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Today’s a brilliant day for PlayStation news at GamesCom, so let’s round it up without delay…

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The PSP version of Media Molecule's ground-breaking user creation game is a tale of two halves: one good, the other no so. First of all, fans will be pleased to hear that the vast majority of the PS3's games functionality and creation tool set has been maintained in the PSP version, but with a fraction of the processing power. There have been compromises to achieve this, however. Instead of three planes of play, the game now ...

Another day of GamesCom has passed by and NowGamer has all the top stories covered. Here’s a small selection of NowGamer’s PlayStation news…

In yet another  Gamescom announcement that shows Sony are really making a big push this year, it's been revealed that the upcoming Home 1.3 update will finally include the ability to launch games from within the Home... sphere. We say "finally", as we were lead to believe this was a key feature and one set to be present from the very beginning. Well, better  late than never, yes? The feature only extends to cover a ...

Play’s parent site, NowGamer, has all the GamesCom coverage you need. Here’s a selection of the top PlayStation stories on NowGamer today…

Some are calling it the worst-kept secret in the history of all things ever and, frankly, they may be right. Still, yesterday evening saw Sony's Gamescom conference and with it the official announcement of the PS3 Slim - 32 per cent smaller, 36 per cent lighter and eating up 34 per cent less power. At first we thought it looked a bit iffy, but already the little blighter is growing on us and - as it's going to cost ...

News reporting that wears its lack of depth as a badge of pride.

Those of us who are unable to attend Gamescom may want to drown our collective sorrows in a long, hard bout of gaming. This, of course, often involves a trip to the PlayStation Network to see what treats we can download to keep us occupied for a few more hours. Unfortunately, you won't be able to this evening. But wait! There's a good reason for this... For you see, the PSN downtime just happens to be the exact time that Sony ...

Editor In Chief Nick Jones and I (News Editor Jon Gordon in case you weren't sure) will be leaving for Cologne tomorrow for Gamescom and you can keep up with our coverage via a number of different locations.We'll have every angle covered and we've got hands on time with some of the biggest games coming out in 2009 and 2010. Find out more after the jump.

Exciting news everybody, we're less than a month away from Gamescom. 'Europe's E3' takes place in Cologne and starts on the 19 August. It lasts for four days and is a bit more accessible than E3 because for two of the days – the Saturday and Sunday – it's open to the general public, who will be able to get their hands on games like God Of War III and Uncharted 2. We've already got a good idea of the games that'll be ...

News in bits so small you might get them caught in your teeth.