Sony’s PlayStation Classic is a $100 retro game console that looks like a smaller version of the original PlayStation and which comes with 20 games pre-loaded. It’s set to ship in December, but Sony held an event recently where a handful of journalists got a chance to spend some time with the system. For the […]
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Sony PlayStation Classic coming in December for $100 (with 20 PS1 games pre-loaded)
Sony is following in Nintendo’s footsteps and launching a tiny replica of a classic game console with a bunch of games pre-installed. The PlayStation Classic is set to hit the streets on December 3rd, and it’s already up for pre-order for $100 from Best Buy and GameStop. The retro console looks like a shrunken version […]
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Sony pulls plug on PlayStation Now game streaming for some platforms this summer
Sony’s PlayStation Now is a game streaming service that launched in 2014, allowing you to stream some PS3 games over the internet to PlayStation game consoles or some other devices including select handheld devices and smart TVs. Last year the company also added support for streaming PS3 games to a Windows 10 computer. Now Sony […]
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Sony to bring a half dozen PlayStation games to mobile next year
Nintendo isn’t the only game console company getting into the mobile space. Earlier this year Sony announced it was forming a new group called ForwardWorks aimed at bringing PlayStation content to mobile devices. Now the Wall Street Journal reports that Sony’s PlayStation division “plans to release five or six smartphone games” by March, 2018. There’s […]
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PlayStation VR launches next week, early reviews are positive
Sony’s first foray into virtual reality is almost here. The PlayStation VR will be available in stores starting October 13th for $400 (or $500 for a VR Launch Bundle with a camera and motion controllers for folks that don’t already have them). That price doesn’t include the cost of a PlayStation 4 game console, but […]
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PlayStation Vita jailbreak lets you run emulators, other homebrew software (PlayStation TV too)
Comments Off on PlayStation Vita jailbreak lets you run emulators, other homebrew software (PlayStation TV too)Nearly four years after Sony launched the PlayStation Vita handheld game console, a team of hackers have released a simple method for jailbreaking the device. All you need to do to jailbreak your device is visit the HENkaku website using the PlayStation Vita web browser and tap the install button. HENkaku will take advantage of a […]
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Sony to bring PlayStation-related games to smartphones
Sony is launching a new effort to bring PlayStation content to smartphones and other smart devices. The Japanese company has announced the creation of a new organization called ForwardWorks that will “leverage the intellectual property of the numerous PlayStation dedicated software titles and its gaming characters” to develop content and services for smart device users […]
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Now you don’t need a PlayStation to use PlayStation Vue subscription TV service
Sony launched an internet TV service called PlayStation Vue earlier this year. At the time it was only available to folks with a PlayStation 3 or PlayStation 4 game console. Now you don’t need a Sony game console anymore. PlayStation Vue for the Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick is now available, and Sony […]
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Sony’s Project Morpheus VR available first half of 2016
The world’s greatest video game conference, the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), takes place June 16 – 18. The day before the gamers’ playground party, about a half-dozen major video game development companies reveal future content. Sony was one of those companies to reveal some big news. Ahead of the official press announcement, Wired was able […]
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Sony acquires cloud game streaming service OnLive
Starting in May, NVIDIA’s GRID game streaming service will let subscribers stream PC games over the internet to the company’s Shield line of game consoles and portable devices. But OnLive has been offering a similar service for half a decade… although not without difficulty. The company nearly went out of business a few years ago before coming […]