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PSJailbreak Gets Beaten At Its Own Game
The PSJailbreak is the current front-runner and pioneer in hacking the PS3 but it may just have some competition. Enter PSGroove, a free open-source alternative. Firstly, the name sounds far less dodgy but wait there’s more. PSGroove may not allow for the playing of pirated games (although you can backup games on your HDD) but [...]
3D Blu-Ray Update Hits PS3 In October
Sony has confirmed that come October, the Ps3 will receive a firmware update rendering it capable of 3D Blu-ray movie playback. This is a whole month later than the original date for the firmware update but you won’t miss much in that time because there really isn’t anything on Blu-ray in 3D yet and come [...]
The Reason For Why The PS3 Controller Sucks The Way It Does
Believe it or not, a lot of time actually went into designing the PS3 controller that we’re all familiar with today. We’ve had largely the same controller for PlayStation consoles since the release of the very first one nearly way back in the late 90′s and that’s fine, we’re pretty used to it by now. [...]
Sony Are Scaring Distributors Away From PSJailbreak
PSJailbreak recently launched where it allowed players to do whatever they like with their PlayStation 3 console. Although Sony are yet to acknowledge the PSJailbreak, they are currently scaring distributors who aim at selling the product. In Australia the USB device was blocked by the courts, however the device creators have said that ‘nothing illegal [...]
Sony Goes To Federal Court To Ban Sale Of PS Modchip
If you have been caught up in the South African Men’s Inter-Provincial Hockey tournament then you probably would not have heard of the PlayStation Modchip, better known as the PSJailbreak. If you haven’t heard for any other reason catch up. Sony Computer Entertainment Australia was granted a temporary injunction by the nation’s Federal Court to [...]
And This Is Why The PlayStation Controller Looks The Way It Does
Have you ever wondered why the PlayStation controller is the way it is? Well, if you have — we finally have the answer for you. PlayStation designer Teiyu Goto, the man behind all three iterations, recently explained the idea behind the controllers buttons. Goto said that the idea was to keep it as simple as [...]
Not Even Sony Expects Move To Sell From Day 1
Ray Maguire, Sony Computer Entertainment senior vice president was recently interviewed by Eurogamer where they asked about his expectations for Move sales. Ray said that he’s not really expecting loads of sales off the bat, instead word of mouth will intrigue people into buying their motion control hardware. “Am I expecting a massive day one? [...]
GH: Warriors Of Rock! It’s Almost Time To Rock Out With Your Errr… Socks On!
Note: Before complaining to my editor about the title picture, if you look closely you will notice a guitar. It’s Monday (no make that Wednesday, thanks Eishkom) and I’ve had the 2nd most awesome news of the day! The 1st most awesome news involves a certain editor in chief’s mom and… oh wait I can’t [...]
Local Duo Locnville Sing Their Way Onto The PlayStation Network
Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) has announced a partnership with Locnville, the local duo famous for having the Sun in their Pocket. Andrew and Brian Chaplin contacted PlayStation in an attempt to break into the international market through PlayStation 3 owners. Andrew said, “We love our music, we love clubbing and we love to party. That [...]
Sony Swings Their Ban Hammer: PSJailbreak Users Be Warned
The PSJailbreak hack is apparently detectable by Sony, and they might ban abusers across the network. Anyone who received the ’8002A227′ error code while using PSJailbreak is the winner of a brand new ban. It was said that Sony could find offenders once they logged onto the network. Following reports of banning PSJailbreak users, Sony [...]
Movies Making Their Way To PSN
Just like the Xbox 360, the PS3 will soon be able to stream high quality movies via PSN. This comes courtesy of social movie site Mubi.com. Users will be able watch movies from a large inventory for a small fee or sign up for a monthly subscription. According to Sony Europe, the monthly subscription rate [...]
Gamescom 2010: Valve Has An Affinity For PS3
Valve, despite their differences and previous rough history with Sony, is very much excited to be finally working with the PS3. Valve’s Erik Johnson, recently speaking to CVG at Gamescom, revealed that PS3-savvy team members at the studio jumped at the opportunity to get Valve’s famous Source engine up and running on the platform. He [...]
Has The PS3 Finally Been Hacked?
It seems as though hackers might have finally cracked Sony’s black beast machine – the PS3. That is, if a recent YouTube video turns out to be the real deal. A group of hackers have created a little product they call PSJailbreak. This ‘modchip’ is a USB dongle that has certain software which allows users [...]
GamesCom 2010: PS3 Hits 38Million Units Sold
The Ps3 has just reached 38million units sold worldwide since its release in 2006. The console just recently became profitable after almost 3½ years of causing Sony to lose money and has slowly been edging up to the Wii and Xbox 360 in both regional and global sales. To date, the Xbox 36 has sold [...]
Gamescom 2010: The Blue PS3
Behold, the Blue PS3. It comes as part of the Gran Turismo 5 Racing Pack bundle which includes a copy of the game, a blue version of the 160GB PS3 and a single DualShock 3 controller. The blue hue is apparently done with a muffler in mind, can’t quite say why. Thus far, the Racing [...]
GamesCom 2010: PS3′s To Go Bigger But At No Extra Cost
The biggest hard drive that is currently available for a Ps3 is 160GB but that may be about to change. As part of the PS3-Move bundles that Sony plans to release, there will be a new 320GB model. The budnles will include a Ps3, Move controller and secondary controller. The 160Gb version will go £299 [...]
How To Use The Sony PlayStation Move
After some people got to test out the PlayStation Move a picture, well pictures to be honest, surfaced. However the one below is the only important one. As you can see it is an uproarious setup guide and with the interwebz being the place it is then the result, to a certain extent, can be [...]
The PlayStation Phone Is Not A Lie, It Might Come As Soon As October With Android 3.0
Engadget says that it’s finally happening in the form of Sony Ericsson-developed, Android-based hardware that’s PSPgo-like in form. On top of that all it could be here in October! According to the report the PlayStation branded phone will be based on the Android 3.0 platform, have a 3.7 to 4.1 inch WVGA or better resolution [...]
PlayStation 3 Vs Fire — Fight!
If your house catches fire and your PlayStation 3 happens to be burning, let it go. Seriously. But in case you’re interested in what it’ll look like once crispy — a Kotaku reader can help out. Eric’s PS3 was burnt in a household fire and here’s the result. Fire won.
And Here Come the Dumb Move Accessories
Since the PlayStation Move is kind of a Wii Remote for PS3, it was only a matter of time before something like this popped up. Behold the first examples: CTA Digital’s PlayStation Move gloves. Which are…gloves with Velcro straps to secure a PlayStation Move on them. So…like…you…know…(Uh) you don’t get sweat on them.(!) Look unprepared [...]
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