In a year filled with more PlayStation 3 exclusives than Kevin Butler job titles, 2011 will see Sony ramping up their marketing campaign to highlight their strong line-up. In the US, the company will be launching an “Only On PlayStation” campaign, while in the UK, Sony have upped their marking push for upcoming titles, including [...]
Archive for March, 2011
Sony Plans Apocalptic Advertising Campaign
Thursday, March 10th, 2011GDC Preview: SOCOM 4
Thursday, March 10th, 2011With many of us reeling from the after effects and trauma of Socom: Confrontation, in steps Zipper Interactive to save the day with Socom 4.
Atelier Meruru Finds Itself a Trademark
Thursday, March 10th, 2011A trademark was just discovered by Andriasang and it might just shed some light on this whole name thing some of you might be worrying about.
What Sony’s Victory Against LG Means
Thursday, March 10th, 2011Moments ago, a court in The Netherlands ruled against LG in an ongoing patent battle against Sony. Freeing up PS3s in the country – and therefore Europe – the move was a major victory for the Japanese technology giant, but Sony are by no means in the clear, with LG still set to push for [...]
Sony Fans Rejoice: Sony Wins LG Court Case
Thursday, March 10th, 2011With LG seizing 300,000 PS3s and planning to seize another 180,000, demanding up to $350 million and a ban on PS3 sales in The Netherlands, today marked one of the most important court cases in Sony’s long history as a technology company. Thankfully, it now looks like Sony has won the first battle against LG, [...]
LG Wants $150-180 Million Off Sony For PS3 Patent Infringements, Up to $350 Million In Further Royalties
Thursday, March 10th, 2011Ouch. Back in February, LG managed to temporarily seize all PS3s going into The Netherlands – 300,000 in total – and block imports for 10 days. Sony is currently contesting the decision in court, but it does not look like its going well, with LG asking for a whopping $180 million right now, and future [...]
GDC Preview: Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Thursday, March 10th, 2011I recently got a behind closed doors look at Dark of the Moon and came away feeling very satisfied with what looks to be a good game.
300,000 PS3′s Were Seized, Valued at €43 million
Thursday, March 10th, 2011As we speak, the future of PlayStation 3′s in the Netherlands hangs in the balance, and with the country being Sony’s main point of import for PS3s into Europe, the outcome of a legal battle between LG and Sony affects the whole continent.
Kazuo Hirai Promoted As Sony Restructures
Thursday, March 10th, 2011As part of Sony’s ongoing restructuring, Kazuo Hirai, PlayStation boss and Executive Vice President, Officer in charge of Networked Products & Services Group has been promoted to Executive Deputy President of Sony, making him one of three representative directors – the highest executive tier in Japan. With Sony head Howard Stringer looking for a replacement, [...]
Yakuza: Of the End Welcomes New Character
Thursday, March 10th, 2011Famitsu has revealed another character to appear in Sega’s upcoming zombie-slaying PlayStation 3 title Ryu Ga Gotoku: Of the End, (the Ryu Ga Gotoku series being called “Yakuza” in the West). Takeshi Tanigawa is a researcher studying zombies, and given that Tokyo looks to be overrun with them in this game, the job seems timely. [...]
Latest Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime Trailer Brings out the Firepower
Thursday, March 10th, 2011Although a fan favorite, the Ghostbusters, franchise had never transitioned well to video game form. The newest iteration, Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime, looks to change that, by putting players in a top down isometric view, and placing the focus more on multiplayer. There’s no way of telling how well this new direction will go, but [...]
Why No One Will be Looking at the NGP’s Biggest Feature
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011Since the initial announcement of Sony’s Next-Generation Portable, aptly named the NGP, people have raved over its myriad of features. They seem to be skipping over the most important one that’s actually on the back.
PS3 Firmware 3.60 Now Available
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011This morning it was announced that a new firmware update would be hitting PS3s everywhere, bringing a much sought after feature to PlayStation Plus subscribers. The update is now live, and you may now save games online to the cloud if you’re a PlayStation Plus member.
PlayStation Now Serving Customers Across the Twitterverse with @AskPlayStation
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011Face it, customer service in this country sucks. It’s bad enough to experience some type of issue with your product, but to be punished with an endless phone tree lacking the option to connect you with a real live person is definitely not what the founding fathers had in mind. But rest assured, Seeker of [...]
More White Knight Chronicles Officially Announced for the West
Wednesday, March 9th, 2011Be prepared to return to the land of White Knight Chronicles once again, for in just a few months two new games in the franchise will make it outside of Japan.
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