Just a day after the first PS3 250GB bundle gray box was spotted at a European retailer comes news of another.

This time, it's the previously announced Need for Speed Shift 250GB PS3 bundle (pictured below) in the new gray box.

To quote, roughly translated: "The first pack PS3 slim for this week arrives. And it's Need for Speed Shift that opens the ball.

For the...

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Update: Edge-Online is now reporting that Analysts Michael Pachter of Wedbush Securities and Jesse Divnich of EEDAR wouldn’t be at all surprised if Sony’s next handheld supported the platform holder's proprietary UMD format.

According to PlayStation Insider (linked above), they have received a tip regarding the functionality of the upcoming PSP 4000.

Apparently it will feature the PSP Go's...

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Capcom announced today that two titles on display at the 2009 Tokyo Game Show will be coming to North America and Europe in 2010.

New Capcom titles Sengoku BASARA Samurai Heroes and Ghost Trick (working title for North America and Europe), displayed to the Japanese public for the first time in Tokyo, will be making the transition to western gamers next year.

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According to Examiner.com (linked above), an influx of new MAG BETA participants from both Qore subscribers and SCEE lottery winners led to a large increase in server load today.

A post from Shijima in the MAG BETA Forum reveals this in detail along with hinting that the current 3GB download may total 6GB in size before all is finalized.

To quote: "Okay, I'm sorry to have to...

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Sony's worst-kept secret this year appears to be the PS3 Slim, as retailer KMart is now listing the PlayStation 3 Slim for $299 with a launch date of August 24, 2009.

It's also currently displayed on KMart's main page HERE with the slogan "The rumors are reality." and includes a 120GB HDD, with the description as follows:

"PS3, SLIM High-Definition Blu-ray player...

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Today PlayStationLifestyle (linked above) is reporting that inFamous Costumes will be hitting LittleBigPlanet on PS3 this Thursday.

The DLC will allow you to dress Sackboy as a heroic or evil iteration of the inFamous protagonist.

To quote: Media Molecule is ensuring that fans get to choose between an evil and a good Sackboy, with their latest batch of DLC,...

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Today Western Digital has started shipping the world's first 1TB 2.5-inch drive, part of the WD Scorpio Blue series, as well as a 750GB drive.

Here are the details from their Web site, to quote:

WD Scorpio Blue 2.5-inch drives offer high-performance, low power consumption and cool operation, making them ideal for notebooks and other portable devices.

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When Halo 3: ODST drops this Sept. 22, it will deliver a completely new campaign, a new cooperative multiplayer experience called Firefight, the complete Halo 3 multiplayer experience on a standalone disc, and new competitive multiplayer maps for Halo 3 you won’t find anywhere else.

Microsoft and Bungie today revealed the remaining three multiplayer maps which are sure...

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Today PlayStation Home Online Community Specialist Locust_Star has announced news of an inFAMOUS Space coming to PlayStation Home, Far Cry 2 Game Launching Support and more, as follows:

Welcome back to your all-points BOLO bulletin wherein I give you, the beautiful people of the PlayStation Home community, a head’s up on what to keep your eyes open for in our next publishing...

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Below you will read about many of the secrets of E3; secret in that they did not come with a press release or a screenshot, nor was the information released to anyone walking by.

It was heard whispered behind backs, imparted across beers or was pried out via targeted questioning. Nothing can be considered anything more than a rumor as some of it may never eventuate when...

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