Recently the PS3 Dev Team received a PS3 Reference TOOL Kit and detailed the Frontside and Backside of the hardware.

Today we popped off the top of our PS3 TOOL to share how this monstrous machine works!

For starters, the cover is large but thin, and quite sharp (it drew blood!). Underneath the top cover are multiple steel covers, nearly 1/8th of an inch thick. This keeps the PS3 TOOL...

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It appears Uncharted is definitely getting a movie after all. According to an interview with New York Magazine, creative director of Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Amy Hennig, has told fans not to worry.

To quote: “It’s definitely in the works, I can tell people. We’ve got the best possible partners we could in Columbia Pictures.

If anybody’s got any fears of them...

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Today Sony's President & CEO Jack Tretton has graced the PlayStation Blog with the following message: Welcome to the PlayStation Nation.

To quote: Nearly half a million of you purchased a PS3 in September. Amazing. Welcome to the PlayStation Nation and to what will be one of our best holidays yet.

We are in the midst of one of the most exciting times for PlayStation as...

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Here are some extremely rare pictures of the Debug PS3 DEH-H1001-D aka "COOKIE-13" PlayStation 3 prototype from late June '06.

Pics by Cookie Monster from Sesame Street, and brought to you by the numbers 11 21 08.

The JTag port does have the headers left on this unit... see a picture below and the rest HERE.

The pictures compare early and release hardware to these...

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Today Microsoft's Major Nelson has warned that next week's XBox 360 update will see the blocking of unauthorized storage devices such as the XBox 360 Memory Unit 512MB or XBox 360 Max Memory Card 2GB.

To quote: When Preview Program members start receiving the Xbox 360 system update next week, one of the changes is that unauthorized Memory Units will no longer work with the Xbox 360.

If you’ve moved your profile or...

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As a follow-up to our Nintendo Wii WODE Demos article from earlier today, we now have some Wii WODE final design pictures to share.

A few of them are below, with the rest available HERE. Finally, in case anyone missed the pricing and WODE specs here they are: 79,90 € incl. the vertical stand.

Features:

• Play Wii & GC game ISOs direct from USB Mass Storage
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Today Internet retailer Amazon.com have expanded their online offerings by offering customers access to both a PlayStation Network PSP and PS3 store HERE via 'tokens'.

The most obvious advantage of this new service is the convenience of being able to make PSN purchases directly from your Web browser.

To quote: "The online retailer is now offering PlayStation...

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Update: If you possess one of these bricked PS3 drives, please see HERE.

Additionally, GameSpot has reported of two gamers (one from Texas, the other Iowa) who also are suing Sony over these very issues.

A man from Florida has filed a law-suit against Sony over their recent PS3 3.0 Firmware update. The suit alleges that the Firmware update caused his PS3, like several others,...

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It's only been a few days since the release of the PSPGo and the console is already getting an unofficial price cut in the UK.

Numerous reports indicate that a number of retailers have already slashed the price of the system, as follows:

UK retailers have already started dropping the price of PSPgo, with Amazon, Play, GAME and HMV now selling the machine for...

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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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