A new report on the growth trends of video consumer devices, including gaming consoles, recently found that Sony's PS3 is increasing its global market share.

To quote: "The PS3 is dominant in Japan and Korea, and as of June 2008, has begun to outsell the Xbox 360 in Europe.

It is also steadily increasing its market share in all other regions across the globe,...

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Zipper Interactive's Sr. Community Manager Jeremy Dunham has revealed some MAG PlayStation 3 developer tips alongside a 'Suppression' video.

To quote: Now that MAG is roughly two weeks old and players have familiarized themselves with the game and its mechanics, we’ve decided to help all of you take the next step towards becoming MAG superstars.

Specifically, every...

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Sony's Social Media Senior Specialist Chris Morell has shared a Final Fantasy XIII PS3 interview today with Producer Yoshinori Kitase and Director Motomu Toriyama.

To quote: We’re heading up to San Francisco later today to speak with Mr. Kitase and Mr. Toriyama, as well as FFXIII’s Battle Director Yuji Abe for the first time.

So now’s the time to get those final questions out there...

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SCEA Marketing Manager Mark Valledor has posted this week's LittleBigPlanet PS3 DLC updates today, as follows:

As mentioned in our last post, we’re trying something new to keep you up to date on all things LittleBigPlanet DLC.

So on Mondays we’ll be here filling you in on the latest DLC coming to the PlayStation Store. In time, we hope to fill out this post with more...

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Today SingStar Content Manager Nina Scherer of London Studios has posted this week's PS3 releases, with the update as follows:

Here I am again with lots of great tracks in my SingStore shopping bag, including not only one but two amazing SongPacks to sink your mics into. Don’t say I’m not good to you…

Whether you like to rock out to The Raconteurs and ‘Steady,...

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Playlogic Online Marketing Manager Debbie Brettell has announced that Fairytale Fights Treasure Pack 1 for PS3 is hitting PSN this week.

To quote: Firstly, let me thank all of you for your feedback to our first post, it has made me feel very welcome :0)

Secondly, I wanted to let you know that the first round of DLC for Fairytale Fights is due for release on the 11th...

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A few days ago xorloser propered the GeoHot PS3 Hack Exploit for all PlayStation 3 Firmware versions, and today he has detailed the required SX28 microcontroller hardware and shared the source code.

To quote: This post will deal with the hardware required to trigger the PS3 hypervisor memory access exploit. The purpose of the hardware is to stop the PS3 from saving a change to a value that we...

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The Alien Chestburster Cyborg PS3 case modification has arrived, through the creative work of GivinTats on Llamma.com.

Many may recall the previous Alien PlayStation 3 video game console mod, which was also done by GivinTats.

The broken circuit board coming out of the cracked open case carcass is a nice touch indeed!

To quote: "The following is what happened after I...

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Today Microsoft's Major Nelson has announced that XBox LIVE is being discontinued for Original XBox consoles and games as of April 15, 2010.

To quote: I wanted to let you know that on April 15, 2010 Microsoft will discontinue Xbox LIVE service for original Xbox consoles and games, including Xbox 1 games playable on Xbox 360.

Our first step in this process will be to...

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SCEA Marketing Specialist Brian Chou has introduced Echoshift for Sony's PSP console today, as follows:

I’m here to talk about Echoshift, an upcoming PlayStation Portable title that brings a fun and different twist to the puzzle genre.

Echoshift introduces a new gaming concept where you will have to play with your past actions. Each level features crazy puzzles and...

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