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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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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Sega has unveiled Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode I, previously Project Needlemouse, on Gamespot (linked above) which will be downloadable on Sony's PS3, Microsoft's XBox 360 and the Nintendo Wii console.

While the game retains the classic 2D gameplay that made the series great, Sonic 4 will include 3D visuals, and be digitally released over Xbox LIVE Arcade, PlayStation...

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Today EA has announced that the Battlefield: Bad Company 2 PS3 demo will be arriving tomorrow, February 4, 2010 on PlayStation Network.

Press Release: DICE INVITES PLAYSTATION 3 GAMERS TO GET INTO THE BATTLEFIELD: BAD COMPANY 2 DEMO ON FEBRUARY 4

Stockholm, Sweden – February 3, 2010 – DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc. studio (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced that...

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Square Enix has confirmed to VG247 (linked above) that the XBox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII will ship on three DVDs in March, 2010.

The news comes after it was US retailer Gamefly listed the RPG at three discs overnight.

To quote: “Yes the game is on three DVDs for the 360,” a Square rep told us.

It was also confirmed to us that you’re not...

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According to Kikoo.pl, some PS3 code found in the PC version of Mass Effect 2 reveals that the title may come to the PlayStation 3 entertainment system.

Mass Effect going multi-platform is one of those things that have been speculated about constantly since Electronic Arts bought BioWare back in 2007.

To quote: "EA is not known for having console exclusives and...

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Today Rockstar Games have confirmed that Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City are coming to Sony's PS3 entertainment system and the PC platform via Windows Live on March 30, 2010.

Press Release: Rockstar Games Announces Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City on PlayStation 3 and Games for Windows - LIVE

The Lost and Damned and The Ballad of Gay...

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Today xorloser has updated his previous PS3 ELF/SELF/PRX/SPRX PPU Loader for IDA to version 1.5 of the PPC Altivec Plugin for IDA v5.6.

The update adds interactive disassembler support for special instructions that are used by some PPC based devices.

Shortly following, a 1.6 revision was released which includes support for more special PPC instructions added to the plugin.

Download: PS3 and XBox 360 PPC Altivec Plugin v1.5 Update /...

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Today C4E has released iXtreme Lite Touch (LT) alongside JungleFlasher v0.1.70 for Microsoft's XBox 360 console.

Download: iXtreme Lite Touch (LT) / JungleFlasher v0.1.70

From the NFO File: After a long development and testing process we give you the first official release of the iXtreme LT

• Supports all Liteon Drives (74850, 83850V1, 83850V2, 93450)
• Totally re-written...

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This week, as promised previously, we decided to show a video tour of the PS3 TOOL DECR-1000A XMB (XrossMediaBar) menu.

For anyone with a retail PlayStation 3 system, the options listed below are quite different. But, for those with PS3 Test units, the Debug settings are quite similar to that of a PS3 TOOL.

However, the biggest difference between a TEST and a TOOL is that...

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