You may have noticed that Sony hasn't done a great job of hiding announcements recently. Whether it was the PSPgo and Motion Control at E3 or the PS3 Slim at GamesCom, Sony has failed time and time again to keep its cards close to its chest. Proverbial cats were free of bags and worms were barely in cans long enough to notice the difference. However, Sony seems happy enough to laugh at itself if news of its PS3 Slim marketing campaign is anything to go by.

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

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 ...

Remember those grainy photos of what looked like a new slim model PS3? Well, the rumours they kicked off haven’t gone away. Reports coming out of Taiwan suggest that Pegatron and Foxconn, the companies that manufactured the original model, have been contracted to produce the slim model in time for worldwide shipping at the end of July. Couple this with those rumours of a PS3 price cut slated for August, and it has to be said it all looks very ...