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It’s new PS3 firmware update time. Grab the PS3 firmware v3.60 update and rock a PlayStation Plus subscription and you’ll be able to kick your saved games up into the cloud.

If you don’t have PlayStation Plus, you’ll still get the new option to change the amount of time the system takes to tell your DualShock and Sixaxis controllers shutdown. That’s one little annoyance nailed. Spotted any other changes or issues with the PS3 firmware update? Click the headline and let us know in the comments.

Out now | £free | Sony

PS3 in childhood obesity row

March 10, 2009 10:00 am by
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“Risk an early death, just do nothing” reads the caption on the UK Department of Health’s latest push to reduce childhood obesity and promote healthy living. It seems fairly run-of-the-mill at first glance, but not if you’re Sony and it’s one of your iconic PS3 control pads that’s being directly linked to childhood death. Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is reportedly considering legal action against the Government’s latest Change4Life ad campaign.

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PS3 keyboardThe PSP might not yet have a keyboard, but Sony just unveiled one for the PlayStation 3 at the Leipzig Games Convention.

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Sony’s Dualshock 3 controllerSony’s Dualshock 3 saga has rumbled (sorry!) on for months, but finally the vibrating controllers are heading to Britain, and should be on sale in just days!

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MGS4 PS3 bundleAn all-new PlayStation 3 bundle has just popped up on the US SonyStyle online store – an 80GB model complete with a copy of Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots and a DualShock 3 wireless controller. Costing $499 (£250), it’s going live in June.

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PS3 gunmetal greyNow it seems our US cousins are getting yet another PS3 colour choice: a gunmetal grey version of the console to coincide with the launch of Metal Gear Solid 4. Out the same day as the game (12th June), the console will come with a Dual Shock 3 controller and is described as “VERY VERY limited edition”. It’s already been confirmed for Japan – so let’s have a UK version next please!

Out 12th June | £TBC
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