One of the benefits of working in the industry is that you get to meet tons of PR people and industry insiders and I can tell you now that virtually every single one of them are great guys and girls. You do get the odd exception but in general it’s a nice industry to work in. However the flip side …

We’ve seen all 3 console manufacturers sales figures, but let’s take a closer look at their year-on-year revenues, based on console and software sales figures. slightly alarming is that despite good sales on each platform, all 3 console makers saw a significant drop in revenue in 2009. Both Microsoft and Nintendo seem to have suffered a loss in revenue – …

Ten-year-old Kade Goodman’s Christmas – and quite possibly his life – was ruined by the unfortunate sight of exposed male genitalia, when it was discovered that the used PSP he’d received for festivus contained an explicit picture of a penis. The offending image was discovered by the lad’s 13 year old brother, who found it in the background images. Kade’s …

Hideo Kojima strangely turned his back on the PS3 a few months back to develop the true Metal Gear Sequel on the PSP instead. Apparently the reason for this was to target the youth of Japan but now after seeing how truly awesome Modern Warfare 2 is he has decided to reverse his decision and head back to the PS3. …

Hey, comic book fans! You remember how firmware 6.20 added a completely useless comic book reader to you PSP? Well, today it become un-useless, as the comic book service has gone live. The US, UK, Australia, New Zealand and  – ohmigosh – South Africa now has access to a slew of digital comics from your favourite major and independant publishers …

Yesterday I posted that the 3.15 firmware update for the Playstation 3 was apparently on it’s way, and soon. At the time I didn’t realise exactly how soon, as the update is now up and available for download. If you didn’t see the post yesterday, the basic update includes the ability to copy data across PS3’s using a network cable …

According to CVG, their internet ninja spies have uncovered information that Logitech is crafting an external peripheral that’ll allow existing PSP users use their extensive UMD collections on Sony’s new drive-less PSPGo! The only problem, according to the source, is that the peripheral would make the sleek and sexy Go! a little bulky, nullifying its point, and making the regular …

A press release hit my inbox late yesterday that informed me of a rather peculiar announcement. Why is it peculiar? Well, it’s because a new Prince of Persia has been announced, but isn’t the sequel to last years re-imagining. The new title goes by the name Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands. It looks like Ubisoft will be blending in …