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When Chiba Institute of Technology students build a radio controlled Molga from the Zoids universe, they needed something to control it. That something was a PS2 DualShock 2. More »
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Many people in the gaming community were taken aback by Nintendo's announcement last night that the 3DS would be dropping price from $250 to $170 only five months after its initial launch in America and after fewer than 900,000 units have sold in the U.S. More »
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The tenth anniversary of the launch of the PlayStation 2 in North America is right around the corner, and the console still sells well enough to warrant a brand new Toy Story 3 bundle from Sony. More »
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Two rumored high-definition ports of PlayStation 2 games, bound for the PlayStation 3, look less like rumors today. Supposed box art for Mortal Kombat HD Arcade Kollection and Prince of Persia 3D Trilogy has apparently been outed by retailers. More »
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The winner of best overall infographic for First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! campaign includes the release and successes of the Playstation in its timeline charting the growth of childhood obesity. More »
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Former Sony employee 58-year-old Hidehiro Kume invented a small optical pickup that is used to read and write discs in the PlayStation 2 and the original PlayStation. He didn't feel Sony recognized his contributions, so he took it to court. More »
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Popstar Kylie Minogue's latest music video features a bevy of young, attractive people taking their clothes off and fondling each other. I remember the first time I saw it, back before it was a music video packed with underwear. More »
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To Heart is a landmark in Japanese adult PC gaming. Released in 1997, the game is a visual novel and showed how adult themes could be woven into a moving story. It influenced a generation of visual novels. More »
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Fortunately, you can determine that for yourself. Not by judging the cover of the novelization of the PlayStation video game, but by reading the first chapter of the God of War book, now online and freely available to read. More »
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It's rare that Sony makes announcements about new PlayStation 2 games, but not too surprising when that game is Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow, the latest PSP game to come to the company's last-generation console. More »
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Tonight, original Xbox games goes offline when Microsoft pulls the plug on Xbox Live support for its last-generation console. Some stalwart Phantasy Star Universe players recently experienced the pain of losing their online connection. More »
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Cross-game voice chat. How do we know? By looking at the newly launched PlayStation.blog Share, a PlayStation fan's sounding board that will let the powers that be know just how badly you want auto-syncing trophies and backwards compatibility. More »
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No, a superfan. If you know this game, feel free to say it out loud and pat yourself on the back. Good job! If not, read on. More »
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The PlayStation 2 is 10-years-old today, and just saying happy birthday and talking about our PS2 experiences isn't enough! Take a picture of your PS2 and share it with the class. You show us yours, and I'll show you mine. More »
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On March 4, 2000, Sony unleashed the successor to their wildly successful PlayStation on an unsuspecting world. Ten years later I've still got PlayStation 2 games on preorder. And to think I didn't even care until 2002. More »
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Final Fantasy XIII is just a few weeks away for gamers in North America, Europe and Australia, the debut game in Square Enix's grand Fabula Nova Crystallis project. What does the future hold for the trio of Final Fantasy XIII games? More »
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The long-rumored, recently leaked existence of PlayStation 2 games joining the "PS One Classics" line comes a bit closer to reality, at least in the mind of PlayStation senior VP Peter Dille who calls the digital re-issues a "terrific opportunity." More »
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Sega will be pulling the plug on Phantasy Star Universe's online mode for the PlayStation 2 and PC versions later this year, putting an end to the multiplayer aspect of the three-year-old role-playing game. More »
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Crossing one more game off the Things To Be Moe-fied list is this doujin tribute to Team ICO's PlayStation 2 classic Shadow of the Colossus, a sixteen strong collection of less furry, far cuter colossi that's borderline maximum risky. More »
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Japanese retailers and import shops are showing a new release for Team ICO's PlayStation 2 classic Shadow of the Colossus, due to hit Japan early next year. With The Last Guardian coming "soon", is this a good sign? More »
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Sony's Networked Products & Services Division (the PlayStation and VAIO businesses) is reporting a 24.2 percent decrease in sales during the financial period ending September 2009 when compared to the same period in 2008. More »
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Part marbles, part Pokemon, anime and toy sensation Bakugan Battle Brawlers brings 2008's Toy of the Year to the console in a game that drops players into the Bakugan world, battling transforming monsters in a race to save the planet. More »
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Final Fantasy XI: Vana'diel Collection 2 is getting released in Japan on three platforms (Xbox 360, PC and PS2), but it will only be out on the Xbox 360 and PC in North America. More »
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To prepare for the October-launch of Bakugan Battle Brawlers U.S. Toys R Us stores will be hosting a Bakugan Training Camp this weekend. More »
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Konami's overhaul of the original Silent Hill may be making a later appearance than previously planned. Retailers have bumped Silent Hill: Shattered Memories release date about a month, meaning the game could miss Black Friday availability. More »
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PlayStation 2 backwards compatibility could be returning to the PlayStation 3, according to what appears to be an internal document accidentally leaked by Sega of America, one that hints at downloadable previous gen games available on a case-by-case basis. More »
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One of my worst nightmares – next to the one about a high school reunion – is attending a preview event where I'm the only girl and I have no idea how to play the game. More »
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As seen on Flickr via Alice. More »
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Here at Greenpeace we're no strangers to controversy. More »
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Part-transforming marble, part Pokemon card game, Bakugan has taken the world's children by storm over the past year. But how can you turn something so reliant on transforming toys into a successful video game? More »
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Watch out! Those rocks Odin Sphere homeless princess character Velvet swings around will poke your friggin' eye out, kid. More »
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Konami's 2001 PlayStation 2 game Shadow of Memories—we call it Shadow of Destiny 'round these parts—will find new life on the PSP later this year. More »
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The PS2 has been out for a while now. Most of you probably have a few games for the system still lying around the house. Reader Syd doesn't have a few. He has a lot. More »
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Sony and Microsoft both spent ample time during their respective E3 2009 press conferences to wow us with camera-based motion control, courtesy of the PlayStation Eye and Project Natal. But Sony's "magic wand" tech isn't exactly new. More »
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Crafty criminals are reportedly bypassing traditional means of running their nefarious bad guy operations from the confines of prison, turning to video game consoles to deliver orders to the outside world. More »
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Sequel to the so-so Alchemists of Al-Revis, Mana Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy promises more of the Atelier Iris-flavored alchemy and crafting elements that the first game paid homage to. More »
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Sega and Red Entertainment's popular Sakura Wars series has never seen release in North America, denying English-speaking fans of both tactical military action and dating sims an opportunity to experience the game. No more! More »
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Sony surveyed potential God of War III fans this week about what they'd like to see in a collector's edition for the PlayStation 3 sequel, including repackaging the first two games on Blu-ray. More »
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen isn't due in theaters for another two months or so, but Activision endeavors to tide you over with this movie-game website. More »
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Sony's brilliant PlayStation 2 game Shadow of the Colossus is becoming grist for the Hollywood blockbuster mill, in what appears to not, unfortunately, be a horrible, horrible joke. Might want to pour a stiff drink. More »
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