Thursday, July 7th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 2 Comments
A double shot of Sony rumors have hit the net recently, both foreshadowing major changes for the electronics company. First, according to a Taiwanese manufacturer, the Playstation 4 is expected to begin production at the end of 2011 under manufacturing firms Foxconn and Pegatron Technology. The report – from Digitimes – notes a planned 20 million shipping order for sometime in 2012, and claims the new hardware will host Kinect-like full body motion controls.
Tuesday, July 5th, 2011 | Posted by Robin Meijer | Comments Off
IndustryGamers reports that Sega and EA have closed an agreement that will see the Japanese publisher distribute all current and future EA titles in Japan. The cooperation between the two will officially commence in September, with the release of Grasshopper Manufacture’s Shadow of the Damned. However, Sega will begin taking over the distribution of current EA titles as soon as August.
No information was provided with respect to the terms of the agreement.
Friday, July 1st, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment
Looks like two games were enough for the original creators of Sackboy. In a brief Q&A with Edge Online at Gamelab 2011 (in Barcelona, Spain), Media Molecule’s Siobhan Reddy announced the team at Media Molecule will be looking elsewhere for their next game. No word on how this change will affect continued support for the existing franchise’s DLC packages and community level management.
Friday, July 1st, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
The PSP Engine, soon to be responsible for the remastered versions of PSP games optimized for the PS3, was unveiled at Tokyo’s Game Tools & Middleware Forum 2011. Kentaro Suzuki first introduced the engine, detailing many of its finer features, including the memory expansion tool set that will be used to render higher definition textures. For a full list of the features allowed by the PSP Engine, follow the jump.
Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 | Posted by Robin Meijer | Comments Off
Kotaku reports that in a shareholders meeting held earlier today, Sony Corporation CEO Howard Stringer has stated that the company was attacked by hackers in May April because the company “tried to protect our IP (intellectual property), [and] our content, in this case videogames.”
Monday, June 27th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
The newest Playstation Network breach-spawned lawsuit alleges that Sony fired a significant portion of network security employees prior to the hacking of 100 million+ accounts across PSN and SOE. According to the court document, Sony “laid off a substantial percentage of its Sony Online Entertainment workforce, including a number of employees in the Network Operations Center,” a department which would include key personnel that could have been involved in post-breach stabilization.
Friday, June 3rd, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
A lot of companies are trying to get their news out before the E3 storm. You read our summary of the joint CD Projekt RED/Good Old Games Ustream broadcast earlier today, now its time to sift through Konami’s Pre-E3 announcements.
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 3 Comments
Been a long time coming, but Sony just (literally) announced that the Playstation Store has been brought back online. The “Welcome Back Program” content has yet to be made available, but the store still saw its largest update ever (by a huge measure). The full, massive list of updates can be found after the jump. The next store update will be this Friday, June 3rd, in preparation for E3.
Sunday, May 29th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
Half-Minute Hero quickly became a cult hit in the States, and even more so in Japan, launching a sequel project that – until now – has been the victim of several delays. Japanese gamers need worry no more, as Hero 30 Second will hit store shelves in that region on August 4th (as announced on Producer Takagi Kenitirou’s blog).
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 2 Comments
Photo courtesy of AP
As the hours tick off before the return of the Playstation Store, the full fiscal ramifications for the breach that took it offline are finally becoming known. As part of a revision to their outlook for 2011 fiscal year, Sony has laid out its predicted bottom line in light of both the PSN hack and the Japanese earthquake. The estimated cost of the former will be around ¥14 billion ($171 million) between the “Welcome Back” program and future security protection costs, while the latter cuts a much deeper wound of ¥150 billion ($1.8 billion), not including the losses from last fiscal year, estimated at a combined ¥39 billion ($475 million) in operating costs and lost sales.
Saturday, May 21st, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
A supposed Sony Computer Entertainment Taiwan press release obtained by The Magic Box points to Asia getting a PS3 boxed compilation of the handheld installments in the blockbuster God of War franchise. Enhancing both Ghost of Sparta and Chains of Olympus (with both English and Chinese translations) in a similar HD transition to last year’s God of War Collection, this new compilation will supposedly hit the region on July 7th.
Friday, May 20th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | 1 Comment
While the announcement of the PSP’s Persona 2: Innocent being ported across the Atlantic wasn’t much of a surprise in and of itself, the folks at Atlus chose a very unique method of revealing the news. In a retro themed issue of the “Atlus Faithful” newsletter (via Kotowari), it was deduced that the listed date (June 23, 1999) correlated with the Japanese launch of the original Persona 2 Playstation game. Coupled with the byline “looks like there really isn’t anything new out in Japan this week to talk about…”, the hints in the Western newsletter seem to indicate that we can expect the PSP RPG remake to hit store shelves in this hemisphere before too long. Maybe June 23rd?
Friday, May 20th, 2011 | Posted by Gavin Greene | Comments Off
The troubles for Sony’s Playstation Network seem never-ending. After successfully relaunching its basic framework after two separate data hacks, it was discovered that a user could reset any other gamer’s password with just the email and date of birth associated with the account, causing Sony to strike the online reset service. Sony later updated that the page was not taken down due to another attack, keeping the website down but retaining the password reset process on the PS3s themselves.
Thursday, May 19th, 2011 | Posted by Robin Meijer | 1 Comment
According to a report obtained by Gamasutra, Sony has promised partners that it will relaunch the Playstation Store on May 24th if it does not encounter any new problems. The report also details when content that was scheduled to be launched during the downtime will be released in the store. More information is included after the jump.
