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Tech giant Sony issued a statement earlier this week confirming that production on its PSP Go handheld gaming device had ceased and the product had been discontinued. The statement was issued to a Japanese website, but many assumed that it applied to the worldwide availability of the hardware. Well… it turns out now that this is not the case. Sony Computer Entertainment America will be “continuing production of PSP Go in North… Read More

Sony Computer Entertainment is the mothership of the PlayStation 3 armada, so one might d think the company would be able to stay on message behind its Blu-ray equipped, pricey new next-generation game console. But that's not always the case: today, the company announced the North American release of Level-5's Rogue Galaxy, an epic action role-playing space adventure with an engrossing storyline, more than 100 hours of gameplay,… Read More

Sony Computer Entertainment announced today that Ken Kutaragi, widely known as the “Father of the PlayStation,” is leaving his day-to-day role running the Sony games unit. Kutaragi will remain on as chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment and also become its chairman; however, his role as President of Sony Computer Entertainment will be handed over to Kaz Hirai, currently head of Sony Computer Entertainment America.… Read More

“Technical issues during a hardware launch are nothing new, but with a machine as delicate as PSP, reports of problems are more rampant. The most common complaint is a “dead pixel,” which appears ona screen in a variety of forms (red, blue, green, white spots, dark spots). Jump on any message board and you'll find posts littered with personal accounts of anywhere from one to 25 or more deadpixels appearing on brand-new… Read More

In addition to the PSP hardware, the PSP Value Pack contains an added-value package of accessories and entertainment content, including 32 MB Memory Stick Duo, headphones with remote control, batterypack, AC adaptor, soft case and cleaning cloth, movie/music/game video sampler UMD disc including multiple non-interactive game demos, and for the first one million PSP Value Packs shipped, a specialUMD video release of the feature film Spider-Man 2… Read More

From Via's press release: S3 Graphics, Co. Ltd., today announced an agreement with Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. and Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc., for its licensing of S3 Graphics' S3TC texture compression technology. S3TC will be used in Sony Computer Entertainment's PlayStation Portable. "We are pleased to adopt S3 Graphics S3TC technology in PlayStation Portable," says Masayuki Chatani, Corporate… Read More

The PlayStation 2 has surged back to the top of the hardware sales rankings in the USA following its price cut to $149, announced last month at E3, with sales in the month after the cut more than doubling. Data released this week by Sony Computer Entertainment America shows that the console's sales rose by some 216 per cent in the week immediately following the price cut, with an increase of 141 per cent over the full period since… Read More