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Xbox advert criticised by advertising watchdog for using Playstation images to promote game
The Advertising Standards Authority found that Square-Enix, the makers of the sci-fi role-playing game Final Fantasy XIII, had misled video-gamers by not using images from the Xbox 360 but from its rival, the Playstation 3 (PS3). The ASA acted after one viewer complained that the sequence of images from the game released in March this [...]
160GB and 320GB PS3 SKUs Announced at Gamescom
This fall, we’re introducing two new models of the PS3 system– a 320GB PS3 system, which will be included in the PS3 Sports Champions Move bundle; as well as a 160GB PS3 system, which will be available as a standalone. These new higher capacity models will continue to offer the same advanced features and functions of [...]
Mass Effect 2 announced for PS3 in Jan 2011
After months of rumor and speculation, EA confirmed today at Gamescom that Bioware’s critically acclaimed, sci-fi RPG, Mass Effect 2, would finally be making it’s way to Sony’s Playstation 3 console. The PS3 version of the title will also include addiotional content, although details of the content have yet to be confirmed.
Sony: hands-free motion tech not viable
Sony dismissed the idea of adopting hands-free motion controls – similar to that of Microsoft’s Kinect – because the technology felt awkward to use, Sony’s senior researcher Richard Marks has toldVideoGamer.com. At a PlayStation move technology showcase last week, Marks revealed that Sony did look into hands-free tech using a 3D camera, but it simply [...]
Sony’s PlayStation 3 firmware upgrade for 3D Blu-ray arrives in September
People who bought the Sony PlayStation 3 for its built-in Blu-ray player may have another reason to feel good about themselves. Sony has confirmed that in September the multitalented game console will receive a firmware update that allows it to play 3D Blu-ray discs. “In September this year, we’re launching another Firmware upgrade–and this one is [...]
PlayStation Move E3 Hands On: Precision Perfection?
Sony’s PlayStation Move motion-tracking “wands” may lack a killer app, but they don’t miss a gesture. Where my time with Microsoft’s body-mapping Kinect camera revealed an experience premised on somewhat laggy, clearly casual-angled motion-tracking, playing with Sony’s Move wands and smaller propulsion-oriented sub-controller was like upgrading to high fidelity. My first demo, a rail-style shooter unimaginatively [...]
Sony Details PlayStation Plus Incentives
The June 29 premiere of PlayStation plus is getting closer, and Sony has now detailed all the bonus content that subscribers will receive when it kicks off. Though Sony outlined some features at its E3 press conference, the mass of content coming with the plan might convert a few skeptics. GamesIndustry.bizoutlines Sony’s plan to catch subscribers. [...]
Sony Keynote Hits & Misses
Just like that, we’re all out of E3 conferences. Sony and Nintendo both had impressive showings that really put Microsoft to shame, but it shouldn’t be too difficult to figure out which conference we’ll be putting our focus on. I expected to have quite a few more misses, if only because I was nervous about [...]
PS3 quarterly market share jumps to 31 percent
According to new figures from Strategy Analytics, the Sony PlayStation 3 has seen its quarterly global sales market share jump to 31 percent, a large gap up from 18 percent in the same period in 2009. For the Q1 2010, the Nintendo Wii had 49 percent market share, the PS3 had 31 percent and the Xbox 360 had the remaining [...]
Sony to coders: For Move, don’t rehash Wii failures
Note to developers planning to make games for Sony’s PlayStation Move controller: don’t even try to rehash your past titles for the Wii. Speaking in an interview with Gamasutra, Sony’s senior vice president of publisher relations, Rob Dyer, told the publication that when it comes to motion gaming, some titles work, and some just don’t. And his company [...]