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Sony has announced a new Blackberry-style keyboard for PS3 at Leipzig this afternoon. SCEE president David Reeves – coming good on his ‘blockbuster’ promises this afternoon with announcements of new PS3 and PSP SKU – showed the crowd how the peripheral can easily slot into Sixaxis and DualShock controllers. The …

After announcing a new PSP model in Leipzig this afternoon, Sony had dropped some more shocking news: a 160GB PS3 SKU is set to launch in Europe on October 31st. The new machine will cost €449. SCEE president David Reeves told the Leipzig crowd that the machine would include €70-worth …

Sony has unveiled Vidzone, a video and music download service for PlayStation 3, at its conference today at Leipzig. The service is scheduled to launch at the start of next year and will be available across 23 PAL territories. The service will allow gamers to stream music and video through …

SCEE is to move into PC games publishing via the distribution of its Sony Online Entertainment division’s new titles, the firm has just announced at Leipzig’s Game Convention event. New MMOs The Agency, DC Universe Online, and Free Realms, all of which are being designed for PC and PS3 – …

Publisher partners with Louisiana Department of Economic Development to create EA Sports testing team

Media Molecule’s long awaited LittleBigPlanet will be released in Europe on October 29th, Sony has confirmed. The news comes at part of the platform holder’s presentation in Leipzig, which is happening now. Little Big Planet, a PS3 exclusive, takes advantage of user geenrated content.

Sony has announced a newly redesigned PSP at Leipzig this afternoon, dubbed the PSP 3000 – which will launch on October 15th in Europe for €199. The black device has an enhanced LCD screen, which SCEE president David Reeves said will increase intensity and the number of colours that can …

Sony has agrred a deal with Player X to bring its PlayStation IP to mobile for the first time in history. The three-year deal marks the first time Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios has licensed its titles to be published by a third party on mobile. SCE has previously released …

The co-designer of Activision Blizzard’s upcoming James Bond title Quantum Of Solace has revealed that the game will be released in November. A little later than the previously announced October 31st release date. Speaking at the Leipzig Games Convention this afternoon, Adam Gascoigne, showed off new footage from the game. …

The UK music industry has ‘no plans’ to join British games companies in taking direct legal action against illegal file sharers. As revealed by MCV this morning, five games companies have written to 25,000 people in Britain suspected of illegal downloading. They have demanded 300 in order to avoid further …