Today marks 15 years since the PlayStation was first launched in Japan. Although the west didn’t get the hardware until almost a year later, today is the system’s actual birthday. The PlayStation (and PSOne) was the first console to reach the 100 million sales mark, achieving a total of 102.49 million units on March 31, 2005. Sony ceased production of the PlayStation on March 23, 2006, over 11 years after it was first produced.
Today marks 15 years since the PlayStation was first launched in Japan. Although the west didn’t get the hardware until almost a year later, today is the system’s actual birthday. The PlayStation (and PSOne) was the first console to reach the 100 million sales mark, achieving a total of 102.49 million units on March 31, 2005. Sony ceased production of the PlayStation on March 23, 2006, over 11 years after it was first produced.
The MAG Beta is coming to an end this week, making it the last chance to play the game until it is released early next year. The beta will end on Saturday 5th of December, at midnight. To bring the beta to an end, Zipper Interactive have organized a challenge for tomorrow evening (Friday, December 4th 2009). All you have to do is log on when the time is right, join a queue, and look for players with the distinguishable Zipper clan moniker to see if you have what it takes to beat Zipper.
On the December 17th 2009, European PS3 owners will be able to download a special version of Gran Turismo 5, entitled the GT Academy 2010 Time Trial. The Time Trial is also one of the prerequisites to taking part in the 2010 GT Academy. Qualify in the top twenty within your country and you will be invited to a national final event, where you will pit your wits against the best Gran Turismo drivers in the country.
The Street Fighter 4 Game Space in PlayStation Home has been updated with new costumes. A total of seven new costumes have been added. For the men there will be Balrog, M. Bison, Sagat, El Fuerte, Rufus, and Akuma. For the ladies a C.Viper costume will be available. While you are in PlayStation Home, don’t forget to check out the Presentation Podium which was re-opened today.
If you are debating on whether to purchase the new PSPgo this Christmas, Sony has a offer to help sway your decision. Buying a PSPgo and downloading a special promotional XMB theme from the PlayStation Store will allow you to download one of the following three games for free: MotorStorm: Arctic Edge, Gran Turismo PSP or Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines.
Qore Episode 19 will be available to download from the PlayStation Store later today. The December Episode features a in-depth preview of Capcom’s Dark Void, Level-5 Inc’s White Night Chronicles and EA’s The Saboteur. Following from last month’s coverage of ModNation Racers, Qore subscribers will receive exclusive access to the ModNation Racers Beta Test.
If you are having a hard time earning the 69 stars in the Special-Ops missions in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, we have a little surprise for you. The hack, which was discovered by Nis-Gens aka MagicN, uses a savegame exploit to unlock all the trophies for Spec Ops – thats up to 11 trophies depending on how many you may have already unlocked. Check out the video below on how to use the hack, the savedata file is also included below.
If you ever though that music in PlayStation games is an afterthought, think again. Sony has uploaded a video (see below) featuring the music team over at SCEA and found out quite the contrary. Games like UNCHARTED 2: Among Thieves, inFAMOUS and the upcoming God of War III are proving just how amazing game music can be.
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To celebrate the launch of Groove Armada’s fantastic new Black Light album, in association with VidZone, the Presentation Podium will be re-opened on December 3rd 2009(at dusk) with a brand-new mini-game, new (exclusive) rewards and of course, exclusive music content & interview footage from the inimitable Groove Armada.
