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45nm Cell Chip is More Efficient

At the International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), Sony will be unveiling their latest creation – the 45nm Cell Chip. It uses 45% less power than the 65nm chip, and it’s also very small. Obviously.

Gamestop confirms discontinuation of 80GB PS3

The last few weeks have been full of rumours in regards to the possible discontinuation of 80GB SKU from retailers worldwide. Today, GameStop reveals some concrete information which will hopefully bring this whole convoluted mess to a close.

EU PS3 Store Update

No Everyday Shooter!! It’s so unfair!!
Here’s the list kids, nothing remotely exciting unless you havent worked out how to create a US PSN account yet, or you’re loving you some retro.

Saw, The Video Game Coming to PS3

You’ve seen the movie; you’ve seen Carrie Elwes in a role just slightly different from the Dread Pirate Roberts in The Princess Bride; and now you want to play the game. Has anybody ever told you you’re a sick bastard?

Just Cause 2 Coming to PS3

Below is the press release announcing that Just Cause 2 from Eidos will be coming to the PlayStation 3, some time in 2008.
“Eidos Interactive, one of the world’s leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, is pleased to confirm details of a brand new title for 2008 – JUST CAUSE 2, the sequel to the [...]

Deal of the Day: Lost Season 3 on Blu Ray Over 50% Off!

OK, this could be one of those rare typos that shows up at Amazon every once in a while. Or, it could really be an absolutely amazing deal on Lost Season 3 on Blu Ray. Either way, run, don’t walk over to Amazon to check this deal out before it disappears.

What happened to “there can be only one”?

If you were to ask me what my all time favourite film would be, my answer would be a resounding “Highlander”, the first film introduced me to so many things at once. Expert storytelling, cinematography that was so unique and stylised it was indelibly printed onto the conciseness of a generation, the music by Queen, [...]

120-160gb PS3 with Dual Shock 3?

An insider at Sony alledgedly divulged information that the nice folks over at Sony are planning to release a 120-160gb model of the PS3, which will be packed with the Dual Shock 3 and will also be the same price as the 80gb. This is just a rumour, and there’s no official word yet, however, [...]

120GB / 160GB PS3 rumoured

According to “reliable sources” at Arstechnica.com, the reason for the removal of the 80GB PS3 is to make way for units with larger hard drives.
It’s also predicted that this new model will come packaged with a Dual Shock 3 controller, presumably to convince more people to pick it up.

A New Blu-Ray Laser

Sony has developed a smaller (and therefore cheaper) Blu-Ray laser, which if they decide to put into new PS3s, would significantly cut the production cost. This means that Sony would start making money on 40gb PS3s, and could also lead to price cuts on the PS3.

GT 5 Prologue UK Release Date?

The widely accepted release date for Gran Turismo 5 Prologue in EU territories (28th March) is not true.
A SCEE spokesperson said, “We have yet to confirm a European release date for GT5 Prologue, and will be making an announcement in due course.” It was released in Japan on 13th December last year and will be [...]

Resistance 2 Release Details

We have the release details on the sequel to one of the hottest PS3 games, Resistance: Fall of Man 2. According to GameStop, the highly anticipated game is set to be released on September 3rd, 2008 and will retail for $59.99 in the US. Details for other countries aren’t available at this time (if you [...]

PS3 80GB To Be Discontinued, Low Sales Cited

Rumors have been flying and sources have been talking. But now it seems a lot more official when it was revealed from an internal, Best Buy memo, that “The 80GB version of the PS3 is going closeout and won’t be replaced at this time. It will come off the planogram on Jan. 28. The 60GB [...]

Deal of the Day: Buy 2 Blu Ray Movies, Get 1 Free

This offer is only good for the 25th and 26th of January. For those two days, BestBuy.com is offering Buy 2 select Blu-ray discs get 1 free at BestBuy.com. . Most of the movies are pretty good ones, a few are, well, overpriced at free. But check out the list as there’s about 70 movies [...]

Partner site Video Game Chat launches video game podcast

Whilst we here at PS3 Vault commit our time to the always productive pursuit of playing and covering news on Sony’s PS3 and PSP (what a great job, huh?), our sister site Video Game Chat slaves away, covering the wider spectrum of the video game industry, and the good folks there have just launched [...]