Monday, February 28, 2011
Legendry Ikari coming to PSN via SNK
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Top 10 PSP Lifetime Highlights


7. PSOne
Still to Come
There is obviously a lot of life left in the PSP, but with only a few hit games left to come, its days are numbered. It could still go out on a blaze of glory if Sony opens it up for homebrew, or the minis scene becomes a hot bed of new invention and not just a graveyard for iPhone ports.
Grumbleweeds
Sure the PSP isn't perfect, even some of those highlights have caveats in them and the PSP does a few whiffy features, the less said about the browser the better, the lack of international integration on the PSN store, the whole UMD thing, but as a piece of kit you can put in a pocket that predated proper smartphones by years, its not bad at all.
Friday, February 25, 2011
PSP Price Cut, But Where's the Rest?
Thursday, February 24, 2011
A Pre-NGP Game - Spot the Devs and Figure Out the Games
- Existing titles that they are still working on,
- Job hires for NGP,
- Unannounced projects,
- Teasers and other info.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
NGP Pricing from $250 Potential Leak
Rates!
So according to the internal source, the price will be very aggressive: the NPM WiFi model would be marketed at a price ranging between 250 and 280 dollars, that's between 220 and 250 € including VAT.
The NGP 3G , meanwhile, would be provided at a rate between 320 and 350 dollars , or between 280 and 305 € including VAT. For this price, moreover, some applications will be preloaded: augmented reality applications mainly.
It should be noted that, overall, prices are advertised in the same range as those seen on Gamestop. Is this a good sign?
See the original here: http://www.pspgen.com/info-intox-ngp-prix-abordable-raisonnable-actualite-196079.html
UPDATE - Having tracked it back to source, this looks less and less realistic, in fact - thinking back to some of our own posts - it is unlikely that Sony would know the final price yet, as components are still to be finalised. As you were!
Xperia Play, Gameloft's Titles Unveiled, 10 Now, 10 Later
Could iPad 2 Be A Gamer's Dream
An Italian Xperia Play Video
EU PSP Store Update 23/2
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
NGPentlemen, Start Your Engines
Sony's Hack-Proof PS3 to Provide Basis for NGP Security? Will there be a death-switch?
Persona 2 Getting More Extras
With the third title having met with popular and critical acclaim, what chance of the first one getting a makeover? Although The NES original might be a touch long in the tooth.
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Sunday, February 20, 2011
PSP: Tactics Ogre: Doing the Business


Friday, February 18, 2011
White Xperia Play - Very Pretty*


*Until about after a week of use!
Mixed Reaction From First Xperia Play Hands Ons
NGP is Sony's Big Bet For the Near Future
- Good numbers for the hardware launch
- No running out of stock
- Good launch games
- Launch surprises
- Good Month 2,3,4 launches
PSP Mini Developer List
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Xperia Play Could Be Yours For $400 (leak)
Dumbass articles of our time?
The difference is beyond night and day, in fact its a good few revolutions beyond... Also, developers will be challenged by 3DS and NGP to do new things(http://bit.ly/hnzshO) whereas all the iPhone has is a semi-novel control method that hampers most game types, so that developers have to reduce and remove features for games to fit in.
Games work better on games consoles, novelties work well on iPhone - even stuff that should work like point and click adventures have become unnatural and stilted (see Broken Sword).
I won't argue there isn't a lot of money to be made from developers producing GOOD iPhone games, but gamers have a far different set of expectations than general phone users do and are rarely impressed by anything that the App Store can offer.
Sony PlayStation Tablet, A Really Dumb Idea
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Are PS2 Games Coming to PSP?
EU PSP Store Update With Video

God of War up for BAFTA Award
The awesome God of War: Ghost of Sparta and (in a multiformat way) LEGO Harry Potter are the PSP's representatives in the BAFTA's best handheld game category. Get your votes in here.
- Cut the Rope Chillingo/Zeptolab
- God of War: Ghost of Sparta Sony Computer Entertainment/Ready at Dawn
- LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment/TT Games
- Professor Layton and the Lost Future Nintendo/Level 5 Games
- Sonic Colours SEGA/Sonic Team
- Super Scribblenauts Warner Bros Interactive Entertainment/5th Cell
PSP US PSN Store Update
- TNT Racers ($7.99)
- TACTICS OGRE: Let Us Cling Together ($39.99)
- SAIYUKI Journey West ($5.99)
- DESTREGA($5.99)
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire ($5.99)
- Naruto Shippuden: Kizuna Drive Demo
- Lord Of Arcana – Pack 1 (Free)
- Soccer Bashi – Minis ($3.99)
- Core Blaster – Minis ($3.99)
- Tester Season 2 – Reunion Show
- Azmodeus Dark Angels PSP Theme (x3) ($1.99)
- Legends Of War: Patton's Campaign Wallpaper 7 (free)
So, What Features Did Sony Leave Out Of NGP?
Star Battalion Video Shows Off Xperia Play
Star Battalion looks neat with plenty of space and planet-based action, not sure the pace is up to much - but with the proper controls it looks genuinely playable - try that on an iPhone! A shame you can't hear what the audio is like over the whiny guy!
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Ridge Racer 4 coming to PSN Classics
Pix'n Love Rush Coming to PSN minis

10 Bygone Games That Should Come Back on NGP/3DS
UPDATE: Rediscovered this article in a search (July 2014), so to bring things up to speed, There was a Kickstarter for James Pond, but that got cancelled. We got Tempest 2XK from the Jaguar, which is far better than my Cybermorph idea and Starlight Inception is standing in for X-Wing. I suppose Earth Defense Force is the modern day version of Ant Attack, but for the rest, come on developers, make it happen!




6. Toobin' (Arcade)
7. Hardwar (PC)
8. Klax (Lynx)
9. X-Wing vs. TIE Fighter (PC)
10. Ant Attack (Spectrum)
Update: For fans of this sort of article, there's a very good list of important PC games on Rock, Paper, Shotgun - well worth a browse.
So, what would you add to the list, please add a comment!
Monday, February 14, 2011
Xperia Play Videos
Xperia Play Stats
If you really want to know what the Xperia Play can do, here's the full list of stats from Sony Ericsson:
Xperia™ PLAY at a glance: Sony Ericsson Xperia™ PLAY
Camera
- 5.1 megapixel camera
- Auto focus
- Flash / Photo light
- Geo tagging
- Image stabiliser
- Send to web
- Touch focus
- Video light
- Video recording
- Video blogging
Music
- Album art
- Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
- Google™ Music Player
- Music tones (MP3/AAC)
- PlayNow™ service*
- Sony Ericsson Music player
- Stereo speakers
- TrackID™ music recognition application
Internet
- Android Market™*
- Bookmarks
- Google™ search*
- Google™ Voice Search*
- Pan & zoom
- Web browser (Webkit)
Communication
- Call list
- Conference calls
- Facebook™ application (from Android Market™)
- Google™ Talk*
- Noise Shield
- Polyphonic ringtones
- Speakerphone
- Sony Ericsson Timescape™***
- Twitter™ application (from Android Market™)
- Vibrating alert
Messaging
- Android Cloud to Device messaging (C2DM)
- Conversations
- Google Mail™*
- Instant messaging
- Picture messaging (MMS)
- Predictive text input
- Sound recorder
- Text messaging (SMS)
Design
- Auto rotate
- Keyboard (onscreen, 12 key)
- Keyboard (onscreen, QWERTY)
- Picture wallpaper
- Touchscreen
- Wallpaper animation
Entertainment
- 3D games
- Dedicated gaming keys
- Flash Lite™
- Gesture gaming
- Motion gaming
- Video streaming
- YouTube™
Organiser
- Alarm clock
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Document editors
- Document readers
- E-Manual
- Flight mode
- Google Calendar™
- Google Gallery 3D™
- Infinite button
- Phone book
- Set-up Wizard
- Widget manager
Connectivity
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- aGPS
- Bluetooth™ technology
- DLNA Certified
- Google Latitude™
- Google Location Service
- Google Maps™ with Street View
- Media Transfer Protocol support
- Micro USB Connector
- Modem
- Synchronisation via Facebook™**
- Synchronisation via Google Sync™
- Synchronisation via Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync®
- Synchronisation via Sony Ericsson Sync
- USB 2.0 high speed support
- Wi-Fi™
- Wi-Fi™ Hotspot functionality
- The service is not available in all markets.
- ** Requires Facebook™ application installed on the device.
Google™ services*
* These services may not be available in every market
- Android Market™ Client
- Gmail™
- Google Calendar™
- Google Gallery 3D™
- Google Latitude™
- Google Maps™ with Street View
- Google Media Uploader
- Google Music Player™
- Google Phone-top Search
- Google Search widget
- Google Sync™
- Google Talk™
- Google Voice Search
- Set-up Wizard
- YouTube™
Screen
- 16,777,216 colour TFT
- Capacitive multi-touch
- 4 inches
- 480 x 854 pixels (FWVGA)
Accessories
- In-Box:
- Xperia™ PLAY
- Battery
- Stereo portable handsfree
- 8GB microSD™ memory card
- Charger
- Micro USB cable for charging, synchronisation and file transfer
- User documentation
Facts
- Size: 119 x 62 x 16 mm
- Weight: 175 grams
- Phone memory: 400 MB
- Memory card support: microSD™, up to 32 GB
- Memory card included: 8GB microSD™
- Operating system: Google™ Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
- Processor: 1 GHz Scorpion ARMv7
Talk time and networks
- Networks
- Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 8 hrs 25 min*
- Standby time GSM/GPRS: Up to 425 hrs*
- Talk time UMTS: Up to 6 hrs 25 min*
- Standby time UMTS: Up to 413 hrs*
- Talk time CDMA2000®: Up to 7 hrs 40 min*
- Standby time CDMA2000®: Up to 405 hrs*
- Game play time: Up to 5 hrs 35 min*
- MP3 playback: Up to 30 hrs 35 min*
- Networks
- UMTS HSPA 800, 850, 1900, 2100
- GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
- UMTS HSPA 900, 2100
- GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
- CDMA2000®, cdmaOne, EVDO
Colour
- Black
- White
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Xperia Play is Go, Go, Go


Xperia Play showfloor at WMC
More on this later, with the official launch at 6:00pm GMT:
http://blogs.sonyericsson.com/products/2011/02/13/behind-the-scenes-at-mobile-world-congress/
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Friday, February 11, 2011
Dates for your Diary - NGP/Xperia Play
PSP Still Rules the Japanese Charts
Kaz Hirai Discusses PlayStation Suite
NGP Early Demand Strong, If the Price is Right
Thursday, February 10, 2011
UPDATED: PSP Release List, 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
PSP PAL Store Update Feb 9 - Naruto Demo
PSP2 Provisionally Priced and Dated
Whatever does happen, the initial orders will all sell out, so reserve yours as soon as the pre-order message pops up from your preferred store.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
PSP Phone (Xperia Play) Who's Selling What, Where
