With the announcement of the PS3 Slim by Sony at GamesCom last week, there have now been rumors of a XBOX 360 Slim in the works from Microsoft to counter the PS3 Slim. The PS3 Slim is going to be released before September 1st at a new price of $299 and with the announcement of the XBOX 360 Pro being dropped and the XBOX 360 Elite replacing the Pro at the same $299 price point, Microsoft and Sony w... more.

With the announcement of the PS3 Slim (not officially called the PS3 Slim) we have been seeing new things coming from Sony on the PS3. As in a  previous article, Sony planning new PS3 Box art with PS3 Slim Announcement?, Sony is now in the process of rebranding it's flagship PS3 in the market. With the  announcement of the PS3 Slim, it was more than just a new version of the PS3. It was a wh... more.

The PS3 slim has been rumored for quite some time. But now it is confirmed that there will be an actual PS3 Slim. Kmart, Best Buy, Gamestop, and other websites have made live web pages that allow you to pre order the upcoming PS3 Slim. The availability date is not known exactly at this moment. It is known that it will be released before September 1st, but Gamestop has changed their date num... more.

Today is GamesCom for Sony and Microsoft and I have put together a pre-roundup of what might and/or is going to happen during the Sony Conference. You can find live blog's at multiple sources and articles of what is going to happen and what is rumored to happen. Today everything will be cleared up and hopefully the Ps3 went on a diet. Name: GamesCom When: August 18, 2009, 12pm-3pm ET | 11am-2p... more.

There is a new PlayStation 3 box art that is floating around with a significant change. Instead of the PlayStation 3 Spider-Man font on the left side of the box, it has now been moved to the top again, like the PS2's box art. With the recent leaked images of the supposed PS3 Slim and it's new font, it looks like they've got rid of the Spider-Man font to coincide with the PS3 Slim. The new b... more.

With the recent Sony patent for the emulation of the Emotion Engine on the PS3, which allows software emulation of PS2 games instead of hardware, has brought out a new rumor. According to to the German website Demo News, they got a comment from a Sony employee that states that full backwards compatibility is coming to US PS3’s as a firmware update in the “next few weeks.” With this inform... more.