Tag: ps3
iPad 2 half as powerful as Xbox 360 says Id Software's John Carmack
"The iPad 2 is capable of console-quality gaming". It's a claim we see bandied about quite liberally, especially in relation to impressive iOS gaming apps like Infinity Blade. But just how accurate is that claim? Well according to Id Software's…
GAMESCOM 2011: PlayStation 3 entry price slashed to £192
Sony's PlayStation 3 console will now be available at rock-bottom prices following an announcement from the tech giant at the Gamescom conference in Cologne. During his keynote speech, SCEE President Andrew House revealed that all storage size configurations of the…
PS3 3.70 firmware update puts save games in the cloud
PlayStation Plus subscribers on Sony's PlayStation 3 console get perhaps the best justification yet for their shelling out for Sony's premium online service with the new 3.70 firmware update; cloud-based game saves. Rolling out to all users soon, 3.70…
BBC iPlayer for connected TVs, PS3 gets revamp
Versions of the BBC iPlayer video on demand service for web connected TVs and the PlayStation 3 games console get a refresh today to make its user interface even more intuitive. Designed to make arm-chair navigation of the catalogue of…
Euclideon Unlimited Detail vs. Atomontage: The photo-real future of gaming graphics?
The PC gaming community has always been one step ahead of their console counterparts in terms of graphics thanks to the quicker turnover of top-spec hardware components hitting the market. But a video popping up online this week has…
Battlefield 3 will likely charge secondhand gamers for online warfare
"I'm not sure I want to call our system an Online Pass," said EA DICE executive producer Patrick Bach on the way Battlefield 3 will charge secondhand gamers for online play. But that's exactly what it sounds like; it…
Freddy Krueger joins Mortal Kombat roster
We're not big fans of DLC here at Tech Digest (we're still very much rooted in the 16-bit tradition of walking out of a shop with a full, complete game when we've purchased one) but we had to admit…
Average gamer spends 1.8 years of their life button mashing
Gamers, prepare for a shock; you may be spending far more of your life playing games than you at first realise. A survey of 1,452 "self-confessed" gamers, aged 18-40, has revealed that on average button mashers will spend 1.8…
Forget the hacks; Asian survey says Sony still "Most Valued Brand"
It's been one of the toughest years in Sony's history, what with the high-profile hack attack on their PlayStation 3 PSN network, the production difficulties caused by the Japanese tsunami/earthquake disaster and a so-so showing at the E3 games…
Limbo headed to the PlayStation 3 PSN store and Steam for PC
Limbo, the finest downloadable game to hit the Xbox Live Arcade store last year (and arguably ever), is to finally get a release on the PlayStation 3 through the PlayStation Network Store and the PC through Steam. Heading over to…
