Alongside the announcement of a PlayStation 3 bundle package for Metal Gear Solid 4, Sony Computer Entertainment America today revealed Konami’s plans to launch a nationwide pre-sell campaign that will allow gamers to pre-order MGS 4 and be guaranteed access to a multiplayer beta test for Metal Gear Online. The beta test will kick off in April, before MGS 4’s […]

Confirming reports coming in from the PlayStation Destination trade show event, Sony today officially announced that it plans to introduce a Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle package in North America. The bundle will include a base PlayStation 3 console equipped with an 80 GB hard drive, a copy of Metal Gear Solid 4, and a DualShock 3 controller. MSRP for […]

More exciting news coming in from the Destination PlayStation retail trade show. Sony has announced plans to bring a new red, God of War themed PSP bundle over to North America. The bundle will include God of War: Chains of Olympus, a UMD copy of Superbad, and a voucher good for a free copy of PSN title Syphon Filter: Combat […]

Sony announced at today’s PlayStation Destination conference that the DualShock 3 controller has received a solid US release date. The controller is set to launch on April 15 at an MSRP of $54.99. DualShock 3 Dated For US [Kotaku]

Sony Computer Entertainment today announced that company’s worldwide studios boss Phil Harrison will resign on February 29. Without providing any details on his resignation, Harrison said the following in a statement: The past 15 years at Sony Computer Entertainment has been the defining journey of my life so far. I am grateful to all the PlayStation family for their incredible […]

Sony today sent over an updated fact sheet on its upcoming PSN racer WipEout HD. The fact sheet confirms a pair of new features, including support for custom playlists and an active scoreboard for keeping track of race records both offline and online. With the custom playlist feature, players will be able to playback their own music within the game […]

Sony is very confident over its outlook for 2008. So confident that Scott Steinberg, SCEA VP of product marketing, has expressed his belief that PlayStation 3 is the prime platform for startup developers who are looking to reach a global online audience. I think on a global basis, the PS3 brand is going to be the winner. I think the […]

Speaking at an invite-only press lunch at GDC, Sony’s Phil Harrison downplayed the success of Nintendo’s Wii, remarking that the console’s “addressable market is only 40% of the installed base.” By addressable market, Harrison is implying that when a third party releases a Wii title, that title will only reach 40 percent of the Wii’s audience. How many Wii consoles […]

The weekly PlayStation Store update begins with a playable demo of Q-Games’ recently released tower defense game PixelJunk Monsters. Also in the playable sector is a PSP demo of God of War: Chains of Olympus (same as the UMD disc demo, if you’re wondering) and PSOne classic Jet Moto, which can be played on both the PSP and PlayStation 3. […]

Awhile back, Sony said it was contemplating over the idea of a direct PSP Store, a store in which users would simply be able to access downloadable content from their PSP, rather than go through the current process of downloading the content on PC and then transferring it over to their PSP via USB. Those ideas seem to be a […]

According to an FCC document submitted February 14, Sony is requesting an “Class II permissive change” for FCC ID AK8PSP2001, which we assume pertains to the PSP-2000 series. The document goes on to note, “we change parts other than a wireless module. This is not to cause any modification to the mentioned electric characteristics and RF characteristics.” Further details on […]

Warhawk game director Dylan Jobe has released details on the game’s version 1.3 patch. The patch will include full integration with Sony’s upcoming Home service, enabling players to form groups, meet in their apartments, discuss tactics, and then launch a game of Warhawk – all straight from within the confines of HOME. How will it work? Provided that you’re in […]

Sony has issued a subtle update to its PlayStation 3 Folding@home client. Now at version 1.31, the update patches up an issue regarding network communication errors. When communication with Stanford University’s servers is unsuccessful, the application will now try an effective method of attempting to reconnect based on the specific error condition. And that’s it! To install the update, simply […]

According to the Official US PlayStation Magazine, Grand Theft Auto 1 and 2 are sheduled to hit the PlayStation Network in their original top-down perspective. The mag also mentions that Street Fighter Alpha is on its way to PSN. No word on when the three titles will hit. Although, what’s interesting is that Grand Theft Auto IV is being released […]

Sony has confirmed that sales of its PlayStation 3 console in the United Kingdom alone have surpassed the 1 million barrier. What’s more, is that the PS3 has actually reached the mark faster than that of its older brother, the PS2, which sold one million units after 50 weeks of release. Additionally, ChartTrack data reveals that the PS3 has been […]

Sony has confirmed that it will launch a “PLAYSTATION 3 the Best” budget line in Japan. Similar to the PS2 Greatest Hits line here in the US, PS3 titles under this new budget series will come at the reduced price of 3,619 yen (US $34). The first PS3 titles set launch under the “PLAYSTATION 3 the Best” banner include Folklore, […]

Sony today announced that over one million PlayStation 3 owners worldwide are participating in Stanford University’s Folding@home project, a distributed computing project that uses idle CPU power to research protein folding, in hope to understand human genetics. SCEI teamed up with Stanford University to launch the PS3 Folding@home project on March 22, coinciding with the release of firmware 1.6. Roughly […]

Sony Computer Entertainment subsidiary SN Systems has cut the price of its SN Systems PSP development tools in half. The price cut covers both the full and rental version of ProDG for PSP, Tuner, Build Tools and ProView licenses. Significantly reducing the cost of the tools will help to ensure that PSP game title developers have everything they need to […]

During this year’s Taipei Game Show, Sony Taiwan announced that it is bringing a limited edition Crimson Red PlayStation 2 (pictured above) to Asia. The unit will hit store shelves next month, February 4. No word on a North American release, but considering how well the PS2 is selling, I wouldn’t rule anything out at this point. Taipei Game Show […]

With Blu-ray earning a sizable chunk of dominance in the format war, the obvious next step for Sony is to deliver cheaper Blu-ray drivers to make the format available to budget-minded consumers. That’s exactly what Sony is doing. The company has developed the world’s smallest Blu-ray drive with a laser unit that is only 3mm thick. Sony expects the device […]