OlliOlli 2 and the mature gamer

This week I was supposed to be reviewing OlliOlli 2: Welcome to Olliwood on the PS Vita and PS4. Now I really loved the first OlliOlli and I even had the developers on as guests for The Sausage Factory podcast so the sequel was welcomed by me (and many others going by the reception it's getting).
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The original PSP - Sony's portable Playstation - hasn't quite made it to 10 years of age in its home country of Japan. Yet Sony is killing it off.

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Xbox/PC title still can't bring the Xbox One into contention Stateside.

US retail stats compiler NPD has released info for the video games market in the region for April. Titanfall rules the software roost but simply hasn't helped to sell enough Xbox Ones, as the PS4 remains top of the hardware sales pile.

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Loads of Free games added to PS+ members but not enough for some.

April's Playstation Plus - the paid-for premium service for owners of PS3s, PS4s and Vitas - has been announced and as ever it has 'free games' that are causing cheers and moans.

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The Infinite month...

This month was host to one of the most glamorous suit-and-tie events we tend to see within the gaming world as the Video Game BAFTAs were held. This year’s event was especially notable for an awards show in that nobody could really complain about any of the winners.
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A month of rumour and speculation

Just like January, this month was full of speculation and rumours about the soon to be revealed next-gen consoles from Microsoft and Sony.

The PlayStation 4 in particular was starting to see a lot of positive information being thrown around before Sony got the jump on everyone by officially revealing the console, tech specs and launch titles included, in a press conference which you can watch here if you’re feeling nostalgic already.
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The Year of the Next Gen...

January being January, there wasn’t much interesting going on this month. The hot topic, as it would continue to be for the early part of the year really, was the brewing new console war between Sony and Microsoft.

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UK video game charts show little movement though

According to Gfk Chart-Track, "In terms of hardware sales, 80% of all home consoles sold this week were Xbox One and this new platform outsold the Week 1 for Xbox 360 by a factor of two.

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New channel for Playstation DLC or a sop to suffering retail

In the lead up to the release of the PS4 in the USA on November 15th Sony has hooked up with Amazon to create what is basically a whole new PlayStation Network Store.

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Quite bold, Sony just says it's snooping.

Unlike most governments that have to wait until they're documents about snooping on private communications, Sony is just coming out and stating it.

An update to the Terms and Conditions of Use of PlayStation Network (PSN) includes this: 14. Are we monitoring PSN? followed by a shocking answer and explanation:
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Nearly 20 years of PlayStation celebrated

It's all about the nostalgia today. Even as we're bringing you news about the death knell for the Wii as an ongoing platform, Sony is celebrating its legacy with a new video.

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Sony in Japan had a press release this morning UK time. You may have been in bed or stumbling back from a heavy night out. No fear, we've got the entire thing here below for you. It's a cracker.

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Play PSP and Vita games on your TV

What a morning for Sony in Japan with the PS4 release date confirmed for February 22nd 2014 priced at ¥39,980 (£256) or for ¥43,980 (£282) with a PlayStation Camera - but more news came from the company's Japanese conference today.

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Basically, nearly every single game, console platform and studio are nominated.

There's much to fight about in this year's Golden Joystick nominations, not least of which being why the bloody hell are so many things nominated? Surely not to keep the industry under-chin tickled?

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OMFG that is soooo lame! No it isn't, you are. No I'm not, he is... and so on

Last evening in Cologne Sony revealed that the PS4 would be landing in Europe on 29th November but what games are coming? Far be it from us just to ask questions without providing answers...

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