Yesterday it was time for europe to have its big games conference in the shape of GamesCon and Sony were there to start things off and they had a few announcements, however Microsoft wanted a little bit of the pie and sent Peter Molyneux to rant on about two games only.
So here is a special news blast with quick details on some of the stuff coming out of GamesCon.
- At Sony's press conference they finally decided to announce the PS3 Slim that we knew that was coming however they were also nice to tell us the price and thats £249.99 plus they said that the PS3 Slim will not just be the only PS3 at that price point they also said that the standard PS3 will also drop to that price.
- Sony also announced that they plan to spruce up the XMB with the 3.0 firmware update coming September 1st by making it easier to navigate and also by adding extra animations to the backgrounds.
- Also shown off were a new movie service coming this November with Lionsgate, Warner Bros and more supporting it.
The BBC iPlayer will also be making an appearance on PS3 plus for the first time on a console you will be able to download comics (like we care about that). - It wasn't just Sony who announced something Peter Molyneux was on hand to show off Fable 3 for the first time (see the trailer above) and that Fable 2 will be coming out in episodes on Xbox Live, the game will be split into 5 parts and that the first one will be free at the end of the month.
- Naughty Dog were also on hand to announce that they want to release a Jak and Daxter game on the PS3 instead of just making new ones for the PSP and PS2.
- As well as the standard 120gb PS3 Slim there will also be a 250gb model coming along soon after for people who want to download a shit load of stuff.
- Sony aslo said that if you register your PSP Go by the middle of October then you will be getting a free copy of Gran Turismo.
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