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January 7th, 2012, 23:19 Posted By: wraggster
Netflix still isn't offering a firm date for its launch in the UK, but it looks like some of the final pieces are starting to fall into place. The company's PlayStation 3 app is now hitting consoles across the pond, displaying the message you see above when it's launched. Unfortunately, that's about all we have to go on at the moment, but PS3 users can now at least rest assured that they won't have any waiting to do when Netflix does finally flip the switch -- one more shot after the break.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/06/n...-still-coming/
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January 7th, 2012, 00:54 Posted By: wraggster
Could a rental or hire-purchase model help secure a future for dedicated gaming handhelds like the PlayStation Vita and Nintendo 3DS?
It's an idea floated by Frontier Developments' David Braben, Codemasters' Jamie MacDonald, Boss Alien's Jason Avent, and Simon Oliver of Hand Circus in a roundtable discussion withGamesIndustry.biz.
One of the challenges the Vita faces is that, beyond the lower prices of smartphone games, mobile hardware is generally acquired through a hire-purchase model, effectively making it free to the consumer.
However, this approach - a common retail strategy for numerous consumer electronics devices - hasn't been attempted with game consoles.
"Maybe that's an idea," Avent said. "You get your PS Vita and pay a subscription for it and you get usage of one or two games that you can swap in and swap out.
"You join a club for £15 a month and you get really top games for that. And you get hire of the hardware. And then it's much more like an app store where you have to get your games through Sony."
In Braben's view, this could be a "workable business model" for handheld consoles, not least because it would open up new shelf-space with high-street mobile phone retailers.
"It would be a bit like a Sky subscription with telephone, internet and TV in one," Avent continued, "but you could have a small mobile phone with a contract, and then it's packaged up with the Vita and a subscription to games"
This view is consistent with comments made by industry analyst Nick Parker at the London Games Conference last month, in which he outlined the possibility of retailers like GAME eventually selling contracts and not hardware.
"I sat down with Ian Shepherd a couple of weeks ago and his vision is seeing GAME like Carphone Warehouse, whereby Carphone Warehouse doesn't actually sell anything at all, no product, no hardware, it just sells contracts," Parker said.
"And they see themselves doing the same thing - selling contracts for OnLive or any other technology provider or source of games and then hardware can eventually be offered for free."
The notion that the market for handheld consoles has been fatally disrupted by the growth of mobile gaming has been widely discussed over the last 12 months.
Slow sales of the 3DS only improved after Nintendo slashed the price by as much as 40 per cent, whilethe PlayStation Vita's performance has declined sharply since it launched in Japan before Christmas - it is currently 4th in the hardware charts, one place behind its own predecessor, the PSP.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...ground-running
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January 7th, 2012, 00:52 Posted By: wraggster
Media streaming service LoveFilm has signed new deals with both BBC Worldwide and ITV to bring new programmes to its subscribers.
"We are thrilled to be bringing together great British TV content with Europe's leading film subscription service," said CEO Simon Calver.
"This gives Lovefilm an even more powerful, unique offering of instant programming for our members to view across a growing number of platforms, for one low monthly price."
ITV will offer shows like Cold Feet, Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, and Prime Suspect, while BBC programming will include Spooks, Life On Mars and Planet Earth.
"We've had a content partnership with Lovefilm for several years now and it's great to see this evolve digitally," added Lisa Rousseau of BBC Worldwide.
"We're delighted to give Lovefilm's subscribers the opportunity to instantly watch their favourite British shows, wherever and whenever they wish, alongside a diverse range of great programmes and films."
LoveFilm subscribers can currently receive Blu-rays, DVDs and games by mail, as well as streaming content to computers, iPad, PS3 and 360. It already has content deals with Entertainment One, Disney, Lionsgate, Momentum, Studio Canal andWarner Bros.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...-and-itv-deals
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January 7th, 2012, 00:18 Posted By: wraggster
New report claims that all three next gen systems will take stage at LA extravaganza
Sony is planning to rock the industry by announcing PlayStation 4 plans in just a matter of months, a new report has revealed.
In a highly unexpected move, Sony executives will head to Los Angeles in June to discuss their next home console at E3, within days of Microsoft doing the same.
This week’s MCV magazine has splashed on its front page “Biggest E3 ever will reveal new consoles”, claiming that Microsoft too will unveil its next generation system at the industry event.
In October last year, Develop revealed that several Sony studios had begun prototyping early PlayStation 4 projects. One month later, PlayStation Europe boss Jim Ryanadmitted it would be “undesirable” for the PlayStation 4 to launch later than its rivals.
MCV now claims that Sony has sent the message to third-parties that it will not be left behind this time.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...uncement-at-E3
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January 6th, 2012, 01:37 Posted By: wraggster
Rayman Origins, Lumines, Michael Jackson: The Experience, Asphalt and Dungeon Hunter Alliance will all be available from the Vita's 22nd February launch, publisher Ubisoft has announced.A new release schedule sent out today includes one other Vita game - an undefined Assassin's Creed title marked for "calendar 2012".Elsewhere on the publisher's revised slate, the 3DS version of Rayman Origins is down for 16th March, while PC and console versions of Ghost Recon: Future Soldier arrive some time the same month.Oh, and something called Funky Barn blesses the 3DS with its presence in June.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...launch-line-up
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January 6th, 2012, 00:19 Posted By: wraggster
Sony's second Android tablet intrigued us. We're always willing to give another form factor a try and in the Tablet P (£500), we certainly had that. While the Tablet S's wedge profile stood it out a little from the rest of the prone slabs, the P piqued our interest with an unusual clamshell form factor. Once the two 5.5-inch screens are folded together, the tablet has a pretty tiny footprint and just about fits into a jacket pocket. It's the third PlayStation-certified device, arriving proudly emblazoned with the four symbol trademark, and a second screen capable of doubling-up as both a controller for games or as a laptop-style keyboard. However, those twin screens require some not-so cosmetic adjustments to the Honeycomb experience we're used to and this is where we're most interested in seeing how Sony fared. Is the unique design implemented well enough? How does it fare as a games machine? Can a clamshell pull potential tablet buyers away from the iPad and a legion of sameish Android tablets? Crack open our review to find the answer to those questions and much more.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/05/s...ew-uk-edition/
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January 6th, 2012, 00:05 Posted By: wraggster
Sales of the PlayStation Vita have fallen below 50k during its third week on the market.
Eurogamer reports that Sony’s new handheld shifted 42,648 units during its second full week on sale.
Vita shifted 325k units in its opening weekend, only for sales to plummet to 72k during the following week. To make matters worse,Vita was outsold by PSP for the second week in a row in the territory.
By contrast, the market was once again bossed by 3DS, which sold 197,592 units. That’s down on last week’s record-breaking 482k sales.
The 3DS dominated the software market, too, claiming five of the country’s Top Ten titles. 13 of the Top 15 charts titles were for Nintendo machines.
Two Vita games made it into the Top 30 – Hot Shots Golf in 28th and Uncharted: Golden Abyss in 29th.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/vita-...n-japan/089373
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January 5th, 2012, 23:37 Posted By: wraggster
HD remakes of arcade shooters The House Of The Dead 3 and 4are headed exclusively to PlayStation Network, Sega has announced.
The House Of The Dead 3 will be released on February 7, to be followed by The House Of The Dead 4 in the spring. Both games have been updated with HD graphics, with Trophies and support for PS3 motion controller PlayStation Move.
Sega Of America senior VP of digital business Haruki Satomi said: "The House Of The Dead has always been one of Sega's most popular series, and over the years we have worked hard to bring that full arcade experience to console owners.
"The abilities of the PS3, as well as PlayStation Move, have let us get closer than ever before."
HOTD 3 was released in arcades in 2002, and was later ported to Xbox, PC and Wii. 2005's The House Of The Dead 4, however, has never been released for home consoles.
http://www.next-gen.biz/news/house-d...d-4-headed-psn
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January 5th, 2012, 01:03 Posted By: wraggster
If you're the sort to spend actual money on clothes and an apartment for a virtual (mis)representation of yourself, this month is a good time to do that on PlayStation Home.
 Sony's virtual social world will be hosting January Sales all this month following brief downtime maintenance tomorrow morning.Servers will go offline on Thursday 5th January from 8AM GMT, and when they come back on you'll be able to snap up anything from a new apartment, or a companion, to some furniture or a new outfit for your avatar for as much as 50% off the normal price.
To browse discounted items just head over to the star in Home Square or check out the Shop category on the PS Home Navigator before the end of January.
This week's update also sees the release of the Red Bull House of Skate, a personal space that includes "breathtaking views, flatscreen TVs, a swanky hot tub and Red Bull Skateboarding - an adrenaline soaked game that you won't find anywhere else".
More details on the PS Blog.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...g-maintenance/
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January 5th, 2012, 00:42 Posted By: wraggster
The creator of Disaster Report 4, Kazuma Kujo, may have suffered a small setback when his game was canceled following the earthquake in Japan last year. But it hasn't turned him off of game development for good: he reports via Twitter that his new studio at developer Granzella is hard at work on a new titlefor both the PS3 and the PS Vita.
Kujo says that the game will be downloadable, though the PSP isn't planned to be supported at this time. It's a completely original IP, he says, but wouldn't tell Twitter followers in what genre it would be.
Granzella is working on at least two titles for the PS3 and the Vita, and this is presumably one of them. Kujo also says he'd like to make a war strategy game at some point, similar to the old R-Type Tactics games, and that he knows followers are looking for a Steambot Chronicles sequel in the future as well. Let's just hope production for all of these goes a little smoother than last time.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/04/di...-vita-and-ps3/
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January 5th, 2012, 00:39 Posted By: wraggster
For most Battlefield 3 players, the huge number of weapon-mounted accessories are little more than filler between the obvious handful of choices that offer the best, effective results. The game's core gameplay designer, Alan Kertz, has picked up on that state and taken to Reddit to solicit advice for tweaking BF3's various gun augmentations.
"I'm not promising this will go live, and I'm not promising there will be an update, I'm looking for feedback and a discussion," Kurtz writes, carefully requesting feedback while trying not to overpromise. He says that the goal in said request is to "focus on improving the under performing and under used attachments," but also to identify how to nerf the most powerful attachments. Interested in sounding off? Head over to the Reddit thread and get passionate
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/04/ba...nt-tweaks-via/
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January 5th, 2012, 00:32 Posted By: wraggster
Despite Amazon's claims to the contrary, Sony reps tell Joystiq that, no, the 3G model of the PlayStation Vita is not canceled in the US. Try and feign surprise! An IGN report from earlier today noted that the Amazon product details for the 3G model of the Vita listed it as "discontinued by manufacturer," but when contacted, Sony's senior director of corporate communication and social media Patrick Seybold immediately refuted the claims.
He told Joystiq flat out, "This is not true," and said that Sony will be connecting with its Amazon contacts to figure out what's up. Both the 3G and non-3G versions of the PlayStation Vita launch in North America on February 22, with a 3G "First Edition" bundle preceding them both by a week.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/04/so...north-america/
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January 5th, 2012, 00:15 Posted By: wraggster
Following lower than expected week two sales of Sony’s PlayStation Vita in Japan, some retailers have reportedly discounted the device in an effort to stimulate sales.
The more expensive 3G Vita model, in particular, is said to be selling in very low numbers.
GamesRadar reports that some retailers have now cut the price of the 3G unit by as much as 20 per cent.
The news comes following second week Vita sales of just 72k units. That’s down from the 325k shifted in its first week.
More importantly, it was outsold by all other current systems in Japan last week, including its predecessor the PSP. And it was trounced by 3DS, whose 482k unit sales helped it to its best ever week in Japan.
Also note that 3DS sold 210k units in its second week on sale.
http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/retai...n-japan/089316
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January 3rd, 2012, 21:55 Posted By: wraggster
Sony's PlayStation Vita saw a 78 per cent drop in sales figures in its first two weeks, from 324,859 sold in week one to 72,479 in week two.
This allowed older consoles, the PlayStation Portable and the Nintendo 3DS, to actually outsell the new machine in week two, with the 3DS hitting 482,200 sales and the PSP 101,121.
The handheld launched in Japan just before Christmas on December 17 and the figures came from researcher Media Create.
Sony Japan itself has refused to comment on any sales figures.
By comparison the Nintendo 3DS sold 374,764 in its launch weekend in Japan, while the Vita's predecessor, PSPgo, sold 166,074.
It's still early days for the machine in Japan, and the drop in sales could be attributed to both the high price, which is set at 24,000 yen, to the lack of a Monster Hunter launch title, a key franchise for the console in the Japanese market.
Some are now speculating that the sales will force a price cut for the machine.
Elsewhere in the industry developers and publishers have remained sceptical about the console's chances in a market dominated by mobile and tablet devices, with Dr Mike Capps of Epic Games the most recent.
"I'm not sure how well it's going to be accepted in our Western market which is primarily where our games sell," he said in an exclusive interview.
"It's a really cool platform, but I have a phone, and it's really hard to compete with that. So I'm not sure if it will be successful or not."
The Vita will launch in the UK on February 22, priced at round £230.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/article...western-launch
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January 3rd, 2012, 21:30 Posted By: wraggster
Anonymous group 'targets personal data of company executives'
The online hacker network collectively known as Anonymous has threatened Sony executives for the company’s partial support of a controversial piracy bill in the US.
It is believed the group wants to publish personal details of Sony executives, though initially the plan was to “destroy” the PlayStation Network.
Sony previously claimed that Anonymous activists were suspects in the PlayStation Network hack; last year’s infamous data breach that affected some 77 million customer accounts and left Sony’s game network offline for six business weeks.
“It has come to the attention of Anonymous that Sony has chosen to stand by the Stop Online Piracy Act,” the hackers said in a video message posted on YouTube.
“This act will halt online businesses and restrict access to many sites for many users. Supporting SOPA is like trying to throw an entire company from off a bridge," the group continued.
http://www.develop-online.net/news/3...er-SOPA-stance
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January 2nd, 2012, 22:10 Posted By: wraggster
Still mulling whether or not to pick yourself up a PlayStation Vita? Obsessed with retro gaming titles? If you answered "yes" to both, you should probably start socking away a few extra coins, buster. YouTube user frwololo has just upped a video showcasing the Half Byte Loader running the Picodrive emulator on Sony's PS Vita -- the first major proof that this kind of wizardry is indeed a possibility. The nuts and bolts of how it happened are being kept under wraps for now, and he seems certain that Sony's inbuilt security will make the mod unusable as soon as it's released. That said, there's still a lot of hope to be found in the clip just after the break, and c'mon -- who doesn't need a little hope to kick off a year where we're all supposed to perish?
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/02/p...-titles-video/
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December 30th, 2011, 00:23 Posted By: wraggster
Keeping up with your gamer gossip? Then you're probably up to snuff on the recent Ocean Marketing / Penny-Arcade spat. We held our tongues as the drama unfolded -- no easy task, considering Engadget'sname was dragged into the affair -- but now it seems like the internet soap-opera is reaching its conclusion.
Not the gossiping type? Here's a quick recap: When N-Control's latest Avenger add-on missed its November 8th street date, customers with pre-orders were left wanting. Some reached out for answers, hoping they could still get their PS3 Avenger before Christmas. All they got in reply, though, were some *ahem* choice words from N-Control's third party marketing contractor, Paul Christoforo -- a man who gained instant notoriety when his emails caught the attention of Penny-Arcade's Mike Krahulik. Krahulik took exception to Christoforo's insults, threatening tone and name-drop posturing (that's where we came in) and responded by publishing the marketing mishap on his comic's website.
Suffice to say, it hasn't ended well for Paul Christoforo -- N-Control has released a statement saying that he and his marketing operation have been "categorically dismissed," stressing that Christoforo owns no stake whatsoever in N-Control. After ejecting the elephant from the room, N-Control went on to announce that all PS3 Avenger pre-orders would be given a $10 discount, and penned in a new ship date for January 15th. "I created the Avenger to make people happy," said inventor and company founder Dave Kotkin, who originally designed the controller for a student who had a physical disability, "I deeply regret that so many people have any negative feelings toward it as a result of what has happened." N-Control seems bent on moving on -- which is fine by us, so long as they keep their customers better informed. After all, it's not every day that such an awkward-looking gadget blows us out of the water.Read on for N-Control's full and apologetic press release.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/29/n...s-ps3-avenger/
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December 30th, 2011, 00:22 Posted By: wraggster
It's hard to set much store by early sales performance, particularly after the evergreen 3DS faced such arocky road. Nevertheless, the Vita's latest stats do look disappointing for such a highly anticipated -- not to mention high-quality -- console: after shifting a remarkable 321,000 units during its first two days on sale in Japan, it could only muster 72,500 in the whole week between December 19th and Christmas Day. In comparison, the PS3 sold 76,000 units during the same period, while the 3DS rang up half a million. This doesn't necessarily reflect a lack of interest, however: there have been stock shortages, and it's also possible that buyers are waiting to make sure that all the launch bugs get cleaned up. As for us, our alarms remain firmly set for February 22nd.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/12/29/t...uring-first-f/
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