Tag archive: ps3

As reported by Kotaku earlier today, Sony is ditching plans to allow new Vita owners to download PSP titles that they currently own on UMD disc. Sony rolled out this program in Japan at launch during December 2011 and all Japanese owners can register their UMD titles on the Vita by paying a fee based on the value of the game, thus Japanese owners can avoid having to repurchase the titles at full cost on the PlayStation Vita digital download… Read More

For those of you that missed out on the early access to the beta and are not PlayStation Plus members, here is your chance to get the jump in everyone else before the Starhawk beta goes public on February 21! Just to be clear, this is an offer for a beta code to the upcoming PS3 exclusive game Starhawk, not a code for the activist and author of The Spiral Dance. Because, ya know, that wouldn't make any sense. And it would be kinda weird.… Read More

Connectivity is a primary buzzword in the tech world. As our technology grows, people want easier and more accessible ways to access the digital materials they have, and to integrate what they own into systems that can pull the most out of those materials. And when it comes to connecting products, few companies in the world are in quite as enviable a position as Sony. From TVs to gaming systems, from movies to music, Sony is in the unique… Read More

For gamers of a certain age, there are a handful of specific titles that will forever have a spot in the nostalgia-padded recesses of our hearts.  The same is true for every new generation of gamers, but for a stretch of time in the 90s, a few games were the linchpin that helped transition the industry from the realm of kids to a more mature audience. If the NES and Sega Master System were the Mercury space capsule, and the Super NES/Genesis… Read More

While the launch date of the Wii U remains unknown, more and more details about the next-gen Nintendo console continue to surface. We recently heard a more detailed breakdown of the Wii U's potential power compared to the Xbox 360 and PS3, and that it’s currently in beta testing. While we've gotten the briefest glimpses at what the Wii U will look like, and we've been able to gather enough information to make estimates about… Read More

Ho ho ho-my golly, we have a lot of stuff to giveaway this season. The giveaways continue, and today we have an offer for the quick. The first 25 people that comment below and tell us their favorite PlayStation game (PSOne, PS2, or PS3) of all time will receive a code that unlocks the beta for next year’s PS3 exclusive, Starhawk. That’s it, all you have to do is post and we’ll email you off a code this week. For those that aren’t familiar with… Read More

Based off a yearly comparison study of 3,000 consumers conducted by Nielsen, video streaming on gaming consoles is on the rise while the number of people watching physical media is dropping. During 2010, ten percent of Xbox 360 owners watched video-on-demand or streaming services like Netflix through the Microsoft console. That number has climbed to 14 percent in 2011. In a similar trend on the PlayStation 3, nine percent of PS3 owners used the… Read More

The year in gaming has been a tumultuous one, with a somewhat light beginning, and a heavy end of year. The fall wave of blockbusters featured some of the best titles in years, and gamers will likely be picking them up and playing them for months to come. But while the releases primarily fell at the close of the 2011, the PS3 has seen one of its best years for exclusives. A-list titles were sprinkled throughout the months haven given PS3 owners… Read More

Contained within the new Xbox Live Terms of Use, Microsoft added clauses that prevent users to bring a class-action lawsuit against the company in regards to changes in the Xbox Live service. These new sections were added prior to the release of the Fall 2011 dashboard update that rolled out last night. Similar to Apple's process of agreeing to new terms within iTunes, Xbox 360 owners are presented with the new conditions when installing… Read More

We still don’t know the exact date when the Wii U will descend upon us, but Nintendo’s next offering–and the first console in the next generation of gaming–is stepping ever closer to reality…if the reports and leaks are to be believed. It is tough to keep a secret when your technology is semi-dependent on numerous third-party developers. Earlier in the year, EA claimed that the Wii U would be at least as powerful as the Xbox… Read More

Offering additional content to tantalize gamers into buying a certain version of an upcoming title is nothing new. Typically that is the domain of the retailers that each offer something that can’t be found anywhere else as incentive to buy the game from them–maybe it is a specific DLC pack for that particular game, or perhaps it is an offer for another product altogether. Regardless, it is a lure used to sway gamers in a particular… Read More

While Sony rolled out a sizable revision to PlayStation Home approximately three weeks ago, the social gaming environment has been expanded today to include virtual movie watching with friends. Pretty much identical to the concept of party viewing on the Xbox 360, the update to PlayStation Home allows PlayStation 3 owners to bring up movies served through the Sony Pictures Entertainment-owned Crackle and play the films within the virtual… Read More

Black Friday used to be a day, but now it's more of a week-long affair with low prices. To get a kickstart on the crazy week ahead, Amazon has issued a list of some of its new deals on its fancy Black Friday site. Some highlights include a PS3 for $200, Lord of the Rings on Blu-ray for $50, and almost all smartphones for pennies with a new contract.  Amazon's newest Black Friday deals:  Samsung 46-Inch 1080p LED HDTV: $799.99 (save… Read More

According to a recent study from Strategy Analytics, gaming consoles have become the preferred method within U.S. households for watching online movies, television and Web video on televisions. Approximately 12 percent of U.S. households (15 million) use a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 to consume online media. This percentage of people is much higher than consumers hooking up a PC to a television or third-party, set-top box solutions like the media… Read More

After months of negotiations, Ubisoft’s uber-popular Assassin’s Creed property has found a home at Sony. On the surface it sounds simple enough—a major movie studio buys the rights to one of the biggest properties in the video game world—happens all the time. But this contract is a bit unusual. And not everyone is happy about it. A closer look at the contract by Vulture.com shows that Sony has agreed to give Ubisoft unprecedented control over… Read More