European PS3 Launch Date Confirmed

Europeans will finally be able to get their hands on the PS3 starting on March 23, when an an expected shipment of 300,000 units will go on sale in the U.K., and another 700,000 units in the other European nations…. Read More »

Hot on the heels of rumors that the PS3 may be heavily discounted throughout Japan, Sony Computer Electronics of America boss Jack Tretton has chimed in and said that the possibility of such a price reduction coming from Sony was… Read More »

Speculation over new pricing began on Monday, when photos were posted on the internet, which showed the popular Japanese game retail store, Don Quijote, selling 20GB PS3s at a huge discounted price of $329 USD, down from $411–a 20% discount…. Read More »

Call of Duty 3 Review

The venerable Call of Duty series is one of the many (read: way too many) World War II simulators that actually surprised me with its frantic gun-play, scripted and unscripted events and pure hyperactive mayhem that seemed to best capture… Read More »

Tony Hawk's Project 8 Review

It was many games and several years ago that I got tired of the Tony Hawk franchise. The game had become tiring and dull after several iterations sporting nothing more than enhanced graphics, new levels and a new trick, such… Read More »

Europe Concerned After Incorrect PS3 Launch Announced

Sir Howard Stringer, Sony’s CEO, either misspoke or prematurely released information on a second launch delay for the PS3 in Europe. During an interview with CNET, Stringer said that "the European launch in April…is very important to us". Stringer’s words… Read More »

Sony CEO Upbeat On PS3, Says Bandwidth Not Fully Used

Sir Howard Stringer believes that the PlayStation 3 is doing well and says that game developers have only just scratched the surface of the machine’s gaming power, according to an interview given by the Sony CEO to CNET. Stringer was… Read More »

Sony Reaches Goal; Ships 2 Million PS3s

Sony announced some positive news (finally) when it proclaimed that it has met the goal of shipping 2 million PS3s worldwide for 2006. The only downside to the news was that Sony missed its self-imposed target by a little over… Read More »

Kaz Hirai Defends Blu-ray Commitment

Sony’s Kaz Hirai restated his commitment to back Blu-ray technology in the PS3 was not only a good decision, it was the only one Sony could have made in order to prepare for the conditions that would be needed for… Read More »

PS3s at Retailers Go Unsold

If anything, this past Christmas shopping season will be remembered by gamers as the year of shortages, due to the wide unavailability of the PS3 and Wii. But this situation–at least for the PS3–seems to be changing, with the announcement… Read More »