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PS3 Review - Bakugan Battle Brawlers

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The Last Guardian: Tokyo Game Show Off-Screen Footage

Been dying for more footage from The Last Guardian? Check out this gorgeous off-screen footage from the Tokyo Game Show floor of... more

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Headshots & Friendly Fire: Round 3

The gaming industry has gotten bigger and better with each passing year, but sometimes they just don’t do things right.... more

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SCEJ Opens the Doors for Tokyo Game Show Site

The most anticipated gaming convention next to GDC and E3, TGS is rumored to be making the largest splash this year. With just... more

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God of War Raises Ungodly Desire

It’s clear that gamers will always be attached to their favorite classical titles no matter what new titles come out. And... more

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Boycott for PSP is a Go

Can you imagine a PSP Go boycott? Some retailers certainly can, as indicated in this baffling new report.

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Natsume Prepping Afrika for American Debut

Natsume Inc., a worldwide developer and publisher of family-oriented video games, today announced that Afrika for the PLAYSTATION... more

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Trine Won’t Make it In Time

When Frozenbyte announced that Trine would be hitting the PSN today, gamers were pleased to know that they would finally get their... more

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First 250GB Slim Bundle Leaked Ahead of Schedule

With the Tokyo Game Show just around the corner, Sony is showing no signs slowing down as they attempt to reign supreme over this... more

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Playstation Firmware 3.0 now available!!!

Go update dangit!!! Ah, man it's so sparkley!!!!!

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Singularity Developer Walkthrough

Singularity is an upcoming sci-fi shooter from Raven Software where you fight your way through ever-changing enviroments while... more

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SCEA and Virgin Mobile to Provide FreeFest Entertainment

playstation-logo Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) today announced its participation in the Virgin Mobile... more

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Sony repositioning PlayStation 3 as all-in-one entertainment device

The fight for the digital entertainment hearth is on!

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"Nearly three years after the device launched and quickly fell behind its two major competitors, Sony is attempting to reposition its Playstation 3 video game console as an all-in-one entertainment device.

The Japanese electronics giant is launching a new advertising campaign for the crucial fall and holiday season that places less emphasis on its video game capabilities and more on its ability to play high-definition Blu-ray DVDs and to download movies from the Internet.

One of the ads, showed to The Times by Sony in advance of airing, touts the PS3 as "the greatest gaming, Blu-ray playing, movie downloading system around." Another features a teenager complaining that his grandmother is using the console to watch Blu-ray movies, preventing him from playing video games.

After years of charging more than its competitors, Sony last week cut the price of the PS3 to $299, putting it in line with Microsoft's Xbox 360, which has various models that cost $199 to $299, and the Nintendo Wii, which costs $249.

The device's high price and complex set of features have been cited by many in the industry as key reasons for its slow sales. According to NPD group, consumers in the U.S. have bought just over 8 million PS3s through the end of July, compared with more than 15 million Xbox 360s and over 20 million units of the Nintendo Wii.

That has been a source of particular frustration to Hollywood studios, which have been counting on the PS3 to boost sales of Blu-ray discs, which haven't grown fast enough to make up for an ongoing decline in DVD sales.

"We have been a game company for years and we would never walk away from that, but research confirmed there is a larger proposition under our nose," said Peter Dille, senior vice president of marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment America. "We wanted to reposition as a total entertainment solution. We felt like we can really own entertainment."

The Xbox 360 has a movie download store that's similar to the one on the PlayStation 3 and enables Netflix subscribers to stream movies from the Internet, a feature Sony doesn't have. The PS3 is the only one of the three major consoles, however, to play Blu-ray discs...."The fight for the digital entertainment hearth is on! -- "Nearly three years after the device launched and quickly fell... more