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"Improved performance" of game division helps electronics giant save $311 million; final annual report due out Thursday.

Next firmware update for console will disable "Other OS" feature due to "security concerns"; owners who opt out will lose PSN access.

[UPDATE 4] Uncharted 2 tops Game Developers Choice Awards with five trophies; PlayStation Move debuts; write-ups of Meier, Pardo, Molyneux, Muzyka, Sakamoto, Yamaoka, Toriyama, and Schafer talks also on tap; full rundown of event and new Deus Ex trailer inside.

PlayStation 3 maker files patent application for game demos that lose functionality as time goes on--and prompt players to buy the full version.

[UPDATE 2] Following nearly 24 hours of the "ApocalyPS3," afflicted units of Sony's console begin to come back online, initially with an erroneous date; this evening, Sony sounds official all clear, blames false leap-year reading.

Camera-based motion-sensing controller release shifted from spring 2010 launch to fall; delay to affect all global markets.

Nintendo DS sold 760K consoles last year, while the Wii nabbed second spot in Aussie hardware sales; PS3 and 360 land in third and fourth position.

New sci-fi area of online social environment lets players blast through 50 levels of microtransaction-driven, customizable arcade-style action.

Newspoll study finds 22 percent of parents believe parental locks can be overridden by their children; majority doesn't even know locks exist.

Sony's console sells 37.2% more during "Black Friday" week than it did in all of October; Microsoft says Xbox 360 doubled previous week's total, but exact figures not provided.

PS3 and PSP's online component will form backbone of Sony Online Service, a content-delivery system common to HDTVs, Blu-ray players, PCs, MP3 players, e-readers, and mobile devices.

[UPDATE] Kaz Hirai confirms premium level will be added on top of PS3 and PSP's online service, which will remain free to play online; PSN revenue expected to hit $563 million this fiscal year.

[UPDATE] Firmware update v3.10 introduces native social-networking capabilities to Sony's console; photo layout, friends list tweaks also en route.

Local industry body tips 2009 Australian games revenue to outstrip previous year.

With required Blu-ray discs already in the mail, Sony console-owners won't have to wait much longer to access video-streaming service.

Owners of bricked systems file suit on behalf of everyone who downloaded system update 3.0 or 3.01; demand unspecified damages.

Better-than-expected July-Sept. quarter sees current-gen console sales jump to 3.2 million, but PSP sales fall to 3 million and PS2 sales drop to 1.9 million; annual loss estimate lowered.

Banning people for thwarting user agreement in Resistance: Fall of Man not a violation of First Amendment rights, judge rules.

SCEA CEO Kaz Hirai says EyeToy complement should be available to consumers sometime early next year, along with unnamed games support.

Sony Computer Entertainment CEO scheduled to lay out "new strategy" during keynote address at Tokyo Game Show on September 24.