Lead Designer Tom French has detailed the third installment from their developer diary on The Saboteur for Sony's PS3 today.

To quote: I just got back from my little world tour (San Francisco, London, Moscow, whew!) showing off The Saboteur’s open-world/sandbox gameplay and perks system, so I figured this might make a good topic to add to my developer diary series on The...

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Autoweek.com (linked above) met with Gran Turismo creator and godfather Kazunori Yamauchi at SEMA and asked him several questions about the upcoming Gran Turismo 5 title for Sony's PS3 console.

To quote from the interview:

When will you release GT5?

Yamauchi: We will release it in March in Japan but for other regions, it has not been decided yet.

What's holding it up?

That's...

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Update: The rumor is now officially confirmed by NetFlix.

We already know of Netflix's plans to stream to Sony Bravia TV Sets, and in the past both a survey and CNET have hinted that Netflix may be coming to Sony's PlayStation 3 console.

Today, according to the Associated Press, Netflix stocks are riding high after management announced they'll soon be extending their "watch instantly" Internet...

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Recently Sony announced that new PS3 250GB bundles were heading for Europe, and this past week UK Retail Pricing was also confirmed.

Today Engadget received a picture (below) of a 250GB PS3 Slim bundle spotted at an unspecified retail store in Europe.

Although it's a bit hard to tell from the image, it appears the 250GB PlayStation 3 bundles come in a gray box, versus the...

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In an interview today, chief executive of Sony Computer Entertainment of America Jack Tretton said he expects the PS3 price cuts and lineup of popular games due ahead of the Christmas holiday will lift the entire video game industry, following some six months of sales declines.

However, he also noted that higher demand for the PlayStation 3 could leave some retailers out of stock....

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Today a rumor has been making its rounds on the Internet that Electronic Arts, among several other companies, may be considering a takeover of THQ.

According to a THQ stockholder on Minyanville.com (linked above), he looks favorably on the potential acquisition.

To quote: "I usually ignore takeover rumors because 99.9% of the time, they're 100% false. However, I'm...

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The worldwide leader in family entertainment is about to get a great deal more entertaining, as the Walt Disney Company agrees to acquire iconic comic book company Marvel Entertainment for $4 billion.

More than 5,000 iconic comic book characters will soon be in the hands of Disney, raising serious questions about the future of Marvel video game titles from Activision, Sega,...

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PlayStation Store Senior Manager Grace Chen is back again, this time with the PSN video content update for the weekend, as follows:

Let’s kick off this week’s Video Store post with some good news for all of our European readers... PlayStation Video Store will be launching in Europe this coming November! Congratulations!!

For the US Video Store it was a busy week...

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Contrary to the announced September 1st release date, GameStop will have the PS3 Slim consoles in stock starting on Monday, August 24, 2009.

To quote from GamerVision.com (linked above): "The biggest news of course isn't the fact that the system is slim, nor that it's only going to be $50 more expensive than a Wii, but that Gamestop will have the PS3 slims in stock...

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Online retailer Amazon.com has now instituted a purchase limit policy for PlayStation 3 Slim consoles, allowing just ONE per household or you could risk getting your account closed.

To quote: PlayStation 3 120 GB Purchase Policy

As you may know, the PlayStation 3 120 GB is in great demand, and there are shortages of this product across the U.S. In an effort to provide as many...

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