As a follow-up to our earlier article on news coming out of Sony's Media/Investor Conference is the following:

Sony intends to deliver PS3 3D Gaming in 2010 via Firmware Update.

According to the image from their Slide Presentation [PDF] below, 3D games will be released in line with Sony's 3D strategy and all PlayStation 3 consoles will be upgradeable via PS3 Firmware update to...

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Update: VG247.com has confirmed that Kaz Hirai stated the current PSN service will remain free, and subscriptions are only for “premium content and services.”

Sony has revealed during their Media/Investor Conference that the PlayStation Network will be getting a new paid subscription service in 2010 alongside non-game content likely to include applications and videos.

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Retailer GameStop is set to begin selling digital video game content downloads as part of a new service.

The idea behind this is that a GameStop shopper could learn about a new level for their favorite game, purchase it and then immediately play it when they get home.

To quote: "The new program, which GameStop will start testing early next year, will work in...

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Capcom revealed in this year’s Tokyo Game Show two new characters that will be appearing in Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles that is due to come out late November.

To quote: Hidalgo, a South American drug lord and Manuela, a mysterious girl will be the key characters in Leon’s special mission in South America.

It’s been said that these characters will...

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After Sony's Keynote address, Kazunori Yamauchi has just announced at the Sony Computer Entertainment Japan press conference at the Tokyo Game Show that the official release date for Gran Turismo 5 is March 2010.

Additionally, the following GT5 modes and features were revealed:

• GT Mode: World Map, My Garage, Car Dealer, Tuning Shop, Championship Race, and License...

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Naughty Dog's Senior Manager of Marketing Communications Arne Meyer has announced today that Uncharted 2 for PS3 was dubbed GamesCom's best console game.

To quote: Just last week, one of our Senior Character Artists, Hanno, and I hopped on a plane to head over to Cologne, Germany, to work at Europe’s biggest videogames show, Gamescom. It turns out that we absolutely had no idea...

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Today full video coverage has been made available by MichaelXboxEvolved via YouTube on THQ's press conference for their upcoming wrestling game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010.

It includes highlights, interviews, gameplay, walkthroughs and everything else fans will want to know.

WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2010 is scheduled for release in October on PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3,...

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Well, it's a day late but as Jem Alexander stated yesterday on the topic of Sony's GamesCom 2009 Press Conference:

"Sorry. There is no live video stream. The press conference will be posted in Home soon after it ends (probably an hour or so).

Alternatively, you can read our liveblog and learn all the info immediately. The choice is yours!"

That being said, we've...

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There were no new motion control live demos from Sony during its keynote at GamesCom, but what we did get was a promise of lots of new information at the Tokyo Game Show later in the year.

Also, some footage of early demos that Sony's internal studios are working on is now available.

Below is the developers update video from Sony's GamesCom conference.
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More than 800 journalists and their laptops packed into E-Werk in Cologne, Germany before the start of GamesCom to hear the latest announcements from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe.

A brand new PlayStation 3 topped the bill, as Kaz Hirai – President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. joined Andrew House – President and CEO of SCEE – on-stage.

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