Rumor: PS4 release in less than two years

Some rumors are too good to pass up and this one is juicy. A Sony insider has supposedly revealed that there will be a new PlayStation 4 coming out within 18 months. The source says the new machine will have… Read More »

A tribute to Ken, and a new look for Kaz

The recent departure of Ken Kutaragi may have surprised some, but following his most recent "promotion," it was an expected move. The father of the PlayStation was a very quotable fellow — even if it was hard to understand much… Read More »

[update] GTA IV to feature female playable character

UPDATE: It turns out this news actually isn’t true — a tipster falsely sent this to 1P Start. Our apologies, but it looks like your hopes of playing as a female in GTA will force you to turn to the… Read More »

Wall Street sees a PS3 price drop approaching

Have you ever thought of buying a PS3, but didn’t because of the high $599 price tag? There may be some good news in store for you as some Wall Street analysts believe that a price drop may soon be… Read More »

Ninja Gaiden Sigma PS3 demo ready at PSN

Want to see a PS3 game in illustrious 1080p resolution? Temco will make your dreams come true as it has announced that it’s offering a playable demo of Ninja Gaiden Sigma on the PlayStation Network for download. Yoh Watanabe, Temco’s… Read More »

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has recently confirmed the development of the "next generation" Eye Toy, cleverly named the PlayStation Eye. The PlayStation Eye (Eye Toy 2.0) will feature both a camera and a microphone, giving gamers the possibility to finally… Read More »

Ken "Father of PlayStation" Kutaragi announces retirement

Ken Kutaragi, Chairman and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment International, has announced that he will be stepping down from his position and will be retiring in June. Kaz Hirai, the COO and president of SCEI will be taking his place… Read More »

Sony sends out invitations to test PS3's Home beta

Some of the first official invitations to sign up for the beta version of PS3’s "Home" interactive online community have been delivered. Sony sent e-mails to PlayStation Underground members and stipulated what Home was all about and asked for volunteers… Read More »

Sony takes two exclusives away from the 360 — really

In a strange reversal of fortune where PS3 exclusives have usually gone over to the 360, Sony can now finally say that it is taking away a few exclusive titles away from Microsoft. The two titles, Kane & Lynch and… Read More »

PS3 folding@home volunteers growing sharply

Stanford University’s folding@home project is more successful than project lead Vijay Pande could have imagined. In the program’s first few weeks, folding@home had 40,000 PS3s participating in the distributed computing assignments. Now, just a scant month later, there are now… Read More »