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Looks like that price cut and new model were worth the investment for Sony: the firm has revealed at CES that the PS3 sales were up 76 per cent year on year globally during December. In total, the format-holder sold 3.8m PS3s for the five weeks from the end of …
Read More »Blu-ray capacity expands
New tech from Sony and Panasonic sees standard disc capacity raised from 25GB to 33.4GB
Read More »Simon Cowell courts PlayStation
It’s as upsetting as it is admirable, but everything Simon Cowell touches seems to turn to gold: And now he’s fixing his sights firmly on the video games industry. According to an interview with the high-waisted mogul in this month’s GQ, Cowell is teaming up with Topshop entrepreneur Philip Green …
Read More »Ubisoft studios given 15 Natal and Wand projects
Publisherâ??s CEO Yves Guillemot indicates a move away from the Wii and towards Sony and Microsoft
Read More »Wada foresees the death of consoles
Square Enix president awaits wholesale shift to digital distribution and server-based games
Read More »Facebook PS3 integration imminent
While Sony responds to rumours that Twitter may come next
Read More »EA hiring for next-gen platforms
Boom Blox studio focusing away from Wii titles
Read More »Motion-control update for existing PS3 games
Flower, EyePet, and High Velocity Bowling first to get updates
Read More »March launch for PS3 motion controller
Developers working on launch titles only have a matter of months left
Read More »VIDEO: Sonyâ??s PS3-optimised physics SDK
Physical library built on the renowned Cell microprocessor
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