Sony's PlayStation Store Senior Manager Grace Chen has announced today that the Digital Comics Reader is now available for PSP... and provided a code to get a free issue too!

To quote: As you’ve already heard from Eric Lempel, the latest PSP firmware update v6.20 added the Digital Comics Reader to the XMB on the PSP. The PlayStation Network comic service on PlayStation Store will be coming in...

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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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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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Update: As expected, according to FinancialPost.com Microsoft stated, to quote: "Piracy is illegal and modifying an XBox 360 is a violation of the XBox Live Terms of Use. Microsoft is well within its legal rights to ban these users from XBox Live."

Today IncGamers.com (linked above) have reported that Abington IP, a law firm specializing in consumer class actions, has started an...

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Today PlayStation Network Operations Director Eric Lempel confirmed what was reported yesterday, specifically that PSP Firmware v6.20 update has arrived tonight alongside the PS3 Firmware v3.10 update.

Download: PSP Firmware v6.20 Update (US) / PSP Firmware v6.20 Update (EU)

To quote: Hi everyone, PSP (PlayStation Portable) firmware update (v6.20) will be available later this evening so we wanted to give you a quick preview of...

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Sony's Social Media Manager Jeff Rubenstein has announced today that PlayStation voting for the 2009 Video Game Awards has commenced.

To quote: As the saying goes, “It’s an honor just to be nominated.” If that’s the case, then we here at PlayStation are pretty well honored; The 2009 Video Game Awards nominees have just been announced, and Sony Computer Entertainment is up for 17 awards, more than...

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Today LittleBigPlanet PSP Senior Producer Mark Green has announced that LittleBigPlanet is going portable on Sony's PSP and PSPGo consoles, as follows:

LittleBigPlanet is here for PSP! Yes, we’ve finally finished, and I don’t mind admitting that molding Media Molecule’s PS3 game to fit its new home on the PSP and PSPgo has been a rollercoaster ride for us all.

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Today Activision is reporting that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 made $550 million in the first five days of the videogame's release.

It appears even in this challenging economic climate, Modern Warfare 2 is indeed a top seller setting a new entertainment industry record.

Press Release: Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare® 2 Sets All-Time Entertainment Industry...

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Today Sony's Social Media Manager Jeff Rubenstein has announced that the Battlefield Bad Company 2 PS3 Beta launches tomorrow, as follows:

So what can we expect from the PS3-exclusive Battlefield Bad Company 2 beta, exactly?

DICE Producer Gordon van Dyke joined me via PlayStation Eye chat to talk about the Arica Harbor map, the destruction you can cause due to the game’s Frostbite...

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