Sony and SuperBot Entertainment are hard at work finishing up the PlayStation 3 answer to Nintendo’s Super Smash Bros. franchise. PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale will feature a who’s who from Sony’s long lineage of original games. But there will also be characters from third party franchises, including Dante from Capcom’s Devil May Cry. The developer talks some of the latest fighters, including Sackboy, Spike, Ratchet & Clank and Dante, as well as the new Stowaways fighting stage from Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, in this exclusive video interview below.

LAS VEGAS -- Sony had a huge portion of its Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2012) booth dedicated to its new PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) device and games. The game maker has partnered with Taco Bell for a new "Unlock the Box" promotion to give away one PS Vita portable entertainment system for every 15 minutes to consumers beginning January 26, 2012. Fans will have the chance to win a PS Vita before it becomes available in U.S. stores on February 22, 2012, exclusively through Taco Bell.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Sprint tipped off 2012 NBA All-Star Balloting  during a special event in Orlando, the official host city of NBA All-Star 2012. The 61st NBA All-Star Game, which will air live on TNT and ESPN Radio in the U.S., and reach fans in more than 200 countries and territories in more than 40 languages, will be played at the Amway Center on Sunday, Feb. 26, 2012. Despite the lockout and the shortened season, the NBA will take a break to celebrate the biggest names in basketball. Gamers won't have to rely on 2K Sports' NBA 2K12 to simulate the celebration of basketball this year. Traditionally, EA Sports, 2K Sports and Sony PlayStation have all taken part in the All Star festivities.

BARCELONA, Spain – While Sony PlayStation games like Crash Bandicoot were shown on the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Play phone at Mobile World Congress 2011, Sony Computer Entertainment’s ubiquitous PlayStation 2 passed a major milestone with over 150 million hardware units sold worldwide. This incredible milestone was reached in 10 years and 11 months since PlayStation 2's release in Japan in March 2000. In addition to its 3D gaming and Blu-ray 3D PlayStation 3, Sony has a new PlayStation Suite coming out for Android phones and the NGP (Next Generation PlayStation System) ready for fall. Check out the Xperia Play in the video below.

There’s a reason Apple uses videogames to advertise its iPhone and iPod Touch. Check out a TV spot here to see the marketing message. More than 30,000 games have been released in the iPhone App Store since its launch in July 2008. With titles that consistently dominate the Top Paid and Top Grossing lists, according to technology research firm Flurry, there is no question that the games category is the most lucrative category in the App Store. Peter Farago, vice president of marketing at Flurry, said a new report from his firm focuses on how Apple has affected the market share of U.S. videogame and portable game revenue since the introduction of games sold through the App Store for iPhone and iPod touch.