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Nintendo Switch Sales Surpass PlayStation 2 in the United States
In recent months, gamers have been closely monitoring Nintendo Switch sales as the console edges closer to becoming the best-selling gaming device in history. With its impressive performance, the Switch is now rivaling industry giants like the Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2. New data has further cemented its position, signaling…
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Sony Wanted GTA Exclusivity for PlayStation 2 Because It Was Worried About Xbox
Sony was determined to secure exclusive rights for Grand Theft Auto (GTA) on PlayStation 2 at all costs. The reason? To gain a competitive edge over Xbox, which was quickly becoming a serious threat. It was the early 2000s, and Sony’s concern led them to heavily invest in securing exclusive…
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PCSX2 Emulator Team Confirm 97% of PS2 Games Are Now “Playable”!
Despite the PS2 being (at least to my knowledge) the best-selling video game console of all time, it is perhaps surprising to see that PC emulation for it has taken something of a significant backseat to efforts made on the PS3. – For example, while I daresay many of you…
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Sony Shuts Down Aftercare Clinic For The PS2
Sony Shuts Down Aftercare Clinic For The PS2 It has now been 6 years since Sony officially stopped selling the PS2. Despite this though, the company has been supporting the console through its aftercare clinic. If you were an owner of one of the original fat models, you will probably…
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Sony Reports PlayStation Has Sold 500 Million Units
PlayStation Brand Tops 500 Million Sales PlayStation, as a console brand, will be 24 years old this December. It’s remarkable to think how a deal with Nintendo (gone sour) led to one of modern gamings most popular console formats. Over the years, we have seen a number of exclusives which…
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Zone Of The Enders Announcement Imminent
Zone Of The Enders Originally releasing on the PS2 Zone of the Enders was a moderately obscure, but underground classic. In a typical Japanese style, the game pitted flying transformer type robots against each other in a battle arena style of play. It has been known for some time that…
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Get Retro with the PS2 Dashboard Theme for PS4
Sony’s PlayStation 2 is (skip ahead if you don’t want to feel old) seventeen – nearly eighteen – years old. I don’t know about you, but I still get goosebumps hearing the console’s start-up chime and gazing upon that purple dashboard. Well, now Truant Pixel is bringing that heady nostalgia to…
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PS2-Era JRPG Action in Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom PC Trailer
Without a doubt, RPG and more specifically JRPG games hit an impressive peak with the PlayStation 2. The games were vast, the stories complex, the graphics great and there was a seemingly endless supply of them. Now Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom, hailing from the developers at Focus Home Interactive, looks…
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PS4 Gets Surprise Releases of Bully and Manhunt
With all the new releases that seem to come out on an almost weekly basis, it is hard to forget about some of the older games that paved the way for you to enjoy today’s releases. The PS4 has reminded us of two such games, with surprise releases of Bully…
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Has Sony Already Given the PS4 a PS2 Emulator?
Each generation of consoles comes with some dilemma, should we let you play the last generation? While new hardware and software can let you play the games at a faster speed with upscaled graphics, the same features mean that bringing them up to date requires more work than they are…
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MSI Announces The H81M-E35 V2 Motherboard
MSI has released the H81M-E35 V2 motherboard, an M-ATX board featuring a LGA 1150 socket and support for Intel’s Haswell processors. The main feature of this motherboard is its Military Class 4 components, having Humidity Protectionm ESD Protection EMI Protection and High Temperature Protection. Looking at the motherboard’s technical specs,…
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Modders Are Making The Ultimate Tony Hawk Game
Remember the game Tony Hawk’s Underground 2? I remember playing that game like crazy when I was a child and now a small group of friends have modded and the game by adding a bunch of new levels, improved character customization and getting the game to run in 1080p. That’s not…
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Sony Celebrates With PlayStation Memories Video
Sony have a lot to be proud of when it comes to gaming and with the PlayStation 4 release creeping ever closer they’ve taken the time to celebrate their history with the PlayStation memories video which they simply titled “For the players since 1995”. I personally remember playing on the…
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