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unusual facts about Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. v. Connectix Corporation



Arc the Lad

It was released in Japan on March 20, 2003 and in North America on June 25 of the same year by SCEA.

Carnival Island

Carnival Island is a 2011 motion-controlled party video game developed by SCE Santa Monica Studio and Magic Pixel Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment on November 15, 2011 in North America, November 18, 2011 in Europe, and December 1, 2011 in Japan for PlayStation 3, which utilizes PlayStation Move.

David Wohl

As of the late 2000s, the company has four shows in production, led by a television series based on Sony's Heavenly Sword videogame franchise.

Egoraptor

Hansons has appeared as a contestant on the Sony game show, The Tester, during its third season, as a community-voted contestant, but was eliminated in the third episode after being accused of using the show to promote himself.

Formula One Arcade

Formula One Arcade is a racing video game developed by Studio 33 and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation.

Great Marlborough Street

The European Headquarters of Sony Computer Entertainment (PlayStation) and London Studios are also located on the street as was the London College of Music until that institution relocated to Ealing in west London in 1991, being replaced in 1995 by the London College of Beauty Therapy.

Kikizo

Video Games Daily is home to over 300 interviews with high profile video game industry executives; as of July 2011 it remains the only consumer gaming site in the world to have interviewed all three console platforms' top-level bosses: Satoru Iwata - President of Nintendo Co., Ltd, Kaz Hirai - President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc and Robbie Bach - Chief Xbox Officer, Microsoft.

MotorStorm: Arctic Edge

MotorStorm: Arctic Edge (MotorStorm Raging Ice in Japan) is the third entry in the MotorStorm series of video games, developed by Bigbig Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable.

Olleh TV

Since November 20, 2007, following a partnership between KT and Sony Computer Entertainment, Olleh TV is made available for PlayStation 3 owners in South Korea.

OpenMAX

Promoting members in 2008 were AMD, Apple, ARM, Creative, Dell Inc, Ericsson, Freescale, Imagination Technologies Group plc, Intel, IBM, Motorola, Nokia, Nvidia Corporation, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, SK Telecom, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc and Texas Instruments.

Radiata Stories

During an interview, Roppyaku Tsurumi of SCEJ said most Japanese RPG character designs were cookie-cutter and indistinct noting "Even when I look at the characters in Radiata Stories, it just looks like the other games" but he had no problems distinguishing manga characters.

Secret Agent Clank

Secret Agent Clank (known as Clank & Ratchet: Mission Ignition in Japan) is a platform game developed by High Impact Games for the PlayStation Portable and published by Sony Computer Entertainment.

Shadow of the Beast

A re-imagined version of Shadow of the Beast was revealed at Gamescom 2013, developed by Heavy Spectrum Entertainment Labs and will be published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation 4.

Smart As

It was developed by Climax Group and published by the XDev Studio Europe department of Sony Computer Entertainment.

Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc. v. Connectix Corporation

Sony Computer Entertainment v. Connectix Corporation, 203 F.3d 596 (2000), is a decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals which ruled that the copying of a copyrighted BIOS software during the development of an emulator software does not constitute copyright infringement, but is covered by fair use.

Connectix started the development of the Virtual Game Station (VGS) for the Macintosh platform in July 1998 with the aim of creating a software program that emulated Sony's popular PlayStation video games console's hardware and firmware.

Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo

A HD-remake version titled Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, is available for purchase on Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade and Sony's PlayStation Network.

The Hanson Brothers

In 2000, the songs "Rink Rat", "Third Man In", "Stick Boy", and "Danielle", were featured in the NHL Rock The Rink game for the Sony PlayStation.

Věříš si?

The special prize may vary in every episode, usually it's a portable media player or a Sony video game console.

Zipper Interactive

SOCOM was created in collaboration with the Naval Special Warfare Command and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 2.


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