Sony's PS3, circa E3 2005 - it was great. Dual HDMI outputs, 3X LAN and lots more.

Last week we covered the PS3 DECR-1000A Front, and so today let's take a peek at the backside of Sony's PS3 Reference Tool.

We can cut right to the goodies! Back of the tool: starting on the far right features a power connector to the variable 100-240V PSU, for multi-region support.

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Sony's Social Media Senior Specialist Chris Morell has shared a Final Fantasy XIV PlayStation 3 GamesCom interview tonight on the PlayStation Blog.

To quote: Many of you have been asking about Final Fantasy XIV since its announcement a few months back at E3.

During my Gamescom Cologne stay, Square Enix invited me to a small roundtable discussion (along with some new...

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I believe this will lead us to a very happy moment or very sad one. It all depends whether you are living in Germany or not.

Rumor said that German Amazon got this item so-called PlayStation 3 Konsole Slim (PS3 Slim) uploaded to their site.

I wish this will be updated soon with a box art and more information.

Anyway, I'm glad Kotaku mentioned this news. We'll...

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Today PSP Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-A for HEN has been released, which includes support for PSP-3000 and PSP-2000 v3 consoles, PS1 games, PSP back-ups, GEN VSH and Recovery Menus and access to PSN.

Download: PSP Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-A for HEN / PSP Custom Firmware 5.03 GEN-A for HEN [Mirror]

An installation video is below, and from the included ReadMe file:

1. Connect your PSP to the computer in USB Mode when you have loaded ChickHEN R2.
2. Unzip 5.03GEN-A_for_HEN.zip on your desktop by example
3. double-click on LAUNCH-ME.exe (GUI)
4. PSP Model: choose options PSP-2000 or PSP-3000 (depends of your PSP)
5. Mode: Choose option FULL
6. PSP Install : Choose option YES
7. push START.




8. the files are copied on your PSP.
9. Disconnect the PSP from USB.
10. Launch the main EBOOT.PBP using ChickHEN R2 (only R2! NOT...

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The producer of Final Fantasy XIII Yoshinori Kitase has told Dengeki Magazine, as reported by Kotaku, that the retail version will use nearly 100% of the PS3's power.

To quote: The producer was speaking to magazine Dengeki and stated: “Doesn’t the demo use about 50 percent of its power? Of course, I think the retail version will make use of nearly 100 percent.”

If you...

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Two additions have been added to the Wii shop today. Ogre Battle is now available on the Virtual Console, while Family & Friends Party is now available on WiiWare.

Press Release: WII-KLY UPDATE: ONE WIIWARE Game and ONE VIRTUAL CONSOLE GAME ADDED TO WII SHOP CHANNEL

In like a lamb and out like a lion, or vice-versa? Whether March finds you digging out from a...

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Codemasters is planning to publish Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust, the latest game in the adult-themed adventure series for Sony's PS3, the XBox 360 and PC.

The title was a previous Vivendi Games release, but the merger of that company with Activision to form Activision Blizzard left that title, like so many others orphened.

To quote: While the publisher...

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MLB 09 The Show Designer Greg Batalucco detailed some of the things that help make the game shine on Sony's PS3 console:

For this year’s version we wanted to make the game as accurate as possible and included in MLB 09 The Show are actual team mascots, new and improved stadium jumbotrons with game related movies, K boards, realistic crowds, and improved lighting and skies throughout...

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Former IBM technical architect David Shippy, who worked on both the PS3's Cell-specific PPU chip and XBox 360's Xenon CPU has discussed the power of each system.

He couldn't give a definite answer on which system was powerful and laughed it all depends. The conclusion that he come to was that overall they are fairly equal even though they use different processing models.
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MEGamers write: Truth is, all my life I’ve been an ardent PC gamer that scoffed at inferior FPS experiences on the console. My colleagues always teased me for being a hardcore PC fanatic (fancy name for “fanboy”).

It’s a given fact that PC gamers are much harder to please in terms of quality or gameplay and hence, console FPS ports are always a disappointment.
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