PlayStation

Barnes and Noble’s Nook Simple Touch eBook reader can play PlayStation 1 games. No, this isn’t a really late April Fools’ joke. I’m serious. You can do it too. First, you’ll need to root your Nook Simple Touch. Lifehacker has full instructions (with video). Next, you’ll need to download the Free PlayStation Emulator (FPse, which Continue Reading →

GameStop is entering the end of an era. The company told The Verge in an interview published recently that the PlayStation 2 is starting to be removed from store shelves to make room for the hardware that will be launching in the coming years. “The PS2 is a unique one — we still generate a Continue Reading →

Sony Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai said on Thursday that its new gaming device Vita was mostly selling in line with its expectations, though in some places it was off the pace. Vita hit the stores earlier this year, the latest in a line of mobile gaming gadgets in the spirit of Nintendo’s Game Boy and Continue Reading →

Internet giant Amazon Friday morning announced that it has reached an expanded content licensing agreement with NBCUniversal Cable & New Media Distribution. Under the terms of the deal, hundreds of TV episodes from shows like Parks and Recreation, The Starter Wife, Heroes and Battlestar Galactica will be added to Prime Instant Video. Amazon says Prime Continue Reading →

Sony’s plan to introduce an 80-inch XBR LED television set with 4K resolution is said to be the start of a larger scheme to push 4K on consumers, much like 3D was a huge push in the industry a couple of years ago. Since 3D isn’t gaining much traction, Sony (and we’d assume the rest Continue Reading →

During the Gamescom expo press conference in Cologne, Germany, Sony announced games and additional features for its handheld game console, the PlayStation Vita. Here’s a quick summary of what’s new. New Games: Many of the games that will be launched this year have already been announced, but Sony introduced two brand-new ones called Tearaway (by Continue Reading →

Sony’s kicked off its Gamescom event in Germany by revealing a new deal for games playable on both the PS3 and its handheld relative, the PS Vita. The incoming PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale andRatchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault will be two of the first titles to arrive on both — with a single purchase Continue Reading →

While YouTube has always enjoyed support on Sony’s PlayStation 3 thanks to the console’s Flash-enabled browser and even offered a YouTube XL layout for connected devices, now it’s rolling out a new app to make the video experience even better (and, no doubt, compete with the experience unveiled late last year on the Xbox 360). Continue Reading →

Sony’s first-quarter figures for 2012 show that despite the company’s optimism three months ago, it’s made a net loss of $312 million. It pulled in a whopping $19.2 billion in sales for the three months ending June 30th, partly credited to bringing Sony Mobile fully into the family. However, the cost of restructuring the Mobile Continue Reading →

The PlayStation Network will undergo scheduled maintenance today from 8AM until 11PM Pacific. The maintenance affects both North America and Europe. So, that’s 11AM until 2AM Eastern and 16:00 until 07:00 Friday in the UK. According to Sony, as long as you have signed in to PSN within five days prior to the maintenance, you Continue Reading →