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Popular PlayStation Portable emulator PPSSPP now available on Apple App Store

Sagar Naresh Bhavsar — Thu, 16 May 2024 06:52:02 +0000

The App Store has been populated with retro game emulators since the relaxation of Apple's policy. After a bunch of emulators, the popular PlayStation Portable emulator PPSSPP is live on the App Store Read more...

Here are some of the launch titles for the new PlayStation Plus plans

Usama Jawad — Mon, 16 May 2022 14:40:40 +0000

Today, Sony has finally revealed the launch titles for its new PlayStation Plus offerings. The catalog contains a collection of relatively recent heavy-hitters and a handful of classics. Read more...

Sony confirms PlayStation Store closure on PS3, PSP, and PS Vita

João Carrasqueira — Tue, 30 Mar 2021 09:36:01 +0000

Sony has confirmed earlier reports that the PlayStation Store on some of its older consoles is shutting down, making it impossible to buy new content. You won't lose everything, though. Read more...

Sony reportedly shutting down PlayStation Store on the PS3, Vita, and PSP this summer

João Carrasqueira — Mon, 22 Mar 2021 15:40:01 +0000

A new report indicates that Sony is planning to shut down the PlayStation Store on a handful of its older consoles. This includes the once-popular PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable. Read more...

Sony is reportedly removing PS3, PSP, PS Vita games from mobile and web storefronts

Usama Jawad — Fri, 09 Oct 2020 05:44:02 +0000

A report claims that Sony will be launching a new PlayStation storefront, removing the ability to purchase PS3, PSP, PS Vita games on web and mobile. It appears "Wishlist" is getting the axe too. Read more...

Sony: Hasta la Vita, baby

Usama Jawad — Thu, 20 Sep 2018 14:24:01 +0000

Sony has bid adieu to the PlayStation Vita by announcing that it is ending production of the handheld console in Japan in 2019. There are currently no plans for a successor device. Read more...

Sony believes handheld gaming has a 'limited' market opportunity

Dreyer Smit — Tue, 26 Sep 2017 11:52:01 +0000

In an interview, CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment Andrew House noted that the company saw handheld gaming as a 'limited' opportunity, even with the Switch proving quite popular worldwide. Read more...

GameStop stops selling Sony PSP in a quarter of its stores

John Callaham — Sat, 12 May 2012 01:41:27 +0000

GameStop has revealed that it has stopped selling Sony's PlayStation Portable console in 25 percent of its retail stores, which may signal the beginning of the end for the console. Read more...

Exploring the PlayStation Vita's new features

Jake Durasamy — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:03:09 +0000

Just a few days ago, firmware 1.60 was released for the Vita. This update gave access to a various selection of features including, PSP backwards compatibility, Google Maps and video recording. Read more...

Hands-on with the Playstation Vita

Mike Brown — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:45:31 +0000

Sony's newest handheld is no lightweight. Filled to the brim with the latest technology, the portable powerhouse has all the ingredients to take the mobile world by storm. Neowin takes a closer look. Read more...

PS3 gets price cut to $249; WiFi-less PSP announced

John Callaham — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:33:56 +0000

Sony announced today that it was cutting the price of its Playstation 3 console to $249 in the US. It also announced a new version of its PSP portable console with no WiFi.. Read more...

Playstation Network Welcome Back program ends Sunday

John Callaham — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 20:51:09 +0000

The special month long "Welcome Back" program for users of Sony's Playstation Network is about to come to an end. At midnight Pacific time on Sunday, July 3 owners of the Playstation 3 and PSP... Read more...

Sony to release remastered PSP games to PS3 in Japan

John Callaham — Mon, 23 May 2011 14:15:39 +0000

After all the bad news over at Sony in the last month due to the Playstation Network shutdown, it's nice to hear some good news for a change from the Playstation side of things. Today... Read more...

Free games for Playstation Network downtime revealed

John Callaham — Mon, 16 May 2011 21:54:33 +0000

Playstation Network users may have had their services down for over three weeks but they will soon be able to get two free full Playstation 3 games via download, along with other freebies, for the... Read more...

Sony to begin restoring Playstation Network this week

John Callaham — Sun, 01 May 2011 06:48:48 +0000

Sony will begin to restore services on its Playstation Network later this week following a cyber attack in April that caused Sony to shut down the online service. According to a press release on the... Read more...

NGP launch titles appear

Paul Ferson — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 13:44:27 +0000

News of the games releasing alongside Sony's 'NGP', or 'Next Generation Portable', appears to have surfaced on the Internet. As reported by Jolt, the Sony console appears to have had the names of several launch... Read more...

PSPgo is gone for good

Paul Ferson — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 14:13:46 +0000

Sony has confirmed the end of their PSPgo portable entertainment system. After having launched on October 1st, 2009 in Europe and North America, and November 1st 2009 in Japan, the console never launched with a... Read more...

Sony announces the PlayStation Portable 2

Colby Swandale — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 08:54:45 +0000

As reported by us last week, Sony's Tokyo event is currently underway with engadget live on the scene. And comes at no surprise that Sony has announced the PlayStation Portable 2 code name NGP, even... Read more...

Rumor: Sony's PSP2 To Be Revealed Next Week

Colby Swandale — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:08:54 +0000

Bloomberg and a few of its sources are reporting that Sony is planning to unveil an update for the PlayStation Portable on January 27th at the Sony Computer Entertainment Tokyo Event, while sources... Read more...

Daily Gaming: December 7, 2010

Byron Hinson — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 04:59:06 +0000

Today we have news on the latest NVIDIA graphic card release, the GTX 570, as well as news on Bejeweled 3, graphic card testing software 3DMark 11, a new damage model for Gran Turismo 5... Read more...

PSP 2 possibly coming to E3 2010

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:46:44 +0000

Sony is gearing up for a big PSP overhaul. After losing a lot of steam to other mobile gaming platforms like Nintendo's DS series and the proliferation of smartphones capable of downloadable casual gaming, Sony... Read more...

Could PSP2 be announced at E3, Move coming in September?

Matthew Hopson — Sun, 16 May 2010 17:01:27 +0000

Sources close to Sony appear to have revealed that the company's big announcement at this years E3 in July could be a true successor to the PlayStation Portable. Meanwhile, a tweet from a British TV... Read more...

Minis, Appstore like games for the PSP

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:27:09 +0000

Between the larger announcements from Sony today regarding the Playstation 3 and its games, there was news that might bring joy to those that have wanted an appstore like environment for the Playstation Portable (PSP),... Read more...

PSP Rumour: Sony Ericsson to challenge Apple's iPhone

Fred Derf — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:54:06 +0000

Sony Corp. of Japan and Sweden's Ericsson have a long established joint venture in the Sony Ericsson line of cell phones. According to Reuters, it was reported in Saturday's Nikkei business daily that Sony would... Read more...

June 4th E3 roundup - Sony

Garrett Dodd — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 03:48:02 +0000

While the three big presentations may be over and done with, their are still a lot going on in LA at the E3 convention. Here is a roundup of today's popular stories coming out of... Read more...

Fat Princess, Ghostbusters set for EU PSN Store in June

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:35:05 +0000

Thanks to the new European Playstation Blog, a short list has been revealed of some upcoming demo's and games that will be appearing on the EU Playstation Store this June. One of the more popular... Read more...

PSP-Go is REALLY a go and new Metal Gear for PSP

Garrett Dodd — Sat, 30 May 2009 23:15:52 +0000

Well it looks like the gaming show Qore, which is available through the Playstation Network has broke the news of the PSP-GO, a story that was reported earlier by Neowin. Not only that,... Read more...

Survey suggests PSP game rental service a possibility

Jonathan Steele — Thu, 21 May 2009 12:13:33 +0000

An Internet based consumer survey has emerged, pitching the prospect of a PSP game rental facility. Joystiq is reporting that the questionnaire tackles a broad range of questions, including price points, subscription periods... Read more...

Tekken 6 and Soul Calibur fighting their way onto the PSP

Wed, 29 Apr 2009 15:40:14 +0000

Today Namco Bandai have announced that Tekken 6 would be finding its way onto the PSP this year, but giving that news enough time to make its way around, they then announced that a PSP... Read more...

'Piracy has taken big chunk of game sales from PSP'

Garrett Dodd — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:16:14 +0000

Peter Dille, from SCEA, thinks the piracy on the PSP is "sickening" and is not afraid to say that it is a huge problem on the portable platform and that 18 months ago many developers... Read more...

PSP Firmware v5.50 released

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:05:32 +0000

The 5.50 update for the Sony Playstation Portable has been released to the public, It can be obtained via the PSPs network update function or downloading via the internet via Sony, whose website will be... Read more...

New Final Fantasy Agito XIII Trailer released

Garrett Dodd — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 08:22:45 +0000

A new trailer for the upcoming Final Fantasy title for PSP was released today via IGN, unfortunately it's just not in english. The two and a half minute long movie clip features mainly CGI scenes,... Read more...

Devil May Cry PSP cancelled?

Andrew — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:52:18 +0000

In September 2006 news broke that Capcom's Devil May Cry series would be coming to Sony's PSP console. Almost 3 years later however the publisher/developer has decided to cancel the project according to the latest... Read more...

6 year old finds porn on PSP

Andrew — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:13:31 +0000

Tamatha Tovar bought her son a late Christmas present over the Easter weekend, a brand new PSP from Wal-Mart in Manatee County, Florida reports myfoxboston. When 6 year old Eliso turned on the PSP for... Read more...

Sony claims they have largest first-party division

Andrew — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 10:45:23 +0000

Marketing Head John Koller of Sony Computer Entertainment of America today claimed their first party development team is larger than Microsoft's and Nintendo's combined. "Our development studios - the Worldwide Studios team - is as... Read more...

Sony: DSi's for children

Joshua Seed — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:49:51 +0000

In a recent statement sent out by Sony's PR team, John Koller, head of Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) criticized the new Nintendo DSi calling it a kid's toy in comparison to the PlayStation Portable.... Read more...

Is Ghostbusters coming to the PSP?

Andrew — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 17:23:42 +0000

Earlier this week a filing was spotted on the ESRB rating website for the upcoming Atari game, Ghostbusters: The Video Game, on Sony's Playstation Portable console. However, an Atari spokesperson told EuroGamer today that a... Read more...

Sony keen to establish PSP downloadable game library

Jonathan Steele — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 13:16:24 +0000

With the iPhone starting to prove itself as a successful portbale gaming platform and Nintendo continuing to strengthen the DSiWare library, Sony is under increasing pressure to introduce full downloadable games to the PSP system.... Read more...

Review: Resistance Retribution for PSP

Garrett Dodd — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:28:39 +0000

Sony's first big hit of the year for the PSP is here, and it's great. This game is a portable beast, from a fun campaign to an addicting multiplayer, this game is one bad ass... Read more...

Sony announces PS3 2.50 and PSP 5.00 firmware

Christopher Vendemio — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 15:07:06 +0000

With a certain other console preparing a large fall update, Sony has decided to release information regarding upcoming firmware updates for both their Playstation 3 and PSP gaming platforms. Firmware 2.50 for the PS3... Read more...