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Sony Fined 18.5 Million in Patent Lawsuit

Kris Erickson • November 18 2008 • 0 comments

A judge found today that electronics giant Sony willfully infringed on a patent held by smaller US-based electronics company Agere Systems. Ownership of the patent, which describes aspects...Read more

PETA Protests Cooking Mama (Badly)

Kris Erickson • November 18 2008 • 3 comments

There are so many things wrong with this story we don't even know where to begin. Let's start by identifying the players involved: On one hand we have...Read more

Neverland Card Battles Demo Available

Kris Erickson • November 14 2008 • 0 comments

North American PSP owners can now download a demo of Neverland Card Battles, the PS2-era card battler from Yukes. What's more, the demo can be downloaded straight to...Read more

US Video Game Sales Charts for October 2008

Kris Erickson • November 14 2008 • 0 comments

Results for last month's video game hardware and software charts are in, giving us a better idea of how the holiday shopping season is shaping up for manufacturers....Read more

Apple Brags: iPhone Gaming Superior to PSP

Kris Erickson • November 12 2008 • 0 comments

Greg Joswiak eats, sleeps and breathes iPhone. As the Vice President of Product Marketing for Apple, he certainly should. However in his enthusiasm for all things Apple, he...Read more

Adhoc Party (Tunneling) Details

Kris Erickson • November 11 2008 • 0 comments

The PSP tunneling application, now called AdHoc Party, is currently undergoing public beta testing in Japan. This application allows players to connect with others from around the world...Read more

Soul Eater Announced for PSP

Kris Erickson • November 7 2008 • 1 comments

http://www.pspworld.com/sony-psp/games/bleach-soul-carnival-review-009457.phpAnother high school brawler from Japan is headed to the PSP. In the wake of a series of commercially successful Bleach games, Namco Bandai has stepped into the...Read more

DSi Beats PSP in Japan Hardware Sales

Kris Erickson • November 6 2008 • 1 comments

Thanks to a new hardware revision, the PSP has been doing amazingly well in Japan over the past several weeks. In the first few days of its release,...Read more

Dissidia To Feature Optional Install

Kris Erickson • November 6 2008 • 0 comments

Sony has already given us the option to purchase and run first-party games directly from Memory stick. Now, Square Enix says that its upcoming fantasy brawler Dissidia will...Read more

Dissidia Soundtrack Announced

Kris Erickson • November 4 2008 • 1 comments

Do you like Final Fantasy? Do you like music? If you answered yes to both of those questions, then you are undoubtedly part of the target market for...Read more

Portable 2nd G Will Tunnel Online Via PS3

Kris Erickson • November 2 2008 • 0 comments

Yes, Monster Hunter fans, you read that headline correctly. The latest issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly has confirmed that the next installment of Monster Hunter will feature online...Read more

PSP Dominates Hardware Sales in Japan for Second Week

Kris Erickson • October 31 2008 • 0 comments

The weekly Media Create sales numbers are in, and it is another massive victory for the PSP in Japan. Last week, Sony's handheld managed to sell a staggering...Read more

Is Sony Secretly Recalling the PSP-3000?

Kris Erickson • October 27 2008 • 1 comments

Following complaints about visible scanlines in the new PSP 3000, it appears that Sony could be taking steps to address the issue, in the form of a widespread...Read more

K-Mart Fined for Breaking Street Date?

Kris Erickson • October 27 2008 • 0 comments

We love it when large retailers break street date on popular games and hardware, but the corporations behind these products? Not so much. Mega retailer K-Mart now faces...Read more

Sony Profits Down, PSP Sales Up

Kris Erickson • October 24 2008 • 0 comments

Sony may have experienced weaker earnings this year overall, but at least the PSP division is exceeding company expectations. Yesterday the company revised its annual earnings forecast down...Read more