South Korean PSN players are in for a little bit of a dry spell as the service has gone offline in that country- and it has nothing to do with hacking. Apparently, a new law in SK makes it illegal to ask anyone under 18 account verification questions that include…
Read MoreChances are, if you’ve got a games console or a PC, you’ve been given free games. Nintendo gave early adopters of the 3DS console 20 free games. Sony’s given away 10 free games twice (once as an apology for the massive hack, and at E3 as a gift for PS…
Read MoreAnother E3 has drawn to a close, the journalists have all packed up and gone home. We return to regularly scheduled viewing from tomorrow. Of course there’s going to be a lot of discussion in the press and in the forums about who ‘won’ E3 2012, and there were a…
Read MoreSony’s live E3 2012 press conference has concluded. Below, you can see our coverage of the event as it originally appeared. Like our Nintendo Direct and Microsoft coverage before, we’ll be providing a play by play for Sony’s E3 conference. If you don’t have access to a computer or a…
Read MoreOne of the more intriguing pre-E3 rumours has been that one about Sony forming a Cloud partnership with, well, someone. Personally, I’m rather hoping it is OnLive so I can say “I called it,” but pettiness aside, this is possibly the best thing to happen to Sony in a long…
Read MoreEarlier today, the site VG24/7 (Video Games 24/7, for those that hate acronyms) had apparently heard from an inside source that Sony will be announcing a partnership with a cloud gaming platform, specifically either OnLive or Gaikai. This partnership would come with the addition of being able to stream games…
Read MoreE3 is typically the most exciting time of year for the games industry. The fact that is manages to create a vacuum where very little interesting stuff (as in, news releases or game launches) happens for a couple of weeks before, and a couple of weeks after the event is…
Read MoreThere’s an interesting piece over at IGN about one of the more prominent PlayStation Mini developers. Firma Studios has done a great job giving gamers great Minis to play (Zombie Tycoon, A Space Shooter for 2 Bucks), but, dissatisfied with the return on investment, they’re looking to produce full-featured PSN…
Read MoreSome interesting numbers from a report I saw from Deloitte today, listing the top 250 consumer products companies across the world. I’m not going to list all 250, but the top 10 are:1) Samsung ($134,528 million in sales, 11.2% net sales growth)2) Nestle ($105,492/ 2.0%)3) Panasonic ($101,704/ 17.2%)4) Procter &…
Read MoreSome interesting numbers from a report I saw from Deloitte today, listing the top 250 consumer products companies across the world. I’m not going to list all 250, but the top 10 are:1) Samsung ($134,528 million in sales, 11.2% net sales growth)2) Nestle ($105,492/ 2.0%)3) Panasonic ($101,704/ 17.2%)4) Procter &…
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