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Hot on the heels of the release of the new 1.90 firmware today, Sony is to treat owners to a broad selection of new content tomorrow, with classic PSOne racer Wipeout 2097 leading the charge. The second instalment in the futuristic racing series will be joined by a number of …
Read More »Heavenly Sword demo this Thursday
It’s one of the most anticipated games for Sony’s PlayStation 3, and the Japanese platform holder has confirmed that a playable demo of Ninja Theory’s Heavenly Sword will arrive on the European PlayStation Store this Thursday. CVG reports that the demo will only last around ten minutes, but will give …
Read More »New PS3 features hit Europe tomorrow
Sony’s Three Speech blog has confirmed that the latest PS3 firmware update, 1.90, is now available in Japan, and will hit Europe tomorrow (July 24th). Chief amongst the new features is the ability to display custom backgrounds on the machine’s XMB, or dashboard, and the fact that the machine’s video …
Read More »Reeves: PS3 price cut would annoy people
In an interview with Steve Boxer on semi-official Sony blog Three Speech , SCEE president David Reeves has said that the fact that PS3 arrived later in Europe than other global territories means that it’s still too early to consider cutting the price of the machine. We’ve only been on …
Read More »PS3 surprises ready for Leipzig
MCV believes that SCEE is readying a number of significant announcements for next month’s Leipzig Games Convention – with a possible European PS3 price-cut leading the way. Whilst Sony has not confirmed its exact Leipzig plan, MCV believes that territories across Europe and other export markets could also be getting …
Read More »Sony draws up Leipzig battle lines
SCEE’s president and CEO David Reeves has told MCV that E3 was a phoney war, and that Sony will let off the first of its peak season fireworks” in Leipzig next month. Talking exclusively to MCV, he intimated that a series of big announcements will be made at the Game …
Read More »PS3 passes 1m mark in Japan
Enterbrain, the publisher of Japanese games bible Famitsu, has revealed that Sony’s PlayStation 3 has passed the one million sales mark in Japan – eight months since its launch on November 11th. However, the pace falls significantly short of that boasted by rival Nintendo, whose Wii console reached the one …
Read More »Disgaea 3 heading to PS3
The tactical RPG genre may not be a chart-topper in the West, but hardcore followers of Japanese RPG specialists Nippon Ichi will be delighted to hear that the studio is bringing the latest instalment to its critically acclaimed series to PS3 next year. Though it appears graphically very similar to …
Read More »E3 2007: Sony rolls out new Euro PS3 bundle
SCEE earlier this morning announced the launch of a new value ‘Start Pack’, comprising a PS3, two first party games and two Sixaxis controllers. Available with immediate effect, priced at Euro 599 (425), the two titles available in the pack will vary from country to country, but are likely to …
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