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Following the departure of Phil Harrison, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. has named a new president of SCE Worldwide Studios.

Shuhei Yoshida will become the president of SCE WWS beginning May 16, marking what may be the beginning of a new era for PlayStation's software division.

Yoshida is currently SVP of U.S. Studios at SCE WW. When he assumes his new position, he'll be filling shoes left by the highly visible Harrison, who ...

While Sony's recently-announced financial results showed that the company reduced its PlayStation division losses by over 100 billion yen last fiscal year, a factor it attributed largely to falling PS3 production costs, Jack Schofield at the Guardian speculates that the platform holder may be losing double the $130 per console shipped that its internal figures suggest.

"On Sony's own figures, the games division made a loss of $130 for ...

For Electronic Arts, PlayStation 3 software led the way in terms of net revenue growth during the company's fiscal Q4.

On a GAAP basis, EA's PS3 software net revenues were $152 million, a year-on-year increase of 192 percent during the quarter ended March 31, the firm said in its earnings report. Xbox 360 software sales grew 56 percent, reaching $128 million, while lower-priced Wii software grew 108 percent to $75 million.

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Your PS3 will update itself to firmware version 2.35 today, but it's nothing to get mega-excited about.

Sony tells us it's a minor update that will do nothing more than "improve stability of some PS3 titles".

Still no in-game XMB, although SCEE big man Ray Maguire said back in March that the much-anticipated feature is being worked on for a 2.4 update in "summer".

So, some time soon, although Sony UK is still unwilling to ...

A recently-released PS3 promo video offers a glimpse of what could be the next iteration of the PS Store, packing a search feature and video content.

At one point in the ad, screens of the PS Store whoosh past, revealing a search feature along the bottom panel of the Store that isn't in the current version.

In another fly-by shot, it also shows a video download page donning the logos of TV networks NBC, HBO, Cartoon Network ...

Sony has declared its intentions to feature online games at the forefront of its PlayStation 3 strategy in the future.

Speaking with The Seattle Times, Sony Online Entertainment President John Smedley highlighted the importance of online genre.

"I think MMOs are going to be a real strong selling point for the PS3 long term - there's going to be some great ones on the PS3."

"You're not going to find "The Agency" on the ...

Sony's PlayStation Day has been and gone. Here's everything that went down in London town.

Sony Japan's main man Kaz Hirai was backed-up by Euro boss David Reeves as they both revealed the year ahead for PS3 and PSP.

Here's the live text from the show. Screens later tonight:

- The show has started and Kaz Hirai has taken stage. Things have improved massively since launch, he tells the audience.

- Buzz, Motorstorm 2 ...

 It's 5:30pm in Europe and the PlayStation Day has ended. But to the shock of almost everyone in attendance, Sony made no mention of a cross media bar update. The XMB is a much-desired PS3 in-game feature.

We're off now to troll the show floor and get our hands on some of PS3's biggest games of '08. Screens from the event will be going up on the site throughout the evening so make sure you look out ...

Chatter of a PS3 version of the phenomenal shooter BioShock has been bouncing around the games industry ever since it was announced, and yet piano black console owners are still without their Big Daddy.

Well,  US mag Electronic Gaming Monthly has kicked off the rumour again, saying the 2K shooter will be released on PS3 later this year, along with prettier graphics and presumably some extra content to compensate for the release ...