Tag: PLAYSTATION 3

Since we know it's nigh impossible to survive a summer without those charming hunks of steel that are the 'Transformers,' and since the next movie won't be released for a whole year, we're here to help by giving away one PlayStation 3 copy of the newly released 'Transformers: War for Cybertron.' This third-person shooter puts you on the side of either the Autobots or the Decepticons as they battle ...

There's a load of great tech news happening out there every day, and, unfortunately, we just can't cover it all. Here are a few of the other noteworthy things we saw today on our never-ending journey through the wild, wild Web. Studio Ghibli, the animation studio behind 'Princess Mononoke' and 'My Neighbor Totoro,' is bringing its beautiful, hand-drawn visual style to the PlayStation 3 in 'Ni ...

For the first time ever, gamers will be able to stream live Major League Baseball (MLB) games on their Playstation 3 consoles. According to The New York Times, Sony announced Wednesday that it had reached a deal with MLB.TV to bring live baseball games to the PS3 -- the first such deal by any console manufacturer. For an annual fee, you can watch hundreds of out-of-market games as soon as the end ...

Share Although still in the early stages, 2010 is already developing into a monumental year for video games. 'Heavy Rain,' 'Dante's Inferno,' 'God of War 3,' 'StarCraft 2,' 'BioShock 2' and the (long overdue) next incarnation of 'Zelda' for Wii represent just a small portion of highly anticipated titles. New copies of those mega-hyped games will cost $50 to $60, though, so gamers may be ...

You might have seen our earlier report that, thanks to 2010 being mislabeled as a leap year in the code of some PlayStation 3s, some gamers were experiencing crashes and errors, and were unable to access the PlayStation Network. Well, things just got a lot more interesting -- and scary. The word, direct from Sony, is that owners of non-slim model PS3s should refrain from turning on their consoles ...

We're not sure what it is about pizza chains that have put them at the forefront of food ordering technology, but Domino's, The Hut, and Papa John's are in a constant arms race for electronic pizza ordering superiority. Domino's has its online Pizza Tracker, and a partnership with TiVo, while the newly christened The Hut lets you place orders via text message, Facebook, and an iPhone App. Papa ...

The rumor that we wrote about this morning has proven to be true; Sony's PlayStation 3 Slim is hitting stores in September with its thinner, sleeker design. As far as features go, Engadget reports that the console is the same, but takes up 32-percent less space. It's more eco-friendly, too, consuming 34-percent less power. More importantly, it's a lot sexier, with laptop-like curves and arched ...

In gaming, there are online games and off, with the latter group of logged-off games largely becoming a relic of earlier, simpler times. Then, in the online realm, there are massively complex multiplayer games and games which are, well, somewhat less massive. First-person shooters, like Quake, tend to be smaller online affairs, rarely playable with more than 32 gamers. That may all change with ...

We've heard whispers of Netflix heading to other, non-Xbox 360 game consoles before, and now adding to the susurrous is a job listing from the company for Engineering Lead - Gaming Platforms. The description calls for someone familiar with the technical hurdles of current-gen consoles for building a small team to "rapidly prototype and iterate on a variety of platforms." Whether or not this ...

Think the worst your kids are exposed to in online gaming services like the Playstation Network is profanity? Think again. It seems that even the console gaming world is not safe for children anymore. Our friends at Joystiq recently caught wind of a 24-year old Sommerset, Kentucky man who has been arrested and charged with three felonies after he allegedly convinced an 11-year-old girl in ...

Sure, there's already TVs and devices out there ready to bring the YouTube experience directly to your living room, but yesterday YouTube launched a page just for browser-enabled living room devices (the PlayStation 3 and Wii) to browse on a TV screen. Point your console to www.youtube.com/tv for the new page, those limited by their PC's can check out the video embedded after the break for a ...

Considering the way that the Wii flew off shelves last month, this next item probably won't come as a shock to anyone. According to the Wall Street Journal, both Nintendo's console and the Xbox 360 trounced the PlayStation 3 in holiday sales, with U.S. sales falling nine percent from this month last year. During this same period, sales doubled for the Wii and rose eight percent for the Xbox 360. ...

var digg_url = 'http://digg.com/playstation/PlayStation_Home_launching_globally_tomorrow_December_11th'; We knew it was coming this month, now we have the day: tomorrow. Yup, PlayStation Home will launch globally on December 11th. The 3D virtual on-line community is like 'Second Life,' only with the risk of rootkit. Hot. All kidding aside, the new service gives PS3 owners a customizable place ...

We know you aren't going to believe it 'til you see it, but SCEA has confirmed to our brethren at Joystiq that PlayStation Home will hit the US market before 2009 dawns. In the words of PS Home director Jack Buser: "We've been saying it will launch by the end of calendar year 2008, and that's getting very, very close." He continued by affirming that "launch is imminent," but stopped short of ...

Yeah, we may be hardened cynics -- our cold, black hearts have closed off to all but the most extraordinary tech-related stories, and we don't talk about the triumph of the human spirit a lot, but PlayStation 3 forum user KitsuneYume has us stepping outside our usual box today. With the help of an engineer, he made an "adaptive controller" that allows him to game with the pros despite serious ...