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LittleBigPlanet Getting Its Own Kart Racing Game?

3:35PM Yesterday | Luke Plunkett

I don’t whether to laugh or cry, but word coming out of Sony’s behind-closed-doors Destination PlayStation event has it that a LittleBigPlanet kart racing game is in development. More »


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Sony: You Won’t Be Able To Bring PSP Discs To Vita

6:17AM Yesterday | Jason Schreier

Sony has told Kotaku that there will not be a North American version of the UMD Passport program, which would allow PlayStation Vita users to transfer their PSP discs to the upcoming handheld. More »


In Real Life

Sony’s Kevin Butler Makes Brief Cameo In Super Bowl Commercial

7:15AM February 7, 2012 | Jason Schreier

Here’s last night’s split-second appearance by Jerry Lambert, the actor best known for playing mascot Kevin Butler. “Giddy-up now, Deion,” Butler says to legendary NFL cornerback Deion Sanders. Presumably later he tried to sell him a PS3. [Thanks Rob!]


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The PS Vita Is A Social Beast That Will Entangle Us All In Its Loving Tentacles

12:30AM February 7, 2012 | Mike Fahey

What the latest Inside PS Vita is trying to say is that by purchasing a Vita you’re becoming a member of a global gaming community connected by glowing threads of gaming-infused light, wrapping about you like a brilliant cocoon in which you’ll never feel lonely ever again. I might be reading a bit much into it. More »


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PS Vita Will Support The Mac OS

9:30PM February 6, 2012 | Toshitaka Tachibana

On Feb. 8th, Sony is launching the System Firmware Ver. 1.60 for the Vita. Here is some of what this update contains: a new Map application, video recording, and Mac OS support. More »


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PSN Update Stops Users From Accessing Paid Content

3:00PM February 6, 2012 | Luke Plunkett

A routine bit of maintenance on the PlayStation Network last week has gone a little pear-shaped, it seems, with users in Europe complaining that post-update they’ve been unable to access content they’ve already paid for. More »


News

Sony Vs Microsoft: A Press Release War For The Ages

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2:00PM February 6, 2012 | Mark Serrels

IIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTT’S TIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIME. The Australian NPD figures have been released, and all that’s left now is for Microsoft and Sony to pummel each other into press release oblivion. More »


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Nathan Drake Is Short, Has To Stand On A Box

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9:30AM February 6, 2012 | Mark Serrels

Remember that Sony ad that everyone was making a fuss over a while back? The ‘Long Live Play’ ad that had everyone saluting ‘Michael’? The one featuring real life representations of Solid Snake, Kratos, Nathan Drake et al? Well the production company who helped create it has released some behind the scenes photography of the shoot, and it’s quite interesting. My favourite shot? The one where ‘Nathan Drake’ had to stand on a box so he can look taller than ‘Lightning’ from Final Fantasy XIII. More »


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My First PS Vita Game, Courtesy Of Walmart

6:30PM February 5, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Just because the PS Vita isn’t out for another 10 days in North America doesn’t mean you can’t start picking up your launch games in advance. This poor little guy looked so out of place in Walmart’s PlayStation section I just had to take him home. More »


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Sony’s Changing What Your PSN Account Is Called

3:00AM February 5, 2012 | Owen Good

In an email to PlayStation Network subscribers, Sony told users that their accounts will now be known as “Sony Entertainment Network” accounts. Not that this does away with PlayStation Network as a name. Sony says PSN “will be aligned with Sony Entertainment Network”. More »