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However, Sony Ericsson believes that gamers can have just as much fun playing video games on their phone as they can at home.  The company has partnered with Zeemote to create the Zeemote JS1 Controller, a Nunchuk-like controller for mobile phone games. 

Zeemote originally promised a controller similar to the motion-controlled Nunchuk for the Wii and, while they have not delivered on the motion sensitive aspect, the JS1 is completely wireless.  It syncs via Bluetooth to a very specific phone, the 3G W760i Walkman..

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A few reports have been coming in from PS3 owners claiming the latest PS3 2.42 firmware is causing some serious problems. The most common problems allege the PS3 has trouble reading Blu-ray discs and staying connected to online games.

Firmware 2.42 was a minor update that provided improved stability on some PlayStation titles and some PS3’s just seem to not respond well to updates. Firmware 2.42 was released on July 29, 2008 and for the most part users have been happy. These issues don’t appear to be…

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To celebrate the release of its latest game, Soulcalibur IV, on July 29, 2008, Bandai Namco held a tournament at the Metreon’s Sony Playstation Store, located in San Francisco, CA. The tournament required no prerequisites and eligibility was based on one simple rule: first come, first serve.

While many of the initial registered fighters failed to commit, there were more than enough over-enthusiastic bodies present just hopping at the chance to show-off their skills in Soulcalibur IV, or lack thereof.

In the end, only one would be the grand prize winner of a brand new 80GB Playstation 3 console. This particular PS3 was far from ordinary…

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Another PS3 firmware update has just been released. PS3 firmware v2.42 is more of a technical update than a flashy one. It doesn’t add any special XMB touches or new features to the system. Instead, it makes some PS3 and PS1 games play better on the console.

Of course after the fiasco known as PS3 firmware v2.40, and its clean-up crew v2.41, I’m sure a lot of PS3 owners are going to wait before making the jump to v2.42. After all, v2.42 doesn’t really add anything special. It just makes the console run better.

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At E3 2008 Jack Trenton announced a line up of Playstation 3 titles that would be getting special treatment and goes into effect this week (July 28, 2008). Select titles have been relaunched at lower price points across the United States with nine titles now costing $29.99 each.

Most of these games are actually very good and well worth their price. Warhawk is even supposed to get trophy support in the future. In case you forget which games have been discounted, Sony has placed them in distinctly colored cases. They have red borders around them so they stand out really well.

Click through for a complete list of the newly priced titles up for grabs…

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This week on the Playstation Store, we’ve got things that are actually interesting For starters, for only this week, a bunch of traditionally $10 games are now going for half-price.  On the regular-priced front, there are a couple of treats: the PSP version of the classic Parappa the Rapper (a must-buy) and 1942: Joint Strike, a remake of Capcom’s maiden World War II-based shmup (1941 would’ve been preferable, but it’s worth a look), along with the episodic debut of the PS3’s first survival horror game, Siren: Blood Call.

Click through for the complete list…

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Everyone has been speculating about the release of a new PSP. Fan Samuel Lau is one of the PSP fans hoping for the announcement, and on the official Sony PSP forums displayed his vision of what the next version should look like.

As Yanko Design points out, Lau’s vision looks like a combination of a T-Mobile Sidekick phone and an existing PSP. Lau’s improvements to the system include a screen that slides up to reveal a full QWERTY keyboard and a camera built in.

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Industry punching bag and Sony’s game chief executive, Kaz Harai, has set a corporate goal to sell 150 million PS3s. That’s 10 million more PS3s than the number of ridiculously ubiquitous PS2s sold (approx. 140 million) in its nine-year existence so far.

According to the BBC, the Playstation 2 had sold 50 million units worldwide two years after its US release. That’s 36 million more than the number of PS3s sold 22 months after its worldwide release. Sure, it’s two months shy of two years but there’s a very slim chance Sony can…

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Every E3 there are plenty of announcements and everyone claims their is the biggest, most important and whatevertheheck else. There were fewer hardware announcements than most years with more concentration on games, developing console interfaces and content options.

Not too surprisingly, most of the staff picks for their favorite E3 2008 announcements were somehow related to Microsoft’s Xbox 360. There was, of course, a sole dissenter.

Give it a read and then let us know what your favorite announcement was from E3 2008…

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It’s the end of the week and E3 2008 has officially ended and now it’s time to sit back, relax, and take in all the announcements made by the big three: Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft. 

Click through for an in-depth breakdown of the good and the bad of each company’s press conference. Clearly, Microsoft was this year’s winner but read on to find out where the other two companies fell flat

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