SCEE's Partner Marketing Executive Mikel Arrien has announced today that the WipEout HD PS3 patch 2.10 update is incoming, to quote:

We wanted to touch base with you all to share some information about the impending release of the 2.10 update for Wipeout HD / Fury that’s coming soon.

The 2.10 Update makes some small improvements to front-end functionality and...

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Today PlayStation Home Online Community Specialist Locust_Star has announced news of a PlayStation Home Halloween bash set for this weekend.

To quote: As you may know from visiting Central Plaza in the last few weeks or watching one of the recent newscasts on PULSE, zombies have staged a full-on invasion of PlayStation Home.

It’s certainly no coincidence that the...

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In Japan this week during CEATEC (an IT and Electronics exhibition that runs from October 6-10, 2009) Sony's PS3 console made an appearance with an interactive digital advertising demo for onlookers.

During the demonstration, the PlayStation 3 displays various visual effects on the screen, including water and fire, with the hand movements of the people captured on cameras...

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Ever since PS3 Firmware 3.0 was released there have been numerous criticisms over it... so many in fact that Sony stated they are aware of the issues and plan to release another update, possibly this week.

One of the complaints we haven't addressed here is the PS3 Startup destination... as of Firmware 3.0 the default one is a ‘What’s new’ page advertising the PS Store.

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Today SCEA's Director of Network Advertising David Winding has announced that the 'Do the Move' PAIN Contest goes live tomorrow, and he has posted up a PAIN AXE video which includes contest details.

To quote: The Sony Computer Entertainment America and AXE “Do the Move” PAIN contest is on. This is your chance to earn some bragging rights for your Double Pits to Chesty combination...

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A new commercial has surfaced showing a bunch of Playboy girls playing Guitar Hero 5 around Hugh Hefner, while he says "What, I like variety."

Activision claims that fans can't get enough of people in underwear rocking it out.

Of course Hugh Hefner has to be involved as well, and is shown at the end of the commercial between two head banging women while the rest of...

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Sony is set to launch an £82m pan-European marketing campaign for the PlayStation 3, firing the first advertising salvo against rivals Nintendo Wii and Microsoft Xbox as consumers start to think about presents for Christmas 2009.

The TV element of the campaign, which has been developed by the TBWA agency, marks a departure from Sony's traditional tactic of often esoteric...

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Today SCEA's Director of Network Advertising David Winding has introduced a new “Smooth Jarvis” character and some new moves in PAIN for PlayStation 3.

To quote: Starting today Sony Computer Entertainment America and AXE will be introducing the first ever AXE-branded virtual video game character in the form of “Smooth Jarvis.”

Smooth Jarvis will come enabled...

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Apparently, a picture (below) of what appears to be a movie poster advertising the new Metal Gear Solid movie has just sneaked onto the Internet today.

To quote: The poster, which is believed to have been taken at Sony Pictures in Culver City, CA, shows Christian Bale (most likely Solid Snake) and Daniel Craig (most likely Liquid Snake) along with a scheduled release for July 2011 and Hideo Kojima's name...

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Earlier this year Sony began quietly readying an army of evangelists to take to the front lines of the escalating console wars.

The Experience PlayStation Now program had a "beta test" of sorts earlier this month, with Sony employees well-versed in the ins and outs of the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 setting up temporary shop in a select number of Best Buys across...

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