Here is something interesting. It seems that Universal Pictures and Sony have signed a deal to make a whole bunch of crazy new vending machines that will contain not Blu-rays, DVD's, games and all other sorts of media. At the moment, the vending machines are only planned for the UK. According to a report from Stuff.tv: "The PoP “entertainment vending machine” is a brand new venture between Universal Pictures and Sony entertainment to allow punters to grab their favourite DVDs, Blu-ray discs, PS3 games and downloads 24/7." At launch, they plan to have 150 movie titles available. What I think is really great is that you will also be able to download music and movies directly to your MP3/movie straight from the machine and even watch trailers to help you decide if the movie is worth the purchase. When they arrive, they will be available in cinemas, universities, gyms and some travel stations. A new era for software distribution maybe? All I know is that they had better have those things bolted down to the floor pretty tightly.

I hope someone from Sony is paying attention this morning as a new fan based PS3 advert has hit the Internet and it is far better than the This Is Living series that was previously aired by Sony. Granted it needs a bit of fine tuning but it gets you excited about the console and what you can do with …

The graphic impact of Heavy Rain is truly staggering but there is still a huge question mark over whether or not the gameplay will be good or even exist at all. From what I have seen before the gameplay looks like it is made up entirely of quick time events and it looks like it’s more of an interactive story …

“Based on DFC’s most current research, she (Wanda Meloni) says, Sony’s production losses per individual PS3 mean that the console can’t be expected to “break even” across its lifetime” That is the startling conclusion of DFC’s recent analysis of the video game industry, apparently due to the huge manufacturing costs and competitive industry the PS3 is now not expected to even …

Images from a patent application from Sony have made their way onto the internet showing off an incredibly odd looking controller device that looks to somehow also involve the PS-Eye. While a patent doesn't mean that it is actually going to come out, it is a possibility that Sony is working on something rather different here in an attempt to break into the casual market that the Wii has so easily eaten up. A break-controller has been rumored for ages now and so this may be what all the fuss is about. I have posted up a whole bunch of extra drawings of the device and how it works after the jump.

LBP has been reviewed by Gametrailers and without ruining anything I have to say that it was a good review. Honestly the score for gameplay surprised me a bit but its overall score was pretty much exactly what I was hoping it would be. The fear of LBP failing was proven wrong in resounding fashion and it looks like this …

Can you believe that the Xbox 360 has actually outsold the PS3 in Japan now for 4 weeks running. That really is quite a feat and while the numbers are still low it must worry Sony a bit, I remember people saying that Microsoft cannot win this war without taking Japan. I have never believed that to be honest but …

The only Socom players I know are super hardcore, I guess that’s why I’ve always steered clear of the game. Not that being hardcore is a bad thing, it can however be hard to have fun when there’s a bunch of guys on your team that actually believe they were born to be special forces. So with Socom Confrontation coming …