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  PS3 Fat Next To Slim

  Before and after.

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2009
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  PSP-3000 Goes Blossom Pink, Turquoise Green

  Showing continued support for the older model despite the impending release of the PSP Go, Sony has announced two new colors for the PSP-3000: Blossom Pink and Turquoise Green. Behold their beauty. The two new models of the PSP-3000 are due out in November, a month after the release of the PSP Go. It should…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009
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  PS3 Slims Pics And Specs

  Sony’s official press release for the PlayStation 3 Slim reveals a few updated features and a whole slew of sexy product shots of the PS3’s skinny little brother. The new model heralds a slew of changes for the PlayStation 3 brand, include a change in the official all-caps PLAYSTATION 3 brand to the PlayStation 3…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009
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  First Look At New PlayStation 3 Slim

  Want a look at the new September-dated PS3 slim? This was on a banner outside of Sony’s press conference today in Germany. (click to enlarge)

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2009
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  Surprise! PlayStation 3 Price Drops $100

  In a move that no one could have possibly anticipated, Sony announces a price drop along with the news of the PlayStation 3 Slim, with the current 80GB system dropping to $299 until replaced. It almost doesn’t seem worth it, really. The PlayStation 3 slim is right around the corner, selling for $299 with a…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009
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  Sony Announces Slim PS3 – It Lives This September!

  Kaz Hirai, head of all things PlayStation, announced that the long-rumored PlayStation 3 Slim will be in stores the first week of September. [UPDATED with official pic] Hirai noted that it will be have the same features and function of the current PS3, with a 120 gb drive. It will be 33 percent smaller, 36…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2009
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  “Hundreds” Of Marvel Comics Coming To PSP

  Marvel comics will be readable (legally!) on PSPs in the coming months. At their Gamescom press conference today, Sony announced the November launch of a digital reader for the PlayStation Portable. Details are scarce about what content will be on the service, but one bit of content is locked: Marvel Comics. The Spider-Man publisher’s Ira…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2009
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  PS3 Firmware 3.0 Adds New XMB, Dynamic Themes, Avatars

  PlayStation 3 firmware 3.0 is coming soon, bringing with it new XMB functionality, a status indicator, a friends list redesign, dynamic themes, avatars, and much more. Announced during Gamescom and highlighted at the PlayStation blog, firmware 3.0 doesn’t revolutionalize the way we navigate the PlayStation 3, but it does bring some welcome changes. The most…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009
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  Sony 2009 Gamescom Presser Liveblog Spectacular

  What secrets will Sony reveal at its Gamescom 2009 press release? The PlayStation 3 Slim? A PS3 price cut? Join us on our voyage of discovery! Click to viewSony’s Gamescom 09 Press Event Spectacular

  By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009
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  LittleBigPlanet Gets All Wet

  You’ll soon be able to fully realize your LittleBigPlanet BioShock level, as Media Molecule announces the addition of water to the game in a future update. How has the LittleBigPlanet community survived this long without real water? Sure, we’ve had cardboard water, but that isn’t quite the same. Now the Super Mario Bros. levels can…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009
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  Gabe Newell “Gearbox” Poker Game Was “Tall Tale”

  The story Kotaku ran yesterday regarding the origin of a poker game deciding whether Valve’s Gabe Newell or Randy Pitchford could name their company Gearbox was a “tall tale,” Pitchford told Kotaku this morning. I regret presenting it as fact. The story in question originally ran on Joystiq, which presented a lengthy e-mailed anecdote from…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2009
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  Sony Says “Watch this Space” at Gamescom

  Sony’s potentially news-heavy press conference kicks off live here in Cologne at 10:30. a.m. We’ll be there live blogging it from the floor so make sure to check on Kotaku to follow along. In the meantime check out pics of some of the ads plastering the E Werk including one mammoth tease.

  By Brian Crecente Published August 18, 2009
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  Mass Effect 2: Meet Grunt

  BioWare has revealed the second party member to join Commander Shepard’s motley crew in Mass Effect 2, Grunt, a violent and unpredictable Krogan fighter. Grunt joins the assassin Thane as part of Shepard’s decidedly darker posse in the second game in BioWare’s epic space adventure. He may be untamed and untrustworthy, but he’s an important…

  By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009
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  Dante’s Inferno Dated For February 2010

  Electronic Arts announced at its Gamescom press conference the final date for its action adventure Dante’s Inferno, the God of War-like game based ever so loosely on Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy. Dante’s Inferno now has a hard date of February 12, 2010 in Europe, and a date of February 9, 2010 in the United States,…

  By Michael McWhertor Published August 18, 2009
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  Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Ships In March, Something Amazing Planned

  “When Battlefield: Bad Company 2 ships in March, it will deliver the best online multiplayer experience ever,” Karl Magnus Troedsson, Battlefield’s executive producer announced today. We’ll know soonish. Publisher EA announced that the DICE’s next military shooter will ship for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on March 2 in the U.S. and March 5…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2009
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  Persona 3 Ported To PSP, Bringing Female Lead Character

  Role-playing series Persona is coming to the PSP later this year with Persona 3 Portable. The game appears to differ from the PS2 version of Persona 3 as the game’s hero seems to be a heroine. Few other details are currently known, but the game will be out in Japan on November 1. New features…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2009
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  Brutal Legend Demo Out Next Month

  EA has just announced that a demo for Double Fine’s Brutal Legend will hit the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in September. UPDATE: Double Fine president Tim Schafer specified September 17 as the official relase date for the demo during EA’s Gamescom press conference. “We just couldn’t wait,” Double Fine president Tim Schafer said in…

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2009
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  EA Gamescom 2009 Presser Liveblog

  Join Kotaku live from EA’s Gamescom 2009 press conference! Click to viewEA Gamescom 2009 Presser Liveblog

  By Mike Fahey Published August 18, 2009
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  Report: Xbox 360 Failure Rate Over 50 Percent

  It’s that time again! Time to talk about Xbox 360 failure rates — you know, the Red Ring of Death and all that jazz. In a survey of the print edition of Game Informer, nearly 5,000 readers were surveyed about the consoles. Here’s how console failure broke down: ¥ Xbox 360 has a 54.2 percent…

  By Brian Ashcraft Published August 18, 2009
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  Talk Amongst Yourselves

  Big EA and Sony press conferences in Germany today. Wondering what will be announced? Talk about it here. Confused about commenting on Kotaku? Read our FAQ.

  By Stephen Totilo Published August 18, 2009