Sony’s announcement of a new PlayStation 3 model was the ‘shiny light’ of its Tokyo Game Show performance this year, but the real announcement worth keeping an eye on was the confirmation of its PlayStation Plus plans. Specifically, the confirmation that the full PlayStation Plus program – free games and…
Read MoreKing Corobo strikes out against the Devil King early next month on the PS Vita. Any day that the PSV gets a solid new release is a good one, and it looks like October 2nd is going to be a very good one indeed. That’s provided you like whimsical 2D/3D…
Read MoreAn HD remake of the original Killzone was already on the way in next month’s Trilogy Collection, now Sony has announced that the game will also be available (sans parts 2&3) on the PSN. It’s true, the first game in the Killzone series (billed as a Halo-killer by some before…
Read MoreYou probably remember seeing that our last update on PSone Classics coming to Vita wasn’t so great for U.S. Vita owners, with only nine titles being officially compatible at the time of the update. While nowhere near the 100+ titles available to European Vita owners, Siliconera has recently updated this…
Read MoreA day that more than a few PS Vita owners have been waiting for is finally here – the PSone’s catalog is starting to open up on the handheld. European players have a pretty solid list of offerings to choose from on day one, North American fans… not so much.…
Read More“iPhone and iPad games suck. There’s no buttons!” This is a constant (erroneous) statement we all see people making for why the traditional console makers have nothing to fear about Apple. Except now they do, if a recent patent filing is any indication. Apple has patented a design that looks…
Read MoreHere’s a question for our readers (and it’s worth answering, after all, there’s Frequent Flyer points in it for you 😉) – how much longer before Sony starts to shift the bulk of its online offerings to paid subscription models? Allow me to outline a couple of reasons I think…
Read MoreI was so freaking close. Having predicted not a few months ago that one of the hardware titans – Sony or Microsoft – would go and acquire Onlive, Sony goes and announces that it’s going to acquire rival Cloud provider, Gaikai, for $380 million. You know what? It’s close enough.…
Read MoreI know I’ve written on similar topics in the past, but I think this is a topic worth revisiting, as the signs are there that now is the time for it to happen. What am I talking about? Who Apple will acquire in the gaming space. I would argue it’s…
Read MoreThere’s a fascinating piece over at Gamesindustry that points out that while the media attention is focused firmly on the plight of THQ, almost every major games publisher is genuinely struggling right now. It’s not the “bad economy,” that’s causing it, either. Companies like EA and Take Two are underperforming…
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