Harsh words, right there, from Gavin Cheshire, Vice President of Codemasters, the guys behind DiRT, Operation Flashpoint and upcoming Bodycount. Gavin Cheshire is an owner of a PlayStation Portable, and his experience with it caused him to rage at Sony's handheld in the latest issue of the Edge magazine. "Well, speaking as a person who bought a PSP, the problem was that I always thought - beca... more.

Playstation's Move is now officially out there, but what do we really know about it? Well after the GDC, we actaully quite a bit. Firsty it is similar to the Wii in that it has a main controller, namely the one that we're all now familiar with but also a sub-controller that very much resembles the Nunchuk. This sub-controller has an analogue stick and d-pad incorporated into it and is intended for... more.

EA recently announced at the 2010 GDC that it would be releasing a new version of its Sports Active title previously seen on the Wii. The new version comes complete with leg and arm bands with motion sensors attached so you can therefore have a full body workout. Other upgrades include a heart monitor as well as an online hub from which users can track their fitness and share data with others. DLC... more.

PlayStation's Arc might come with a Nunchuk add-on, according to someone with a few connections at Sony. The news was posted on a forum, and he said that there had been recent images of a "Wand/Nunchuk". The poster known has ichinisan said that the tool has an analog stick followed with X and O buttons. There are L1 and L2 shoulder buttons underneath the D-Pad, and it is not as long as the vers... more.

Both Konami and Sony have filed trademarks today, where their ideas are pretty similar to each other. Sony, the PS3 creator has filed for the Arc name, which is strongly currently rumoured to be the new name for their motion control hardware. Konami on the other hand have filed for Gradius Arc, which might be something else. While the two names are really identical, we're going to focus on S... more.

Sony's PlayStation 3 has seemingly encountered a massive problem, one that renders the console practically useless, gaming wise. I first saw the issue reported on TerminalGamer (thanks seeM!), but I confirmed all of the problems myself when I sat down with my PlayStation 3 console to investigate. The first issue is that PlayStation Network is currently down, and any attempt at trying to connect to... more.

Sony's PlayStation 3 has been holding back on some performance, as the Japanese creator is currently keeping about 70 megabytes of RAM under wraps. PlayStation University has found that about 70mb of RAM has been hidden, and this could soon be unlocked for developers to use. SCEA's Patrick Seybold recently confirmed the change, to Joystiq, where he said: "Since the launch of the PS3, we have b... more.

THQ's president has been referring to PlayStation's motion controller as the Arc. The Arc name is meant to be the unofficial name, where other names for the new technology include 'Gem'. The Arc name was previously rumoured as the name, but that was always put down by Sony. So, we'll just wait for Sony to confirm something we kind of already know.. Right?... more.

Are PS3 owners in for a treat with Mass Effect 2? Well, this could be true after a Polish site has said that the PC game code includes a bit of PS3 code hidden in the game. The surprise might be something to arrive if say, Heavy Rain fails? Or, it might just be a Valentines present... Anyway -- the following code was found in the source: m_nMaxRenegade=1900 m_nMaxParagon=1957 m_srX... more.

A hacker, 20-year-old George Hotz has claimed to have finally cracked the ps3. The PS3 was the only game console that hadn't been hacked, despite being on the market for more than three years. Hotz said it was a process which took five weeks to crack. The Hotz hack will allow PS2 titles, pirated games, and also unrestricted versions of Linux to work on the console. "I'm not going to perso... more.

Sony's Motion Controlled PS3 device is a brain buster of note. The confidentiality behind the name is enough to create loads and loads of rumours on the web -- like this one. The latest story behind the controller states that the name will in fact be "Arc". The previous PS3-Motion-Name stories saw John Riccitillo call the device the Gem, but this was said to be the prototype name. Either way, w... more.

Sony Computer Entertainment made the official announcement today that their PlayStation 3 Motion Controller will be released in the Fall of 2010 in Japan, Asian regions and countries, North America and Europe/PAL territories. The announcement also said that the controller would be released in addition to an "extensive line-up of exciting software titles." We're still not quite sure what the name o... more.

2009 was said to be an interesting year for console gaming, as new technologies saw numbers turn sales figures around. The most significant change the console world was Sony's PS3 Slim which boasted reduced pricing and more compactness. The PS3 Slim allowed Sony to enter a market which would be a lot more competitive for Microsoft as the pricing would be very similar. Following the console... more.

Sony has started to sell a few consoles in that communist state which uses bicycle transportation, or Vietnam for short. This is the first time that the PlayStation brand is officially being sold in the area, and it was said that the first products were on sale on Saturday. The PlayStation 3 with the 120gb HDD, the PlayStation 2 and the PSP-3000 are all available for a price set in the millions... more.

Sony has said that their new PS3 with a 250GB hard drive will launch in Japan during the February month. The new 250GB console has already been released before, but that was in a special edition series. The 250GB PS3 will now be the standard unit available. Following a 250GB PS3 will be a 250GB version of the Xbox 360. The current Xbox Elite boasts a 120GB HDD, where the new year should see an ... more.