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 »
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 »
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!]
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
