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The PS4 and PlayStation Vita will officially be launched in China very early next year. Sony will release the machines on January 11th priced at CY 2,899 (299) and CY 1,299 (134) respectively. The PS4 will include a 500GB HDD and controller while it appears the Vita will only include …
Read More »In Pictures: The PlayStation ’94 shop
Sony opened a shop today to celebrate 20 years since the launch of the first PlayStation. Opened on Bethnal Green Road, the store was offering the first 94 in the queue a special PS4 Limited Edition Grey console for just 19.94. And the queue was massive, with chat show host …
Read More »OPINION: 20 Years of PlayStation – Did we really grow up?
This week we’ve been celebrating the 20th birthday of PlayStation (well, the Japanese birthday anyway). Sony threw a party, put together a lovely grey PS4 model, sold it for 19.94 and then gamers immediately put it on eBay. The media ran nostalgia-tinged articles on the birth of a new gaming …
Read More »VIDEO: Keita Takahashi returns to gaming with new PlayStation title Wattam
The creator of Katamari Damacy took to the PlayStation Experience stage this weekend to unveil his new title – Wattam. Hi. I’m Japanese, I guess,” a nervous looking, plastic-fork fiddling Keita Takahashi said, before explaining that the idea for this game came from when I was playing with my two-year-old …
Read More »God of War creator unveils PS4 arena shooter Drawn to Death
God of War and Twisted Metal creator David Jaffe has developed a new arena based shooter with an unusual visual style. Entitled Drawn to Death, the game is the first from his new studio The Bartlet Jones Supernatural Detective Agency. It was unveiled at the PlayStation Experience at the weekend …
Read More »Remastered version of Day of the Tentacle coming to PlayStation
Classic adventure game Day of the Tentacle is coming to PlayStation as a new remastered version. Day of the Tentacle Special Edition will join the similarly revamped release of Grim Fandango and Kickstarted title Broken Age, with all three titles landing on PS4, Vita, PC, Mac and Linux. The announcement …
Read More »Shovel Knight PlayStation release to include God of War’s Kratos
Shovel Knight is heading to PlayStation platforms, and Kratos is apparently crashing the party. The Kickstarter success was on display at Sony’s PlayStation Experience event over the weekend, with a new trailer confirming the game will release on PS3, PS4 and PS Vita. The trailer also teases an appearance of …
Read More »How PlayStation conquered Europe – Jim Ryan on DriveClub issues, vocal gamers and game delays
On the first anniversary of PS4, PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryan tells MCV his thoughts on European domination, broken games, angry consumers, PS4 vs Xbox One and 2015 …on PS4 becoming the No.1 console of 2014 in every single European market PlayStation has always been strong in Europe. Even with …
Read More »Sony reveals 20th Anniversary Edition PSOne-themed PS4 console
A new PS4 console styled on the 20-year-old PlayStation One has been revealed by Sony. With a UK price of 399/€499/$499, the machine will be limited to 12,300 units. It comes packaged with a suitably grey themed PlayStation Camera, vertical stand and DualShock 4 controller. Interestingly the colour of the …
Read More »Sony turns to PlayStation, backs away from mobile and TV business
PlayStation is being engineered as the saviour of Sony’s struggling technology business. Reuters reports that the company intends to slash its existing smartphone and TV ranges and instead work to boost its PlayStation sales by up to a quarter in an effort to reverse recent declines. "We’re not aiming for …
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