Sony reels off list of over 80 thirdparties supporting newly-announced PSP successor.
A host of thirdparty developers and publishers have signed up to make and release games for PSP successor NGP.
Sony announced the device, codenamed Next Generation Portable, at an event in Tokyo yesterday, with some of the bigger names showing their wares onstage.
Motion-sensing peripheral sells 8m units in 60 days as Microsoft reports record second-quarter earnings.
Sales of the Kinect motion-sensing peripheral have led to Microsoft reporting record earnings for the second quarter of its fiscal year.
Kinect has sold eight million units in just 60 days, according to Microsoft, helping revenues for the three months ending December 31 2010 to a record $19.95 billion.
We speak to one of the men behind EA's bid to bring gritty realism to free-to-play.
Following the recent announcement of Battlefield: Play4Free, Ben Cousins, the general manager of free-to-play for Electronic Arts, considers the free-to-play market, hardcore shooter fans’ peculiar playing habits, and the publisher’s success in the field.
SCEA president Jack Tretton says final release plans may not be known before September.
Sony has intimated that gamers outside Japan may not be getting their hands on the newly-announced NGP this year.
Speaking to Engadget, SCEA president Jack Tretton was asked to clarify the vague announcement that the Next Generation Portable would be out in “holiday 2011”.
Black Ops finally knocked from top spot in chart combining sales in Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden.
LittleBigPlanet 2 has done the unthinkable, taking top spot in the Nordic Chart from Call Of Duty: Black Ops.
Media Molecule’s creative platformer was not the only new entry in the chart, which combines sales data from Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. Mass Effect 2 is back in at number 6 following the launch last week of the PS3 version of the game.
Sony wins first round in anti-hacking case on the same day a PS3 firmware update blocks piracy.
Sony appears to have won the first battle in its fight back against the hackers that breached PS3 system security, after its motion for a temporary restraining order was granted.
All our coverage of Sony's portable systems in one place.
Below you'll find links to our coverage of Sony's Next Generation Portable; its PlayStation phone, the Xperia Play; and PlayStation Suite for Android. Keep checking back for more content.
Hirai Details NGP
NGP Thirdparty Support In Detail
Deadwood writer joins Lord Of The Rings producers on adaptation of Quantic Dream's PS3 thriller.
Hollywood studio Warner Bros has fast-tracked production of a film adaptation of last year’s PlayStation 3 hit Heavy Rain.
Government cites cases where BBFC rating still necessary, causing further delay to new UK rating system.
The implementation of the UK’s proposed PEGI rating system has been delayed, and will now not take place until September at the earliest.
Hardware designer explains that backlight has the biggest effect on battery; explains power save mode.
3DS system designer Ryuji Umezu has explained why the upcoming Nintendo handheld only has a battery life of between three and five hours.
Tech site Engadget gets its hands on working prototype of long-rumoured phone, now called Xperia Play.
Paradox Interactive’s PC action-adventure tops Steam chart after a day on sale.
Arrowhead’s PC action-adventure title Magicka has shot to the top of the best-seller list on Steam, with some 30,000 downloads in its first 24 hours on sale.
Pushes 3.56 update to consoles, blocking homebrew and piracy, but apparently not for long.
Sony has released a firmware update for the PlayStation 3 to keep hackers off PlayStation Network.
According to a post on the Playstation Blog, system software 3.56 is a “minor update that adds a security patch.” It introduces a new encryption key which kills all existing homebrew functionality.
Blames slower sales and strong yen; year-end earnings forecast unchanged with 3DS to pick up the slack.
Nintendo has released its financial results for the nine months to December 2010, with profits falling 74 per cent year on year.
Net income fell from 192.6 billion yen to 49.5 billion, a drop of 74.3 per cent. It blames the figure on slower sales combined with a stronger yen, which forced the firm to revalue assets held in foreign currencies.
Uncharted, Call Of Duty, LBP, Killzone and Resistance among initial announcements at Tokyo launch event.
As you’ve already read, Sony has announced its PSP successor, NGP, will be out before the end of the year. At the launch event in Tokyo, an initial lineup of games was revealed.
Hardware-neutral framework bringing original content as well as PSOne games to Android devices.
In addition to unveiling PSP successor NGP, Sony has announced that it is bringing PlayStation games to Android devices with PlayStation Suite.
Sony’s Kaz Hirai said the service will bring “Legendary Playstation Content” to Android handsets and tablets, with PSOne games available to download.
PSP successor, codenamed Next Generation Portable, unveiled at last in Tokyo.
Sony has confirmed details of its PSP successor, currently codenamed NGP – Next Generation Portable –at an event in Tokyo.
Many recent rumours about the device’s capabilities have turned out to be true. The handheld includes a 5-inch OLED screen, dual sticks, 3G, Wifi, front and rear cameras, front and rear touch pads, Sixaxis motion control and a three-axis compass. It has a quad-core ARM CPU, GPS and Bluetooth.
Controversial payment system that sees Facebook take a 30 per cent cut of all transactions will be mandatory from July 1.
Facebook has confirmed that its controversial Facebook Credits system will be mandatory from July 1.
Square Enix’s Disney RPG unseats Monster Hunter Portable 3rd after seven weeks on top.
Monster Hunter Portable 3rd has finally been knocked from the top spot in Japan that it has occupied since its release on December 1.
Its crown is taken by another PSP title, Square Enix mouthful Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep Final Mix, the “international” version of the original Birth By Sleep released last January.
Rep. Joe Baca calls for all M, T and AO-rated games to warn of link between violent games and aggressive behaviour.
California congressman Joe Baca has renewed calls for warning labels on violent videogames. Baca, a Democrat, has introduced a bill named The Video Game Health Labelling Act of 2011, reports GamePolitics.
Much-loved educational games of yore revived by Blue Fang Games for release next month.
Classic educational videogames The Oregon Trail and Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego? are to be released on Facebook next month.
The news was revealed by Darius Kazemi, lead analyst at US social gaming firm Blue Fang Games, in a blog post.
US and Israeli finance set to further expand set-top box service’s operations.
Cloud-based streaming firm Playcast Media Systems has raised $10 million in funding to expand its operations.
Industry Gamers reports that the finance comes from US digital media venture capitalists MK Capital, and Israeli firm JVP. As part of the deal, MK Capital’s Yair Landau and JVP’s Gadi Tirosh have been appointed to Playcast’s board of directors.
Inspired by fan with cerebral palsy, Sony San Diego widens audience to include disabled gamers by simplifying controls.
This year’s iteration of Sony’s popular baseball title MLB: The Show is to introduce a one-button mode specifically designed for disabled gamers.
Users reporting corrupted save files and even HDDs; developer asking for details from affected players.
BioWare has acknowledged a problem affecting game saves in its recently-released PlayStation 3 version of Mass Effect 2.
Posters on the developer’s official forums are complaining that game saves are becoming corrupted, with some players losing 30 hours of progress through the sci-fi epic which finally launched on PS3 last week, almost a year after its Xbox 360 and Windows debut.
