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The prolific voice actress dishes on her experiences dubbing the Japanese-language version of Venom and in the anime voice acting industry.
We all love the idea of immersing ourselves in a fantasy, but the dizziness and nausea is too much for some to handle. Can Sony’s new patent help?
Designed to look like PlayStation’s signature DualShock 4 controller, wearing these will surely up your game.
Become the talk of the town or make enemies on public transport with this futuristic-looking speaker.
Anime distributor valued at US$150 million.
The “PlayStation VR Processor Unit” acts as a middleman between the headset and the PS4 console itself.
Big news in the gaming world as sales of Sony’s PlayStation 4 predicted to surpass those of Nintendo’s Wii U in Japan — despite the fact that Nintendo’s system had a full year head start.
Stop passing around your phone to share pics – just project them onto the closest wall… or tree!
Here’s how much real-world money it’ll cost you to play in Sony’s virtual video game domain.
The electronics giant recently showed off a prototype device that can project an interactive, smartphone-like display onto any surface.
Sony announced on Tuesday that after four decades, it will stop shipping Betamax (or Beta) and MicroMV video cassette tapes next March. The company explained that it is ending sales in these formats in light of the changing marketplace, due to the end of analog television broadcasts in Japan in 2012, the decreased demand, and other factors.
For most modern gamers, the idea of rival video game giants Nintendo and Sony collaborating on a project is pretty much unthinkable. But believe it or not, back in the day when the Super Nintendo was king, Sony and Nintendo were supposed to team up to make a new console. Unfortunately the deal went sour, and it was thought that all prototypes of the mythical Sony-Nintendo console were gone.
Until now. A working copy of what has been dubbed the “Nintendo PlayStation” was recently brought to light and shown off online for the world to see. Join us after the jump to witness what could’ve been…
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