After the PS3 Slim was announced, we’ve been inundated with requests for news on when the console would launch locally, as well as its indicative recommended retail price. I’m happy to report* that in-line with European price cuts the 120Gb PS3 Slim is expected locally towards the end of September – at a RRP of R3799. All things considered, that’s …
With the well kept secret of the PS3 Slim causing much glee with its shock announcement at GamesCom, analysts have weighed in on whether we’ll be seeing a similar size-reducing hardware redesign from the camp at Redmond. At least one analyst reckons indubitably so, leading me to believe that the reason that “analyst†contains the word ‘anal†is because they’re …
So according to Kotaku, the PS3 Slim advertisements have come up with a pretty cool marketing campaign. The campaigns title is ‘Play Face’ and is modeled after Phillip Toledeno’s photographic pieces depicting gamer’s Oh-faces. Apparently Toledano “wanted to take portraits of people that would reveal a hidden part of their character. So I had them play video games.” Granted there …
So have you been wondering how much of this new price cut will land up here in Australia? Well according to a new flyer sent out by Gametraders we can start pre-ordering our PS3 Slims for the new low price of $499 which compares favourably to the European price of 299 Euro’s but is over $100 more than our American …
One of the little known upgrades in the new PS3 Slim is it’s ability to interact with Sony’s own Bravia range of HD TV’s. If you connect your PS3 Slim to a Sony Bravia TV you will be able to access all the media playback facilities through the Bravia’s remote as well as using that very same remote to turn …
I’m sure you guys remember that Sony used to boast the inclusion of ‘Backward compatibility’ in their consoles. You may remember that a while after the PS3 was released, they stopped boasting. The reason being is because they stopped including it in the PS3. Now many gamers have been hoping that the rise of the PS3 Slim would bring backward …
One of the original selling points of the PS3 was that you were able to load Linux onto it and use it as an all powerful server / Skynet apprentice. Well apparently one of the caveats of the new PS3 Slim is that this functionality will no longer be available and you are going to have to use your PS3 …
Feast your eyes on the new PS3 Slim with included Dualshock for $299. The first thing I noticed that I really love is the fact that it won’t be a dust magnet anymore with a new brushed plastic finish instead of that oh so pretty shine. If you have kids or fingers then you most probably would have hated the …
Traci Braxton husband was Kevin Surratt Sr., a longtime partner who stood by her …
A spooky European village. Properly scary castle mania. Vampires. Werewolves! The only thing more frightening, is a glimpse at your empty bank account when it comes to deciding whether or not you can grab Resident Evil Village this month. Capcom's successor to its long-running survival-horror franchise is finally out, and if you've read our review then you know the game is a winner on multiple levels.
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