It appears that Sony are aiming to release the successor of the PS3 (currently dubbed Orbis) out before Microsoft get their next console out, according to sources. The report, which says that the PS4 has been in design planning stage for about two years, says that Sony are confident “it will have the console at market ahead of the next generation Xbox next Christmas.”
Sony have confirmed that developers Zipper Interactive have been closed down. “The closure is a result of a normal cycle of resource re-alignment within SCE WWS,” said a statement from Sony. ”Zipper has completed all work associated with its most recent project, Unit 13 for PlayStation Vita.”
The content list for April’s PlayStation Plus update has been revealed by SCEE. Next month, you can look forward to two EA games: Shift 2: Unleashed and Shank 2 (also available in the US). The PS one Classic this month is Silent Hill, and you can also find new themes, lots of avatars and an avatar pack from the PS VITA favourite, Escape Plan for you guys too.
It has been two weeks since Journey was launched on the PlayStation Store. Today, it was announced that Journey has officially broken PlayStation Network and PlayStation Store sales records, surpassing all games ever released on the PlayStation Network to become the fastest-selling game ever released on PlayStation Store, in both the SCEA and SCEE regions.
You may already be aware of PlayMemories and Filmy, two applications available on PlayStation Store that allow you to manage your photos and home-videos respectively, to create slideshows, edit, filter and view what you capture on your HDTV via PS3. Today, Sony are please to announce that PlayMemories Studio will be replacing both the original PlayMemories and Filmy applications.
Battlefield 3 players on the PS3 now have the ability to rent their own dedicated server. Your rules, your friends, your Battlefield. You’ll be able to rent servers for periods of one day (€1.49), seven days (€6.99), 30 days (€24.99), or 90 days (€59.99). Server owners can customise every details of the game, including banning users and giving friends VIP access.
Sony has removed Everybody’s Tennis as well as MotorStorm Arctic Edge from the PlayStation Store after it was discovered that homebrew applications could be loaded onto the PlayStation Vita using an exploit. The homebrew loader, known as VHBL (Vita Half Byte Loader), uses a SAVEDATA exploit with these two games to load other homebrew applications.
This April, Sony are preparing some great offers for PlayStation Plus subscribers that will make you think twice about going outside. For starters, Sony have announced the free games coming in April to Plus: PSN Game Shank 2 and PS3 Full Game Shift 2 Unleashed. You’ll be able to get these titles free in Plus starting on April 3rd and throughout the month of April. Read More
The PlayStation 3 celebrated its 5th birthday in North America and Japan in 2011, but it’s finally time to mark 5 year milestone in Europe. To celebrate, Sony has some retrospective features on the European PlayStation Website for you to enjoy. What was your first PS3 memory / moment?
