SCEA Closing Servers for Older PS2 & PSP Titles

Effective June 30th, Sony Computer Entertainment of America is closing titles for some older PS2 and PSP games. Unlike Xbox Live, most titles for Sony systems run on an infrastructure independent of each other. Games affected are as follows: PS2 Games Amplitude Destruction Derby Arenas Everybody’s Golf (Hot Shots Golf) EyeToy Chat F1 ’04 Jak …

PSP Review: Need for Speed Pro Street

You’ll hear me talk a lot about mobile/handheld gaming on this site, you’ll also have to suffer through my frequent frustration with half rate, crappy PSP and DS titles. Need for Speed Pro Street for the PSP fits in this category. Unlike its predecessor, the tracks found here are closed, shifting away from open world …

Sony Sales Increase

NPD results for Sony’s performance in February show that the PS3 has increased in sales 120% in comparison to last year. In addition to this huge jump in performance, the PSP also saw a 38% increase in sales. I’d attribute much of this increase in sales for the PS3 to the recent announcement of the …

A New Opportunity for Gaming

As a member of the cult that is Apple, I waited with giddy anticipation to see what sorts of goodies Apple had in storewhen they announced the release of the iPhone Software Developers Kit. The thing that surprised me most, was the focus yesterday’s presentation had on Gaming.

PSP Review: Patapon

I like it, I can’t tell you why, but I like it. There’s something strangely addicting about hitting buttons to a beat, like a pringle, I just can’t have one. It’s music, its cartoonish 2D environment, it draws me to it pata pata pata pon, pon pon pata pon. Oh right, I gotta write this …