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There’s yet another game coming out at the end of the PS3’s lifecycle. Ratchet & Clank: Nexus will come this autumn an is a part of the franchises’ main series. The last two games – Q-Force and All 4 One – has seen developer Insomniac experiment with new genres. Nexus …
Read More »GT6 heads to Goodwood Festival
Sony is taking Gran Turismo 6 to this weekend’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. The festival – which kicks off tomorrow and ends on Sunday – attracts some 185,000 people, and it is known for its renowned Hill Climb. The Hill Climb event at the festival sees drivers and guests pilot …
Read More »Rumour: China to lift console ban
After 13 years, Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft may soon be able to sell their consoles in China. The condition is that these platform holders must make these machine’s in the new Shanghai free trade zone, reports the South China Morning Post. The move has even been endorsed by Premier Li …
Read More »SingStar user numbers jump following free-to-play transition
Sony’s decision to make SingStar a free-to-play PS3 title has seen a dramatic increase in user numbers. Gamasutra reports that SingStar London studio director Dave Ranyard today told an audience at the Develop Conference that the game has added 1.5m new users since becoming free-to-play in October of last year. …
Read More »The Last of Us ships 3.4m, is fastest selling PS3 game
And THAT’S why you keep releasing blockbuster games right up to the end of a console’s lifecycle. [That’s also why you shouldn’t be afraid of releasing games in the summer.] Sony has confirmed that it has shipped 3.4m copies of Naughty Dog’s The Last of Us across both Blu-ray and …
Read More »Tales of Xillia 2 getting PS3 release in 2014
Namco Bandai has announced a Western release date for RPG sequel Tales of Xillia 2. The PS3-exclusive RPG will be released in Europe and Australia in 2014. Which – obviously – means it arrives after the launch of PS4 at the end of the year. Tales of Xillia 2 is …
Read More »LittleBigPlanet franchise hits 8m user-created levels
The LittleBigPlanet player community has created over 8m levels across all titles, series developer Media Molecule has announced. The studio revealed the milestone on the US Playstation Blog ahead of LBP’s five-year anniversary this October. LittleBigPlanet continues to burst with awesomeness and pure creativity as we now have more than …
Read More »EA reckons next wave of tablet games will match PS3 and Xbox 360 visuals
The visual fidelity of tablet and mobile gaming is going to increase far more rapidly than is being seen in the traditional games space. That’s according to EA Labels president Frank Gibeau who told IGN that the next wave” of games for mobile devices could rival current gen consoles in …
Read More »Sony adds mobile billing to UK PlayStation Store
UK PlayStation owners can now top up their PSN wallet via their mobile phone. Sony has teamed up with mobile payments company Boku to make it easier for consumers to purchase PS3 download content. Users simply add their mobile details as a payment option to their PlayStation account via the …
Read More »Grand Theft Auto V requires 8GB mandatory install
Rockstar Games’ upcoming blockbuster GTA V will ship on two discs for Xbox 360, and will take up a hefty 8GB on your hard drive. The details were revealed via a Q&A on Rockstar’s official website, in which the publisher confirmed the mandatory install applies to both the Xbox 360 …
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