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Why Don't Companies Release Digital Download Sales Figures?

Kris Erickson • September 8 2009 • 0 comments

Digital downloads are selling a LOT of copies, but we don't know exactly how many. That's because the sales figures for digital games are rarely disclosed either by...Read more

Need For Speed Shift PSP Video

Kris Erickson • September 8 2009 • 2 comments

This gameplay trailer for the upcoming Need For Speed: Shift PSP is a little. Bit. Intense. We're not sure what to think after viewing the video (first we...Read more

Could Sony Merge PSN Service on PSP and PS3?

Kris Erickson • September 6 2009 • 0 comments

Handheld gaming systems and consoles should go together like Mario and Luigi, but the dream of a fully integrated portable device has yet to be realized. If Sony...Read more

Sony Launches Reality Show to Hire Tester

Kris Erickson • September 4 2009 • 0 comments

Jobs are scarce these days, and there are even fewer in the glamorous world of video games. Sony is capitalizing on this fact by launching a new "reality"...Read more

Bonk: Brink of Extinction Announced for PSN

Kris Erickson • September 4 2009 • 0 comments

It had been so long since we'd heard from our caveman-era friend Bonk, that we thought he had gone extinct. Turns out that we were wrong, and he...Read more

Sony Debuts make.believe Marketing Strategy

Kris Erickson • September 2 2009 • 2 comments

It's no secret that Sony had a problem with marketing its Playstation 3 and PSP gaming devices. Advertisements were often obtuse, abstract, and downright confusing, leaving many consumers...Read more

Port of La Pucelle Tactics Coming to PSP

Kris Erickson • September 1 2009 • 0 comments

In case you are not fluent in French history, 'La Pucelle' was the nickname given to Joanne of Arc by her supporters. La Pucelle: Tactics was also a...Read more

Beaterator Also Slides to iPhone

Kris Erickson • September 1 2009 • 0 comments

Yesterday we got so worked up over the news that Chinatown Wars will be headed to the iPhone that we forgot to mention another one of Rockstar's properties...Read more

Chinatown Wars Headed to iPhone

Kris Erickson • August 31 2009 • 4 comments

Rockstar, you big tease. First we were annoyed because the latest entry in yor adult-themed Grand Theft Auto franchise abandoned us for the Nintendo DS. Then you hinted...Read more

America Gets Disappointing PSP Go Game Bundle

Kris Erickson • August 28 2009 • 1 comments

In Europe, customers who purchase a PSP Go during its first month on sale will get a free digital copy of Gran Turismo. Earlier, we speculated that Sony...Read more

Timbaland Talks About Beaterator PSP

Kris Erickson • August 27 2009 • 1 comments

Rockstar's new beat synthesizer is an enigma no longer. In this extended video, Timbaland himself explains his collaboration with the video game publisher, and we get to see...Read more

Taito Announces Darius Burst for the PSP

Kris Erickson • August 26 2009 • 0 comments

The latest issue of Famitsu reveals some exciting news for arcade shmup fans: game publisher Taito is planning to release a new version of its popular side-scroller Darius...Read more

Win a Chance to Try Need For Speed Shift in NYC

Kris Erickson • August 25 2009 • 1 comments

Electonic Arts is hosting a special press event behind closed doors in New York this Thursday, to show off its upcoming game Need for Speed Shift. The game...Read more

PSP Minis Developer Guidelines

Kris Erickson • August 22 2009 • 1 comments

A few days ago, we posted some general advice for people who might be interested in developing games for Sony's PSP Minis platform (you can read about the...Read more

How to Become a PSP Minis Developer

Kris Erickson • August 20 2009 • 0 comments

This week in Cologne Germany, Sony unveiled its new digital download service for small games under 100 MB in size. These new offerings are called "PSP Minis" and...Read more