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PlayStation Move Additonal Details

Sony’s motion controller, PlayStation Move was formally announced today, and with it details are beginning to slowly surface. PlayStation Move will indeed launch this fall and with it, the support of over thirty-six publishers. The list can be found after the break.

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PS3 Motion Controller software line-up: the list so far…

It’s becoming common knowledge that Sony’s nameless motion-based peripheral is predicted to hit the market sometime in autumn this year, contrary to the original spring release forecast. So we figure it’s time to publicise information of a less common nature.
Sony Computer Entertainment’s President and Group CEO Kazuo Hirai has been promising the gaming world that he [...]

GTA IV DLC confirmed for PS3

It’s official: The Ballad of Gay Tony and The Lost and the Damned add-ons for GTA IV will finally make an appearance on the PS3. Rockstar’s contract with Microsoft promising to keep the DLC exclusive to the Xbox 360 has expired, and SCEA has confirmed that the episodes will be available in North America on March 30th, 2010. [...]

Hotz hacks the PlayStation 3

George Hotz, the American hacker famed for unlocking Apple’s iPhone from the AT&T network shortly after its launch in 2007, has managed to configure a PlayStation 3 to read pirated and homemade software, making him the first to successfully hack the deemed ‘unhackable’ games console.

Sony’s PS3 Motion Controller to launch autumn 2010

As reported by News10, Sony Computer Entertainment announced yesterday that its Wii remote-resembling thingamajig will be launched Autumn 2010 – not Spring 2010, as originally announced at last year’s E3 Expo.

Gran Turismo 5 launch deferred by Sony

News comes from an official (and confusedly translated) PlayStation.com press release that the Japanese launch of Gran Turismo 5 has been pushed back from March to April 2010.
Though justification for the delay is predictably absent, Sony Computer Entertainment Japan is due to publish a revised release date for Polyphony Digital’s racing blockbuster soon. There is still [...]

Sony Hardware Marketing Director Clarifies 3D Plans

Sony’s plans to implement 3D support into all existing PS3 consoles haven’t exactly been well-kept secrets. Bits of information have popped-up from time to time, but now we have solid details straight from Sony’s hardware marketing director John Koller:
“Out of the box, the PS3 is great, because as many people know who are watching this, [...]

Leaked survey details possible PSN Premium Services

According to Engadget, ‘someone’ has completed a survey for Sony which details services planned for the non-compulsory ‘premium’ PlayStation Network package confirmed by Kaz Hirai back in November. 
Subscription costs are unconfirmed at present, though pricing could be in the region of $20-$60 a year, or alternatively $6-$9 a month. While many PS3 gamers might be disinclined to pay for [...]

SCE cracks down on Content Sharing

If any of you proud PlayStation 3 owners have neglected to check your email recently, we recommend you do, particularly if you partake in content sharing…
Sony Computer Entertainment dispatched a notification message yesterday to all registered consumers detailing changes that have been made to their Terms of Service – specifically, Software Usage Terms. As of [...]

PlayStation Podcast in Development

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 [...]

Netflix Coming Soon to PS3

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 [...]

Aino Phone’s PS3-specific Functionalities Explained

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 [...]

Uncharted 2 to Hit the Silver Screen

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 [...]

GT5 Release Date Announced

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 [...]