Wow! The PlayStation 3 is set to launch in North America, Asia and Europe in early November this year, Sony Computer Entertainment boss Ken Kutaragi has announced, with the firm committed to shipping six million units by the end of March 2007. Kutaragi was speaking at the PlayStation business briefing in Tokyo, where the firm…

The French gaming site Jeux Expo says Ubisoft’s recently knighted Michel Ancel has begun work on a sequel to Beyond Good & Evil. The original title featured a cliffhanger ending that had fans begging for a second game. It was believed that plans for this sequel were cancelled because of poor sales of the first…

At the moment 194 million people around the world are affected by diabetes. A doctor at the University of Washington is working with game developers to create an interface that reaches young people with diabetes where they are: on the phone or playing video games. Dr. Harold Goldberg, 56, an admitted gadget geek and parent…

To his fans he’s a knight in shining armour; a creator of fantastic worlds where plumbers rescue princesses and young boys become sword-wielding heroes. But now Shigeru Miyamoto has become a real life knight himself, of the “Order of Arts and Letters”. The title (which doesn’t make him “Sir Shigeru”, sadly) was bestowed upon Mr…

EA Sports Fight Night Round 3 brings the most intense boxing videogame experience to the virtual ring. On the way to becoming boxing’s greatest legend, train to fight like the best including Muhammad Ali and Oscar De La Hoya or create a boxing style unique only to your boxer. Go toe-to-toe with greats such as…

Talking about EA’s upcoming 2006 game Spore in our previous post, you might be wondering how close it is to any of Will Wright’s Sims creations. Well, he explains it himself in a funny 35 minute walkthrough. Get something to drink, sit down & enjoy the movie below Interested? Visit the official Spore website here.

BusinessWeek reports on EA’s Next Big Thing. From the article: “EA is stumbling, and a big part of its time-tested strategy is about to change. The company hopes that its next mega-franchise will revolve not around a football star, a boy wizard, or a dashing British spy, but…a microbe. The game is called Spore. Developed…

Immersion Corp, which owns the patent on ‘rumble’ technology, has won another round in its suit against Sony. Sony’s Playstation ‘dualshock’ controller has used rumble technology for years, and in 2005 a judge awarded $82 Million to the patent-holder in payment. From the article: “Sony’s defence was the alleged nondisclosure of some of the inventions…

Times have been especially turbulent for video games lately, as politicians and other groups aggresively went after the industry in the aftermath of the notorious Take-Two/Rockstar “Hot Coffee” debacle, which has impacted the industry as a whole in a overtly negative way, only pouring oil on the fire of the video game violence debate that…

“I woke up in a cold dark basement.” Sorry about that ugly robot thing, it’s because Hudson did stuff to you. “Is this a dream or reality?” I hope it’s a nightmare, it looks like they killed Bomberman & put his skin on you. “Why? What for? Who brought me here?” That’s what everyone wants…

With a final song list (that has yet to be revealed in full) of over 300 songs, this here is just a small taste of what is new to DDR Supernova. The vast majority of the songs will be taken from previous titles in the series. Dance Dance Revolution Supernova is due for release in…

The Official PlayStation Magazine has confirmed that the sequel to God of War carries the subtitle Divine Retribution. The game is also set for a February 2007 release on the PlayStation 2, not yet on the Playstation 3. Possibly because no one knows when it’ll be out. The storyline this time around brings the opportunity…

USA today did an article about a videogame based treatment for ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). It uses NASA derived technology to measure brainwave activity while playing videogames. It hooks up to your PlayStation console, so you’ll just be playing your favorite games with a twist… Clinical psychologist Henry Owens says ‘If they just play…