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Sony ‘Lucky’ to Have Survived PS3 Era, Says Shawn Layden
This week, Sony celebrates 30 years of PlayStation. Reflecting on the PS3 era in a recent interview with Eurogamer, former PlayStation boss Shawn Layden called it an “Icarus” moment for the company—saying they “flew too close to the sun.” Despite the challenges, Layden noted that the team was grateful to…
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The ASUS ROG Ally Found to Be a Great Emulator For PS3, Xbox 360 and More
The ASUS ROG ALLY has been discovered to be great at emulating various game consoles. ROG ALLY Great For Emulation ETA PRIME, a retro emulation-focused youtuber channel, have discovered that the ASUS ROG Ally is an excellent handheld for emulating various consoles from Xbox 360, PS3 and even Nintendo Switch.…
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PS Store Update Strongly Hints at PS3 Backwards Compatibility for the PS5
When compared to Xbox consoles, I think it would be fair to say that Sony’s PlayStation has a much less impressive history when it comes to backward compatibility. Yes, the PS5 supports the vast majority of PS4 titles and plays them perfectly fine. However, when it comes to the PS3……
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RPCS3 Confirms EVERY PS3 Game Now Bootable in Emulator
Work first began on RPCS3 back in 2011, and for those of you unaware of what it is, it is arguably one of the best-known pieces of emulation software for those attempting to get PS3 titles to play on PC. However, despite being worked upon for over 10 years, the…
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Metal Gear Solid 5 PS3 and Xbox 360 Servers Are Shutting Down!
Despite the fact that it was painfully obvious that Metal Gear Solid 5 was only a half-completed gaming title, I have to admit that I still took a lot of enjoyment out of it. Admittedly though, this was mostly through playing with the open-world aspects rather than the actual main…
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PS3 Gets New System Update Improving ‘System Performance’
It’s been nearly 5 years since Sony discontinued the PS3 (PlayStation 3), and, as such, it’s hardly surprising that recent updates to the system have been (relatively speaking) few and far between. Following an official announcement on the console’s website, however, despite the PS3 now being 14-years-old, a brand new…
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Sony ISN’T Closing the PS3 & PS Vita Store… Anymore
Those of you still kicking the dust off of your PlayStation 3 or your PlayStation Vita can rejoice today. Sony has backtracked on its plan to shutter the online stores for these devices after listening to user feedback. Honestly, I’m very surprised at this, as Sony typically do things their…
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Sony Confirms PS3/Vita Store Support Will Be Ending!
With the release of the PS5 late last year, it is, of course, entirely not surprising that Sony would be looking to draw various lines under some of its older gaming-based technology. Put simply, the writing has been on the wall for the PS3 for quite some time now, and…
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Latest RPCS3 Update Improves SSX and Killzone 2/3 FPS
Initially released in 2011, RPCS3 has clearly had a long and very difficult experience in attempting to bring PS3 emulation to the PC platform. Over the last 2-3 years, however, the strides taken forward with it have been truly remarkable and, quite frankly, if you haven’t tried it out recently,…
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Konami Confirms MGS5 PS3 Nuclear Disarmament Was a Hoax!
Despite the fact that Metal Gear Solid V is over 5 years old now, there was some pretty exciting news surrounding it back in June when it had been revealed that in regards to the PS3 online version, users (of that very specific release) had seemingly achieved the unthinkable. Namely,…
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MGSV Nuclear Disarmament Cutscene is Legitimately Achieved!
Metal Gear Solid V is around 5 years old now, but shortly after its launch, it was quickly discovered that the Konami had added a hidden cutscene that was only to be played when all online multiplayer users (depending on the console/version) had disarmed every one of their nuclear missiles.…
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RPCS3 Update Improves Lighting & Shading Effects!
It’s beginning to feel like RPCS3 has been around forever, but for those of you not aware of it, the program is one of the few to attempt to emulate PS3 games on the PC. Something that has proven more than a little tricky due to the rather unique manner…
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Latest RPCS3 Update Boasts Huge 10 FPS Performance Upgrade
If you’re a fan of emulating games on your PC, then you’ll have undoubtedly have come across RPCS3. For those of you unaware, it is (essentially) one of the best PS3 (PlayStation 3) emulators currently available and, while it has taken them a while to iron out a lot of…
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Metal Gear Solid 4 is Now Running on PC in RPCS3
For reasons I have yet to determine, it seems that some people didn’t like Metal Gear Solid 4. Now, I can certainly understand that opinion of the fifth game which was great right up until the point that it wasn’t, but overall I would happily put MGS4 alongside the prior…
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New Official RPCS3 Video Shows Huge Improvements
RPCS3 Team Release New Video The RPCS3 emulator has been around for a few years now and slowly but surely the team has been working hard to bring a PS3 experience to the PC platform. I must admit that I have always been resistent to the hyperbole that has often…
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