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According to the Taiwanese website UDN, and translated originally by Engadget, it appears the upcoming rumored PS3 Slim will be ready to ship by the end of July.
The report says the companies ...
Date: 2 Jul 2009 06:07
According to a new Siliconera report, Sony has patented a new method that would allow the Cell processor of the PlayStation 3 to fully emulate the Emotion Engine, bringing full backwards compatibility ...
Date: 30 Jun 2009 19:06 | 18 comments
Microsoft has announced the addition of Canal+ to Xbox Live in France, allowing French gamers to watch films and soccer on demand from their consoles.
The move follows a similar deal with ...
Date: 29 Jun 2009 19:06
According to a "mole" speaking to Arstechnica, both Sony and Microsoft will introduce new hardware packages this fall, in addition to price cuts.
This is all considered rumor for the time ...
Date: 28 Jun 2009 03:06 | 63 comments
Despite a prolonged slump in hardware sales, Japanese console sales improved marginally week-on-week for the week ended June 21st, with the Nintendo DSi remaining at the top of the chart.
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Date: 27 Jun 2009 01:06 | 3 comments
According to a VG247 report, the eventual PS3 firmware 3.0 will be a "completely new system," not unlike how the NXE was for rival Microsoft's Xbox 360 console.
The report says the update ...
Date: 26 Jun 2009 23:06 | 38 comments
Sky Broadband has admitted and apologized for an error with their system that has been blocking UK users from accessing the PlayStation Network for the seven hour period of 5pm to midnight.
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Date: 25 Jun 2009 00:06 | 7 comments
Sony has announced today that the PlayStation Network has hit a new milestone, 25 million registered users.
Additionally, users have downloaded over 500 million pieces of digital content.
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Date: 24 Jun 2009 23:06 | 8 comments
Cevat Yerli, Crytek CEO, has suggested that the upcoming game Crysis 2 will for the most part max out the PS3's technology.
Yerli says the performance analysis of the game shows full occupation ...
Date: 22 Jun 2009 01:06 | 24 comments
Yesterday, Activision CEO Bobby Kotick suggested that the publisher may eventually be forced to drop support of the PlayStation 3 console if Sony does not cut its price.
"They have to cut ...
Date: 20 Jun 2009 22:06 | 20 comments
Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has suggested today that the publisher may be forced to drop support of the PlayStation 3 console if Sony does not slash the price of the system, and soon.
"They ...
Date: 19 Jun 2009 21:06 | 35 comments
The Nintendo DSi was once again the best selling hardware in Japan for the week ended June 14th, although sales in general continue to fall in comparison to the 2008 average.
The handheld ...
Date: 19 Jun 2009 20:06 | 2 comments
Microsoft has confirmed that they are now shipping a Jasper-based Xbox 360 Arcade units with 512MB of on-board flash memory, a double from the current 256MB.
"The Xbox 360 system software ...
Date: 19 Jun 2009 06:06 | 10 comments
At the E3 Expo earlier this month, Microsoft announced that they will start an "on-demand" service for downloads of games for the Xbox 360 through Xbox Live.
The company has today re-branded ...
Date: 19 Jun 2009 02:06 | 2 comments
According to analysts at Citigroup, the in-game advertisement market should reach $1 billion USD in revenue by 2014, marking a 40 percent growth from the current market, an expected $600 million ...
Date: 18 Jun 2009 05:06 | 8 comments
As was the case earlier this year, the Sony PlayStation 2 remains the most played console by gamers, despite the fact that the Nintendo Wii has been the best selling console for over 2 years.
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Date: 17 Jun 2009 07:06 | 24 comments
Microsoft sources have denied 1UP's recent report that a new Xbox is coming in late 2010.
Aaron Greenberg, director of product management, says: "I think part of the excitement about this ...
Date: 16 Jun 2009 19:06 | 23 comments
Last week we reported that the Nintendo Wii, among other consoles, took a serious hit to its sales, seeing a 57 percent drop year-on-year for the month of May.
The drop marked the third consecutive ...
Date: 16 Jun 2009 02:06 | 21 comments
According to the latest figures from NPD, US video game sales for May collapsed year-on-year, with software, hardware and accessories sales combining to fall 23 percent from May 2008.
Hardware ...
Date: 12 Jun 2009 19:06 | 3 comments
Sony has announced that the on-demand video service VidZone is now available for free for European PlayStation 3 owners.
VidZone currently runs the service from their own independent website, ...
Date: 11 Jun 2009 17:06 | 14 comments
Last week during the E3 Expo, Sony officially launched the PSP Go handheld, which removes the UMD drive, adds a slider design and and is slimmer than previous models.
Today, expert gaming ...
Date: 11 Jun 2009 17:06 | 45 comments
Sure we have heard rumors that a Sony PlayStation 3 price cut has been in the works for months now, but new "industry sources" are saying today that a $100 USD price cut is coming in August, ...
Date: 10 Jun 2009 03:06 | 23 comments
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has said this week that he believes that although high definition video has no "significant meaning" to users of the extremely popular Wii, the next Nintendo ...
Date: 9 Jun 2009 02:06 | 32 comments
Son has noted today that they will allow new owners of the PSP Go handheld to download digital copies of games they currently own on UMD, because the drive has been removed from the updated console.
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Date: 5 Jun 2009 04:06 | 28 comments
According to Sony America boss Jack Tretton, the company is preparing to expand their PlayStation business further into South America, marketing their consoles more in Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay.
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Date: 4 Jun 2009 03:06 | 3 comments
According to new figures from the Entertainment Software Association, 68 percent of American households play video games, an increase of just over 3 percent from 2008.
The report, presented ...
Date: 4 Jun 2009 03:06 | 16 comments
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