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The word filtering through the gaming grapevine is that an unnamed (and probably fired if his or her name ever does surface) Sony rep at the Paris GDC dropped a juicy nugget pertaining to the hotly anticipated next installment in the God of War franchise.



Collected for your convenience, a comprehensive collection of hints, tips and secrets for the PSP exclusive Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII.



Nothing's confirmed yet but if the rumours are true, plans for a Heavenly Sword 2 sequel have been canned. As reported by Kotaku, it's been dropped off possible development because it wasn't viewed as "financially viable" anymore, or so sources say. ...



Obviously, we have to get version 2.36 first, which we haven't, but today Sony confirmed that with the Playstation 3's version 2.4 firmware update users will finally receive their much desired cross media bar ('bout effing time Sony.)



Lazard Capital's Colin Sebastian announced this morning that while he expects a 360 price drop this year in the $50 region, a PS3 cut isn't likely to happen.



Speaking in an interview with GamesIndustry.biz, Ubisoft UK MD Rob Cooper admitted the publisher's PSP support is lacking, but believes there is a very valid reason for this; Sony lack of direction with the handheld. "Certainly, we still see it as a viable forma...



Numerous reports have been coming in from around the internet claiming that Famitsu's has reviewed MGS4, and given the title the rarely bestowed perfect score; 40/40.



As if anyone was expecting any less from the game. The first review scores for Metal Gear Solid 4 have finally hit the public, and all of them seem to indicate that the fourth instalment of the franchise will be is one of its best!



Now this is a strange week; the PSP is selling so well in Japan right now that it's practically outselling the rest of the competition combined. The Wii is also doing admirable, but it seems like Japan has little love for next generation gaming right now, with portab...



A full list of all the new editions to the Europe PlayStation Store this week. There's a lots of extra content today compared to the somewhat dry updates over the last few weeks. Enjoy!



12th June 2008! Thats the date in every Metal Gear Solid fans diary. And whom would question the potential this game has to tilt the next chapter in the console war Sony's way. Recently a few trailers were released to get every Metal Gear Solid fan that bit more excited, if that was possible.



$500 million dollars. That is how much money GTA IV has earned, according to the New York Times, in its first week. Take a moment to let that settle in.



Considering that Grand Theft Auto IV is one of the biggest titles to be released in the last few years, it's no surprise to see both industry veterans fighting for the claim of being the "true" home of Grand Theft Auto.



SCEA confirmed to the press today that Home has been pushed back again. The closed beta will now continue through the summer, with an open beta beginning in the autumn. “We understand that we are asking PS3 and prospective PS3 users to wait a bit longer, but we have com...



Spurred on by the huge success of Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G and Cris Core: Final Fantasy VII, the PSP has seen something of a second coming in the land of the rising sun recently. Nintendo still manage to hold onto the high rungs of the ladder rather substantially, wh...



What a turnaround of fortunes this has turn out to be. A survey of over 2,000 Australian retailers has discovered that the country's game-sellers are less than stellar about the Xbox 360. According to a recent GameRush report, PS3 and Wii are being viewed as the main...



With the much awaited and shortly forthcoming arrival of the DualShock 3 controller, Sony has decided to cease production of the feather light, motion sensing Sixaxis controller. Sony expects the remaining Sixaxis units to be gone from store shelves by the summer. Honest...



The web has been ablaze lately regarding the adoption of an external Blu-Ray player by Microsoft for the Xbox 360. Here is a posting of what Microsoft has to say as of today:



When the PS3 launched one of the hottest titles was the game MotorStorm. Well Evolution Studios is back with the announcement of MotorStorm 2. The game will feature double the amount of tracks to race on leaving the count at sixteen.



Today, news flowed heavily from Sony at its annual Destination PlayStation Conference. First and perhaps most exciting, late in 2008's second quarter, an MGS4 80 GB PS3 bundle with an included DualShock 3 controller will be available for $499.



Get ready to race at blazing speeds and experience adrenaline-filled, anti-gravity racing action in full-1080p High Definition (HD) running at a breathtaking 60-frames-per-second on PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™). Coming to the PLAYSTATION®Store soon, wipEout® HD is set to redefine anti-gravity combat racing.



It's an interesting time for the video game market. Despite all the strengths of high definition graphics and more powerful consoles, one of the most eagerly awaited titles of this year is a cute, 2-D side-scrolling game. And Sony is very confident that LittleBigPlanet is going to be... well... big.



Patapon for the PSP is a unique game that appeals to me on a few different levels. Firstly, the stylized graphics are done very well and are a great quality that makes you forget you are playing a 2D scroll-style game almost instantly.



Phil Harrison, President of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios (SCE WWS), will resign from Sony Computer Entertainment Group as of February 29, 2008. Kazuo Hirai, President and Group CEO of SCEI, will immediately assume responsibilities as president of SCE WWS, in addition to his current duties.



As of yesterday, we can officially declare Sony's high definition disc format, Blu Ray, the official winner of the high def war. Toshiba, manufacturer of the HD DVD fomat, declared that they realized how handily they were being beaten by their slightly more expens...



In my last article I talked about how the format war was encroaching on the console war, well now it seems that the format war is all but over, this time Sony proves to be the victor with their format, Blu Ray.



Format wars and Console wars are neither nothing new but both play a big deal in our preferences for movies, music, and games. So with the Format war entering and becoming a part of the Console war, it begs the question; how big and should the Format war be affecting the Console war?



Sony is close to finishing development of their PS3 addon; PlayTV, which allows users to watch and record digital tv. The addon is a small black box which connects to a USB port on the machine. It has an aerial port in (and a pass through port) to pick up digital terrestrial signals.



Well, while we don't know if the third installment is going to make the jump to MMO, (please God, don't let this happen! I can't deal with Wookies of Warcraft!!) we do know, as of today, that the game is being developed by the original crew.



Today, Ready at Dawn announced that their upcoming PlayStation Portable version of the popular God of War franchise, God of War: Chains of Olympus has hit gold status, meaning its development is complete, putting the game on track for its release in the US early next month.



Super Smash Bros Brawl has been anticipated for a long time. By pretty much every gamer... ever. The fact that the game has sold over 820,000 copies in it's first week on sale shouldn't really come as any shock, then.



Figures shift around a bit this week; the Wii has shot well into first place, likely due to the release of Super Smash Brother Brawl in the region (jealous), whilst the Nintendo DS has surprisingly slipped into third place.



PlayStation Home is one of the "big" things being lined up for the PS3, a free online social networking system with a complete virtual environment to explore... sounds cool, right? Well, not according to Japanese gamers, it isn't.



The last few weeks have been full of rumours in regards to the possible discontinuation of 80GB SKU from retailers worldwide. Today, GameStop reveals some concrete information which will hopefully bring this whole convoluted mess to a close.



Rumors have been flying and sources have been talking. But now it seems a lot more official when it was revealed from an internal, Best Buy memo, that “The 80GB version of the PS3 is going closeout and won’t be replaced at this time. It will come off the planogram on Jan. 28. The 60GB version should already be gone from stores. Only the 40GB version of PS3 will be sold in Best Buy stores at this time.”



It's a possibility according to Albert Penello, Microsoft's group marketing manager who admitted that should the Sony born, HD format win out this generation's "Beta-war" that the staunch supporter of the HD DVD format would consider a Blu-Ray add on to the Xbox 360.



Though it's already known that a special version of Skype will be released for the Sony PSP, Sony confirms today that it will be coming to us as early as the end of this month.



A new year is underway and Sony is wasting no time in showing off all the updates and features for its products. With its Consumer Electronics Show taking place next week, the Sony CES website has begun to show off what's in store next week.



It has yet to be confirmed by Sony directly, and should only be considered a rumour for now, but according to release schedules information that was printed in this month's issue US gaming magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly, the release date of PS exclusive LittleBigPlanet's has been pushed back to fall 2008.



Sony are in the Christmas spirit this week it seems, providing firmware updates for both PS3 and PSP owners. In this article, we look at the firmware update for the PS3.



Sony's expanding PlayStation Store has seen a number of additions for it's December 13th update, and cars seem to be the "in" thing right now with PS3 and PSP consumers alike. Need For Speed Pro Street has seen a huge amount of extra content, and a demo of the hugely anticipated next instalment of the Burnout series, Burnout Paradise, is also available to download for free.



Auckland-based security assessment reports the powerful chip has been used to crack passwords faster than ever. Security researcher Nick Breese is the apparent man behind the report.He supposedly cracked strong eight-character passwords used to protect PDF and Zip files in a few hours.



In the four weeks ending November 25, Sony sold 183,217 PS3s, while Nintendo's seemingly unstoppable Wii trailed at 159,193 sales, according to Japanese magazine publisher, Enterbrain's figures.



For awhile now, it has been several rumours that Metal Gear Solid 4 will not be a PlayStation 3 exclusive, and will be released on the Xbox 360. Even with Konami and Sony reconfirming it as a PS3 exclusive, many believe that Konami will need to release the game on the Xbox 360, to get a decent profit on the release date.



With Christmas looming ever closer, higher console sales shouldn't really come as any surprise. What may come as a surprise though, are the figures. Video Game Chat takes a closer look at how each of the Big Three are fairing for the holiday season. Our final report looks into Microsoft's successes over Black Friday.



With Christmas looming ever closer, higher console sales shouldn't really come as any surprise. What may come as a surprise though, are the figures. Video Game Chat takes a closer look at how each of the Big Three are fairing for the holiday season. Sony are put under the microscope for this report.



Avid gamer A.R.K. has released v1.5 of a very useful little program; the PS3 Theme Creator software. This WYSIWYG software is an extremely functional and user-friendly product which lets you customise the visual appearance (but not the layout) of the PS3 interface to suit your tastes, right down to the smallest detail.



Thanks to a confirmed post on the PS3Forum by the lucky few PlayStation Home Beta users, we can confirm some new details and slight changes in the PS3's social networking service, due for release sometime in 2008.



News hit us this week that Sony has halved the price of the software development kit that designers use to make games for its PlayStation 3. If you, like the rest of the game industry thought Sony had no cards left, you were wrong! They certainly saved this one up their sleeve and a few more are a possibility considering Sony's recent nature.



It's a series that has been with the gaming community since the earliest days, and has grown up alongside many of us. From the earliest Cid, to the revolution of the PS1 era, to the many incarnations of the current generation, few franchises have endured with gamers for so long, and Final Fantasy Festival, an independent endeavour supported by Square Enix themselves, looks towards celebrating 20 years of history.

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