During an interview with G4TV (linked above), Quantic Dream co-CEO and writer/director David Cage reveals some details of the an upcoming Heavy Rain PS3 demo, his concerns, and why a demo will be important for gamers to try to gain a better understanding of Heavy Rain’s concept.

To quote: "G4: Have you considered releasing a short demo via PSN of a scene such as the Norman...

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DICE have today announced a Limited Edition release of Battlefield: Bad Company 2 for PS3, XBox 360 and the PC.

It features six special gameplay unlocks that'll "give players a tactical advantage on the battlefield."

The Limited Edition version of the game will be sold at the same price as the standard version of the game with participating retailers in North...

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At TGS 2009 Sony announced that PSP owners will not be able to transfer the UMD games they currently own to the upcoming PSP Go system.

The news contradicts promises made earlier this year at E3 2009 in Los Angeles, where Sony soothed consumer concerns with promises of an exchange service for gamers who wanted to play their PSP games on a new PSP Go.

A Sony rep...

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Today Sony's Social Media Senior Specialist Chris Morell has announced locations on where fans can get a sneak peek of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves on the big screen.

To quote: We first announced the special Uncharted 2 cinema events a couple weeks back, and since then, you’ve been asking us for details. Well, the time has officially come.

If you are lucky enough to live near...

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Following Kaz Hirai's keynote address at Tokyo Game Show 2009, Sony revealed that the PSP will be getting a version of PlayStation Home dubbed PlayStation Room.

This newer portable version will let you have blogs, photo albums, and some social networking features like chat, mini-games, and real-time communication.

The upcoming PSPGo will also have 700 launch games...

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Today N4G insider Super_Secret has shared on their boards (linked above) why Cross-Game Chat is currently missing in action on the PlayStation 3 console.

To quote: I promised you all an update on Cross-Game chat, so here it is. And you're not going to like it.

As I told you before, Cross-game voice chat has been in the works for a while now. I mentioned last time that...

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Over the last few weeks we've heard from Belgium, French, Spanish and now Italian retailers reporting that PS3 price drops are in the works to make room for a new PlayStation 3 Slim console's arrival.

Today an employee of a large Italian retailer has confessed the following on NeoGAF under the username zallaaa, to quote:

"I can confirm the discount for Italy. I work for a big...

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Per Chris Millar (Producer- Titan Studios), the Fat Princess multiplayer connection issues have now been improved for PlayStation 3 users.

To quote: First off, we want to thank all of you for playing and supporting Fat Princess with all of your suggestions and responses on the boards. You have given us a ton of very valuable information which has helped us to track down the majority of...

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Hermes has updated to uLoader v1.7 for Nintendo Wii today, which is now compatible with Rock Band and other USB peripheral titles and it adds parental control.

To quote, roughly translated:

NOTE: Custom IOS 222 1.6 is required now (the new installer with menu uses). This cIOS is incompatible with previous versions, since now the modules are loaded from the...

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Price drop or no price drop, the PlayStation 3 has been slaughtering other consoles on its home turf. In fact, it’s doing so well that it has actually managed to outsell the Nintendo Wii for 2009.

The current year-to-date figures put the PlayStation 3 at 447,700 units sold, while the Nintendo Wii is at 431,833 units sold.

The constant wave of heavy hitter...

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