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EA Announces The Godfather II Game

After EA’s The Godfather game brought a healthy amount of cash — and respect — to the EA family, we more or less had to expect they’d want to wet their beaks a second time, no? Well, it’s time to start tightening up that piano wire, because EA has just announced The Godfather II, following [...]

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Ratchet & Clank: Quest For Booty Dated for August 21

Ratchet & Clank are back, as reported by GameSpot, and will be making their DLC debut on the PlayStation Network in just a few weeks. Insomniac Games confirmed the date to GameSpot during their On the Spot program, informing us all that the shorter-and-cheaper-than-usual R&C installment, subtitled “Quest for Booty,” would become available on August 21st for [...]

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E3 2008: Nyko’s New Summer Models

Our time at E3 this week wasn’t all about impressive software — we also saw a promising handful of new gaming peripherals, from new Wiimote attachments to pulsing head-mounted squid-things. Nyko invited us to their booth to have a look at their new hardware lineup for all major consoles, and we got an up-close, in-depth [...]

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Playstation Corporate Strategy Updated… or Downgraded?

Sony PlayStation boss Kazuo Hirai did a funny thing this morning — after telling a Tokyo audience of investors and businessmen that the PlayStation 3’s success solidly stems from positioning the device “first and foremost as a gaming platform,” he spent the rest of his presentation at the Sony Group Corporate Strategy Update explaining how [...]

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Promises, Promises: Sony PlayStation 3

Today, Sony revealed that they will finally provide the in-game XrossMediaBar functionality that was first demonstrated back in 2006, as well as the “trophy” achievement system promised in early 2007, as a part of their v2.4 software update for the PlayStation 3. They’re not saying when it will arrive, but perhaps that’s a wise choice; [...]

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MGS4 Limited Edition PS3 More Than ‘Just a Paint Job’

According to a recent post at the official Konami Forums (via Kotaku) entitled “MGS4 Limited Edition PS3 Bundle Clarifications,” would-be owners of the $600 bundle aren’t just paying for paint — they’re paying for some new pieces of plastic, too:

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Special Edition MGS4 Bundle Gimped

Good news: that Japan-only Metal Gear Solid 4: Limited Edition bundle we teased back in March? It’s coming to the US. Bad news: The PS3 under that spiffy steel paintjob is the barebones 40GB version with no backwards compatibility, no flash card readers, and only two USB ports — for $100 more. What do you [...]

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PlayStation Home For The Long Haul

Sony has received its fair share of flak for online platform/social net nexus Home, mostly because of frequent delays and the growing realization that nothing Sony’s console has can hold a candle to Xbox Live. Typically, Sony likes to shrug off such shortcomings by trotting out the PS3’s supposed 10-year lifespan, and in that context [...]

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Kaz Hirai: PS3 Had a Rough Year, But It Should Get Better for the Next Nine

Next-Gen is reporting some very optimistic comments from Kaz Hirai, president of Sony Computer Entertainment, who spoke about the past and future of the PlayStation 3 at Sony’s PlayStation Day. Kaz didn’t beat around the bush, admitting candidly that the PS3 had an “underwhelming” first year, but promising bigger and brighter futures for the console.

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New PS3 Heatsink Lighter, Smaller, Cheaper — Time for a Hardware Refresh?

Tech-On attended the 2008 Techno-Frontier convention in Chiba, Japan, and came away with some exciting news courtesy of Furukawa Electric: Sony has a new PS3 heatsink, and it’s lighter, smaller, cheaper, and simpler than any prior heat dissipation solutions.

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