Playstation Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Sony waives its publishing fee; Would Apple ever do the same?

by Mike Schramm (May 8th, 2013)

Video-game maker Sony has been making a big push for independent developers lately, both on its handheld PS Vita system and on its upcoming PlayStation 4 console, and yesterday, the company took another big step. Sony has decided to waive its usual US$99 fee for PlayStation Mobile developers, ...

Sega's After Burner Climax flying over to iOS

by Mike Schramm (Feb 5th, 2013)

After Burner Climax is a 2006 update of the popular old-school arcade game. It arrived in arcades upon first release and was later ported over to Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. Now, Sega has announced it's bringing the game to iOS. There's no release date yet, as Sega has simply said ...

Infinity Blade looks great on a 50" HDTV via iPad 2

by Dana Franklin (Mar 16th, 2011)

The new iPad 2 paired with Apple's Digital AV Adapter is perfect for watching movies with your family, teaching lessons to a classroom or presenting the latest sales figures to a boardroom on an HDTV. TouchGen found it's also an awesome new way to enjoy your favorite iPad games, like Real Racing 2 ...

Official PlayStation app for iPhone now available in select countries

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jan 11th, 2011)

Sony announced its official PlayStation app was coming to iOS last month, and now it has landed on the App Store. The PlayStation App hooks into Sony's PlayStation network by requiring you to log in using your network ID. The gaming-oriented application lets you follow your friends, find the games ...

Sony announces official PlayStation app for iPhone

by Michael Gray (Dec 16th, 2010)

The European PlayStation site today announced an upcoming official PlayStation app for the iPhone and Android platforms. The first version of this app will allow you to check your PlayStation trophies, read your friends' status updates, and keep up with news about the PlayStation console and its ...

TUAW's Daily App: PSN Go

by Mike Schramm (Aug 9th, 2010)

We've spotlighted a few different Xbox Live browsers here on the site before, so here's a little console balance. PSN Go is an app designed to let you browse and control your PlayStation Network account (the account that you set up when you've got a PS3 connected to the Internet). It's unofficial ...

Tony Hawk coming to iPhone soon

by Mike Schramm (Mar 17th, 2010)

A leak on Tony Hawk's official Twitter account has revealed this picture, which appears to be Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game being played right there on the iPhone. The tweet that linked to this picture seems to be gone, but it promised that "This is real & dropping soon." If we believe this ...

Assassin's Creed II multiplayer, Rayman 2 out now on the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Mar 1st, 2010)

Two major league games have hit the App Store already this week, one of them for the surprise price of free. Ubisoft has released the multiplayer version of their Assassin's Creed II game on the App Store, and it's available for free for the first 48 hours. The game's a top-down multiplayer game ...

Net Applications: Macs hit a record OS share in December, iPhone up 33%

by Mike Schramm (Jan 1st, 2008)

Fortune has the latest market share figures for December (according to a survey by Net Applications), and it's good news all around for Apple-- Mac systems jumped from a 6.8 share to 7.3, a 7.35% increase. Which is actually nothing compared to the iPhone, which jumped 33%, or even the Playstation, ...

Apple logo on Sony PS3 site a mystery

by David Chartier (Jul 10th, 2006)

Joystiq, a sister blog, has been following an odd story about an Apple logo and a Sony PS3 site. As you can see from the image, an Apple logo *blips* at the beginning of a PS3 Flash promo movie at Sony's site (it has since been 'fixed', but Joystiq links to a copy of the original movie here). Their ...

PS3Fanboy has its debut

by Dave Caolo (Mar 29th, 2006)

Is there really life beyond our Macs? Well, I guess I could find something else to occupy my time if pressed...like obsess over the (elusive) Playstation 3. Please welcome PS3 Fanboy to our big, happy Weblogs, Inc. family. Consider the site your one-stop source for all things PS3. There are some ...

IBM/Sony Apple's biggest threat?

by Scott McNulty (Mar 24th, 2006)

Adrien Lamothe, writing for ONLamp.com, thinks that Apple has gotten itself into a position where their real competition isn't the likes of Dell but rather Sony and IBM. Is he referring to Sony's VAIO series of machines? Nope, he thinks that the Playstation III which will sport IBM's Cell processor ...