For those of you who may have thought that Sony’s 3D gaming on the PlayStation 3 is just a fad, you couldn’t be more wrong. Sony Worldwide Studios senior director Mick Hocking just confirmed that Sony was planning to continue to invest strongly 3D technology and that they would be incorporating it even more in future games Sony makes.

When asked how he thought that Sony was doing in the world of 3D gaming, Hocking answered by saying how pleased Sony was with the PlayStation 3’s first year of 3D gaming capabilities. Hocking added that they had been able to put together and design more 3D games than originally thought possible and that they have been able to keep their game’s quality extremely high.

In addition, Hocking was asked to comment on whether or not the PlayStation Vita would be a good contender for 3D. Hocking said that Sony was focusing on building the best h

A German PlayStation 3 hacker is expecting a jail sentence after running out of money to pay court costs.

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Alexander Egorenkov, known as 'Graf_Chokolo' on the internet, was targeting by Sony after hacking the PS3 last year in an attempt to restore OtherOS to the system.

Egorenkov was subsequently sued by Sony and forced to take all material relating to the hack down from his site, which has since been replaced by a donations page to help pay for a court battle with the platform holder.

It seems though that funds have run out for Graf_Chokolo and he is expecting to be sentenced to prison. He told his supporters on his own site yesterday:

"Hi guys, no money left anymore. Going to jail soon probably because i cannot pay court costs.

"But I'm ready to stand up for everything i said and go to jail for that too. It's not important to win, more important is to show them that we are ready to fight, that they cannot scare me off easily. Yeah, I'm ready

According to a well-placed industry source who wishes to remain anonymous, developers were recently notified that a new revision of the PlayStation 3 is in the testing process that will feature a new copy protection system not on the motherboard but inside the BD-ROM drive itself, similar to the Xbox 360.

Presumably this would at least prevent these newer consoles from running copied games with an additional layer of authentication. It’s likely that there will be some kind of watermark on genuine PlayStation 3 discs that the drive is looking for. All of these measures are in response to the acquisition of the PS3 root encryption key earlier this year (2011) by hacker GeoHot which allows unlicensed code to be run on the PlayStation without restriction.

This new hardware revision will be accompanied by a firmware upgrade that contains newly optimized Blu-ray playback drivers that can now handle BD-Java during Blu-ray 3D p

The next generation video games as expected are going to be a blast with its all new technologies and ideas. If we look back at the history of Video games we can see how it has constantly evolved from ‘Super Mario’s little jumping on the bricks’ to ‘doing almost all the crazy stuffs in assassins creed!’ Just like the games, the Gaming platform is evolving too, Gone are those days when we use to spend hours on games, that will probably be pointed out as stupid games by the kids today, playing on the latest gaming consoles like PS3, Nintendo Wii, Xbox etc.

So it is always been an eager question that what exactly the next generation video games be like? The gaming industry is tough, just like any other industry there are huge competitors trying to be the best in the game, bringing us the best!

For example Playstation 3, once use to be considered as the Next generation Video game. But now

The console still has 'a whole range of possibilities' says SCEE chief Andrew House.
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SCE Europe president Andrew House has reaffirmed Sony's claim that the PlayStation 3 will have a "minimum" lifecycle of 10 years.

"I've always said [the PS3's lifespan will be] ten-plus years and the only question mark is how long the 'plus' is," said House, speaking to CVG. "Ten years I think is the minimum."

House also drew comparison with the PlayStation 2, which is still supported by publishers - albeit to a minor extent - to this day.

"What we've said many times before and we're confident about is we launched a device that is very, very powerful, that has a whole range of possibilities and that's at the very least a ten-year life-cycle. I know I'm guilty of repeating myself but I think it's always worth pointing out we're still selling PlayStation 2 in its millions around the world, 11 years after it was launched.

"That's different markets and a different profile of consumers

When it comes to new hardware, Nintendo always keeps quite on technical specifications and that hasn't changed with the Wii U. The main focus for Nintendo has been to promote the controller and how the company will once again change gaming. Console specifications can also be interesting though and many hoped the Wii U would outperform current-gen consoles.

Though it's not been confirmed by Nintendo, an analyst from Sterne Agee may have proved the console is more powerful. Speaking to a number of different developers at E3, Arvind Bhatia revealed that some stated the console was 50% more powerful than the Playstation 3.

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Following today's NPD reports for May 2011, Sony announced that U.S. PlayStation 3 hardware sales have increased 14 percent year-over-year, and that the platform has now seen its fourth consecutive month of sales growth.

"We are pleased to see that according to the May NPD report, PlayStation 3 hardware sales increased 14% year-over-year," said Patrick Seybold, Sony Computer Entertainment America's director of corporate communications.

According to last year's NPD data, Sony's PlayStation 3 sold 154,500 units in May 2010 -- factoring in Sony's reported 14 percent increase year-over-year, the platform sold approximately 176,130 units in May 2011.

Seybold also pointed out that as of May 2011, the PlayStation 3 has seen its "fourth consecutive month of double-digit growth."

At Sony's E3 press conference last week, the company reported that hardware sales increased following the re-launch of the PlayStation Network.

Also reacting to today's NPD report, Microsoft reported str

With Sony only just having gotten its PSN service fully functioning today, analysts and consumers alike have voiced concern over whether the services are truly secure, citing the ongoing barrage of security breaches inflicted by the hacker group LulzSec as proof that they are not.
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The initial PSN outage began after a group of hackers targeted Sony's networks compromising the personal data and billing information of as many as 100 million Sony customers.

The company's PlayStation Network was shutdown after the company detected the attack. The network was only partially restored mid-way through May 2011 with certain key services like the PlayStation Store and Qriocity music service remaining down until earlier this month.

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Sony's restoration of the PSN was at best what could be described a phased one. The extended nature of the outage and questions surrounding its online security cau

One of the bigger surprise announcements at Sony's E3 2011 presser was the news of a new 3D PlayStation-branded monitor set to be released later this year.

Following the announcement that PS3 already boasts over 100 3D games, Sony now plans to release this new PlayStation branded 3D monitor and glasses, bundled with the new Resistance 3 game.

3D PS3 made simple

The monitor has a 24-inch display developed to get the best 3D performance out of your PlayStation 3. Plus, it also allows two players to view separate screens, which means no more split-screen multiplayer gaming!

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Sony's new 3D display uses active-shutter tech and is set to be released with glasses and Resistance 3 later this year, priced $499 in the US (with UK pricing still 'tbc').

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During a press conference on Monday, Sony set out to prove to gamers and the entire game industry that it was back on sure footing after the massive hacking breach that took the PlayStation Network and other Sony services down and left the personal information of millions of gamers exposed.

The press conference, held in the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, started off with a glitzy 3D video extravaganza splashed across seven screens, highlighting titles like “Uncharted 3” as well as Sony's Move motion control device and the company’s forthcoming handheld game machine now officially called PlayStation Vita.

Then Jack Tretton, CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America, took to the stage to apologize to publishers, retailers and gamers and to thank them for their support.

“This is the first opportunity for me to personally address everybody and discuss it a little bit,” he said.

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