PlayStation Home, the free social-networking style virtual world for the PlayStation 3 where you wonder around a variety of themed areas as your chosen avatar, is "Not Sh*t" according to developer Kirk Ewing. Ewing, who...
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President of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, Andrew House, has confirmed in an interview published on the Playstation website that a premium PlayStation Network service is coming to the PlayStation 3, with details expected "soon" -...
Lazlow Jones, Rockstar developer and regular contributor to Rockstar's Grand Theft Auto series as a variety of radio show hosts, told BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat that he hopes Red Dead Redemption's "gritty western" atmosphere will...
The classic arcade game Pac-Man, that was originally released 30 years ago on May 22nd 1980, was designed to attract women and couples to the male dominated arcades of the time, while the character himself...
Sony is a company that has often, and perhaps quite fairly given past comments, been viewed as arrogant. In what may be viewed as more arrogance from a company that is trying to distance itself...
Mike Capps, president of Epic Games - the studio behind the Gears of War franchise - has blamed piracy for his studio's recent preference for developing console-only games in an interview with Edge magazine. However,...
A report published by research company Nielsen claims that the main motive for consumers buying a PlayStation 3 is its Blu-ray capabilities, rather than gaming, although only by a small amount, Neowin has discovered via...
The many computer systems found within modern day cars are vulnerable to attack, according to a team of researchers from the University of California-San Diego and the University of Washington. Amongst other things, the researchers...
Sources close to Sony appear to have revealed that the company's big announcement at this years E3 in July could be a true successor to the PlayStation Portable. Meanwhile, a tweet from a British TV...
Microsoft has confirmed that its motion-sensing camera for the Xbox 360, codenamed Project Natal, is set to launch worldwide sometime in October, ready for the Christmas buying season. The news comes via an interview on...
Co-founder of Blitz Game Studios, Andrew Oliver, has stated that the impact of used game sales are worse than piracy on consoles and is pushing developers towards releasing game content as digital downloads. The comment...
Speculation is mounting that the formation of the Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government in the UK could lead to the controversial Digital Economy Bill, which amongst other things puts in place a three-strike anti-piracy...
Gamers in the United States are reported to have spent a massive $25.3 billion on videos games during 2009, with used game sales and online sale models accounting for almost half of that figure, according...
A spin-off of the Spore franchise appears to be in the cards, with the discovery of three trademarks by Electronic Arts for "Darkspore", indicating that the game could perhaps be a bit darker than the...
EA Games president Frank Gibeau believes that the Australian government should introduce an R18+ classification for video games, as the lack of a rating higher than 16 "effectively censor[s] entertainment choices for adults." Writing in an...
EA Game president Frank Gibeau believes that the once great Medal of Honor franchise was ruined by annual releases and poor multiplayer options, as reported by Gamasutra. Rebooting with a move to modern day Afghanistan,...
Third-person tactical shooter SOCOM 4 is one the games that will support Sony's upcoming PlayStation Move controller, causing concern for hardcore fans of the series. But speaking in an interview with Eurogamer, producer Elliott Martin...
Gran Turismo 5, perhaps one of the most hotly anticipated PlayStation 3 titles since its announcement at Sony's E3 conference back in 2006, is still "about 90%" done, according to Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi....
The troubled Infinity Ward studio, responsible for the massively popular Call of Duty Modern Warfare franchise, could be shut down by Activision once the second Modern Warfare 2 map pack is completed, at least according...
A class action lawsuit has been filed against Sony over the removal of the PlayStation 3's "Other OS" feature which allowed users to install and use a Linux operating system on the console. Sony removed...
Sony's upcoming Wii-style motion controller, the PlayStation Move, is much more accurate than Nintendo's popular Wii motion controller. At least according to the CEO of Dundee-based developer Cohort Studios who are working on one of...
If rumours are to be believed Microsoft's Xbox 360 is set to go slim and receive a subtle rebrand featuring black as the console's main colour when it is bundled with the much anticipated project...
Publishing giant Activision is planning to release three new Call of Duty games within the next two years, at least according to company blogger Dam Amrich who wrote on the Facebook page of the "Gamers...
Research in a BBC program to be aired tonight shows that brain training games such as those sold for the Nintendo DS are no better at training your brain than simply spending time browsing the...
Microsoft has responded to claims from market research firm TDG that the PlayStation 3 is the "most connected" console in the United States, stating that the research is misleading because it does not consider pricing...
An update to Google Street View has seen the addition of popular UK theme parks Alton Towers and Legoland Windsor to the service, allowing users to explore everything the parks visually have to offer from...
Market research from US firm TDG claims that more PlayStation 3 owners have their consoles connected to the Internet compared to the Xbox 360 or Nintendo Wii, Neowin has learnt via Eurogamer. The survey of 2000...
Take-Two Interactive chairman Strauss Zelnick, who is currently aiming to make the company profitable every year rather than just in years when there is a new Grand Theft Auto release, believes that the common practise...
Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto believes that the Wii 2 "must be unique" and stand out from the crowd by not just using the latest technology, but instead focusing on how to use it differently, Neowin...
Xbox 360 exclusive Alan Wake is set to arrive in Europe a week early, Neowin has learnt via a report from Eurogamer. The psycological action thriller, developed by Remedy Entertainment, was not due to be...
Footage shown of 3D gaming on titles such as Gran Turismo 5 in the latest episode of Qore, a subscription show on PlayStation Network, are not confirmation of 3D support being added to these games,...
Indian giant Reliance Big Entertainment has bought a 50% stake in British game developer, Codemasters, with Reliance's Zapak Digital Entertainment video game division overseeing the company's investment, reports Eurogamer. Reports earlier this year suggested that...
PlayStation 3 exclusive Heavy Rain is "visually uneven", at least according to CaptiveMotion founder Mark Carson, whose company is responsible for the facial animation in upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive Alan Wake. Speaking about Heavy Rain in...
Sony has announced that it is going to remove the PlayStation 3's "OtherOS" feature in the console's next firmware update on 1st April. Anyone wanting to keep OtherOS can opt not to install the update...
Playing the classic video game Tetris soon after a traumatic experience can help reduce the symptoms of post traumatic stress, such as bad memories and flashbacks, according to British researchers from Oxford University. The Daily...
David Cage, the writer-director of PlayStation 3 exclusive Heavy Rain has already written the plot for his next game, Neowin has learnt via EuroGamer, and it is reportedly going to be "very different" from the...
Online lobbying efforts have increased over government plans to rush through a controversial bill, which could see UK file-sharers disconnected from the Internet and the government given the power to block websites containing copyrighted material,...
Last night's British Academy of Film and Television Arts awards ceremony saw Uncharted 2 dominate yet again, but Naughty Dog's third person action game surprisingly lost out on the award for Best Game, which went...
Sony's PlayStation 3 games console will outsell the Nintendo Wii by 2013, at least according to industry analyst David Mercer of StrategyAnalytics who wrote a short preview of the upcoming "Global Video Game Market Forecast"...
In an ironic twist to the news last week that Stephen Fry can take down websites with a single tweet, .net magazine itself was brought down when Fry tweeted a link to the interview in...
