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New PS3 Jailbreak Allows Gamers To Undo PSN Bans
Following Sony’s move to block PS3 hackers from the console’s online functions, a new jailbreak has been released which reportedly allows users to unban themselves on PSN. Reports of the platform holder banning jailbreak users began appearing on Thursday, after Sony released a warning to anyone taking advantage of hacks. Read more here.
Valve: No Move Support For Portal 2
Valve has confirmed that earlier reports are false and there is in fact NO support for the PlayStation Move controller in Portal 2. Read more here.
NPD: Xbox 360 Tops Console Sales In January
Xbox 360 was the top selling console in the US in January, according to NPD data provided by Microsoft. Read more here.
Killzone 3 PS3 Bundle Is Official
We pretty much knew it was coming, but Sony’s now officially confirmed plans to launch a Killzone 3 PS3 bundle – in the States, at least. Read more here.
Analysts: Xbox 360 Topped US Sales In January
Games industry analysts have weighed in with US sales predictions for the month of January ahead of the NPD Group’s release of official market data this Thursday. Both Wedbush’s Michael Pachter and EEDAR expect Xbox 360 to top the monthly rankings with 380,000 units sold. Read more here.
Xperia Play To Release In March, 50 Launch Titles Confirmed
After months of speculation and first confirmation of the existence of the device at last week’s Superbowl, Sony Ericsson has confirmed it’ll launch Xperia Play in March. Sony Ericsson CEO Bert Nordberg showed off the phone in front of journalists at a press conference in Barcelona during the Mobile World Congress. It’ll be the “world’s […]
PS3 Sales Getting Close To Xbox 360 Sales
Sony’s PS3 has sold 6.7 million units in the last three months which sums the total PS3 sales to 47.9 million units, whereas its arch rival the Xbox 360 stands at 50 million units so far. Although the sales are 0.2% less than last year’s Q4, but it has still reached Sony’s sales predictions. Read more […]
Sony’s PSP2 Revealed Publicly, Coming This Holiday 2011
Sony has just shown off its ‘PSP2’ at the PlayStation Meeting event in Japan, which is codenamed as NGP (Next Generation Portable). It has Dual analogue sticks, Six Axis controls, Front and rear cameras, A five inch OLED screen capable of displaying 16 million colours and the Six Axis motion control capability, Touch pad on […]
PS3 3.56 Firmware Update Now Live
Sony has released the 3.56 firmware update for the PlayStation 3, which will effectively invalidate homebrew software and combat piracy. Read more here.
PSP2 To Have Similar CPU And GPU Of Apple’s Next-Gen iPhone And iPad
Sources close to French site 01.net have handed it some information on Sony’s PSP2, based on the handheld’s development kit, and the specs claim the portable will be using almost the same CPU & GPU combination as the rumored next iteration of iPad and iPhone. Read more here.
New Consoles In 2013? Crytek Says Yes
Because of Sony and Microsoft’s move into the motion controls market, analysts have said that we might not see the next set of video game consoles until 2014, but if you were to ask Crytek, the developer would give you a much sooner date than the aforesaid. That’s according to Crytek boss, Cevat Yerli, speaking […]
PSP2 “As Powerful As The PS3″ Confirms Codemasters CEO
There’s been a lot of news about the poorly-kept-secret that is the PSP2, with leaks and specs and even some (supposed) images floating around, as well as a rumor that the system could be as powerful as the PS3. Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens sat down with Eurogamer at the Nintendo 3DS event in Amsterdam last […]
Is PSP2 As Powerful As PS3?
If the rumours are correct, Sony will lift the lid on PSP2 – arguably the industry’s worst kept secret – later this week in Japan. And Codemasters CEO Rod Cousens has further fuelled speculation by telling Eurogamer that suggestions the console is as powerful as PS3 are “true”. Read more here.
Crytek: No Other Engine Can Match CryEngine 3
Crytek has boasted that no other current game engine has the grunt to power a game like Crysis 2, and that CryEngine 3 could be used to build “pretty much any other game” from the studio’s competitors. Read more here.
