Sony unveils PlayStation Suite, next-gen PSP
Neither major announcement comes as much of a surprise, but Sony on Thursday unveiled its portable gaming strategy moving forward. Two key pieces of Sony’s …
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Sony PSP2 unveiling re-re-reaffirmed by Reuters
Mirroring a Bloomberg report, which mirrored an MCV report, which mirrored earlier rumors, Reuters now reports that Sony plans to unveil its next-generation PlayStation Portable gaming device …
Amazon, GameStop offering pre-orders of Nintendo 3DS
Got yourself all jazzed up about the impending release of the Nintendo 3DS? Good news. Retailers Amazon and GameStop have begun offering pre-orders of the …
Bloomberg: PSP2 coming January 27th; Xperia Play in February
According to Bloomberg, citing “two people familiar with the matter,” Sony and Sony Ericsson will be releasing the PSP2 and Xperia Play smartphone in January and …
Nintendo officially announces 3DS U.S. plans; $249 on March 27th
Good news for all those out there who are die-hard Nintendo fans. At a planned media event, the company officially announced its U.S. intentions for …
Xbox 360 has biggest year ever in 2010
Over five years after the Xbox 360 launched in November 2005, the console powered through the 2010 holiday season — racking up its biggest sales …
MCV: Sony’s PSP 2 being announced January 27th in Japan
According to “trade sources” being cited by blog MCV, Sony will announce the update to its PSP gaming system — the PSP 2 — on …
Nintendo 3DS to be region locked?
A report filed by Korean gaming site RuliWeb claims that the upcoming Nintendo 3DS portable gaming handset will be region locked. The locking system on …
Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play seen running PlayStation emulator on video
The gaming-centric Xperia Play, from Sony Ericsson, can’t seem to keep a low profile. In this latest leak, we are privy to a video of …
Xperia Play PlayStation phone gets extensive preview; videos, benchmarks, more
Sony Ericsson might not be ready to unveil the highly anticipated Xperia Play at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, but the world is most definitely …
Microsoft Kinect sales surpass 8 million units in first 60 days
During Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer’s keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show this evening, Microsoft confirmed some pretty outstanding sales figures for the Kinect sensor. …
Nintendo DS becomes best-selling video game system of all time in U.S.
Today, Nintendo announced that its popular line of DS handheld gaming systems have become “the nation’s best-selling video game system of all time.” With sales …
Root keys for Sony’s PlayStation 3 go public
Famed iOS hacker geohot is utilizing his talents to aid the tinkering community of another platform, the PlayStation 3. Mr. Hotz has successfully acquired and …
Sony on pace to sell 15 million PS3 consoles this year
Microsoft’s Kinect sensor may have stolen the show this holiday season, but it looks like Sony might have the last laugh. Kazuo Hirai, head of …
‘Call of Duty: Black Ops’ sales surpass $1 billion
Activision announced Tuesday the third major record-breaking milestone achieved by its recent smash hit, Call of Duty: Black Ops. The latest addition to Activision’s Call …
PlayStation Phone to be named ‘Xperia Play’?
A new trademark filing uncovered Tuesday suggests that the Sony Ericsson PlayStation Phone may launch as the “Xperia Play.” One of the earliest sources of …
68 iOS apps from EA reduced to 99¢ for the holidays
‘Tis the season to spend money, and the countless sales that continue to pop up across the country make it oh so easy for us …
Official PlayStation app coming ‘very soon’ to iPhone, Android devices
It’s not exactly the PlayStation Phone we’ve been anxiously awaiting, but Sony has announced the imminent release of its first official PlayStation app for the …
Infinity Blade for iOS grosses over $1.6 million in four days
In its first four days of availability, Epic Games’ new title Infinity Blade grossed over $1.6 million according to a report. The highly anticipated game …
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm sets one-day sales record
Blizzard Entertainment announced Monday that its new title World of Warcraft: Cataclysm sold 3.3 million copies on its first day of availability. The game’s remarkable …
Jenga for iPhone launches, steals all our free time
If we had free time, that is. And seriously, did you really not expect this to be created? We have been playing with the recently-launched …
Sony: Over 5.5 million copies of Gran Turismo 5 sold so far
Sony announced Friday that it has sold over 5.5 million copies of Gran Turismo 5 in the game’s first 12 days of availability. Sony also …
Propelled by Kinect, Microsoft’s Xbox outsells Wii, PS3 again
According to analytics firm NPD Group, Microsoft’s Xbox gaming console has outsold Nintendo’s Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3 for the sixth consecutive month. Microsoft moved …
Epic Games launches Infinity Blade for iOS
Ever since Epic Games first demonstrated a work in progress codenamed “Project Sword” at an Apple press event, gamers around the world have been eagerly …
Microsoft sees global Kinect shortages
In case you haven’t been paying attention, Microsoft’s Kinect is the premier gift for gamers this holiday season. Microsoft sold over 2.5 million Kinect units …
Blizzard GM leaves company after game roadmap and user data leak
Following one of the largest leaks in game developer history, Blizzard China General Manager Ye Weilun has left the company for reasons that have not …
Google markets Angry Birds as AdMob success story, soon to net Rovio $1 million per month
Google’s mobile AdMob team has posted a YouTube video touting the advertising success of Rovio’s wildly popular mobile game, Angry Birds. In the clip, Peter Vesterbacka, …
PlayStation Phone caught on video
A new video posted to YouTube Wednesday reportedly shows a man handling Sony Ericsson’s upcoming PlayStation Phone. While very little, if anything, can be gleaned …
Sony sells more than 4.1 million PlayStation Move controllers in 2 months
Sony announced Tuesday that it sold more than 4.1 million PlayStation Move controllers worldwide in the product’s first 2 months of availability. The news comes …
Nintendo boasts of 1.5 million DS, Wii units sold last week
Gaming giant Nintendo recently announced that during Black Friday week, U.S. consumers purchased a combined 1.5 million DS and Wii gaming systems. Holiday shoppers scooped up nearly …
