Today Sony Executive Vice President Kazuo Hirai announced that an 'iTunes' style online entertainment service will be coming in early 2010.

Sony plans to launch the new online service to distribute movies, music, books and other content to the PS3, network-capable Bravia TVs, Blu-ray players, ebooks and others in a bid to add value to its hardware.

To quote: "Sony...

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Today Mike Kebby from the SCEE PlayStation Store Team has revealed this week's European PSN lineup, as follows:

For PS3 users you can get hold of Critter Crunch (trial and unlock) and Invincible Tiger, as well as the demo for Smash Cars, there are two packs available for Dragon Age: Origins (that’s my weekend gone then) and a host of other content too.

Oh, did I...

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Although many are a bit disappointed that yesterday's PS3 Firmware 3.10 update announcement didn't include the cross-game voice chat functionality discussed recently by PSN Director Eric Lempel, it is in the works.

The European Blog’s James Thorpe has revealed that cross-game voice chat is coming in response to the question “when is there going to be cross-game voice chat?” regarding the firmware update.

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PopCap Games Associate Producer Michael Santora has announced today that Peggle and Peggle Nights are coming to PSN this week for PS3.

To quote: Hey everyone, I’m Michael Santora, an Associate Producer from PopCap Games, bringing you all of our titles in association with Sony Online Entertainment. You may remember me from such blog posts as the announcement of Heavy Weapon on the PlayStation Network.

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Square-Enix's announcement has been revealed- Final Fantasy XIII will hit Sony's PS3 and Microsoft's XBox 360 consoles on March 9, 2010.

Introducing both sets of platform owners to the sky city of Cocoon, the game (which hits in Japan on Dec. 17) will include a new battle system, a "dramatic story" focused on the emotions of the character and will feature a Leona Lewis single as the...

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The XCM Team didn't leave PS3 fans out in the cold today with their XCM XFPS 4.0 Speed Adapter for XBox 360 announcement... they also have a PlayStation 3 counterpart to it on the way.

The XCM XFPS 4.0 Force Adapter for PS3 is also making its official debut today, can be pre-ordered from their Official Resellers and includes the following similar features of course:

• Connect PS/2 or USB mouse & keyboard to your PS3.
• Compatible with...

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Now that we have confirmation on both the Facebook & Gamercard Colors and Cross-Game Voice Chat rumors, here comes another rumor for the next PS3 Firmware Update.

According to Polish site Polygamia.pl (linked above), PlayStation 3 Firmware 3.10 will arrive on November 19, 2009 and include an XMB option to choose the Polish language interface for your PS3.

To quote, roughly translated: "Polish...

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Today Square Enix global president Yoichi Wada has revealed that development on Final Fantasy XIII has been “going very steadily” for the US ane European versions and that they’re “just adding the final touches” to the game.

To quote: “We’ve completed the master of the Japanese version, and for the US and European versions we’re just adding the final touches,”...

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Update: RPGLand.com has now uncovered what appears to be a preliminary picture (below) of the Final Fantasy XIII North American PS3 box art on Play-Asia.com.

Square Enix have posted an anagram on their official North American Final Fantasy XIII Web site recently. The puzzle, dubbed "A Henchmen Inventor Tent Unto," appears to hint at an upcoming Final Fantasy XIII announcement.

Shortly...

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The Associate Producer for Battlefield Gordon Van Dyke has announced today on the PlayStation Blog that the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PS3 Beta Begins on November 19, 2009.

To quote: Today we’re excited to announce that our forthcoming multiplayer beta is coming exclusively to PS3, so you’ll have a chance to experience all the action, destruction and vehicular warfare ahead of our...

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