Nielsen's Top 10 PC Games and Consoles of 2008
01-03-2009World of Warcraft, Tetris, and the PlayStation 2 make strange bedfellows, but they each topped Nielsen's 2008 year-end scan of popular media trends in the U.S. World of Warcraft's a no-brainer on the PC games chart. But what about Alexey Pajitnov's twenty-some-year-old Tetris for mobiles? And are people really still playing the PS2?...
Sony Clarifies Home's 'Open Beta'
01-03-2009Since the release of Sony's Home earlier this month, many question the reason for the "open beta" descriptor and how long it will remain. According to Jack Buser, director of Home, in a Kotaku video podcast (via Shacknews ), the service may remain in "open beta" indefinitely, saying another phase of its existence is to be determine...
Nielsen's Top 10 PC Games and Consoles of 2008
01-02-2009World of Warcraft, Tetris, and the PlayStation 2 make strange bedfellows, but they each topped Nielsen's 2008 year-end scan of popular media trends in the U.S. World of Warcraft's a no-brainer on the PC games chart. But what about Alexey Pajitnov's twenty-some-year-old Tetris for mobiles? And are people really still playing the PS2?...
Game collectors distraught over cheap digital re-releases
12-31-2008As more "rare" games see release on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network, collectors are seeing their prized hard copies lose value. That is, if you measure your collection only in dollars. Read More... ...
Is The New 'Prince Of Persia' Video Game Borrowing Too Much From 'The Colossus'?
12-24-2008If you thought the "Prince of Persia" team drew a lot of inspiration from "Ico," then wait until you see how much they drew from the other celebrated game made by Fumito Ueda's team at Sony, "Shadow of the Colossus."...
Holiday Deathmatch: Why Sony's PS3 Is Struggling
12-24-2008Considering the nation's overwhelmingly bleak financial landscape of late, the fact that Dec. games sales rose 10 percent month over month is encouraging. Closer inspection of the figures reveals that not every publisher has reason to celebrate, however. 1UP's analysis now turns to Sony. ...
MLB '09 Announced For PS3, PS2 and PSP
12-24-2008Popular franchise gets expanded play and online modes. December 22, 2008 - FOSTER CITY, Calif.,...
SingStar Vol. 3
12-22-2008Can Sony mime for much longer? ...
Sony Announces SingStar ABBA for the Holidays
12-08-2008Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced a new PS3 and PS2 game for the holiday season in the SingStar franchise. The title is called SingStar ABBA. SCEA says the game was developed in conjunction with ABBA and gives the groups most popular tracks... ...
Sony: We're ahead of Xbox
12-05-2008SCEE President Reeves says PS3 installed base is 300,000 ahead of rival in PAL region...
Cnet's tech gift guide
12-02-2008BEST CELL PHONES: Whether you're new to the mobile medium or a smart-phone whiz, we've selected an array of gift-worthy handsets Sony Ericsson W760a (AT&T) Cnet rating: 4 stars out of 5 (excellent) The good: Attractive, easy-to-use design; well-stocked, music-... ...
Sony Playstation 2 PS2 + 9 Games
11-29-2008Ps2 v9, good condition....
Sony 'Clarifies' PSN's Xbox LIVE Catch-Up
11-27-200824 Nov 2008: PS3's online offering hasn't caught Xbox 360's...
Sony Says 'No Plans' for a PlayStation 3 Price Cut in March
11-26-2008Yesterday , an anonymous source who claimed to have attended a Sony staff briefing leaked a ton of rumors to online magazine D+Pad. While Sony already responded to these leaks with the usual blanket response of "we do not comment on rumor and speculation," they went a step further regarding the specific rumor that SCEE president David Ree...
Japanese charts: PS3 games on the up News
11-24-2008PlayStation 3 games are beginning to penetrate the Japanese software charts, and finally nudge the ageing PS2 out of the equation. Six titles for the flagship Sony console (as many as for the Wii) littered the list, according to Media Create and Enterbrain figures on NeoGAF . These included new entries Way of the Samurai 3 (2) and Resistance 2 (5)...
PlayStation 3 Games To Require Trophies From January 2009
11-21-2008Sony has confirmed that support for its PlayStation 3 Trophy reward system will be mandatory for PS3 games releasing in 2009, having introduced the online awards in July of this year, according to media reports. Sony's PlayStation 3 Trophy system functions similarly to Microsoft's Xbox 360 Achievements, although there is no aggregate score acros...
Japanese charts: PS3 games on the up News
11-21-2008PlayStation 3 games are beginning to penetrate the Japanese software charts, and finally nudge the ageing PS2 out of the equation. Six titles for the flagship Sony console (as many as for the Wii) littered the list, according to Media Create and Enterbrain figures on NeoGAF . These included new entries Way of the Samurai 3 (2) and Resistance 2 (5)...
Games: Guitar Hero: World Tour
11-19-2008Guitar Hero: World Tour Microsoft Xbox 360, also for Sony PlayStation 3, PS2, Nintendo Wii. Rated Teen. Retail $59.99; other versions $49.99 to $59.99 (game only)**** ...
Sony Claims 14 Million PSN Accounts
11-19-2008Sony has claimed that the number of PlayStation Network online accounts has risen to 14 million worldwide - more than the number of subscribers to Xbox Live. Writing on PlayStation's official blog,, Sony senior marketing manager John Koller claimed that 273 million pieces of content had been downloaded via the service, which covers both the PSP ...
Crunching NPD's numbers: the 360 is a publisher's best bet
11-18-2008Every month the NPD Group tells the gaming press the top ten selling console games. Adding up each console's performance shows clear trends: the 360 is a third-party machine, and Nintendo loves selling Nintendo games. Read More... ...
Sony Still Thinking Big For 'Entry-Level' PS2
11-18-2008Like many companies in the market, Sony's attitude toward the economy seems best described as cautious optimism. SCEA sales and marketing VP Ian Jackson has been calling up retailers and hearing solid things, he said at BMO Capital Markets' Interactive Entertainment Conference yesterday. "Our retail partners... I think if you were to call them i...
Rock Band Bundle Price Plummets to $99 on Wii and PS2
11-15-2008Rock Band 2 and Guitar Hero World Tour may be hogging the rhythm game spotlight this holiday season, but there are still plenty of copies of the first Rock Band floating around out there. In an effort to sweeten the deal and move more copies of last year's game, EA has dropped the price of the special edition bundle of the original ...
In-Depth: Eye To Eye - The History Of EyeToy
11-09-2008Sony's EyeToy project started out as a visual controller prototype that used a USB camera to try and achieve controller-free interaction with the PlayStation 2, bundled at launch with the EyeToy: Play minigame collection. To date, sales have been quite successful -- more than 10.5 million PS2 EyeToy cameras have been sold worldwide. And as the P...
Sony Opens PS2 Platform
11-04-2008Ars Technica reports that Sony will be removing their content approval process for the Playstation 2 so that developers require less funding to make games. "Since there are no licensing fees, the only cost to the developer would be the PS2 dev kit. In order to help alleviate some of that financial burden, Bain said that in some cases Sony will len...
Sony Removes the PS2 Certification Process in Europe
11-03-2008For developers and publishers hoping to release their titles to the console market, the content approval process can be notoriously stressful. Having a game bounced back by Sony, Nintendo, or Microsoft indicates that changes need to be made to the near-finished product. Sometimes this causes more errors to surface, potentially pushing the r...
Game news: 'Warhammer' takes on 'Warcraft'
10-23-2008Real news from the virtual world:...
Game news: 'Warhammer' takes on 'Warcraft'
10-21-2008Real news from the virtual world:...
NPD: Xbox 360 Soars Past PS3 in September Sales
10-20-2008It's gold once more for the Nintendo Wii, as Microsoft extends its silver lead over Sony's bronze. ...
Sony Puts Videos on YouTube
10-15-200815 Oct 2008: People go and look at them...
TGS 08: Tekken 6 Confirmed For PS3 As Well
10-11-2008On the heels of Tekken 6 being announced for the Xbox 360 , we can now confirm that it will be coming out on the PlayStation 3 as well. Sony fans, take a deep breath. It'll be okay. The confirmation came at the end of Namco-Bandai's English press event, where they also showed trailers for Dragon Ball Origins , Eternal Sonata , and ot...
NBA 09: The Inside Review
10-10-2008Oct 8th, 2008 - One of Sony's largest selling points for their basketball series has been the focus on true HD gameplay in 1080p, along with an easily accessible shooting mechanic and gameplay scenarios thanks to the NBA Replay feature....
Sony PS4: It's never too early to wonder
10-06-2008Japanese site PC Watch has started the global rumor mill churning with a report that Sony's Cell BE processor that powers the PS3 could still be a viable chip for the company's next next-gen console....
PSP is Japan's best-seller of 2008 News
10-05-2008Xbox 360 sales have trumped those of PS3 after yet another week in Japan. We never thought we'd write that. The Microsoft console sold 11,294, according to Media Create data (thanks NeoGAF ), while Sony's flagship machine shifted only 8,275. That's a similar level of drama to Hollyoaks, and those sales are little more than a drop in the ocean comp...
Sony said to be hanging onto Cell processor for PlayStation 4
10-02-2008Filed under: Gaming As should be clear by now, any talk of a successor to a still relatively new game console should be taken with a hefty grain of salt but, if word from Japan's Impress is to be believed, it looks like we could possibly be getting a clearer indication of what might be under the PlayStation 4 's non-existent hood. Appar...
'Buzz' Gets Upgrade to New PlayStation Models
09-29-2008Popular quiz game for PS2 gets great upgrade for PS3, but PSP version not up to snuff. ...
LEGO Batman PS2 Bundle Available Now
09-25-2008Latest deal hitting store shelves. September 23, 2008 - Sony Computer Entertainment America today announced that the limited-edition LEGO Batman: The Videogame PlayStation 2 Bundle is now available at retail for $149.99 (MSRP). This new, family-friendly bundle delivers great value to consumers, while providing access to PlayStation 2 system's vast...
LEGO Batman PS2 Bundle Available Now
09-24-2008Latest deal hitting store shelves. September 23, 2008 - Sony Computer Entertainment America today announced that the limited-edition LEGO Batman: The Videogame PlayStation 2 Bundle is now available at retail for $149.99 (MSRP). This new, family-friendly bundle delivers great value to consumers, while providing access to PlayStation 2 system's vast...
SingStar ABBA confirmed by Sony
09-15-2008First Mamma-Mia! and now this . Yes, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, in their infinite wisdom, have today confirmed that SingStar ABBA is en route to the PS2 and the PS3. ...
SingStar ABBA unveiled for PS3, PS2 News
09-13-2008Sony plans to make money, money, money this Christmas with SingStar ABBA on both PS2 and PS3. We're not sure what, if any, the differences between the two versions will be, nor how many or which tracks will be included.
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With new games and pricing, Sony to take on Xbox
09-03-2008A new, 80-GB PlayStation 3 will be the mainstay of Sony's game-hardware lineup starting this month. And what's more, it will be reasonably priced. That's the big news from Sony at the recent 2008 E3 Media & Business Summit on video games (E3 2008) in Los Angeles...
PS2 songs in PS3 SingStar clarified News
08-25-2008MTV Multiplayer has clarified that the SingStar disc-swapping feature announced by Sony Europe boss David Reeves last night won't allow you to rip songs to the hard disk....
GC 2008: SingStar Disney Coming to PS2 This Fall
08-24-2008Also, new SingStar PS3 update will allow users to play songs from SingStar PS2 discs. ...
EPIC FAIL: Sony wipes out PS2 profits with PS3 marketing campaign
08-24-2008Oops. Dave Perry, the founder of Shiny Entertainment (no relation), revealed in Leipzig today that Sony has lost more money marketing the PS3 to a reluctant audience than they made during the five years that the PS2 was top dog of the console world....
Sony brewing up 1:1 motion tracking sword game for PS2 and EyeToy
08-15-2008Filed under: Digital Cameras , Gaming This makes sense on very many levels, but at the same time we've gotta think those long-suffering PS3 owners will be a bit "hacked off" by Sony's announcement of a motion-tracking sword game headed for... the PS2. The PS2's market saturation (every man, woman and child on earth has at least two), an...
Video game reviews: 'Beijing 2008,' 'PixelJunk Eden,' 'PopCap Hits: Vol. 2' and 'Braid.'
08-10-2008Every four years the Summer Olympic Games are celebrated as the ultimate symbol of brotherhood between nations. Athletes gather to showcase their skills with the eyes of the world upon them. It's also when "sports fans" care about events they've never heard of....
PS3 Hardware Overtakes PS2 Sales [News]
08-04-2008Sony releases its financial performance for the past three months; PS3 edges ahead of its older sibling for the quarter......
PS3 outsells the PS2
08-02-2008Sony had a rough second calendar quarter (fiscal Q1 2008 for the company) with profits plunging nearly 48% to $326.9 million while sales inched up to $18.7 billion. However, the game segment showed improvement: The business unit posted a profit and Playstation 3 sales more than doubled over the second quarter of 2007. ...
Sony game division gets profitable with strong Q1 results
07-31-2008Though the corporation as a whole experienced a big drop in profit during the first quarter of 2008, Sony's game division did huge business, with earnings that improved significantly year-over-year. Read More... ...
PS3 Hardware Overtakes PS2 Sales [News]
07-30-2008Sony releases its financial performance for the past three months; PS3 edges ahead of its older sibling for the quarter......
Hirai wants PS3 to beat PS2 News by
07-28-2008Following the announcement that PlayStation 2 sales have now topped 140 million, King of Sony Kaz Hirai has said he's keen to see PS3 do even better. "It's not fun for me replicating the PS2 numbers....
Sony Aims to Step Up Sales and Dethrone Nintendo
07-26-2008Nintendo's Wii may be in the lead, but Sony is looking to reach the 150 million sales mark for its PlayStation 3 video-game console within the next few years....
Sony gets more aggressive, sets 150 million unit target for PS3
07-25-2008After a very rocky start, Sony is now much more optimistic about the sales potential of its game console: Sony hopes the PS3 will outsell the PS2 eventually. ...
Sony has not forgotten the PS2 yet News by
07-18-2008Sony has not forgotten the PS2 and plans to furnish it with 130 new games by the end of the year, taking its lifetime catalogue to 10,000 titles. Those on their way include Yakuza 2, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Warriors Orochi 2, SingStar whatever it is now, Mercenaries 2 and more....
Wii Is 'Expensive Niche' Says Sony's Stringer
07-15-2008Ahead of this week's E3 expo and the all important pre-conference media briefings from the three console manufacturers, Sony CEO Howard Stringer has spoken out against the Wii - again dismissing it as not being a direct competitor to the PlayStation 3. Speaking at a media conference, Stringer was quoted by a new Bloomberg report, as stating, "I'...
Sony denies PS2 downloads coming for PS3
07-06-2008Console maker says screenshot is a fake Sony claims a http://forums.n4g.com/m_170267/mpage_1/tm.htm showing PlayStation 2 (PS2) game downloads for the PS3 "must have been mocked up by an excited consumer". ...
Sony to launch slimmer PS2 in India and Russia this year
07-06-2008Filed under: Gaming According to a report in the Economic Times, Sony will be introducing a slimmer (well, "slimer" if you want the direct quote), sleeker, and "more suave" version of the PS2 in Indian and European markets come Fall. If you believe what you read, the new system will include a built-in power supply, will make its debut ...
Sony To Launch PS2 Revision In Indian, European Markets
07-05-2008According to a new report, Sony is to introduce a new, slimmer PlayStation 2 hardware model to India and Europe by October 2008 - and is also nearing the launch of a localized version of its PlayStation Network for the Indian region. The Economic Times reports that a fourth model PSTwo will be launched by late October in the region for Rs 6,990 ...
Sony confirms new PS2 console for UK
07-04-2008Sony is to launch a slimmer version of its bestselling PlayStation 2 games console in the UK....
No PS2 games on PS3 yet?
07-02-2008Despite a screenshot of what looks like a PS2 game-download on the PlayStation Network, Sony have today moved to squish rumours that PS2 titles are on the way to the PSN. ...
PS2 full-game downloads coming to PSN?
07-01-2008Convincing screenshot appears online indicating software for PlayStation 3 predecessor will be available for purchase later this summer in Europe....
Sony loses big on PS3 pricing
06-25-2008Sony has reportedly lost an epic amount of money by selling the PlayStation 3 console at a more competitive price point, Kotaku reveal this week. ...
Sony aim to improve profitability of games division
06-22-2008Sony is aiming to turn around the losses experienced by its games and televisions divisions this year according to CEO Howard Stringer. ...
Sony's Sneak Peek
06-22-2008Sony gave GameCore a peek at some of their upcoming titles, including some cool motorcycle racing and sports games. GameCore's William Vitka has more....
PS3 should beat PS2 lifetime sales figures.
06-22-2008If you thought the aging PS2 had done well when it comes to lifetime sales then prepare to be amazed because SCEE president David Reeves has been speaking about Sony's belief that the PS3 will eventually overtake it. ...
PS3 tops hardware chart in Japan News by
06-20-2008PS3 was the best-selling console in Japan last week, according to figures from Media Create. Sony shifted 75,311 machines in the seven days ending June 15th, with sales boosted by the release of Metal Gear Solid 4....
Sony Gives Educational Access To PS2/PSP SDKs
06-07-2008Verunks points out that senior manager Mark Danks at the Playstation Blog has announced the availability of PS2 and PSP development kits through college programs. He writes: "PlayStation-edu is a program for universities and colleges to get access to PS2 and PSP development kits ... the same ones that professional developers use to make the games ...
New Red Sony PS2 SCPH-90000 CR
06-07-2008The Sony PS2 is not dead yet. Sony even is releasing it in new color. The new Cinnabar Red (SCPH-90000 CR) PS2 will go on sale in Japan on July 3rd for 16,000 Yen (~$152). Sony launched the PlayStation 2 (SCPH-90000) series) in November of 2007. The S... ...
New Red Sony PS2 SCPH-90000 CR
06-06-2008The Sony PS2 is not dead yet. Sony even is releasing it in new color. The new Cinnabar Red (SCPH-90000 CR) PS2 will go on sale in Japan on July 3rd for 16,000 Yen (~$152). Sony launched the PlayStation 2 (SCPH-90000) series) in November of 2007. The S... ...
New PSP, PS2 Colors for Japan
06-04-2008Blue and red for a limited time this summer. June 3, 2008 - Sony is giving Japan the gift of new colors for both the PS2 and PSP later this summer. The company anounced today a red PS2 and a blue PSP, to be available in limited quantities in July....
Sing like nobody's listening with 'SingStar'
06-03-2008I am not meant to be a singer. When I sing, it's best that nobody's around, for their own sanity....
Shippin' Out May 26-30: Console Quake Wars, PC Mass Effect
05-28-2008Cross-platform ports loom large in retailer lists for holiday-shortened week; Lost Planet Colonies and Death Jr. Wii also hit stores....
Wii beats PS2 software record
05-27-200818-month sales of 50 million pip performance of Sony's last-gen console, says Nintendo...
FigurineSculptures.com Announces Grand Opening of Online Store Selling Mini Dragon Figurines and Sony PSP Accessories
05-22-2008The House of Sculpture Figurine, located at FigurineSculptures.com, announces the grand opening of their online store featuring items ranging from their specialty, African sculptures and figurines, to accessories for Playstations. The new online store is people-oriented, and seeks to serve customers in a variety of ways....
Sony Pre E3 2008: Pixel Junk Eden Impressions [PlayStation 3]
05-19-2008Pixel Junk Eden is one of those weird and cool titles that are slowly becoming more and more of a Sony staple....
Sony Pre-E3 2008: MotorStorm: Pacific Rift Impressions [PlayStation 3]
05-19-2008We check out the upcoming MotorStorm: Pacific Rift from Sony and developer Evolution Studios, which we had a chance to spend some time with today...
Gran Turismo series ships 50m News by
05-12-2008The original title for the PlayStation was released just over 10 years ago, with Gran Turismo 5 Prologue making its debut on the PlayStation 3 at the end of March....
Gran Turismo Series Shipment exceeds 50 Million
05-11-2008Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) announced today that the cumulative worldwide shipment of the Gran Turismo franchise available on PlayStation, PS2, and PS3 has exceeded 50 million units as of April 30, 2008. Sony achieved this sales figure in 10... ...
Sony: MGS4 Bundle For Europe, Killzone 2 Delayed
05-08-2008Hardware manufacturer and game publisher Sony has released a number of details pertaining to upcoming European titles during its just-completed PlayStation Day event in London. Assuaging some Solid Snake fans' fears, Sony confirmed that a package bundling the PS3 console and Kojima Productions' anticipated Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot...
PS3 has outsold 360 in Europe - Sony
05-07-2008Speaking at the PlayStation Day media event held at London's O2 Arena this afternoon, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe boss David Reeves has proclaimed that the PS3 has already outsold the Xbox 360 across the continent. ...
Sony: PS3 Outsells 360 In Europe, Ten-Year Plan Still In Place
05-07-2008During Sony's PlayStation Day press event in London, the company highlighted successes on its various platforms, and acknowledged that although in the case of the PS3 there has been a bit of a slow start, the system is in it for the long haul. According to a a comprehensive live report of the proceedings from UK-based site Eurogamer, Sony Comput...
Gamestop: GTA IV is encouraging PS2 owners to upgrade to PS3
05-03-2008Retailer's senior VP says Rockstar game has given Sony hardware uptake a 'vigorous lift'...
Sony ties up with 13 developers to boost PlayStation2 sales
04-26-2008In an effort to accelerate the growth of its popular gaming console Playstation 2 (PS2) in India, Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) has tied up with 13 Indian game developers to produce Indian games that could be priced lower than the existing Rs 499 per title....
Sony setting up Indian presence for PS2
04-25-2008Sony Computer Entertainment are looking to further push the PlayStation 2 in emerging game markets, and are reportedly penning deals with 13 Indian developers. ...
Sony To Target Indian Market With Hanuman PS2 Game
04-24-2008Hoping to capitalize on the PlayStation 2's install base in the growing economy of India, development studio Aurona Technologies plans to develop a PS2 game featuring Hanuman, a key figure in Indian mythology. According to a Reuters report, the game will be produced at the company's Hyderabad, India offices. Traditionally, Aurona has provided de...
Sony ties up with 13 developers to boost PlayStation2 sales
04-24-2008Entertainment, Dhruva will be working with the company to produce games that could be marketed both in local and international markets. The company will also introduce the use of motion-sensing technology, made popular by Nintendo Wii, to PS2 game developers this year....
Condemned 2: Bloodshot Review Companion
04-23-2008Alcohol increased your ability to aim. BULLSHIT! There's one glaring issue with Condemned 2 that needs to be addressed but because of the rather personal/moral nature of it, I decided it was best to do a separate article. I want to make it clear that this in no way affected how I scored the game. So here it goes.I love alcohol and I think it's a ...
Critical Reception: Sony/Polyphony Digital's Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
04-21-2008This week's edition of the regular Critical Reception column examines online reaction to Sony's racer sim preview Gran Turismo 5 Prologue, which critics describe as "a consistently pleasurable experience." In an effort to bridge the gap of time between the release of 2005's critically lauded PS2 racing sim Gran Turismo 4 and the upcoming Gran Tu...
Sony Dual Shock 3 Hands-On [All]
04-20-2008Find out how the Dual Shock 3 compares to the Sixaxis and the Dual Shock 2 in our hands-on report....
New SingStar tracks out tomorrow
04-17-2008A fresh batch of SingStar tracks will be added to the SingStore tomorrow according to word from Sony, who also confirm that the majority of these tracks have appeared in previous SingStar releases on the PS2. ...
PSP and Monster Hunter Lead in Japan
04-13-2008Two weeks at the top for Sony. April 11, 2008 - Despite a flood of new releases over the week, Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G remained at the top of the Media Create Japanese software sales chart, and helped push the PSP hardware to another week of 100,000-plus sales....
PSP thumps competition in Japan News by
04-12-2008Monster Hunter fever continues to grip Japan as both game and PSP dominate their respective charts. The Sony handheld sold 121,000 units this week, the figure slightly down from last week but still more than double that pertaining to its nearest competitor, the Nintendo DS....
PSP thumps competition in Japan News by
04-11-2008Monster Hunter fever continues to grip Japan as both game and PSP dominate their respective charts. The Sony handheld sold 121,000 units this week, the figure slightly down from last week but still more than double that pertaining to its nearest competitor, the Nintendo DS....
Sony North America shut servers
04-09-2008Sony Computer Entertainment America have pulled the plug on servers supporting several older PS2 and PSP games. ...
Sony to put an end to legacy online PS2, PSP titles
04-09-2008Sony Computer Entertainment has announced the latest slate of Playstation 2 and PSP games that will no longer have support for online connectivity. In total, 14 titles published by Sony will have their online operations shut down by the end of June, including a couple that were made exclusively for online play. ...
SCEE Closing Servers for Older PS2, PSP Titles
04-08-2008You don't still play Syphon Filter: Omega Strain, do you? ...
Sony PS3 Dualshock 3 Controller ships
04-07-2008The rumble is finally coming to Sony PS3 consoles in the United States. Amazon.com is shipping the wireless Dualshock 3 controller tomorrow April 4th for $54.99. You can of course pre-order today. Sony published a site listing compatible PS3 games whe... ...
Capcom revs up multiplatform MotoGP
04-01-2008Publisher of latest PS2 motorcycle series installment gets rights to make games, peripherals for all platforms, announces new Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii, PC versions....
Sony unimpressed by GTA IV 360 content
03-31-2008Sony Computer Entertainment America marketing boss Scott Steinberg has said that he believes (genuinely?) that gamers will be uninspired by the prospect of downloadable GTA IV content on the Xbox 360. ...
Sony beat Facebook... to Facebook
03-31-2008PlayStation division worked on 'online community' for PSOne; 'YouTube'-like video channel was created for PS2...
Sony unveils PlayStation best-sellers
03-30-2008Sony unveiled the latest iterations of the critically acclaimed and best-selling God of War and Gran Turismo franchises, both making their platform debuts on the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 respectively. While God of War: Chains of Olympus is a hack-and-slash action game based on Greek mythology, Gran Turismo 5 Prologue puts the gamer b...
Sony Planned A PSOne "Facebook", PS2 "YouTube" [Sony]
03-29-2008Former Sony Entertainment President Chris Deering has recently dished out two pieces of fascinating gossip about Sony development for those interested in the "woulda, coulda, shoulda" points in the company's history....
AU Shippin' Out March 24-28: Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
03-26-2008Gran Turismo 5 Prologue fishtails its way across the finish line and into stores this Thursday....
SingStore Updated, PS2 Library Rehash Continues Unabated [Singstar]
03-25-2008The PS3's SingStore will be updated on Friday. With songs new to the game, that will inspire devoted fans of the series to actually buy songs they don't already own from a PS2 version? No....
AU Shippin' Out March 24-28: Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
03-25-2008Gran Turismo 5 Prologue fishtails its way across this finish line and into stores this Thursday...
SingStore Updated, PS2 Library Rehash Continues Unabated [Singstar]
03-23-2008The PS3's SingStore will be updated on Friday. With songs new to the game, that will inspire devoted fans of the series to actually buy songs they don't already own from a PS2 version? No....
SingStore Updated, PS2 Library Rehash Continues Unabated [Singstar]
03-21-2008The PS3's SingStore will be updated on Friday. With songs new to the game, that will inspire devoted fans of the series to actually buy songs they don't already own from a PS2 version? No....
Opinion: The Late Blooming Of The 'Hardcore' PS2
03-20-2008[In this informal opinion piece, Gamasutra publisher Simon Carless looks at the 'hardcore game renaissance' on the PlayStation 2, thanks to an influx of Japanese imports and the apparent willingness of Sony to concept approve quirkier titles.] Having just received the new issue of Game Informer magazine with Alpha Protocol on the cover, I was ve...
PSN - Drawing room
03-18-2008Sony's advertising used to be top drawer. The weird alien girl, the rocket wolf, the spinny PS2 jobs. All great. The era of 'this is living' was a bit of a dip though, could this PSN spot mark a return to form?...
Opinion: The Late Blooming Of The 'Hardcore' PS2
03-18-2008[In this informal opinion piece, Gamasutra publisher Simon Carless looks at the 'hardcore game renaissance' on the PlayStation 2, thanks to an influx of Japanese imports and the apparent willingness of Sony to concept approve quirkier titles.] Having just received the new issue of Game Informer magazine with Alpha Protocol on the cover, I was ve...
PS2: Buzz! Junior Dino Den
03-16-2008Buzz! Junior: Dino Den makes for friendly competition that kids aged four to ten should enjoy, says reviewer Philip Devine....
U.S. video game sales jump 34% in Feb
03-15-2008PS2 sees surprising resurgence with 352,000 units sold, 19% more than year ago ...
Conspiracy Entertainment Goes for the Gold with 'Biathlon 2008' Release for the PS2
03-14-2008Conspiracy Entertainment , a developer, publisher and marketer of interactive entertainment software in North America and Western Europe, announced today the commercial release of Biathlon 2008 for the PlayStation® 2 system....
THQ's Ratatouille Reaches Major Milestones as an Xbox 360 Platinum Family Hit and PS2 Greatest Hit
03-13-2008Ratatouille has shipped nearly four million copies worldwide. March 10, 2008 - THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced that the Ratatouille video game based on the Disney/Pixar film of the same name has achieved the prestigious Microsoft Xbox 360 "Platinum Family Hits" collection and Sony Computer Entertainment America "Greatest Hits" sales milest...
THQ's Ratatouille Reaches Major Milestones as an Xbox 360 Platinum Family Hit and PS2 Greatest Hit
03-12-2008Ratatouille has shipped nearly four million copies worldwide. March 10, 2008 - THQ Inc. (NASDAQ: THQI) today announced that the Ratatouille video game based on the Disney/Pixar film of the same name has achieved the prestigious Microsoft Xbox 360 "Platinum Family Hits" collection and Sony Computer Entertainment America "Greatest Hits" sales milest...
SingStar Summer Party for PS2 News by Tom Bramwell
03-11-2008Sony is preparing to release a new PS2 SingStar game in April, Eurogamer can exclusively reveal. SingStar Summer Party features songs by Amy Winehouse, David Bowie, Peter Andre, Girls Aloud and all sorts of other amazing bands and drug addicts....
Second PS3 SingStar On The Way? [Rumor]
03-09-2008Guess the SingStore's not as big a hit as Sony were hoping. That or they're just accommodating PS3 owners without an internet connection, because a listing's turned up on Aussie retail systems for "SingStar Vol....
PSP Outsells Wii - PS3 Outsells PS2 in Japan
03-08-20087 Mar 2008: See how we didn't say "Pwn"... damn!...
Critical Reception: Sony/Ready at Dawn's God of War: Chains of Olympus
03-06-2008This week's edition of the regular Critical Reception column examines online reaction to God of War: Chains of Olympus, a PSP-exclusive prequel that "hit[s] the mark on every level of production," according to critics. After seeing its 2005 debut on the PlayStation 2, Sony's God of War won critical acclaim both for its solid action-based gamepla...
Sony Sells 1 Million PS3s In Europe, Teases Firmware 2.4 [Sales]
03-05-2008Another 1 million milestone is here thanks to the divisions of regional distribution. Sony has sold 1 million PlayStation 3 consoles through Europe at a rate, they like to point out, that was faster than PSOne or PS2 adoption....
Shippin' Out March 3-7: Army of Two, God of War PSP, Bully: SE
03-04-2008Headliners take the field alongside Sony and Take-Two's baseball offerings, PC Warhammer 40K: Soulstorm, and downloadables Rocketmen for PSN, XBLA, Super Turrican for Wii VC....
MGS ported to PS2 for Collection News by Rob Purchese
03-03-2008Metal Gear Solid will be shifted onto a PS2 disc when it is released as part of the Metal Gear Solid: The Essential Collection. The PSone game was originally on two CDs, but Konami US has said there will be none of that when it ships its bundle on 18th March....
PSP2 Concept Revives Game Gear, Plays PS2 Discs
03-02-2008We all know that Sony is already working on a successor to the current PSP, but we're left scratching our heads as to what they're going to offer in the so-called PSP2. One designer has decided to go out on a limb and say that the PSP2 -- or the PS2P, as he calls it -- will have native support for full PS2 games....
PSP2 Concept Revives Game Gear, Plays PS2 Discs
02-29-2008We all know that Sony is already working on a successor to the current PSP, but we're left scratching our heads as to what they're going to offer in the so-called PSP2. One designer has decided to go out on a limb and say that the PSP2 -- or the PS2P, as he calls it -- will have native support for full PS2 games....
MGS4 bundle to include backwardly compatible PS3
02-28-2008New Metal Gear Solid 4 PS3 bundle features 80GB machine with 'some' backwards compatibility features...
DualShock 3 in North America this April
02-28-2008It has been a long time coming, but the DualShock 3 controller has finally got a release date for the US. Come April 15 you will be able to get your hands on the updated controller and start to experience the long lost rumble feature used so well in many PS2 games. It was September last [...]...
Video-game Reviews | Dinosaurs hungry for battle
02-26-2008While there seems to be a lot going on in Turok , the game can best be judged by how well it handles its core: fighting prehistoric beasts. ...
Good January for Sony's games business
02-25-2008January was a good month for Sony's video game business. For the first time, its PlayStation 3 outsold its own PS2 as well as Microsoft's Xbox 360....
Sony's Solid Hardware Numbers
02-21-2008Sony moves more than 500,000 units of hardware in Japan in first month of 2008....
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 for PS2
02-19-2008The 3rd instalment of this popular game meets the PS2 console. Just how well can it stand up to players expectations especialy those who've played the xbox 360 version. Stay tuned...
Sony's Australian MD: PlayStation 2 Support for a Year
02-19-2008We bloody invented it!...
UK PlayStation 3 sales reach one million
02-15-2008Sony 's PlayStation 3 has sold over a million units in the UK since its European launch on 23 March 2007. The sales figure was achieved in 47 weeks, beating the previous record set by the PS2 which took 50 weeks to reach the one million milestone in the UK....
Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3 for PS2
02-15-2008The 3rd instalment of this popular game meets the PS2 console. Just how well can it stand up to players expectations especialy those who've played the xbox 360 version. Stay tuned...
Strong 360 sales help Devil May Cry 4 debut at No.1
02-13-2008The latest title in the former Sony exclusive franchise Devil May Cry has debuted in the UK's All Formats charts at number one, with the lion's share of sales on the Xbox 360....
Lighthouse Interactive and SCEA sign Licensed Publisher Agreement for PS2 and PSP for North America
02-09-2008The international publisher acquires publishing rights for two Sony platforms....
Twisted Metal: Head-On: Extra Twisted Edition
02-08-2008It looks like Sony's clown-heavy car combat series Twisted Metal is coming to PS3, if a hidden message in the latest PS2 entry is to be believed. Clever internet fans have managed to decode a hidden message in one of Twisted Metal: Head On Extra Twisted's unlockable videos....
Lighthouse Interactive and SCEA sign Licensed Publisher Agreement for PS2 and PSP for North America
02-08-2008The international publisher acquires publishing rights for two Sony platforms....
Jaffe Still *Hearts* PS2 [Eat Sleep Play]
02-07-2008Some of you have moved on, put down the big money and purchased a PS3. Hooray! But just because you are ready to move on doesn't mean that Eat Sleep Play's David Jaffe is....
PS2 sales saves Sony from doldrums
02-03-2008Sony has reported a 25,2 percent jump in profit for the October-December quarter, as its PlayStation video game business stopped losing money....
Photos: Cracking open the PlayStation 2
01-30-2008The Sony PlayStation 2 was the definitive game console-DVD player combo when it came out. What exactly went into it?...
Asia Geting Red PlayStation 2 Treasure [Sony]
01-28-2008PlayStation 2 dead? Ha! At the Taipei Game Show, Sony unveiled a new limited edition PS2 for Asia. Set to drop on February 4th, the Crimson Red Treasure PS2 will help ring in the Lunar New Year....
Asia Geting Red PlayStation 2 Treasure [Sony]
01-26-2008PlayStation 2 dead? Ha! At the Taipei Game Show, Sony unveiled a new limited edition PS2 for Asia. Set to drop on February 4th, the Crimson Red Treasure PS2 will help ring in the Lunar New Year....
Ratchet & Clank PSP moves to PS2
01-25-2008Following a string of rumours, it turns out Sony's PSP platformer Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters is coming to PS2 very shortly. There's no official announcement on the title, but a recent PlayStation Underground e-mail from Sony flags up the port, apparently hitting North American shelves in March....
Sony believes PS3 could catch Xbox 360 this summer
01-25-2008Oh how the times change and the fickle world of gaming shifts. Sony appear to be looking to press home their recent PS3 gains, SCEE President David Reeves stating boldly that by the end of the summer the PS3 will have 'overtaken' the Xbox 360 in Europe. ...