PlayStation Network accounts renamed

Starting tomorrow, PS3 and Vita owners will sign into a rebranded online service.

David Jaffe "quits" Twisted Metal dev

God of War co-creator David Jaffe is expected to quit the studio he co-founded in 2007, reports claim. Independent studio Eat Sleep Play, based in Utah, is thought to be issuing redundancies as it finishes wor on the PS3 project Twisted Metal. Regional newspaper  Salt Lake Tribune  claims that eight employees have been let go. About 15 remain, the publication claimed. It is believed the ...

Original Killzone Hitting PS3 This Month, But No HD

Killzone 1 confirmed for PSN in the US, but not as an HD remaster. Killzone, Sony's original PS2-exclusive FPS has been confirmed for a PSN release. The Guerilla Games shooter is set to hit the PSN store in the US on 24 January - but has yet to be confirmed for Europe. The PS2 FPS will cost $9.99, but you won't get any sort of God of War/Tomb Raider-style HD remastering for your money. Killzone ...

Over 100 pieces of Gotham City Imposters DLC go live before launch

Over 100 pieces of Gotham City Imposters DLC have gone live on the Xbox Marketplace ahead of the online shooter spin-off's launch. 105 items are available, ranging in cost from 80 Microsoft Points to 320 Microsoft Points. 80 points gets you the Premium Card Pack 1, for example, which unlocks five unique Calling Cards - essentially online profiles players can see in between matches. Read more…

Over 100 pieces of Gotham City Impostors DLC go live before launch

Over 100 pieces of Gotham City Impostors DLC have gone live on the Xbox Marketplace ahead of the online shooter spin-off's launch. 105 items are available, ranging in cost from 80 Microsoft Points to 320 Microsoft Points. 80 points gets you the Premium Card Pack 1, for example, which unlocks five unique Calling Cards - essentially online profiles players can see in between matches. Read more…

Sony’s dire Q3: Revenue ditches $2bn, TV and PS3 slump

Sony’s new CEO and President Kazuo Hirai has his work cut out for him: the company’s fiscal Q3 2011 results are out, and Sony’s revenues are down roughly $2bn (159bn yen) pointing to an even more miserable full-year loss than hitherto expected. Sony blamed Thai flooding, an increasingly competitive market landscape – particularly in the smartphone [...]