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Read More »Casual-orientated EA Sports Complex arrives on Home
EA’s long-awaited Sports Complex has gone live on Sony’s PlayStation Home service, brining with it a number of multiplayer casual titles. Included as part of the large promotional social meeting place, the EA Sports Complex houses Texas Hold ‘Em Poker, car racing and, in the near future, a multiplayer golf …
Read More »Rabbids get standalone Wii title
After three successful tie-ups with long-standing games favourite Rayman, French publisher Ubisoft is to let the Rabbids branch out later this year with a brand new standalone title making its way to Wii. CasualGaming.biz has the full story right here.
Read More »PSN exceeds 20m registered accounts
Sony has announced that its PlayStation Network now boasts over 20 million registered accounts, successfully establishing it as a robust network business platform”. It has taken two years and three months to reach the milestone, and expansion has been accelerating. After one year and two months PSN’s user base stood …
Read More »Sony outlines widespread Home support
The Japanese arm of Sony has revealed a number of the high-profile games companies that have currently signed up for licenses to develop content for the firm’s growing virtual world service PlayStation Home. Big-hitting backers such as EA, Capcom and Ubisoft had already been announced, and Siliconera reports that they …
Read More »EA confirms plans for PlayStation Home
The hard-hitting support for Sony’s PlayStation Home service just keeps coming with news that the EA Sports Complex space should be in place by spring this year, according to Electronic Arts. We’re proud to support the PlayStation Home Beta with a very robust offering from EA Sports,” said Peter Moore, …
Read More »User-generated content is the â??ultimate goalâ??, says Home team
But, admits lead programmer, there is â??a lot to be dealt withâ?? before it can happen
Read More »Stringer: PS3 and PSP install base passes 60m
Howard Stringer, the CEO of Sony, told the audience at the firm’s Consumer Electronics Show presentation in Las Vegas that the combined global userbase for its PS3 and PSP consoles now stands at 61.3 million. Edge Online also reports that SCE CEO Kaz Hirai added that $1m worth of virtual …
Read More »Big PS3 Home update coming this week
Sony has confirmed on its North American PlayStation Blog that a significant update to its PlayStation Home service will go live this week – brining with it the intriguing Red Bull Air Race island . The sponsored space will feature a number of branded Red Bull events, with the headline …
Read More »Major firms sign up with PS3 Home
Business managers from the world’s leadings companies are set to make use of Sony’s PlayStation Home service to house virtual meetings. The move is part of a project commissioned by Advanced Workplace Associates, which will see how large corporations can use virtual worlds in reducing travel costs and carbon emissions. …
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