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Vita TV becomes PlayStation TV in the US, Europe and Canada for $99 this fall
The Vita TV is coming to America! It's just going to get a bit of an identity change first. Now the micro-console will be called PlayStation TV for North American and European audiences. The good news is that it will only be $99, while still giving you access to the library of PS Now games and the ability to remotely access titles on your local network.
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The history of the Walkman: 35 years of iconic music players
We take portable music for granted these days. Any commuter in any big city in the world is more likely than not to have a pair of earbuds or headphones on as they walk, bike, or ride to their...
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PS4's DualShock 4 now works wirelessly with PS3
Sony's latest PS3 firmware update quietly introduces DualShock 4 wireless support for the system, as we get the growing impression the poor old DualShock 3 is being quietly shoved off a cliff. Previously you had to plug in the PS4 controller to use it on PS3, but now you can sync it up via Bluetooth and go new-gen on the last gen wirelessly.
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Xbox One sales double after removal of Kinect, but the PS4 is still miles ahead
In a rather unsurprising case of “we told you so,” Microsoft says Xbox One sales have doubled since the arrival of the $400 Kinect-free Xbox One in June. The press release is infuriatingly slim on other important details, though, such as how many Xbox One consoles Microsoft actually sold, and — more importantly — how the Xbox One is faring in comparison to the PS4.
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PlayStation 4 Sells 10 Million
More than 10 million PlayStation 4s have been sold worldwide, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe's Jim Ryan announced during Sony's Gamescom press conference today.
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DayZ is coming to PlayStation 4
Zombie survival simulation DayZ is coming to PlayStation 4, Bohemia Interactive's Dean Hall just announced at Gamescom. Hall didn't show footage of what the PS4 version of DayZ looks like, but said that he's excited for PlayStation owners to start creating their own stories in the hardcore, permadeath-infused game.
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PSA: PSN down, reportedly due to DDoS attack
At the time of this writing, the PlayStation Network is offline, reportedly due to a DDoS attack that occurred in the early hours of Sunday, August 24.
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A failed experiment: How LG screwed up its webOS acquisition
webOS was supposed to become LG’s way forward in the smart TV space, and the team behind it was to bring change to the company. But internally, almost everything went wrong.
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PlayStation TV Arrives Today in North America
PlayStation TV makes its debut today in North America with hundreds of games available to play.
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Sony PlayStation TV is a great low-cost way to extend your play
Sony released the PlayStation TV earlier this week, and we bought one to try it out. This small box, similar in size to a streaming-media player, is a micro-gaming console that fits right into Sony’s PlayStation gaming ecosystem: It connects to a TV (other than the one your PlayStation 4 is using) and allows you to play games and stream entertainment. It’s fine at the first task, but lacking in the latter one.
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Jealous of that Xbox laptop? Now there’s one for PS4 too
Accomplished amateur modder Ed Zarick is back with a self-contained PlayStation 4 laptop, the PlayBook 4. Zarick made waves recently with a similar project to produce a a portable Xbox One, the Xbook One.
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PS Plus November 2014 Lineup
The games available for free to PlayStation Plus subscribers this month include SteamWorld Dig and The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth.
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Sony Files Patent To Make TV Ads Into Video Games
“McDonald’s! MC-DON-AAALLLDDSS!!” That’s the future of you sitting in front of your television, watching commercials, according to a new patent application from Sony. Interactive software streams to your television between pre-cut commercials, asking the viewer to actually engage with a brand for some sort of reward. In the case Sony’s proposal for this McDonald’s ad, saying the name allows you to skip the rest of the commercial.
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Oculus warns Sony to solve motion sickness before launching a VR headset
The chief executive of Facebook-owned virtual reality firm Oculus VR has warned rival Sony not to launch a VR headset until it has solved problems of motion sickness.
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Just Cause 3 Revealed
We got several hours of hands-on time with Avalanche Studios' latest wild, open world game for our latest cover story. It’s been more than four long years since Swedish developer Avalanche Studios released the outrageous open-world game Just Cause 2. Players gravitated to gunfights atop moving vehicles, the versatile parachute, and the innovative tether that could link nearly any two objects, humans, or a combination of the two.
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Sony to Introduce Web-Based TV Service
PlayStation Vue, the new subscription service, offers a personalized, searchable way to watch live and on-demand television delivered over an Internet connection.
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The Sony Logo That Never Was
In 1981, Sony asked the public to redesign their logo. Then it realized it was a huge mistake.
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Sony Pictures Hacked, All Computers Reportedly Unusable
Reports that Sony Pictures has been hacked have been trickling in this morning, after a thread appeared on Reddit claiming all computers at the company were offline due to a hack.
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Report: Sony ends World Cup sponsorship amid bidding process concerns
Sony has reportedly decided it will end its sponsorship of the FIFA World Cup amid concerns about the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments. FIFA completed an investigation into the...
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Sony Movies Leak Online After Hack Attack
On Monday the computer systems of Sony Pictures were hijacked by a group calling themselves the Guardians of Peace. With sensitive corporate information reportedly in the hands of the attackers, several DVD screener copies of new Sony movies have appeared online.
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