Tag: Sony
Last day to win a PS3 courtesy of Dixons – profits go to Foyer charity
I haven't tried to buy anything from the Dixons web site recently, so this news story passed me by. Dixons have been offering a Sony PS3, 3 games, and extra controller every day since 1st December, to raise funds…
Sony PS3 video special: MotorStorm and Ridge Racer 7 racing games
If I have a criticism of the PS3's launch line-up, it's that it's a bit predictable. Sure, all the key console genres are represented – sports, driving, Halo first-person shooters etc. But they're mostly a case of being same-old same-old,…
Sony PS3 video special: A quick nose around the PlayStation Store
The online PlayStation Store is clearly central to Sony's ambitions for PS3, and not just so you can download old PSone games to play on your PSP either. Sony's Phil Harrison talked a fair bit about the potential for offering…
Sony PS3 video special: Resistance: Fall Of Man
Resistance: Fall of Man is being touted as the PS3's Halo-beater (mainly, it has to be said, because it's quite a lot like Halo). Sony was showing it off at last night's Bloggers Event on back-to-back TVs for proper deathmatching…
Sony PS3 video special: NBA 07 struts its funky stuff
Speaking as a sporty gaming man (i.e. all my sporting activity is conducted from the sofa. With crisps.), NBA 07 was the game that grabbed me most at last night's Sony PS3 bloggers event. Not in a revolutionary 'new paradigm…
Sony PS3 video special: the photo-viewing mode in action
One of the most impressive things at last night's Sony PS3 Bloggers event was getting hands on with the console's multimedia functions, such as music and photo viewing. The 3D photo slideshow in particular sounded like a bit of a…
Live: Sony's PS3 bloggers event
So, here we are sat on comfy cushions in a cushty Shoreditch studio, at Sony's PS3 event for bloggers. We're kicking off with a demo of PS3's features, before a Q&A session with the company's Phil Harrison. First interesting thing…
Wii more fun than PlayStation3?
When speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald Sony general manager for Australia & New Zealand, Nic Foster, perhaps didn't choose his words wisely…
Farewell to the Air Guitar, bring on Guitar Hero II for PS2
PS2 software developers RedOctane held a rock (mock) funeral yesterday to mark the sad departure of the air guitar. They're confident that their latest Guitar Hero II music game for the Playstation 2 will kiss goodbye to the legendary air…
First PS3 impressions emerge – part 2: the system
Yesterday, we examined some of the physical design of Sony’s latest console from reports coming in from those lucky few across the pond who have managed to secure themselves a console, get it home without being mugged and drag…