Posted on November 9th, 2009 by csreynolds
SCEA Social Media Manager Jeff Rubenstein has, via the US PS Blog, announced that a PlayStation podcast is currently a work-in-progress, following hundreds of requests from the PlayStation community in recent months.
However, as Churchill once did, Rubenstein needs you! To ensure Sony gets the ‘syndication’ just right, a poll has been published asking for feedback from [...]
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Filed under: Sony news, Stream Media
Posted on October 26th, 2009 by csreynolds
The PlayStation 3 has always been about more than just gaming; the functionalities, applications and services offered by Sony’s console accurately reflect this ideology, and the future is looking very bright indeed…
We are pleased to inform you that media streaming service Netflix is coming to PS3. As announced yesterday by Netflix’s VP of Corporate Communications Steve Swasey, the company has partnered with [...]
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Filed under: Blu Ray News, Firmware Updates, Playstation Network, Sony news, Stream Media, Xmb, ps3 firmware
Posted on October 14th, 2009 by csreynolds
Every gamer loves a gadget, so you imagine our ecstasy when we first heard about Sony Ericsson’s Aino, a mobile phone handset that can be synchronised with the PS3 to give ’users on-the-go’ access to Remote Play features, and an array of other multimedia tools.
Subsequent to the device’s launch yesterday, the EU PlayStation Blog has published an article detailing [...]
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Filed under: Playstation Network, Playstation Store, Sony news
Posted on September 30th, 2009 by csreynolds
On Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th October, a handful of movie theatres in America will give film buffs an opportunity to play the awe-inspiring Uncharted 2: Among Thieves – on Sony 4K hi-res digital projectors, no less. Monday’s showcase will be a private invitation-only event, whereas Tuesday’s will be open to the general public, promoted [...]
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Filed under: Games, Social Networking, Sony news, U, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Posted on September 24th, 2009 by csreynolds
After what has felt like an eternity of ambiguity, Sony has finally disclosed a release date for Gran Turismo 5 of March 2010. In Japan.
The announcement was made at the Tokyo Games Show conference by series creator Kazunori Yamauchi, although as of yet we have no details of launch dates for other territories. But it’s [...]
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Filed under: G, Games, Gran Turismo, Release Dates, Sony news, Tokyo Game Show
Posted on September 18th, 2009 by csreynolds
Did any of you in the UK happen to watch yesterday evening’s Watchdog on BBC One? If not, you missed an interesting episode turned controversial gem.
A segment of last night’s broadcast was dedicated to the ‘Yellow Light of Death’, a term adopted by the PlayStation community whereby a system failure is indicated by the illumination [...]
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Filed under: PS3 Problems, Sony news, ps3 firmware
Posted on September 7th, 2009 by csreynolds
Today is my birthday. At the ripe old age of 25, I feel no different to how I felt after turning 24, but like most birthdays this morning I’ve been overwhelmed with text messages, emails, cards and presents as a way of congratulating me on surviving this far in life. Only kidding.
So I’m wondering what news [...]
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Filed under: Firmware Updates, Main, Software Updates, Sony news, Xmb, ps3 firmware
Posted on September 4th, 2009 by csreynolds
We at PS3Vault.com would be interested to know how many members of the PS3 community are considered by Sony to be a favourite customer.
Emails are currently being distributed to certain individuals on the PlayStation Network, thanking them for their enthusiasm and commitment as a loyal PSN supporter and PlayStation Store customer. As it happens, I got one this morning.
But don’t get [...]
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Filed under: Playstation Network, Playstation Store, Playstation Thanks, Sony news, official
Posted on September 3rd, 2009 by csreynolds
First and foremost, welcome back Gamoc. I, like many others I’m sure, look forward to the impending tsunami of posts that will ensue when your laptop is returned to you, fit and healthy.
Now, to business. Two days ago we reported that PS2 titles God of War I & II would be making their way to the PS3 [...]
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Filed under: Europe News, G, Games, Release Dates, Sony news
Posted on August 23rd, 2009 by csreynolds
After a ridiculously long wait, we may finally see PlayStation Network cards arrive in Europe. Asian markets have had them for ages, the US and Canada caught up months ago, but so far the poor Europeans have been left out of the loop altogether. Needless to say, PS3 gamers in the EU without the use of [...]
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Filed under: DLC, Europe News, GamesCom, Playstation Network, Playstation Store, Rumors, Sony news
Posted on August 20th, 2009 by csreynolds
As reported by Media Week, SCEE has announced plans to launch a PlayStation Network video delivery service this November for PS3 and PSP users in France, Germany, Spain and the UK, with other territories to follow in 2010.
We suspect this initiative might have been inspired by BSkyB and Microsoft’s plans to release Sky Player, which is due to hit the [...]
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Filed under: Europe News, Playstation Network, Playstation Store, Sony news, Xmb
Posted on August 19th, 2009 by csreynolds
John Koller, Sony’s Director of Hardware Marketing, has been kind enough to address a number of frequently-asked questions that have passed gamers’ lips of late (concentrating on the approaching PS3 Slim, unsurprisingly) in an interview with Ars Technica.
We’ll leave you to have a read for yourselves, rather than detail Koller’s words in full here. However, [...]
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Filed under: Backwards Compatibility, Console news, Playstation 3 Slim, Sony news
Posted on August 19th, 2009 by csreynolds
Sony, following yesterday’s Gamescom conference in Germany, has confirmed to GamesIndustry.biz that the PSPgo will launch on October 1st, retailing in the UK at £224.99 – £45 more than the original PSP’s RRP back in 2005. As far as America and Europe are concerned, the new hardware will cost exactly what the old hardware did four [...]
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Filed under: GamesCom, PSP News, PlayStation Portable, Playstation Store, Release Dates, Sony news
Posted on August 13th, 2009 by csreynolds
Pocket-Lint has reported that Kazuo Hirai, Head of Sony’s Console Division, will disclose information (and hopefully dispel rumours) about the PS3 Slim during next week’s GamesCom conference in Cologne, Germany.
As per our previous post UK Retailers Preparing for PS3 Slim 2009 Release?, we were intrigued by WHSmith’s eagerness to shift PS3s at the reduced price of [...]
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Filed under: Console news, GamesCom, Kaz Hirai, Release Dates, Rumors, Sony news, screenshots
Posted on July 21st, 2009 by Gamoc
First up in our news catch-up, SCEE have confirmed that they’re going to have a 3 (three) hour conference at GamesCon in Cologne in August. What does this mean? Well, everyone there reporting it is going to run out of battery power, but other than that, it means they’ve got big things planned.
Price cut? PS3 [...]
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Filed under: GamesCom, Sony news
