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Neo Geo has another crack at the handheld market

Neo Geo has another crack at the handheld market

Reports from the East suggest that SNK Playmore is to have another crack at the handheld market with the release of a new Neo Geo portable.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 25th 2012 at 11:27AM in News
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Vita UMD Passport announced

Vita UMD Passport announced

Sony has revealed a fresh initiative that it hopes will encourage PSP owners to make the step up to PlayStation Vita when it is released in Japan in a month’s ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 11th 2011 at 8:47AM in News

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Steve Jobs - the man who changed handheld gaming

Steve Jobs - the man who changed handheld gaming

There are several moments that can rightly be called ‘pivotal’ throughout the history of gaming. The Magnavox Odyssey. Space Invaders. The NES. Game Boy. Sony’s PlayStation. Xbox Live.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 6th 2011 at 10:14AM in News
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Sony on why 3DS has struggled

Sony on why 3DS has struggled

It’s a weird world we live in where a person has to explicitly say they’re not commenting on a rival’s device before they’re able to comment on a rival’s device.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 24th 2011 at 9:30AM in News
Pachter: Vita will rob Nintendo market share

Pachter: Vita will rob Nintendo market share

US analyst Michael Pachter believes that the PS Vita will achieve what the PSP did not and eat into Nintendo's handheld market share.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jul 1st 2011 at 3:49PM in News
Sony hints at portable 3D

Sony hints at portable 3D

Sony is not ruling out the use of 3D technology for PlayStation small-screen devices such as NGP, the company has said.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 1st 2011 at 9:40AM in News

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FEATURE: Apple vs Nintendo

FEATURE: Apple vs Nintendo

Yesterday two of the most important companies in games and technology, Nintendo and Apple, held keynotes back to back. The Nintendo keynote at GDC primarily concerned the 3DS and filling ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 4th 2011 at 9:39AM in News
Panasonic scraps Jungle handheld

Panasonic scraps Jungle handheld

"My inclination would be to say a system like the Jungle is a non-starter right out of the gate. Until they can show me otherwise I just don't think Panasonic has the ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 1st 2011 at 11:16AM in News
OPINION: The handheld battleground is drawn

OPINION: The handheld battleground is drawn

It may have lost many men in the battle of 2010, but General Wii still stands tall on the battlefield that is taking place under the world's TVs. From the ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 27th 2011 at 1:18PM in News
Monster Hunter storms Japan

Monster Hunter storms Japan

The commercial popularity of Capcom’s Monster Hunter series shows no sign of abating with news that the latest release in the series has got off to a tremendous start in ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 7th 2010 at 12:14PM in News

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Panasonic enters portable games sector

Panasonic enters portable games sector

Electronics giant Panasonic has announced a surprise return to the games sector with a brand new handheld called Jungle.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 5th 2010 at 11:20AM in News
Next Xbox 'could be a handheld'

Next Xbox 'could be a handheld'

Next-gen successors to Microsoft and Sony’s powerhouse consoles would benefit from no longer being tethered to the living room TV, the vice president of Epic Games has said.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Oct 4th 2010 at 12:26PM in News
90%+ of tweens play online games

90%+ of tweens play online games

A report entitled ‘Kids and Games: What Boys and Girls are Playing Today’ by M2 Research claims that 93 per cent of girls aged 8-11 play online games. For boys ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Aug 20th 2010 at 3:37PM in News
Sony: Portable 3D is limited

Sony: Portable 3D is limited

Having thrown its full corporate weight behind the current home 3D drive, SCE boss Kaz Hirai has questioned the very viability or portable 3D.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jun 21st 2010 at 10:59AM in News

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Happy Birthday, PSP

Happy Birthday, PSP

The PlayStation Portable is celebrating its fifth birthday (in the US at least). Throughout its lifetime it has sold 17m units in the country.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 24th 2010 at 1:45PM in News
Koller: We’re focusing on 3D in the home

Koller: We’re focusing on 3D in the home

With 3D gaming still in its infancy, Nintendo’s surprise announcement of the 3DS yesterday marks a surprise new direction for the technology – and it’s one that has failed to ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 24th 2010 at 9:41AM in News
iPhone eats up PSP and DS share

iPhone eats up PSP and DS share

Apple’s digital distribution model makes it tough to track sales numbers for iPhone games, but a new report from Flurry says that the device’s share of the US market grew ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 23rd 2010 at 2:20PM in News
PSP is a “useless waste of space”

PSP is a “useless waste of space”

In what surely amounts to something of a PR nightmare for all involved, Codemasters Studios’ VP Gavin Cheshire has labelled Sony’s PSP as “a bollocking useless waste of space”.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Mar 15th 2010 at 2:56PM in News
Square Enix sticking by PSP

Square Enix sticking by PSP

Publisher Square Enix has voiced its support for Sony’s PSP and vowed to continue to release many of its major IP both on physical UMD and through Sony’s growing digital ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Feb 22nd 2010 at 3:05PM in News
Mixed fortunes for PSP

Mixed fortunes for PSP

Sony’s PSP surged to the top of the weekly hardware charts in Japan this week, but Media Create’s official figures show that the picture is far from rosy for Sony’s ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 22nd 2010 at 1:48PM in News
US: Metal Gear Solid bundle for PSN

US: Metal Gear Solid bundle for PSN

Konami has lifted the lid on a brand new digital Metal Gear Solid bundle for PSP that’s now available to download on the North American arm of Sony’s PlayStation Network.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Jan 22nd 2010 at 11:51AM in News
JAPAN: PES-branded PSP nears

JAPAN: PES-branded PSP nears

In conjunction with the release of Winning Eleven 2010 (the Japanese name for the Pro Evolution Soccer series) for the PSP next week, Sony has pictured a branded hardware bundle ...

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Dec 1st 2009 at 12:32PM in News
LittleBigPlanet PSP dated

LittleBigPlanet PSP dated

You’d best get those orders in quick – the PSP version of LittleBigPlanet is just two weeks away, SCEE has today confirmed.

Ben Parfitt
by Ben Parfitt
on Nov 6th 2009 at 2:59PM in News