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Game Controllers That Clean Your Filthy Hands
You know those shaped soaps at your mother’s house that no one is allowed to actually use? Here’s our version, courtesy of Etsy seller Digitalsoaps. Digitalsoaps offers our favorite video game weapons, lovingly recreated in the form of scented soap products. Take the green Xbox 360 controller above. Scented with Mountain Dew, it’s the most…
By Mike Fahey Published May 4, 2009 -
Klonoa Wii-make Challenge Preview: Yep, It’s Challenging
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile is a classic PlayStation adventure game remade for the Wii that’s entirely true to the original in content, color and even voice actors. The only new things in the game are bonus stages and challenge levels to extend gameplay for hardcore fans that have likely outgrown the difficulty level of the…
By AJ Glasser Published May 1, 2009 -
SCEE: Sony PSP Line-Up Hasn’t Met Expectations
David Reeves, president of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, picked an odd place to make his farewell speech: Capcom’s annual press event. “After 15 memorable years, I’m going to retire at the end of this month,” said Reeves. “It has been a true pleasure working at Playstation, pushing the boundaries of the gaming industry.” Reeves said…
By Brian Crecente Published April 30, 2009 -
inFamous Engineer Talks Trophies And Stunts
Sucker Punch software engineer Chris Heidorn stopped by the PlayStation Blog today to discuss the trophies to unlock and stunts to perform in their upcoming superhero game inFamous. Chris goes into great detail about the stunts included in the game, which are sequences of events and combinations of powers used to kill the enemy creatively.…
By Mike Fahey Published April 29, 2009 -
Edge Explores The Genesis Of The PlayStation
The history of Sony’s original PlayStation is largely well known to gamers, born of a disagreement with Nintendo, who it once partnered with to provide a CD-ROM drive for the Super Nintendo. That disagreement, which reportedly infuriated Sony president Norio Ohga, let to a transition in power. Edge explores the birth of the console that…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 24, 2009 -
So Long Three Speech, Hello PlayStation Blog
Europeans with a hankering for PlayStation news tailored to their continent of choice should say their goodbyes to the officially unofficial Three Speech blog. It’s going the way of the dinosaur. Three Speech will be replaced by a new, shiny European PlayStation blog, one we presume will be a lot like the one we’ve been…
By Michael McWhertor Published April 8, 2009 -
Sony To Release “Clothes, Toys, Stationery, Housewares & Gifts”
Video game merch is nothing new. It’s been with us since the dawn of, well, video games. But in a quest for more cash money (and brand awareness), Sony Europe will be going merch mad. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe have employed a company called Target Entertainment, who will be acting as “consumer product licensing agent”…
By Luke Plunkett Published April 6, 2009 -
Man Stabs Mother of His Children “Hooked” On PlayStation
Malcolm Palmer stabbed the mother of his three children and partner of 30 years after having to sleep on the sofa so she could play Grand Theft Auto on a plasma TV in their bedroom. That, and the 62-year-old Palmer, who is a retired Heathrow airport employee, had become convinced his 46-year-old partner Carol Cannom…
By Brian Ashcraft Published March 31, 2009 -
PlayStation Moving Into The Cloud?
Sony may be the latest company to explore the hot topic of cloud computing, the off-loading of software and services to remote servers, based on recent trademark filings with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Sony Computer Entertainment Japan has registered a trademark for “PS Cloud,” protecting it against it against all manner of video…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 30, 2009 -
PixelJunk Eden Encore, New Resistance 2 Content At GDC
Next week’s Game Developers Conference is going to be packed with hands-on, presentations and even a little news. Over at the Playstation Bloggers Lounge, Sony has set up a number of interviews for some of their upcoming and current titles. Q-Games founder and president Dylan Cuthbert will be on hand to talk about PixelJunk Eden…
By Brian Crecente Published March 19, 2009 -
Rumor: More Details On The Next PSP
According to unnamed developers, Sony is readying a new iteration of its PlayStation Portable. Whether you call it the PSP 2 or PSP-4000, the rumored new version sounds like the most radical change to date. That’s because it’s going to drop the battery-draining, bulk-adding UMD drive, according to word from Acclaim chief creative officer David…
By Michael McWhertor Published March 2, 2009 -
Kaz Hirai Will Continue Playstation Leadership
Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai will continue to oversee Playstation in his new role as the head of the Networked Products and Services Group. Earlier this morning Sony announced a major restructuring of their company, with Sony CEO Howard Stringer being named president of the company and the formation of two new groups within…
By Brian Crecente Published February 27, 2009 -
PlayStation Boss Heading New Sony Division
Major changes are going down at Sony. President Ryoji Chubachi is stepping down, and Sony CEO Howard Stringer will take over Chubachi’s role as president. The company’s PlayStation boss has a new role, too. Sony Computer Entertainment CEO Kaz Hirai will head a new business group that brings together Sony’s mobile electronics and personal computers.…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 27, 2009 -
Sony: Record Growth and Momentum for Playstation in 09
Sony Computer Entertainment remains confident in their approach and strategy for “another record year of growth and momentum” for the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3, SCEA CEO and president Jack Tretton said. Talking to a gathering of retailers and developers at the annual Destination PlayStation event, Tretton called 2009’s line up of games for both…
By Brian Crecente Published February 24, 2009 -
PlayStation Gets Its Own Skin Disorder
Just when you think things are beginning to look up for Sony, the PlayStation goes and gets its very own skin disorder: PlayStation palmar hidradenitis. The new skin condition springs from the case of a 12-year-old girl, treated in a Swiss hospital for intensely painful sores on the palms of her hands. The doctors examining…
By Mike Fahey Published February 24, 2009 -
Sony Takes Over Movie Theater, Opens Playstation Playroom
A Playstation playroom will be just one of the Sony plugs at a new movie theater opening in a LA suburb this week. The Muvico Entertainment-run theater in The Oaks shopping center will use Sony’s 4K SXRD digital projectors in the theaters, 16 Sony LCD televisions at the snackbars and have a bank of Playstation…
By Brian Crecente Published February 23, 2009 -
Italian Cruise Line Equips Fleet With PlayStations
Costa Cruises signed an agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment Italia to put PlayStation 2s and 3s aboard all of their ships by the end of 2009. Starting in June, Costa Cruise lines in Northern Europe and the Mediterranean will have an area called “PlayStation World” for passengers to play PS3s. There will also be PlayStations…
By AJ Glasser Published February 4, 2009 -
Atlus Bringing Persona And Growlanser To PSP
Atlus is bringing two “new” PSP games to Japan: Persona and Growlanser. One is a remake, and the other is a port. Persona is a “complete remake” of the 13 year-old PlayStation game. It has more save points, difficulty options, new cutscenes and the game balance adjustments. It will be out in Japan on April…
By Brian Ashcraft Published February 4, 2009 -
Suspected U.S. Spy Paid By Russians in Cash-Stuffed Playstation Games
The son of convicted CIA spy, Harold Nicholson, is accused of selling national secrets to the Russians in return for cash that he snuck into the country stuffed in Playstation game cases. That’s really the only tie to gaming this bizarre espionage case, which now goes back more than ten years, has. But it’s intriguing…
By Brian Crecente Published January 30, 2009