PS3 gets pay-per-view streaming with Live Events Viewer app

DNP Watch pay per view events on your PS3 with the Live Event Viewer app

PlayStation is expanding its streaming footprint one piledriver at a time with the new Live Events Viewer. Announced at E3 and available today, the app will let you buy and watch pay-per-view events — starting with this Sunday’s WWE SummerSlam — directly from your PS3 without the need for a cable subscription. Sony is promising that new programming will be available on a weekly basis and that there will be free content in addition to PPVs, too. All that’s available right now are UFC and WWE specials, but according to the US PlayStation Blog, concerts, races and “other entertainment events” are en route. You could also get your scripted and unscripted fisticuffs fix on the Xbox 360, but you need an active Xbox Live Gold subscription to use them.

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Source: PlayStation Blog (US)

EA shows first Xbox One games: FIFA, NBA Live, Madden and UFC

EA shows first Xbox One games FIFA, NBA Live, Madden and UFC

EA teased hours ago that FIFA 14 would be one of the first Xbox One games, but it just used Microsoft’s event to unveil a considerably wider slate. FIFA 14, NBA Live 14, Madden 25 and EA Sports UFC are all coming to the new console within the next 12 months. All of them are using a new engine, EA Sports Ignite, that has 10 times the animation detail, smarter artificial intelligence, 3D crowds, “living” sidelines and a daily dose of new content through Xbox Live. EA and Microsoft are getting cozier with the deal, too — FIFA 14 Ultimate Team will be an Xbox exclusive. We’ll have to wait for more detail about that game later this year, but it’s safe to say that Microsoft won’t be lacking for major sports titles during the Xbox One’s vital first year.

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