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PS3 update bringing Facebook integration

Some images have emerged of a forthcoming firmware update for the PS3 that introduces Facebook functionality to the games console. The integration with the world's biggest social networking site is already available on the rival Xbox 360, but not on the Nintendo Wii.

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Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 - gaming hardware

2009 has been something of a glass ceiling for gamers. Yes, the software has continued to come and in more inventive ways than ever, but it's been pretty much the same kinds of consoles available on the shelves. At the same time, at E3 this summer, we saw some of the...

Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards 2009 - games

The Best Game nominees for the Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadgets Awards 2009 are likely to be much more of a fight than last year's cut and dry selection. Without quite such monumental hits as Little Big Planet, GTA IV and Wii Fit, the field is wide open and there are one...

VIDEO: New PS3 Slim ad for UK confirms £249.99 on 1 Sept

This as yet un-aired advert for the new Sony PlayStation 3 Slim confirms the UK release date as 1 September and the pricing at £249.99. The new console will come with a 120GB hard drive and be 32% smaller, 30% lighter and use 34% less power than the current console. Hit...

VIDEO: Sony's strange PS3 Slim adverts

Sony's new Japanese advertising campaign to support the launch of the recently announced Sony PS3 Slim has been unveiled. Focusing on gamer's reactions with the hardware only getting a brief look in, the ads are a little odd, but perhaps not as strange as the previous David...

The evolution of the PlayStation games console

It all began back in 1986 when the brand was first created as a joint venture between Nintendo and Sony. Nintendo had been looking into CD-based gaming and at both Sony and Philips who had been developing a technology known as CD-ROM/XA - an extension of CD-ROMs which allowed...

PS3 Home chat filtering out LGBT terms

Users are reporting censoring issues with Sony's PS3 Home chat function, which seems to be filtering out some words that it shouldn't be.

To begin with, even "hello" was being censored from the chat, due to the fact it began with "hell". After some tweaking...

PlayStation console sales up 60% on 2007

Just as Nintendo and Microsoft were celebrating on hearing the NPD data for their US November sales, Sony was doing the same, despite its PS3 console selling the least out of the three major players.

Year-to-date sales of Sony's consoles combined are up 60%...

PS3 Home open beta coming in "next 10 days"?

An article in The Sunday Times has sparked talk that we can expect the open Home beta by 17 December.

In an article explaining Sony's long-awaited virtual world, the newspaper advised readers that Home was "slated for release in the next 10 days".

Sony announces PS3 firmware update

Sony has announced the latest PS3 firmware update, set to be available today across the PlayStation Network

Version 2.53 will bring a number of changes, including full screen support for Flash videos and power save options that should help to prevent your controllers...

Sony launches PlayStation credit card in US

We may be smack bang in the middle of the credit crunch, but Sony has decided to laugh off the talk of any economic recession by launching the new PlayStation credit card in the States.

Aimed at gamers, users of the card will earn reward points every time they...

Direct PSP Store now live worldwide

Both Sony's PlayStation 3 and PSP have received firmware upgrades, which see the biggest changes to both systems since the summer launch of Trophies and the in-game XMB.

The PSP firmware is the biggest news out of the the two updates, now allowing gamers to...

Announced PSP bundles may not make the UK

Sony has said that the PSP-3000 bundles announced at Leipzig last month may not be the same as we get in the UK.

In fact, the silver PSP-3000 plus Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, bundle and black PSP-3000 plus 4GB Memory Stick entertainment pack may not make...

PSP-3000 will match up to current PSP battery life

So, it appears the new PSP won't have a reduced battery life after all.

Director of hardware marketing John Koller has cleared any confusion up following an interview he did just over a week ago.

He wrote on the official PlayStation blog: "There...

PSP-3000 gets UK release date and price

Sony has announced the the new PSP-3000 will launch in the UK on 17th October, with a pricetag of £149.99.

This prices the new model as £10 more expensive than the current PSP-2000 on the market.

Your extra tenner will get you the brighter screen...

Another 80GB PS3 bundle, another not for UK

So here's news of another 80GB PS3 bundle, not confirmed for the UK.

Following news of the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and Blu-ray movie bundles released across Europe, we hoped that some new upcoming big releases would at least get us on bundle over here.

PSP-3000 will have less battery life

As we may have expected after pictures showed us just how much brighter the PSP-3000 would be compared to the PSP-2000, Sony US marketeer John Koller has confirmed that the newer model will use up more energy and have a lesser battery life than its predecessor.

More Life with PlayStation details announced

It's another delay from the Sony camp, but this time with the Life with PlayStation application demonstrated earlier this year in Japan.

The application was originally set for a July release, later pushed to August, and now has been delayed again.

New PS3 80GB bundles announced for Europe

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has announced it will be releasing two new PS3 80GB bundles for Europe.

The first is due for release on September 10th, and will include the 80GB console, two DualShock 3 pads and a copy of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue.

Activision set for PS2 release marathon

Activision has seen fairly good success with its PS2 releases recently, with games such as Kung Fu Panda and LEGO Indiana Jones storming the charts this year.

So much so in fact that the developer is already working on PS2 versions of some of its other major...

New slimmer PS2 not heading to UK

Although it has seen a release in America and some parts of Europe, Sony has confirmed that there are no plans to release the new super-slim PS2 console in the UK.

The new model is slightly smaller and thinner than the slimline version we all know and love,...

Sony wants as many free services as possible on PSN

Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has said that Sony will be looking to provide "as many services as possible for free" on its PlayStation 3 console and on the PSP, leaving costs to be covered in other ways.

"We already provide our network access for...

PlayStation Home release a "100% guarantee" for this year

A lot has changed since Sony first revealed Home at the Game Developers Conference in March of 2007, and the online social network has suffered a few delays in the meantime. But if you're starting to wonder whether you'll ever see the PlayStation 3's answer (and then some)...

A Stella Artois PSP?

This is what happens when you ask an advertising agency for a new way to promote your product.

Foster's in Australia (who brew Stella under license) has just created a new sales team to concentrate on pushing the premium lager, and asked Lowe and Rivet advertising...

Sony begins selections for Home Beta

Gamers keen to get in on the social gaming action that is Home will be able to do so from today in both America and Europe.

The PlayStation store in America will be updated today with a PlayStation Home theme and anyone that downloads it will be automatically...