Sony used its Gamescom press conference this evening to announce a global PS3 price cut effective immediately.
SCEE president Andrew House said the cost of the 160GB system has been reduced to €249 in Europe, $249 in the US and ¥24,980 in Japan. A Sony spokesperson later told CVG the console’s price has been cut from £249 to £199 in the UK.
Sony has announced plans to launch a new €99 PSP model in Europe.
The PSP E-1000 lacks Wi-Fi capabilities but will offer access to the full catalogue of PSP software either on UMD or from the PlayStation Store via Media Go.
The design is also slightly different to existing models, featuring a matte charcoal black finish, the same as on the slimmer PS3.
For its ninth year, last week's Edinburgh Interactive moved into its most high-profile spot on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile. Surrounded by the fringe, and buckets of rain, EIF 2011 kicked off with a message that would echo across two days of panels, talks and public sessions: creativity is key.
Press a button in Driver San Francisco and your view flies from the dashboard to a birdseye view far above the city. From here you can take in 210 miles of Fog City’s snaking roadways, traffic and all. The cherry on the cake? It’s all at 60 frames per second.
At Gamescom prelude GDC Europe in Cologne yesterday, Brian Gomez, design director of the forthcoming Silent Hill: Downpour at Czech developer Vatra, spoke of the importance to the survival horror genre of breaking accepted development conventions.
A cute puzzle game with a cleverly used mechanic, Spacelings is an object lesson in how to make a decent game rather than a great one. Each level begins with a number of Spacelings, usually surrounded by nasty bombs, mines and obtrusive walls, while somewhere else on-screen a spaceship sits with a tractor beam extended. The player controls the direction of the beam, and must suck in the Spacelings while avoiding bombs and mines – simple.
One feature prospective Vita owners want in their new, rear-trackpad, front touch, tilt-controlled device is... a UMD drive?
Perhaps the most convincing Xbox Live phishing attempt we’ve ever seen. You nearly had us, Xbox Modiator.
Anyone buying Football Manager RPG under the impression it's made by Sports Interactive is in for a shock. This is nothing less than the anti-Football Manager: no stats, no tinkering, not even any simulation of matches. The closest equivalent to what it offers is a personality quiz: this is football management with the emphasis on 'man'.
