Late last week, Kotaku revealed information from an unnamed source about some new hardware from Sony. Codenamed “Orbis”, the hardware has an AMD x64 CPU and an AMD Southern Islands GPU making it roughly as powerful as some of the high end gaming PCs due out this year.
Sony Closes SOCOM 4 Developers Zipper Interactive
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Sony have confirmed that developers Zipper Interactive have been closed down. “The closure is a result of a normal cycle of resource re-alignment within SCE WWS,” said a statement from Sony. ”Zipper has completed all work associated with its most recent project, Unit 13 for PlayStation Vita.”
EU PlayStation Plus Preview for April 4th 2012
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The content list for April’s PlayStation Plus update has been revealed by SCEE. Next month, you can look forward to two EA games: Shift 2: Unleashed and Shank 2 (also available in the US). The PS one Classic this month is Silent Hill, and you can also find new themes, lots of avatars and an avatar pack from the PS VITA favourite, Escape Plan for you guys too.
Journey Breaks PSN Sales Records
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It has been two weeks since Journey was launched on the PlayStation Store. Today, it was announced that Journey has officially broken PlayStation Network and PlayStation Store sales records, surpassing all games ever released on the PlayStation Network to become the fastest-selling game ever released on PlayStation Store, in both the SCEA and SCEE regions.
EU PlayStation Store Update for March 28th 2012
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PS3 Games
- Burgertime World Tour (Free Trial available)
- Metal Slug 2
- Shock Troopers
- The King of Fighters ’96
- Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2013 (Friday release)
- Wrecked Revenge Revisited (Free Trial available)
US PlayStation Store Update for March 27th 2012
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PlayStation Plus
Spring Fever Discounts: | Closure 20% off
Splinter Cell HD 50% off Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 75% off Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 50% off Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 75% off Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Classic Trilogy HD 50% off Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory HD 50% off Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent 50% off Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow HD 50% off Tom Clancy’s End War UMD Legacy 75% off Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2 UMD Legacy 75% off Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Predator 75% off Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas – UMD Legacy 50% off Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Essentials UMD Legacy 75% off Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six 75% off |
Free Items: | PlayMemories Studio
Unit 13 Grenade Avatar FIFA 12 Full Game Trial |
Discounts: | Dead Block 50% off
Sky Drift 50% off Zack Zero 50% off MotorStorm RC MISCHIEF Vehicle Pack 1 50% off MotorStorm RC MISCHIEF Vehicle Pack 2 50% off |
PlayMemories Studio Launches Today on PS Store
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You may already be aware of PlayMemories and Filmy, two applications available on PlayStation Store that allow you to manage your photos and home-videos respectively, to create slideshows, edit, filter and view what you capture on your HDTV via PS3. Today, Sony are please to announce that PlayMemories Studio will be replacing both the original PlayMemories and Filmy applications.
Battlefield 3 Players will be able to Rent Servers
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Battlefield 3 players on the PS3 now have the ability to rent their own dedicated server. Your rules, your friends, your Battlefield. You’ll be able to rent servers for periods of one day (€1.49), seven days (€6.99), 30 days (€24.99), or 90 days (€59.99). Server owners can customise every details of the game, including banning users and giving friends VIP access.