Sony unveils tiny high-definition video camera (Reuters)

Reuters - Sony Corp (6758.T) unveiled on Thursday a video camera as small as a juice box, saying it was the world’s smallest and lightest high-definition camcorder.

Violent video games make people more relaxed (Macworld.com)

Macworld.com - Holy irony, Batman! People who play violent games online actually feel relaxed after they have played a round of bloody fun.

Video game maker THQ sees buying opportunities: CEO (Reuters)

Reuters - THQ Inc is looking at buying other video game developers, but the publisher of games like “Cars” and “Saints Row” can grow without making acquisitions, Chief Executive Brian Farrell said on Thursday.

Video game firm THQ sees buying opportunities (Reuters)

Reuters - THQ Inc is looking at buying other video game developers, but the publisher of games like “Cars” and “Saints Row” can grow without making acquisitions, Chief Executive Brian Farrell said on Thursday.

Nintendo rule Japan in 2007

Hardware and software sales charts for the 2007 fiscal year have shown Nintendo obliterate the competition in Japan. The hardware chart for the year is as follows: 1. DS: 6,343,547, 2. Wii: 3,741,946, 3. PSP: 3,427,971, 4. PS3: 1,197,418, 5. 360: 235,318. Also the top 5 selling software titles were all Nintendo games: 1. Wii Fit: 1,762,193, 2. Mario Party DS: 1,659,315, 3. Wii Sports: 1,616,377, 4. Super Smash Bros Brawl: 1,554,852, 5. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: 1,354,447.

Wii to outsell PS3 and Xbox 360 combined says analyst

According to an analyst, the Wii will sell more units than the Xbox 360 and PS3 combined this year. However, he notes that that the PS3 will experience a material acceleration in sales this year due to a variety of strong software.

IGN let slip that Skate is heading to Wii and DS

Yesterday, IGN displayed an article which indicated that EA\’s SKATE was heading to both the Wii and DS. However, recently the article has disappeared and while the link is active, there is no content. Luckily, through Google we can see at least the start of the pulled article which is the most important part.

Sony underestimated demand for the 80 GB

Scott Steinberg, VP of Product Marketing at SCEA, has said that they underestimated demand for the 80 GB PS3. He said Sony were wrong in thinking that the price of the 80 GB was a big factor and that consumers would prefer a cheaper 40 GB. Steinberg said that we will now see Sony replenish the 80 GB in the marketplace.

Ken Kutaragi joins the Consumer Electronics Hall of Fame

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) will be welcoming the former chairman and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, Ken Kutargi, into its Hall of Fame. Kutargi, know as the \”Father of the PlayStation,\” was instrumental in the creation of the Sony Computer Entertainment division and the original Playstation. The cEA said that its Hall of Fame \”honors leaders whose significant contributions make the consumer electronics industry a vibrant, dynamic and vital part of our nation and its economy.\”

GT 5 Prologue vehicle deformation coming, maybe as early as this Fall

Gran Turismo head Kazunori Yamauchi has officially confirmed vehicle damage for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue in an interview with IGN. Yamuchi said vehicle damage could be included as a downloadable feature for GT 5 Prologue as early as this Autumn.

Haze exculsive ‘maximises the potential of the PS3′, no comment on 360 version

Haze project lead Derek Littlewood has said that making Haze a PS3 exclusive has allowed them to \”maximises the potential of the PS3.\” This would probably mean a lot more if Littlewood could confirm that Haze is not just a PS3 timed exclusive and that it would not appear on the Xbox 360. \”I can literally say nothing on that at all!\” he said. Haze is scheduled for release on PS3 sometime this May.

New dynamic Haze Gameplay montage

Use sniper rifles, grenades, weapons big and small - a new Haze gameplay montage…

PSN authentication on the PlayStation Forums coming April 14

The official European Playstation fourms have revealed that from Monday 14 April onwards, you will need to log in to the Forums with your PSN Sign-In ID (email address) and PSN password. In preparation for the change, the Eu Playstation forums will be offline for one week from midnight on Sunday 6 April until noon on Monday 14 April.

Sony closing servers for some PS2/PSP games

Sony has today announced that as from June 30th 2008, a variety of PS2 and PSP games will no longer be online compliant. For the full list of titles which are impacted by this, click read more.

EALA COO new force at LucasArts

Shortly before the D.I.C.E. Summit in early February, LucasArts announced that Jim Ward, its president of
nearly four years, was
abruptly resigning for personal reasons. The news came as a shock, given that he had been credited with overseeing the rebuilding of LucasArts’ internal development following a major restructuring.” He also helped spearhead the new team’s first project, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, which is being billed as a successor to the multibillion-dollar Star Wars film trilogies.

Now, two months later, LucasArts has named Ward’s successor. The new president of the game arm of filmmaker George Lucas’ multimedia empire is Darrell Rodriguez, the current Chief Operating Officer of Electronic Arts’ Los Angeles studio. There, he helped oversee development of such games as SSX on Tour, Medal of Honor: Airborne, Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars, and The Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle Earth II. A Bay Area native, he holds an MBA from the University of California-Berkley.

Rodriguez begins work at LucasArts in mid-April, ahead of a series of major multiplatform releases from LucasArts. June will see Lego Indiana Jones: The Original Adventures ship, followed by Star Wars: The Force Unleashed in the third quarter, and Fracture during the holidays.