GMT |
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Sony is working on countering the recent PS3 root key leak by enforcing serial keys for all future Blu-ray dics, a method who's effectiveness is doubted by a lot of people.Back in December, the security of the PlayStation 3 game console, has suffered a severe blow when hackers managed to recover the private key ... |
24 January 2011
01:00 GMT |
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Without a doubt, for many people around the world, the PS3 occupies a very important position at the core of their home entertainment systems, given the fact that, after all, the console from Sony doubles as a full-fledged Blu-ray player, that can now be controlled from a distance with the help of the snakebyte Premi... |
13 January 2011
15:01 GMT |
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Turtle Beach has just announced the company's most advanced gaming headset yet designed with Sony's PlayStation 3 console in mind, the Ear Force PX5, that packs Dolby 7.1 surround sound, a built-in programmable digital signal processor as well as XBOX 360 compatibility.
The headset allows for independent... |
5 January 2011
08:00 GMT |
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Since the Gran Turismo 5 video game for the PS3 proved to be such a huge hit, it prompted the appearance of all sorts of accessories designed specifically for it, one of the latest we've come across being the T500 RS wheel and pedal set from Thrustmaster.Completely optimized for GT5, the T500 RS delivers a good ... |
28 December 2010
06:05 GMT |
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Announced in November together with PlayStation 3 support, VUDU's 2.0 interface started rolling out today, VUDU-enabled systems everywhere getting the new UI that brings all sort of content browsing and filtering improvements to deliver a more user-friendly movie-watching experience.
Compared to the older ver... |
22 December 2010
05:19 GMT |
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Canonical, through Colin Watson, announced a few minutes ago that starting with today, December 14th, they will no longer build ISO images for the PlayStation 3 gaming console.On April 1st 2010, Sony dropped the support for Linux-based operating systems on their PlayStation 3 gaming console, by removing the "Other OS... |
14 December 2010
09:24 GMT |
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Without a doubt, Sony's PS3 is one of the most powerful gaming machines ever released, but it seems that its raw computing power can be put to other uses (beside that of letting gamers play the latest titles), since the US Airforce has just built a supercomputer featuring no less than 1,760 PS3s, that delivers a... |
13 December 2010
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While most accessories for the various PS3 controllers (including here the Move) are manufactured by 3'rd party companies, it seems that Sony has decided to roll out such a product of its own and unveiled the PlayStation Move sharp shooter, designed specifically in order to improve motion control for shooter gam... |
10 December 2010
01:51 GMT |
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If you're the type of person who just loves practicing snowboarding and skateboarding in a virtual world (namely via video games), then you'll certainly be interested in the DEK stabilizing platform, an accessory that's apparently capable of improving your proficiency in the aforementioned type of game... |
1 December 2010
09:28 GMT |
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For quite a long time, Sony's PS3 has been widely viewed as the most secure gaming console around, since jailbreaking the device in order to run custom code on it was a feat achieved only a long time after the console was officially launched on the market.Of course, over time, things sort of changed, and Sony, m... |
16 November 2010
02:27 GMT |
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It seems that 2010 has been a pretty productive year for Sony in terms of accessories designed specifically for their uber-famous gaming console, the PlayStation 3, and it looks like they've got even more surprises in the works for us, this time around related to the field of communications.So, while most of the... |
9 November 2010
14:51 GMT |
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While adding a remote control to Sony's PS3 gaming console is not exactly a very difficult task, by all accounts, things do get a bit more difficult when one wants to use one of the iDevices as a remote, but it seems that there's a half-DIY solution available out there that will do exactly that.That solutio... |
19 October 2010
04:49 GMT |
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Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo might talk about their sales numbers in North America, Europe and Japan the three big markets for video games but the future of the industry will be undoubtedly linked to China and India, the most populous countries in the world, where a big number of gamers now has the means to enjoy gam... |
12 July 2010
04:11 GMT |
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I know that many of you guys already heard the last week's rumors (more or less) about Sony dropping the support for Linux-based operating systems, by removing the "Other OS" option from XMB (XrossMediaBar) in its PlayStation 3 gaming console. As announced on the PlayStation official blog, this was supposed to h... |
2 April 2010
04:53 GMT |
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There is no question about Nintendo’s having surprised the market when it revealed its plans to launch the 3DS, a handheld gaming device capable of Stereoscopic 3D experiences without any auxiliary devices such as special glasses. Pulling off such a feat would definitely draw some more attention to its already-... |
25 March 2010
07:22 GMT |
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Final Fantasy XIII, the game that rocked a lot of boats in Japan when it was launched in December, last year, is just three weeks away from its North American release, and Yoshinori Kitase, its producer, really praised the PlayStation 3 and the part that the console played in shaping the title. Originally, it started... |
15 February 2010
04:26 GMT |
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iPhone hacker and blogger geohot is the first person to successfully hack Sony’s Cell-powered PlayStation 3 gaming console, in what is likely to “ignite the PS3 scene,” according to the hacker. Geohot is responsible for two iPhone hacks freeing device owners from iTunes’ “shackles.&rdquo... |
27 January 2010
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While the entire gaming industry struggled to deal with its arch nemesis, piracy, Sony and its PlayStation 3 have managed to steer pretty much clear of such an issue. With a powerful combination of secure hardware and software implementation, along with the cumbersome to-tamper-with Blu-ray drive, the PS3 has pretty ... |
25 January 2010
06:08 GMT |
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Sony might have announced it just a weeks ago, but Famitsu has already managed to get the latest scoop on Torne, the new PlayStation 3 digital receiver and video recorder. The source of the story is none other than Sony Computer Entertainment's hardware planner, Kiyoto Shibuya, so we can rest assured knowing tha... |
21 January 2010
03:02 GMT |
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Mistakes occur from time to time, they're something that's part of the human nature, but Sony and its PlayStation Store seem to abuse this human trait. As it happened once before, something crept up into the PS Store that wasn't supposed to be there, or at least, it wasn't supposed to be there yet... |
4 January 2010
06:08 GMT |
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New fighting-game news is always welcomed, but to hear that a new Guilty Gear should soon surface is far beyond words to describe. Taking a little pre-Christmas stroll down to the NowGamer offices, Tomo Ohno, the Business Development director for Arc System Works, unveiled the upcoming GG game while talking about the... |
30 December 2009
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Christmas is just two days away, so the discount fever is getting more and more severe, and spreading from store to store like wildfire. The online stores don't seem to be immune to this, and another one that got a bad case of the sniffles is the PlayStation Store. Sega is leading the charge on the PlayStation N... |
23 December 2009
04:26 GMT |
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Dante's Inferno is just two months away from being released and Electronic Arts is really revving up the sin counter. We already saw some pretty publicity stunts, like the Mass: We Pray game, and now the publisher is planting some jealousy and dissent amongst gamers. According to Yahoo Finance, a special edition... |
11 December 2009
04:38 GMT |
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The PSP Mini program has just debuted on the PlayStation Portable Go and there are already rumors saying that the titles offered through it might also be available on the PlayStation 3 home gaming console for all those who are interested in bite-sized portions of gaming designed with a more casual audience in mind.Mu... |
7 December 2009
16:11 GMT |
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Sony is making more and more of a push into the world of online distribution. Its PSP Go completely lost the UMD cartridge and the company supports more and more the PlayStation Network and the PlayStation Store by making most of its content available through these two online services. As such, Sony feels the need to... |
26 November 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Sony is having a very good week on the home Japanese market with the PlayStation family taking the two top spots in the hardware charts, for the first time in quite some time, and soundly beating the Nintendo duo of handheld and home console. In the software charts, J-League Pro Soccer Club o Tsukurou! 6 from SEGA is... |
23 November 2009
04:39 GMT |
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Even though it is a bit of a detoured information, it seems like No More Heroes will be finally traveling to other consoles as well. Originally, the intel got leaked on the Wii@Everyday blog, which eventually ended up as part of Famitsu's news. Then, GameSpot translated the scans and was in the position of makin... |
19 November 2009
15:21 GMT |
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PS3 Media Server is, as its name suggests, a multimedia server that is designed to interface with the PlayStation 3 gaming console. You install it on a computer that is on the same network with the PS3 and, thanks to the Digital Living Network Alliance-compliant Universal Plug and Play support in both the console and... |
30 October 2009
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Sony has released some new sales numbers for the PlayStation 2 home gaming console launched nine years ago this week. The Japanese manufacturer is saying that there are more than 140 million PS2 consoles sold to gamers all over the world, with one in three American households having one of them.The device is still be... |
29 October 2009
03:50 GMT |
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Borderlands is definitely a game that ranks high in the “eagerly anticipated release” chart. The developers know this, the gamers know this and even the publishers must have known, but apparently they couldn't anticipate just how high on that list it was going to be. 2K Games have found themselves in... |
22 October 2009
02:57 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 is the most powerful console of this current generation, costing Sony a lot of money to develop and to market. But while the platform has a lot of aces up its sleeve, from online functionality to a lot of exclusive games, most of the customers are still put off by its high price tag, ranging around ... |
3 August 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Officially announced on June 29th by Fixars Solutions, Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 has just been made available for download on mirrors worldwide! Among the new features brought by Yellow Dog Linux 6.2 we can mention the ability to install and boot from a USB flash drive and an improved PS3VRAM, in order to offer an increas... |
29 July 2009
04:55 GMT |
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The PlayStation 3 has always been hyped up by Sony for having some big hard drives come with the different versions of the console. This made a lot of developers create a mandatory install in order to speed up the loading times from the Blu-ray disc that was inserted into the console. Prototype is one of the latest ... |
11 June 2009
03:02 GMT |
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The gaming industry is filled with secrets, unannounced plans and ambitious but unrevealed projects. That's why there will always be rumors and speculations flying around the Internet and landing on related websites depending on how true they are or on what they focus on. As the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E... |
29 May 2009
03:20 GMT |
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