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10 Things You Need to Know About PlayStation Home

The PlayStation Home Open Beta is out, and it’s simply the best way to taste what Sony has in store for the PS3 over the coming years. Here are the ten things you should know. https://gizmodo.com/playstation-home-open-beta-is-out-now-5107585 1) PlayStation Home is out, but in Open Beta status. If the world of Home feels sparse or buggy,…

Tech News Mark Wilson

PlayStation Home Open Beta Is Out Now

The PlayStation Home Open Beta (77MB) can now be downloaded onto your PS3 from the XMB (it’s not a firmware update). Enjoy your second third life.

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Lego PlayStation: Branding That Should Have Happened

Lego were good enough to build the first Google search engine, so it’s no surprise that the little bricks work just fine for vintage PlayStations, too. https://gizmodo.com/lego-brick-timeline-50-years-of-building-frenzy-and-cu-349509 A high school modder completed this impromptu project one night in lieu of something better to do (sadly, it appears the poor kid has not yet learned the…

Tech News Mark Wilson

PlayStation Home Launches Everywhere December 11th

We knew it was on the way, but last we’d heard, PlayStation Home was coming December 17th. Wrong! PS Home will actually launch worldwide tomorrow. https://gizmodo.com/playstation-home-coming-in-9-days-5104054 Remember, technically PlayStation Home is only an open beta. So if it kinda blows, melts your PS3 or sucks your physical body in to a Tron-like world of horror,…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Sony Has No Plans to Put Netflix on PS3

Bad news, PS3ers. While most of us saw Netflix on the PS3 as inevitable, Sony is not only denying rumors of it’s arrival to the PS3, they’re explaining why they think it’s a horrible idea. SCEA’s John Kohler explained: We’ve concentrated most of our efforts on our download service, both rentals and downloads of movies…

Movies Mark Wilson

PlayStation Home Coming in 9 Days?

According to Times Online, the PlayStation Home open beta will hit on December 17th. From an article published yesterday: To try Home, which is slated for release in the next 10 days, players must download a piece of free software from Sony’s PlayStation store onto their own PS3. Just keep in mind that even if…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Xbox 360 Outsells PS3 3:1 on Black Friday

Each passing holiday season has become a critical, missed chance for Sony to catch up with the Xbox 360, and it’s starting to become silly to say “maybe next year.” According to Microsoft reported retailer data, the Xbox 360 outsold the PS3 3:1 in the US on Black Friday. Needless to say, aside from sales…

Tech News Mark Wilson

PlayStation Home Coming This Year, Kind Of

PlayStation Home has long lost its lurid appeal, our relationship with it having transgressed from potential infatuation to being stood up at Applebee’s, sucking down some purple margarita that we’re beginning to suspect might be void of both alcohol and dignity. Regardless, PS Home director Jack Buster assures the world that the service will hit…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Lightning Review: TouchCharge Wireless Charger For PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii Controllers

The Gadget: TouchCharge, a wireless charging kit for Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii controllers that charge not by docking, but by just being placed on the charging surface. It’s a small difference, since there are other controller chargers who charge by docking into the contacts, but an interesting one. https://gizmodo.com/psyclone-touchcharge-kit-energizes-xbox-360-controllers-5072809 The Price: $70 for Xbox…

Reviews Jason Chen

Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition Is $150 in February

Traditionally, the name “Madcatz” implies generic, a peripheral that’s cheaper than those manufactured by Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo. But the Madcatz Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition is an ultrapremium controller that will go for an ultrapremium price when it’s released on February 20th. $150. But it might be worth every penny.You see, the FightStick…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The PlayStation-Branded Double AC Adapter, Booyah!

While we’d love the PS3 to charge all of our PlayStation gear, there are odd exceptions, like the PSP. Plus, running the PS3 just to charge peripherals makes about just as much energy sense as turning on your car just to light your cigarette. So this December, Sony is introducing their $25 double AC Adapter,…

Tech News Mark Wilson

PS3 Firmware 2.53 Hits Tomorrow, Supersizes Flash

To curb the adrenaline rush that is the PS3 firmware update, we wanted to let you know ahead of time that version 2.53 will be released tomorrow and it’s not a huge deal. All it will add is full screen Adobe Flash support to the PS3 web browser—which would be a fantastic update if we…

Tech News Mark Wilson

A Complete Guide to Playing Video Files On Your PS3, Xbox 360 or Wii

If you’re here reading Gizmodo, there’s a good chance you have a hard drive full of video somewhere. And you also probably have a PS3, Xbox 360 or Wii. If those two things aren’t working together for you in beautiful symbiosis, allowing you to watch all of your downloaded or ripped video on your TV…

Tech News John Mahoney

Nab a PS3 Bundle For $200 in Amazon.com Contest

Looking to get a Playstation 3 for as low as $200? Who isn’t! Amazon is hosting a pretty amazing deal which could land you an 80GB PS3, a PS3 game and Bluray movie set for either $199 or $229, depending on which of three sets you choose. But there’s a catch: You have to vote…

Commerce Elaine Chow

PS3 Tech Demo Runs Gran Turismo 5 in 2160p or 240 FPS

What’s the team a Polyphony Digital doing besides finishing their upcoming Gran Turismo 5 racing simulator? Making some crazy ass tech demos with four PlayStation 3s hooked together to share rendering time. Not only can four PS3s create a 2160p image (that’s four 1080p images for a resolution of 3840×2160 blasted on Sony’s 4K projector),…

Tech News Jason Chen

Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 Tested for XTREME Durability

Click to viewWe all know that the PS3 is built like a Navy battleship while the 360 can crumble in one’s hand like a wilted flower. But how do the Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 stand up to one another when two dudes (and we use “dudes” here not because we’re stuck with dated lexicon…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Activision Screws Up Their Own Guitar Hero Compatibility Charts

At first glance, these Activision-made Guitar Hero/Rock Band instrument compatibility charts appear very handy. That is, until you realize that they’re completely overrun by inaccuracies. It didn’t take long for the Kotaku commenters to rip apart the list, with one reader finding flaws with data on each platform. So we’re left with one question: If…

Tech News Mark Wilson

The Blackberry Pearl Teaches Consoles a Thing or Two

Acidmods just can’t get enough of hacking up our console controllers, and now the company has replaced the Wiimote’s A button with a clicking trackball (a la Blackberry Pearl). The result is an easier way to scroll through webpages and certain menu systems, as you can see in this video: However, this trackball was designed…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Tritton AX Pro Puts Eight Speakers In Your Gaming Headset

The Tritton AX Pro is not a bad looking wired surround sound headset that happens to be compatible with PC, Xbox 360 and PS3 audio and chatting. It features full Dolby Digital 5.1 hardware decoding, along with inline adjustments to independent front, center, rear and subwoofer channels—comprised of eight speakers in all.The catch is, of…

Tech News Mark Wilson

Bond on Blu-ray Contest Winner

Congratulations to Dave McCall for winning our 007 on Blu-ray contest. He will be enjoying a Bond fix a little earlier than the rest of us now that he has 6 Bond titles on Blu-ray and a shiny new PS3 to play them on.

Tech News Sean Fallon

10 Things You Need to Know About PlayStation Home

PlayStation Home Open Beta Is Out Now

The Lego PlayStation: Branding That Should Have Happened

PlayStation Home Launches Everywhere December 11th

Sony Has No Plans to Put Netflix on PS3

PlayStation Home Coming in 9 Days?

Xbox 360 Outsells PS3 3:1 on Black Friday

PlayStation Home Coming This Year, Kind Of

Lightning Review: TouchCharge Wireless Charger For PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii Controllers

Street Fighter IV FightStick Tournament Edition Is $150 in February

The PlayStation-Branded Double AC Adapter, Booyah!

PS3 Firmware 2.53 Hits Tomorrow, Supersizes Flash

A Complete Guide to Playing Video Files On Your PS3, Xbox 360 or Wii

Nab a PS3 Bundle For $200 in Amazon.com Contest

PS3 Tech Demo Runs Gran Turismo 5 in 2160p or 240 FPS

Wii, PS3 and Xbox 360 Tested for XTREME Durability

Activision Screws Up Their Own Guitar Hero Compatibility Charts

The Blackberry Pearl Teaches Consoles a Thing or Two

Tritton AX Pro Puts Eight Speakers In Your Gaming Headset

Bond on Blu-ray Contest Winner

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

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Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

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