Massive. It’s the only word suitable for describing this week’s PlayStation Store update. Up for grabs now is WipEout HD, Burnout Paradise, GEON Emotions, and Mega Man 9. Joining the aforementioned titles is add-on content in the form of three question packs for trivia game Buzz! QuizTV, a Halloween equipment set for Soul Calibur IV, and the usual selection of […]

European-based site Eurogamer has teamed up with Sony Computer Entertainment Europe to give away 5,800 invite keys to the ongoing LittleBigPlanet beta. To score one, all you’ll have to do is register for an account and click the button on this page to receive your key. Easy enough, right? It’s harder than it sounds. As of writing the site is […]

Another day, another feature delay. Media Molecule developer “Sam_Protagonist” has confirmed that the online level creation mode in LittleBigPlanet, which allows players to create and construct worlds with up to three other friends over the net, will not be accessible at launch as originally planned. Instead, the functionality will be implemented through a post-launch patch due out at an unspecified […]

IBM announced last February that it had managed to shrink the Cell central processing unit found in the PlayStation 3 to 45nm down from 65nm. We now have been given a more precise timeframe as to when these smaller energy saving chips will roll out: 2009. What does it mean for consumers? Initially, not a whole lot, aside from the […]

History is not repeating itself with the Dissidia: Final Fantasy PSP-3000 hardware bundle Square Enix announced at its fan event last August. Unlike with the previous released Crisis Core bundle, there won’t be 77,777 units to go around. Pre-orders will open up for Square Enix Members on September 22 and run through the 28th. There’s a catch, though. Pre-ordering only […]

Sony today announced that Media Molecule’s PS3 exclusive world-creation title LittleBigPlanet has officially gone gold. With that, comes worldwide release dates. We know it’s hitting Japan on October 30, but for the rest of the world? North America gets it a week earlier on the 21st, with a 22nd release following in Europe, Australia and New Zealand. Folks in the […]

Sony today announced that Life with PlayStation has officially launched. Integrating with Folding@home, the free service serves as a centralized hub delivering news headlines from across the world. It doubles as an interactive 3D world map and features an up-to-the-minute weather ticker, all while folding proteins in the background. To install, just hit the Folding@home icon located on the XMB […]

Although it doesn’t surprise us in the slightest considering Crytek’s intent to shift over to multi-platform, a job listing has appeared on the company’s site, calling for programmers with an expertise in PlayStation 3 game development. Interestingly, the job description mentions that the chosen applicant will “work on various aspects of porting to engine code to PS3 and creating solutions […]

Famed game designer David Jaffe and publisher Sony Computer Entertainment America have been named in a suit alleging both parties for infringing on Olympiad, a film pitch that plaintiffs Jonathon Bissoon-Dath and Jennifer Barrette-Herzog sent over to Sony in 2002. Bissoon-Dath and Barrette-Herzog claim that God of War lifted story elements straight from Olympiad without explicit permission.

A new PlayStation 3 firmware has appeared on Network Update! What does it add, you ask? Er… not much. Specific to Japan, firmware 2.43 simply brings minor improvements to the region’s PS Store and video service. Those not in Japan can still download and safely install the update, but it won’t change anything other than waste a few minutes of […]

Sony today announced that its long-awaited PS3 racer WipEout HD will be available to purchase from the PlayStation Network next week on September 25. The price of admission is only $19.99, which admittedly is an incredible deal for a game of this magnitude. As a brief overview, there’s eight reversible tracks in all, trophy support, online play over PSN with […]

While those who have a Qore subscription can now download the MotorStorm: Pacific Rift demo, Jeopardy! awaits for the rest of us in this week’s PlayStation Store update. Joining the hit trivia game sans host Alex Trebek is a slew of add-on content for PSN title Pain, along with the usual selection of Rock Band tracks and playable demos for […]

It’s that time again, the NPD Group has released its hardware and software sales figures for the month of August. As expected, Electronic Arts’ Madden dominated the software side of the charts, pushing a whopping 2.3 million units across all platforms it was released on combined. “Madden NFL ’09 was the top-selling game of the month, and launched with 2.3 […]

Update: Bad news folks. Jeopardy will not include trophy support as originally planned — at least initially. The development team is considering to add trophies via an in-game patch at a later date, according to SOE senior VP Shalom Mann: Wheel of Fortune will feature XMB Trophies and we will look at patching JEOPARDY for XMB Trophies at a later […]

A bit later than expected, but it’s here. The promised update for independent developer Tiki Games’ PSN title NovaStrike is now available, bringing into the fold trophy support, rebalanced difficulty settings, customizable controls, and XMB playlist support.

According to Sony’s semi-official blog ThreeSpeech, a playable demo of Evolution Studios’ upcoming PS3 offroad racer MotorStorm Pacific Rift will be made available at random to a “lucky few” next week Thursday. Those chosen will receive an email containing a voucher code to download the demo, which will be released to the public next month in case you aren’t lucky […]

This week’s PlayStation Store update is mildly interesting, bringing with it episode four of Sony’s digital-based Qore magazine, along with add-on content in the form of seven all-new multiplayer maps for the almost-forgotten PS3 exclusive shooter Haze and a three-song PAX pack for Rock Band. Rounding out the new additions for this week is a playable demo of PURE, an […]

Earlier last week, Sony Computer Entertainment America marketing head John Koller revealed during a interview that the battery life of the PSP-3000 would be reduced by around 20-30 minutes due to the larger power draw of the handheld’s brighter screen.  Despite this, Koller issued a clarification statement on the official PlayStation Blog today, reassuring consumers that the PSP-3000 model will […]

Better check your email inbox. Why? We’ve been informed that PlayStation Home invites are going out. Yes, invites to the extended private beta that was promised back in early August. An excerpt from the invitation message: Thank you for downloading the PLAYSTATION®Home Theme! You have been selected to help beta test the next phase of PlayStation®Home’s evolution.  As a Beta Tester, you […]

Planning on purchasing the PS3 version of EA DICE’s parkour first-person action title Mirror’s Edge? According to Sony, an exclusive marketing agreement has been made with EA to release DLC specific to the PS3 version. PlayStation has an exclusive marketing agreement with EA regarding the title. Exclusive downloadable content will be offered on the PlayStation Network. And that’s all that […]