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Best Buy and GameStop Already Allowing Playstation Move Preorders

If you’re in a rush to order a Playstation Move, then you’re in luck: Best Buy and GameStop are already offering preorders on the $99 Move bundle. [Best Buy and GameStop via Engadget]

Tech News Rosa Golijan Jun 15

Hands On With The Actually Decent PlayStation 3 3D

The PS3’s 3D feature—upgradeable via a software update for every PS3 out there—is actually pretty decent. Not only did we see it live, working, on a giant projection screen, but on a smaller HDTV in front of us. First up, you still need a 3D-enabled TV to play these games, even though the PS3 supports…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 15

The PlayStation Network Gets a Subscription Package

PlayStation Plus gives you an “enhanced” experience, on top of all the free stuff that regular PlayStation Network gives you. Early demos, beta invites, discounts on PSN stuff and patches. One year costs you $50. You also get some content that you own ONLY when you have a subscription, meaning it goes away when you…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 15

PlayStation Move Arriving September 19, Bundled For $99

Sony’s got the stage at E3, and they just announced the date when their motion-controlled system, Move, will start sucking up your free time: September 19. A Move bundle, including an EyeToy camera and Sports Champions game, will cost $99. Move will be available bundled with a PS3 for $399. Individual, bauble-topped Move wands cost…

Tech News Kyle VanHemert Jun 15

Sony’s PS3D E3 Event In 2D Live

It’s obvious from the 3D glasses we just got handed as we were entering, that Sony is going to be debuting a 3D system in a few minutes. You can watch that live. Here’s Ustream’s video, which you can watch comfortably without 3D glasses. Click to view Also, again, you can watch the stream live…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 15

Power A Makes a Wireless Xbox 360 Controller for the PS3

This is the best PlayStation 3 controller right now, precisely because it’s not shaped like a PS3 controller. Power A spent a good deal of time taking what’s best about the Xbox 360 controller—the most natural “traditional” controller—and bringing it to the PS3. It’s called the PS3 Pro Elite, and it’s only $50. You have…

Tech News Jason Chen Jun 15

Congrats to the winner of io9’s Bear McCreary contest!

Congratulations to Kris (a.k.a. txtphile) for winning an all-expense-paid trip to see Battlestar Galactica composer Bear McCreary create the score for Sony PlayStation’s SOCOM 4 at the palatial Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California. Read Kris’ paean to Bear below. Bear’s music makes me cry, in the good way. I wish I could be more…

io9 Cyriaque Lamar May 29

Win a chance to watch Bear McCreary record his next soundtrack

You may remember Bear McCreary from his amazing soundtrack to the recent Battlestar Galactica television series. Now you can meet him and watch him record his next soundtrack at an ultra-awesome, secret location in Northern California. McCreary is recording the soundtrack to military tactics PlayStation game SOCOM 4, and you’re invited! Sony Computer Entertainment America…

io9 Annalee Newitz May 27

HBO TV Shows Available To Download From PlayStation Network

Curb Your Enthusiasm, True Blood, Entourage, Big Love, Flight of the Conchords—these are just some of the TV shows that PS3 owners will be able to download after Sony and HBO-owners Time Warner join forces. With new shows added the the PlayStation Network every Tuesday, PS3 owners can download HBO shows for what they called…

Television Kat Hannaford May 25

UK Prisoner Tattooing Jail Buddies With Hacked PlayStation Tattoo Gun

PlayStations are great. You can play games on them, and if you’ve got a PS3 you can also watch Blu-rays and surf the internet. If you happened to be in a UK jail, you could even get inked by one. A prisoner in the Brook House Immigration Removal Centre near Gatwick (south-ish of London) was…

Tech News Kat Hannaford May 24

A Window Office Inside a Nintendo DS

That’s all I want, really. Just a cozy little spot somewhere underneath the D-pad. Or if all that construction turns you off, maybe you’d prefer a penthouse condo atop a PS3 highrise: These images come courtesy of photographer Joseph Ford, from a series called If I Were President. I couldn’t think of a better title,…

Tech News Brian Barrett May 20

Extended PSP Protection Plan Includes Accidental Damage Coverage

Sony’s just announced extended service plans for both PS3 and PSP, including an option that covers you if you “accidentally” crack the screen of your PSP. Or hurl it across the room in frustration. There are three plans available to extend your coverage either one or two years beyond the standard one-year warranty: • PS3…

Tech News Brian Barrett May 3

Sony Sued For Pulling PS3 Linux Support

On April 1st, Sony’s PS3 3.21 firmware update removed the ability to run other operating systems on the device—most notably Linux. Three weeks later, they’re facing a class action suit. Good. https://gizmodo.com/sony-ps3-firmware-update-3-21-now-live-and-forcing-you-5507002 The suit, filed on Tuesday by Anthony Ventura, alleges that Sony has violated their sales contract by taking out an advertised feature. And…

Tech News Brian Barrett Apr 30

The New Guts of the PlayStation 3

This is the latest motherboard of the latest PS3 Slim. And thanks to those two silver squares in the middle, it’s less power-hungry and more profitable (err, potentially profitable) than ever before. The silver square on the left is the 45nm Cell processor—it began shipping with the PS3 Slim redesign. But the silver square on…

Tech News Mark Wilson Apr 26

PS3 Remote Play Soon To Be On Sony VAIO Laptops

PS3 firmware updates have been in the headlines recently thanks to the OtherOS uninstall, but there was also that attractive 3D gaming business too. It’s not all bad at Sony—unless you don’t own a VAIO laptop, anyway. https://gizmodo.com/sony-ps3-firmware-update-3-21-now-live-and-forcing-you-5507002 For it’s only VAIO owners who’ll be able to connect to their PS3s via Remote Play, as…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 26

Sony PS3 3.30 Update Available Shortly, Prepares Consoles For 3D Gaming

Hello! The mandatory PS3 3.30 update will apparently be available “shortly” and bring some minor updates while preparing your console for 3D stereoscopic gaming. [Playstation—Thanks, Jess!]

Tech News Rosa Golijan Apr 21

Spawn Labs HD-720 Review: A Slingbox for Xbox?

The Spawn HD-720’s promise is borderline unbelievable: It streams your Xbox 360, PS3 or Wii from any Windows PC, anywhere, in HD. And it actually works! (Sort of.) But the list of caveats is long—perhaps fatally so. The Concept The way the Spawn HD-720 works is novel enough to bear repeating. In simple terms, it’s…

Reviews John Herrman Apr 16

Sony’s 3DTVs Will Be Available June In UK, Come With Goodies

While the actual price of the set hasn’t been revealed, the HX803 will be Europe’s first Sony 3DTV, coming bundled with Blu-rays and games aplenty. We already know that the PS3 will be compatible with 3DTVs, able to play 3D Blu-rays thanks to a firmware update. Four free 3D PS3 games will be available on…

Television Kat Hannaford Apr 15

Sony PS3 Firmware Update 3.21 Now Live and Forcing You To Rid Yourself of Linux

Switch on your PS3 and you’ll see Sony has pushed through the 3.21 firmware update a little early. Remember, this update removes the ability to run other operating systems, such as Linux. Not installing it will mean you can’t play games and Blu-rays demanding a system running 3.21, and you also won’t be able to…

Tech News Kat Hannaford Apr 1

What It’s Like to PlayStation Move It

If Señor Chen’s impressions of PlayStation Move weren’t enough, I beat the crap out of this gladiator dude with my bare hands (holding the glowy stickballs) and in a new demo, stretched Kratos’s face like taffy. Mmm, taffy. [PlayStation Move@Giz] https://gizmodo.com/sony-motion-controller-is-called-playstation-move-laun-5490508

Tech News Matt Buchanan Mar 22

Best Buy and GameStop Already Allowing Playstation Move Preorders

Hands On With The Actually Decent PlayStation 3 3D

The PlayStation Network Gets a Subscription Package

PlayStation Move Arriving September 19, Bundled For $99

Sony’s PS3D E3 Event In 2D Live

Power A Makes a Wireless Xbox 360 Controller for the PS3

Congrats to the winner of io9’s Bear McCreary contest!

Win a chance to watch Bear McCreary record his next soundtrack

HBO TV Shows Available To Download From PlayStation Network

UK Prisoner Tattooing Jail Buddies With Hacked PlayStation Tattoo Gun

A Window Office Inside a Nintendo DS

Extended PSP Protection Plan Includes Accidental Damage Coverage

Sony Sued For Pulling PS3 Linux Support

The New Guts of the PlayStation 3

PS3 Remote Play Soon To Be On Sony VAIO Laptops

Sony PS3 3.30 Update Available Shortly, Prepares Consoles For 3D Gaming

Spawn Labs HD-720 Review: A Slingbox for Xbox?

Sony’s 3DTVs Will Be Available June In UK, Come With Goodies

Sony PS3 Firmware Update 3.21 Now Live and Forcing You To Rid Yourself of Linux

What It’s Like to PlayStation Move It

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