Sony has announced that it will be launching a 3D monitor specifically designed for the PS3 this Autumn, with a 240Hz panel. The “quad speed” panel design allows two players to view separate 3D content simultaneously - which in gaming, means split screen multiplayer without the cheating. It could, potentially, also be used for four player 2D [...]
Sony has now officially unveiled the Next Generation Portable (NGP), and announced its consumer-facing name, PlayStation Vita. The upgrade to the ageing PSP will feature a 5″ OLED screen, with a resolution slightly over qHD at 960 x 544 as well as a quad core Cortex A9 CPU from ARM, and an SGX543MP4+ GPU. [...]
It has emerged this week that the Asus TF101 (Transformer) is capable of using its USB host ports to let you use any gamepad for a spot of Android gaming. It really is as awesome as it sounds, the only downside being that this only works over USB – no BlueTooth support. Video after the [...]
Since the announcement of the replacement to the PSP, the device codenamed NGP (Next Generation Portable), it has been unclear what sort of backwards compatibility – if any – it would feature. Thanks to Eurogamer, however, it is now somewhat clearer. They claim that the NGP (or whatever its real name turns out to be) [...]
Following up on the Modern Warfare 3 preview we got the other day, here’s some more good news for you gamers: Call of Duty: MW3 has become available for pre-order on the Tesco website. And don’t forget that Tesco is the company renowned for shipping pre-orders before the release date. Release date will be 8 [...]
Sony have announced that to tide over their loyal gamers in the time between now and the launch of its new portable games system, NGP, it will be remastering select PSP games so that they can be enjoyed in HD (and even 3D) on players’ PS3s. Furthermore, you’ll be able to sync the save game [...]
Now that PSN is back up and running, perhaps you’re scouting around for new accessories for your neglected PS3. Hyperkin is rushing to the aid, armed with aptly named ‘Remotext’ remote controls for your PlayStation – be it used for games, or Blu-Rays and other media. As pictured above, the Remotext (Remo-Text, or Remote XT [...]
Sony have reportedly told developers that PlayStation Network will be back up for the final time on the 24th. That is, of course, unless they experience any other issues – such as the mishap yesterday, whereby users (not even Sony themselves) realised that the info stolen by hackers was enough to change every PSN user’s [...]
Will it ever be over? We thought it was finally back online, but now, Sony have had to pull the plug again on the PlayStation Network. Why? Well, remember how those mean old hackers stole your email address, date of birth, etc.? Turns out that in order to click “Forgot my password”, and change it, [...]
Keeping true to their “by the end of May” promise (but not so much the last one, or the one before that), Sony have flicked the big PSN switch back into the “On” position. Not true for Japan though, where the Government will not allow Sony to restore the service until they have been satisfied [...]
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