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Verizon 4G LTE network launches today

Today Verizon Wireless is launching its 4G LTE network to the public. The 4G network is available in 38 markets across the United States (full list) covering a total of 110 million people. Verizon expects most users should see download rates between 5Mbps-12Mbps and upload rates between 2Mbps-5Mbps. We saw similar rates during our initial tests of the network in New York City. Verizon has two data plans available: a 5GB $50 monthly plan and an $80 10GB plan. Overage charges are $10 per 1GB. There are also two devices available that work on the network, the LG VL600 and the Pantech UML290. Each is available for $99.99 with a new contract or for $249.99 without a contract. Verizon expects to talk about its 4G LTE phones during CES next month, and they should be available in mid-2011.
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Sprint's Samsung Epic 4G getting Android 2.2 Froyo now

It appears that the official Android 2.2 Froyo update for Sprint's Samsung Epic 4G is starting to roll out - though Sprint has not yet officially acknowledged that. Users supposedly can expect to receive the update directly pushed to their handset by the end of the month, but BriefMobile.com also has posted some instructions for manually obtaining and applying the update. The process is not intended for novices, though, so be warned. When asked for an official comment on the supposed update, a Sprint rep told us "We have not shared specific timing in the release of Android 2.2 for Samsung Epic 4G. We will share specific details when they are available."
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Official Android 2.2 Upgrade for the Samsung Epic 4G Is Here

Though we’ve gotten the update in the form of leaks for several US variants of the Samsung Galaxy S, no one has seen an official rollout yet. Sprint has beat everyone in America to the punch – just as they did with the Froyo update for the EVO – and is now offering Android 2.2 for users of the Samsung Epic 4G.

If you haven’t received it over the air, you’ll be able to manually download and install the update yourself. Instructions for that can be had below, courtesy of Brief Mobile. If you are the type who would rather wait for it to be pushed to you, then you’ll be seeing it anywhere between now and the end of the month. The process is really easy, though, so if you have been waiting for this, there should be no reason to not jump on this as soon as possible.

Instructions: Update Android 2.2 Froyo for Epic 4G

Intended for those going from stock Android 2.1 to the latest firmware.

Download the required update.zip file (Mirror: http://www.multiupload.com/EBDH959PPM)
RENAME the file to “update.zip”
Move the file to your storage on the Epic 4G (Mount USB storage and drag the update.zip into root-highest-up folder)
Boot your device into “recovery mode” (if you don’t know how: click here)
Apply the sdcard update.zip from Recovery Mode
Congratulations! You now have Android 2.2.1 Froyo (DK28) on your Samsung Epic 4G from Sprint!

Alternate Instructions: Update Android 2.2 Froyo for Epic 4G

Intended for those going from any other version of Android to the latest firmware.

Download the required .tar file
Download Odin
Open up Odin and put your phone into “download mode” (Turn off your phone, wait until the lights turn off. Hold “1″ on the keyboard while powering up)
Plug your device in
Place the .tar file in the PDA slot
Start flashing
Congratulations! You now have Android 2.2.1 Froyo (DK28) on your Samsung Epic 4G from Sprint!

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Vuvuzelas Blare on Pirated Copies of Michael Jackson: The Experience for DS

A novel anti-piracy measure baked into the Nintendo DS version of Michael Jackson: The Experience makes copied versions of the game unplayable and taunts gamers with the blaring sound of vuvuzelas.

Instead of “Beat It,” players get “Bleat It.”

The phenomenon was documented by YouTube user ctkxtreme, who posted the video above with the following explanation: “This is Ubisoft’s attempt at anti-piracy to the game. The game is an [Elite Beat Agents] clone, and there’s no notes playing, it freezes when it’s paused, and fucking vuvuzela noises over the music.”

With the annoying noise of the plastic South African horns, the illegally copied game sounds more like a raucous soccer match than a Michael Jackson record.

“The development team worked this feature in as a creative way to discourage any tampering with the retail version of the game,” a representative of Ubisoft, the company that developed the game, told Wired.com in an e-mail Friday.

Piracy has become a major problem for Nintendo because of the ease with which copied games can be played on the handheld device. Unlike videogame consoles, which need to undergo elaborate hardware modifications to play copied software, the handheld DS is comparatively wide open. All one needs to do is to buy a cheap rewritable storage card, download an illegal copy from a file sharing site, and load the card into the DS.

Games can be coded to have the the software check to see if it is running on a legitimate DS cartridge or if the code has been copied to a similar card. Ubisoft would not elaborate, as of press time, about the specific anti-piracy mechanism in Michael Jackson: The Experience.

Battling pirates “has been like a game of cat-and-mouse,” Nintendo President Satoru Iwata told investors in October. He said that while Nintendo does not entirely attribute low software sales to piracy, the company is “beefing up” the copy protection for the Nintendo 3DS, which it will release next year.

The unique anti-piracy measure coded into the Nintendo DS version of Michael Jackson: The Experience, which was released Nov. 23, is just the latest — and perhaps most hilarious — method used to fight illegal copying.

Many games have installed switches that detect pirated copies and act accordingly, like ending the user’s game after 20 minutes. Ubisoft has come under fire multiple times for what players have seen as highly restrictive anti-piracy measures that annoy legitimate users as much or more so than pirates.

But some more-mischievous developers have used tricks similar to the vuvuzela fanfare to mess with pirates.

Batman: Arkham Asylum lets unauthorized users play through the game as if it were a normal copy, with a single exception: Batman’s cape-glide ability doesn’t work, rendering the game impossible to finish — although you might bash your head against it trying to make what are now impossible jumps.

If you pirate Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2, brace yourself for an explosion, as your entire base will detonate within 30 seconds of loading the game.

Similar methods of messing with pirates’ heads go back at least to the 1995 Super Nintendo role-playing game Earthbound. It had a slew of anti-piracy gimmicks: In addition to filling copied games with an aggravatingly large amount of enemy encounters, it would freeze up just as the player was about to fight the final boss after 30 hours of adventuring, deleting every saved game on the disk.

Despite such measures, Alex Neuse, whose company Gaijin Games creates the Bit.Trip series for WiiWare, estimates that a whopping 70 percent of copies of his games are pirated.

“Piracy especially hurts small, independent developers who don’t command the sales figures/profits that the bigger companies do,” he said in a statement earlier this year.

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Tell us how you really feel: which games should have cross-console meta-competitions?

The developers of Battlefield Bad Company 2: Vietnam are planning on adding another level to the game's multiplayer, but awarding first access to a bonus map to the console that hits a certain total score first. We asked our Twitter followers for other games that should take that approach.

After employing the tactic in Battlefield 1943, EA DICE announced today that it will once again apply the process of awarding first access to a bonus map to the console that reaches a specific in-game milestone first. With that in mind, we asked our 22,000-plus Twitter followers to suggest other titles that would benefit from this form of meta-competition.

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BC2 Vietnam will award a map to the console that posts better stats. What other games would work with this? Best answers posted, 1 wins swagless than a minute ago via TweetDeckGameProGamePro

A handful of users pointed out the various problems associated with this kind of feature. With the validity of some of these replies, it's obvious that the nascent formula still needs tweaking:

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@GamePro this would work if both systems had equal amount of players but since that won't happen the one with more players will get itless than a minute ago via webRay JChronorayven

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@GamePro sounds like a terrible idea altogether they're basically sending a screw you out to the people on the console that doesn't win thatless than a minute ago via webTxMettx

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@GamePro Truthfully this whole "console exclusive" content bit is getting annoying. Except tech differences the game should be the same.less than a minute ago via TweetDeckSteven DoughertyJaeger74

A few suggestions (including one from frequent GamePro contributor Mitch Dyer) pitched games that could utilize different forms of stat-tracking across consoles. Here's the best of those replies:

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@GamePro Hot Pursuit -- high takedown count = new tracks?less than a minute ago via EchofonMitch DyerMitchyD

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@GamePro Super Meat Boy as it's only just come out on the PC so all us 360 owners are guaranteed more meat.less than a minute ago via TweetDeckRobert Taylorsquiddy3000

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@GamePro Medal Of Honor has this hands down a new map to the winner with better stats and I think MoH is prob the most balanced FPSless than a minute ago via webKrisKrisdrops_8G

Our choice for the day's top tweet goes to Dafishies, who noted that these meta-races needn't limit their scope to cross-console competition. Congrats for the insight, Dafishes--please send a direct message to GamePro on Twitter before the publication of Monday's "Tell us how you really feel" to claim your swag. Here's what DF had to say:

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@GamePro not sure if this works but dead nation tracks each countries stats on kills. Maybe the best country gets a new map. Just a thought.less than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhoneDafishiesDafishies

Because console manufactures rarely like to play nice, many multi-platform developers are hamstrung in maximizing the level of online competition for their games. While the current form of "reach a certain number of kills" doesn't seem to be the most even playing field, further iteration of these cross-platform competitions could make for some interesting intra-platform dynamics. After all, who doesn't want free stuff first?

What do you think of the replies above? Are there any other games you'd suggest? Please continue the conversation by responding in the comment section below or by replying to GamePro on Twitter.

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PlayStation.Blog Recap

As I popped open the third door on my advent calendar yesterday morning, I realised two things: I won’t experience a World Cup in my own country before I’m 40 and Christmas is approaching at an alarming rate. What do you think I should do with the blog over the holiday while I’m at home, working on my figure? How much content do you expect or even want to see on here? Here’s your recap.

PlayStation.Blog.Europe Weekly Content Recap

FirstPlay Episode 35 - The latest reviews and features from the FirstPlay team.
This Week On The SingStore (1 December 2010) - Nina gets all excited about 80s soft rock.
Dead Nation Hits PlayStation Store This Week: Eradicate The Infection! - It’s out now, so what do you think?
Introducing Funky Lab Rat, A Puzzle-Platformer In Playstation Store - We talk about a PlayStation Move-enable PSN game that came out a couple of weeks ago.
ModNational Holiday Greetings! - The ModNation guys get all festive.
VIDZONE DOUBLE EXCLUSIVE: Eliza Doolittle And Modestep - The VidZone team secures a pair of exclusive videos for your eyes and ears.
Gran Turismo 5 Signature Edition Competition Update - A little update for those hoping to win a Mercedes SLS AMG.
Eat Them! Developer Diary: Week Three - FluffyLogic continue their series looking at the development of monster PSN title, Eat Them!
Brand New Patch And DLC For The Fight, Plus Bonus Tutorial Videos - The Fight gets an update and a new piece of DLC.
PlayStation Video Store Update - The latest movies on PlayStation Store.
Killzone3 ‘Helghast Edition’ Announced - Take a look at the impressive Helghan Edition of upcoming blockbuster, Killzone 3.
New PlayStation Plus Content For December And January - A host of new treats for PlayStation Plus members to download.
‘Heads-Up’ Game Store Update 1st December 2010 - Ross keeps his weekly appointment with you.
PAC-MAN Championship Edition Is Out Today On minis - One of the finest examples of a true classic comes to the minis section of PlayStation Store.
Digital Comics Store Update (1st December 2010) - A new batch of comics for your PSP.
minis Round-Up: 1 December 2010 - A brand new selection of bite-sized games hits the Store.
PlayStation Home: Private Members Club, Novus Prime And More! - PlayStation Plus members get their own area of PlayStation Home.
FIFA Interactive World Cup 2011 Has Kicked-off! - The ultimate virtual football tournament begins.
MUBI’s Movie Poster Of The Month - We take a look at some classic film posters, courtesy of MUBI.
Voice Chat Coming Soon To Dead Nation - Housemarque addresses the number one request for Dead Nation.
Gran Turismo 5 Photo Mode Competition - Take an in-game pick and you could win Internet fame!
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Vietnam – Join The Battle For Hastings On December 21! - Battlefield: Bad Company 2 lands in ‘Nam.
The Friday Debate - Have you got any good game ideas?
Alien Breed 2: Assault Hits PSN On Wednesday With Short, Controlled Bursts - Check this out when it arrives on PlayStation Store next week.

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3D-printed sand Microclimates to cool public places

The lack of cooling in large open areas inevitably sends people scurrying for air-conditioned buildings on hot days. Taking a leaf from traditional Islamic architecture that dealt with the harsh desert climate with Mashrabiyas – a projecting latticework window that provides shade from the hot sun while allowing cool air from the street to flow through – London-based design firm PostlerFeruson has designed a kind of three dimensional Mashrabiya that can cool the immediate area in an energy-free way...
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Acrylic Bending Machine

Giorgos Lazaridis from PCB Heaven has made a DIY Acrylic Bending Machine. It uses a high power lamp to heat the acrylic from underneath, in about 3 minutes the acrylic is soft and can be bent into any shape you like. The area that the acrylic lays is made out of aluminum and is kept cool with circulated water so that the heating is very focused.

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New Stuff In Evernote Beta: Shared And Stacked Notebooks

The guys at Evernote have just unveiled some new goodies in Evernote 2.0 Beta for Mac.

First up is sharing, and this includes some sweet new features. You can share any notebook, either with named individuals or with the entire world. These public notebooks have a URL (which you can keep to yourself, or tell the world – and search engines – about), and an RSS feed.

If you use Evernote Premium, you can allow others to edit those public notes, as well as view them.

Another new feature is stacking, which borrows slightly from iOS. Evernote users have long been calling for ways to organize large collections of notebooks. If you like to compartmentalize everything you note down, and you have dozens of different notebooks in your database, the sidebar can soon get a little messy.

Stacks, then, are folders for notebooks. Just drag one notebook on top of another to create a new stack (iOS style), and have as many stacks as you wish.

One detail I really like: each computer you use Evernote on remembers which stacks you’ve left open. So you can keep your “work” stack open on your work computer, and your “fun” stack open on your home iMac, and so on. Nice touch.

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Gift Guide: Apple iPad, the No Brainer Tablet for 2010

It's rare that a gadget feels as transformative as the iPad. With its recent iOS 4.2 update, which essentially brings the device up to speed with the iPhone/iPod interface, the iPad finally feels like the tablet we wanted from the beginning. The addition of the multi-tasking and folders functions is huge, and, if you've got an AppleTV, AirPlay should prove to be a nice way to seamlessly experience your videos and music on the big screen (and on real speakers). There are now tons of great apps available, and pairing Apple's own productivity suite (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote) with a Bluetooth keyboard can even turn the 'Pad into a usable work machine in a pinch. Battery life is great (roughly 10 hours), and it's become our platform of choice for watching videos on YouTube, Hulu Plus, Netflix and Vimeo, as well as for checking RSS feeds (with our favorite app, Reeder), scanning the New York Times, and much more. It won't replace your laptop anytime soon, but it will begin to feel like an essential part of your digital life very, very quickly.



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GDC 2011 Announces Art, Audio Talks From Final Fantasy, Pixar, Gears Of War 3

Organizers of the 2011 Game Developers Conference have debuted initial lectures from the Art and Audio Tracks for the Main Conference, spanning Gears Of War 3, Pixar, Limbo, Final Fantasy and beyond. As the overall session list for the event further expands, organizers are specially highlighting the initial Main Conference session announcements around these two areas. The Art and Audio Tracks take place from Wednesday March 2nd to Friday March 4th, 2011 during the pre-eminent, ...

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Gran Turismo 5

After an extremely long gestation period and seemingly endless delays, Gran Turismo 5 is finally here. Was it worth the wait? Here's where you can find out! GamePro Score: 4.5

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Black Ops Still No. 1 In Irish Charts Despite GT5's Release

TheGamingLiberty.com writes:

"A lot of people would have predicted a different outcome from the Irish charts this week but it seems that not only did Call of Duty: Black Ops beat Gran Turismo 5 to the top spot but so did Assassins Creed: Brotherhood. GT5 debuts at No. 3."

First Look: Chevalier Saga Tactics

Andriasang: Imageepoch's JRPG press conference last week gave us a teaser look at the new publisher's strategy RPG Chevalier Saga Tactics, which is being developed in conjunction with Han Games portal operator NHN Japan. Today, we got a closer look from NHN as the game's official site went live.

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Motorola DROID Pro for Verizon review - ready for business

The Motorola DROID Pro is a world roaming Android smartphone for Verizon Wireless that offers both a landscape oriented touchscreen and an always-available full QWERTY keyboard. Michael works his way through the phone in this full review, with video.
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DIY Rubber Stamp Making

Address stamps are very common and cheap to get made but if you want to get something custom made get ready to open your wallet and bleed some money. Using the DIY Rubber Stamp Making steps that jovolomo has shared we can now make these complex stamps ourselves using either a CNC machine or an exacto knife and a steady hand. He carves the reverse pattern into a block of plaster and fills it with a construction sealant which when dried is the rubber stamp. A simple stamp backer and handle finished off the custom stamp. To keep with the spirit of DIY Jovolomo even makes his own carving tools out of broken drill bits.

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NVidia’s plans for a 20TeraFlops Chip

No surprise that NVidia has big plans on the horizon, but Xbit labs claims to have gotten their hands on some of the Post-Maxwell plans that include Exascale computing designs that pack in 20 teraFLOPS of double-precision match into a single chip, offering over 2 petaFLOPS in a rack.

According to Steve Keckler, the director of architecture research at Nvidia, the Echelon design incorporates a large number (~1024) of stream cores and a smaller (~8) number of latency-optimized CPU-like cores on a single chip, sharing a common memory system. Just like in current architectures, eight stream cores will form a streaming multiprocessor (SM) and 128 of SMs will forum the large pool of throughput-optimized processing elements. Such a chip could deliver 20 teraFLOPS with double precision and a number of them will form a 2.6 petaFLOPS rack. At present Nvidia Fermi (GF110) chip 512 with stream processors operating at 1544MHz can deliver 0.79TFLOPS of DP compute performance. Considerint the 25 times difference in performance, it is highly likely that the Echelon will employ post-Maxwell (~2013 ~ 2014) Nvidia GPU design.

Some of the designs look almost like an April’s Fools joke, with terms like ‘Self Aware OS’ (Skynet anyone?), but this looks like it could be a direct competitor to designs like Intel’s ‘single-chip cloud’.

via Nvidia: Graphics Chips with 20TFLOPS DP Performance Needed for ExaFLOPS Supercomputers – X-bit labs.

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Darth Vader Pitches Samsung Galaxy S, Apparently Runs Android

Whereas Verizon's ads feature an inescapable horde of tech support workers following around cell phone users, NTT DoCoMo's "walk with you" campaign for the Android-powered Samsung Galaxy S finds a silent Darth Vader supporting your guitar noodling, sightseeing and skateboarding. Maybe not the friendliest companion, but it's better than being followed around by Whoopi.

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“DoneJohn” by UncleBibby. Following last week’s WarioWare DIY-created “Mega Micromusic” album, another interesting DS-based work: a cover of The Legend of Zelda’s dungeon theme made entirely in the $8 DSiWare music app Rytmik!

There are so many ways to make music with the DS: two Korg DS-10 carts (and the upcoming M01), two Jam Sessionses, six different Music On instruments from Abylight, Rhythm Core Alpha, Electroplankton, tapping on the case with your hands…

Buy: Special Edition Red Nintendo DSi XL bundle, Nintendo DSi XL (Blue, Burgundy, & Bronze), Standard Nintendo DSi (White, Pink, Black, & Blue)

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An Xbox 360 Successor Wishlist

Over 2 weeks ago we spoke our mind on the Wiis Successor, and well delve into the PS3s heir soon enough. But as we promised you on Nov. 8th, part 2 of our 3-part series is going to explore what wed like to see from an Xbox 360 successor in the future. Microsoft has made it clear that theyre here to stay in the home-console gaming arena. With many stellar exclusives, a new motion-controller, and top-tier online connectivity, the future for Microsofts juggernaut is looking good.

But theres always room for improvement! The 360 was certainly NOT without flaws and.....

The Future is Coming - Video Game Awards

Spike show us the next VGA 2010 Live show this 11 of December.

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Soul of Darkness

Genre: Platformer

Company: Gameloft

Platform: Nintendo DS

Release date: July 5, 2010


Retail price: 500 Nintendo Points ($5)

It’s been a dark time for fans of traditional 2D Castlevania. Sure, Konami released the multiplayer-based Harmony of Despair on the Xbox 360 but it’s really its own sort of game. Order of Ecclesia on the DS was the last real game in the series and it came out in 2008. Gameloft has risen to the challenge with Soul of Darkness, a DSiWare title adapted from their cellphone Java catalog. While Kale isn’t quite worthy of the Belmont name, he does an admirable job filling in during their absence.

Soul of Darkness is less Symphony of the Night Super Castlevania IV. There is no open, free-roaming castle. Players are instead treated to ten linear and self-contained levels (plus a final boss fight). You’ll explore ancient forests and icy caves during your quest to rescue your beloved from the clutches of the evil vampire lord Ritter. There are secrets hidden in the walls and small branches from the path here or there, but it’s pretty much a straight shot through each of the levels. It’s actually a nice change of pace — there have been six exploration Castlevanias on Nintendo handhelds since 2001 and this game may have felt tired if it followed that route.

The two weapons in the game, a sword and a lance, are tied to fire and ice respectively. Each has a magical ability as well — the sword provides a radial explosion and the lance can be thrown as a projectile that doubles as a platform when it hits a wall. These abilities are used a decent amount within the level design, though the explosion is woefully limited in terms of creative tasks. Each can also be upgraded God of War style in several categories. Attack damage, magic strength, combo length and critical attack can all be improved by spending crystals found when defeating foes or in chests and walls.

While Soul of Darkness is a brief journey (clocking in around two or three hours) it’s also surprisingly diverse. In addition to the normal platforming and combat combination you’ll find a shooter-style level. There are also a few segments where you’ll transform into different creatures with totally different sets of abilities. They never last longer than a couple of minutes but they force the player to think outside the game’s normal methods, helping to keep things fresh.

There may not be a whole lot of reasons to return to Soul of Darkness after reaching the end, but it’s hard to fault a five dollar game for that when it’s this engaging the whole way through. It’s a decent stop-gag for Castlevania fans and could flourish as its own series if crafted by the proper hands.

Smoke equals fire? Sony comments on Playstation Phone

Sony is doing a horrible job keeping rumors about the Playstation Phone under wraps. Maybe it’s part of the plan.

Sony Ericsson Chief Executive Bert Nordberg was asked about the device and its rumors by The Wall Street Journal, and his response wasn’t exactly a denial.

“There’s a lot of smoke, and I tell you there must be a fire somewhere,” Nordberg said.

“Sony has an extremely strong offering in the gaming market, and that’s very interesting.

“Sony is of course a very strong brand, and why shouldn’t we use that? Gaming, including content, is a very interesting proposition.”

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