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Nintendo unveils Wii U

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  Nintendo has finally revealed the next-generation home console and it’s called Wii U. We’re still awaiting full details but the Wii U has an interesting controller with a 6.2-inch touchscreen display. A screen on the controller means users can play on the TV as well as on the smaller screen. What’s more? The Wii […]

Sony renames NGP as PS Vita, starts from $249

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  Sony has revealed more details of its NGP gaming console at the E3 expo. Henceforth, the handheld console will be known as PS Vita and will be released at the end of 2011 (presumably, in time for holidays). Sony will release two variants of the PS Vita – Wi-Fi priced at 24,980 yen in […]

Sony PS4 in the works

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  Sony’s Masaru Kato, vice president and chief financial officer confirmed in an investor conference call that they’re already working on the PS3 successor. Although PS3’s shelf life is still few years away, Sony is incurring some costs in building up the PS4. “For the home equipment the PS3 still has a product life but […]

Sony to restore PSN and Qriocity in Asia from tomorrow

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  Sony has announced that they’ll restore the PlayStation Network and Qriocity services in Asian countries like Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand from tomorrow. The phased restoration will also bring in new identity protection program, adding a thick layer of security to withstand any future attacks. For Japanese PlayStation users, Sony has even […]

Nintendo Wii successor to be unveiled at E3 in June?

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  Nintendo’s overdue Wii successor will finally be unveiled at the E3 gaming expo, if the latest grapevine is to be believed. Expectedly, there’s no official confirmation from the Japanese gaming company but the fact that the rumor has been swirling for quite some time and Nintendo has slowed down the game releases for Wii […]

Sony PS3 sales surpass 50m units

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  4 and a half years and Sony’s PS3 gaming console has finally reached the iconic milestone of 50 million PS3 units. As of March 29, 2011, Sony has managed to sell 50 million PS3s worldwide indicating the strong growth of the console since its launch in November 2006. Sony also confirmed that its PlayStation […]

Sony settles lawsuit with George Hotz (Geohot)

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  Looks like Geohot’s famous rap against Sony couldn’t really fire up the hacker. Sony and Geohot have now announced that they’ve reached a settlement in the lawsuit. The intrinsic details of the lawsuit remain under wraps but Hotz has agreed to a permanent injunction. Hotz had posted security system of the console online and […]