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First wave of educational institutions on board to receive Sony’s new console
Read More »Sony dates PlayStation Developer Open Days
Develop teams up with SCEE for next month's indie event in London
Read More »PlayStation funding guru to speak at November’s London Games Conference
SCEE’s Shahid Ahmad will joins experts from Twitter, Google, Twitch and as a London Games Conference speaker this November. Ahmad, who works on SCEE’s Strategic Content team and has signed a number of new and upcoming developers to make PlayStation games, will describe how fantastic tools, digital distribution and gaming …
Read More »Sony Gamescom press conference confirmed
Sony will be showing off more about PS4 at Gamescom this year, starting with a press conference before the world’s biggest games show. The platform holder will once again host its conference on the Tuesday before the show (August 20th), returning to the Saatenhaus am Rheinpark in Cologne. The conference …
Read More »The Mark of greatness: Profiling Mark Cerny, the man who made the PS4
He built arcade classic Marble Madness. He produced Sonic 2. He brought Crash and Spyro to market. Oh, and his PS4 design reignited passions for Sony. MCV meets Mark Cerny These days Mark Cerny doesn’t get booed. Whether he is unveiling Sony’s next-gen console in New York, or recounting his …
Read More »Sony’s Jim Ryan and Fergal Gara talk PS4 in the latest MCV
The MCV team have returned from E3 to reveal the true winner of the show and dictaphone filled with interviews. For our first issue back, we have put together a full and detailed interview with Sony Computer Entertainment’s Jim Ryan and Fergal Gara about PS4, Vita and continued support for …
Read More »Next-gen and games education
Develop speaks to experts about what the new era of consoles will mean for education
Read More »Journey: Collector’s Edition coming to UK retail this year
Sony will release its boxed version of award-winning PSN title Journey in the UK and Europe before the year is out. Journey: Collector’s Edition features the highly acclaimed download game, along with PSN titles Flower and flOw, which were also developed by Thatgamecompany. It will also feature a 30-minute making …
Read More »Blacklight dev: Sony ‘going hard’ to win console war with PS4
Sony is pulling out all the stops with the PS4, says Zombie Studios boss Jared Gerritzen. Speaking to Destructoid, Gerritzen said the console giant had been very, very proactive” in pushing its relationships with developers, with Sony trying to bring as many devs on board for PS4 development as possible. …
Read More »ANALYSIS: PlayStation 4 – A sensible plan served with trademark waffle and hype
MCV editor-in-chief Michael French says Sony is changing its tune with PlayStation 4, despite some bad habits. Bathed in the gobbledegook of a thousand suits, showered in the light of video after video of noisy shootybang games, and devoid of firm details such as price, date, and what it actually …
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