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Sony has responded to recent security flaws by releasing an update for the Playstation 3, the update hasn’t made a big deal of this fact explaining that “a minor update that adds a security patch” comes as part of the newly updated 3.56 firmware. The update brings no new features to the PS3, either visible or performance wise however owners will be forced to install...

Games developer Naughty Dog have teamed up with Sony to develop and supply an official website for the third incarnation of Uncharted entitled ‘Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception”, with the ability to pre-order the game nearly a full year before the game officially releases. The third game in the series will only be available on the PS3 and sees Nathan Drake continuing...

A couple of weeks ago we talked about Playstation 3 sales and whether the release of Gran Turismo 5 would help bolster sales on the run up to Christmas. Well it seems Sony believes that the launch of GT5 will drive PS3 sales. David Wilson, Head of PR at Sony UK, Said Gran Turismo 5 “will serve as a true driver of new console purchases” following “one of the strongest...

It seems that it’s not just the standard version of Gran Turismo 5 that has suffered from launch glitches because fans that went the extra mile to buy the GT5 Signature edition are also having problems. The worst thing is it’s with the exclusive content they were supposed to receive such as exclusive cars showing as invalid. Users have been mobbing the Playstation...

After a five year hiatus Gran Turismo 5 for the Playstation 3 finally went on sale yesterday with thousands of gamers queuing across the land to get their hands on something that they hoped would be perfection. However after they got home, loaded the data and started to play some gamers discovered that all is not well with GT5 and much like Call of Duty: Black Ops requires...

The Playstation 3 is due to get another sales boost this week with the arrival of the long awaited Gran Turismo 5 Racing simulator, in the past large games like GT5 has required users to install data on their PS3 hard drive to limit loading times when progressing through the game – GT5 is no different. In fact reports suggest that the initial loading time could be 40...

Sony are already in cahoots with on demand services like Lovefilm and the revolutionary BBC iPlayer on their internet enabled TV’s and of course the Playstation 3, today more information has been released suggesting that channel Five’s ‘Demand Five’ service might be coming to the PS3 too. Currently Playstation 3 users can already access the channel Five catch up...

Playstation Move is apparently set to be this year’s top selling gaming device and with amazing little add-ons like this Playstation Move Gun Attachment (yes that is its real name) it’s easy to see why. This little beauty works with the standard Move controller; you basically slip the controller into the Gun attachment to form a rather cool looking gun. The best part...

It seems the wait for Gran Turismo 5 is finally over, well nearly, Sony have announced today that their world famous driving game is set to return after a four year break since GT4. The official UK release date has been set for Wednesday 24th November 2010. Kazunori Yamauchi, the head genius behind Gran Turismo admitted the games development had not been plain sailing,...

Although speculation has been heating up for a while, it now appears that Sony is definitely gearing up for the launch of its first truly motion-sensitive controller for its PlayStation 3 console. The first stirrings began back in August 2009 when Sony hinted that it was developing a control scheme that would rival the Wii’s remote and nunchuck setup. Since then...