Neowin News Feed for: Playstation 3

Gran Turismo 6 for PS3 announced for holiday 2013 release

John Callaham — Wed, 15 May 2013 18:18:21 +0100

Sony has announced plans to release Gran Turismo 6, the latest game in the long running racing simulation series, for the PlayStation 3 sometime in the holiday 2013 period. Read more...

Dust 514 officially launches May 14th for PS3

John Callaham — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 21:47:29 +0100

CCP Games has announced that its free-to-play sci-fi shooter Dust 514 will finally leave the beta stage and officially launch on May 14th for the PlayStation 3 console. Read more...

Hard drives stolen from Vudu offices contained customer info

John Callaham — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 08:49:54 +0100

Streaming video service Vudu has sent an email to its customers admitting to a recent break in and theft at one of its offices. Items stolen included hard drives that contained private customer info. Read more...

Grand Theft Auto V box cover artwork revealed

John Callaham — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:32:17 +0100

Rockstar Games has revealed the box cover artwork for Grand Theft Auto V, the long awaited next game in the open world game series that's due out on September 17th for the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles. Read more...

Microsoft: We don't want to upset Xbox 360 retailers with Games on Demand

John Callaham — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 20:46:18 +0000

Microsoft is still not planning to offer day-and-date releases of major retail Xbox 360 games via download due to the company wanting to maintain "strong partnerships with retailers." Read more...

Xbox 360 top selling US console for 26th consecutive month

John Callaham — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 13:01:59 +0000

Microsoft announced that it sold 302,000 units of the Xbox 360 game console in February 2013 in the US. Those numbers were more than any other current generation console for the 26th straight month. Read more...

Bungie reveals footage of first post-Microsoft game, 'Destiny'

Anthony Tosie — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 21:45:51 +0000

Former Microsoft-owned studio Bungie has revealed the first footage of its upcoming sci-fi first-person shooter, "Destiny," in a new video on YouTube. The game is expected to be released this year. Read more...

Rumor: PS4 to offer streaming access to PS3 games

John Callaham — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 06:01:45 +0000

A new rumor claims that Sony's next PlayStation console will offer a way to play current PlayStation 3 games but only by a streaming Internet feature powered by Gaikai, which Sony bought in 2012. Read more...

IDC: PS3 narrowly beats Xbox 360 in worldwide game console shipments

John Callaham — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:08:13 +0000

A new report from IDC claims that worldwide shipments of the Playstation 3 have now reached 77 million, just beating the Xbox 360 which the firm claims has 76 million units shipped. Read more...

Microsoft, stop forcing Xbox Live Gold to use Netflix

John Callaham — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 16:50:20 +0000

Microsoft needs to change its policy and let its tens of millions of Xbox 360 owners watch videos on Netflix without having to pay for Xbox Live Gold, like the PS3 and other devices currently allow. Read more...

Despite debuting on Xbox 360, PS3 is now Netflix's lead platform

John Callaham — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:59:10 +0000

Netflix has announced Sony's PS3 game console is now the company's "largest TV-connected platform in terms of Netflix viewing," despite Netflix's streaming service showing up first for Xbox 360. Read more...

Playstation 3 sells 525,000 units during Black Friday week in US

John Callaham — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:04:57 +0000

Sony has finally released its Playstation-related sales numbers for the Black Friday 2012 period, saying it sold 525,000 units of the PS3 in the US last week, and 160,000 PS Vita portable consoles. Read more...

Xbox 360 the top console for the 22nd consecutive month

John Callaham — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:54:26 +0000

Microsoft has announced it sold 270,000 units of its Xbox 360 game console in October 2012 in the US, but overall retail game sales in the US went down 25 percent that month. Read more...

New and even smaller Playstation 3 announced

John Callaham — Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:24:40 +0100

Sony has announced a new and even smaller version of the Playstation 3 console, with the 250 GB version going on sale in the US on September 25th for $269.99 as part of a new Uncharted 3 bundle. Read more...

New PS3 YouTube application to be released later today

Jake Durasamy — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:26:07 +0100

A new beautiful YouTube application will be released for the PlayStation 3 later today and should allow the ability to stream videos in HD, as well as being able to access personal YouTube accounts. Read more...

Xbox 360 tops US game console sales again in July 2012

John Callaham — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 02:48:00 +0100

Microsoft's Xbox 360 game console was once again the best selling game console in the US in July 2012 with 203,000 units sold, although that's down from 277,000 units sold in July 2011. Read more...

FCC filing from Sony may show future "Super Slim" PS3

John Callaham — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 16:09:41 +0100

A new FCC filing made by Sony may show a new model of the Playstation 3 game console is in the works. It could be a "super slim" design that may be officially announced in August. Read more...

Sony offers college students free PS3 or Vita with new VAIO PC

John Callaham — Tue, 12 Jun 2012 17:42:16 +0100

Echoing a similar offer by Microsoft, Sony is offering qualified college students and faculty members a way to get a free Playstation 3 or a free PS Vita if they buy a Sony VAIO PC. Read more...

Cronus USB lets you use a 360 controller on a PS3 and vice versa

Jake Durasamy — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:20:50 +0100

Have you ever dreamt of finding a way of using a 360 controller on a PS3 or vice-versa? Well, now you can with the Cronus USB adapter. The device is cross compatible with the Xbox 360 and the PS3. Read more...

E3 2012: Official Star Trek game site launches

Byron Hinson — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 20:11:57 +0100

The official Star Trek website for the upcoming game which is based on the 2009 film reboot has launched. The site will be your go to place for screenshots, interview and trailers for the game. Read more...