Demonstration builds are a key instrument in building pre-release hype for a game, or to breath a bit of post-release buzz for a lesser known release. But creating a self-contained experience, while still teasing the fully-priced product, is a difficult task. Some developers, most often seen in Xbox Live’s Indie Games library, time their demos: […]
Sony reported yesterday that it has acquired LittleBigPlanet-developer Media Molecule. The studio will become an official part of the Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS), which also includes Guerrilla Games, Naughty Dog and Zipper Interactive. SCE WWS president Shuhei Yoshida stated that the “SCE WWS is all about creating ambitious, innovative and ground breaking games, traits that Media […]
Starting early yesterday morning, Playstation users around the world have been encountering a problem that prevents users from logging in to Playstation Network as well as some other problems that prevent users from playing certain games. Until the issue is fully resolved, Sony has advised all users that do not have a Playstation 3 Slim model to […]
The oft-delayed and eternally-in-beta Home has had its share of critics, many in the subject of Sony’s hopes for the virtual economy’s advertising plans. Mediaweek recently released a report in line with these complaints against Home, finding the social networking sphere to have been unable to illict many non-endemic brands like Red Bull, and have […]