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Sony: Market-Boosting Slim PS3 Will Phase Out Old Models
With three key changes to its guts, the new PlayStation 3 is more cost-efficient and poised to boost Sony’s market share, Sony told Kotaku today. Oh, and the slim has no rear power button. Sony is hoping that the the newly-announced slim PlayStation 3, launching in the U.S. on September 1 for $299, will be…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
LEGO Rock Band Rains Destruction
Behold the Rock Power Challenge in LEGO Rock Band, a game mode in which you use the power of rock to demolish a building. Maybe this isn’t exciting for you, but damn if it doesn’t do just the trick for me. Why the hell do we need a LEGO Rock Band? This right here. Take…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
PlayStation 3 Slim: The Unboxing, The Up-Close Examination
So, the PlayStation 3 Slim is real. How real? Well, so real you can look at its box, open it, then take the thing out of its box, then look at it some more. Courtesy of our pals at Gizmodo SF, here’s a more intimate look than press shots can afford, showing the console’s rougher…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Age Of Conan Expands With Rise Of The Godslayer
Funcom continues to show utter faithfulness to the works of Robert E. Howard with the announcement of Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer, and expansion based off Howard’s “The Tower of the Elephant.” The new expansion is sure to be a real treat for fans of the original Conan stories. Rise of the Godslayer…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sega Restarts Genesis Poll, Removes Earthworm Jim
Sega’s attempt to have fans choose the next Genesis classic to grace Xbox Live Arcade ran into a snag yesterday, when Gameloft announced vote-leader Earthworm Jim for Xbox Live Arcade. Earthworm Jim was winning the voting for the next Sega Genesis classic by a wide margin yesterday, when Interplay and Gameloft made their big announcement:…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009 - Reviews
NFL 2010 Micro-Review: Season on the Shrink
August is when hardcore football junkies are drafting for multiple fantasy leagues and playing in one on their console. Can they handle another? NFL 2010, a fully licensed football game, takes 17 weeks of skull-crackin’ action onto the small screen. Loved Comprehensive Coverage: Gameloft managed to pack what is basically a Nintendo 64 version of…
By Owen Good Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
A Look at the PSP’s Digital Reader
Lost, perhaps, in the hoopla and noise surrounding the dual announcements of the Playstation 3 price drop and slim model was this nifty digital reader for the PSP. A Marvel exec took the stage at Sony’s presser to tout this as potentially Marvel’s next big thing. Here’s a very quick look at the reader’s auto…
By Brian Crecente Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
What Marvel Comics Will Look Like On PSP
At Sony’s press conference today, Sony and Marvel revealed that “hundreds” of comics will be available to read on the PSP. Now we can show you what it will all look like. Our Spider Senses say a gallery follows below.
By Andrew Freedman Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Best Concept Art Of The Day
Today’s bath of PlayStation announcements included word of a new PlayStation Network game/thingy called Loco Roco Midnight Carnival. We’ll know more about it when our guys in Germany check it out at GamesCom. Pretty concept art above, screens below. Click that image above so it’s nice and big.
By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Drinking Games? This Thing Does Drinking Games
This is the Arkeg. It’s an arcade cabinet. With a keg inside. The pinnacle of human endeavour, then? I say…yes. It’s not some crazy mod; the Arkeg is a commercial product built to (presumably) a commercial quality, with temperature-control for the keg, external sound controls, a brushed aluminium finish, slide-out keyboard and even a trackball.…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
PSP Minis: Bite-Sized Fun At Bite-Sized Prices
Today at Sony’s Gamescom 2009 press conference the company introduced PSP Minis, a range of smaller, cheaper downloadable games for the PSP and PSP Go. Minis, which we touched on briefly last week, will be showing up in their own special section of the PlayStation Store come October 1st, giving PSP owners smaller-sized games at…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
PS3 Fat Next To Slim
Before and after.
By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
PSP-3000 Goes Blossom Pink, Turquoise Green
Showing continued support for the older model despite the impending release of the PSP Go, Sony has announced two new colors for the PSP-3000: Blossom Pink and Turquoise Green. Behold their beauty. The two new models of the PSP-3000 are due out in November, a month after the release of the PSP Go. It should…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
PS3 Slims Pics And Specs
Sony’s official press release for the PlayStation 3 Slim reveals a few updated features and a whole slew of sexy product shots of the PS3’s skinny little brother. The new model heralds a slew of changes for the PlayStation 3 brand, include a change in the official all-caps PLAYSTATION 3 brand to the PlayStation 3…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Surprise! PlayStation 3 Price Drops $100
In a move that no one could have possibly anticipated, Sony announces a price drop along with the news of the PlayStation 3 Slim, with the current 80GB system dropping to $299 until replaced. It almost doesn’t seem worth it, really. The PlayStation 3 slim is right around the corner, selling for $299 with a…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony Announces Slim PS3 – It Lives This September!
Kaz Hirai, head of all things PlayStation, announced that the long-rumored PlayStation 3 Slim will be in stores the first week of September. [UPDATED with official pic] Hirai noted that it will be have the same features and function of the current PS3, with a 120 gb drive. It will be 33 percent smaller, 36…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
“Hundreds” Of Marvel Comics Coming To PSP
Marvel comics will be readable (legally!) on PSPs in the coming months. At their Gamescom press conference today, Sony announced the November launch of a digital reader for the PlayStation Portable. Details are scarce about what content will be on the service, but one bit of content is locked: Marvel Comics. The Spider-Man publisher’s Ira…
By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
PS3 Firmware 3.0 Adds New XMB, Dynamic Themes, Avatars
PlayStation 3 firmware 3.0 is coming soon, bringing with it new XMB functionality, a status indicator, a friends list redesign, dynamic themes, avatars, and much more. Announced during Gamescom and highlighted at the PlayStation blog, firmware 3.0 doesn’t revolutionalize the way we navigate the PlayStation 3, but it does bring some welcome changes. The most…
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009 - Uncategorized
Sony 2009 Gamescom Presser Liveblog Spectacular
What secrets will Sony reveal at its Gamescom 2009 press release? The PlayStation 3 Slim? A PS3 price cut? Join us on our voyage of discovery! Click to viewSony’s Gamescom 09 Press Event Spectacular
By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009