Sony Online Entertainment has announced the rebranding of its yearly get-together for SOE fans and creatives. The company’s previous event, the yearly Fan Faire, has been retired to make way for a new annual celebration titled SOE Live (opens in new tab). The event will kick off this year in …
Read More »Ratchet & Clank HD Collection teased by retailer listing [Rumor]
Having scored with HD remakes of previous-gen series such as God of War and Jak & Daxter, it’s reasonable to think Sony could well be casting around for another property to reinvent for the 1080p crowd. Such an assumption’s helped by the fact that Amazon’s French division recently just went …
Read More »Sony: The Last Guardian development continues (slowly)
Sony has been somewhat vague as to the status of Team Ico’s The Last Guardian ever since its original director Fumito Ueda traded his full time gig for a contractor role. That was until yesterday, when Sony boss Shuhei Yoshida took a minute out of his 2012 DICE. appearance to …
Read More »Starhawk release date set for May 8, beta opens to public today
We’ve had a keen interest in the spacey sequel to the PS3 version of Warhawk for some time, we just weren’t sure when exactly we’d get to actually play the game. We knew the public version of the beta began today for PSN users, but when would the final version …
Read More »CES 2012: AT&Ts PS Vita 3G data plans have no contracts, costs $14.99 or $25
Remember at E3 2011 when Kaz Hirai announced excitedly that the PS Vita’s exclusive wireless provider in the US was AT&T? Remember the less than excited response (opens in new tab) coming from people probably used to AT&T’s iPhone service? Both parties have been pretty silent since then, but with …
Read More »New Music of Journey trailer goes backstage with orchestra on Jenova Chens adventure
While it’s always nice to hear developers effuse over their creations while watching artists spin character-models on a large monitor (see every behind-the-scenes clip ever released), this backstage trailer for Sony’s upcoming Journey takes another tack. Released alongside a blog post by composer Austin Wintory, the clip focuses on Wintory’s …
Read More »Twisted Metal: Jaffe appeals to players for help with the box art
David Jaffe, designer of 1995’s Twisted Metal and director of its 2012 PS3 relaunch (and overseeing God of War in between), has unveiled the artwork for the game’s box-front – but he’s not so sure what to put on the rest of the cover. Series mascot Sweet Tooth’s big flaming …
Read More »Sony sued over PSNs anti-class action lawsuit clause
A Northern California man is accusing Sony of overstepping its reach by asking PSN customers to waive their ability to enter class action lawsuits against the tech giant as part of a mandatory User Agreement update last September. According to documents gathered by GameSpot, the suit alleges Sony had no …
Read More »HD Sly Collection gets split up for for PSN release
Having pulled a successful caper by remastering Sony’s Sly Cooper Collection for PS3 play, Sanzaru Games is dividing the loot for the titles’ PSN release. Sanzaru’s HD reissues of the Sucker Punch series have been issued with fresh individual PEGI ratings (opens in new tab); details haven’t been released, but …
Read More »InFamous: Festival of Blood is the fastest-selling PSN game ever
Sony has announced that InFamous: Festival of Blood, the standalone spinoff from this year’s InFamous 2, has become the fastest-selling digital title in the history of PlayStation Network in the time since its late October launch. IGN reports (opens in new tab) that the Halloween-themed title racked up the sales …
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