via arstechnica:
It seems that the PC port of Grand Theft Auto IV is having some problems; the official forums are filled with people suffering from glitches, crashes, and graphical issues. Oh, my. How bad have things gotten? Gamers are reporting that Steam is actually offering refunds on a case-by-case basis.
Gamers were blunt about the refund [...]

via Edge:
Phil Harrison is convinced that the game industry’s future audience will not be reliant on physical forms of media.
Speaking to Edge, the Atari company president said that “there’s a generation of kids being born today and probably already alive who I’m pretty confident will never buy a physical media product. They will never buy [...]

via videogamer.com
Microsoft has announced that November was the biggest sales month for Xbox in its six-year European history, with sales up 124 per cent over last November.
According to GfK-ChartTrack data, the Xbox 360 outsold PlayStation 3 across the entire region and has seen significant gains in markets including France, Spain and Italy, where it has [...]

via MTV Multiplayer:
A few things worth noting:
Players of “Animal Crossing” can teach other residents in their virtual towns all sort of words. You could teach a character to greet you with the words “Stephen is a champ” or “I like the PlayStation.” It’s pretty much open to anything. Nintendo blocks these kinds of content surprises [...]

PCN writes:
Andrew Oliver, CEO of Blitz Games, recently spoke at the 3D Entertainment Summit in Los Angeles about a new technology his company has developed called BlitzTech, which allows the PS3 and 360 to display stereoscopic 3D HD.

**Image above is a Mock Up, Not the Real Deal!!**
EE Times writes:
LONDON — Word on the street is that Imagination Technologies Group plc, licensor of graphics processor cores, has added Sony to its tally of international electronics systems company licensees.

 
Playstationlifestyle writes:
Disclaimer: The image above is a mock-up. To see the actual controller we are talking about, watch the videos at the end of the article. We also recommend you read our original report on the “PS3mote” so you fully understand what is being explained in this article.
The mysterious “PS3mote”, the Wii-mote-like PS3 controller that has been [...]

Via IGN UK:
Sony’s PlayStation 3 will be subject to a significant price cut, work on Uncharted 2 is well under way and LittleBigPlanet is coming to the PSP – that’s all according to a supposed leak from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe’s annual staff briefing.
D-Pad is holding details of the leak, citing an anonymous source who [...]

psbeyond writes:
David Jaffe, best known for his work on the God of War and Twisted Metal series, has been pretty quiet as of late - well, in terms of new games, at least. Since starting his new studio, Eat Sleep Play, Jaffe’s been off the radar, with nothing huge since 2006’s God of War II. 
Seems [...]

PSBeyond writes:
“…rumors are pouring in that Sony, enjoying the success of MM’s LittleBigPlanet, has just offered them an exclusive 3 game contract and the guys over at Media Molecule have graciously accepted. Though its too early to expect to see anything substantial from them any time soon, expect some sort of announcement over the course [...]

Jim Jagger, 3D animator for the game, has released a demo reel containing footage of Eight Days…
Damn that game looked good in the teaser and now they show this…thats not fair!!
**hOoDnErD**

via MTV Multiplayer
Three “LittleBigPlanet” levels I highlighted last week should have disappeared in the recent infringing content purge by Sony.
All three are still there, though, as of this morning. They’re not the only ones, either.
Even though Sony has told “LittleBigPlanet” creators that copyright-infringing content will be deleted, there are plenty of levels based on “Super [...]

There is some serious competition in the GOTY catagory with more nominations after the jump.
Game of the Year
Grand Theft Auto IV
LittleBigPlanet
Fallout 3
Metal Gear Solid 4
Gears of War 2

- A Big Shot

In reading the comments (which I tend to do often) about the post on Gears Of War 2 sales, I came across Playstation Superstar inthekillzone’s comment wondering what Little Big Planet’s sales were to date.
I have to admit, the way many of my PS3 buddies have been talking, or rather foaming at the mouth over [...]

Epic pretty much did to any other game that launched around the same time as Gears Of War 2, what this scaly-faced Locust Drone is about to do to Baird. Crush. Over the Gears Of War 2 midnight launch weekend with over 20,000 retailers worldwide, Epic managed to sell 2 Million copies. [...]